I don't remember what sugar-coated means

See, but Amphibia never got canceled, either. Amphibia's ending was heartbreaking, don't get me wrong, but it got a full final season. The owl house only got the three specials, which was more than what we could've asked for, most cancelled shows just straight up end, no special finale or anything. So maybe I'm still bitter about it's cancellation, but still...

If anything it's the other way around. The most obvious place to start would be to compare the Plantar's Time in the Human World to the Hexsquad's time in the human world

Thanks to Them: Luz has depression, Flapjack Dies, Belos Possesses Hunter, Hunter tries to drown himself, Urgency when it comes to trying to return to the Demon Realm

First Half of Amphibia Season 3: Sprig Becomes Spider-Man, Anne has no visible trauma from the events of True Colors, Plantars try to babysit a cat, back to the filler structure of Season One, No Urgency about getting back to Amphibia until Episode 10

Eh, not really. can't remember much of amphibia but the owl house seems a lot darker