There are some patterns in hiragana that can make them a little easier to memorise; e.g. はばぱ ほぼぽ ふぶぷ へべぺ
(There's also combinations like kyu = ki + small-yu, but that also just builds on the kana you already know, and behaves pretty logically.)
Modification to /p/ might make more sense if you call it the F*-column rather than the H*-column.