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This is possibly the greatest anime ever made. I'm a long time fan of Higurashi since 2006 so my expectations for this story are extremely high. Yet somehow this show not only delivered but surpassed all my realistic expectations and just blew me away. Never before has an anime story had such great buildup and payoff in the end.

I was excited getting into Gou with it going down a neat new story direction and expanding upon the Higurashi universe further. Sotsu is a continuation of the saga that Gou set up and revisits a lot of the murders from the previous season from a fresh ... new perspective. Even though we have seen these events in some form from the previous season, Sotsu puts fresh new twists and shocking reveals so there is never once a dull moment. And it all feels so gloriously rewarding with the payoff we get in the climax. As a fan over the whole scope of Ryukishi07's works and not just in isolation to Higurashi, this work is near masterful..

My only complaint about this anime is that the art an animation are just average and don't do anything that amazing. Still, when the only complaint about the art and animation is that it is standard, I'm really trying to reach when coming up with aspects this anime actually did wrong.

The sound and characters are all up to WTC's traditionally high standards for such. The OP and ED were amazing performances and always got me hyped for the show. The music used during the final conflict was chilling and gave me goosebumps.

Overall this anime is a rare masterpiece. It has far exceeded all my expectations. 10/10 will watch again.