Higurashi When They Cry: Abducted by Demons Arc
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| Man I wish I could erase me mind and re-watch higurashi xD |
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| Getting answers and getting confused at the same time. Somehow it is a Revelation, that this drug is actually a parasite, but on the opposite it's not something entirely new in the way, that we already knew that something was going on with those syringes everywhere, we just thought it was a drug. But I like that theory, that the others always wanted to help and give him the vaccine, it would be a nice twist! xD |
| Rena's nice detective work xD |
| This is just stupid, parasites my ass, the demon and god angle is far more interesting. LAMEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!! |
| "Nothing is sweeter than your smile" |
chillock said: This is just stupid, parasites my ass, the demon and god angle is far more interesting. LAMEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!! You are lame. |
| Dub = fake crap. Always. |
| Parasites? Lame. I really hope that isn't the answer. Instead of something supernatural and mysterious they go with a scientific and logical answer. I hope it's just a smokescreen. |
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| Oooh parasites... The plot points continue to slowly fall into place... Takano is still as sexy as ever! ♥ Fascinating episode! Only two more episodes before I'm done with this season and it will finally get less mindfucky! |
DeathfireD said: I'm thinking the stuff they said about volcanic gas also plays a role in how the bugs started the infection and stay alive. As Rina mentioned, the bugs can only survive in there village. So I'm guessing the gas might be the cause of that. Also I think the people "going crazy" may not necessarily be the ones going crazy. For example the first ark in the beginning of the series; Rina and Mion attack Keiichi and try and stab him with a needle while the doctor and that white van are outside the house. What if he was the one going really going crazy and they where only trying to give him a shot to kill the bugs or at least subside the crazy thoughts? This would also explain why Rika tried to stab Shion with a needle as well. Rika must have been aware that Shion was being overwhelmed by the bugs and wanted to help her. This also explains why the doctor wanted to give Keiichi a shot in his ark. I'm only guessing but the people that kill are probably taken in to the hospital and then give a shot and forced to leave the village or are locked up somewhere in the hospital for tests on how to completely cure it. Wow this was a great ep. This is a pretty good theory, but is this really the same arc as before? I had to check to make sure I was watching the right episode O.o |
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| It's call finally starting to make some damn sense. |
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| Pretty interesting, so I guess that's why people are clawing their own throats out. I'm assuming the drug that they're injecting people with is some form of the parasite that they're trying to revive. It also would explain crazy Rena and Mion in the first arc, so maybe this arc actually is gonna tie in with the first one, we'll see. |
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| Huh, that was really interesting. Definitely cleared up a lot. Rena is turning into a likeable character for sure! |
| biooterrorismmm detective rena on the case |
| So the parasites. Not bad. |
| "The future is always blank. Only your willpower can leave footsteps there." "Ruling over death means ruling over life. Death is the climax of life. To have the best death, you must honor life." |
| Finally, the mystery is revealed. Well, not completely, but at least we get a hint. I hope they explain more and about the different arcs. If they don't, this will be just a point to point VN adaptation. And Ooishi is quite suspicious. He is definitely having so much freedom of investigation for someone getting close to the truth. Bioterrorism. It has been a very very long time since I have seen something with that as a plot point. 10 years, to be exact. I think that the horny woman finally accomplished something after all. But maybe those parasites have something to do with going back in time??? Fingers crossed for Edge of Tomorrow reference.  |
 Without change,we end up becoming the very person we hate. I was dead until the moment I met you. I was a powerless corpse pretending to be alive. Living without power, without the ability to change my course, was bound to lead me to a slow death. |
| Oh wow another plot twist. So basically there's no Gods and there's no demons, it's just a parasite and a bunch of fanatical humans. This explains the clawing of one's neck with their nails. The maggots looking thing in the blood might be a side effect of the parasite or it could just be hallucinations. I suppose hearing sounds like footsteps is also another symptom of the parasite. I'm guessing all the people in the three main families are compatible with the virus. It would be beneficial to them if they're the only ones allowed to go and come to the village, they'd have all the power. The shrine that is locked may have been the place where they used to pull out people's intestines and make vaccines. One supernatural aspect that hasn't been explained yet is Rika's ability to see into the future. She also claims to be Oyashiro-sama's reincarnation so honestly I'm not sure whether the God is real or not at this point. |
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| Oh, seriously didn't expect about that Parasites part at all. |
  ★━━─ 𝘏𝘰𝘸 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘐 𝘣𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘺 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘵? 𝘞𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘐 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘪𝘵 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘥𝘢𝘺? |
| I will start to like Rena. |
| It's always the damn parasites xD Man, does this have any relevance to the first arc in any way? |
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| Oh. Is it really an answer arc for the first question arc? I don't think so. The spirited away arc is not really confusing and doesn't hold so much question like the other question arc. So, I think the first arc (Spirited Away) answers are scattered in the other question and answer arcs. |
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| Its nice that we learn alot of information about the history of the village! This is very interesting! |
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| poor keichi he's now finally aware of the timeline he killed rena and mion. damn, it was just a pen? to think how delusional he must've been.. is rika the reincarnation of the oyashiro-sama lol |
| We are getting close to the climax. |
| That was a lot of information. What irks me though is, that the events this time don't fit with the first arc at all as I assumed. This is something completely new again? Another timeline? Two episodes left to solve this... |
| Nani?? Parasite??? Holy shit Takano Miyo doing great research... |
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| The so called Oyashiro-sama is actually a doctor? And parasites are what make the villagers go insane? A pretty decent plot twist in my opinion. Not all of this is actually supernatural, which I'm happy about. |
| It is kind of satisfying to get a scientific explanation to supernatural activity. Those fakes cant fool Rena! Is she going to go on a murder rampage again? |
| --AbiSa-- |
| I never expected these revelations happen on these episode. I thought its happening on the second season. Its really caught off my guard. Its really explain what the actual fuck was goin on with the berserk, and the madness that happened to the girls. So, this was the reason, eh? Parasite from the endless swamp, and a bunch of fanatic peoples didn't want the fact to be spread. It might be a fraction of Sonozaki family that did that. It seemed the oni blood line cause all of the virus mutation into their blood line too, and the result? Like what happened to Shion, and Mion in the second arc, and then the first arc too when the girls became mad to Keiichi. The injection syringe was actually a swamp waters that full of parasite. Yeah, it revelations seemed pretty interesting.... All of them getting infected. Omg what a twist, its really surprised me a lot. From the cursed supernatural being, then suddenly became a sci-fi one with a lot of hidden sickness and disaster happened to the whole village. Idk what else to be commented. All just a complete messed up. And yes, i completely aggree with Keiichi wishes at the third arc. Hinamizawa village was a true disaster XD. That end shadow, tho. I wonder if that was Keiichi and Rena again? Killing each others? Damn shit, then! They got corrupted! |
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| Damn, I did not expect parasites to be the reason for all the insanity. But, it do make sense though. Maybe the injections we see before isn't actually to give the disease but, to cure it. But, there's still definitely more to it than that. They gave us answers but, again along with those answers there are more questions. I am really interested in how they are gonna go about this things. What exactly is in that document 34. I for one welcome if it's all science or if there's supernatural shit going on here, or both. Let's fucking go. |
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| This parasite thing is really interesting. I never would've suspected it, but I'm glad it confirmed my suspicions about the curse not being some supernatural act of god. |
| As someone who read the novel, I find this episode interesting. There are many details in novel, but the episode managed to wrap it all up and only showed the essential parts. It's definitely a better adaptation than the previous two episodes. Prepare for the revelation in the next last two episodes, folks! |
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| Man I'm getting some strong vibes from Ousama game after this episode. I hope they don't fuck it up, I'm loving this anime. |
| The layers are withering out and we are nearing the core. Awesome. This episode had many revelations altogether. |
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| Whoa, first a lot of familiar little things ("I have a conditioner in my car", Takano-san papers in the library, white van) and then biological terrorism out of nowhere? At this point I can't picture how the virus ejection is gonna look like and who is gonna play who... |
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| I am really liking this arc. The thing Rena said in this episode about parasites is a really interesting possibility. It fits so many events together. Finally things are making sense! Now I wonder if this arc is related to the first directly or not. Things didn't happen the same way in these 2 arcs but I feel that they are somewhat connected. |
| Welp, Tamitake and Takano are dead in this reality too. Okay, I know there is something supernatural going on in this story but what Reina was experiencing, could purely be a psychological disorder/mental illness that she must be suffering from due to trauma from a young age. So, Rena IS being hunted by the goons of the Three Family. Damn, what a reveal. Now I'm questioning if there really is something supernatural or if is it all a big sci-fi story. Parasites that make you violent can be explained as the 'ogre' dwelling inside Mion/Shion and probably other members of the Three Family. Oyashiro wasn't even a saint let alone a god. He was just a foreign doc who managed to treat this disease to some extent. The leaving/entering norm was basically an old-school quarantine method. So if Rena claims to have those weird hallucinations was it just because she was infected by the parasite and they felt out of place after she left Hinamizawa? So only the compatible hosts and parasites survived till the modern era. Even the intestine ritual was just a precautionary vaccination method. I think telling Oishi all of this is their best bet and would be the most logical person to tell as of now. Even Irie would be a good person to consult. That still doesn't explain the time loop/different reality thing. |
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