Bem-vindos à Diamandra - Michiko & Hatchin Episode 21 Rewatch
# Michiko & Hatchin Episode 21: Last Waltz Blooming Out of Season
In-universe time span: June 2
In-universe locations: Goinia
*"We'll be together always, Hatchin."*
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**Today's OST Piece:** [Jà morreu por menos que isso～もっと安い死もあった (Already Died Of Less Than That)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tIWI5FacCMs)
Plays during the final confrontation at the end, pretty much just a beat but not a bad one. That cool piece with the synths playing during the multi-way chase? You guessed it, unpublished.
[Insert song lyrics collection](https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/18MfWETrLzDGvw6gRQi0PuQs4y-5z8cxu?usp=drive_link)
**New Michiko Outfits:** [Blue + Green Wave Pattern Dress](https://imgur.com/piWvn1z), [Dark Green Jacket + White Red Numbers Tank Top/White Rolled-up Pants](https://imgur.com/BbS5fgv)
Dream or not, an outfit is an outfit. [Full album](https://imgur.com/a/michiko-outfits-D08YlKJ)
**Latin America Trivia of the Day**
Police corruption and violence, and a general accompanying sentiment of lacking public safety, is unfortunately a lasting issue throughout Latin America. In Brazil for example, there is even a persistent phenomenon of paramilitary organizations ("militias") formed largely by current and former police and military members, with roots in the oppressive policing and death squads of the former military dictatorship, who, while claiming to suppress crime and enforce order, frequently act as organized crime groups in their own right, also targeting unfriendly journalists and politicians like the late Marielle Franco in 2018. Governmental responses to ineffective law enforcement and local criminal syndicate dominance have ranged from militarized special squads or outright usage of the regular army to root out the worst of the worst by force as often in Mexico, to the more community-oriented approach of local "Police Pacification Units" in Rio de Janeiro that has seen some success in making for example the infamous "City of God" less fearsome.
# Yesterday's Highlights
u/99acrewood_ keeps appreciating Satoshi, and also the power of a Hiroshi connection... but not the competence of Diamandra's police force:
> i like Satoshi in this because while he's absolutely ruthless he's not, like, a mindless killer, and actually seems pretty thoughtful [...] i actually feel bad for him when he kills Shinsuke because you can tell that he actually cared about him as a friend > > he might be frail like Satoshi says, but he doesn't need physical strength when he clearly can charm any person [...] any connection to Hiroshi is like a skeleton key to the hearts of people who have known him > > she rams into it, gets stuck, and still fuckin gets away. like, what are we doing here, people?
u/JustAnswerAQuestion still doesn't trust Satoshi plus some more reference material:
> Satoshi never keeps any of his promises of clemency. Ever since we first met him, when Shinsuke did the train race thing > > Have you seen the movie "Assassins"? [...] Reminds me a bit of Vanishing Point, but this is not. The opposite, really.
u/No_Rex likes the action and Satoshi for once:
> Actually one of the better action sequences of the anime. It stuck to realism, unlike the Michiko parts, which works for me. Satoshi also got the Hatchin buff (makes every character around her more interesting)
u/AyameeIris has a pet peeve:
> it so annoys me when anime characters go to sleep with their shoes on. Socks I can definitely understand, but full on sneakers or something??
Hiroshi makes no friends here:
> he's definitely a bum, but he's clearly not a loser [...] the beginning hype you hear about Hiroshi fades away as you get a bigger picture of him and the way he's treated everyone in his life. > > I still don't really like him. The only thing that's really changed is how indignant I am for Hatchin being his daughter > > Hard to not see him as disinterested. On a scale from relatively good-natured [...] to malicious [...]
Varying opinions on the nature of Satoshi's feelings for Hiroshi:
> i could see some romantic interest involved here, but i can also see it being partially Hiroshi's natural charisma working on Satoshi along with a childhood infatuation of someone who believed in him > > Yes. The way Satoshi turned into Michiko when describing him, as if in love really cemented that for me. Every character seems to be yearning for some love that won't come/has passed > > Not all relationships have to be crushes. I don't think the series has told us anything about his sexuality, expect that he does not rate it higher than his love for power.
# Discussion Prompts
(One more little expansion on question 2.)
1. Did you catch that Satoshi is/was probably illiterate? 2. Has the action finally found its proper stride? And what about the increase in graphicness? 3. The end times are nigh! What would you like (or have liked) from the finale? And what do/did you think you're going to get?
# Next Episode Prompts
1. \[question\]>!A happy ending? In MY grim gangster series?!!< 2. \[question\]>!How did this average-ass bum ever captivate so many people?!< 3. \[question\]>!Have you ever had an unexpected joyful reunion with someone?!<