Hello folks, and welcome back to Wrong Every Time. Today we stand on the precipice of eternity, as Hana fights to overcome George\u2019s machinations and restore hope for the future. Having been aided in this battle by not just her Pretty Cure companions, but also the former employees of Criasu Corp, her struggle has embodied the promise of personal reinvention, that an unhappy past not define our future, and that people of all ages are capable of shedding their fetters and seeking what is truly most important. Pupple and her companions, Gelos and her beloved butlers, Traum, Risutol, Bishin \u2013 though all once believed their best days were fading memories, all were lead by Hana to see that there is still so much beauty in the world, and so much left to look forward to.<\/span><\/p>\n And now, there is only George. A man who appears to have taken all of humanity\u2019s suffering on his back, and who sees the only way to maintain happiness as preserving it in amber, sealing our happy moments in stasis as in a picture, or the paintings he loves so much. George has at times represented the paternalistic misogyny facing women in society, the anonymous cruelty of placing your corporate underlings in brutal competition, or the simpering smile promising escape from destitution through wage slavery. Here at the end, those faces merge into one cold promise, a seemingly compassionate assurance that nothing will ever be better than it is now, so you might as well make the good times last. Through struggle and self-doubt, Hana has refused to give up hope for the future, and I don\u2019t think she\u2019s stopping now. Let\u2019s fight for a brighter tomorrow!<\/span><\/p>\n Episode 48<\/b><\/p>\n We open with a good old-fashioned Hana greeting right to the camera. It\u2019s nice to know that no matter how dire things get, we can always count on a fond hello from Hana<\/span><\/p>\n Man, I am not ready to say goodbye to this crew! Sorta hitting me all at once how close we are to the end, and this gang has been a source of comfort for years now, one of the mainstays of my reader projects in general. Hard to imagine there will very soon be no \u201cnext episode\u201d at all<\/span><\/p>\n And then a second cold open in that field of eternity, as George asks once more if Hana still means to believe in tomorrow<\/span><\/p>\n Hugtan refers to Hana as \u201cMama,\u201d seemingly recognizing her anew via this display of strength and conviction. Considering Hana\u2019s greatest strength has always been her ability to make others believe in themselves, it wouldn\u2019t surprise me if our final beat for her is seeing her do the same for her own kids \u2013 particularly since Hugtto has worked so hard to draw a direct line between childhood and adult anxieties<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cI Can Do Anything! I Can Be Anything! Hooray, Hooray, Me!\u201d A title that embodies Hana\u2019s final challenge, one that has haunted her consistently through this journey: her difficulty embracing the same confidence for herself that she\u2019s so good at instilling in others. Hana was initially so unsure of her identity that she essentially reinvented herself, hoping to create a form of herself that she could actually believe in. But after all this time spent growing alongside her friends, she now sincerely understands that she is capable of anything<\/span><\/p>\n And she\u2019ll begin that process by punching George square in the face! Some nice immediate cuts of action as she squares off against George\u2019s miasma<\/span><\/p>\n Hana kicks his tome right out of his hands! Take that, ya grungy warlock!<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cI don\u2019t want your eternity!\u201d An excellent battle cry<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cBroken dreams are just sugarcoating.\u201d \u201cSugarcoating is fine with me! If we can keep believing in the future, a miracle will\u2026\u201d Hope is always aspirational, but that doesn\u2019t make it any less essential \u2013 rather the opposite, in fact. It is hope\u2019s greatest strength that it can exist in the absence of justification, even when you have every reason to disbelieve in the future<\/span><\/p>\n Fitting that George\u2019s powers are framed through paintings and this spell tome \u2013 he believes only in the truths that have been recorded regarding the past, not seeing the future as capable of offering an alternative<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cThe cool and stylish grown-up I wanted to be\u2026 No one decided that for me. That was all me.\u201d Hana is coming to understand that her hope is itself an incredible power, something to be applauded. Hana has so much hope that she\u2019s actually able to share it with others, letting them lean on her faith in their futures when their own faith is lacking<\/span><\/p>\n And we see that hope she shared still impacting the world, clear in the resilience of her allies, and the slow dissolution of George\u2019s static powers<\/span><\/p>\n Through the amazing people Hana met, she learned that even the strongest among us doubt themselves sometimes. And while George sees that as affirmation of the inevitability of suffering, Hana sees the opposite \u2013 that because life can be painful even for the strongest of us, she shouldn\u2019t feel paralyzed by her own pain<\/span><\/p>\n Knowing that others can lose their way means that when she is cheering for a better future, she is never cheering alone<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cEven so\u2026 even if they laugh at my dream, even if they hurt me.\u201d That \u2018even so\u2019 in the face of all the world\u2019s torments feels like one of the most iconic, universal sentiments of magical girl dramas. Folks say something like Madoka Magica betrays the spirit of the genre, but it\u2019s also built entirely around that implacable \u201ceven so.\u201d I didn\u2019t realize it at the time, but this site is actually named after the same hope that inspires Pretty Cure and Sailor Moon<\/span><\/p>\n Nice subtle adjustments to Hana\u2019s design here, giving her a longer face and thus making her appear more mature and confident<\/span><\/p>\n Her resolution concludes with a fresh transformation that shatters George\u2019s spell tome, breaking the bindings on the world at large<\/span><\/p>\n Thus light returns to the world, as we check in on all our favorite couples and the Nono family<\/span><\/p>\n We also get a brief cut to what appears to be Traum and George in the present time, still far from their supervillainous future selves<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cEven when you\u2019re laughing, it still feels like you\u2019re crying.\u201d An apt description of George\u2019s intensely bitter, defeated laughter<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cMy time\u2026 will never advance again.\u201d Beautiful composition of a seemingly older Hana reflected in his eye. A strong implication that his utter lack of faith in the future is based in his understanding that his Hana will not be there to experience it<\/span><\/p>\n And at last he takes on his final, terrible oshimaeda form, his great limbs trampling over the frozen land<\/span><\/p>\n Ooh, love this quick cut of Hana\u2019s feet digging into the ground as she holds back George\u2019s strike. You can really feel the weight bearing down on her here<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cWe raise babies together! You can\u2019t embrace the future all by yourself!\u201d Hana again connects her hope for the future to the idea of raising children. Wouldn\u2019t be surprised at all if that\u2019s our epilogue here<\/span><\/p>\n The collective hope of all Hana\u2019s companions forms a giant hope spirit bomb. \u201cYou are all Precure!\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n Oh my god, everyone <\/span>is<\/span><\/i> Precure! We even get Hugman in a golden suit of Precure armor, amazing<\/span><\/p>\n And then Masato grows wings and princess carries Henri to the battlefield. I am losing my goddamn mind<\/span><\/p>\n With a big hug from the mother Cure, Criasu Corp begins to crumble<\/span><\/p>\n But even George deserves someone who believes in him. And thus Hana rushes forward once again, seeking to rescue him from the ruin of his terrible ambitions<\/span><\/p>\n Love this final song, a gentle melody of hope as they all watch the rising sun<\/span><\/p>\n And Done<\/b><\/p>\n Fantastic work, Pretty Cures. It feels precisely on-theme for the finale of Hugtto to testify that everyone contains the power of a Cure within them, and I\u2019m exceedingly grateful for this episode\u2019s charming realization of that idea, right down to Hugman\u2019s fantastic battle gear. And given Hana\u2019s long journey towards self-confidence, it was richly satisfying to see her acknowledge the unique beauty of her own strengths, and how her personal reinvention was not a reflection of fear or timidity, but her courage in imagining a stylish, gallant adulthood. Life is defined by hardship, but there is a light that never goes out, even if only because we refuse to believe it has extinguished. No one can take that hope from us, and from that hope, all that is good in life can be born.<\/span><\/p>\n This\u00a0article\u00a0was\u00a0mad<\/a><\/em>e possible by reader support<\/a>. Thank you all for\u00a0all that you do.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wrongeverytime.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/September29102225.jpg?resize=584%2C329&ssl=1\")
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