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This series is so terribly underrated, it hurts.

10/10

You sir, took the words right out of my mouth. Yeah Hiroshi wasn't the main focus, but the journey instead. That was memorable, combined with the awesome music, art style and character development of Michiko and Hatchin. I too gave it a 9/10 and favorited it. Sad to see few shows like this one aren't around anymore.

I cried harder than I've ever cried during an anime and I can't even form a decent sentence right now. Only thing I have to say is 9/10 and fave'd.

Grat anime 9/10 ,I liked the ending but I also think that the baby was out of place.

Michiko is my new love xD. I really enjoyed this series.

I didn't like Hatchin's new hair and the baby. But still 10/10 series favourited.

Not very dramatic ending and seeing Hana with a kid???!! Hmmm 9/10

it was a quite sad and emotional ending for me, not sure why... i guess in a way i was slightly dissapointed, I expected a whole lot more, nice to to hana with a kid :) the ending probably could have been better, in the fact the whole series could have, less filler and more story based episodes would have been so much better but the last 3-4 episodes ended it off nicely. Im with the majority, a low to medium 7!

8/10 Man that was really great. I was hoping Hiroshi would not leave haix. After all the good things Satoshi and Michiko said about him i thought he would be a fairly good person . Guess i was wrong =.=. What a let down. but other then that i really enjoyed this whole show. It was a great roller-coaster ride for me. And i enjoyed it thoroughly.

Underrated. Whatever, this is MAL.

One of the biggest let down I've ever experienced with anime

this isn't underrated at all, Michiko & Hatchin is like Bebop/Champloo done wrong

In some way, I do agree with you. Maybe not done wrong, but not done as well.

Characters are well fleshed out and definitely the strongest part of the series. Setting, music, art style is also quite lovely. Pacing seems strange, at times, like Hatchin and Rita having 2-3 episodes to develop, and then throwing in the Chinese father and his son episode.

I agree, in that it isn't underrated. I feel that the rating is accurate, and that it is an enjoyable series to watch, but Champloo, Bebop, Mushishi are the top caliber animes in this genre.

I may be in the minority here, I loved this anime, from start to finish I thought it was very well done.

However, the ending (this episode) was a COMPLETE letdown. So they find Hiroshi, and Hana leaves with him ending the series. There is very little resolved here, WHY did he leave? Why was he wandering around from place to place? What is the deal with the tattoos? I'm totally with Manny on this one.

Then the story fast forwards what 8 years? (she was 10 in the series) she's been knocked up and raising a child alone. Hiroshi is unexplainabley gone again, other than "He found a new lover and left". The entire plot of the story was to find Hiroshi.

I get that the whole thing was about the relationship between Michiko and Hana, I think that was great and well fleshed out, their tireless bickering got redundant and their relationship development kind of stagnated in the last half of the show until like the last 4 episodes.

I finished this series simply feeling unsatisfied.

I'm pretty sure Michiko IS Hana's mother. She said so at the first episode when she called in her foster house and they asked who it is.

And Hiroshi.. I just don't understand him.

How come no one remembered the first episode when she said that she's her mom on the phone?

well it was a bitter sweet ending i already knew hiroshi was an asshole and wasnt gonna stay on the picture and i knew michiko was gonna jeep her promise and come for hana,, but i would have never guessed hana would get knocked up and have a baby.. but she's a good mom and i guess all women have needs

I was actually a little disappointed. I mean it was obvious that Hana's father was just going to leave. So it leaves a bad taste in my mouth. About half way through the anime when I realized the ending I was disappointing it went that way. I would have to say it was kind of a letdown, although the last half was kind of a letdown.

the ending is a bit abrupt. what a letdown.

I loved it. Awesome characters, great soundtracks, original settings, all the stories were pretty unique and added to the characterization. I loved how everything wasn't spelled out, it gives a lot of freedom to the viewer to interpret some character's decision.

Definitely one of my favorite anime: 9/10.