| Not sure if this has been shared already but I found it quite interesting https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interview/2021-09-30/ryukishi07-explains-how-higurashi-gou-and-sotsu-reinvent-the-franchise/.177492 |
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| Hmmm... yeah... Kinda Disappointed R07. The biggest reason why I decided to revisit the June of Showa year 58 (1983 in the Gregorian calendar) is because of something that was in many of the fan messages I've received: “I want to erase my memory so that I can experience that shock for the first time all over again.” That's nice and all, familiar to most of us at some point. But no, it doesn't work like this.To me, it's been an utter delight to create—because using my work to take all the readers by surprise and shatter their expectations is my greatest idea of fun. Yeah you did shatter everyone's expectations about the Remake thing.. well done. Now I wish my memory could be erased from this so that I could just rewatch the OG instead.Make people think it's a reboot and then surprise them by revealing that it's an entirely new anime. Make the story superficially resemble the old one while something completely different goes on behind the scenes. I think I was able to enjoy the experience that the fans have talked about of “erasing” their memory to experience Higurashi for the first time again. I intended to put a spotlight on almost all the characters of Higurashi so far, but Satoko hardly appears in the Curse Killing Chapter despite being the focus character of it, and I've always wanted to delve a little deeper with her. I was finally able to grant my wish to create a new story with Satoko at the heart of it with the GOU and SOTSU anime. Nice but is that the reason why we ended up with this train wreck? More shallow than I expected.Satoko and Rika are in similar circumstances in the sense that they have both lost their biological parents, and they had a close-knit, co-dependent relationship. For these two girls on the cusp of puberty, they might have had a wonderful and deeply affectionate relationship, but that excessive love was also tying each other down. However, Higurashi is a story about unity, so I decided not to cast the spotlight on the hidden side of that relationship. Nice Unity.One of the themes of Higurashi is that “there is no sin that cannot be forgiven.” So I think that it is important to show in the story that every character, no matter who they are or what sins they've committed, have a path or a world in which they can be forgiven. Thus, in the world ofHigurashi, I think that there is no such thing as a character who is absolutely irredeemable. Wonder if that was a theme since the start, or did it just get on board at some point...As I mentioned before, I wanted people to experience the feeling of a new Higurashi from scratch by introducing a “mystery” where one's previous knowledge of the series doesn't apply. Because of that, new elements are woven into the story. The story might resemble the older Higurashi on the surface, but the truth takes an entirely different form. I hope you can enjoy the strange and experimental appeal of GOU and SOTSU. Except it was the old fans who figured out everything early in the first half... you failed. |
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Hulio said: Wonder if that was a theme since the start, or did it just get on board at some point... considering how Higurashi literally starts with a quote about forgiveness, I dare say it was always about that |
KuroNekoAlchemy said: Well yeah, Forgiveness was always a theme.. to an extent atleast.Hulio said: Wonder if that was a theme since the start, or did it just get on board at some point... considering how Higurashi literally starts with a quote about forgiveness, I dare say it was always about that But this SotsuGou clearly takes it to new heights. The forgiving in OG and here is vastly different. What comes to the quote you refer to, it's a bit deeper than that. |
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Hulio said: KuroNekoAlchemy said: Well yeah, Forgiveness was always a theme.. to an extent atleast.considering how Higurashi literally starts with a quote about forgiveness, I dare say it was always about that But this SotsuGou clearly takes it to new heights. The forgiving in OG and here is vastly different. What comes to the quote you refer to, it's a bit deeper than that. ....And then K1 wakes in the car, hearing someone apologise to him over and over again, and ponders that it's pointless- if you know you did something bad, there is no need to apologize, just don't do it again. The message is strikingly similar, and I don't see the depth, other than what comes from more complex circumstances of having a longer and better planned plotline. |
KuroNekoAlchemy said: Hulio said: Well yeah, Forgiveness was always a theme.. to an extent atleast. But this SotsuGou clearly takes it to new heights. The forgiving in OG and here is vastly different. What comes to the quote you refer to, it's a bit deeper than that. ....And then K1 wakes in the car, hearing someone apologise to him over and over again, and ponders that it's pointless- if you know you did something bad, there is no need to apologize, just don't do it again. The message is strikingly similar, and I don't see the depth, other than what comes from more complex circumstances of having a longer and better planned plotline. There is no reason to look too deep into it. The same guy who said that later went on to apologize for something he thought he did "in another world". Keichi isnt speaking from experience in the 1st chapter of Onikakushi. |
ssjokg said: KuroNekoAlchemy said: ....And then K1 wakes in the car, hearing someone apologise to him over and over again, and ponders that it's pointless- if you know you did something bad, there is no need to apologize, just don't do it again. The message is strikingly similar, and I don't see the depth, other than what comes from more complex circumstances of having a longer and better planned plotline. There is no reason to look too deep into it. The same guy who said that later went on to apologize for something he thought he did "in another world". Keichi isnt speaking from experience in the 1st chapter of Onikakushi. kek, because it wasn't keichi speaking in the first chapter, it was the author inserting his ideology into character's mouth |
KuroNekoAlchemy said: And then he has the characters do the opposite.ssjokg said: There is no reason to look too deep into it. The same guy who said that later went on to apologize for something he thought he did "in another world". Keichi isnt speaking from experience in the 1st chapter of Onikakushi. kek, because it wasn't keichi speaking in the first chapter, it was the author inserting his ideology into character's mouth |
ssjokg said: KuroNekoAlchemy said: And then he has the characters do the opposite.kek, because it wasn't keichi speaking in the first chapter, it was the author inserting his ideology into character's mouth pieces can't act out of character, aside from rare moment when creator witch Ryukishi07 takes them over says a couple of lines and then has them return to their usual persona~~ but in the end, everyone forgives each other, even the main antagonist and they overcome obstacles through power of friendship. so narrativley it doesn't matter what individual chess pieces do or think, if the key to winning the game is friendship and forgivness. |
KuroNekoAlchemy said: Oh... yeah... I was just thinking of the Bernkastel Poem at the very beginning.....And then K1 wakes in the car, hearing someone apologise to him over and over again, and ponders that it's pointless- if you know you did something bad, there is no need to apologize, just don't do it again. The message is strikingly similar, and I don't see the depth, other than what comes from more complex circumstances of having a longer and better planned plotline. What comes to this K1 quote, rather than being forgiving, I think it's more like "there is no need for 'forgiveness' so don't apologize". You know you did something wrong, constantly apologizing isn't making things better, it won't change anything, so there's no need for it. But is that forgiveness? Well.. I think that might be delving into semantics. |
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Hmmm... yeah...
Kinda Disappointed R07.
Kinda Disappointed R07.
The biggest reason why I decided to revisit the June of Showa year 58 (1983 in the Gregorian calendar) is because of something that was in many of the fan messages I've received: “I want to erase my memory so that I can experience that shock for the first time all over again.”
That's nice and all, familiar to most of us at some point. But no, it doesn't work like this.To me, it's been an utter delight to create—because using my work to take all the readers by surprise and shatter their expectations is my greatest idea of fun.
Make people think it's a reboot and then surprise them by revealing that it's an entirely new anime. Make the story superficially resemble the old one while something completely different goes on behind the scenes. I think I was able to enjoy the experience that the fans have talked about of “erasing” their memory to experience Higurashi for the first time again.
Yeah you did shatter everyone's expectations about the Remake thing.. well done. Now I wish my memory could be erased from this so that I could just rewatch the OG instead.Make people think it's a reboot and then surprise them by revealing that it's an entirely new anime. Make the story superficially resemble the old one while something completely different goes on behind the scenes. I think I was able to enjoy the experience that the fans have talked about of “erasing” their memory to experience Higurashi for the first time again.
I intended to put a spotlight on almost all the characters of Higurashi so far, but Satoko hardly appears in the Curse Killing Chapter despite being the focus character of it, and I've always wanted to delve a little deeper with her. I was finally able to grant my wish to create a new story with Satoko at the heart of it with the GOU and SOTSU anime.
Nice but is that the reason why we ended up with this train wreck? More shallow than I expected.Satoko and Rika are in similar circumstances in the sense that they have both lost their biological parents, and they had a close-knit, co-dependent relationship. For these two girls on the cusp of puberty, they might have had a wonderful and deeply affectionate relationship, but that excessive love was also tying each other down. However, Higurashi is a story about unity, so I decided not to cast the spotlight on the hidden side of that relationship.
Nice Unity.One of the themes of Higurashi is that “there is no sin that cannot be forgiven.” So I think that it is important to show in the story that every character, no matter who they are or what sins they've committed, have a path or a world in which they can be forgiven. Thus, in the world ofHigurashi, I think that there is no such thing as a character who is absolutely irredeemable.
Wonder if that was a theme since the start, or did it just get on board at some point...As I mentioned before, I wanted people to experience the feeling of a new Higurashi from scratch by introducing a “mystery” where one's previous knowledge of the series doesn't apply. Because of that, new elements are woven into the story. The story might resemble the older Higurashi on the surface, but the truth takes an entirely different form. I hope you can enjoy the strange and experimental appeal of GOU and SOTSU.
Except it was the old fans who figured out everything early in the first half... you failed. resemble the old one while something completely different goes on behind the scenes. I think I was able to enjoy the experience that the fans have talked about of “erasing” their memory to experience Higurashi for the first time again. ]\well congrats on failing to do that you corrupted it not erased it |
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I think that there is no such thing as a character who is absolutely irredeemable. what is he yapping on about didnt teppei change because he remembered being murdered by satoko in his dreams or something? you cant just fucking change characters like that and pretend that its possible same thing about beatrice etc its always the same characters change their personality but why is barely explained. as if it was just a convinient thing for the plot. o algo i fucking hate how people blame writers when this nggr himself said that tttthe wrote the story the unbelievably boring fucking unoriginal story. where one's previous knowledge of the series doesn't apply you realize that there is no explanation of actual higurashi storyline4 and when youi read it its just super confusing. there is also no explanation of satoko's backstory replaced with nonsense. this is character assassination no? hm maybe to him characters suck and simply mean nothing but something to toy with |
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