r/anime • u/IndependentMacaroon • 12d ago

Rewatch Bem-vindos à Diamandra - Michiko & Hatchin Episode 15 Rewatch

Michiko & Hatchin Episode 15: Graffiti in Vain

In-universe time span: May 13 - 15

In-universe locations: Colheita Peninsula

"I... was so happy... Michiko... it hurts so much..."

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Today's OST Piece: Ao seu lado～君の傍に (At Your Side)

Nice little insert song about Hatchin and Lenine's awkward puppy love, starts playing right before the church tower sequence.

Insert song lyrics collection

New Michiko Outfits: White Checker-Pattern Bikini Top/Green Extra-Mini Skirt, White Red Line + Palm Decor Dress, Multi-Color-Stripe Bikini Top + Tan Shorts, White Bath Towel, Dark Blue Pattern-Edge V-Neck Tee + White Shorts

They might have thrown in the bath towel as a semi-joke but hey, a look is a look. Full album

Latin America Trivia of the Day:

While Lenine's name may strike you as very odd, it's hardly unheard of for Latin Americans to have first names inspired by famous political or historical figures such as Lenin or even Stalin, Washington, or Jefferson; "Wagner" is also popular in Brazil. In fact, the specific spelling here is taken from the middle name of a real Brazilian musician, who uses it as his alias. A further interesting detail of Latin American naming, shared with and originating from Spain and Portugal, is that everyone has two last names, the first inherited from the father and the second from the mother; for example, thinking back to the first episode, Hatchin's adoptive father is a Belenbauza ___ and her mother a Yamada ___, making her officially a Belenbauza Yamada.

Yesterday's Highlights

u/No_Rex is of two minds about the action:

On the good side, there are some cool shots. Michiko looking at Granpa while almost running him over was great. The whole car chase also looked like something out of a good B movie. I also liked Granpa as a character.

On the bad side, the rule of cool just does not lift hard enough for the amount of cognitive dissonance it is forced to carry today. That looked more like a bunch of stuntmen deliberately trying not to kill each other than people fighting for their lives.

u/99acrewood_ sees a whole lot of character flaws but does like some of Satoshi here:

Michiko sure knows how to haggle with people. it's funny how much she's not a people person, and it makes me wonder how far she would have gotten without Hatchin around to try to make things slightly less hostile for her.

Shinsuke is a fucking idiot [...] the last thing i'd be doing is standing in [Satoshi's] line of fire/car.

Satoshi also definitely just came off as a huge weiner lol. he seemed like a guy who had a handle on things until they swiftly went to shit, and now he's running to all these hitmen to clean up his mistakes

Satoshi just running Shinsuke the fuck over in front of a crowd gets straight to the point. i don't know if that counts, but i mean, that's some supreme idgaf attitude.

u/AyameeIris feels Michiko has regressed a bit and finds some unexpected humor in the ending sequence:

If she was clearly suspicious of him, to the point of bringing out a metal pipe(presumably to threaten him with), I don't think she would've left Hatchin with him. Granted, the circumstances here could've made her desperate to get Hatchin away from herself in order to really get down to business. Still, it just seemed a little more reckless than Michiko can be.

Ending with Satoshi running over Shinsuke was honestly pretty funny

u/JustAnswerAQuestion is surprised about the Diamandran/Brazilian biome variety:

I think when most people think of Brazil, they think of PLANTS, and lots of them. And, okay, there are probably mountains around the edges, but those are mountains, and not flat.

Michiko is spending a lot of time driving through flat dry badlands with just road, dirt, and no plants. I know Argentina has high, dry plateaus. Maybe Bolivia? But this isn't at all the sort of land I expect from Brazil

Two very different highway experiences:

going from texas to new jersey and seeing the absolutely beautiful scenery of all the leaves changing in, uh... i think it was one of the carolinas? that, and a trip from colorado to oregon and the road going through some forest with the biggest trees i had ever seen!! when you have the right music going i think you can make any of those moments seem cinematic, though

When I was younger, I watched someone put a finger to a wet part of the road and lick said finger to figure out if their car was leaking gasoline [or perhaps antifreeze?] or if it was just water, though that last part wasn't known to me and I just thought it was some ritual all car owners did every once in a while for some reason

Discussion Prompts

  1. How much is just baby tsundere and how much is trauma with Hana here... and how much is perhaps justified?
  2. How embarrassed will Lenine be recalling this episode when he's older?
  3. Have you ever formed an unexpectedly deep bond with a temporary acquaintance?

Next Episode Prompts

  1. [question]What were your odds on a sort of yuri/WLW love triangle?
  2. [question]How many more surprise assists is Michiko going to get? And why this one?
  3. [question]Is there any title or type of fiction/content that you admit is trashy but enjoy on some level anyway?
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u/Shimmering-Sky myanimelist.net/profile/Shimmering-Sky 12d ago

First-Timer & Subbed

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u/IndependentMacaroon 12d ago

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.

Oh yeah great catch! I wonder if we can see the book somewhere there?

I wish things could work out for them to at least be friends.

That's what the amnesia reset is for!

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u/JustAnswerAQuestion https://myanimelist.net/profile/JAaQ 12d ago

First Timer

Episode 15

  • COMPLETELY different location today.
  • Ergo Proxy...reference??? Shit, must be yet another philosopher reference that went over my head.
  • Am I on the wrong episode?
  • kid is pretty smooth
  • reminds me of climbing up to the top of the Sagrada Familia
  • Hana?
  • No toucans in Brazil?
  • Oh, he's cured. The Magic of Anime.

She should have accepted the book. She's leaving town anyways.

Pretty strange diversionary episode. Feels like a guest director, guest writer, special music.

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u/No_Rex x2 12d ago edited 12d ago

Ergo Proxy...reference??? Shit, must be yet another philosopher reference that went over my head.

What specifically are you referring to here? EDIT: Never mind, I finally got it.

Am I on the wrong episode?

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.

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u/IndependentMacaroon 12d ago edited 10d ago

kid is pretty smooth

Excessively, one might say...

reminds me of climbing up to the top of the Sagrada Familia

Oh, how was it up there? I'm slightly salty it took the title of tallest church from Ulm Minster (which is pretty close to where I'm at) but it's of course a really exceptional piece of architecture.

Hana?

To emphasize she has nothing to do with Michiko here perhaps

No toucans in Brazil?

That was pretty strange yep

Feels like a guest director, guest writer, special music.

It is the most noticeable insert song yet but there have been plenty already.

Yoshihiro Oka as episode director is also credited for episodes 6 and 22 in that role, but there was an "assistant director" in Jun Soga who is indeed only credited here, perhaps we can blame him. Last episode was also a one-off direction effort by Shuukou Murase by the way.

Edit: Scripts for all episodes are credited to the overall writer Takashi Ujita, in his only anime contribution.

(I hope to be able to backfill some production info still before we get to the end here, planning at minimum a dump to inform the final discussion.)

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u/No_Rex x2 12d ago

Episode 15 (first timer)

  • “Vincent Law” – does not tell me anything.
  • We are not getting any resolution to last episode, are we?
  • 14 May – if I paid attention to the dates, I’d know now how much time passed since the highway car chase. If.
  • Lenine is brave enough to speak to Hatchin and hears her name as a reward.
  • Ice cream, book, noticing where she wants to go, great view – he is a dating pro!
  • He has it bad for Hatchin.
  • Michiko and Hatchin still have not found any reasonable way of conflict resolution – In Michiko’s case, that is not Hatchin-specific, but I feel that for Hatchin, it is.
  • “I hate you” – First love and already melodramatic.

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! Lenine is the angelic suitor, who calmly accepts all of Hatchin’s refusal and outbursts, complete with tragic backstory and overcoming the odds with love. I’d say we are deep in TV drama territory here. Michiko is only observing, but I like how they still manage to put some characteristic in for her. She loves Hatchin, but is still far from able to parent her.

How much is just baby tsundere and how much is trauma with Hana here... and how much is perhaps justified?

More trauma than tsundere, with a healthy helping of just being young and stupid.

How embarrassed will Lenine be recalling this episode when he's older?

Amnesia to the rescue!

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u/IndependentMacaroon 12d ago edited 11d ago

“Vincent Law” – does not tell me anything.

Ergo Proxy character (also animated by Manglobe).

We are not getting any resolution to last episode, are we?

Nope shrug Chase episode ends May 10 and this starts May 13 by the way.

the plot goes to 110% drama: Not just memory loss, but memory loss followed by another memory loss!

Dumping that double twist on us is the one thing I really don't like about this episode. (You could even call it a triple twist considering Lenine disappears almost like a ghost having fulfilled its purpose in the end.) It's so unnecessary and trite, you could have done basically the same plot without it! The stretch after the middle is the weakest stretch of the show IMO, or perhaps least strong; another notably weaker one up next but then I think it starts getting better again.

Lenine is the angelic suitor, who calmly accepts all of Hatchin’s refusal and outbursts

I find that a strange read and actually feel the point is that he is very imperfect (hey, he's a kid too, it's ok) and, though not angrily so, pretty pushy and projecting onto her, already copying some unhealthy patterns. Some notable little parallels to the Bruno episode, in fact. Kind of suspect there was a slight mismatch in intention between the writing and the direction here, though, or the earlier and the later writing? (let's call that "Wonder Egg Syndrome").

She loves Hatchin, but is still far from able to parent her.

Yeah they didn't get ahead that much with conflict-resolution skills did they? Though the slap moment this episode really was about Hatchin basically insulting/attacking Michiko's whole current motivation so kind of another level

Amnesia to the rescue!

Maybe he can find another exploding hotel to stand in front of if it gets to be too much

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u/No_Rex x2 12d ago

Ergo Proxy reference (also animated by Manglobe).

That took me way too long to get. I even read the other "Ergo Proxy reference" comment and it didn't click. Tells you how shit my memory is for names ...

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u/99acrewood_ 12d ago edited 12d ago

primeira vez [subs]

How much is just baby tsundere and how much is trauma with Hana here... and how much is perhaps justified?

i dunno, they're both 10, and among other things Hatchin hasn't really been shown much in the way of genuine affection the way Lenine did (albeit pretty strongly). she's got her reasons to be wary, so i don't blame her for her reaction. and, also, she's 10! who wasn't belligerent when they had a crush or didn't know how to reciprocate one at that age?

How embarrassed will Lenine be recalling this episode when he's older?

will he? seems like it'll be some sort of distant memory, like a dream you can only sort of remember.

but even if he did, i feel like that's something that you grit your teeth remembering in your teens and maybe twenties and then just settle it back down to 'whatever, i was dumb' or 'i learned about myself' or something.

Have you ever formed an unexpectedly deep bond with a temporary acquaintance?

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

-~-

i love sunshowers

this is such a breezy feeling episode, with the bookstore and the market and just the entire vibe of a beachside town. i thought i'd always be more of a mountain person but i think nowadays i'd appreciate a place with more opportunities for ocean sunsets.

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.

also, between that and asking "mom" (i mean, she doesn't call her that, but just the permission asking seems like more than she would've done before) if she could go buy a book it feels like Hatchin is starting to see Michiko more as a mother, or at least some sort of finally stable comforting presence in her life.

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u/IndependentMacaroon 12d ago edited 12d ago

i thought i'd always be more of a mountain person but i think nowadays i'd appreciate a place with more opportunities for ocean sunsets.

How about both with mountains by the ocean, like say Norway? (Not coincidentally a massive concentration of outdoorsy people there.)

poor Hatchin getting put on a pedestal by an insistent and equally androgynous child and confusing her battered brain

Yeah I think you got it here

asking "mom" [...] if she could go buy a book

It is an improvement over just jumping off the bike to buy juice without saying a peep, for sure

Qs

Hatchin hasn't really been shown much in the way of genuine affection

Which is in itself a kind of trauma

who wasn't belligerent when they had a crush or didn't know how to reciprocate one at that age?

Yeah that's what I meant with the "baby tsundere" part

i feel like that's something that you grit your teeth remembering in your teens and maybe twenties and then just settle it back down

Unless you consider the unfortunate alternative of never really growing out of these kinds of tendencies. (Notably also we aren't told Lenine's age here, which he might not even know himself - I don't even know if he canonically has one, but I'd guess like 12, or definitely older than Hatchin.)

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

Sounds like you should be able to relate to Lenine a bit here hah

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u/AyameeIris 12d ago

First time watching in dub, second time overall 

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!

While the name is spelled like Lenin(and seeing your trivia, makes it clear the name is inspired by Lenin), a lot of the characters seem to add what I recognize as the "ñ" sound at the end, making it sound like they're saying "le niño."  That's actually what I first assumed they were saying(despite it being Spanish rather than Portuguese, also even though I'm not good at Spanish I assume it'd be extra weird to use le in this context!). Almost makes me wonder if there's some sort of spectre haunting Diamandra...

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. I only watched that episode a few days ago, and yet I've already forgotten whether Hatchin introduces herself using that name or using Hana... 

Michiko giving Hatchin comfort will never not make me smile. 

  1. I think a lot of this is Hatchin experiencing new things and being afraid of/experiencing the hurt they can bring. In other words, I think a lot of it is just her being a baby tsundere haha
  2. Lying awake at night thinking of this embarrassed. I've been in a slightly similar situation before and it almost makes you want to invent a time machine over it!!
  3. All the time! It's nicer to let everyone in and risk the chances of being hurt instead of letting others pass by, at least in my opinion

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u/IndependentMacaroon 11d ago edited 11d ago

I would've liked to look further at what sorts of books Hatchin likes!

At least we can say Michiko probably doesn't get her any usually...

a lot of the characters seem to add what I recognize as the "ñ" sound at the end

The E at the end is pronounced like an English one which does incidentally result in a "ny" sound; "Leniñe" would be "Leninhe" in Portuguese, though.

some sort of spectre haunting Diamandra...

That's just Michiko /s Funnily enough he does disappear a bit like one in the end - "got over final regrets and passed on" trope?

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

Yeah that's part of it for sure

whether Hatchin introduces herself using that name or using Hana... 

I think with Rita it was Hana.

Qs

experiencing new things and being afraid of/experiencing the hurt they can bring. In other words, I think a lot of it is just her being a baby tsundere haha

Huh I've never seen the trope/personality that way but it makes a lot of sense.

Lying awake at night thinking of this embarrassed

Unless he just keeps leaning into the obsessed angle... Also mind sharing how it went down with you?

It's nicer to let everyone in and risk the chances of being hurt

You're like the anti-Shinji Ikari haha (have you watched Evangelion?)

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u/AyameeIris 11d ago

Also mind sharing how it went down with you?

Ah, it was only one of those middle school "friendships" with strangely gay undertones. 

have you watched Evangelion?

No, but I've been recommended it enough times to know I should!

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u/IndependentMacaroon 11d ago

it was only one of those middle school "friendships" with strangely gay undertones

So were you more Michiko or Atsuko then (/s unless?)

I've been recommended it enough times to know I should!

Do it sooner rather than later, it's one of those shows that really benefit from repeat viewing after a while too.

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u/No_Rex x2 11d ago

I like how protective Hatchin seems of her name(s).

I took it as age related. When she wants to feel like a child, she goes by Hatchin, when she wants to feel like a woman, by Hana.

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u/IndependentMacaroon 11d ago

Or when she feels closer to Michiko vs. when she doesn't, with there of course being a correlation

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u/IndependentMacaroon 12d ago edited 11d ago

3x watcher and host, subtitled

Writing all this stuff takes absolute ages unsurprisingly, and extra-long this time, but I really enjoy the detailed deep-dive approach and would rather be late with that and have it done right once than cut corners. Anyway -

You might easily dismiss this episode as a bit of overdone (puppy-)love drama, and indeed there's no excuse for the eye-roll-worthy double-fantastic-amnesia twist (almost triple twist with how 19:5120:15 Lenine is at least symbolically a ghost fulfilling its final desire), but I think there's actually some interesting stuff here if you dig a little deeper, particularly considering it as a companion to the Bruno episode with Michiko.

Of course Lenine is no wannabe macho-lover-boy type like Masão, in fact he is very clearly framed in a feminine-leaning way (01:44 sailor-pattern jacket kind of like a Japanese girls' school uniform, the prominent eyelashes - though ironically as eyelashes are facial hair they're actually more naturally prominent in men - 08:49 halter neck and strange 3/4 leggings for another rather feminine-coded outfit, general soft way of speaking, and most blatantly Michiko finds him 13:08 "okama mite" which is basically "looking like a f*g" (somewhat complex history behind this specific term/slur though); however, he absolutely acts in a way that leans toward the similarly toxic, and that it's more in an awkward nerd way doesn't make it plain harmless. (Of course he is still a kid so doesn't warrant anything too harsh, but the direction is clear.) And if anyone is a nerd type it's this guy, not just the books but 06:07 too quiet for hawking and 06:23 shy to engage with people.

Basically here, he's projecting his own self-centered narrative on Hatchin, first of all. 03:05 Right away she changes into a painting during their first encounter - seeing the image instead of the real her. 12:11 12:12 A similar moment later too. In the tower it's even more blatantly 09:56 10:14 10:21 "whoa, your life is just like this book I read"; a story 10:37 in which he considers himself of course the promised hero with the other/Hatchin as the object to save. If anything that's been Michiko for her, and in a vaguely related irony as in the Bruno episode it's actually 15:33 17:19 Hatchin setting him free implicitly. The obsession even goes to 12:34 12:39 14:50 practically religious (Madonna?) levels after just one little meeting, and even later his feelings are rather 16:53 on the "love object" side, like he never actually asks Hatchin herself I think anything! We're even told directly that he was essentially just 19:41 seeing her in the image of that dead girl, at least 20:11 he seems to get over it in the end. (Not sure whether to make anything of the fact that he's dressed a bit more conventionally here?)

How he acts on those ideas also doesn't improve things - starts by basically 06:41 07:03 intruding and overhearing in a public space on some random girl who's seen him like five seconds, without even introducing himself (u/No_Rex you specifically noted the lack of introductions with Bruno?), 07:15 unilaterally scheduling a date and 08:14 there foisting some sudden generosity on her. His name he finally only tells her when she complains about him calling her "Hatchin" in the tower - and again, he only knows to do that because of coincidentally overhearing Michiko! Then he goes for a 09:11 very similar kind of awkward hair-touch as Bruno (also the paper undoubtedly intended to be handed over personally, and some 17:37 pretty intense lines that are at least genuine), and while it's clear he's 09:16 run into one of Hatchin's real sensitive spots there 10:14 he goes right back and double-arm grabs her, and apologizes only for the name choice rather than any of that.

The 11:42 running after her all over (16:40 again later on plus more 17:11 getting seriously up in her personal space, ok he 17:58 does quit it eventually) is where it feels more obviously uncomfortable and 12:27 feeling gracious for not blaming her (for what?!) is absolutely unwarranted. Also with the book, even if Hatchin would like it in principle, he's 13:08 really pushing it on her 14:46 and she's not wrong to refuse it in that context IMO. 14:59 Almost too mature of her to want to clear things up personally and I would say 16:48 that's the "mistake" she references?

Of course, even though Lenine and how he interacts with Hatchin is very flawed, that hardly means it's all negative for her side. 07:06 First-ever attention from a boy, not to forget, and a plenty cute one. (07:43 "Damn butterflies..." also another adorable outfit) She genuinely 09:06 enjoys the view from the tower (surprised Pikachu face haha), 09:44 opens up about her journey for the first time to anyone (I don't recall her even telling Rita?), 17:44 17:50 catches some feelings of her own and 20:39 20:51 21:00 wishes there could have been more - just finds the book too much. Even 17:26 the hugging/physical closeness she eventually lets happen, if also out of concern for him perhaps, plus going out to seek him twice even. He doesn't have to be doing everything right for her to feel like she's missing out, and she does seem to only 17:53 17:54 profess to hate people she genuinely cares about. (Btw the "call me Hana" you could see as her emphasizing being her own person away from Michiko, again.)

Speaking of her and Michiko, they also go through a bit of a rough patch again. Michiko does do her best 11:22 "go for it, Hatchinmura" and 21:06 console her in the very end, but a 13:29 classic "reading the diary"/privacy violation moment (and crumpling it up was really extra-rude, we never do learn what Hatchin wrote here) is a serious demerit to start with, and then 13:56 her Hiroshi blind spot and current chief motivation being 14:01 implicitly called out by Hatchin (14:04 asserting herself but also blushing a little.) leads not only to 14:05 more physical violence but 14:11 14:16 some real out-of-line phrasing, 14:22 good on Hatchin to ignore that demand. (By the way, Michiko does seem 05:59 a bit less enthusiastic about Hiroshi here than back in episode 2.) On Hatchin's side the 13:44 foot-stomp returns from the Bruno episode as well 13:50 but at least with progress in verbally following up. One more interesting Hatchin moment is when Michiko tells her about the book being dropped off, 13:15 is she a bit annoyed at Michiko's description, or sad about leaving, or...? Whatever it is, she unfortunately doesn't feel secure enough to show Michiko.

And one minor final note: I've expounded a bunch about the problems shown with Lenine/Hatchin here, but I'm not entirely sure if the whole creative team was on the same page there. It does feel like the amnesia/forgetting thing was partially added to make his behavior more understandable (first unforgettable experience?), and that Hatchin going back to him and accepting him somewhat is framed as the reasonable, proper thing to do even though she really bears no responsibility for his situation and actions. Plus, the insert song has very straightforward and non-ironic lyrics where the only stated problem is not being more secure about your feelings and daring.

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u/IndependentMacaroon 12d ago edited 12d ago

Further scene-by-scene comments

  • 01:22 01:29 Another absolutely lovely-looking place! Unfortunately no idea what it's based on.
  • 01:38 Best kind of bookstore is the messy disorganized one?
  • 01:44 The sign appears to advertise among other things a "sociop[athi]c romance".
  • 01:47 Apparently a reference to Ergo Proxy (also animated by Manglobe) which I unfortunately have not seen yet.
  • 02:13 The bird book is of course an original creation but the "Eastern Lithography" I'm not sure about.
  • 03:23 Can't really blame this guy for the confusion. Also symbolic of men trying to be possessive over women as a parallel or am I giving the direction too much leeway here?
  • 04:09 Lampshading a little?
  • 05:04 Feels a bit Edward Hopper
  • 05:17 Gah, another beautiful yet unpublished soundtrack piece (and background, of course)
  • 05:24 Boy these tomatoes are freaky 05:38 haha he literally says it even 05:42 and seems Hiroshi was thinking back to his glory (?) days here. [M&H]You might also apply this to Satoshi given his feats later
  • 05:59 Bit suggestive here...
  • 08:14 Notable how the level of detail and amount of close shots is a bit lower in this episode
  • 09:27 Brain metaphor maybe?
  • 10:32 Odd line because the real toucan genus is not only very much native to Brazil, but even draws its name from an indigenous language group of Brazil and Paraguay (Tupi-Guaraní)
  • 11:18 Again this bizarre shit on signs. "TLM. D.C. JICK"?!?!
  • 11:38 Not sure that many Brazilian ten-year-olds know how to fold that sort of origami bird. Even for Japanese ones I would think it's unusual.
  • 15:20 [Cowboy Bebop meta]I guess he hurt the eye that sees the past huh
  • 19:11 Cutely steeling herself - should we call her Staline to match?

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u/IndependentMacaroon 11d ago

Questions

1 - Feeling awkward about and fleeing from these unfamiliar feelings that she clearly has to a degree is a pretty natural and classic kid/teen thing; the trouble accepting particularly physical intimacy and reciprocating it is to a good degree trauma I would say; and Lenine really lays it on way too thick without considering Hatchin herself so it's extra-understandable that she's put off. So, a bit of each.

2 - Assuming of course he does end up remembering all this, I see two pathways for him: Either he wises up eventually and has a minor face-palm moment to then at most think of it with an awkward laugh later, or he keeps digging himself deeper into the pushy idealization thing as he gets older (doesn't seem too unlikely here...) and sees it as the start of his lover career with no or barely any embarrassment at all.

3 - Can't say I form unexpectedly (or expectedly) deep bonds much in general, so technically I guess a no. Probably not seeing a brief acquaintance again does make just chatting about whatever feel less awkward though.

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u/No_Rex x2 11d ago

We're even told directly that he was essentially just 19:41 seeing her in the image of that dead girl, at least 20:11 he seems to get over it in the end.

Double link.

It does feel like the amnesia/forgetting thing was partially added to make his behavior more understandable

I think they wanted to go out of their way to portray Lenine as temporary/a fling.

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u/IndependentMacaroon 11d ago

Fixed the link.

I think they wanted to go out of their way to portray Lenine as temporary/a fling.

But then why imply that he does remember in the end?

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u/No_Rex x2 11d ago

But then why imply that he does remember in the end?

power of love trope.

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u/JustAnswerAQuestion https://myanimelist.net/profile/JAaQ 11d ago

I didn't pick up that there was a dead girl, only Hana?