Higurashi When They Cry: Dice Killing Arc
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| Cruel fate! Alpha_522 said: Yeah that what I thought too...I guess nobody's going crazy in this timeline but who knows, we'll see. Except maybe Rika -- though probably not murderously. |
Alpha_522 said: Permidian said: The scene with Rena's scary face was just Rika's imagination because it's what she was expecting i think. Just like after her accident when the doctor came in and she thought it was Irie. Yeah that what I thought too...I guess nobody's going crazy in this timeline but who knows, we'll see. I think it's Rika that will go crazy in this timeline because of things being so different than what she has been used to since like forever. she's already starting to get paranoid, she is gonna lose it and go all psycho imo... |
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| thats why rika should listen to hanyuu before the accident happens... then goes back to the other world year 1985 i guess... XD |
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| Basically, everyone did everything right from the start so there was "nothing" to beat. But now that she's thrown into a world in which she's lost. She knows nothing of what will come and she has no true friends anymore. She even lost her best friend. So yeah, I think I agree with people here in something. Rika is likely going through the same process Keiichi went in the very first arc. So likely, the flash of Rena going psycho was likely all in Rika's head, the same way Keiichi pictured Rena and Mion as crazy. |
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| What actually happened is.... I read up on all the arcs from the games, that's what it said |
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| I'll start with my first intriguing, yet "dumb" question: Why hasn't Rika tried to communicate with Hanyu? Or rather, why hasn't Hanyu shown her self yet in this "different" world? By the way, whose that woman who's beside Rika (in the previw for the 3rd OVA and in the ED)? Frederica Bernkastel or her mother? I remember hearing something about her being in a comma or something in Rei, so I presume that all of "this" is happening in her head (meaning that she didn't die when she got got hit by that truck), while she's in this "world" (comma). I don't think that that's the case though... Anyway, the Mystery's starting to get me more into it! :D |
| I have no idea where this is going. Rika is stuck in a new world where everything is fine...well almost. I need to know why Reina made that horrible face when Rika asked about the mutilated corpse, but we all have to wait for the next episode, impatiently. D: |
milky-manga said: She didn't, Rika's just paranoid. Look at Higurashi's very first arc for a similar case. (Keiichi pictures Rena and Mion with those same exact expressions)I have no idea where this is going. Rika is stuck in a new world where everything is fine...well almost. I need to know why Reina made that horrible face when Rika asked about the mutilated corpse, but we all have to wait for the next episode, impatiently. D: And for Kurichan: if you listen to Rena's whole conversation, she talks about how Satoko and her foster dad (remember her mother remarries into the Houjo household) are getting along better and working their differences. So yes, Satoko's parents are alive, and that goes for Rika's parents as well (since it was Takano who killed Rika's parents). |
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| This episode was ALOT more intresting then the first one. A new world, Hell yeah |
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Leon-Gun said: milky-manga said: She didn't, Rika's just paranoid. Look at Higurashi's very first arc for a similar case. (Keiichi pictures Rena and Mion with those same exact expressions)I have no idea where this is going. Rika is stuck in a new world where everything is fine...well almost. I need to know why Reina made that horrible face when Rika asked about the mutilated corpse, but we all have to wait for the next episode, impatiently. D: I guess it's similar to the first arc, but even with that in mind you can't prove that she is going crazy. It would be a great twist though! The fact that not only did she see Reina's face change but also assumed the doctor was Irie is another big hint. |
milky-manga said: Pretty much. I think this time it might just be pure psychological stress rather than the oft. mentioned Hinamizawa Syndrome.Leon-Gun said: milky-manga said: She didn't, Rika's just paranoid. Look at Higurashi's very first arc for a similar case. (Keiichi pictures Rena and Mion with those same exact expressions)I have no idea where this is going. Rika is stuck in a new world where everything is fine...well almost. I need to know why Reina made that horrible face when Rika asked about the mutilated corpse, but we all have to wait for the next episode, impatiently. D: I guess it's similar to the first arc, but even with that in mind you can't prove that she is going crazy. It would be a great twist though! The fact that not only did she see Reina's face change but also assumed the doctor was Irie is another big hint. |
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| New world ? ' Keiichi is not in Hinamizawa, Rena's parents did not divorce, the dam project was resolved smoothly, and neither Satoko nor Rika's parents died. However the club never formed, meaning Rika has no friends, Hanyū is absent, Rika isn't revered as the reincarnation of Oyashiro and the village will soon sink underwater. What is going to happen ? What is the reason she returned to June 1983 in this condition ? This is become very interesting ! |
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| woah, this ep was so much better than the last!!! I loved it! XD |
| i disagree The last episode was way better because they had the soul brother |
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| Yeah, Its all good. |
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| And we're back to the 'what the hell is happening?'. It's finally starting to feel like Higurashi again. |
hiddenmoonlight said: What actually happened is.... I read up on all the arcs from the games, that's what it said If this is true, I just lost a lot of respect for Higurashi. |
Foggle said: hiddenmoonlight said: What actually happened is.... I read up on all the arcs from the games, that's what it said If this is true, I just lost a lot of respect for Higurashi. Yeah, me too... That popped into my mind as well. And... |
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| This was a really interesting episode. It evidently served mostly to present information about the world Rika is in, but it made it was some pretty good build-up for what is to come. I have high expectations for this arc |
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| Seems like Rika found herself in the most boring world. Well, that doesn't mean this episode was boring. It was actually pretty nice. WTF's going on? :3 |
| i know... XD damn wheres the third episode? T____T |
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| At least it got a bit creepy (Rena's scary face ftw! ^^).....the first episode made me almost cry, because of otaku-pleasing moe shit (What the hell with "Keichii's little brother?!").... hope it'll get a bit more violent in the next eps..... |
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| whoa, I was missing all that mindscrew! xD but seriously, I'm really confused on this one, lots of strange stuff I wasn't expecting. Also, Rena face FTW! her face was ok, what scared me was her voice xP I was sad when that truck came in, really. All those months watching the 1st and 2nd seasons, getting to know the story, and now some random truck kills her owo. |
| Could anyone provide a download/torrent link, or at least a site where I can find it? (But not Tokyosho, got problems with the page...) |
| Yes! That's more like the Higurashi I remember. Interesting approach to the initial story. Rena was awesome again. =D Looking forward to the next episode. GreenDrag said: Try .info instead of .com .Could anyone provide a download/torrent link, or at least a site where I can find it? (But not Tokyosho, got problems with the page...) |
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| It was more than awesome. =D |
patient_senses said: And we're back to the 'what the hell is happening?'. It's finally starting to feel like Higurashi again. Agreed, and: hiddenmoonlight said: What actually happened is.... I read up on all the arcs from the games, that's what it said If I were given that ending or, 'rocks fall, everyone dies', I'd choose the latter. |
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| I think Rika diead in that accident and the new world lacks only one thing... the Hinamizawa-syndrome... After all, the dam building lasted due to agression, Satoko's family was torn apart from that, Takano's father was researching it, Reina's family problems were of that as well... If you think about it, it is almost 100% sure that that's the only part, which they took out... Meaning the only person left alone will be Rika |
| Oh snap, no Takano, no Irie, no Keiichi, no Dam war, no Oyashiro-sama's curse, no Hinamizawa syndrome, Satoko and Rika are not friends, Satoshi is still around, Reina never changed her name, Tokyo never conducted research, its a year after everything that was supposed to happen happened (but it never happened!!!) Yet the mutilated corpse incident raises a stir with Reina when mentioned... Also it looks like Rika's parents are still around too. I thought I noticed that in the preview. This should be an interesting series, to be continued over summer break! |
| crazy ep rika in a world with no incidents thats crazy and how she get hit by a truck so easy thats lame and y is satoshi in the world and not keichi??? |
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ro said: y is satoshi in the world and not keichi??? That's because in this world, satoshi didn't go crazy from the Hinamizawa-syndrome, thus he wasn't taken away by Takano (who in the first place wasn't there to take him away)... About that covers it, I think... |
| Danm i was realy suprised by this ova after first one omg the higurashi atmosphere is back yay..Looking forward for next ova |
| Interesting episode with a really strange world. Keiichi, Takano, Okonogi and Irie are not there, Satoshi is there, Satoko and Rika are not friends, the dam is built, Rena is Reina... wtf. Finally when Rika found her peace in Matsuribayashi-hen, she is confronted with that. Re(i)na's Hinamizawa snydrome moment at the end was scaa~ry, it had much more impact on me than in the other episodes of Higurashi. I find it also kind of disturbing that Hanyuu did not appear. Perhaps because the people even believe less in Oyashiro-sama since the chain of murders did not happen and it weakend her even more? |
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Foggle said: hiddenmoonlight said: What actually happened is.... I read up on all the arcs from the games, that's what it said If this is true, I just lost a lot of respect for Higurashi. Why did I have to just click this, why? This better turn out to be an anti-spoiler. And I'd better start learning not be idiotic enough to read spoilers. |
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ukonkivi said: Foggle said: hiddenmoonlight said: What actually happened is.... I read up on all the arcs from the games, that's what it said If this is true, I just lost a lot of respect for Higurashi. Why did I have to just click this, why? This better turn out to be an anti-spoiler. And I'd better start learning not be idiotic enough to read spoilers. If this is actually true I will also lose a lot of respect for Higurashi. That's really pathetic :/ |
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| Fucking adorable Rena scared the crap out of me with my volume all loud. I didn't expect Higurashi to scare me anymore since I saw it back when I was younger, but I was proven wrong. This is interesting indeed, ironically the peaceful world is just wrong as well. Rika was so adorable as usual, I love it when speaks in her older form. More more more! |
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| I think Rika is the one that's going to snap in this world..... |
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| This anime is too awsome. but Rika is clueless about this world and im starting to be too. x_x and 3 main characters are missing. can't wait to see how this turns out. |
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| Man, a Hinamizawa without Irie, Takano and Keiichi? What a boring place! Also, an incredibly submissive Hinamizawa. So when Rena turned around all murderous, was that an illusion or real? oooh, interesting. |
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| Interesting turn of event, so Rika is now in a completely different version of Hinamizawa without all the freaky events. Wonder how/if she will be able to get back. |
| "MUTILATED BODY INCIDENT?!" My reaction? "OH SH_T!!" xD Roflmao that really caught me off guard. |
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| Isnt this related to the end of Kai when big rika talk to small miyo? XD |
| Well this episode was weird... :/ I was expecting more fan service, but this is better. Poor Rika she is really having rough time... Well I hope it gets cleared out in next episode, I don't want to see her be more in paranoia. This world where nothing happens could be shocking for any of us if we know just one dangerous life we had, but Rika experienced it thousands of times, so I kinda feel her pain too... TT.TT As for Reina, man she freaked me out... |
| I liked this episode, rena's creepy face out of nowhere after speaking so casually and nicely had impact.. What an idiot rika, after working sooooo hard you just had to go get killed by a truck =.=U.. I love higurashi <3 i wish there was more... ahwell i hope ookami kakushi is just as good. Umineko was cool but it wasnt the same thing as higurashi if you know what i mean.. |
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