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Where are you getting the idea from that Ma Chérie will appear before Amour? AFAIK there's no info on that yet.

As for the "Hugtan = Ma Chérie" hypothesis, I think we can safely throw that one out. The Mirai Pad clearly names Aisaki Emiru as Cure Ma Chérie. We know Emiru appears in episode 9 as a classmate of Kotori's. The preview for episode 7 shows Hugtan still as a baby. She isn't going to grow up from baby to sixth-grader in a mere two weeks.

I still think Hugtan might be a de-aged Cure from the world that was destroyed by the Criasu company, but she's not Cure Ma Chérie. I'm not sure she will completely grow up this season really. Bandai have all these Hugtan toys they want to sell, and that would be kinda hampered by having Hugtan grow up.

Harry said in episode 3 that Hugtan could be saved with 8 Mirai Crystals though, and between the five Cures they will have 10 Crystals total eventually, so who knows what might happen yet.