Short Synopsis: Satoshi plans to hand Michiko over to the police.
Overall Enjoyment Value: 8,5/10 (Awesome)
Wow.
I must say, that I’m really impressed by this episode. The huge intensity of this episode was amazing, considering it’s finally showing the development of the past nine episodes. The entire episode was really intense, and formed a huge contrast with the heart-warming previous Hatchin-episode. On top of that, the art looked better than ever in this episode.
I also really appreciated the bit of background about the time when Hiroshi and Satoshi met each other. They’re really fleshing out these characters, and I can’t wait to see the second half of this series. According to MyAnimelist, this series is going to be only 22 episodes, but I want to wait for other sources to confirm that before believing it. The problem with MyAnimelist and especially its episode numbers is that they just take any rumour, without checking whether it comes from a valid source.
Heh, I remember how I compared this series to El Cazador when I first saw it. How wrong I was to assume that. The beatings that Michiko received in this episode were downright gruesome, and nowhere near the cheerful tone that El Cazador brought us. I’ve probably said this before, but damn, that OP is misleading!
Atsuko’s change of heart may have been a bit too sudden, but at least I can understand it, having been betrayed by her superiors like that. I just think that she was a bit too burned on catching Michiko in order to just forgive her and let her escape.
I also think that there’s much more to Hatchin than her being a simple random girl. On top of that, we’re still not sure whether Hiroshi lives or not. Satoshi is convinced that the guy died at the bus accident, and yet Michiko seems convinced that he’s still alive somewhere. But then again, that could also be simple lovesickness.
The random names chosen for the cities are starting to annoy me.
Diarréia (diarrhea)? Come on! What is the next? Vomito (Vomit)? Tuberculose?
It would be much better if the creators hab borrowed actual city names than making this shit (a nice name for the next city, isn`t it?) up!!
Sorry for the bad english.
I caught the episode none to long ago. Thanks for reminding me how Atsuko was betrayed by her partner–that’s probably something that should have been played out a bit more because it just didn’t make much sense for her to let Michiko go.
In fact, it still doesn’t make much sense. The only satisfaction letting Michi go would be to spite her partner’s career–but she’d go down to and Michiko would really have the last laugh in that case. *shrug.
I just thought she let her go cause she loves her in a weird masochistic way. :3