Higurashi When They Cry: Festival Accompanying Arc
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| <strong>THIS IS AN ANIME ONLY DISCUSSION POST. DO NOT DISCUSS THE MANGA BEYOND THIS EPISODE.</strong><br />---------------------------------------- <br /><br />And I guess that about wraps up Yakusamashi-hen. This was a very good episode and really an awesome arc altogether. We finally get to see the truth behind the great gas disaster. Satoko being a survivor is pretty interesting and a first, though of course it doesn't last long. And Ooishi, delicious as he may be is left wondering as always. |
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Entropy said: i lol'd.And Ooishi, delicious as he may be is left wondering as always. and yeah, i'm full of questions too. awesome ep but seemed to confuse me more than answer my questions. and wtf was up with the nurse? in on it with the van people i guess? |
| Wow. This episode was simply shocking. This left some questions answered, but now I want to know about some other things. Can anyone tell me how to post spoiler warnings on this? |
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| intense episode. this is the kind of stuff i've been waiting for. |
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| Awesome episode to say the least. But... damn those van people. Well in this arc, everybody should be dead since Rena couldn't get out of that situation. |
windy said: and wtf was up with the nurse? in on it with the van people i guess? Don't forget that Satoko was hated by almost everyone in Hinamizawa and probably some other people out of the village, so maybe the nurse was just someone who hated her. Why did Satoko have to die(again)? I wanted to understand Rena's "message" too :( |
| Loved it! Of course it left more questions than answers, but isn't that just like HNNKN? I like how the white van people keep getting more defined as the series continues . Hopefully we'll get to eventually know who these folks are. Other than A-holes, that is. Is there a drinking game where one takes a shot everytime satoko says 'Nii-nii?" Well, there should be one!  |
| Minagoroshi starts next week. Most of your questions will be answered with this arc. |
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| I haven't yelled at anime as much as I did during this episode. XD "Come on Ooishi, go go GOOOO." Haha. Really good episode though. I'm extremely excited about the next arc. |
orly_yarly said: That happens in Minagoroshi, not in the arcs before.But I remember the arc before Minagoroshi had a lot more answers like who /really/ is behind the killing and disembowling of Rika, not just the van people. orly_yarly said: No, episode one was a continuation of Tsumihoroboshi or a different world very similar to it. The reason Rena didn't die in the great gas disaster back then was probably because she was at the hospital or police station in Okinomiya after the hostage situation at school.And I dont think Rena is dead, Remember in the very first episode Akasaka and Oiishi were talking to a grown up Rena? I'm pretty sure episode one was a flash foward, and episode 2-5 were a flash back. So there is a pretty big chance Rena's dead in this arc. |
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| Darn. I was hoping Satoko would be a true survivor. And the message... was it reallly a message? ._. ;; Unless it tells where and 'how' she died. I agree with Entropy. Besides... with that high pitched scream... and the hat going down, she should be dead. |
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| Ooishi that asshole... Intense episode indeed, too bad we won't know about Rena's message. Some of you guys should lay off the drugs, judging from your .. umm .. 'comments'. o.o |
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| The real question I want to know is if Rena somehow managed to escape, she was alive in the first episode so it's possible unless if that's going off of another continuity. I agree with Entropy that it doesn't make sense that all of the kids were in school when it happened late at night but that might just be answered some other time. |
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| so that's how rika-chan died. XD wait a minute, exactly who survived? first it was Keiichi, then Rena, now Satoko? oh wait, Satoko died. XP btw, exactly what was Rena's message? and why did they all die in the school if it was midnight? i really have a lot of questions. lol. XD |
| Well, this arc is an exclusive 4 anime-only arc. This just gives us information from the 1st season and not really an answer arc. Don't make information arc = answer arc. Information arcs like this one gives us information that makes us more undetermined to the answered, thus making us want to know the TRUE answers in the next arc. |
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| "..so we just sat at home all day and nippered around" ROFLLL |
| Though... Ooishi really needs to screw off, sometimes he can get really annoying. And according to the ending of this episde, he's always late. :P |
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| Yeah... well I have a ton of questions right now... but I'm just gonna keep on watching ang let them answer themselves =D |
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| YEAH FUCKING RIGHT. Hell no, she did NOT die from heart failure, I can't believe that. That stupid NURSE doctor female, was fucking crazy, she noticed Satoko, and I think she killed her. She knows something, gaaahhh this is pissing me offf. I'm not confused, I'm frustrated ! Omggg, stupid hospital. Satoko KNEW her message damn it, T___T ; I need to know why ! I kept yelling "hurry up Ooishi ! GO GO !" as well, damn this, this arc needs an explanation ! Okay, next episode, E________________E; |
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| dude wtf nooooooooo, poor Satoko T-T i bet the nurse killed her -_- |
| Nooooooooooooooooo Rika!;_; She died anyway. And so did everyone else apparently. And nothing changed, just as Rika said. At least this time. Though that does maybe explain the shots she was given. I had kind of though they were related to 'those' shots at first. Wait it didn't even have to do with the gas anyway. It was all orchestrated by those dudes in the white vans. Whoever they're controlled by. Or then Rika would've died from the gas anyway. But didn't her and the shrine live somewhat on the outskirts of town anyway? I'm so confused. |
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| So we finally know who killed Rika. It was an excellent way to end the arc. Definitely the best episode of this arc. Still plenty of unanswered questions like, who the hell are those guys in that van? And why are those 20 people missing? If the gas disaster was a cover-up that the guys in the van were involved with than why would they bother to murder Rika and Rena when "the gas disaster" would be the perfect way to get rid of them? |
| im guessing the 20 or so survivors are the white van people, being that all of the named characters appeared to be accounted for in the body pile.. Thats now 3 arcs ending in the death of the village... |
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| A few answers, and more questions. This arc didn't have quite the intensity of those in the first season, but I didn't mind the slower pacing too much, and I'm looking forward to the next arc. |
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| quote=Entropy]Why is no one questioning the fact all the kids died at school since the disaster happened at night? I know!! Wtf is wrong with them? They're even wearing casual clothing, which you wouldn't usually wear when sleeping. Sheesh. Heart_of_Storm said: im guessing the 20 or so survivors are the white van people, being that all of the named characters appeared to be accounted for in the body pile. I have a theory. The entire village was whiped out in order to destroy the opposition of building the Dam. The nurse(s) at the hospital seemed to be part of the "huge" conspiracy, and I'm 100% sure that this was no natural disater, just like Oiishi said. ~Nipa Nipa Nipa -nano desu! xD |
Heart_of_Storm said: Thats now 3 arcs ending in the death of the village... My educated guess is that what happened to the village happened in ALL story arcs, whether we showed it or not. It must be part of a VERY BIG conspiracy. |
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| Yes, it happened in all the arcs so far |
| Really shocking episode especially the way it ended! |
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| those guys in jumpsuits... who the hell are they?! and wouldn't it have been a good idea to keep officers near satoko just in case something happened? |
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| Wow, fantastic episode. Although, I'm left with more questions than answers like what did Rena's message mean and what these white van people are really all about. Looking forward to the next arc. |
| Straight up left in the dark. This didn't really answer much, and it only makes me want to watch more. |
| This is the higurashi I remember, hopefully the rest of the episodes will be this interesting |
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| a, i think satoko actually got killed by that dude that was sneaking around the hospital while the nurses were oblivious to him? |
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| what was that ? the hinamizawa basecap loli killer gang XD poor Satoko she loses everytime ; ( Oiishi questions Satoko who lays in coma, that was some kind of dumb imo |
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kage-bunshin said: Yeah I though so as well, I mean after the entire village was killed and there where several peoples missing and murdered, with Satoko being the only known survivor it doesn't take a genius to figure she probably is in some danger.those guys in jumpsuits... who the hell are they?! and wouldn't it have been a good idea to keep officers near satoko just in case something happened? Though seeing Ooishi always seems to figure things out when it's too late I guess he's not very bright :P |
| i think that Rena's message was that the van ppl were not only after rika. that there's another explanation for their killings. just a guess :P |
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| I quite enjoyed this episode. I never really cared for Satoko... so annoying that girl is, but I was going to cut her some slack since she was actually going to be useful for once, but then she went and died.. not that it's her fault she was murdered ._. Stupid nurse. I wanted Ooshi to walk in on her trying to kill her XD |
| Most interesting episode thus far. Finally got an insight on how Rika died. I would never have guessed it was by those people. >.< |
| frustrating episode >.<;; there is just no justice D: damm those shifty guys that go around killing everyone they never lose >.<;; |
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| hm, everybody who had fell of the bridge survived these toxic-something, right? rena, rena, was her message the same as that past ? and rika's words 'see you soon' huh, will next arc also be full of deaths ? |
| I guess the fact that this arc hasn't been on the same level as the previous ones is due to it being an anime exclusive one. Really hoping the next answer arc is as great as the first season. |
| damn those stupid people that killed Rika...you cowards! x(...i was begging my pc to let me in the episode for 5 minutes....with an ak47 that is :p also that b*tch nurse,it's obvious that she killd satoko because she didn't want the truth to be revealed :\ the van people suck so hard omg :\ |
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| The thing about the van people seems to make a bit more sense now, though I still dont know why they seem to always kill rika like that and why they were after keeichi in the very first arc... But I'm looking forward to the next arc which, if Im right, will be about the third arc of season 1 which has not really been mentioned at all until now. |
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