sábado, 31 de marzo de 2018

LE PRINCE DES GLACES

Hugtto! Pretty Cure
Episode 8 - My Own Review
LE PRINCE DES GLACES (THE PRINCE OF ICE)


It is Homare’s turn to shine again. A face from her past shows up, and is eager to have her go to Moscow to pursue a figure skating career.

You are giving me the wrong idea, Henri! (Now take that dress off!)
 Henri introduced himself to the girls as him and Homare trained together since young. He wanted Homare to follow him back to Moscow and claimed that spending time with the girls is a waste of time. 

Henri, who also happens to be happy to wear ladies’ wear as long as it suits him


So the person who turned up at the end of previous episode was Henri, who used to train together with Homare for figure skating. Hearing that Homare has gone back to it, he wants her to go to Moscow to pursue the sport further.
He also says right to Hana and Saaya’s faces that they are holding Homare back. Not a good impression to be making there.
Homare is trying her best to make that skating jump. (With a creepy looking Henri stalking her everywhere she goes)


The transformation devices can function as phones

 While she's training, it seems that Homare finds some comfort in hearing her friends' voices. Homare invites Hana and Saaya to go out with her the following day.


Hugtan stands up for the first time
Hana, Saaya and Homare go out as promised. Saaya talks a little with Homare, and says that her first memories of them sparkle more and more when she is together with them. Harry suggests that the girls may be a little too nice, and should be honest with their own hearts as well.

MEANWHILE AT CRYASSE:
The mysterious man, George which Papple commented that she wished her time with George would last forever but George preached of a utopia will fall eventually which is similar to what Harry described of his world before Cryasse conquered it.

A little later on, Henri approaches Homare when she is alone, en tête-à-tête, and says that she can have a top level coach if she goes to Moscow with him.
Henri retorts that she is just adding extra pressure to Homare by doing that, and that anybody can cheer someone else on. He insists that Homare goes with him.
But Henri rebutted that anyone can cheer and the girls are holding Homare back. 
On cheering: Henri claimed that anyone could do it and it is giving unnecessary pressure to the people that is cheered on. 






Homare comes to a decision
Homare has something that she wants to show Henri.
The thing she wants to show is her ice skating, and how Hana and Saaya have introduced her to a brand new world.


Homare decided to show Henri that the girls are not holding her back as she showed off her skating skills to him. She fell down the first time but their cheer gave her strength and both Hana and Saaya swore they saw angel wings coming out of Homare's back (Like Saaya in the previous episode)
Homare astounds her observers with her ice skating. It doesn’t go perfectly, however; when she tries the same jump that injured her before, she ends up falling.


Homare refuses to give up
Homare may have fallen down, but she just gets back up again. She gives it her all, and shines just a like a shining star. After successfully landing that jump, Hana and Saaya rush onto the ice.
Homare gives an incredibly moving performance
Even Henri is wowed by his Étoile's brilliant performance and perseverance.




But that’s enough happiness for the moment, it’s about that time for the monster of the week to strike. This time it is summoned by Papple, who uses the thorny power of the people stuck in a traffic jam (a bunch of people irritated about being stuck in a traffic jam) to create a boomgate theender. The snag that ticks me off is that they made ONE monster with the negative emotions of ALL THOSE driverS. I always love multiple Monsters of the Week in the same episode, right?
Since this is a Homare episode, Cure Étoile ends up getting most of the action this time around. When Papple mentions something about a waste of time, Étoile simply states that there is no thing as wasted time. (Hamilton reference not mandatory, but still...)


Moreover, Henri is caught in the crossfire...
Étoile doesn’t take kindly to Papple’s words

Homare finally makes that jump but at the same time, Papple has created a theender from angry road users. The girls went to battle and with the help of her friends, Cure Étoile was able to form the new Future Crystal from her emotions.
Étoile awakens her second Future Crystal, and the monster of the week is eliminated in due course after a display of teamwork between all three Cures.
With the enemy gone, the Cures return to normal. After having seen Homare’s skating, Henri gives up on trying to get her to go to Moscow.
Hana encounters this mysterious fellow
Hana ends up encountering a mysterious man, a forty-something with dark features who has an interesting-looking book. He says something about a beautiful story where people looked forward to the future, full of hope. With those words, he departs.



This mysterious man (who earlier was together with Papple) started preaching about how nothing lasts forever. 
From the look of it, this man which is credited as George in the ending could be (a) the overlord/big bad in human form or (b) a person related to Hug-tan (her dad?). Or both...? just think of it... Only time will tell.
Hana encounters an incredibly mysterious (handsome/ikemen) man, and who carries a beautiful book, describing it was a world where everyone had great hopes for the future. They called it the a veritable Garden of Eden. However its splendour would not last forever. It is hard to decipher whether or not he is referring to the story, past, or perhaps even this world. One of the biggest question that comes to mind: Who is he? And which side is he on?
He appears to also be the same man standing outside on the terrace with Papple inside reviewing paperwork of a sorts. I am curious of whether or not that is actually the case. It also did not go unnoticed to me how it looked as though he had a wistful expression on his face when he spoke about the book, only making me even more curious about the world he speaks of. But another big question is of course: What is Papple’s relationship with the man? She has mentioned about going on dates, and today we hear her mention how she wished tomorrow would never come.
Finally, there is one last surprise in store for this episode.
Henri joins the 3rd year sports class of L’Avenir Academy
"Did I actually say 'au revoir'?"
Henri accepted Homare's resolve and later contrived to transfer as a student in their school. He even deduced that Homare is Cure Étoile and teased he might try to be a Precure (Oh no, you don't!)

Henri showing up at the school is a surprise, but he also reveals that he knows Homare is a PreCure. He keeps that to himself, though.
That brings this episode to an end.



MY OWN HUMBLE OPINION:
Henri appears to be of French descent. I mean, a Slav with a French name? Or a Frenchman who relocated to Moscow to pursue an ice-skating career?
Then there was Henri. I am glad that I was wrong about his origins (I had initially though he was a Russian skater due to the topic of Moscow in the last week’s preview), but he is still the cut out classic half French, half Japanese, or as he likes to call himself: "a double." He and Homare have been skating together since they were kids, and Henri came to see her in hopes she would join him to train in Moscow.
Of course by the end of the episode, Henri surprises Homare with having transferred to their school and is now part of the Sports Class (which she was once a part of, before transferring to the regular class). Although Henri came off as a prick for most of the episode, his attitude improved by the end of the episode, and I actually screamed when he confirmed my suspicions he had caught onto Homare being a precure, and even joked to her about maybe he should try becoming one himself. And I am not gonna lie, if they were to do that, I would be all over it. The only thing I am concerned about however is making him disappear altogether, especially since he and the girls are in different departments at school. I think it would be great he were to have a similar presence as Yui did in Go! Princess Precure. One of the most memorable characters to be part of the group without having any super power of their own.
Henri’s earlier comments on how “Cheering someone is something anyone can do”--- And to some degree, Henri is right.
The stalking element in the Homari pairing (Homare*Henri) definitely gives it a bit of a creepy vibe, what with invading your kismesis's privacy (at least Iago and Cassio were roommates, right?)...

The school in this continuity is called L'Avenir, which means The Future in French.

As for that mysterious George bloke, I’m almost certain that he is involved with Cryasse. Maybe it's Kurai himself? Only time will tell... The relationship between George and Papple (Georple?) is certainly interesting. If there ever is a Precure Mizzie AU in the works, I've already handpicked my Thénardiers!



Hana encounters an incredibly mysterious (handsome/ikemen) man, and who carries a beautiful book, describing it was a world where everyone had great hopes for the future. They called it the a veritable Garden of Eden. However its splendour would not last forever. It is hard to decipher whether or not he is referring to the story, past, or perhaps even this world. One of the biggest question that comes to mind: Who is he? And which side is he on?
He appears to also be the same man standing outside on the terrace with Papple inside reviewing paperwork of a sorts. I am curious of whether or not that is actually the case. It also did not go unnoticed to me how it looked as though he had a wistful expression on his face when he spoke about the book, only making me even more curious about the world he speaks of. But another big question is of course: What is Papple’s relationship with the man? She has mentioned about going on dates, and today we hear her mention how she wished tomorrow would never come.

sábado, 24 de marzo de 2018

HUMMER THERMIDOR

Till 1 HUMMER THERMIDOR:

1st 600 grams hummer (frusen kan användas, men jag föredrar en färsk, lefvande en)
TILL THERMIDOR-SÂS
300 ml/1 och ett halvt glas fiskbuljong
3 msk riven parmesan eller padano
2 msk kaffegrädde/matlagningsgrädde
2 msk vitt vin (helst chardonnay)
2 msk konjak
2 msk äkta smör
2 msk hackad persilja (helst färsk)
1 msk citronsaft
1 och en halv tsk dijon-senap (mâste vara dijon)
TILL BÉCHAMEL/VITSÂS
2 msk äkta smör
vetemjöl
mellanmjölk

Tina hummern (om fryst) eller koka den röd (om levande). Om du kokar en levande hummer (vilket rekommenderas), spara pâ spadet, i vilket, medan du kokade den, slängde i en tärning fiskbuljong. Den buljongen berikad med hummer är till att laga thermidor-sâsen.
Sätt ugnen pâ 200 plusgrader Celsius.
Klyv hummern mitt itu pâ längden.
Holka ut skalet och klorna. Släng klorna, men spara kroppsskalet. Och hummerköttet, förstâs.
Finhacka hummerköttet och lägg det tillbaks i halvorna av skalet, som du har lagt i en smord ugnsform. Kom ihâg att spara skalet, ty hummern ska gratineras i sitt eget skal.
Laga vitsâsen med smör och mjöl och häll i lite mjölk i taget (efter flera Lina-recept känner ni säkert till lagningsrutinen)
Laga thermidorsâsen: smält smöret till sâsen i en kastrull och addera fiskbuljong, vitt vin, konjak och grädde (etanol dunstar med värmen), UTAN att det kokar och tills hälften av vätskan har dunstat. Tillsätt dâ dijon, persilja och citronsaft.
Häll thermidorsâs över hummerhalvorna. Häll därefter vitsâs och riven parmesan/padanost pâ.
Gratinera i 5 minuter. INTE MER ÄN FEM. Ta tiden.
Voilà! Ta hummer thermidor ur ugnen. Lât svalna lite grann, men serveras varmt.



jueves, 22 de marzo de 2018

Teaching Beaumont's "Salmachis and Hermaphroditus"

Teaching Beaumont's "Salmachis and Hermaphroditus"



The resource, which also links the myth to gender in Shakespearean drama, is in this link: https://www.pixelsandpedagogy.com/pedagogy/teaching-beaumonts-salmachis-and-hermaphroditus

THE POOL OF SALMACIS (ODDS & SODS)

The Pool of Salmacis 



Salmacis & Hermaphroditus become one flesh (Andruss)
Hephaestus, the club-footed blacksmith god, was thrown down from Olympus after his mother, Hera, rejected him because he was deformed. Needless to say Hephaestus’ skill with forging weapons was so great, the Olympian gods needed him long before he needed them. To soften his heart, Zeus gave Hephaestus Aphrodite as his bride.
The beautiful goddess of love was not pleased and never lost an opportunity for taking her revenge by having affairs; often with other gods. The result of one such tryst with fellow god Hermes was her son Hermaphroditus.
As you would expect of any child whose mother was the goddess of love, Hermaphroditus was a bit of a stunner, but being brought up in secret, away from people and hidden from the gods for fear of reprisal, he was also naive.
Our story begins when Hermaphroditus, hot and tired from the day’s hunting chanced on a pool, deep within a shady glade, and thought to quench his thirst.
As he drank, the water nymph Salmacis spied the youth and overcome by his beauty tried to seduce him. Appalled by her wantonness, Hermaphroditus blushed and chided her to leave him alone. Somewhat taken aback Salmacis retreated. But she did not go far.
Thinking she was gone, Hermaphroditus stripped off and dived into the limpid waters. Aroused by the sight of his naked body Salmacis followed. Unable to control her passions she grabbed him. Clinging to him, entwined around his limbs she refused to let go; no matter how he struggled. Hermaphroditus tried to fight her off with increasing violence. In exasperation, she pleaded to the gods they might never part but remain together forever.
As the old saying goes – be careful what you wish for.
Capricious as always, Zeus took great delight on punishing Aphrodite’s child for his mother’s indiscretion. With a wave of his hand he caused Salmacis to merge with the boy, until they were one flesh. A deformed creature of two sexes crawled from the lake. Disgusted by the affront to nature he had become, the part that was Hermaphroditus prayed to his mother. With bitter tears he begged whoever drank from, or bathed in, the pool should be similarly cursed.
According to Ovid all this took place in the hills outside Halicarnassus, which is modern Bodrum in Turkey.
So beware you weary holiday makers on summer hikes in the hot thirsty pine-clad hills of the Bodrum peninsula…
You are warned!

NOMBRES PARA MILITES GLORIOSI

NOMBRES PARA MILITES GLORIOSI
(tipo el Capitán Español de la comedia del arte, el Grande y Poderoso Mago de Oz o viajeros fanfarrones)

  • Terapontígono
  • Pirgopolinices (ambos de Plauto)
  • Racquedenare (de Rabelais)
  • Thaliard 
  • Parolles (ambos de Shakespeare)
  • Sparafucile (de Verdi)
  • von Ehrensugga (de Bellman)
  • Trimalciato de Ergomanina (Cortázar)
  • Rinoceronte
  • Ripamonte
  • Bradamante
  • Brancaleone
  • Crocodilo
  • von Münchhausen
  • ...


LA MESTRA SUBMISA

LA MESTRA SUBMISA

Topant de cap en una i altra reforma
avançant d'esma pel sistema educatiu
se'n ve la mestra tota solaÉs submisa.  
D'un cop de llei aprovada amb la dreta, 
van buidar-li l'hemisferi esquerre, i en l'altre
se li ha posat un tel: la mestra és submisa.
Ve a abeurar-se a la formació com ans solia,
mes no amb el ferm posat d’altres vegades,
ni amb ses companyes, no: ve tota sola.
Ses companyes, pels cicles, pels claustres,
a les vagues, a les aules i en les colònies
fan rumiar el cervell, mentre eduquen
nois i noies a l’atzar... Ella no podria.
Topa de morro en la gran pissarra
i recula afrontada... Però torna,
i baixa el cap a taula, i corregeix calmosa.
Corregeix poc, sens gaire delit. Després aixeca
al sostre, enorme, la balmada testa
amb un gran gesto tràgic; fulleja
les competències bàsiques, i se’n torna,
orfe de llum a corregir el quadern que espera,
vacil·lant per línies inoblidables,
brandant llànguidament el llapis sense mina.

(Anònim)

ON WINGS OF HER OWN

Hugtto Pretty Cure - Episode 7
My Own Review
ON WINGS OF HER OWN




 The episode begins with Saaya doing the usual recap – it seems that each of the main characters will get their chance at doing that. Previously it was revealed that Saaya was the Veggie Girl from an advert on TV. Hana and Homare are impressed, but someone shows up who is less than happy about Saaya having been in the spotlight.


Ranze Ichijo - played the role of a leek in the Veggie Girl Show, sees herself as a rival to Saaya...

Wait! Ran-... Ichijo... titian-haired with honey eyes... so conceited and overconfident... and that noblewoman's laugh...?

Surely some revelation is at hand...
Surely the Second Coming is at hand.   
The Second Coming! Hardly are those words out   
when a vast image out of Spiritus Mundi
troubles my sight!
Anyone else noticed the family resemblance?
 
It seems that this Ranze thinks herself as something of a rival for Saaya. Ranze actually appeared in the same advert as Saaya – she played the role of a leek. Ranze also happens to reveal the identity of Saaya’s mother.


 RANZE (irate): But no. Mama's girl got the part, and I got to play a bloody leek!

As the girls were walking to school, they met a self-proclaimed rival of Saaya named Ranze Ichijo who also performed in the same commercial with Saaya years ago (Ranze was in a leek costume). Ranze accused Saaya of using her actress mother Reira's status to get the lead role, but Saaya denied it.
Ranze challenged Saaya to an upcoming audition for a stage play next week and laughed her way out. (Which Homare commented that Ranze's noblewoman's laugh does exist in real life)
 

Saaya’s mother is star actress Reira Yakushiji

Ranze also reveals that both she and Saaya have an upcoming audition. Of course, the other Cures are eager to cheer Saaya on, but Saaya doesn’t exactly seem entirely thrilled about the prospect. 
 Reira's new show is called Darling of the Dead... hope it isn't some Twitlight or Fifty Shades style of pulp...
Saya felt uneasy as her mother is like the talk of the town (if not of the nation, or maybe of all Asia) and she is reluctant to enter the audition.
 
The shadow of a mum is elongated indeed.
Still, she practices for the audition regardless.



Later on, Saaya takes the opportunity to practice whilst she is alone. Hana and Homare happen to see her, and Hana is utterly convinced that Saaya is an angel.
However, when asked to go again, Saaya isn’t able to reproduce that effort.
Saaya tried to get into character in a nearby lake as Hana and Homare were watching her nearby. They were impressed by Saaya's performance akin to a real angel. However Saaya couldn't get into character again after her friends were looking at her.









With the knowledge of people watching her, introverted Saaya gets nervous and overthinks things. This has affected the auditions she has had so far.

Saaya admitted to have stage fright and the pressure of being Reira's daughter as everyone around Saaya compared her with her mother.

MEANWHILE AT CRYASSE HQ:
PAPPLE: Allez, Lulu. Find us some good Thornypowewer...
 


 The others cheered her up and encouraged to go for the audition to see if acting is really her stint.
 





Hana and Homare gave Saaya a wristband that Hug-tan has made with the heart-making device, as a good luck charm. However Ranze tried to taunt Saaya by telling everyone that she is Reira's daughter. Hana and Homare used the Future Pad to disguise as air stewardesses and pulled a funny skit to lighten Saaya's mood.






 



 

The day of the audition arrives, and Hana and Homare come up with something to give Saaya a little boost just before she has to perform.
It was all just a ruse for them to sneak in and wish Saaya good luck.


After Papple pushed the job of getting rid of the Precure to Lulu, she (Lulu) used Ranze's negative energy to create a theender. (Got to love Lulu's summoning!)

Saaya is able to perform her audition – though she deviates from the script slightly. It is about that time that the enemy decides to strike, by preying on the negative feelings that Ranze has towards Saaya.
Ranze Ichijo was angry that she may have lost the audition to Saaya

Theender made from a resented Ranze.


SAAYA: RANZE!!!

 The girls went to battle but Lulu has analyzed the girls' fighting abilities (for instance, Cure Ange has no offensive powers and Cure Étoile can get distracted easily) and knocked them down to the ground.

Lulu leaves the office for the first time in this season in order to attempt to defeat those PreCures. She was able to analyse of all their moves and have theender!Ranze react accordingly, even if it means putting a strain on Ranze's physical body. It seems that the battle goes in Lulu’s favour, but Cure Ange refuses to back down.
 


 When Lulu thought she has defeated the girls, Cure Ange was holding herself up and rememberimg how her friends (nakama) had given her strength to join the audition. A bright light appeared on her and a new Future Crystal was given to Cure Ange.







Cure Ange will not let her desire to protect her friends (nakama?) be overcome, and this powers up her Future Crystal. 
With that newfound strength, her Heart Feather technique goes from an defensive one to an offensive one.

 Cure Ange used Heart Feather but in a more offensive move to stun the theender (I doubt having ever seen a barrier maiden use her powers in an offensive way like that...)...

Lulu is left nonplussed by the fact that a barrier maiden just used her force field for an offensive purpose.


 The theender is defeated shortly afterwards, and Lulu retreats.
After that, we learn the results of the auditions. Saaya then performed her lines with confidence. Subsequently after the battle with Lulu, Ranze got the role of the villain while Saaya didn't get the lead role at all...
(At least playing a villain is better than playing a leek: think Iago, Gaston in B&tB, the Thénardiers...) 
After learning she didn't get the role, Saaya was not disappointed as it gave her time to figure out if acting is really the path to choose (until the next character development for her).


 The episode then ends with someone Slavic showing up out of nowhere and hugging Homare most effusively. We’ll have to wait until next time to learn who they are.
 


 Suddenly a handsome man appeared and hugged Homare all of a sudden claiming he missed her...

I’m also pleased to see more from Lulu – seems like she could be quite a formidable foe with her analysis. I also suspect she is a character well worth keeping an eye on…
Cure Ange was able to upgrade her special move in this episode, so it is entirely possible Cure Étoile will do the same. We also have yet to see a team finisher, though there’s probably a good reason for that. An enjoyable episode. Next time, Homare will be in the spotlight.






MY OWN HUMBLE OPINION:
Ah, stardom...

As for the audition and/or the show, that is one of the oldest introvert-centric plots in the book.

Ranze Ichijo... isn't she related to our good Ranko in any way? Maybe, if this story is set about a decade and a half-two decades after Go!Princess, there may be the implicature that Ranze is also following in her mum's footsteps. Getting to debut as a leek while your mother was a national popstar... it must have been traumatic (here I must bypass the opportunity to make a joke about Ensign Pistol and Flueflen's Welsh leek in Henry V!), making our second link in the Ichijo dynasty prime theender material.

This episode has some interesting moments with the introduction of Ranze Ichijo, who might be related to Ranko Ichijo of Go!Princess Precure. Seeing they have similar characters and motivation to defeat their self-proclaimed rival is always fun to watch as the show need some human antagonists to rival the girls' goody two shoes behaviour. Ranze Ichijo is voiced by Aya Suzaki, whom Idolm@ster Cinderella Girls fans will know her as the gentle college girl, Nitta Minami and Tamako of Tamako Market. Saya's mother Reira is voiced by Okamoto Maya who is well known as Orihime of Sakura Wars and Emma Sheen of Zeta Gundam.
It’ll be fine to focus on some other spotlights and I actually got it: Ranko’s (from Go!Princess Precure as Kirara’s “rival”) doppelgänger serving as not-Rikka’s foil, and of course Lulu’s debut battle.
Lulu's debut battle was pretty interesting as she has a really cool summoning using technology as her motif. Furthermore, Lulu does not understand the concept of love (koi or ai?) when Papple told her she is going to meet her boyfriend which might suggest that Lulu is either a machine or she lacked the emotions due to her unique abilities.

Lulu has also proven of knocking down the girls to the ground, which Charalit and Papple have failed to do. But she too was shocked that Cure Ange was able to take her blows and created a new move to weaken the theender. I hope we get to see Lulu again as I got a feeling the more she fights, the more her emotions can be awakened and maybe... a new Cure (cough!)
But you know what was super cool?! Lulu’s Transformation Sequence! They put the budget into her, and I 100% support their decision. IT WAS SO WORTH IT! ABSOLUTELY GORGEOUS I TELL YOU! It was so nice to see a villain, especially one like Lulu, be spoiled like this. The only downside of course was that she really didn’t get to do anything, and besides Cure Ange being buffed, nothing actually happened.
And while we are on the subject of the villains: The writers did not do Papple any favour by having her skip out on the job by having Lulu fill in, while she goes out on a date. Papple’s lack of resolve doesn’t make her a believable villain, so I question their decision to make her character like this. Of course this wouldn’t be the first time we have seen a lazy cadre, and some do stupid things like Pupple does, shoving their work onto others, but the villains' theme is all about being part of an evil corporation, therefore this causes the role as the “employee” to stand out more than usual. This is also why I feel like the theme they have decided to go with, is either hindering them or is just not being executed very well. Perhaps it would be better to make the cadres more highly motivated, competitive with one another in attempts to rise in the ranks, as opposed to the likes of Papple, who is slacking off. Rivalry amongst the villains (cadres) usually adds the much needed flair to the fights, since they want to bring back positive results to their boss, the dark overlord.

For Saaya, I felt she is still discovering on what path she should take and not to be swayed by others to blindly follow her mother's career. Saaya also took her acting pretty seriously since she went to the lake to get into character and the other two girls praised her acting.

Not getting the lead role was a bit surprising but expected since Saaya is not keen into acting just yet. But I am pretty sure it will come back again in future episodes like how Minami/Cure Mermaid took almost 3/4 of the season to become an ocean veterinarian. The new Future Crystal that Saaya got in her battle is an indication that the girls will get their first power-up soon which is probably before the first quarter.

I think episode 9 should have another character who rumored to be the 5th Cure and so we’ll gonna have five Cures for this season like YPC5 and DDPC. For the fight, I think they’ll gonna have the better animation when the cadres (ie Chararit, Lulu, and Papple) decided to get serious and confront the Cures directly instead of using theenders, and looking from the pattern I think Chararit will confront the Cures directly first, seeing that he’s the weakest (Should be around episode 10-11, seeing the current pattern from last series).
 



IN NEXT EPISODE (8):

What? Our Étoile Filante meets Mr. Right!? How come they know one another, and why is the Russian skater acting so aloof, so detached...?

But we had a new problem when this handsome guy appeared and hugged Homare to everyone shock. We do find out this guy is a skater like Homare and wants to take her back to Moscow for her skating career. Will Homare accept it or just ignore this guy's persistent?

Next week, I assume it will be Homare’s turn to have her power enhanced (despite only being on the team for three episodes now). Some guy, a Russian skater, (go figure) has come to see her. By the sound of it, he wants her to come with him back to Moscow. Well we all know she’s going to refuse, so I am curious to see whether or not they will throw in a a surprise, to make the episode a tad less predictable.


I’m SUPER triggered upon seeing Not-Yurio (probably his twin from Yuri!!! on Ice) hugging Homare like THAT and drag her back to Moscow to “resurrect” her ice skating career! Considering Homare is my absolute favourite character in Hugtto!, I hate seeing other guys around her so casually!! But in the end, I would rather like her to be happy.


Until then, do svidaniya!