Bem-vindos à Diamandra - Michiko & Hatchin Episode 16 Rewatch
# Michiko & Hatchin Episode 16: Etude of Crimson Inconstancy
In-universe time span: May 18
In-universe locations: Colheita
*"He knew. That I would go however far it took. He wants me to tell him... that I forgive him. He's a helluva spoiled baby. \[...\] I don't care what you think."*
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**Today's OST Piece:** [Castelo de cristal～水晶城 (Crystal Castle)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XnYJ-Pq1HoI)
Sultry sax music to have a telenovela fling to. Already in several previous episodes but right at the start here.
[Insert song lyrics collection](https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/18MfWETrLzDGvw6gRQi0PuQs4y-5z8cxu?usp=drive_link)
**New Michiko Outfits:** [Blue+Green Bikini Top/White Brown-Stripe Skirt](https://imgur.com/3vi5629), [Orange Dress](https://imgur.com/YfH99rm)
[Full album](https://imgur.com/a/michiko-outfits-D08YlKJ)
**Latin America Trivia of the Day:**
The first-ever telenovela, or Latin American soap opera, was aired starting 1951 in Brazil, with Cuba, Mexico, and others quickly following suit. Over the next decades, they became popular enough to dominate the airwaves in the region, even largely supplanting imported US content, and an export boom starting in the 90s gave them an audience in many other corners of the world as well; while there has been recently a mirror phenomenon with imported e.g. Turkish and Korean dramas competing for the Latin American audience, locally produced telenovela content is still going strong and popular among a broad cross-section of the population. Genres and production values vary, with romance being of course common and for example Brazil having a reputation for higher quality. Key features are comparatively short run times of perhaps a year of weekly episode releases, and short production lead times of perhaps only a few weeks to allow for adapting the plot according to audience reactions.
# Yesterday's Highlights
u/No_Rex criticizes the lack of inter-episode continuity and the heavy drama here:
>The lack of connective tissue between the episodes is pretty harsh at times. More than once have I checked whether I started the wrong episode. Took me until Michiko's comment about the Vespa till it became clear we are indeed the follow-up to last episode here. > >First love for Hatchin episode and, just like Hatchin, the plot goes to 110% drama: Not just memory loss, but memory loss followed by another memory loss \[...\] complete with tragic backstory and overcoming the odds with love. I’d say we are deep in TV drama territory here
u/Shimmering-Sky sees a further implication of Hatchin's love for this specific book:
>if she read it before Michiko got her out of that wretched foster situation, no wonder Hatchin was dreaming about being whisked away by someone she didn’t know back in the first episode.
u/99acrewood_ summarizes as briefly as accurately and shares a particularly ephemeral bonding moment:
>this is such a breezy feeling episode, with the bookstore and the market and just the entire vibe of a beachside town. \[...\] > >and what a nice little tragedy. poor Hatchin getting put on a pedestal by an insistent and equally androgynous child and confusing her battered brain. it's nice that Michiko is there to soothe her when the romance is over and she realizes she really enjoyed the conveniently fleeting moment. > >once in the music building in college i locked eyes with a girl in a red dress on a stairwell, and we just kind of followed each other's gaze while she made her way down and i made my way up. and then we smiled, and then we went out of view, and then i never saw her again. it was nothing, but boy if my 20-year-old mind didn't create an entire Nicholas Sparks-esque universe in that brief moment lol
u/AyameeIris wants more books featured and sees gender implications in Hatchin's name choice:
>Looked that book up, and it doesn't seem to be real. I know she talks about the book to Michiko, but I would've liked to look further at what sorts of books Hatchin likes! > >I like how protective Hatchin seems of her name(s). I feel like it says a lot about how she sees her gender. Hana is a pretty feminine name, but I feel the name Hatchin is more gender neutral. It reminds me of how Rita mistook her as a boy
# Discussion Prompts
1. What were your odds on a sort of yuri/WLW love triangle being featured, prior to this episode? 2. How many more surprise assists is Michiko going to get? And why this one? 3. Is there any title or type of fiction/content that you admit is trashy but enjoy anyway?
# Next Episode Prompts
1. \[question\]>!How does the semi-running theme of inadequacy/toxicity of traditional romance, relationships, gender roles resonate with you - in principle and/or in execution?!< 2. \[question\]>!What kind of man (or woman?) could you imagine Hatchin being involved with in the future? What might their relationship look like?!< 3. \[question\]>!How much could being treated to a good meal get you to forgive?!<