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firstawahono said: Kotopec1337 said: how the fuck did he survived and feel physicaly good after like 2 days? There is something wrong here that was just keichi's hallucination and actually keichi killed her. rika had said before that rena is good girl and keichi's mind that made rena looks evil I guess that's the only explanation. I'm still confused about new adaptation and still don't quite understand its destination. If its remake - that's absurd and absolutely needless, if its some kinda hybrid of new and old stuff - that's just confusing. 2006 adaption was much straightforward and easy to "read". |
Kotopec1337 said: firstawahono said: that was just keichi's hallucination and actually keichi killed her. rika had said before that rena is good girl and keichi's mind that made rena looks evil I guess that's the only explanation. I'm still confused about new adaptation and still don't quite understand its destination. If its remake - that's absurd and absolutely needless, if its some kinda hybrid of new and old stuff - that's just confusing. 2006 adaption was much straightforward and easy to "read". It really wasnt straightforward. We were given no reason for the girls acting like it was shown. It was so early in the series that . As I said before the exaggeration due to may alienate new fans. |
| Well that escalated quickly. When happniess appears, they dissapate under the weight of despair. I imagine alot of newcomers would go WTF when watching this and what the hell happened with Rena, Rika and Satako. I know but the question is that will the anime explain well enough and leave enough hints and clues to piece it together or they simply just explain it in a future arc? Hopefully, it will strike a balance between the two. Since we are moving on to the next arc, we should get a more clearer idea if that is going to happen. As for the fight/murder scene, I mean Keiichi taking multiple stab wounds and still kicking was...off. But then again, I doubt you will die that quickly when your stabbed in the same place in your gut multiple times. Could be just a hallucination though and Keiichi dies on the spot or after shoving Rena, we don't truly know. Higurashi likes to play mind games like that. Honestly, this whole arc was much more in your face about setting up what is to come in Higurashi Gou than the original. Whereas the first arc in the original Higurashi was more subtle, but was more focused on Keiichi's mental deteriation as to not understanding what is going or who to trust rather than this arc which had similar elements but was much more focused on the dwindling trust between Rena and Keiichi. So far at least, I've been liking this new Higurashi. Its OST, characters and pacing is still good, with it building up to the big climax like we jsut had. I am also been warming up to the animation and art style more now. But sutbtlely is lacking here with, like I said, being more in your face so far. This could change though with the next arc. |
Snapshot426Oct 22, 2020 5:36 PM
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Bernkasten said: Even though I also believe that some of the stabbing/beating part was Keiichi's hallucination, I don't think people should treat that as a fact already. It's perfectly possible that Rena really did stab Keiichi a dozen times and that the knife just wasn't that sharp or that she missed his vital organs. We shouldn't pretend that our theories are the truth, especially since we don't know how reliable the narration here is. I think the two most likely interpretations of that scene are: 1) Rena tried to kill Keiichi but died/was knocked out when he pushed her against the table and everything afterwards was his L5-induced hallucination or 2) Rena really did get up after that, got on top off him and stabbed him a bunch of times, but Keiichi's mind exaggerated the situation and in reality he knocked her out sooner than the length of the scene would imply. What I don't think is that literally everything was just in his head. Rena was clearly trying to murder him. Well a few stabs and a couple dozen are pretty different. Even a bad knife or missed vitals would be too bad for the victim. This isnt a Umineko gameboard where an obvious sliced neck is "just a prank bro". |
| So lemme get this straight. Basically Rika thought it was Onikakushi-hen that was going on and focused on helping Keiichi get over his paranoia, but stuff from Tsumihoroboshi-hen was happening in the background (suggested by a line Rena used last episode), unaware to everyone. And since no one knew, no one was able to keep Rena from going L5. |
| WOW! What an episode! Now it makes sense why Keiichi killed Rena at the beginning of the anime. Tbh i am surprised how he survived for so long and even managed to kill her! I do wonder now if it was Rena who killed the other girls, or it was someone else? I still have my doubts if a restart will happen, but let's hope. |
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| so uhh the bento happened and me thinking hey wait what if it's actually just a normal bento this time!? lets trust Rena even if i really shouldn't...good lord the following scene Rena looking like a hitman player going full lethal well with how insanely over the top it was still very intense but for real what is up with the censors or lack of them lol show has some of the darkest borders for night scenes that would look like censors but there it's just full on blood everywhere outside of the actual stabbing like what was the point. on board with Keiichi's hallucination at least apart of it really can't remember but that'd at least explain how he managed to live when it wasn't actually that many stabs. well we can put a end to is it a sequel or is it a remake?! still think it was a bad idea trying to see this to new comers but hey they want as many people watching it "shits contaminated af" |
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| I don't see how Keiichi could actually have survived getting stabbed 20+ times. I also don't know what the Japanese censors thought that black spot was doing in terms of covering anything up unless it was blocking his intestines coming out or something. |
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CatSoul said: Chances are really low to survive that but if a 20-year old girl can miraculously survive 61 stabbing to the chest and neck, its not totally impossible to survive what Keiichi got. I don't see how Keiichi could actually have survived getting stabbed 20+ times. I also don't know what the Japanese censors thought that black spot was doing in terms of covering anything up unless it was blocking his intestines coming out or something. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stabbing_of_Mayu_Tomita |
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 Circled in red, I presume is the string featured in previous shots. Can someone explain why the string is there in the blood, hmm?  |
| I really didn't wanna be one of those people who whined about the art style, but it really did take me out of it. I was expecting it to flip into the darker palette and more detailed style used in the OP for the serious scenes, because I assumed that was the whole gimmick with the cutesy art style, but I guess that'd be too much budget...? |
| That was some dark moment, I don't even know how he survived that stabbed, I mean Rena stabbed Maebara a lot and yet Rena died I think but I still think that was some crazy moment. And looks like this is the end of this arc since Rika died I think.. |
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Syureria said: yeah, I was afraid to open the door but unfortunately I fell asleep, lol .... even though it was raining but I managed to sleep and forget the incident in this episode, xD. Lol, that’s good for you. |
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| I forget was this in the original, also they did not include the door scene was keichi crushes rena fingers. |
Ashhk said: Damn they censored the most interesting part... i'm disappointed I think it will be uncensored in Blu-Ray. |
| I watched this a few hours ago and I still need time to properly process this. I thought that the pacing was a bit weird at times and i'm really hoping that it's intentional but the ending for onidamashi hen felt a little bit too quick and sudden for me. I had a similar feeling when I first finished Watanagashi hen but Meakashi hen made it all worth it and amazing for me so hopefully this will end up having a somewhat similar effect. The whole stabbing sequence lasted a bit longer than I would have liked but i'm not super upset with that. I understand all the critisism for this episode and I do agree with some but I trust Ryukishi and I hope the way this episode was set up was intentional and the new changes will work to it's benefit. I know I touched on a lot of things I didn't love but I still enjoyed this episode quite a bit and the mion auu and the rika usoda were unexpected but great. I can't wait for the watanadamashi arc |
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| So I've never seen the original, so I'm watching both at the same pace. But holy shit, do they majorly separate from each other. It's almost like this is an alternate timeline. |
| Can I just say that merging Onikakushi with Tsumihoroboshi is such an amazing setup? Onikakushi was surprising the first time around because Keichii was an unreliable narrator, but this won't work this time since we're already expecting a repeat of that. And then R07 was like: NOW EVERY ONE IS AN UNRELIABLE NARRATOR, MOTHERFUCKERS!. |
Botmpro said: Should I watch the og one? is this a sequel for sure? It's a new series that you can watch on its own, but it'll spoil the original and doesn't replace it. If you can, I'd say watch the original, then watch Gou. If you're not planning to ever watch the original, which isconsidered one of the best horror anime ever made, you're fine just watching this. |
Eternity46 said: If Gou is a sequel of the anime, and not a remake, then this episode makes it very clear. But the only thing I don't get is that why isn't Rika Furude doing anything? After 100 years of struggle finally getting a good ending, she is now back at the loop hole, this time the world is really really messed up........whats going on? She was looking after Rena and Keiichi that time. Also, she talked to Keiichi about his possible paranoia. I'm pretty sure she's also doing things in the background. |
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littleproblems said: yeah your probably right.cuzpLay said: That was some dark moment, I don't even know how he survived that stabbed, I mean Rena stabbed Maebara a lot and yet Rena died I think but I still think that was some crazy moment. And looks like this is the end of this arc since Rika died I think.. The next episode preview said it was Watadamashi-hen. |
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Botmpro said: Should I watch the og one? is this a sequel for sure? You should watch the originals and all OVAs because you won't understand a lot of stuff because they were explained in the original version and they won't go through them again. And for heads up I believe this story is after the original version so to understand everything you should watch the original, and after all it's a master piece, so go catch it. |
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| how did keichii get stabbed for 14 mins straight in the abdomen, upwards of 30 times, then beat Rena with a clock and lived while Rena didn't. Is homie juiced up on pain killers or something? Good episode, got "jump" scared multiple times, and the story is very interesting to boot. |
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| Jesus Christ what an episode, based on the spoilers people are saying I have a small grasp of what is happening. But, that was really good for me. This being my first horror/mystery anime, I really like it. Though if anything this episode really made me want to watch the original so badly, I just might cause, it's so interesting. The visual novels are probably better but, I ain't got no time for that so I'll just watch the original anime. Take note bois clock > knife. |
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| This episode slapped, but how the hell keiitchi didn't bleed out after 20 stabs is a lil nutty. Censors are a turn off for sure though. Something seems fishy about this fragment though, its a little unstable. Can't quite piece it together. |
AmorphousBlobOct 22, 2020 9:42 PM
| That censor, wtf. Literally a round black shape. This episode was not thaaaaaaat bad, but... okay, I guess? |
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| my disappointment is immeasurable... and my day is ruined... |
milkiheart said: mixed feelings. the horror aspect is just not as scary, and it kinda looks more like satire if anything? also maybe keichi survived because he was the one that actually killed rena and then later went on to kill rika and satoko because he's the one with the curse? at least this ep was surprising seeing that it took a different path compared to the original. I feel like the Higurashi franchise has been involved in this vampiric parodying of itself since Kira and arguably from the very first episode of the five episode Rei OVA; there's a lot of that tongue-in-cheek style satire which sometimes goes straight over the top but sometimes just involves playing what should be otherwise very serious and consequential scenes with a kind of weightless zaniness lacking build-up or effect. This season in some key areas can just be seen as a continuation of that trend set by the OVAs. But perhaps, just maybe, it's possible to love this world of Hinamizawa so much as to look past it and not to care. At least, I dream of such a world. Really though, it's rare to get a single scene or moment in all of the episodes after the first two seasons which is treated with the same level of intensity and seriousness, attention to detail, and played straight and with a huge dramatic flair and sense of grandeur of it all as on the level of the first two seasons. Some of the only moments which showed glimmers or outright recaptured that level of magic and chops briefly, I would argue, were outliers like Rena's speech at the end of Rei, and some fleeting moments between Rika and Hanyuu in Rei and Kira. |
WatchTillTandavaOct 22, 2020 10:38 PM
Terminator19708 said: I forget was this in the original, also they did not include the door scene was keichi crushes rena fingers. This is not the first arc of the original, the show just bait you in think that. But that was a while new arc. |
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| Man, those sure were a lot of stabs. I'm pretty sure Makoto would have wished he had Keiichi's endurance when he faced Sekai. Overall, entertaining episode but not for the right reasons. Keiichi being so stupid and naive to the point of being easily convinced by Rika (RIP, by the way. Guess she didn't take into account the fact of MC ending in the hospital for two days) was hilarious and the whole "knife vs. nightstand watch" exchange looked more comical than serious or impactful. Not to mention also that the idea of Keiichi surviving dozens of stabs but Rena dying in the end is completely beyond me... unless there is a reason for MC being so hard to kill. I don't know, like him being possessed, cursed or something of that nature. Anyways, that aside, I also think that the following scene with Mion telling MC about how his other friends, two cute little girls, were brutally stabbed to death could have been handled in a more "emotional" way. This said, it seems we will have a new time-line next episode, uh? Let's see how it goes. P.S.: Well hello, censorship-san. |
SouthRzVaOct 22, 2020 10:49 PM
| Wow, so there are several things that stood out in this episode: 1. He dropped his suspicion of Rena when the previous night he got a phone call from that police officer specifically detailing her. It's as if he forgot about it. 2. He got stabbed at least several dozen times and managed to get the strength to get in several blows to Rena. Ordinarily the stabber would have won 99.999999...% of the time. He got stabbed many more times than the Slender Man stabbing incident in Wisconsin in 2014. 3. It's been 2 days and he's already up from the hospital with seemingly minor issues. 4. How the fuck is Mion not shown to be shocked at the events? Unless there is some twist to this story, the author made it extremely unbelievable. If that was the case, the story is done very poorly imo. Stabbing 4 or 5 times, and Keiichi remaining suspicious would have been much more believable. |
OpticflashOct 22, 2020 11:07 PM
| you'll have to forgive me for not being hip but I just got to ask cuz I seen a couple people using "L5" and I know what you're referring to but why is it "L5"? I understand where the "K1" came from but I can't figure out the other abbreviation. |
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