#onisarashi

ひぐらしのなく頃に  鬼曝し編

I saw someone requesting Natsumi Kimiyoshi in Akio Watanabe style, so here you go! 

Natsumi in Higurashi Gou! 

Key: comments added in <these> are from December 27th, 2025, when I finished all the arcs. I started this on October 8th, 2023, so I’ve matured since then, so I find a lot of my older commentary… cringy.

Onisarashi-hen:

I began this one before but never finished it, so I’ll read it now. Ah, Kimiyoshi? She’s the daughter of him? Distant relative? OH THIS IS THE ONE WITH THE LESBIAN. (Btw, I’m pretty sure my post got tagged as mature because of this. Thanks tumblr.)

Did she kill the woman? See! I told you they were lesbians. She is flirting with Natsumi. A LOVE TRIANGLE? YIPEE!

Seriously? Natsumi has the prettiest girlfriend in the world and she’s looking at some rando?

Akira shows up, professes his love and is never seen again. Let’s perform a miracle where he gets “demoned away.”

Please.

Why is the prefecture always censored in Higurashi? Like, is thinking of two numbers that difficult? I love Natsumi by the way, she’s so wholesome. I bet she and… Shi… the other girl will get along well. Lesbian lovers.

Shoutout to Bess’s “Guide To Higurashi Bonus Arcs” video. It’s helping me keep track of them and not be overwhelmed with them.

Chisato! Ah yes, Natsusato. Chinatsumi. The lesbian lovers. I hope to god Chisato isn’t like 20 or something. That would be awkward. Or like, idk. <she is in high school what do you think…ugh why was I this dense>

I agree! City boys are bad for country girls. By “city boys” I mean Akira exclusively. You need a real city boy. By that, I mean the lesbian Chisato. She isn’t a boy but still. Sorry, but I can’t stand this awful romance. I’m not just shitting on it because it’s M/F. I’m shitting on it because there’s a way better F/F couple there, untapped possibilities.

I thought that was Akasaka but it was so out of left field I was confused. Oh, so Rika died in this timeline? Oh no. Poor guy.

No way that’s meant to be Ooishi. Sorry, I’m just so used to ham-hands sprites. Ryukishi’s style makes him look like a goofball, so forgive me if he's looking like a human being is a little out of… right field. Saying left field would be repetitive, like Ryukishi’s visual novel prose. Damn. Sick burn.

Wait… what? But the curse is a myth. Wasn’t that the whole point of Takano’s character? That her beliefs were batshit insane? <uhhh no… I mean kinda I don’t remember but it’s hard to tell if the curse is real when they’re fucking spraying chemtrails anyway!>

I have a feeling her grandma killed her family. Like just the framing is ominous.

I hate this. Sorry, but I hate the “killing” trope involving… ugh. Those poor puppies. I’m very sensitive about animal abuse. I’m sorry I just am. I can handle anything else. Imagine how Hanyuu feels. No! Hanyuu wouldn’t want you to sacrifice an animal for her! This is like- okay.

Have

Have any of you seen the Fluttershy meme? The “no the fuck she doesn’t she likes cute animals” meme? Oh, wait, that’s HK, nvm. Still! Applies here! Hanyuu doesn’t like ritual sacrifices she likes cute animals and board games and friendship! <well she also likes massacring villagers but that’s besides the point>

First off, was Haruko or whatever her name was, the mother, was her mother just in the bathroom doing her… weird hobby the whole time? Why didn’t- okay first off, I could’ve just said “Natsumi’s grandmother,” and second… Why didn’t Natsumi stop her grandma? I know she was scared but I would’ve done something even as a scared kid. I mean- those poor puppies. <“something” lol I would’ve done a lot more than just something…>

A lot of Rena parallels here. “Usoda,” the family helping each other dispose of someone, distrust.

Madoka Magica?!

How would “Onozaki” and “Furudate” get mixed up? Doesn’t Japanese write different surnames with kanji? The kanji for Sonozaki is 園崎. The kanji for Onozaki is written as “琴浦” at least from the one character with the name I found. I know surnames can be written with kanji that are differing, but still. Rika’s surname is written as “琴浦” but Furudate is written as “古舘” in the instance I found. It shares a kanji in common with Rika’s name though… well never mind. I just realised they’re going by pronunciation alone. <lemon pretends she understands Japanese #1. Well I guess I ID’d as non-binary from 2019 until early 2025 so… they? is referring to my past self as she misgendering?? Idk. I’ll ask myself permission. Ok I permit myself to call my past self she. Wow thank you lemon. You’re welcome lemon.>

Yeah, she’s gonna be dead…

Did… Natsumi… see! I was right!

Wait… she killed her? The puppies thing was in her imagination?

Shit! That’s a really good twist!

Did she hurt the puppies? Aw, man. I liked Natsumi. I hope not. <I don’t think she did.>

Urakaeshi-hen? Huh? Interesting.

Wait- Chisato likes Akira? What? No, she doesn’t. So this chapter is like the Cast Review sessions from Higurashi?

I think… I think Natsumi did nothing wrong. Her grandma's behaviour would’ve gotten worse. I’m not saying it was the best option though, but she was a scared child. I don’t blame her for what she did. And I mean… holy shit. Did Ryukishi- someone else wrote this I bet. No? It was him? Why did it have to be puppies? Like… ugh… I know it’s a series about murder and all but it makes me uncomfortable.

Also! There IS a console version of this arc! I thought it was in my head, but nope, it exists! I didn’t fully understand this arc, but it was okay. 3/5

Nekogoroshi:

Did I somehow miss this in 2018 when I consumed all Higurashi anime, even the OVAS? Huh. Well, it seems to be lost media. Rather, hard to find. And it doesn’t seem to have much going for it. Darn my completionism. I’ll have to pass ha. <media I can’t find = lost media. lemon logic #1>

Kataribanashi:

Let’s start with Sukekomashi. Who illustrated this? It’s really interesting.

Oh for fuck sake. Are we seriously going to have a 14-year-old flirting with Satoko? Really? The “it’s a blunder in my 100 years” line implies this arc actually did happen.

Keiichi, roleplaying as Satoko’s older brother is the least of your problems when it comes to “marrying” her. SHES A CHILD. It would be unusual to take on Satoshi’s role with her and do that. But it IS WAY WORSE what you’re doing now!

They’re using their sapphic power to defeat Keiichi.

WHAT THE FUCK IS- OOISHI?? WHY HE BUILT LIKE A PRINGLE?? <I wish I still knew the context lol can I see this>

Okay, this one doesn’t have an arc name, but it seems to be about punishments.

Minaaishi-hen. So this takes place before Matsuribayashi?

Uhh… what did they say about Rena?

I’m confused with the ending panels…

This one is about Chie.

Demon chapter. Ugh, how many more chapters? This is volume 2! There are seven volumes! Ahhhhhh.

HOWARD LOVEROCK??? LOVEROCK??? Whoever wrote this- 😭 I know the Japanese names English people give characters are bad (i.e. YandereDev/Yandere Simulator) but LOVEROCK???

I have no idea what the fuck I just read. Like genuinely.

Stir fri- oh for fuck sake. “I love you too Satoko. I want you to be my kitty.” Come on, she’s so gay. Like Rika and Satoko.

Neinagashi-hen. So we have more Miirena content now. By that, I mean Mii getting too feely with Rena. Never mind… now Mion is being weird around Rika.

Hinageshi. No thoughts; this chapter was weird.

Satokoishi. I can’t believe they did nice-guy Teppei TWICE. Ridiculous. I didn’t like Sotsu & Meguri’s interpretations of nice guy Teppei. I don’t know why but it was like we were meant to feel like he was some uwu wholesome baby being used by the evil Satoko. It works better here. Not a masterpiece, and not a redemption, but alright.

This chapter is about the bargain sale auction.

Satoko shares something in common with the Kimiyoshi’s ala Onisarashi: being unfairly discriminated against because of the actions of few. Butterfly Dream: Endless Nightmare, huh? Weird chapter.

RikoSato wars. Good news! Satoko WILL spend 100 years with you, Rika, in both Sotsu and Meguri. Yay.

Kyute Lessons From Hell. Rena is brutal. She tore Satoko’s project apart. Sorry for the Sniperwolf-level commentary here. I have no opinions on this. “Mii-chan, I’d appreciate it if you didn’t steal my catchphrase.” XD. Usoda! <I wonder what SSSniperwolf is up to nowadays… probably the same shit. wow… why am I not surprised that I was right?>

The Cuckoo Clock… oh, this is Takano’s orphanage story?

Kanwakyuukei-hen. Tonal whiplash uh.

Hundred-Year-Old Sickness. The time loop where Rika fell in love with Keiichi. I guess Bi Rika is canon? “It’s a fan story” Yeah yeah whatever.

Hey Ryukishi, if you ever need Esperanto translations of Higurashi, I’m an amateur. <and I cut the rest of this out because I do not speak Esperanto. My language backstory is very long and I made a rant about it anyway so I’ll link that if I remember but apparently 2023-2024 was when I locked into Esperanto… lol… then Japanese… then I spent 8 months torturing myself with Spanish…>

Limit, a Shmion story!

Test Of Courage. Not any thoughts.

Welcome Home, Goodbye… And. Satoko got Rika flowers. Girlfriends. Thank you. That was the best story in this anthology. Hanyuu leaving the club is a moment of all time.

Snow-crossing chapter. So other Time Looper Rika’s exist?

Keiichi’s Confession Time. So we have confirmation that Shion never fell for Satoshi in any world. Rena and Keiichi fell in love in 4 worlds. Five worlds for Miichi so Miichi W. First of all, I know this isn’t canon, but Keiichi becoming Satoko’s nii-nii 6 times. Aw, adorable. GAY KEIICHI?? I WAS NOT EXPECTING THAT. LIKE THAT'S SO OUT OF LEFT FIELD. OOISHI TOO?? <I still remember ooishi’s expression this manga was hilarious. also, it’s keimii! No one says miichi. do they?>

TONAL WHIPLASH??

Saikoroshi:

So, this is the “ideal” world arc, right? Where Satoko is kinda mean but Satoshi is alive, and Shion and Mion never switched places? I remember this arc vaguely. Hanyuu did it to teach Rika a lesson. Maybe to not give up or to take a world for granted?

Rika doesn’t know what a Fragment is. Since when? It might’ve been Bern speaking in Matsuribayashi-hen. Did I ever mention I picked up vocal tics from Higurashi? I’m autistic, and it’s been a thing for years. Sometimes I say ‘mii’ or ‘meep’ when I don’t know what to say. It’s kinda awkward. I used to say ‘kanakana’ too. The only thing I didn’t pick up was ‘nanodesu’ which I think translates to ‘so it is.’ I used to learn Japanese before I dropped it to focus on Esperanto. ‘Desu’ means it is if I recall. So like, 三わしんです… I don’t remember the phrase, but I’m trying to say “It is three o’clock.” I don’t think ‘shin’ is correct… it’s two anyway. I just know the ‘wa’ particle is used before the time. Ahhh, Japanese. People say that learning Esperanto has no use, meanwhile they learn Latin. At least Esperanto has speakers. <shut up past me Latin actually is useful.> <also lemon pretends to understand Japanese #2> <ALSO I don’t think it counts as a tic if it was voluntary.>

Saikoroshi is basically a car accident PSA.

Maybe it’s just a dream, Rika. I WAS THINKIN BOU YOU, THINKING ABOUT ME, THINKING ABOUT US, WHAT WE GONNA BE. Oh! Now I know!

Does Rika have to get rid of Oka? I think I remember this, so that’s my guess. Her name is Oka, right? By the way, Oka means mother if I recall. I may or may not have a character in my novel3 that has a pun name referencing the fact she is a mom who dies… <Ouka but close enough… and I actually ended up releasing that book… I do regret calling the mother character what I did. however it was kind of funny ngl. The draft I had at the time I wrote this was so ass btw. Btw, that novel was originally 160k words but I cut it down to 100~k. My current WIP was originally 190k but I cut it down to 76k and now it’s back to 80k. I usually end up cutting a lot of stuff out, even stuff I like. :(( whole character arcs… but it is filler… so it has to go… or even if it isn’t filler and developing a character I would fixate on random ones. for example, my third book has a cult leader character who originally had way way more going on and a whole arc about learning to be authentic but ultimately cut 90% of the content was cut… because it’s a side character…>

So I kinda predicted this. I noticed the villagers using “Rika-san” and “Furude-san.” They usually used “Furude-chama” in the previous fragments including Matsuribayashi-hen… Chama is a childish way of pronouncing Sama. It’s similar to Rena saying ‘Sho Kyute’ in the English translation. Sama means god. That’s why no one respects Rika. She isn’t the reincarnation of Oyashiro-sama, Ouka is. I need to google her name… wait, really? Oh wow, thanks for the spoiler wiki. Wait wait I’m so confused. Ouka got rid of Hanyuu? That’s what the wiki says. But… isn’t Rika the 8th descendant? So in most worlds, Ouka should be the 7th. How could Hanyuu be Ouka’s mother if Ouka is either the 7th or 8th descendant of Hanyuu? <how did I remember that…>

Told you. I could suspect Shion was Mion in this arc. For starters, Mion wouldn’t tease Rika or ignore her. Mion would’ve done a lot to help her. I’m not saying that to reduce Mion to good and Shion to bad, I’m just using Shion’s own words. She’s more ruthless than Mion and blunt. That’s why I foresaw this. It’s also clear Maebara Keiichi didn’t transfer because he didn’t sin, but apparently, that wasn’t obvious to the 100-year-time looper. I wouldn’t choose that world, I mean, the village is still going to be submerged. Rika and the others would move out of Hinamizawa. It wouldn’t be the same. <lemon pretends to be smart #1>

“Being left in a forked road without any guidance, without any hint… is what life is. To lazily keep on choosing the right hand side is ok. To suitably decide it with a ‘boutaoshi’ game is okay too. To eagerly search for hints, to be all worried over how much advantageous each side, left or right is, and stand still on the forked road indefinitely too is ok…” (had to remove the ss to make room for the rena red pill one. wait a few arcs. it’ll make sense.)

Batsukoishi:

I have already seen the anime. *sigh* time to read the VN version. “Why do you want to win? Because you don't want to lose?” No shit, Ooishi.

I’m only 8 minutes in and can we get Ryukishi a wellness check, please? Like I’m genuinely concerned. Why is he doing this? These are KIDS. <I saw people on r/higurashinonakakoroni genuinely mass downvote someone because they were trying to get into the VN’s and thought the fan service with the inappropriateness were uncomfortable because ‘oh it’s just a part of the culture’ and ‘it’s a part of the bait and switch’ and one that straight up says it’s ’a part of Japanese culture.’

No it fucking isn’t. Otaku culture is not Japanese culture, it’s a niche subculture. And then someone else calls them a puriteen. Last I checked not wanting children to be displayed in inappropriate situations isn’t puritan, do you even know what a puritan is? Puritans are the “no hand holding before marriage” types.

Anyway back on topic, take this with a grain of salt because I’ve mostly heard non-Japanese people claim this (unsurprisingly I don’t speak Japanese…) but I’ve heard Japanese people actually frown on this sort of shit. Because no shit?? It’s fucking awkward as hell. Why would a grown mf want to be reading these scenes. It’s not even that type of VN. Anyway it was one post and there are a lot of people who do see an issue with it so it’s not the whole subreddit but that one specific post must’ve got a lotta weirdos lol.>

That was the worst thing I’ve ever read.

Hirukowashi-hen:

I forgot I have to read this next. God, I’m sorry. I don’t know what punishment this is. Can we take this as Rena’s bi-confirmation arc? I know she technically involuntarily fell in love, but like, I dunno, it’s funnier to imagine Rena does have feelings for Miyo. <you put this onto yourself>

Rena really said “I know what you are” to Miyo. I had a feeling Rena would fall in love with Ooishi, I just knew it, so predictable, Ryukushi. Speaking of, I know “Ryukishi07” can also be read as RyukishiReina, but I wonder how. Let’s see. 零 means 0. It’s the only kanji for zero. I think anyway. The kanji for seven is usually 七. 零 is a valid kanji for rei, apparently. 七 can also just be na. So yeah, it works. But I’m only using predictive text and Google Translate, so maybe not. <lemon pretends to understand Japanese… uh… #2? #3?>

Higugurui.

Not gonna lie, I usually find Higurashi’s humour unfunny, but Keiichi yawning and swallowing it kinda made me “haha” a little. Just a little exhale. <because it is unfunny most of the time sorry not sorry anime humor is not funny>

“If your partner doesn't seem to like it, you shouldn't hesitate to force an invite on him.” That’s right ladies! If your partner doesn’t like your hobby, force it onto them. The perfect way to a healthy relationship is to ignore your partner's wishes. This definitely can’t go wrong or have any negative consequences! Jk, I know it’s just a bonus Higurashi arc and not that serious…

Yoigoishi-hen:

I know this arc has Mion in it, but that girl near the start sorta reminds me of Rena Ryuugu. I don’t know why. Maybe the “I wonder” part, but I dunno.

“Yae Towada” my ass. We know it’s you, Rena. Evidence? Uh… none.

Is Yae Rena’s new identity? Was she taken into witness protection, because at first I was joking, but now I’m actually wondering. Like I thought maybe but hm. <what is blud yapping about>

I know Ryukishi enough to know Yae probably got rid of the other dude. You can’t trick me, Reina07 man.

Oh, so it is someone here. You all, it’s always the first person to find the body.

Okay. I was right but Yae wasn’t her, it was just parallels.

Yoigoshi console version:

I thought Miyuki might be Akasaka’s daughter, but I wasn’t sure. Anyway, wasn’t Miyuki in Sai… Saikoroshi… Sarakoshi… what was it, Onisarashi? Yeah, I think! I like her design.

Did Ryukishi write this? He sure loves waffling. Anywho, are they siblings? That’s my work-in theory. Work-in? Working. Because they both have fathers who died in the Hinamizawa Disaster. Hmm, maybe I should call this arc Sanyoigoshi hen to distinguish it from Yoigoshi’s other arc.

Like, if I say Yoigoshi, people won’t know if I mean the manga or the console version. So, when referring to the console arc, maybe I’ll say Sanyoigoshi, and I’ll say Yoigoshi to reference the console one. ‘San’ as in ‘三’ by the way. You might be able to get the answer from the kanji, but 三 means three. This was released on the PS3.

I don’t trust Miyuki-chan. But, then again, maybe it’s a red herring. I’m expecting her to sneak up behind Akagawa-san with a baseball bat or something. Oh, sorry, Arakawa. Btw,

I’ll give my thoughts and feelings on the ending of Yoigoshi (manga). I am taking the optimistic route that both Mion and Shion survived the Great Hinamizawa Disaster, and that Shion’s story was 100% true. However, it could also be that Mion was an apparition of some sort. Maybe Hinamizawa Syndrome was the cause of it. Maybe Shion was just cosplaying as Mion for some reason. There are many possibilities. I know everyone has a favourite so…

You probably want to know my favourite Sonozaki twin. Well, I don’t know. I’m a naturally contrarian person. I tend to like characters most people ignore, and Mion doesn’t rank high on a lot of people's tier lists. However, I truly think I like Shion better. I know it’s the popular opinion and that the Mion stans might think I’m just uncultured, but Shion is a character whose arc resonated with me. I love Mion. The only character out of the main girls I don’t really connect with is Rena. I used to, back when all I saw was the anime because I was younger and saw her as the “happy snappy” girl. As a kid who probably had a personality disorder, and still probably does, I don’t know I think I’m cluster B but maybe I’m not, I resonated with that. But ever since reading the VN this year, well last year depending on how you view it, I don’t relate to Rena at all beyond that. Rena isn’t a bad character, I just don’t relate to her much. I’m not sure what my exact tier list would be, but Rena would still be in ‘best blorbo’ tier. I think Shion and Satoko are the most relatable of the main cast. I also love Hanyuu despite the fandom not really liking her, because yes, she’s flawed. She can’t let go of Rika. It isn’t until Saikoroshi-hen where Hanyuu lets go of that. But honestly? I love how flawed Hanyuu is. I like how despite not relating to Hanyuu at all, she’s still a blorbo. <LOL YOU AREN’T CLUSTER B I had an ED… well.. have… that makes me a total rage machine. also the caffeine didn’t help. fuck caffeine. shit makes you into a fake shell of a human.>

My current ranking might be 1. Shion/Satoko. 2. Rika. 3. Mion 4. Hanyuu. 5. Rena. I’m not sure though. I love them all equally. I was actually gonna write an essay: “How Satoko Hojo’s Story Impacted Me: A Shallow Literary Analysis” but I feel like character analysis isn’t for me. Plus, it got very personal. <if I’m caught doing literary analysis I’m being kidnapped btw> <anyway updated based tier list: 1. Shion 2. Satoko 3. Rena 4. Rika 5. Mion. Actually hard to decide between Satoko and Rena. Doesn’t matter all that matters is that Shion is the best. Funny cuz I think Rika was my favourite character when I first watched the anime in 2018.>

Kinda homophobic that Rika wants to escape pride 🏳️‍🌈. Anyway, is Arakawa Takano’s son?! Like, his actual son? Probably not. I still don’t know why Tumblr marked this post as mature. <??? What??? Uhhh I have no idea what I meant by this… then again I forgot he existed until the final review session>

Is Arakawa suffering from HS? I doubt it. Because that would be too obvious. Not only that, but you only start hearing the footsteps at L4-L5 I believe? And if he was that far gone, wouldn’t he be more obvious about that, or is this an unreliable narrator thing? We need to focus on the facts. Miyuki is a police officer or something? Or she writes for a newspaper? She is Akasaka’s daughter. Though Arakawa looks a lot like Akasaka, that’s irrelevant. The two of them found bodies in a car. In Yoigoshi manga, the culprit was… that blonde dude that looked like Satoshi. So, yeah. Mystery solved lol. <lemon pretends to be smart #2. Also theory: Arakawa is Akasaka in disguise… GAME THEORRY… wait I just realized this post was before matpat retired. tbh I never watched game theory after that. I wonder if they fell off. Ok ngl I was seeing 100k or more views and thinking “oh they’re still doing well” but then I go back and see Matpat was getting like… millions of views… 💀 oh that’s rough buddy.>

I don’t trust Otobe nor do I believe he made the call, or if he did, it wasn’t to whom we thought. Also, Mion’s mouth is really creepy. Who animated that?

Oh! I just realised! I got “Madoka” mixed up with “Miyuki.” The reasoning? Kinda embarrassing, but probably this. <well that aged well… must’ve been late 2023… lol…>

I didn’t like Toe-kun much until now. He’s silly, not the brightest, but baby girl. <who is Toe-kun is that Otobe??>

Normal people: run and hide. Arakawa-san: yells at the assailants. I’m not gonna say it's natural selection because that's mean, but who does such a thing?

Me when victim blaming. <LOL this shit was still wild>

Mion straight up let’s the very obviously lying through and through man go. She’s either really good willed, or really naive. I don’t speak Japanese but the delivery didn’t even sound sincere so uh lol. Mion L ig.

I’m laughing? Akasaka showing up was so random, I-I am in shock. At first I thought Arakawa was saying it, and I was like HUH?

That ending (the one where you give Towada tea) was a mindfuck.

Taraimawashi:

SH-SH-ION!!! Yayyyyyy, I missed you. Okay, I know picking a fave out of two ostracised children whose entire conflict in Meakashi stemmed from their love being divided between “Mion” entirely and none to “Shion” is sad and ironic, but I loveeee Shion. I root for the underdog. I know Mion is a compelling character, and I love her, but there’s something so cathartic about Shion taking back her identity as Mion in Meakashi-hen.

“Matsuri.” They said the thing.

I’m wondering… if Satoko never pushed her parents, would the events of Higurashi never transpired? Maybe… <why am I blaming this child lmao it doesn’t even make sense why did h think this>

I wanna join the club :(( I’m a bit too old… *sigh* You know, there aren’t any opportunities in adult life to enjoy games with people you like.

Mion isn’t Oji-san anymore, she’s Otō-san (because she left everyone alone) <I don’t get it I don’t speak weeb anymore does this mean aunt?>

Was this scene copy and pasted from Onikakushi? The club activity? <probably>

Two words: Looper Mion.

I’m just saying. Imagine it.

Shionnnnn we know that’s you! Damn it, I can tell from her not remembering the bags incident. I don’t think it was Shion before, though. Idk, I think I can just tell when Shion is speaking.

This is something I do not want to discuss. However, a lot of people say “throat scratching is campy” in reference to this series. But it isn’t. During breakdowns I’ve had, I almost scratched my throat open. Not just that. I scratch my throat when I’m nervous, too, or ocd takes over. So it’s actually a normal thing. Well for mentally ill people. It’s funny, because I’m actually diagnosed with zero mental illnesses. My mom says I have diagnoses for ocd, anxiety and depression, but I’ve never seen them, so I don’t believe. That doesn’t mean I don’t believe have them. OCD? Yes. 100%. Anxiety? No. I don’t have anxiety. Depression? Maybe. It’s not as bad as it used to be… there was 5 years where I wouldn’t leave the house. 4? 3? I don’t know. More than 2.9. If you asked me to name something life changing that happened from 2019 to 2021, I couldn’t tell you. And the only notable thing in 2017 and 2018 was dropping out of school. <HAHA this was before my medication mixup where I was scratching at my throat arms and legs and having basically actual psychotic episodes and existential ruminations for two weeks straight while the stupid doctors told me to “ride the wave. :)” I hate antidepressants so much I don’t care if it was because of a mix up with my sleeping meds it wasn’t my fault and I hate antidepressants regardless.>

“Pudgy but not fat” I disagree. I’m not even being mean I just- objectively- look at Ooishi. Does he look skinny to you? No? Exactly. I’m not saying it’s wrong! I’m just saying it’s the truth! So I have no clue what these writers are on.

Re-organise tier list. I like Rena a lot but hm… why do I not like her as much as I used to? I do! I don’t like picking favourites. :( Um okay. My favourite character in Higurashi is… all- no, that’s a novice answer. Satoko? Maybe… I don’t have a full idea.

This series is the only one that makes me cry, ironically so. When Mion brought up the club activities… ohhh… I guess it’s because When They Cry as a whole has a lot of deep emotions attached to it. …I don’t care about most sad moments in shows. I even laugh at them sometimes. But well… I don’t know. Mion didn’t deserve this wah:(

Tsukiotoshi:

YESS, THE SHIIRENA CONTENT WE NEED. Maybe. Idk.

“Yet, I couldn't but help but feel a lingering unease pooing in the bottom of my heart.” has me in tears.

I’m just realising a plot hole in Tatarigoroshi-hen. Mion wasn’t able to use her influence to help Satoko, but disposing of Teppei’s body? Pfft, easy. This makes Mion just look like an asshole. Maybe part of the reason I like Shion more than Mion is that this plot hole, as well as the fact she easily convinces Oryou to help Satoko in CH7, makes her seem fickle. “But Keiichi and the others got loads of people to protest.” Let’s be real. Do you truly think Oryou, a yakuza leader would give a shit if a 1,000 people were protesting? Deep down, she wanted to help Satoko. Mion could’ve spoken with Oryou and tried to change her mind anytime before now, and yet she didn’t. It’s just baffling. <I don’t get it where’s the plot hole? disposing of a body fits the sonozaki ‘brand’ so to speak. helping satoko doesn’t. was I stupid? (yes)>

Teenager has the genius plan of fighting a gang, surprisingly, gets beat up in front of child he’s trying to stop getting beat.

Higurashi drinking game. Every time someone says “cry” take a shot.

"When you're feeling down, you need to eat at least twice as much as usual. So l'll give you a triple portion. That's the secret to keeping your mind and body healthy. It's proven effective.” Or the secret to binge eating disorder.

Shion? Mion wouldn’t say friends don’t keep secrets from each other. She said the opposite in Minagoroshi, so.

Shion: …

Keiichi: What is it, Shion?

Shion: Ah, fuck.

Keiichi: …What? Call him!

Shion: I forgot the houjou residences number.

Keiichi: You WHAT?! We were gonna kill this guy, but Shion forgot his number?! Now what are we going to do?! This was the biggest part of the-

Rena: *sigh* I guess we have no choice. Follow Rena. Rena will take you to the mothership.

Keiichi: What? Rena, what are you saying? >ok this bit was unfunny but the fact this kind of happens in mei is->

Then they go on a space craft and shoot down lasers at Teppei. The end. My AU Tsukiotoshi.

Oh my god you all need to pick up on context clues. Satoko CLEARLY went L3, wait no, L5* she was already that before, and got rid of Shion. I knew that the moment they saw her scooter. Why? Because Satoko was KIDNAPPED. If you are a 11 child, and you got kidnapped, and your abductor was making you breakfast, what would you do? The moment the food was described as scattered I knew a fight broke out. Satoko took the knife and ambushed Shion. Unless…

I WAS WAITING FOR THE SCRATCH REVEAL. YES!!! I KNEW SATOKO DID THAT!! I was expecting something more subtle like her hand being red with ‘liquid’ but no. It’s pretty on the nose. HAHAHA. I solved it before any of the others did. Granted, their friends are gone so solving that might not be their top priority, but… <Lemon pretends to be smart #4 or whatever>

Am I a good detective? :<no-tsutoshi>

Praise me for my mediocre efforts. Yes! Shower me with love! I’m taking too much pride in solving a very obvious mystery. Also, not that I’m watching a commentated-free playthrough or anything trashy like that so I don’t have to buy a PS2 solely to play Higurashi, but someone in the comments spoiled that I’m right, which on one hand makes me feel good, but also ruins the mystery. <wait until this genius learns about the 07th mod… you know, the mod the uploader was using??? it was lambdadelto btw>

Mion… it’s Mion on the other end of the line. Why? Because Shion is dead. That makes sense…

“I can’t say over the phone.” OH admitting you killed Teppei? Fine to discuss. Things are bad? Bad to discuss.

Ah yes, Mion killed Shion because… reasons? This actually makes perfect sense for Rena to believe. Keiichi and Rena are, well, not bright? They jump to conclusions and shit. <bro rena deduced satoko’s whereabouts in a chapter because of the way something looked or something like that… it was probably something entirely different but she found someone or something or a clue about something from a small detail rena is NOT slow, she’s just an r/conspiracy frequenter. I went on there for 5 minutes once and lost my shit.>

Well, Keiichi-kun~ you know that saying? “Three can keep a secret.” I imagine Rena either doesn’t trust Keiichi or thinks he framed Mion or was working with her.

Okay I thought Rena was burning the house down but I thought that was too extreme. Then I remembered. “Rena.”

Are these the Mountain Dogs? Or the K… whatever they were called in Japanese. If they were cops, I doubt they would act that harshly to a 13 y/o girl.

Ah! Armed guards! It is them!

Yamainu? Is that what they’re called? I don’t remember… カナカナ—~ <don’t try to speak nihongo irishwoman>

Miotsukushi:

Ah, fuck. I hate longer arcs. Not really because more Higurashi content but still such an investment of time. <lol copium>

Satoko’s joking about going to St. Lucia… *that one didn’t age quite so well.*

“Whether it's a transfer student from an American high school or a prototype maid robot developed at some research institute, I'll accept anyone that comes here. It's actually no problem at all.” We need both now. Howard Loverock transfers.

“Shion always makes things lively.” Well, that’s one way to word it. I suppose.

This could be that “Mion” is the Mion that was given Mion by birth, the Mion we know as Shion. But I don’t believe that. I think this is relatively in character for Mion. The fact Keiichi would denounce his friendship over a game is funny to me. If I was in that club, which I’m too old to be, I would be the most obnoxious of them all. When in a game, I always say “I’m going to win. My victory is certain.” like a certain… witch. It’s a coincidence though. I do it to show my confidence. “This is just the beginning of the beginning.” “I may have ‘lost’ this time, but this is the butterfly theory in its entirety, leading to my victory next time.” Essentially, I never lose, and if I lose? Then I’m winning. <lemon being cringe… #1… probably more #100>

I’d like to join a club like Mion’s. Hinamizawa Branch School seems like a very fun place. Gas disaster aside.

"Is that so? If you don't see it, that's fine. ...But just remember this. What happened back then wasn't done out of malice towards you. The other party was just a bad fit. Both. Honestly, when it comes to family succession I think you're just as important as Mion. Of course, I understand if it's painful now, but it's for the sake of the village, so would you mind playing your role just a little longer?”

I thought the switch was an accident… 👁️ 👁️ :)

Umekoroshi would be a good title. Wait, it’s Ume right? Oh! Unmeikoroshi. Ryukishi, next time you need a Higurashi cash grab, hire me. I’m great at coming up with arc titles. For example, Kinkai… nvm.

Satoshi. Satoko. I just realised they both begin with Sato, meaning town. Satoshi, if I’m assuming it’s written the way I am, could mean ‘demon town’ referencing how he was ‘demoned away in the village.’ Satoko can mean ‘village child’ an ironic twist on Satoko’s exclusion from the village. It also led to ‘Satokowashi’ literally meaning ‘village destroying arc’ or deceiving or whatever, but can also refer to satoko herself being ‘destroyed.’ <lemon realising the fucking obvious way too late>

Am I the only one who would think Akasaka did it? Like if a man came up to me and told me about murders that only a select few officials could know about, I’d assume he did it. <why would Akasaka kill…>

Also I don’t completely trust that Shion is telling the whole story, because it cuts before we see what happens when Mion is inside. I don’t think Shion killed Mion, but I do think she might still be hiding something.

Keiichi and Rika are a good pairing, platonically. Romantically like CERTAIN Kataribanashi chapters, no. Maybe if Rika was older, then it could be cute. <like HBS!Rika maybe>

Teppei is projecting. Satoko wasn’t trying to fraud her parents out, she was L5. How old do you think Satokkie is? <is that a typo or was I being cute?>

So, Takano might feel a tiny bit of empathy for Satoko. Not much. But some. <detective genius over here>

NATSUMI!!!!!!!! YAY!!!

The references to Onisarashi-hen and Yoigoshi-hen <33.

What if it’s Hanyuu? I know, weird theory, but maybe.

Okay, so maybe I laughed like Rena (AKA insanely) when I heard it was Teppei. Btw, earlier I meant “if I wasn’t me.” This is a different thing. I still wonder if Hanyuu is using Rika’s body.

Also, I’ve been recently researching Japanese Idioms and I realised why some of Higurashi’s dialogue felt… stiff. It’s because Japanese idioms are different and stiff in translation. No one really says “I guess it can’t be helped” but I’ve heard that phrase so many times in Higurashi. Most people say “I guess there’s nothing we can do.” But ‘shouganai’ means that in Japanese, and the closest translation is that. So, that explains why some of the phrases in Higurashi come off strange to me. <lemon pretends to understand Japanese #5>

…okay, I know Shion asking Satoko to call her nee-nee is very cute, but I will never get Watanagashi/Meakashi out of my head. It’s strange, because we are introduced to all the others at their best, but we are introduced to Shion at her worst, so people in the fandom automatically assume Shion is evil. And I guess I myself cannot get the image out of my head of what she did to Satoko. But I don’t think she’s evil, she was L5 and incredibly delusional. So I do find their friendship cute.

Rena asking if it’s okay to laugh is very autistic coded. I’m not saying Rena is autistic, but she is. This is certified by the CEO of ASD, me.

I had a dream the other day where someone wrote an essay saying Akane Sonozaki was morally superior to Mion Sonozaki, which like- no? Akane let the fingernail incident happen. Akane is not an awful person but Mion is objectively better. Akane has done some questionable things we can gather just from circumstance alone. No smoking katana here, just fishy stuff about Akane I can’t put into words. <would be an amazing bait video though so if anyone wants to go on lol>

Point proven, she was going to let a child die.

Ah, the quote people use to justify GouSotsu. And she’s quoting K1? Don’t think we didn’t notice R- whoever wrote this.

Okay, I predicted this, but it still makes no sense. Wait, then… Hanyuu saying “lol we should give up” was just her trolling? I come up with the most intellectual conclusions from things nowadays.

An ending of all time.

Hajisarashi:

Kill me.

Bruh imagine if it was Shion. I’m 70/30 on it being her.

Utsutsukowashi-hen

First to discover the corpse is always the killer.

Shion feels Bibi Reden coded so far. No I’m not just saying that because they’re both considered ‘yandere’ but just because she seems gay right now. Yes, a girl having slight affection for another girl is gay. Yes, I am making a mountain out of a molehill.

Wait, wouldn’t Shion be the one disposed of by Oryou? By Shion I mean Mion who was born as her. Because Mion is the family heir, right? The eldest… so, why would Mion, by that I mean Shion, be the one disposed?

It’s overrrrrr :((

Someutsushi:

Huh? Who is Tomoe? I don’t remember anyone called Tomoe. Oh! She’s from Omote~

Madoka is from Yoigoshi-hen, right?

OH, you don’t have a cold natsumi? FUCKING GOOD FOR YOU. IVE BEEN SNEEZING ALL DAY. :( <was this when i went off my meds behind my parents backs but I couldn’t tell the difference between my sertraline and allergies? lol. I did nothing wrong btw id do it again.>

Chisato giving the new girl health anxiety for 10 minute straight. That’s where love begins.

Ugh, enxp day and I still am only 6 parts into it. Why? Because the slice of life is boring and all the drama. I do not care about Natsumi getting into college or not. Give me the real shit. At least in Higurashi arcs like Onikakushi the mundane slice of life was wack. <what was that number meant to be im just getting flashbacks to my typology days… i was way to obsessed and ruminated way too much on finding my ‘type’. It’s not fucking real. I don’t even trust a lot of psychology or sociology anymore. I have a hard time trusting things that can’t be empirically proven about people. My belief is that people don’t really have much authenticity nor individual personality nor free will and are bent by other people. I almost view humans like an ant colony gone wrong. Like we’re just machines that convince ourselves we have unique selves to satisfy our ego. I say this as someone who reached ‘ego death.’ on occasion or two. But that’s bordering on edgelord fanfic monologue so anyway>

…to address Mio’s ending, I thought it was alright. A lot of things I didn’t like. The twist that Hanyuu was Rika was errr, weird? Weird. The fact that Satoko actually didn’t push her parents just feels like removing the refinement of Satoko’s story. Can we blame a mentally ill child for what happened, even if it was intentional? Is it justified, or not? But now it’s just “Satoko did nothing wrong” which feels like it’s ruining the impact of Satoko remembering her ‘sin’. And again, the Hanyuu twist. I don’t get it. <did I get this opinion from someone else or myself? If it was the former… boooo.>

Could this be the first signs of HS forming?

K bul ike Tomoe kinda 🤒 you know what I’m saying? I got a fever, you know what I’m saying? <smh past me she’s a cop… I’ve never liked cops…>

What kinda parent gets mad at their kid for having a job? Shouldn’t it be the opposite?

I think I’ve solved it. Natsumi accidentally killed her grandmother when she pushed her too hard, and then went on like it was nothing. Her parents found out and got mad at her, so she got rid of them. Her HS reached L4 so she began to hallucinate her parents screaming and yelling about her part time job, as well as developing a persecution complex. In the end, L5, she decides she can’t go on. We know the mysteries of Hinamizawa, but another point: a lot of people think Chisato is a petty jealous friend, but I disagree. I think that convo will have more context revealed. Speaking of context…

Kageboushi:

Okay I’m going to be 100 here. This arc is boring the fuck out of me. It’s taken me days to get through this, because hearing **OYASHIRO SAMAAAAA** over and over is annoying. I get the point! And Ooishi and Tomoe and Akasaka discussing the ‘incident’ also bores me. I get it. They were paranoid so killer people. <I stand by this I still hear that stupid shit in my head to this day>

The fact there is not a joke in this series about “美味しい” (oishii) and “蔵人” (ooishi) being homophones even once is disappointing. <lemon pretends to understand Japanese #6>

Like do homophones not exist in Japanese? <did I forget about the Sonozaki and Onozaki from earlier?>

So… H137? Nah, jk. The medication for HS.

I cry :(( jk. Super sad and all but anyway~ I don’t find it that heart wrenching.

Mfw I figure out the CIRO trick before Akasaka did.

Okay I’m back after like 7-8 months probably longer. This arc is a snooze fest. Natsumi is just a little quirky. Interesting that she didn’t get persecuted.

In what world is Antoinette a first name? HELP WHY DOES AKIRA LOOK LIKE THATT.

Boring ass arc.

Kotohogushi or whatever hen:

Hi I’m back after a year to finish this post I guess because this arc is taking me forever. I kinda hate how immature I could be in these posts but I also don’t really care so yeah. Great arc so far. Hanyuu gets harassed by a weird dude for laughs. Anime tropes… am I right… also I’m re-reading Higurashi in Spanish.

Wow, again, more disrespect of Hanyuu’s culture, her dignity, and its played off for the funnies. Never change, anime tropes. Oh, and he’s the re-incarnation of Oyashiro-sama. Just what we need: a weird fucking deity.

“So I would reject him harshly every time, yell at him, and occasionally resort to force (brute force, that is) to show him the error of his ways. ...But in spite of that, rather than repenting, he would keep coming up with plan after plan to try to get me to wear one of his customized miko outfits whenever he got the chance.” Dude has no sense of boundaries bruh.

AND HE RUINED HER OTHER CLOTHES??

“The countless lustrous flowers backed by the blue sky were fantastical, transient, and literally beautiful like haze.” what did the translator mean by this lol

Chekhov’s gun, man. He has Grifys blood lol.

You DON’T KNOW how he feels about you? Yeah, it’s not like you’re LIVING WITH HIM OR ANYTHING.

“If I was to find Riku with another woman, giving her-“ Oh- damn, Riku is wild- “That same smile.” Oh. <ok I actually laughed a bit at this reading back. I could be funny sometimes. But not very often.>

Is she angry because she can finally sense it? Or is it because she’s a wo- KIDDING KIDDING. I make these kind of jokes about men, too. Doesn’t make it right. Sorry.

Oh my GOD. I HATE THIS TROPE. Guy confesses to girl. Girl suddenly develops autism or something (I’m autistic btw I don’t mean it as an insult I’m just joking) and thinks he’s joking when everything about his tone indicates otherwise. I mean, okay, I’ve definitely been in a situation like this before. The closest I got to a relationship, and I couldn’t tell if the person was joking or not every time they said they loved me. Then… they randomly stopped talking to me. It was over discord and we were both like 15 at the time so it wasn’t going to ever be serious but it’s really shitty to clarify several times you aren’t joking and then leave. I wasn’t that attached but I do idolise people quickly so idk, I would’ve been more upset if we knew each other. No hard feelings, we were kids, and I say this as someone who remembers mfs who slighted me so easily. But YOU’RE LIVING WITH THIS MF THIS AIN’T YOUR DISCORD BF.

I guess the trope is a little more justified when it’s likely just her externalising her fears.

Should I start an Usoda counter? I know I’m many parts in but eh fuck it. #1

Girl hasn’t he SEEN YOUR HORNS?

Well, there’s furry conventions, scaly conventions, I’m sure there’s… horn… uh… nevermind.

Usoda: 2

Breaking news: Riku respects her boundaries.

Well, considering she explained her exact hypothetical death… bets are on it happening.

“Hanyuu: l'll admit I'm happy to hear that, but... in other words, without love, it cannot be eaten...?"

Ryukishi must’ve saw whoever wrote this arc (Kiichi Kanou) say this and then he came up with the entirety of Umineko. Apparently I have 6 hours left of this… NO WAY… I WROTE A WHOLE THING HERE ABOUT WHAT I’VE THOUGHT OF ARCS THUS FAR AND TUMBLR DELETED IT. FUCK OFF TUMBLR.

Okay, so, I’m back again, May 11th was when I got back into the groove. May 12th now, and, I had a very emotional moment. See, I was reading, but feeling depressive (…at least I’m able to recognise depression as a separate state and not the default mode I should be in anymore) so I wasn’t really engaging with the story and didn’t care about the Riku ending with Hanyuu (btw, would y’all type Hanyuu in this arc as sp1?) but when Rika showed up at the end, I was realising a lot of my inner depression was fuelled by loneliness and that most people have a support group to fall back on. And then I saw her. Then I found out it was Ouka and it made the following funnier, but more symbolic. There’s always a chance for new people. I need to stop clinging to the past.) And I was reminiscing on when I discovered Higurashi. Well, I knew about it when I was barely in the two digits and got into it around end of primary/beginning of high school and… they were my friends. I don’t care how corny it is. I loved this series. I loved the characters. My fictional characters I’ve had in my head throughout the years are also my ‘friends,’ in a way. To connect is to befriend. And I connected with them. I connect with Mion a lot right now, as after 6 years mostly of ID’ing as non-binary I realised I’m just a cis girl who didn’t feel worthy of being called a girl, because of my less feminine attributes, my body, my appearance. It actually made me more trans supportive. Before, I was insecure about ‘validity’ and overthinking the bioessentialist viewpoints transphobes throw around- ‘what if they’re right?’ But, not only do I disagree (not gonna get into a debate about it here, I don’t argue online in general and I don’t have the energy rn) with that viewpoint but now that I felt that overwhelming despair of ‘why did no one ever treat me like a girl?’ I… I understand how horrible it is to be treated like a gender you’re not. Also, dissociation was doing crazy shit to me in those years. I still struggle. Ed stuff currently; I cause my own problems. Anyway, Mion’s struggle with not feeling like a girl and Keiichi having the social acuteness of a brick resonated, that’s all. And in the past, I’ve understand Satoko’s struggles, Rika’s, Rena’s, Shion’s… Hanyuu I guess is there. She’s cute and all, but ‘demon goddess’ isn’t exactly relatable. <this must’ve been May 2025 then>

Oh! Parallels! So, in the same way Oryou had to pretend to hate Satoko, Mao has to pretend to hate Ouka. Why did that translate to souls? <who is Mao is that her mother lol… wasn’t there a cop called that? also a mirai nikki character I really liked as a kid for some reason. design wise. I think uh… what’s her name? eyepatch lady… I think she was unironically my first anime crush. Or maybe Kaede Fuyou was? I still kinda wanna read Shuffle but it’s not available and I don’t remember if it’s weird asf or not>

Well, we know why Shion turned out like that now.

Hanyuu that was a child wtf.

I didn’t like this arc much. Sorry. Maybe it was the circumstances I was in, or the arc itself, but Riku annoyed me to a ridiculous degree. The filler was ridiculous even for Higurashi. I don’t care about the maid dress shit. It’s cute when Keiichi and the club members do it, because they’re friends, and I already was a fan of the characters, but Riku? I just hate it. The arc itself got REALLY good near the end but fucking hell.

Can someone tell me if Murakuzushi, Kotoushi and Yumekawashi were ever translated?

Kokoroiyashi:

Oh, I can’t find the chapters :(( same with Jan.

Higurashi Teiryuujou (manga):

*sigh, can’t find it either* There’s probably uploads on YouTube. Otherwise I wonder if any book stores have it.

6 minutes in and we’re already being subtle I see.

Who are Tonegawa and Arakawa? OH… DETECTIVE DELICIOUS. I’m assuming Arakawa is my GOAT Akasaka. <MY THEORY WAS CORRECT!!! WOAHH>

OOISHI, NO ONE NEEDED TO KNOW YOU HAVEN’T BATHED.

Update: I have no words.

YouTube ads are great incentives to actually buy the arcs- I MEAN, WHAT? I’d never, I mean, NEVER… look, it’s mostly out of convenience so I can use my phone, but seriously, YouTube ads are ridiculous. For the record, I will be crediting every user I’ve used screenshots from. (Just to re-iterate thus far: huge thanks to LAMBDADELTO for most of the footage and Wyxan for HBS. And, of course, credit to Bess for the easy to follow guide to the bonus arcs.)

16 MINUTES AND 5 ADS. I’M NOT JOKING ANYMORE.

Tomitake! Also, headcanon: Mion is dyslexic. Fuck it, dyslexia pride.

OMG. I JUST FOUND THIS GUIDE. WHY DIDN’T I USE THIS ONE BEFORE??

THAT IMAGE IS SO CREEPY PLEASE STOP

Damn, Tomitake is Hanyuu. Guy looks like Rudolf, the detective dude. I love this.

Wow. 10/10. I’d honestly recommend this as a way to get someone into Higurashi. Just tell them to not read past the stuff with Tomitake, because the parts with Rika and Mion near the end are VERY spoiler-heavy in the sense that I can imagine someone reading this and easily peacing what elements remained in the full story, but I can see ones that didn’t. So, Shion came from the twist near the end, and Mion becoming the only one who doesn’t get infected is a play on what happened here, and- my only wonder is who the blue one was. Did she develop into Chie?

I’m so close to the end. All I have left is kuradashi, outbreak, kamikashimashi and perhaps uta? Think I’m pretty burned out on fiction right now in general. Agh. Which is unfortunate, and I regret researching visual novels further because tbh the visual novels I’ve read are… well, DDLC was probably the first, then danganronpa if you count it, or maybe Beyond You before that. Randomly got interested in Love Esquire, and yes, I did eventually buy it. Let’s just say there are elements I… forgot about when I bought the game. <little did I know… Ura was still an arc…>

Then, uh, I read this joke VN with a friend once, like one so bad it was funny. Won’t mention it but we found it on steam and it was like, this dude kidnapping a girl and then falling for her but the dude is so edgy that it’s just funny. It’s 30 minutes. Uh, do Episode stories count? Read quite a few of them. Funnily enough, I tried to make a Higurashi one when I was a kid on the app xd. I wanted it to be complex and shit. Never got far.

Class of 09? Uh… if you want to stretch the definition, could we count Undertale? Does TCOAAL count? Other than that, uh… Hun- don’t think that counts and I don’t want to admit- (TCOAAL doesn’t count and honestly I don’t even know if Danganronpa counts)

Oh god… I found out about this one VN when I was young- glad I never found it. It’s the name of a popular show. I refuse to watch it. My limits are anything involving exploitation of children or animals, even in fiction. Hell, I can’t even handle dark media with animals in general (I.e Elfen Lied).

Weirdly, I can handle dark fictional media (non-exploitative) when it’s stuff like Satoko but that’s different, y’know? Like I still hate what Ryukishi did with the fan-service, but with Teppei and all it’s different cuz it’s handled in a non-weird way. But yeah I haven’t read many VN’s and I don’t plan on it, but I dared do a sec of research… and man, is it bad that 1 character design from Fate- the black haired girl- has me intrigued? No… I refuse… I cannot do it again. I just can’t. I also found myself lured towards Nekopara cuz of the cute designs, but uh, yeah, no. I’m good. I realised quickly what kind of story it was. But I heard about Fate Morgana so if I ever wanted to read another VN, maybe that. But I’m Higu’d out on VN’s rn. I wanted to read You, Me and Her way back in the day, before I saw YouTubers begin to clickbait it and just saw people mention it in anime circles. T-T idk, I just don’t care about VN’s cuz they’re all so damn long and I’m a completionist. <you can tell this was before I was collapse aware cuz ain’t no way I’m wasting my time on VN’s… except ciconia… and maybe higanbana… and maybe rose gun days… maybe a few others but probably not… and the 2 I have left to complete… ok so a few>

Kuradashi:

Long story, but having an existential multi-day long rumination crises constantly (and I do mean, constantly, couldn’t focus on even getting dressed and almost roblox’d myself cuz I couldn’t ‘prove’ I existed) made me basically get distracted from EVERY PART OF THIS. In fact, while trying to find my place, I ended up rewatching the last fragment on complete accident. So, I dunno. Should I go over it again? Should I finish the other arcs first? Agh! I need to re-read this. Maybe I’ll just google the transcript online lol. OH. The ‘VN’ is fan-made anyway. Explained why it felt weird. <oh… haha… this…>

Outbreak:

Okay, I almost forgot what this one was about… this, uh, aged.

Idk if I’d trust the water. *flashbacks to that one arc where we actually see what happens in Hinamizawa* *googles tsukiotoshi higurashi* surprised I spelt it right and guessed it correctly.

“Only to broken” minor spelling mistake. I win.

Also, theory: there is no virus. It’s a conspiracy. It’s Hinamizawa; of course it’s a conspiracy. You know, there are SO many Higurashi bonus arcs, that you’d think every angle has been explored. I wonder if Ryukishi got bored and was like “man fuck this shit imma write Outbreak.” Is it weird that despite coming so close to the end of my almost two year marathon, I still want more bonus arcs? Only when I’m ready, though. Being a fan of a long series yet being prone to series fatigue is a problem of mine lol. But I love Higurashi, I really do. It’s probably the tism.’

I wonder what kind of bonus arc I’d like to see. Maybe one where Mion snaps, because tbh, the depictions in Gou & Meguri were yawn worthy. I want to see it from her POV, see what would make her snap. She’s definitely capable of fucked up shit, even in universe, what she did to Shion. We know why, and we know she has to keep up a tough front, but still. Idk, it would be interesting. Also, more Satoko centric shit! And Shiirena bait. I want more Shiirena bait.

Uh… okay? Was this arc a metaphor for racism? Honestly, it seems like the entirety of Higurashi is. The problem is that I don’t know much about Japanese racism. I know there’s uh, indigenous people, and they get discriminated against. I also know there’s a derogatory word for half-Japanese people, though I don’t know what it is. If I did I wouldn’t say it, anyway. <The entirety? was this another opinion that isn’t my own? This doesn’t seem like the sort of deduction I’d make on my own…>

Oh, I just looked up Higurashi racism and the answer arc is the first result. So, this is about racism. I just couldn’t see a reason for the, uh, virus shit if it wasn’t meant to be that. Who the fuck made a racism list- right, y’all are wild. Then again, I made this.

I do not trust Une and the google images do not help either. They also have left me with many questions about the direction of this arc… and not the good kind.

IT’S UBE. Une. Not the vegetable.

“This is a conversation of non-humans. It's similar to a radio.” ARE YOU TELLING ME ALL OF HIGURASHI COULD’VE BEEN SOLVED… IF THE CLUB HAD TUNING FORKS??? Also, what?? This random child was a demon? Who could’ve guessed? <the second time I was actually funny cuz I was RIGHT>

Une? Sounds close enough to Ube. Can we collectively agree to call Hanyuu Ube? Or Rika? Rika, because it sounds funnier. I mean, no, no one outside of myself will do that, but it would be entertaining to just mass gaslight non-fans. “Oh, yeah, that’s Ube Furude.” “Why does the game say Rika?” “It was changed in translation.” <Actually a fun bit ngl>

THE EARTH IS ROUND CONFIRMED?? <god damn it I laughed a bit at this just cuz it was out of left field when rereading> <the earth in higurashi circular??>

Is this a translation error? Because the demons live in- DOESN’T THAT CONTRADICT Kotogohushi??

1) This gives Flower Of Hell a completely different meaning. 2) Is this another racism allegory?? <redacted for tangent>

Well, my insight for the past few arcs has been “fuck thisssss,” so… not very positive. I guess it’s an inevitable fatigue when you read through so many arcs of a story. I just wonder… how much time could’ve been saved for us all, if Ryukishi had hired an editor 23 years ago… and this didn’t become a staple of the franchise.

Like, okay, I understand some visual novels can be long. Even Danganronpa- I’ve clocked in many hours, dozens in most games. Except V3, because it’s buggy as hell, but I still watched playthroughs of them all back in 2019, so. But the difference, as poor as I think of Danganronpa’s story (and god, I’d love to go over why, but I’m not good at structuring essays and shit. Anyway, everyone has critiqued Danganronpa at this point. I do feel I’d have things to say. Unique things? No. But nothing is unique in this world… a sad truth.)

At least Danganronpa keeps you very engaged, sometimes in less than stellar ways. (For the record, I’m not critiquing this arc, nor am I saying every arc has to have subway surfers gameplay) Higurashi has a lot of filler. I feel like if Ryukishi07 really wanted that filler, it could’ve been relegated to bonus content. For example, club activities in Onikakushi & Watanagashi were notoriously long filler-wise. Move them to bonus content. I understand its purpose is set-up, but it’s a wee excessive.

This arc doesn’t have a filler problem. In fact, I’ve been engaged. I can acknowledge fight scenes aren’t my favourite, but that more comes down to personal preference. I do think some previous bonus arcs have been a bit… eh… I mean, it’s different writers, so I don’t really know if it’s a me problem? I guess, I just- yeah, it’s a me problem. I’ll take the L here.

Especially since I praised D*nganronpa. 🤢

Me: This’ll be a fun bonus arc, maybe. Me, rn: WTFWTHDEJWJE?? HANYUU IS AN ALIEN AND EARTH IS A CROWDED APARTMENT AND UNE IS INFECTIOUS AND WHY IS RIKA- WITH TOFU- UNE IS TAKANO’S DEMON? THIS HAS SO MANY LORE IMPLICATIONS I DON’T UNDERSTAND. THEY’RE GONNA INFECT- WHY IS HANYUU DANCING WHAT

WHY IS HANYUU USING DISCORD

You know, when I was a kid, I once made a ‘Perenna’ OC(?) which was basically Rena but witch. I think to myself nowadays, “Ryukishi would be more subtle,” then I remember Frederica. Furude Rika. Anyway, I wonder if I still have that somewhere.

Sometimes I forgot how fucking weird Ryukishi is. This chapter was ruined.

Can we not normalise this shit?

Mehagashi:

It’s almost over. Finally. YAY. Oh for fuck- IT’S ANOTHER POOL ARC? Sigh. Just two more arcs? I don’t remember. I just learned the console versions of the arcs have some changes. I don’t hate myself that much to actually read them again. One day, maybe. I might read some of the Mei translations, then some manga.

And then… Ciconia

Okay so it’s 7/12/25 and I became collapse aware so I was too depressed and anxious to continue but I did finish the arc. It was torture. I also exercise while reading these, now.

Tokigohushi:

I find it funny that they think Rena snapped because of exams, but to be fair, it is Japan, where people literally pass out from stress on the bus. By the way, I couldn’t find a no-commentary playthrough that didn’t have a weird text to speech over it, so now I have to listen to some English guy play it. Anyway, isn’t Kouhei the word for under- oh, that’s Kouhai, right? Anyway I still don’t care about either of these cop characters. Maybe because I’ve never in my whole life had a positive view on cops.

(I forgot who wrote this arc), I know your game. I play it too. Googling canary symbolism. Apparently it symbolises confinement and warnings as well as the disadvantaged/sick, or so the shitty AI auto-response says. Man, my third book is going to be full of so much bird symbolism. It’s just classic. I put a lot of needless symbolism into my works. Every detail probably was overthought by me. Except the covers. You wanna know why my book covers are so shit? (No, you say) Yes? It’s because I have zero ideas. That’s it. Like, I don’t know what to even do for them. Also, I’m not a professional. I could pay for covers, but I don’t want anything much (I just want it to look aesthetically pleasing) and I, again, have no ideas… and I’m not sure if you have to have solid ideas or not? Also, since I’ve became collapse-aware, I’d feel more guilty allocating money towards non-essentials. Then again, I also feel guilty about writing, but… ugh…

Oh, wow, he jumped out of the window, who could’ve seen that coming? It’s not like the only reason she would approach it is for the author to do a gotcha… I think it would’ve been funny if they looked out and saw Shion, because she did the same… sorry… my humor can be dark.

Chrysanthemums… I’ve used chrysanthemum symbolism, I think in my second book. It represents joy and life in Asia, but mourning in Europe. Makes sense; use symbolism your core audience would be less(?) familiar with. Cosmos flowers represent harmony and balance, and self-reliance. Could that be related to Rena? The last part, I mean. I doubt it, but maybe. Considering Nagisa didn’t put the flower there, it does lead more credence. I’m not sayin’ Rena literally put it there, but I can think like a writer considering I am one, and that sort of detail isn’t random.

Dammnn Natsumi that’s crazy I can’t believe she said that.

Also, I kinda had a feeling from the start Tomoe could be going a lil… y’know. I was wondering if she could’ve done it at the beginning. Anyway, I just realized Miotsukushi Ura is its own thing, so I have to read it, too, and then I might read the PS2 version of Miotsukushi… meaning reading the same arc twice… yay?

Let me guess… Tomoe discovers something big but is suspended (or worse) and can’t do shit. Okay, wait, Madoka works at a cabaret club. Rena’s father goes to one. Could it be (for some strange reason) Tomoe was there one night (again, kinda strange) and uhh Hinamizawa syndrome? Probably not.

TAKANOOOOOO MY QUEEN 👸

Miotsukushi Ura:

Why is a psychiatrist giving out heart medication? Also, I hate psychiatrists. And antidepressants. But that’s a different story. Is this the same drug last arc?

NOOO RENA IS MAGA.

Also, I have a habit of taking screenshots of things I want to add to the post, but then I forget, so quick fire round of shit that doesn’t make sense without context. 1. Who the fuck is Saku? 2. So we get cross dressing Keiichi sprites. 3. It’ll be a different world 20 years from now, in 1982? LOL, we’re currently headed for societal collapse within the next 5-15 in 2025 and most people aren’t even Collapse-aware. 4. Women are more willing to listen to other women??? Open minded??? Have you met a woman??? 5. “Detectives must remain impartial” lol. ha, even. 6. So because she’s a woman, she has to love sweets… okay……. Personally I have a lot of trouble with a lot candy because I’m very sensitive to sweet tastes and my senses get overwhelmed easily. I could never stand those sugary worm gummies. Oh god. Blue by tnbh just came on… sorry, listening to Spotify, but this song is really funny to me cuz I found it when I was like 13 and had no idea what it was about. Anyway. 7. “Schoolgirl assault incident” is SO VAGUE. 8. “Borrowed the files.” Tomoe that’s theft. 9. “Indeed, there was an old proverb that said even if it was dangerous to live near ferocious beasts, that was still preferable to heavy taxes and terrible work conditions.” Ah, yes my favorite adage…? 10. The whole cotton drifting thing is an environmental disaster. Then again, we shit into perfectly drinkable water. Sorry, but I finished the humanure handbook recently and well… it did make a compelling case. 11. “...Humans are not wild animals. With few exceptions, they rely on reasoning rather than instinct.” HAHA? What? Man, this human exceptionalism in society is hilarious. Humans are NOT rational. I’m a firm believer humans act on emotions and then justify it with logic afterwards. I do not believe we are rational at all, even in groups. I mean society is in mass denial about collapse for a starters, there’s a lot of ideas of “right” and “wrong” that are purely based on “yum” and “ick” and a quick peak at current and prior human history shows how naive, cruel and gullible people are. We are animals, cursed with the irrational idea that we are rational. 12. “It was totally coincidental, but incredibly fortuitous.” Oh hey, it’s my word!

Also, holy characters, why are there so many random characters?? I get it but still. Anyway, I’m assuming Nagisa was abducted or something?

YOO I FIGURED OUT HOW TO GET THE ARCS ON MY OWN?? I just downloaded Himatsubushi and downloaded the patch.

The one issue is that I read vns without music… but I’m considering making an exception… just because it’s so iconic in this series.

I mean, Tomoe saying that Madoka will put her children through pain is funny because… that’s kind of inherent to being born, anyway… when you choose to have a kid, that child could go through literally anything, and loss is a part of life. Well, at least it was the 80’s and not the 2020’s. Society is in a state of collapse, that kids gonna be in the water wars by ten.

Ughhh I forgot my laptop randomly cuts the audio out when I’m using headphones.

More screenshots. 1. Chisato gay asf. 2. "If we give up and close the investigation before we uncover that, we're allowing an evil existence to walk free, which could shake the very nature of the police enforcing justice." Oh trust me that won’t shake Jack-shit. Shit happens all the time. Anyway, unrelated but… search 40% of cops for cute cat pictures Huh? What? Who said that?

3. Okay. I’ve had enough. I’ve been trying not to focus on it, but why is there a typo literally every chapter, several times? I normally don’t critique typos because as a writer I know how frustrating proofreading is but some of these just seem like poor translations like mispelling like spelling she as he. The prose in these bonus arcs is also terrible some of the time, but idk if it’s this bad in Japanese. Like, “It felt really tickling, but also strangely tightening. That uncomfortable feeling made me feel happy. So happy...” is this a joke? The amount of filler words and lack of immersive storytelling is absurd. “She felt, she saw, she noticed” “I was depressed.” It’s not that the writer here doesn’t know how to describe emotions; it’s that it’s randomly decent and then sometimes just this shit. I don’t want melodrama but we already get that. It’s why I don’t really like much anime. Melodramatic hopium crap. Why do I like Higurashi and Umineko, then? Good question… these arcs, though? So boring. Sorry but I just find these so boring and then they get good at the end. I don’t care about half of this crap. It’s not needed. It’s filler.

Natsumi’s mom sucks. Isn’t she like 13? Why is she calling her that?

“You're a wicked girl that constantly changes your attitude based on other people's reactions...” most people do. Most people don’t think for themselves, I’ve learned the hard way.

“Oh, yes, police must be unbiased, unless it’s the specific child I’ve grown emotionally attached to.” In this case, it’s kinda okay, but like… lol.

I??? I don’t think you can give people patient’s info??? I mean, iirc her father owns the hospital but still???

Anxiety IS a mental disorder you buffoon.

Actually, maybe growing up with shitty parents would make you anxious. Another reason I hate psychiatry. Yes let’s just pathologize absolutely everything. It’s not the world that made you this way, it’s the brainworms.

Ok at least the bullying was acknowledged as a factor.

“Seriously?! I’d prefer a nut salvaged from a construction site over a gift from you!!” Wait why is that actually a fire insult?

I don’t trust Fujita entirely but iirc doesn’t he appear as some normal mf in the main arcs? I don’t remember, they all blend in with each other, half these officers.

You know, I think these stories would benefit from more chapter splits, at the very least. At least for the longer ones.

Ah, yes… inebriated soldiers, what could go wrong?

Wait until Tomoe learns about Unit 731 and see the shock on her face.

I thought tumblr deleted this cuz it wasn’t loading. I was going to burst a blood vessel. Anyway, isn’t Hatakeyama the family with the girl that killed her mom?

Ok I’m actually getting hooked again. I think I just prefer the club members tbh. Oh god, imagine a GouSotsu/GouMeguri VN.

“Plus, even if she tried to flee, Tomoe could apprehend her on the grounds of trying to guide a girl loitering around outside in the middle of the night… and justify her actions that way. Tomoe remained on full alert, and wouldn’t let her advantageous position go to waste.” = “Plus, even if she tried to flee, Tomoe could abuse her powers.”

Wtf don’t even tell the girl her friend died???? What kind of mind game is that??? This chick is fucked up. RENA IS 13. YOU’RE DOING THIS TO A CHILD.

Sad USODDAAAAAAA :((

Man don’t make a cold bastard like me tear up.

Hate that forgiving on other peoples behalf shit, especially dead people. Do you have the right, woman?

Anyway, I once kinda had a scratchy scratch fit… thank you, fluoxetine, for giving me like two weeks were I was in a constant state of delulu (literally) and scratching at my arms and legs and angry all the time. Well, okay, someone was mixing my meds but that’s a side story. Lemon Lore. I still hate antidepressants and how I was pressured a second time. Every fucking time I go to a doctor, a psychiatrist, even my own therapist, they shove the pleasureless pill at me like I’m a fucking addict. FUCK OFF. I don’t want your emotion-numbing, brain-destroying POISON. I dropped that shit years ago!!! I’m not against antidepressants, I don’t care what other people choose to do, BUT GET IT AWAY FROM ME, SPECIFICALLY. All they ever did was fuck me up the first time. Caffeine, too. “You just need the right one.” Fuck offfffffff. NO MEANS NO!!!! AND I SAID, NO!!! My body my choice bastards. Maybe I’d try a non-SSRI, but eh… not for long. I don’t want to be dependant on shit when collapse is coming, and I prefer my raw reality, even if it is suffering.

Oh, so the sleeping med mix up was making my brain more agitated. Again. Not my fault. I knew mixing sleeping meds with ssri’s was bad. Another person in my house didn’t and would hand them into me when I was half fucking conscious and didn’t even know they had St. John’s Wart in them because I’m pretty sure I was told no but whatever.

I wonder if this could make Natsumi a very weird sp4. Jk I don’t believe in that crap anymore. Did I ever? But still. I’ve had to re-look into typology for… hyperspecific reasons.

This scene feels… pseudoscientific. What does split personality mean? Look, I’m not going to act like the pathologization of people’s psyche and labelling of conditions is a great system, it has flaws. Why do you think they’re always updating shit? But if this is insinuating Natsumi has DID or something… that’s… not… maybe like OSDD but like… or if by “split personality,” they mean BPD or something… minors can’t be diagnosed with that, so? I’m gonna be honest, it just sounds like she was hallucinating shit. Whatever. I’m not a doctor. <lemon pretends to be an armchair psychiatrist paragraphs after criticising psychiatry>

“He obediently obeyed.” Wow. Breathtaking prose.

YES. My thoughts, if I remember correctly, were rushing so fast and I was so overwhelmed. I’ve had this before.

Okay this arc wasn’t meant to be funny but it definitely was. Anyway, more screenshots.

I don’t remember if I said this already, but 1) “From out the window, I could hear... the cry of a sparrow.” OMG, When The Sparrows Cry?? New WTC entry?? (Not clickbait)

2) “Also... even though I occasionally hear about these sorts of gruesome incidents on TV, they don't happen just anywhere at any time. They happen to someone very unlucky... to families with no connection to me that live far away from this city. So it couldn't happen around me. It definitely couldn't!” Oh, look, it’s how people treat societal collapse and climate change! How quaint!

3) “The researchers working below them like this Irie and Takano seem to devote their lives to studying this endemic disease, so they can safely be excluded..." You know what, you’re right? In fact, I don’t think Irie and Takano have or ever WILL do anything, especially Takano! She’s super innocent.

4) “Oliver Cromwell, a politician who led the Puritans to fight against the tyranny of their king, and significantly contributed to strengthening the power of parliament.” Send this screenshot to someone if they ask what Higurashi is about.

5) “Bureaucrats, police officers, the army... History shows that there are no examples of those institutions standing on the side of the public. ...Democracy is a convenient way for the strong to gain the obedience of the weak. And you guys are nothing but tools used in that endeavor. They're working for everyone's sake, they say! But every last one of them is just looking out for number one! But in our world, power itself is justice, and those who fall behind in the competition can never manage to crawl their way back up! It takes power to actualize our ideals, and we can't afford to choose the means for that!!” Holy based?????? Tsukada could’ve been so based if this wasn’t written off five minutes later.

6) “Her anger turned to disappointment... Nevertheless, the moment she stepped forward and faced Tsukada... she felt a strange feeling.” Okay, I’ve since realized this is a fan translation so I’m sorry if I sounded harsh earlier but if the original Japanese text used whatever the equivalent of “felt a strange feeling” is… are these stories edited at all???

7) “The girl had a look of desperation on her face, as she shouted and pointed behind Tomoe.” LMAO I’m calling this character Deus Ex Nagisa.

8) "If you hadn't told me that back then, I would have quit the police force. Maybe I would've turned to social justice in desperation, and joined up with some anti-establishment movement." Maeno could’ve been based… then again, a lot of social justice movements don’t do much. I saw protestors the other week outside a store… with cop cars around them. And again a few days ago blocking down the town… with police cars around them. Scheduled police-friendly protests… yeah… that won’t do much.

9) "Sheesh... No matter how much previous success you've had, if you get punished too much you're looking at a salary reduction, you know? Think of your bonuses, your pension...” Okay, Tomoe is nearing 30 so I’m assuming she’s 29. I think this takes place in 1982 so that means she was born… 1953? So by 2030 she would be… 77. Huh, lucky bastard actually might retire. If you’re not a boomer or older sorry tho you’re NOT dying of old age. She’s escaping societal collapse and her pension actually means something.

10) “That was the year, decades after the Puritan Revolution, where the "Bloodless Revolution" successfully forced the king to abdicate the throne...” Okay this was kind of clever even if realistically no one would guess that.

11) “... What are the police even for..?! Are you telling me that justice is weaker than the power and authority of the state...?!" Tomoe… you’re SO CLOSE TO GETTING IT.

12) “"I see, so that's it. That's how they do it...!" NO WAY. ARE CHEMTRAILS CANON IN HIGURASHI? HAHAHA I LOVE THIS ARC SUDDENLY.

13) “Every last one of them was warm and kind... making the pain and numbness in her entire body feel better immediately.” Are you seriously telling me this guy missed every fucking shot?

14) “"It's all right. I'm sure your feelings got through to Nagisa-san. The fact that you and I were able to meet here today is proof of that, isn't it?” well, she’s dead, so, uh… no, they didn’t. That’s kind of the thing about dying. You’re dead. Gone. Nothing. The eternal sleep. (…little did I know… read the next point)

15) OH FOR FUCK’SAKE- The return of Deus Ex Nagisa. Look, I get it, finding the fragments, but this just made me find the ending funny.

I KNEW THE AUTHOR WAS USING FLOWER SYMBOLISM. Also, if I ever accidentally refer to the author of any of these stories as Ryukishi, sorry, whoops…

Miotsukushi Matsuri:

Okay, so I’m going through Omote on my laptop so I can “read” the text. Then, I’ll go to Matsuri and see if the skip feature works properly. I understand that most people recommend Matsuri before Omote, but I didn’t realize that until now so… long. Tbh, I’m starting to wonder if I even like visual novels…

Okay, I think it worked. Okay, I’m realizing her voice acting is different in this one. I have to look up the differences though, because it still seems to skip and then randomly stop. Looks like I have to spoil myself. *sigh*

Okay… do I want to read through this entire arc again? I’ve already read one version, and it’s essentially the same with small changes. Should I go through the Mei scenes first? I might read it but not comment much, because the changes seem so insignificant, so…

I wish someone would just upload the differences. I think I’ll read it anyway.

So… any other Shiirena shippers in the crowd?

I love how wholesome Shion and Satoko’s friendship is in this. :)

I have mixed ideas on what that Akane line means… and I’m scared.

Matsuri??? Roll credits!

I mean… fate kinda can be real. For example, let’s say, hypothetically, a species pumped over 2.3 trillion tonnes of CO₂ into the atmosphere, with no signs of slowing down, and built its entire civilisation on the source of those fuels, with enough energy in the atmosphere to warm the planet for decades if not centuries to come… seems pretty predetermined that we’re fucked. (‘But muh renewables’) Also, terminal diagnoses’ can’t be overcome…

Man, I know it’s not in the ps2/ps3 version of the arcs and I hear it was also removed from the steam version? I don’t remember, but I love this ost from the VN. It does fun things to my brain.

Oh, Mion taught Satoko how to make traps? Interesting.

He’ll come back…? On a white horse, mayhaps?

Rika what the fuck

So, does Rena bottling her emotions have anything to do with her outbursts always being stronger than others? Like in the tea scene when she gives her usual ‘usoda.’ Interesting.

Okay I kind of understand why some people think Rena’s a 9 now, I just don’t know what subtype, so I’ve typed her as sp6. I still don’t believe in enneagram and shit like that.

Furniture??? Umineko reference?? Rena’s dad ordered furniture? <he ordered Kanon and Shannon?>

Oh so Keiichi’s younger than Mion? Probably by a few months.

Actually, Mion’s right. Being obligated to learn a language makes NO ONE want to, and immersion is the best way. It takes a Japanese person roughly thousands of hours to reach a B2-C1 level.

Oh god. This is going to be so confusing. Okay, so the Shion speaking now is… Mion… wait no, ah, yeah, it’s Shion calling her Shion because she’s angry. I didn’t really think about it (not like before where I straight up didn’t realise it, but I just didn’t think too hard about this, and it clicked for me there now) until now but a huge part of why Shion was impersonating Mion in Watanagashi is probably not just for an alibi, but because it literally was her identity that was stolen and she’s bitter.

“A delusion is nothing more than a delusion as long as it remains inside your head, but as soon as that reasoning is written down, no matter how farfetched it is, it becomes a theory. And seeing material written by other people gives you an empathetic feeling. ‘It’s not just me.’ Seeing it in magazines and other media makes it seem more like an actual possibility. It lends it credibility.” Ah, kinda like the lie that we’re not going to breach 2 degrees of warming, or that we’re going to ‘prevent’ societal collapse.

Another thing I hate is that when I click through dialogue, sometimes I’ll think the line is done, click through, it isn’t, and then I have to relisten to the whole line again.

You know it’s funny how this child says all this and he never tells anyone all these years.

I’m realising the person I was watching the arcs from prior left a lot of the TIPS out, so maybe I’ll go through all the arcs (as well as the final tea party) again and look for TIPS to read.

Damn, you know you’re a piece of shit when Takano hates you. (Probably because of what she went through in the orphanage)

“I don’t believe in gods” - Child who had a great-grandmother was a god who speaks to her.

Okay, so, this one’s more obvious so I almost didn’t write this but obviously blue hydrangeas = gratitude. As for balloon flowers, I looked it up, and it represents love and honesty. From my understanding, hydrangeas are also a common grieving flower. Purple balloon flowers don’t seem to hold any particular meaning, but purple represents greatness in some contexts so? White is a color often associated with grieving, that I know, due to its association with purity.

Akasaka keeps his promises… so he’s the Anti-Battler.

“That’s right! Any experienced intelligence agent would prepare an emergency contact scheme in the event of unforeseen circumstances. Perhaps Tomitake-san left some clues behind at his hotel.” - said the child. Sorry, I know Satoko’s whole thing is having a more proper dialect but what kid talks like this lol

lol so Shion’s line in the transcript also plays Hanyuu’s line. Shion = Hanyuu confirmed?? Shiyuu? Hanion? Shionyuu? Shionyuutrice?

…I have bad memories with the term kamikaze right now, especially as of a few days ago, and I will not explain why… let’s just say I’ve seen it used in bizarre contexts… even if I saw it coming.

“If there are a thousand enemies, then the whole village should stand and face them. If there are three thousand enemies… we’re fucked.”

Go back to the bus stop. In other words, the Hinamizawa Bus Stop.

No way?? Satokoyuu??? Satoko is Hanyuu? That’s crazyyyyyy.

Hey, Hanyuu, if you could talk to people directly WHY THE FUCK DIDN’T YOU DO IT UNTIL NOW?

“…Yes… I suppose you could say I’m the joker.” - Hanyuu Furude, 1983

“I’m back” and the first thing I think of was that ***** ******** song sang by ******* I don’t even think the instrumental was original but I don’t remember. No, I won’t explain what I’m on about.

God. I’m just so happy it’s over.

Higurashi Mei:

Hey, guess what? I’m reading Mei while reading Matsuri. So, first question… who the fuck is Nao Houtani? Is this that girl who I’ve heard is Rena’s half sister?

Y’ALL HAVE NO IDEA. I MISSED BEST GIRL ERIKA SO MUCH. And my internet tried to cut out to prevent me from saying it!

I heard somewhere suburbia has origins in racist segregation… which checks out.

OH MY GOD. I love Erika so much; shes such a Redditor.

Gaslight gatekeep girlboss.

I snorted a little (mostly internally) because I remembered that one MLP parody of Snowdrop where she says “I’m blind jackass.”

Okay I see why Rena couldn’t come along she’d get para as hell.

Also I like how they couldn’t be bothered giving Gohda new sprites.

Oh, no, really? What gave you the impression she didn’t like you, Nao?

“I will pass your message onto him.” Lol… nice one…

“The servants have master keys.” Truth bullet added to handbook

That window lock thing will come important later. Won’t it?

“Judging by her aura, it doesn’t seem like she’s from Japan.” Did Shion just racially profile? And don’t say ‘but she’s blonde’ yeah Erika has blue hair and Shion and Mion- wait, fucking Jessica has blonde hair??

Ok… I just realized why she’s called the golden witch. I read Umineko 3 years ago… I am ashamed. It’s just one of those things you don’t really think about. I had the same reveal with ‘scarecrow’ a few weeks back.

Almost made me tear up again. Almost. Also, the voice was Rika?? Shit, have I been mishearing the whole time??

Okay so I finished the Umineko event and have my uhhh notes here.

Remember the whole arc in GouSotsu/Meguri where Satoko gives every villager H137? Yeah, well, with H137-2 being alluded to in another arc and this, I choose to believe Satoko also did chemtrails to accomplish it.

God why did I almost tear up at Rika’s scream… I only get this way when PMSing and I’m highkey about to take it I swear.

1. “Excellent work, Shannon-san. Has a robber broken in from the window or anything?” suspicious as shit. 2. “Hyaaahhhahahahaha!!! Spatter as much as you like! I'll make you surrender!! In the name of my granny!!!” Depending on how you read that it can be a bit… dark 3. “*cackle*cackle*cackle*. Doesn't my name mean Eternal Lady? ...Well, "Eternity" is unpleasant, though.” Huh I didn’t know that. 4. “"Coming OUT". The disclosure of information that others aren't aware of, or a CONFESSION.” Damn Erika’s coming out congrats happy pride (every month is pride, this is November Pride. Apparently it’s also diabetes awareness month. And PPSI awareness. And MSL month. And national pet cancer awareness month. And hospice month. And stomach cancer. And career development. Pfft fuck off with that career development? In 2025? Please. WAIT. IT’S WORLD VEGAN MONTH. AS THE WORLD’S OBNOXIOUS VEGAN I MUST CELEBRATE THIS!!! National adoption month. Man, I have news for my dog…)

5. “... started to hear the sparrows chirping. If I slowly open my eyes... I'll be able to see the ceiling of my room being warmed up by the morning sun......” WHEN THE SPARROWS CRY PART 2. 6. Uhhh maybe don’t suggest dying twice to Erika of all people. 7. Wait, I knew Mion bringing up angel mort was weird.

By the way, I didn’t realize this until it was pointed out, but Mion and Shion’s switch affects their personalities and that just never clicked for me. Like, Mion being softer despite being the ‘successor’ is because she wasn’t meant to be, and vice versa.

I finished the chiester sisters one.

1. “Book reports were originally an assignment made for children who had no interest in reading normally, so that they would experience a book and enjoy it, it seems.” I didn’t know that. 2. “But, if I can't find the theme, then it was likely hidden in a clever way... which means that l'm lacking in some way.” I know Mei was wrote by Kanou Kiichi but it still feels like a series gassing itself up which is like *throws popcorn*

I finished The Golden Witch one. This reminds me, I tried going through Magia Record once via YT… but considering how long it is, idk. I’ve seen the anime but people say the anime misses a lot. Anyway,

1. “Wishing you were never born... huh? And yet, despite feeling all that despair, you wriggled through it. That's quite significant...” Those who know :(( 2. Who tf is Kazuho? I mean clearly the child of a Kimiyoshi… not Natsuhi- I mean fucking NATSUMI’s, mental mix up sibling cuz Natsumi is an only child, so a closer relative/direct descendant? But isn’t the only Kimiyoshi alive kinda… old? I guess old men can still have kids with younger women. Also, grey Satoko ass hair. Sorry. I like… her?? Hair?? His?? Their???

Witch Of Truth. No screenshots. Just Erika arguing with her gf, getting trolled and also I think Kazuho is a girl…

Okay, more screenshots. Finally finished it. “I see. Ten rules make up the Ten Commandments... wait, what happened to number 5?” C’mon don’t be a 🐈‍⬛ explain it. It’s forbidding using racial tropes/stereotypes. “Ah-, mmm... but is it not common courtesy to go into a mystery with the intention to solve it?” Yeah but some of us are too dim with mysteries. I’m below Battler’s level. “Even in the fashion world, there are fake brands that make and sell clothes and bags, but I wonder if there are organizations who cut these bad guys down.” Sorry but if you genuinely care that some dude is selling knock off gucci you’re too privileged anyway. I saw a girl with a gucci top and I just thought she looked pathetic. Mean, yeah, but come on. Who fucking cares that you wear designer.

[referring to Battler] “Not that I dislike it, but it's that type that naturally has women flocking to them... and incidentally, a type that gets tied up in women problems.” uh oh. She knows. “I still don't get the situation at all. If I look into it enough, maybe I'll be able to spin the chessboard around!” Been a long time since I’ve heard that phrase…

“Dad is predicting that there's gonna be a horror boom coming soon. I could receive blessings if I visit an inn with a Zashiki-warushi in it!", that sort of idea!” That text being in green when there’s a certain green haired girl who got called that is definitely a choice… “Rika Furude... Furuderika... ah-, oh... I see! So that was the idea behind it!” She doesn’t even think about her own name lol.

“Exactly. What's more, I sent it in to be appraised by a forensic research team, and the result confirmed that, through means unknown, it was made from a material that cannot be found in this world.” Not this again… I’m getting flashbacks to a few arcs ago.

Well at least Miyuki calls out the g-word. “...Without love, it cannot be seen.” Soy face.

“Au au, I'm not following this at all~.” Hanyuu just like me fr.

“No, like the name. Call me "Gretel".” Didn’t she call herself this in episode 4, too? Well, 5.

“My childhood friend never gets sick of shark movies even if she watches them hundreds of times. So many times that the tapes would get worn out and she'd have to buy new ones to watch them again...” Shark tism.

“But the people who get guns easiest are policemen... I'm a bit worried that you'll get influenced by this movie.” Based Satoko?

“Of course I'd want to! There's no way I could ever dislike sweet things as a girl! Ohohoho!” This is the second time Ryukishi’s pushed this weird shit.

“Shion told that to Satoko right before we left. So, if she finds out that Satoko ran away, she'll definitely take Satoko under her protection, even if everyone is opposed to it. "As if l'll let her go back to Lucia. I'll protect Satoko no matter what anyone says" ...Shion's voice echoes in my mind as I picture the scene mentally.” Why did Rika even go to St. Lucia knowing how much Shion suffered there?

“Yet even without going to a good school, these people who are rich with intelligence and experience give off a reliable and outstanding impression. So there might not be such a strict rule behind it... maybe.” Holy bootlicking.

“For me it was almost like the awakening Christopher Columbus received when he made that egg-like discovery” yeah… his “””discovery.”””

“And a girl is confessing to you, Rika… uh, it definitely WASN’T ME AHAHAHA unless…?”

Wow K1 and Lady Meep. We’re getting new characters shit is crazy.

“I feel like I heard someone say that the moment when sunset and night merge to create twilight is called Omagatoki, the "Time of Great Calamity". Me noting this down because I’ll probably reference this term in my writing at some point…

“The mysterious natural disaster that happened wasn't the spread of noxious gas. What really destroyed humanity was... a virus outbreak.” Well… the way things are going…

“Wha? I'm not trying to save everyone. This is limited to those who compensate us appropriately for the "cost" of their lives.” lol are they just trying to make him cartoonishly evil now?

“Jeez, are you still half-asleep? Just look around you.” Oh no it’s Saikoroshi again.

“Wha-...? Fingers... wa-wait, Shion!Where'd you get that knife? That isn't the kind they use to sharpen pencils, is it?!” Who the fuck sharpens pencils with knives? Okay so I’m basically done with all the arcs (thank god) but I still gotta finish matsuri, though if you’re reading this that section is probably filled out already. Btw I would LOVE a translation/release of the higurashi and Umineko light novels please I’ll pay a morbillion dollars :(((

Tips/Bonus Tea Party:

So, here’s the deal. Because I watched a lot of these without playing it myself, I realized the uploader left a lot of tips out, so I’m going over the arc again and re-reading all the tips. Then I’m done. I’m so tired man. Not a drip of dopamine.

I’m going through the tips. Already read the Taraiwamashi tea party so I’m skipping it. I actually liked the alternative endings a lot.

Ok so now we’re onto the third one.

Why is this tip so long??? It’s like 30 minutes!! lol and it ends as I say that. (Investigation has begun)

“Stepping stones to achieve greatness” …Komaeda flashbacks.

“If there are police officers in heaven” LOL. HAHA. LMAO.

Wait, I completely forgot… do we seriously have two Akira characters now? Couldn’t we have called this guy… Taro or something? Sora? Uh… Sasuke. I don’t know where I pulled that from… apparently that’s a Naruto character. I don’t know anything about Naruto so? Idk.

I love the joint liability collector PSA randomly thrown in.

Miyuki it’s 2006 gen z is NOT surviving the collapse of civilisation don’t you dare pop one out.

Wait, I don’t think I’ve read the police case files yet?? I’ll start with “Okinomiya Police Station Report - Prologue.”

Oh that’s cool it’s like we’re reading as Ooishi.

Okay, now “Okinomiya Police Station Incident Report - Epilogue”

Wait… I have read this??? I’m so confused. I’ll skip it then.

“metropolitan public security 7th room case file prologue” and “metropolitan public security 7th room case file epilogue” are next.

Wait I have seen it… at least the prologue??

Nope I’ve seen the epilogue too so skip both.

“National police agency administrative document prologue” and “National police agency administrative document” epilogue are next.

Ok back to mid.

If we had the typing sound throughout the entire game I’d enjoy these arcs much more

Okay I teared up while skimming the Hanyuu end scene in Omote but that was because I was thinking about something collapse related and getting depressed as hell and the sad music DOES NOT HELP.

Ok the ending of Miotsukushi Ura, despite my feelings, was still kinda metal asf, thanks to the music.

And then I ended up tearing at Kotohogushi on accident because I saw a post about something fucked up.

I did not realize this would take all fucking day.

Epilogue:

Ahahahahahahahahaha… AHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAAAAA… I’m so happy. It’s over. Finally. You don’t get it. You just don’t get it. I’ve suffered through Batsukoishi, Hajisarashi, bullshit… I’ve suffered through the utter boredom some of these arcs entailed. This felt twice as long as Higurashi and these arcs are like half the length. It’s not about the arcs. The arcs themselves could be amazing. It’s how fucking long this shit took me. And how many there were. So, yes, I’m happy it’s over. I was genuinely so burnt out by the end. A very first world thing to burnout from, but still.

Guess I’ll start with world of fragments?

HELP THE TIMING IS KILLKNG ME DONT TELL ME THERES MORE. BERN. PLEASE.

Bern name drop? And a different outro?? I guess I’ll listen, while giving my overall thoughts. Okay, look, this would’ve been less painful if I didn’t become collapse-aware. Like, if I was still under the common delusion civilization has hundreds of years left in it and not five to fifteen… sure, pouring 50+ hours into this would’ve been easier. To be fair, I didn’t become aware until… August 2025? July 2025? So… close to the end, but still.

I’m not getting into any more series.’ I just wanted to tie up loose ends, and finishing the Higurashi bonus arcs was one of them. I’m also reading Ciconia. I might read Higanbana and maybe some others, and, uh… the other VN’s I need to finish are Hush Hush and Love Esquire, so not exactly on the same level, but still. Then I’m done. As well as that, I’m wrapping up my own works of fiction. And then I’m done with fictional media in general and getting serious about prep. Well, once I’m skinny again… having an ed so powerful I can’t even stock up on beans isn’t fun…

OH. HAHAHAHA. THERE’S TWO VERSIONS… guess I have to read both. I’ll start with the switch ver.

#JusticeForChie. Did I just complain about the length? Yes. But you don’t get it. The more arcs this series gets, the more exclusive it gets.

I don’t even know if I like this series or if I’ve just invested so much time that I HAVE to like it. I definitely enjoyed the anime back in 2018, and I did like the original arcs, as much of a drag as they could be sometimes…

“Well my sisters a coward and Kei-chan’s dumb as bricks” I LOVE SHION SO MUCH MAN THOUGH AHAHAHA.

Has Satoshi ever spoke in these bonus arcs? Granted, I haven’t read the PS3 versions of any arcs unless I had to because I’m a Real Fan who RESPECTS THE BEST VERSION OF THE ART… which is the goofy one.

I just looked it up apparently this is an hour long and I have to read this twice I’m genuinely gonna Minecraft reset. (Joke)

Ok the call part made me smile.

Arakawa had sprites???

Ohhh he did get sprites just not in the version I read…

Omg I actually soyfaced cuz I was thinking to myself “it would be cool if they met their HBS versions” but then they ACTUALLY DID.

So Mion’s gonna end up like Yoigoshi Mion anyway? lol

Lol not the Kai reference

ONG ITS THE DEMON RACIST ISNF IT??

YES. MORE UBE-UNA- UN WHATEVER CONTENT!!! MOREEE. Idk why but I love her design (…except the outfit) and she was a cool villain so yes MORE.

I forgive Shion for her past crimes. She apologised after all.

Oh yeah where the fuck is Takano?

Oh nvm.

We need a 20 hour arc about how some traumatic experience made Chie change from a normal teacher to being obsessed with curry.

Why did I have a feeling she’d ask that. Mf I’m reading Higurashi does it look like I have “irreplaceable friends who are nearby and support you through life.” I’m a NEET.

Rika’s never heard of Nepo babies.

I almost forgot I was in a fragment. One more left. I’ll do the other ver tomorrow maybe.

Ah so this is from the 07th mod developers. Yeah shoutout to the 07th mod devs. I didn’t realize they did a lot of translating too.

As for the extra fragment or whatever… I’ll also check that out tomorrow.

Okay so I’m skimming this and I don’t think there’s many differences other than Arakawa not getting sprites some small other changes also I don’t see what changed in the fragments and I don’t care.

Okay. So now it’s over. Like… unironically over. I wanted to read- WHY IS IF REPEATING.

I have 39.4 hours in this from two arcs. I am DONE. If society manages another decade or so maybe I’ll re-read Umineko and Higurashi with the ps3 versions but absolutely not right now.

This post took almost 3 years.

Omochikaeri or something… nipah… ohohoho… zenze- oh wait wrong story.

Ciconia you’re still on the bucket list and I have about 10-18 hours left for ya.

Btw I might read Oni and then add it on. But then again it is currently serialised so it might be like Meguri and Gou where I just read them and don’t post.

Higurashi’s udders must hurt

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