NaN/100 votesLoading...#1 - Farewell, Cruel Paradise!
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 10/16/2008
Michiko Malandro breaks out of a high-security prison to see her long-lost love, Hiroshi. Elsewhere, Hiroshi's daughter, Hana Morenos, lives the life of Cinderella among her adoptive family, waiting for someone to come and take her away from them.
Director: Kotomi Deai, Sayo Yamamoto
Writer: Takashi Ujita
NaN/100 votesLoading...#2 - The Brown Sugar Outlaw
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 10/30/2008
Having abducted Hana from her adoptive family, Michiko is on the run from the law when she runs out of gas. Hot in pursuit is Atsuko, a police sergeant and acquaintance of Michiko's from childhood, and the one who put her in jail in the first place.
Director: Kei Tsunematsu
Writer: Takashi Ujita
NaN/100 votesLoading...#3 - Like a Frantic Pinball
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 11/6/2008
In coastal São Cabal, Michiko consults a fortune teller to continue her search for Hiroshi. When Hatchin loses her shoes, and Michiko steals another pair to replace them, Hatchin takes on a job at a restaurant to pay for them, but gets in over her head.
Director: Kotaro Tamura
Writer: Takashi Ujita
NaN/100 votesLoading...#4 - Stray Cat Milky Way
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 11/13/2008
Michiko is summoned at gunpoint to see Rico, the local favela boss. Pepê Lima, a dancer at a nearby nightclub run by Rico, approaches Hatchin with information about Hiroshi. However, Pepê has an agenda of her own for meeting with Michiko and Hatchin.
Director: Tomohiko Ito
Writer: Takashi Ujita
NaN/100 votesLoading...#5 - The Saudade of Fools, Parte 1
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 11/20/2008
Michiko visits her old friend Ivan to ask the whereabouts of a man named Satoshi, who might know where Hiroshi is. Thinking the task ahead to be dangerous, Michiko leaves Hatchin with Zelia Bastos at the orphanage where she grew up, for her safety.
Director: Kotomi Deai
Writer: Takashi Ujita
NaN/100 votesLoading...#6 - The Saudade of Fools, Parte 2
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 11/20/2008
With Hatchin missing, Michiko confronts Zelia. Ivan informs Michiko that Hatchin is likely being held by a local mob leader named Vasily at a bullfighting arena, in order to draw Michiko to them so they can take revenge for the events of 12 years ago.
Director: Yoshihiro Oka
Writer: Takashi Ujita
NaN/100 votesLoading...#7 - The Rain That Falls in Monotone
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 12/4/2008
When Michiko's motorbike breaks down, the two are stranded for several days in a rural river settlement. While there, Michiko becomes attracted to a man named Bruno, but has second thoughts when she finds out that he is a married man.
Director: Nobuyoshi Habara
Writer: Takashi Ujita
NaN/100 votesLoading...#8 - Black Noise and a Dope Game
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 12/11/2008
Michiko and Hatchin arrive in Osso, and their bickering grows ever worse. Shinsuke, a lieutenant in the crime syndicate Monstro Preto, checks in on one of their member organizations. While out and about, Hatchin stumbles across a man named Satoshi.
Director: Shin Itagaki
Writer: Takashi Ujita
NaN/100 votesLoading...#9 - The Chocolate Girl in Love
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 12/11/2008
In the town of Perna, famous for its weeping Maria statue, Hatchin is traveling alone and low on money. She befriends a young girl from the local circus named Rita, who is infatuated with her adult performing partner, and desperate to grow up.
Director: Kei Tsunematsu
Writer: Takashi Ujita
NaN/100 votesLoading...#10 - The Carnival of Hyenas
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 12/18/2008
Satoshi tracks down Manabe, a former captain in Monstro Preto, and takes him and his family hostage. He orders Shinsuke to send the battered Michiko to him on a train, and sets about to get back at Manabe for humiliating him many years before.
Director: Kei Tsunematsu
Writer: Takashi Ujita
NaN/100 votesLoading...#11 - Starting Line Downpour
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 1/8/2009
As Michiko hurries to catch up with the circus, Hatchin is adjusting to life without her. A former performer, coincidentally named Michiko, takes an interest in the children with the circus. However, an investigative reporter insists they are in danger.
Director: Yoshimitsu Ohashi
Writer: Takashi Ujita
NaN/100 votesLoading...#12 - Purgatory: 108°C Telepathy
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 1/15/2009
When Michiko takes ill, she and Hatchin check into a hotel. Worried about the costs they are incurring and the risk of going to a proper hospital, Hatchin seeks an alternative route to treat Michiko. Will her plan work out as well as she hopes?
Director: Tomohiko Ito
Writer: Takashi Ujita
NaN/100 votesLoading...#13 - Goldfish of the Marsh
Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 1/22/2009
After being demoted, Atsuko is reassigned to Ilha Azul, a small town on the edge of the jungle. There, she befriends Vanessa Lee, a girl who reminds her of her younger self, and who, like her, wants to get out of town and move on with her life.
Director: Kotomi Deai
Writer: Takashi Ujita
NaN/100 votesLoading...#14 - The Daredevil Explosive Runner
Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 1/29/2009
Satoshi hires assassins to kill Michiko, Atsuko, and Shinsuke. When Shinsuke's assassin, Jair, spots Michiko first, he decides to pursue her, instead. Jair decides to challenge Michiko to a contest, to see which one of them can kill the other first.
Director: Shuko Murase
Writer: Takashi Ujita
NaN/100 votesLoading...#15 - Graffiti in Vain
Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 2/5/2009
While in town, waiting on repairs to the bike, Hatchin spots an old favorite book for sale. The boy who works at the bookstore, Lenine, sees her, and starts to fuss over her. Hatchin, however, is unsure how to handle this new and unfamiliar attention.
Director: Yoshihiro Oka
Writer: Takashi Ujita
NaN/100 votesLoading...#16 - Etude of Crimson Inconstancy
Season 1 Episode 16 - Aired 2/12/2009
Michiko and Hatchin reach the tomato production plant where they anticipate finding Hiroshi. Once inside, they meet Elis, the woman who appears in the photograph with him. Michiko confronts her about stealing Hiroshi, but Elis reacts unexpectedly.
Director: Yoshimitsu Ohashi
Writer: Takashi Ujita
NaN/100 votesLoading...#17 - Buckets of Blood! Opera That Stirs the Heart
Season 1 Episode 17 - Aired 2/12/2009
Michiko goes to pick up the fake I.D.s she had made, but finds that she is unable to pay for them. When Michiko fails to return, Hatchin goes out looking for her, and ends up being taken in by a kindly Chinese opera singer who offers to help find her.
Director: Kei Tsunematsu
Writer: Takashi Ujita
NaN/100 votesLoading...#18 - The Fool's Ballistic Samba
Season 1 Episode 18 - Aired 2/19/2009
Michiko and Hatchin make their way into São Paraíso, and happen upon one of Hiroshi's old business associates. When Michiko becomes forlorn after finding out that Hiroshi had not mentioned her, Hatchin comes up with a plan to cheer Michiko up again.
Director: Kotomi Deai
Writer: Takashi Ujita
NaN/100 votesLoading...#19 - Nettlesome Light-Blocking Butterfly
Season 1 Episode 19 - Aired 3/5/2009
Michiko and Hatchin hop a freight train bound for Goinia, hoping to find Hiroshi there. Satoshi is set up by one of his former subordinates, makes his escape aboard the same train. Meanwhile, Atsuko has plans of her own for both Michiko and Hatchin.
Director: Akira Toba
Writer: Takashi Ujita
NaN/100 votesLoading...#20 - Rendezvous of Extermination
Season 1 Episode 20 - Aired 3/5/2009
Satoshi and Hatchin arrive in a town Satoshi left desolate ten years earlier. Satoshi calls Shinsuke, and challenges him to settle matters once and for all. While waiting for Shinsuke to arrive, Satoshi tells Hatchin more tales about Hiroshi.
Director: Yoshimitsu Ohashi, Masato Miyoshi
Writer: Takashi Ujita
NaN/100 votesLoading...#21 - Last Waltz Blooming Out of Season
Season 1 Episode 21 - Aired 3/12/2009
In an attempt to locate Hiroshi, Satoshi coerces a local crime boss, Juninho, to search for him. However, Juninho is already out to get Hiroshi for some outstanding debts. Michiko continues to elude police, and ends up cornered at a traveling carnival.
Director: Kei Tsunematsu, Saburô Mochizuki
Writer: Takashi Ujita
NaN/100 votesLoading...#22 - Run As You Are
Season 1 Episode 22 - Aired 3/19/2009
The local police force closes in on Michiko and Hatchin, out to frame Michiko to clear themselves of their own wrongdoing. Michiko and Hatchin have an intense standoff with the police captain. Atsuko and Ricardo arrive to take Michiko into custody.
Director: Yoshihiro Oka, Sayo Yamamoto
Writer: Takashi Ujita
The Worst Episodes of Michiko & Hatchin
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Network:Fuji TV
Worst Episodes Summary
"Farewell, Cruel Paradise!" is the worst rated episode of "Michiko & Hatchin". It scored N/A/10 based on 0 votes. Directed by Kotomi Deai, Sayo Yamamoto and written by Takashi Ujita, it aired on 10/16/2008. This episode scored NaN points lower than the second lowest rated, "The Brown Sugar Outlaw".