Bem-vindos à Diamandra - Michiko & Hatchin Episode 03 Rewatch
# Michiko & Hatchin Episode 03: Like a Frantic Pinball
In-universe time span: March 19-21
In-universe locations: São Cabal (new little addition I thought of)
*"In the end, I think the fortune was accurate, and it was just that the sketch was off. But if I really had met my father here, I wonder what the look on my face would have been."*
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**Today's OST Piece:** [Carimbo do orfanato～孤児院のカリンボー (Orphanage Carimbo)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JmcsqI2I1jI)
Playing in the background during the Michiko-in-the-city sequence.
(I also finally figured out which one I was looking for last time.)
**New Michiko Outfits:** [Green Bandana/White Striped Dress/Sandal Boots](https://imgur.com/pwTBEs8), [Mauve Nightwear](https://imgur.com/J512kI4), [Leopard-Print Top/Blue Skirt](https://imgur.com/LIwi0h1), [Jean Jacket and Pants](https://imgur.com/pLbGoUE), [Pink Low-Cut Ribbon Dress](https://imgur.com/tvb6eT5)
Lots of additions this time! [Full album](https://imgur.com/a/michiko-outfits-D08YlKJ)
**Latin America Trivia of the Day:**
While inequality of income and wealth in Latin America has decreased over the years, it remains the single most unequal region in the world, not merely limiting opportunities for the less fortunate but continuing to stoke widespread crime that maintains its status as the world's most violent region as well, which in turn has recently been motivating support for authoritarian crackdowns by leaders such as El Salvador's infamous Nayib Bukele. Explanatory factors frequently cited are historical and continuing injustice toward and neglect of indigenous and non-white/darker-skinned populations, who suffer very disproportionately from inequality, but also general culturally entrenched norms of violence and corruption.
# Yesterday's Highlights
I retroactively added this to the episode 2 post also. Slowly getting the hang of hosting here.
u/NoRex succinctly summarizes Michiko and Atsuko's relationship:
>They are childhood friends (no homo).
u/AyameeIris is irked by Michiko's colorist tendencies:
>Another thing about this scene, Michiko's colorism. Her calling out Atsuko's skin color as an insult has never failed to make me cringe.
u/99acrewood_ is not impressed with Atsuko:
>Well golly god damn, Ms. Atsuko Jackson. I've never seen a character whose design makes them look so incredibly competent while at the same time being incredibly incompetent
# Discussion Prompts
1. How are you liking the setting and design, particularly sound/music? (For any Brazilian or Latin American watchers, how familiar does it feel?) 2. How far would you have gone to pay off those shoes? Would you even have accepted them? 3. Have you ever recklessly gotten yourself into a situation that was far more dangerous than you anticipated?
# Next Episode Prompts
1. \[question\]>!Were you expecting things to get *this* dark? How does this compare for shocking fourth episodes with FMA:B?!< 2. \[question\]>!Any experience(s) with similar establishments - on either side of the stage?!< 3. \[question\]>!Have you ever felt compelled to do something unpleasant or unsavory to get ahead?!<