Higurashi When They Cry: Abducted by Demons Arc
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| wow i have to rethink my 10 rating now |
| This episode is so confusing it just makes me want to watch more to find out what's happening. It doesn't seem like it's back in time. Maybe its a different scenario of things to show how it could have ended differently perhaps? |
windy said: Kazekage said: Every arc, time resets to before the festival and a different story is told. The sequel, Kai, really makes this clear, so if anyone is still confused after finishing the first Higger, it really explains it. While posing more questions, of course.Dont you think this is what happened in between? To me it seems like they have rewinded it to before the festival, to explain things. i dont think the story "resets", they just fill in the holes. edit: rereading that, it seems kind of vague, but I think if I said something to make it more clear it would be a spoiler. Just know that each story is independent from the others nearly 100% of the time. Alright then. I guess each "reset" will go on for 4 episodes, in a contineous loop, but with each new "reset" different events happen. I expect to see more bloody scenes then! xD |
| I read that it was based off a game? Does this game also has several endings? |
| Everyone is happy with each other and gets a chance to be moe and cute. Hopefully understanding will befall onto me. |
arnxx said: I read that it was based off a game? Does this game also has several endings? from wikipedia: In the Higurashi games, there are several story arcs, the original eight of which are referred to as either Question arcs or Answer arcs. The Answer arcs generally recapitulate the events of the corresponding Question arc, but from a different perspective, using the change of protagonist to solve various mysteries and come to a different conclusion. Each of the eight original games for the PC represented separate arcs of the overall storyline. Although apart from the main Question/Answer relationship the stories of the arcs are not directly connected, a multitude of parallels exist which allow the observant reader to gain extra insight into the mystery. |
ukonkivi said: WTF they're alive.D: Also, this Shion Mion thing has me totally confused. Time shift! And evil clones maybe? :P |
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| sooooo confused even when having wiki explained us what's it is all about!! |
| Having just watcthed this episode and feeling totally confused I thought I would get some clarity on the good old MAL thread - oh well roll on no. 6 |
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| I was hoping that they were going to show different sides of the story. One chapter on what Mion experienced from the first chapter. I guess that this sort of works. |
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| i'm glad i read the replies, i thought time went back and it jus happened in-between the other episodes, not that time reset every arc |
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| okay WTF! So there's this whole "different arcs" thing going on? I'm not sure how I feel about that. I didn't intend to watch an anime that starts anew every 4 episodes but I'm still interested in how it all turns out. I just hope that each new plot ties together in the end, like some weird ass horror movie. Good thing I read the replies though cuz it would have made me even more confused if I just kept on watching. I initially thought it was either deja vu or what happened inbetween. |
| Well first off I loved the disturbing knife stabbing in the very beginning and that insane laughter (^_^) Though WTH!? So everything is back to zero again and we'll get the please to see another disturbing twist and blood bath with the same characters? Hope they aren't images of some real life persons the writer knew when he was young, would make me think he really, really hated them, having them suffer and die over and over again =P |
windy said: Kazekage said: Every arc, time resets to before the festival and a different story is told. The sequel, Kai, really makes this clear, so if anyone is still confused after finishing the first Higger, it really explains it. While posing more questions, of course.Dont you think this is what happened in between? To me it seems like they have rewinded it to before the festival, to explain things. i dont think the story "resets", they just fill in the holes. edit: rereading that, it seems kind of vague, but I think if I said something to make it more clear it would be a spoiler. Just know that each story is independent from the others nearly 100% of the time. Wtf, the stories are not even related? That sounds kinda lame imo. =/ But Ill keep watching it and see what happens. |
babler said: arnxx said: I read that it was based off a game? Does this game also has several endings? from wikipedia: In the Higurashi games, there are several story arcs, the original eight of which are referred to as either Question arcs or Answer arcs. The Answer arcs generally recapitulate the events of the corresponding Question arc, but from a different perspective, using the change of protagonist to solve various mysteries and come to a different conclusion. Each of the eight original games for the PC represented separate arcs of the overall storyline. Although apart from the main Question/Answer relationship the stories of the arcs are not directly connected, a multitude of parallels exist which allow the observant reader to gain extra insight into the mystery. This clears most of the confusion up, thanks. So basically this 26 episode series is made up of continous time loops involving several parallel universes which all connect together in the end to tell one final, complete story of events... The protagonist(s) role's differ in each respective "chapters". Since it was mainly Rena's actions in the first chapter; I'm guessing Mion/Shion will be used as a catalyst for all the gory stuff happening in this chapter. |
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| Higurashi has many arcs, so when one ends, another begins. As simple as that. |
| This episode was really cute ^_^ ... Satoko and that doll remind me of Beato from Umineko. |
| From what I can guess, each chapter is a different scenario (which is stated in the description on the MAL page). So yeah, it does kind of "reset" but there's going to probably be some sort of tie-in of all the scenarios at the end of the series. Also, the very first few seconds of each scenario seem to show you how that one is going to end. |
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Asako said: Yeah. Think of it as Groundhog Day (If you've seen the movie. Is there anybody in the world who hasn't? Seems to be on TV a dozen times a year.) Each arc is a 'reset' and a different turn of events. It all starts to make sense the longer you watch. That's really helpful. I was confused. Um... the very first part of the episode is nuts! It totally shocked me that she was stabbing her own head. It gives me the shivers. I've never watched anime like this before though, so that might explain it. |
| They are back alive XD Ohh so this is like a Tarantino film, they keep skipping between times. Okay, Gotcha! |
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| We go from super creepy first arc. to a pretty interesting 2nd arc... And what a beginning to the second arc.. A hyper disturbing knife/crazy laughter scene xD |
| Another nice episode.^_^ Especially how it started... A girl repeatedly slamming her head into knife... that's just perfect way to start new episode. Was really shocked by that :S |
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| Mion... HHHHNNNNNNNNNNNNNNGGGGHHHHH! Suddenly she is now my fav character |
 Vrrrrroooooooommmm! |
| Don't think the idea of splitting anime in several chapters is my cup of tea. But still watching... Curiosity wins. |
| whoa...was the cute little girl...Rika right?...stabbing herself in the head with a knife while Mion was demonically laughing in the beggining?O.o WHAT THE $^@#? and who hit the reset button?O.o i want BLOOD >:) |
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OK, this episode bored me for the most part. But worse is that I'm still trying to recover from the previous arc. I'm not sure exactly what's going on, but this Shion thing only further confuses me. |
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| Never expected Mion to have a twin... |
| Ok, different scenario now, though it doesnt seem like it will end too well. I wonder what the whole twin thing is about... |
| I probably regret this post by now. |
| Ummm reset? Why not? It's...interesting at least. |
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| Confusing , full of WTFness , I love this show . |
| Why are they all alive??And where did all the killing aura go??I hope it gets soon back to normal...Well, it is not exactly normal... |
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| so it means that each arc starts from the begining.. i wonder how keichi will die this time))) XDD |
| i don't want keichi to die every time!!! It also seems kind of stupid to tell a lot of different stories in order to kill the main character in the end every time!?? |
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| I'm confused. - Rika was slamming herself into a knife at the beginning, wth? - Didn't everybody just die in the previous episode?? LMAO! @ Mion: Yeah, she's supposed to dance with a hoe. But that hoe's really heavy, so she's practicing with those mallets they use to make rice cakes. |
| awe Shion was so cute!!! X3 and what was that in the beginning???!!! o noes Mion's not going 2 do that 2 Shion right!!!??? DX well im glad they're all alive again!!! i cant wait 2 see what will happen... ahaha the game they played at the store was awesome!!! those little kids were so cute!!! =) i cant wait 2 see whats going 2 happen next =D |
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| funny episode i enjoyed it a lot |
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| Yay new arc but was that Rika at the beginning? Mion is cute <33 |
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| Im really freaking freaked out, but i cant stop watching!! ugh gonna have nightmares |
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