Higurashi When They Cry: Festival Accompanying Arc
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| Hanyuu is so adorable!!! (I'm tempted to say I want to take her home, but that would feel cliche.) Something I don't get though... If Rika has lived this over and over, and the outcome changes based on what people do, how can Keiichi have given Rena the doll every other time? If he did, it would have made Mion go crazy like the one arc, EVERY time, but that only happens once. |
| At the beginning Rika said she dies in each and every world, but she didn't die in the first arc of Higurashi, did she? |
| How could Rika possibly repeat this so many times, but not try to fight or change fate? |
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| wait...Satoko has cancer? no no no NOO! :( she's my favorite character wth dude ;( anyway alot of things have been unveiled this episode,wow! :) 5/5 |
Sayonara,papa! "Just how a mirror reflects you,people will also reflect your heart." ~Athena Glory,Aria "Whatever happens,happens" ~Spike Spiegel's thoughts on dying(Cowboy Bebop) |
| Good start for the new arc. Glad we finally got real insight to how exactly the timeloop works. But it seems the second season will not be quite as dark as the first one, but I guess that is okay, as long as it keeps the suspense up. |
| I probably regret this post by now. |
| This episode really helped clear up a lot of things....makes me want to go back and watch the first season with my new-found understanding. |
| This episode sure was interesting.. I was really surpriced when Keiichi gave the doll to Mion instead of Rena. Though i don't think they will succeed with changing fate in this chapter, but i really hope they will... i feel so sorry for Rika. |
| Poor Hanyuu XD ~ |
| This episode killed this anime, it turned it to a fantasy/supernatural shit that I wasn't expecting to see and I hate so much. The first season was way better especially the first 4 episodes was so damn exciting, even more than DN. Seriously I am very dissapointed, I was expecting a more logical/realistic explanation to those events happening again and again. DAMN I'M SO DISSAPOINTED !!! :( |
| Why were they showing Roschach Tests to Satoko?These are mostly used to detect a mental disorder.At least in the real world.. Anyway, i liked the whole "keiichi changing the fate" thing..This arc looks promising.. But, guys, don't you think that so far the second season lacks the 'spice' of the first?I feel it is somehow inferior to the first.Not only because there is no blood and madness, but mostly it is as i'm rewatching tasteless previous arcs.. |
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| Keiichi-san, master of fate and card games xD |
| Hanyuu is so cute! Level 3? o.0 Irie and his pedo/maid fetish lol. He gave the doll to Mion! :o |
Sunlone said: Thank God, I don't have to sit through that arc again. Yes, that's what I thought. I was like, "Oh, jeez, this time we get to see it from Rika's view or something," but I was very excited when Rika was telling Keichii what would happen, the game was switched, and Keichii gave Mion the doll. That was really nice to see. :) But my mind switched to, "Oh great, now Rena will go nuts because she didn't get it BECAUSE SHE WANTS TO TAKE IT HOMEEEEE WHAT." XDDD I really loved this episode. I was expecting a normal, perky, comedy relief beginning to the arc as we've seen in previous arcs, but this one was very nice, with Rika's thoughts and connections, and the introduction of Hanyuu, who I didn't expect to like, but now totally love. It had a darker tone, with Rika's doubts and feelings and worries. So I'm excited for the rest of this arc. :3 |
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| keiichi please change the destinity! I can beileve they say the preview so happy when they say those things! =( |
| yay we finally get to see Hanyuu (lol wait I think I know someone with that name). ukonkivi said: HANYUUUUUUUUUUU! OMG so cute! I wanna take her home! CardcaptorKitty said: But my mind switched to, "Oh great, now Rena will go nuts because she didn't get it BECAUSE SHE WANTS TO TAKE IT HOMEEEEE WHAT." XDDD haha i hope not o.O Personally I think this is the best episode right now for this season. Rika and Hanyuu get less days with each time recursion? Not good... And Rika is bored of time repeating itself - this more and more resembles Yuki Nagato in E8 (actually, since E8 came after, it should be the other way around) For once I'm hopeful that this world will turn out to be a happy one, even though everyone will probably die again like before. Rika should tell more people about her abilities so that everyone can help her shape the perfect world. |
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| So did Rika spend aprox. 100 years of looping around those last 2+ weeks of her life? |
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| Quite a lot of things cleared up in this chapter, I was surprised when Hanyuu said they'd lived through 100 years of resetting timelines though ;o |
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| WAY TO GO KEICHII!!! he jus took fate and crushed it! im glad ika did that whole fortune thing with Keichii if anyone would understand i think it would be him or Mion but Keichii was the right way to go X3 i was so happy when he gave the doll to Mion! I wonder if hell gain memory of what happened like b4! that would be awesome =D its amazing how he already got one of the Hinimizawa's and threw it away! *i mean the one where Mion didnt get the doll and all that stuff happen...* omg and that new character is amazing! so she's the one Rika talks to... thats cool =) eh im still so excited about Keichii! i wonder what other new events are gonna come!!! X3 |
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QueueQ said: So did Rika spend aprox. 100 years of looping around those last 2+ weeks of her life? jeez i would have gone completely mad if that was the case O.O how could she stand all that srsly? Loved this episode! Love the supernatural feel to it, love the explanation. Everything fits just great and finds its place. |
“In a mad world, only the mad are sane.”Akira Kurosawa  |
| I liked this episode, although with a title like "Massacre Chapter" you know it's not going to be like this for long. For the people that have said they don't like the supernatural feel to the anime, i thought that had kinda been there all along, i mean it did to me anyway. |
fuck everything and rumble |
| great eisode, looking forward to how this ark will have to tell. |
| i watched the first 6 episodes before school and had no more time left fml |
| - "Repeating Cycle" thing cleared up - Elaboration on Rika's character - Introduction of a *new* character - Dramatic plot averted - Philosophical outcome at end Wow, a lot happened in this episode. :D Nice episode, too. Looking forward to how the rest of the arc plays out. |
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| For lack of a better word, I think Keiichi is like the "missing link" that Hinamizawa and Rika-chan need to try to reverse the fate of the eternal summer. He is the only one who has remembered things from past worlds/summers, and to change fate like he did in this episode. He's probably way more important than I give him credit for. xD Hanyuu is pretty cute. =D I can't wait to learn her story. And, I wonder if Hanyuu was the one Satoko would catch Rika-chan talking to at night - maybe Rika-chan wasn't just musing to herself, but talking to Hanyuu (and she was just as invisible to us last season as she was to Satoko and the gang). I just wonder how long Hanyuu's been hanging around Rika-chan... |
akromataof said: Why were they showing Roschach Tests to Satoko?These are mostly used to detect a mental disorder.At least in the real world... And their world too... *Cough* |
| Great episode, so interesting *__* I wanna more... |
| Lussuria Love ♥ |
| 100years!? That poor girl :< And I suspect something wrong with Satako's mind rather than body because of that test. |
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Dizzee said: This episode killed this anime, it turned it to a fantasy/supernatural shit that I wasn't expecting to see and I hate so much. The first season was way better especially the first 4 episodes was so damn exciting, even more than DN. :( Yeah because a notebook that kills people when you write their name in it (that comes with a shinigami) is realistic right? |
| This episode made this anime even GREATER. And GO you, Keiichi! Kind of clear, there's triggers in the different worlds that lead to tragedies. If Keiichi had given the doll to Rena, Shion would've gone to kill everyone again eventually. Ofcourse there are a lot of questions left, but i'm sure everything will become clear. I FUCKING love this anime. |
| holy fuck higurashi is awesome. One of the bet written shows ever. |
| loved seeing Takano in her nurse's uniform~ also, Keiichi seems to be the hope that Rika and Hinamizawa need. |
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werrston said: At the beginning Rika said she dies in each and every world, but she didn't die in the first arc of Higurashi, did she? If You Remember That We Saw She Always Died In Tatarigoroshi-hen Afterwards (Except Watanagashi-hen Because She Died In Different Way), It's Obvious That She Will Die After The Incident Of Keiichi, Mion And Rena. |
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| I've always wondered why Rika couldn't just stop acting cute and flat out tell people what she knows; I'm glad this episode explicitly showed just that. The doll scene was great, especially where Rika got cut off, brilliant episode. |
| Destined fate averted and is thanks too Keichii woo! Love how Rika always acts cute or sad and how she is connected with Hanyuu that she burned her mouth xD |
| YUSH!!! I hope this is the last :') Poor Rika had to endure so much. I LOVE YOU KEIICHI !! Too happy when you gave the doll to Mion. Too happy<3 |
| An event changer, this can be interesting! |
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| Mion got the doll, crisis averted. Shion will not turn into a psychotic killer. What happens now? |
| Some parts of this post may be exaggerated. |
windy said: Absolutely loved this episode, so glad Keiichi was the one to help Rika out. Loved Mii's reaction to the doll :) Hanyuu is lol :D Keiichi = badass. :D |
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| mmm ... but there's a contradiction in the rules .... at the first arc " Keiichi arc " Tomitake , Takano or Rika , neither of them have been killed ; so why that world has been ended !!! Also ; at Rena arc ; Rika has not been killed ! |
| ^---- In the Keiichi arc, tomitake and takano were both killed. Remember Oishi telling him about it in the car? Also, Rika must have been killed later but they didn't show it. Omg, they say that the amount of time they have spent trapped in the never ending month is about a hundred years..... That's like 1200 repeats of the tragedy O_O More if you take into consideration that the amount of time they can jump back is decreasing. Hell, anyone would give up after that many failed attempts :/ |
“I’m tired of all the nonsense about beauty being only skin-deep. That’s deep enough. What do you want – an adorable pancreas?”      |
| Hmm...bout time. I always thought, "Hey, Rika, if you want something to change, maybe tell someone instead of tweedling on your thumbs waiting for something to happen!" And look what happened. Hanyuu's pretty cute (She's also Ayu :D) |
| Finally, an episode that explained some things. It keeps gettingmore interesting :) |
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| Great episode. Keiichi is being cooler :) |
| Another good episode. + Even though i don't speak Japanese that ending song is flame |
| this episode made me understand everything so much better! feel i fully get the plot and how things work after this and obviously seeing Hanyuu its also cool how little things can change the path of events, like if if Mion hadn't received the doll it would have ended in bloodshed.... know to see how this world pans out hope it still ends in bloodshed though xD this series is lacking any atmosphere and creepiness at the moment where the first series was so good at that, just hope this is a slow starter and will kick in soon |
| Well now we know whats going on. Its not a realistic interpretation, but who could tie all that stuff goin on together without some supernatural attributes? :D I was really happy for Rika when Keichi taught her that she doesnt have to subjugate herself to fate but fight, even if he didnt know the magnitude of his little speech for Rika's motivation. I litterally jumped off my seat when he gave the doll to Mion ! Its a scientific theory that even the slightest change in the most not-significant thing can cause massive change to the future ( I think its called Determinism, The butterfly effect movie portrays that theory well) . It will be very interesting if someone mentions it in the following episodes . In other news, what is that L3 Satoko has ? Maybe Irie has the same disease thus making a drug in an atempt to cure her , takes the medicine and dies from poisoning ? Which explains why he dies in every arc. (Thats like a HUGE speculation there, just want to know if someone else also thought of that) |
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