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https://fanboyismextraordinaire.wordpress.com/2019/03/27/lost-in-translation-the-secret-of-kirakira-precure-a-la-mode/

https://thetalkanime.wordpress.com/2018/02/08/a-sweets-journey-kirakira%E2%98%86precure-a-la-mode-review/

I don't 100% guarantee these articles will make you change your thoughts on the show but it may help you understand it's plot and theme a little more.

So, one of the main reasons this season is disliked is because of the lack of physical fights. To let you know they didn't 100% take out physical fighting as it was used a few times like in episode 10 and episode 48. They also did this in some of the movies they are in like Dream Stars and in Hugtto episode 36. But to be fair it was too little. And the movies and Hugtto aren't exactly connected so yeah.

While physical fights are a trade mark in the franchise, the main focus of every season heck even the movies is about defeating the darkness and not physical fighting. While yes, it is a way of defeating it, there are many other ways to do so. Perhaps they used this season to see if it could work by making them fight with their weapons most of the time and based on the fans, it didn't. So in Hugtto they went back to physicak fighting.

I apologize if this was rather late and like I said this won't make you change your opinions 100%, I'm just placing what I believe and what I know based from those two articles.