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Although Star Twinkle feels more "light" and "safer" than Hugtto, and therefore I thus prefer it slightly, I don't think Hugtto went too far or did anything truly wrong. It touched on some great things, too, such as accepting gender nonconformity like boys in dresses, which is something that affects me personally and when I saw it supported so blatantly, I actually had a huge sigh of happiness and relief, because prior to Hugtto I was, tbh, in the back of my mind sorta afraid of where the show truly stood on it. Although I always figured, if touched on, Precure would do the right thing about it.... I was really glad to see it touched on and confirmed! And unlike HeartCatch, it had a completely happy ending where all the villains reformed and nobody died.

As for what happened near the end of HeartCatch... I do think that's a bit too much, but I think Toei kind of realized that and that it's now a thing of the past, and that the show has just plain changed formula after that (Riko's father was blasted by a villain attack too, you know, except the outcome of it was just plain different, for no apparent reason). They like never did anything that extreme again. <3