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So I had an earlier blog entry after I watched the first 6 episodes (with which I was every impressed), now I have had time to complete both seasons and also had time for everything to settle in. Like with "N&T,H&T" which I just wrote a blog entry about I found that I couldn't stop watching Higurashi no Naku Koro ni. I had to force myself to stop and go to sleep if only to give myself enough energy to continue watching. This anime takes you for a real ride as pieces of the puzzle begin to come together near the end of the first season. In the beginning I felt myself thinking "this is totally skrewed up," but that sense of having no idea what on earth was going on made me want to keep watching, and then as the pieces fell into place I had to keep watching to see the finale. It was a bit like putting together a jigsaw puzzle, you start out with some pieces and slowly find the pieces that connect until you create a picture, and like a jigsaw puzzle you don't want to stop until you've made the picture for yourself. I found myself coming up with my own theories of what was happening trying to force pieces that almost fit together until I was provided with the missing piece that linked the rest into an ellaborate scene. one of the great things about this anime was it's balance of comedy and suspence, I was kept on the edge of my seat pretty much the entire time and yet found myself smiling and laughing as well. In some anime similar to this I think that the comedy side seems forced and out of place but I felt that in Higurashi no Naku Koro ni it contributed to the complexity and reality of the story. I warn you part of this anime are not for the faint of heart. I have seen some compare it to Elfen Lied saying if you enjoyed Elfen Lied you'll like this, but this anime though not as superficially violent and bloody as Elfen Lied had scenes more savage and bone chilling than any other anime I have seen to date (I must emphasize the I in that statement for I know that there is probably plenty of anime that is more bone chilling that I have never heard of much less seen). I believe that it is time for this blog entry to come to a close and to anyone who may actually read this keep on reading.