Higurashi When They Cry: Festival Accompanying Arc
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| Wow, Tanaka had a tough life ... |
| No wonder Takano became such a troubled adult..After all that.But how did she escape from the guy whose finger she bit? |
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| Takano was so cute as a child. But I hate her. |
| Quite interesting, I never caught on to the fact that the reason the Hinamizawa Syndrome was never admitted was because they didn't want to believe a parasite could affect a human's thought process. Admitting such a thing would esentially create a scapegoat for everyone's actions and people could rightfully wonder, maybe this genocide was caused because of a parasite, or the root of this racism was a parasite, and so on. Interesting, and pretty true. |
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| Hanyu in the op!! Yay!! I don't usually say things like this but even thought Takano suffer a lot and all of that I won't forget her for what she just did, maybe just maybe if she changes I will forgive her but how things are going she is in my black list |
| I can't believe social services had Takano go live under the care of someone like that >_> Feel sorry for her but as everyone else has already said, it doesn't excuse her actions at all :I Maybe explains them, but it doesn't excuse them. |
| Well that explains why Takano is so messed up. Also, I'm guessing her 'grandfather' was the doctor who discovered the Hinamizawa syndrome during the war. |
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| hmm so Takano had a horrible childhood ... I feel slight contempt, but not enough for me to like her finger bitten off - OWW |
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| What's with the new little kid characters? I thought that blond haired chick was Takano but when she said her full name in the en i was like wait what? Oh wait nvm i guess that was her... wow she had a horrible past life. . . poor kids! That guy is worse than Sataco's Uncle! I think it was so epic when she bit his finger! It was like so gross but awesome! lol anyway i cant wait to see the NEW Hinimizawa with EVERYONE else! 'the main characters' ahaha X'D all in all it was a great episode even though it was all about Takano =) she was so cute as a little kid X3 |
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Kittenia said: Hanyuu ~ <3 Aaaaannndddd, I always wondered who that crying girl was, in the opening. I thought it was, perhaps Satoko? But her hair, seemed rather different, now I'm convinced it's most likely Takano. :0 Yeah, that's what I think now, too. If there's nothing more I like than a heartless villain, it's a heartless villain with some good, meaty back story behind them. This actually made me understand Takano and like her a little, and even feel a little sorry for her - but I feel her angry prayer was granted and twisted around to something much worse - the happiness she wanted was twisted into something evil and unbecoming. So while I like Takano for her character development and heartless murdering side, I still dislike what she has become. Blehhhh. New OP bits are also exciting to see. :) |
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| I hate Takano and I found this episode really boring @.@ |
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-kassy- said: I hate Takano and I found this episode really boring @.@ Same here. |
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| D: what happened to Takano? |
| Not the best cliffhanger to end it at... "OMG! Is she going to die from the lightning!? Oh, no wait, this entire episode is a flashback. She'll live, Unfortunately." I died laughing at the preview for the next episode! (no actual spoiler inside, just to save space) |
Zfish9 said: Not the best cliffhanger to end it at... "OMG! Is she going to die from the lightning!? Oh, no wait, this entire episode is a flashback. She'll live, Unfortunately." I died laughing at the preview for the next episode! (no actual spoiler inside, just to save space) Lol, at the spoiler tag, and yea, the ending wasn't the best, but man... that guy deserves to get his thumb bitten off!!! |
| After the atrocities that was the past 3/4 episodes, this episode was pretty good. Too bad that maniacal laugh at the end ruined nearly all the development given to Takano. |
| That orphanage was so fucked up. Where's Johan Liebert when you need him?! |
| "No matter how much of a genius one is, in front of the Uchiha name, they're just ordinary people." - Sasuke Uchiha |
| I don't want to feel bad for Takano, but it's hard not to. The poor thing. It's no justification for her actions though (at least right now). This episode was kinda boring to me though~ I wanna go back to Keiichi and Rika! |
fishergirl16Jun 30, 2012 2:55 PM
| i wonder why her grandfather didnt take care of her after her parents dead ... or may be he was already dead at that time ... but how Takano could run away from the guy in the forest after biting his fingers ? !! it seems that he would kill her at that time |
-kassy- said: I hate Takano and I found this episode really boring @.@ Agreed. I like how she had a backstory, but it seemed kind of halfbaked, especially since they already used the child abuse plot device with Satoko. Ah well, hopefully mect episode will be better. |
| Oh man, Hanyuu in the opening? A+ |
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Beedlebud said: -kassy- said: I hate Takano and I found this episode really boring @.@ Agreed. I like how she had a backstory, but it seemed kind of halfbaked, especially since they already used the child abuse plot device with Satoko. Ah well, hopefully mect episode will be better. I think the same, child abuse again -_- |
| i don't know either to feel bad for takano or not at all.. oh and that preview, Hauu hauu started to show its true colors >.< |
| Again with the child abuse. Stop it! It makes me cringe so much. Still I don't get it why Takano can be so cruel when she says she wants a nice life? Probably hungry for money, power.. And that godlust. I guess it was a nice episode, but not really one of my faves, but that could just be because I don't really like Takano. Even though she has a sad background, it's not enough for me to pity her, I still want her dead. She only cares about money and power in my eyes, and I will never forgive her for shooting off the whole gang in the previous episode. |
| At least we know now a little why Takano wants to be a god or something.. |
| I like the child version of Takano, but I hate what she became as an adult. |
| Takano: The Origins. How easily weak people blame God, destiny or others for their misfortune. I still can´t feel sorry for her, and truly hope she pays for her sins. |
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gutsyGumshoe said: I hope she'll finally show the true meaning of Oyashiro-sama's curse in this arc, to whoever happens to deserve it in the end. (I'm still voting for Takano plus any of her bosses in this regard.)Oh man, Hanyuu in the opening? A+ |
| What's the point of all this? // There's no point. I'm doing it because I can. That's all there is to it. // What will be left behind after this? // Nothing at all. She'll die and I'll burn out. The end. That's all. (Requiem for the Phantom) |
| I don't care how much she suffered in her childhood. It's no excuse to become a heartless bitch and shoot children/wipe out villages when you grow up. All Takano deserves is having her head split open by Rena's cleaver! |
| An episode in order to make the audience have empathy for Takano after all that she has done... Well consider me empathizing |
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| 1. love the direction the series has taken… explaining the past. 2. Intense takano backstory, especially at the end. My faith in anime has been renewed once again. 10/10 |
| 俺の命を百合に。 Currently translating Sono Hanabira ni Kuchizuke o - Atelier no Koibito-tachi -- when bored. Above visual novel is 22.22% translated with progress uploaded to youtube; if you're into yuri VNs, check out my channel.  |
| oh no my childhood was bad better start gutting children and murdering numerous amounts of people |
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| Nice past episode. But I don't think that that bad childhood triggered Takano's God Complex, it is simply the power she had. Childhood may be a justification.. But I didn't empathized with her that much, even though that was quite a good story. To think that Tomitake was involved with the government in the first season was quite impossible to think ahah And by the way, I'm in love with that ending. |
| I want to know why she is doing what she is doing. Her back story might have something to do with it. |
| Despite what I said at the first episode of Kai, I'm growing fond of the OP song and it was nice to see that new scenes in it! Getting background info on villains is always essential on good character building, and Higurashi is quite good at that. As for I already like Takano somehow, I don't feel bad empathizing with her seeing her childhood. dat end "professional wrestling" xD |
| Making you sympathize with the bad guy is one of the worst writing crutches used in Japanese media, it's just as bad as a fist of the north star villain. |
| "Nothing is sweeter than your smile" |
| Mmmm, that was an interesting episode because I was curious about Miyo motivation behind all this. It look like she lost her way... Don't lose you waaaay~ Also, what's happened to guy she shew the thumb? And after that lightning? :O So I wasn't the only one who noticed that weird frame with Hanyuu evil eyes. In that frame, she really look like a demonic entity, but those horns were kinda a dead giveaway. Also, is it me or it look like she took physical form at the end of OP? That's weird. |
| «Time is passing so quickly. Right now, I feel like complaining to Einstein. Whether time is slow or fast depends on perception. Relativity theory is so romantic. And so sad.» - Kurisu Makise a.k.a. The Zombie |
| Eh, this episode felt too twisted. I hardly understood anything. > _ < 3/5 |
Uchihafan25 said: That orphanage was so fucked up. Where's Johan Liebert when you need him?! best thing ive read alllllll day!! xD |
LunarEmerald said: If that was a prediction then you wouldn't know things like C103. You've read the pieces thread at AnimeSuki and the Matsuribayashi summary on wikipedia. You shouldn't post future spoilers here. Pieces thread on animesuki? Got a link? |
| Okay yes Takano had a sad life, but still don't feel sorry for her. She's got to go. |
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| Kira killed Takano's parents! Damn you Kira! No but seriously, Takano had a really messed up childhood, no wonder shes so fucking crazy. I still want her to die though :D. |
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Shape430 said: I still want her to die though :D. That smiley at the end made your sentence slightly disturbing :d But ya, Takano has been through a hell lot and I can understand why she acted the way she did. Still deserves to at least get punished or something for everything her previous world selves did :d |
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