>Fed a needle by his classmates >Finds out his batshit insane "friends" stalks him >Get approached and threatened with a cleaver >Barely avoided a deliberate hit and run >Get bludgeoned with a boulder >Get stabbed in the stomach >Finds out his tiny village pays human sacrifices to some shitty god annually >Finds out his "friend" is a murderer who killed his classmates >Willingly follows said friend into a fucking torture chamber alone because MUH FRIENDSHIP
Is this shit for real? If any one of these things happened to any of us we'd be hightailing it the fuck outta there yet this motherfucker acts like these are just minor inconveniences of living in the Japanese countryside. What the fuck?
Things were messed up in the 80s, especially in Japan.
Zachary Young
Because K1 has an indomitable spirit. He cannot be kept down by anything. He's the end result of every all powerful MC stuck in the body of a child. He's probably the PM of Japan by Umineko. He probably published Higurashi in Umineko's timeline.
Ryan Torres
Is this the power of sharing the same Seiyuu as Jesus Yamato? They need to be careful around that guy.
It seems like this is your first time watching Higurashi. If it is, I strongly recommend reading the VN. I also strongly recommend reading Umineko. They are deeply connected. With that in mind, keep an eye out on Ciconia.
Carter Robinson
I did read a little bit of the VN but my interest in it took a nosedive when they were playing games in the classroom. Too many words for some crappy humor.
Mason Jackson
It is in your best interest to reconsider. Higurashi and Umineko are among some of the best VNs ever written.
Jose Gonzalez
Bruh you missing 90% of this show?
Jayden Reyes
Half of those were his hallucinations and paranoia as symptoms of the disease.
Hudson Edwards
you forgot that literally all but the last two are delusions caused by HIM being the one with loose screws
Ian Morris
If this is your first time watching/reading Higurashi I can't spoil it but some of the overly trustworthy things some of the characters do are thematically important even if they don't seem very logical to you.
Gavin Peterson
>Is this shit for real? If any one of these things happened to any of us we'd be hightailing it the fuck outta there yet this motherfucker acts like these are just minor inconveniences of living in the Japanese countryside. What the fuck? idk man he sounds pretty based to me
Luke Evans
what mental illness did he have again?
Evan Ross
Hinamizawa syndrome. Everyone living in that village is infected and could turn into a psycho murderer with a bit of stress. Try reading the VN.
Angel Anderson
>he didn't read Tsumihoroboshi Not even pitying you, it's the best arc
Ryan Thomas
This anime was quite the ride for me. You'll start understanding what's happening circa 16 episode. Umineko did a better job with what's that shit is about and made it abundantly clear after the first arc. Higurashi, though, oh boy oh boy, you'll get the full experience of "tearing your own throat apart to get parasites out" for 20 episodes straight
Kayden Walker
Normal people are pussies But K1 is a real mans man who doesn't afraid of a damn thing
Justin Edwards
MION (SHION) BEST GIRL
Liam Ramirez
It is literally the closest he's come to having actual friends. His family didn't move to the country because they WANTED to.
Chase Perry
Maebaraa-kuuun Also keep watching OP, Higurashi is a pretty decent adaptation not like Umineko.
John Williams
What is It that made Higurashi more popular than Umineko, even after almost 20 years it's still getting stuff? Like last year it's j-drama got a second season and a escape room based on it just opened.
comfy village atmosphere and a younger cast also it doesn't go balls-to-the-walls heavy with philosophy, allegories and other stuff that requires thinking, plus it has a much more positive ending in Matsuribayashi (even though Miotsukushi is better)
>What is It that made Higurashi more popular than Umineko by being better in everyway
Ayden Mitchell
>also it doesn't go balls-to-the-walls heavy with philosophy kinda does
Michael Nelson
The premise of >Spooky shit happens in this village and nobody knows why, also timeloops Is more interesting than >It's Magic because I say so Also the smaller cast helps a lot.
Sebastian Wright
Not as much as Umineko, where it can really lose you - Higurashi's message is rather straightforward. Also to add to , most of Higurashi's characters are good people sometimes doing bad shit - even the culprit is somewhat understandable and gets a goodish ending, only that fuck Teppei and his side chick are really irredeemable cunts. Compare that to Umineko where everybody is a dickhead (except for Maria, who's an annoying autist, and Krauss "Moon Tourism" Ushiromiya).
Hinamizawa is a shithole dude never go near there, the villagers are on something.
t. lived there my whole life, one of my "friends" tried to kidnap me luckily a deliciously handsome cop from the town next door saved me and let me hang out in his air conditioned car
I recently finished the first two seasons of Higurashi. I understood everything except Tatarigoroshi. Minagoroshi is supposedly its answer arc but it tells the story of Rika and doesn't tell you what happened in Tatarigoroshi. Why does Teppei's body disappear from the pit? Why do people say that Keiichi was at the festival? Is Teppei still alive? Did they change timeline?
Hudson Brooks
>Why does Teppei's body disappear from the pit? Mion uses her family connections to have the body moved somewhere the authorities won't discover it >Why do people say that Keiichi was at the festival? I thought this was a delusion but yeah, I don't remember actually >Is Teppei still alive? Did they change timeline? He is alive in the final timeline. This is kind of a loose end, because he could at any time return and start abusing Satoko TECHNICALLY, but he could also stay away. At any rate, Rika knows the winning formula to save her by then. Read the VN
Nicholas Evans
complete season 2 before making a thread
Dylan Campbell
>Higurashi and Umineko are among some of the best VNs ever written.
>Read the VN What's the best version? The original, the steam one, the ps one?
Angel Fisher
He's right but only about Higurashi
Cameron Hernandez
Judging by your post you haven't completed the entire series yet, so there are things you do not understand as of now.
Regarding the second part, it was never really feasible for him to hightail the fuck out of there. Parents left him alone at home for a day, he's still not sure of himself, and everything keeps piling up.
You're going to want to "acquire" the steam Higurashis and Uminekos you desire and then run them through this. 07th-mod.com/home/ You can fuck about with it too, to give it the old sprites. Either way you should either use the old sprites or the PS sprites.
Jayden Parker
Top three best characters: Miyo Detective Delicious Ciel
Xavier Myers
I don't usually recommend the VN because I have a soft spot for the anime (manga is good too) and the SoL parts are terrible in text form, but Tatarigoroshi-hen you really need to experience in the VN format. The anime fucked that arc up by making it incomprehensible, cutting out important scenes and animating some of the worst QUALITY I've seen in an anime. Even if you don't want to read the rest of the arcs I highly recommend checking out the Tatarigoroshi VN arc. There are probably youtube videos of it so you don't even need to dl it.
I love higurashi, but "well-written" isn't how I would describe it
Ethan Diaz
My only complaint about the anime are the twin sisters are too hard to tell apart and it made some scenes really confusing. Maybe that was the goal but for me it just made it hard to care.
Levi Stewart
Don't forget he thought is was a good idea to fight a girl having a psychotic break on top of a roof
Benjamin Campbell
It ended up being a great idea though. It was the only way to save everyone from getting absolutely fucked.
Josiah Howard
>Why do people say that Keiichi was at the festival? They all know what he did and they are trying to protect him. >Is Teppei still alive? No, he's dead. Satoko is being paranoid or something.
Lincoln Peterson
Tatarigoroshi and Tsukiotoshi are by far the best arcs.
Thomas Hall
>dickhead You mean killer or potential killer.
Samuel Young
Tatarigoroshi is easy to understand. Keiichi dug more than one hole because of his schizophrenia and he dug out the wrong one. His friends covered for him because they had that experience with Satoshi before.
Christopher Young
>Why does Teppei's body disappear from the pit? Mion moved it since people were going to do some forest work there later on, much like in Tsumihoroboshi. >Why do people say that Keiichi was at the festival? They were covering for him. >Is Teppei still alive? No, Satoko is just so paranoid she imagines him still being alive.
Brody Bennett
LOL, no one here would value their life over having those sexy classmates.
Josiah Evans
Jokes on you, I already am borderline suicidial and extremely paranoid. Becoming the mc in Higurashi would be a welcome upgrade from my current situation.
James Cox
Nah, Jessica is just a lonely hormonal teenager that doesn't give a shit about her 'love interest', Gohda is a proud prick that can't understand the politics between the servants and Ange only gets the resolve to kill the Sumadera squad (and Amakuza & captain in intellectual rapist route), can't see them as killers on Rokkenjima everybody else is fair game though
>Tsukiotoshi That reminds me, since Minagoroshi was just rereleased, I wonder how fer the 07th mod team got >last checked when they did Tsukiotoshi >since then they did Taraimawashi, Yoigoshi, Tokihogushi and are doing PS2 Miotsukushi
What was Satoko's conclusion again? I hope she's happy in the end...
Austin Thomas
oh my Hinamizawa syndrome
Daniel Gutierrez
Higurashi is simpler to understand. And I say that as someone who prefer Higurashi. Umineko is amazing but it’s really weird with the whole metaverse.
Samuel Smith
They are. Well, Umineko definitely is, for how innovative the setting and is along with the top-tier voice acting. Bear in mind though. 99% of VNs are trash.
Parker Hall
Don't shit on Gohda he did nothing wrong he also did nothing at all
James Roberts
Because Higurashi is more accessible, but more importantly, people actually heard of Higurashi's anime and it wasn't a dumpsterfire like Umineko's.
Adrian Lewis
What the fuck did Battler do wrong?
Matthew Brooks
Aside from throwing a hissy fit at Rudolf remarrying, there's the whole 'I'm not gonna tell my sister I'm actually alive lol' Even if you don't see the whole pony thing as his fault (which you shouldn't, he was twelve ffs) and don't take him being the culprit in one of the games against him (I don't even know what was the point of Bern doing that) that's still not great
Satoko becomes Teppei's cocksleeve in all timelines.
Christopher Hernandez
>Aside from throwing a hissy fit at Rudolf remarrying, there's the whole 'I'm not gonna tell my sister I'm actually alive lol' It wasn't that Rudolf remarried, he liked Kyrie. It was that Ange was already in the equation, so that means Rudolf cheated on his mother while she was sick.
> 'I'm not gonna tell my sister I'm actually alive lol' That wasn't Battler anymore. It was a new identity who was afraid of being Battler.
Jonathan Nelson
Teppei wasn't a pedophile. He did groom her though.
Adrian Price
>Tatarigoroshi-hen you really need to experience in the VN format. The anime fucked that arc up by making it incomprehensible, cutting out important scenes Best example would be 1500 seconds: youtube.com/watch?v=f3kB4sbXJLo youtube.com/watch?v=TNlCVGzJ5gE
Nicholas Gonzalez
Yeah I know he didn't mind Kyrie and Ange, but he did go a bit overboard with being pissy at him, especially since Rudolf did still care about him And I understand why he didn't come out to Ange in 1998 and understand what made him do this, but it still was objectively a dick move
