Higurashi When They Cry: Abducted by Demons Arc
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| Errr...So are all the arcs supposed to be connected or not? Because the first two can't possibly be since Keichii died twice. And wasn't he the only survivor of the disaster? This is confusing... |
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| Interesting , poor Rika , gotta be tough seeing your own death and waiting for it >_> ... |
| This arc was rather boring, except for the information about Rika..Next episode, here i come!!! |
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| Not my favorite arc I guess If Rika foresaw her death, why didn't she do anything about it. I'm guessing Rika knew everything that happened in the other arcs now aaand that Keiichi probably died in the volcanic gas accident in this version - no survivors were mentioned? |
clannad4ever said: yeah unfortunately i know who killed rika because of some dude spoiling it :...you will not guess in a thousand years who did it xD but still this remains misterious as hell,i'm really enjoying it :D it's about a 9/10 for me so far but it can get to 10 :-) Ooishi.. I'm not sure , i'm just guessing , it's not a spoiler. Wel.. Rika knew about everything , she somehow 'asked' Akasaka for help , but.. |
| POOR RIKA!!! Mr. Aka Saka could have saved her!!! and then no one would have died!!! And Mr. Aka Saka should have went home when Rika told him 2!!! Now Aka Saka's wife is dead and its all his and her and the nurses fault!!! and i dont get it... she was prego when she died wasnt she??? an she landed on her stomach... so wouldnt the baby have died as well in the impact??? but no the baby is okay... and thats good =) at least Aka Saka has his kid!!! I feel really bad for Aka Saka though... the kid was gonna be let go anyway??? so Aka Saka didnt have 2 do all that??? you know what its his bosses fault as well!!! and every1 else that was 2 lazy 2 take on the case!!! and OMG RIKA'S the fortune teller!!! i knew it somewhat... *i actually thought she was the one putting ppl other places and bringing others to life but now i see i was wrong ehehe. . .* anyway this was an AMAZING epi!!! Orishi is still alive XP and OLD!!! XD id love to know the whole connection with Rika knowing everything and Satako's family dieing then hers then Sataco's then her... it probably means nothing with the Rika and Sataco thing i just found it weird haha but i am curious now!!! i wanna watch more haha |
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| meh arc. need moar blood the ending is intriguing however. everything is slowly starting to tie in. Hiro-san said: Finally, things are starting to make sense. My interpretation: the story arcs that show whatever happened during 1983 are possibilities of what could happen at the end of Oyashiro's curse (or as part of the grand finale). Maybe all these events are able tol trigger that grand finale, where eventually the whole village dies? o.O that kinda makes sense |
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| Holy Moly!!! Even Rika can be scary, this is getting intriguing Im so sad Asakasa's wife died, how unfortunate. Dam that Curse! |
billngNov 3, 2010 3:24 PM
| So if Rika is the reincarnation of Oyashiro-sama and the series of murders were set up by him and predicted by Rika, why would he be angered when she died? Surely there must be another reason why everyone in the village was killed after Rika's death... |
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Zell182 said: So if Rika is the reincarnation of Oyashiro-sama and the series of murders were set up by him and predicted by Rika, why would he be angered when she died? Surely there must be another reason why everyone in the village was killed after Rika's death... i thought the cause of everyone dying was because of what Keiichi said right before he fell into the water. "that everyone in the town would die" or something along those lines. but its hard to stop watching this. i just want to see the final conclusion. |
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bwahahachick said: ^This. ^_^Woo, this is confusing... But it's a good kind of confusion. |
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| Contrary to many opinions, I thought this arc was actually pretty interesting. We saw a lot of young Rika, learning much about her, seeing different sides of her. It was nice and informative, I thought. Plus having a new main character for a few episodes was a nice change, mixed things up. I'm hoping that the ending sequence doesn't confirm the toxic gas leak as actual events. =T It seems there are many timelines, many alternate storylines, maybe even alternate worlds, in the various arcs, where the deaths play out differently, and I think it would kind of suck if the one that was truly reality was the one where everyone died but psychotic-Keiichi. =__= What fun is that, lol? But then again, there's a second season, so we'll see about this.... But then again, the second season could just be handfuls of more alternate arcs. Dx Not knowing what the heck's going on and what's coming next is too much... Gotta keep watching to keep these minor revelations going! [marathoning this] |
Hiro-san said: My interpretation: the story arcs that show whatever happened during 1983 are possibilities of what could happen at the end of Oyashiro's curse (or as part of the grand finale). Maybe all these events are able tol trigger that grand finale, where eventually the whole village dies? From what I've heard about the game this is based on, that seems to make the most sense. It seems like every arc is a jump back to before the Cotton Drifting Festival and just due to different circumstances, things turn out differently with a loose continuity between them. |
It's not breaking in if the door is unlocked. |
| You guys are describing the butterfly effect. Any small, minute change in the scenario at the beginning will lead to dramatically different results. And also, about that natural gas disaster... |
Zfish9 said: Rika's predictions are events that always happen. The Dam supervisor always dies, the Houjo couple always dies, Rika's parents always die and Satoko's aunt alwas dies while Satoshi disappears. And last, Rika always dies. Everything after that, including the mass death event are unknown to Rika since she's dead by then. And everything she doesn't predict is because it can change. Only the deaths she predicted are 100% sure to happen.You guys are describing the butterfly effect. Any small, minute change in the scenario at the beginning will lead to dramatically different results. And also, about that natural gas disaster... |
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| Am I the only one who watched past the preview to see shion dragging mion's body into a dark room where their grandmother was waiting? |
| Rika is one of my favorite characters, so I am really pissed off because SHE is dead. >.>" Episode is creepy, and she is.. I don't know, even in "demon mood" she cares about people. That's what I love about her. ;3 |
Tell the victims to kill eachother. |
| Rika's too cute to die. |
| Interesting, a lot of things are falling into place now... Ah, however I didn't like Rika's voice when she was making those predictions, I thought it was a little too mature for a little girl, or well who knows... |
| I'm so relieved that Akasaka is okay! I was worried he would die. I'm kinda surprised his wife died though.. She doesn't even live in Hinamizawa. :( Everything is starting to make sense though. So that's good. I'm looking forward to seeing Satoshi next arc! |
| Things start to be clear |
| So now this arc is taking place immediately after the last one... I wonder if Kechii is going to show up again, considering the last arc stopped with him surviving the eruptions. |
| Some parts of this post may be exaggerated. |
bwahahachick said: Woo, this is confusing... But it's a good kind of confusion. This. So much. |
| So Rika is Oyishina's prophet or something?? then why doesn't she know who is the killer although she predicted the deaths??? I feel it has to do with the 3 great families :D |
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belial said: boring arc.. boring ep .. tho the 2º half of it had some interesting parts.. so.. 1978 - rika foretolds the future deaths [it's when this arc took place] 1979 - chooped dam guy .. arm still not found 1980- Satoko's parents death .. mother's body not found 1981- Rika's parents death .. unknown illness .. mother suicides, body never found 1982- Satoko's aunt killed by Satoko Nii Nii [supposedly] =p 1983+ - Rika's death foretold.. Mion killed her? o.O 1983 - Too Many facts to state ... that's the confusing part ... =x 1978 is when Akasaka's wife died 1983 is also when both Myo and the journalist died |
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| Pretty boring arc. Interesting how things are coming up. Hopefully the next arc is a WOW factor like the first arcs. |
babykeiji said: Yeah, the story's making sense now. Wow! This is really a masterpiece. I hope that the animation will improve though. Well, they said that 2nd season has a lot of improvement in terms of animation. ^_^ I really love this series. Since I'm really into psychological, mystery genre. + GORE AND BLOOD! That's make it so much SUGOI! it might make some but remember that this is a different time from the last arc- O-san survived and keichi did not |
"Stop whining, all I did was chop off your stupid legs." |
| Every episode is so confusing and I don't find this episode boring. I was very thrilled and confused that maybe Akasaka would die. I'm glad that he's okay :-) He's handsome and nice~ |
| Woah!! That's all I could come up with......woah..... |
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| Everything makes sense now, though I still don´t quite get it. |
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| I think this arc is connected to the last one. What a short arc though. Rika, being Oyashiro's reincarnation or prophet, knows everything. Nooo, Akasaka almost died! At least he survived that. But too bad his wife died. Everything's starting to become clear. I wonder what the next arc brings us. |
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belial said: so.. 1978 - rika foretolds the future deaths [it's when this arc took place] 1979 - chooped dam guy .. arm still not found 1980- Satoko's parents death .. mother's body not found 1981- Rika's parents death .. unknown illness .. mother suicides, body never found 1982- Satoko's aunt killed by Satoko Nii Nii [supposedly] =p 1983+ - Rika's death foretold.. Mion killed her? o.O 1983 - Too Many facts to state ... that's the confusing part ... =x Well.. Wut. Rika can see into the future? And here I was thinking that this show would be logical in our terms of reality... Disappointed :( |
| So Rika is the main death of the time loops, but because it was not decided how she will die there were all those possibilities... Makes sense for most part except the first arc because she was not killed there. |
| Okay so this mini arc is connected to the last arc with Keiichi seemingly cursing everyone and trying to kill Satoko's uncle. Also it seems that the cop's wife was the first victim of the festival. If Rika predicted the events then why did she choose not to change them? I'm also curious how the alternate arcs from before fit in here. |
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| There's something that I just noticed now that I wasn't so sure, but now that I checked, I'm totally sure. When Rika talk and she's ''possessed' by the demon', it's the same voice as the narrator of every ending. So Rika is Oyashirama reincarnation? Weirdly, I don't believe that. Oyashirama seem to be able to transfer into other body. Mion really seemed ''possessed'', same for Rena. But the question is : why did the curse started especially that year? It could be because of the hydroelectric dam, but it seem too easy. There's four persons that are still way too mysterious : Rena ; since she seem too much of a primordial character (yes, it's a weak excuse, but important character often drive the plot :P), Takano ; who she really is and why is she always implicated in the murder of 1983, the doctor/coach ; he's too mysterious and above all, why was he at Keiichi, when Rena and Mion was killed by him, with a bunch of people dressed the same as the people that kidnapped the minister child. And finally, there's Keiichi. There is something odd about Keiichi, why is he always involved in the 1983 murder? What is exactly is link with the other girls? Also, I don't if I'm trying to look too far, but is it me or the boy that got kidnapped look pretty much like Keiichi? I have a weird theory here. What if the little boy was Keiichi younger? I know that they doesn't have the same name, but they could have changed it, even more if he was kidnapped. Also, they already knew the village and they needed him to escape from big cities because of his high learning skill. Next arc seem to focus on Sakoto brother, that's what the preview is telling me. |
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| hearing rika list those dates of death was really freaky |
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| So I'm assuming here that Rika is Oyashiro-sama incarnate , thus explaining the change of tone in her voice and ability to foretell what will happen to her , Satoko's aunt , her parents , etc OR she could have just over heard discussions with the congregation of the head families and just have been possessed by some form of demon What I thought was interesting is that in this arc Rika predicts her death that WE have already seen in a previous arc (where Satoko sees Keichii with a bloodied weapon over Rika's body near the shrine and was thought to have killed her) So this arc must have happened prior to the previous one , what's confusing is that Satoko's aunt's death is predicted after she was said to be killed by Satoshi in the previous arc when Keiichi intends on killing her uncle, I think.. What's even more interesting is seeing Shion dragging Mion away with the Head of one of the three families bound by ropes and appears to be unconscious or even dead In one of the previous arcs Keiichi was the last remaining survivor after the catastrophe that had happened in Hinamizawa , but then was killed by Mion if I remember correctly. Once again I am a little confused but this was a good episode , Rika ^^ kawaii as always , Nipa! ^(^_^)^ |
| Second half was pretty cool, can't wait to understand these all, but for that, I have to go through another 10 episodes.. First half was meh, the kidnappers had a lot of chance to attack the polices, like when Akasaka was talking with the kid, and so on.. but I guess they didn't really need to, huh. |
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| A little bit of explaining, but actually not much. Still confused. I want to believe that there's nothing supernatural, but it's the only logical explanation so far. |
1cebear said: A little bit of explaining, but actually not much. Still confused. I want to believe that there's nothing supernatural, but it's the only logical explanation so far. Yea,it's still confusing,and it looks like it's something supernatural. |
| WHOA THAT RIKA INFODUMP! THANK YOU BASED RIKA! YOUR DEATH WAS NOT IN VAIN! Holy shit! The story makes a very slight bit of sense! THOSE MINDFUCKING PLOTS! 4/5 |
Adramelech said: The eyes of the girls in this anime are so fucking huge that it's a little ridiculous...So the serial murders started a year after the withdrawing of the dam project? How come there is a year between Satoko's uncle's death and Rika's death? Rika doesn't look cute at all, she looks so stupid with those eyes I wanna punch her in the face. I hate the artstyle of this anime. |
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