Jan 12, 2025
Gou and Sotsu were shit… Contemporary Higurashi content is really hit-or-miss and it’s hard not to point out the towering “miss” that Gou/Sotsu were in 2020, considering that they were the only products that got an anime release. However I’m here to say that most of the Reiwa content that we’ve gotten has been a hit in a big way, Hoshiwatashi in particular was incredible and and I loved how it’s part of the story was handled by the writer(s?). Now… The same goes for most irotoutoshi, but I don’t know what happened towards the end man, It gives the impression that they had simply
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had enough after roughly 3 years of telling the same story, and decided to insert some fetish play whilst ending said story in the most rushed, boring, inconclusive and stupid way imaginable.
Being the last arc of a Higurashi story conclusions were basically a guarantee, although conclusions to characters and story are handled uhmm... differently??? My favourite parts of the entire arc were the fantastic resolutions to characters - namely; Kururu and Keitarou, both arguably rival some of the better plot points from the original in their sheer depth and the clarity it brings to their character… The story - or rather the conclusion to the story - was handled about as gracefully as Gou/Sotsu handled Satoko as a character: Rushed, nonsensical and Ignorant. The main “villain” was defeated essentially offscreen in terms of plot significance and the conclusions to other plot points were interesting at best, with Satoko in particular saying some rather unique lines of dialogue like “I’ll kill you, I’ll divorce you. I can’t count how many times I’ve had thoughts like that, same goes for any person out there.” I’m sorry what!? Why are we portraying that is if those are normal thoughts to have in a healthy relationship?! Are you ok Ryukishi? need to tell us something?
Interesting rhetoric aside, Irotoutoshi straight up ignores a major key plot points set up by Hoshiwatashi; Rika’s death simply wasn’t explained, Rika even speculated about it at the start, but seemingly forgot (?) by the end of it??? The explanation for the violence between Hinamizawa and Polaris was also forced down our throats, with Irie just explaining to Rika (The audience) the reason for the conflict, it was really hand-fisted and a poor way of explaining one of the key mysteries - but at least it was answered.
I think I’ve lost hope with contemporary Higurashi content at this point. I’ve heard Mei is mid as fuck, Gou/Sotsu were the worst pieces of media I’ve ever consumed, and Meguri wasn’t much better, and Oni is probably gonna suck lets be honest. Just let me relish in the golden era where Ryukishi clearly cared more about his work please.
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Reviewer’s Rating: 5
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