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| I get that they were going for showing how oppressive the life Rika's been living is, and they did a decent job of that, but some of the scenes crossed the line between horrifying and comical, so I can't give it full marks. If they cut out the neck scratching, it would have almost certainly been better. |
| Every day you can read a book or watch some anime is a good day! |
BLOODY HELL! 4 loops and all failed and resulted to the same ending. I hope Rika's last loop at try will be successful. |
shakespear123 said: I didn't think it was a bad episode but I have to agree HaXXspetten because right now it only serves as that. To show how much rika is suffering which considering this is a sequel doesn't really matter much since 100 years was enough. Considering Higurashi is really more of a mystery, a gore episode with little to no clues is kinda a let down. HaXXspetten said: I feel like I just watched some sort of any% speedrun of how quickly Rika can get herself killed in various ways Like yeah okay I get it, they just want to show that she's using up 4/5 of her "last tries" as she talked about on more failed attempts, but halfway through I just wanted them to get it over with already since we all knew it's just a means to get towards the 5th one. Not like these short clips have much of a chance at making us feel much more with so little buildup or context anyway FOr those who complain about this. It was either that or they would have made 4 episodes for 4 try. Bruh you just complaining for the sake of complaining. It was actually an important episode to show how much of attrocity Rika as to go trought everytime they re-do the loop. If you want to skip on the brutal, gory, dramatic stuff just stop watching higurashi dude... also yeah just saw ur edited one and I do agree that it is better than Deen (in some aspects) and I do think that gou is a good season. |
dompsterfireJan 14, 2021 5:31 PM
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| 4 loops in one episode. What the hell. And those endings... |
LeviathanTheEspJan 14, 2021 6:04 PM
| The Akasaka transition to bloody Rika was pretty great. Everything after that was kind of downhill. Firstly, the neck-scratching animations were terrible every single time. Also, the counting and finger-snapping cheapened the scenes and felt out of place. I guess the idea was just to have fun showing people go L5 that normally don't. It was a little fun but could have been better. |
| Dear lord, that was intense and brutal. The switch from what looked like the beginning of a new arc to Rika dying brutally over and over again was crazy. I can't help but feel so sad for her, she's just a little girl put through pain and suffering over and over again. :( I felt so bad for her when she lamented over her situation and questioned herself on what kind of sin she had committed to be put through this suffering. Some part of me wonders if Hanyuu disappeared so she could make Rika the new Hanyuu but that doesn't make sense so I'll just ignore that thought. |
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| My opinions will probably (and hopefully) change when I rewatch the episode in a few days but based off of first impressions I didn't like this episode that much and I really really hate to say that. I really loved episode 14 and with the way it set Nekodamashi hen up I was just expecting a bit more than what we got. I love Higurashi so I hate that I have to say this. |
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Rika after this episode |
| Meanwhile Satoko, bonked to death. |
| I knew i shouldn't have gotten my hopes up when we saw Akasaka.... but still, damn, saying I feel terrible for Rika doesn't seem like nearly enough also, and as some people have mentioned before, i really don't think we have any way of solving the previous arcs at this point.. |
-miraiiJan 14, 2021 6:37 PM
 "In the past few months since we met, I've shared many memories with Nagato. Though I've also shared memories with Haruhi, Asahina-san and Koizumi, I found that I've experienced more events with Nagato in particular. In fact, every situation seems to involve her. I might as well mention this, she's probably the only person to cause the bell within me to shake the most vigorously..." ~ Kyon, TMOSH |
| Dude this was hard to watch....Rika doesn't deserve this. |
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I'm pretty sure it's Oryo's corpse. |
| you bastard ryukishi07...stop torturing rika |
| Damn, I was so happy to see Akasaka then boom, what the fuck. I really can't fucking wait for the answer arcs, I am really excited. There's definitely someone triggering all these curses, poor Rika, Jesus. |
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| would've gladly wish i had watched the censored version of this it did stuff i wasn't expecting like at all like fuck me despite how horrifying they were to watch they still reached a level of some dark ass comedy at times granted i wasn't laughing after the first loop it just turned a "this is fine" RTA if the whole point was to give us a bunch of torture and suffering yall did it i guess , still have no idea what the endgame for this is so i don't have a opinion on it |
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| This show is not good for my health |
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| Wtf? Everyone is now L5 including Akasaka, and Kimiyoshi, and lastly Mion and Shions's Mother? What the hell is happening? This is getting much worse than expected. I'll not be surprised, if this would be how will be born. |
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| The highlight of this episode for me was the Ciconia easter egg. Everything else felt almost like a parody and I wonder if that was on purpose? Self-aware of how long and tedious it felt? I mean, there was a lot of talking, biggest drag right before Rika was thrown in the lake and she just wanted it over with. I hope the last loop has an unexpected setting, idk. Really I'm so over the gore, maybe in part by the pacing but it feels so silly. edit: ok yeah I feel it's supposed to be black humor. If the premise of Gou is to shatter everything Rika previously believed in as a setup for understanding personality, I think so far it's been successful. She literally can't trust anyone anymore. The people she thought were safe aren't, with Akasaka's entrance and quick downfall leaving no doubt. She's truly all alone now and some unknown person/entity made her their target. Whatever "sin" Rika did, the stage where it happened is in those 5 years, probably at St. Lucia. |
CMYKJan 14, 2021 8:47 PM
| >why are people complaining? >this is a good season >the score that descends to rock bottom faster than chick Beatrice. This thread cant be for real. |
| My head hurts after watching this literally |
You are not a flower of hell.  |
| It was already established quite clearly how rough Rika's life has been. Was it really necessary to have an entire episode focused on the many creative ways of how to kill a loli? Seriously, this was mere torture porn at its finest. |
| tsk tsk tsk...just please stop this eternal suffering of frederica! 5/5. |
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| OMG....this will sound deranged but I CAN'T STOP LAUGHING....every time you rewind the head-bash with Rena and Rika IT GETS FUNNIER AND FUNNIER. ....it's the googly eyes....xDD dude, I am crying right now. |
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Hmm not necessarily. Might be the origin story of not just 1, but 2 witches. |
I mean, regardless of that though, I don't think I could find Satoko sympathetic if she knowingly is causing Rika to loop and get horrifically murdered. |
But Lambda is connected to Satoko. |
| As much as I like this episode, I do understand that this episode is pointless NOW. Why bother with the 3 arcs before when we could have 4 new ones presented here with completely new stuff? It felt like a bad mix of reboot/sequel, but oh well. Here's hoping the rest of the episodes will be better. I'm sure that's the old hag. They already established that Takano and Tomitake bailed in all arcs of Gou so far, why bother changing the new rule now. |
| So... We went from slooow remake straight into a Speedrun. Well, was expecting one but not this fast death spam. So far I've only really liked what was in between, ep14. Also, there is one interesting point I've noted. Many people here are defending this with a simple argument that Ryukishi is a "god" at writing and that many marvels are yet to come. Sorry to say, but someone simply being good at writing doesn't mean this GOU can't be bad. Nor does a good/great end mean that all we've seen so far will suddenly turn up great as well. FireFistYK said: Don't get me wrong, I don't mean that the MAL scores are in anyway extremely accurate, but it's "7.09" cause it really isn't that good.Also, why is this rated at 7.09? I mean, it arguably does everything better than the Deen adaptation EDIT: LOOOL never mind, I just noticed that most VN readers love this and Deen fans don't. Which is obvious because the Deen adaptation made Higurashi into something it really isn't, so this is coming off as weird Also that edit, are you kidding me? ._. Deen made Higurashi into something it isn't? Do you mean gore? (because that certainly isn't present here) Or do you mean mystery? (which is hardly present here as well) So far so far the composition of GOU has been nigh exactly the same as Deen's Higurashi. Do tell me how this is what Higurashi actually is. EDIT: Most of the VN readers I've seen haven't exactly liked this episode. astroprogs said: This is a mystery show? My bad must have missed that. Mind pointing me out where the F the mystery is? :)And this is a mystery show. You get to criticize the mystery only after it's been unraveled. This is no different from the people who dropped Higurashi in the question arcs thinking that they got the story, and the show for that matter, all figured out when they simply just don't have enough information to make that claim. Not to mention, considering that the entire reason for why Gou even exists is tied to that mystery, the claim that this show hasn't justified its existence can't be made at that point in time still. I get the comparison to the og question arcs, but no, this IS different. They dropped it, and we're still here and have without a doubt better knowledge of the Higurashi as a whole, than those people back then. The biggest mystery here is why GOU exists. What comes to the story, things which are simply unknown don't outright mean they're mysteries. ssjokg said: You got me right there man.>why are people complaining? >this is a good season >the score that descends to rock bottom faster than chick Beatrice. This thread cant be for real. I really can't even believe everything I've read in here. |
         Intelligent gets through situations which wise avoids. |
| Holy shit that got way more gory out of nowhere. The first half did such a good job of fooling the viewer by making it seem like this would be the typical peaceful start to each arc, only to end up in that cut from happy Rika to almost dead Rika. Damn, that jump scare really got me. And the rest was just... poor Rika :'( I assume that Akasaka's story was covered before but for a new viewer like me, his appearance was quite random haha... but whatever, he just showed up to brutally kill Rika. What a way to help her, buddy! xD I think that if I didn't already feel bad for Rika before, this definitely has. And not just her, seeing Mion decapitated and Rena smashed on the head with her eyes popping out was... not good. Poor girls and poor Rika who has to repeat it over and over again :/ |
| I don’t understand this anime at all...wth is happening |
| I can’t believe they killed off Hanyuu in this alternative version.. |
| I think my biggest problem in these loops (other than the weird voice acting and animation in some scenes) is that the characters kept saying "ITchy iTcHY itchy itchy itchy itchy itchy itchy itchy itchy itchy itchy itchy itchy itchy" just STFU we can see you scratching your neck, if they at least swapped that with some better dialogue it would've been way better, like in the Kimiyoshi loop i actually liked the scene before they got on the boat because it focused on Rika's suffering while she can't kill herself and Kimiyoshi's delusions. (and the finger snap is fuckin cringy idk whose idea was that but they should've removed it.) |
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| What a waste. We get 12 filler episodes with almost no new content. Then we get Rika randomly choosing the number 5. And instead of showing 5 full stories (that we could have had instead of the repeated arc) we got a gore porn montage that gave nothing new to the story with zero hints. She just could have said "1 more try" and skip this whole episode. Is this a bad fanfic? Did Ryu hire a ghostwriter on fiver? This new season is just middle finger to the whole francize. |
Devil_Slayer said: Can Battler show up btw? I am don't even give a dman about consistency, things already went shit long ago. Pretty likely, because they already hired his VA for this episode. Maybe this season is just a bad trailer for umineko S02. |
the power of hentai |
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Hulio said: The biggest mystery here is why GOU exists. AHahahaahhaahahahha, yes. |
| That was a wild transition going from Rika being happy to her being bloodied on the floor from the person who was supposed to save her. Very disturbing. |
Hulio said: So... FireFistYK said: Don't get me wrong, I don't mean that the MAL scores are in anyway extremely accurate, but it's "7.09" cause it really isn't that good.Also, why is this rated at 7.09? I mean, it arguably does everything better than the Deen adaptation EDIT: LOOOL never mind, I just noticed that most VN readers love this and Deen fans don't. Which is obvious because the Deen adaptation made Higurashi into something it really isn't, so this is coming off as weird Also that edit, are you kidding me? ._. Deen made Higurashi into something it isn't? Do you mean gore? (because that certainly isn't present here) Or do you mean mystery? (which is hardly present here as well) So far so far the composition of GOU has been nigh exactly the same as Deen's Higurashi. Do tell me how this is what Higurashi actually is. EDIT: Most of the VN readers I've seen haven't exactly liked this episode. I really don't have the time to write an essay on what made the "Deen adaptation" a good anime but a mediocre adaptation. But let's just say that while it doesn't skip any major parts, it's about the direction and the feeling that the Deen anime evokes. Higurashi is famously known as a horror anime but that's not the main theme of the VN nor the message it tried to convey. In what sense is Gou a mystery? In various ways, if we tie in everything we know about Umineko and Higurashi. That's the fun part, the fact that theories are getting smashed to bits every week. Is this the game error that Rika got stuck in or is it something new? Bernkastel origin story? Satoko and her suspicious behavior throughout Gou and more. Neither Higurashi nor Umineko is a mystery in the classic sense, but it's very much a Ryukishi mystery. The music in the answer arc of the VN is also something that contributes to the message and mood that Higurashi tries to convey, thanks to Dai being a mastermind Also, I don't know many VN readers that don't like this, reddit, discord and twitter seem hype about it. The only negative place I've come across is MAL and maybe Facebook (but who really cares about facebook) |
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| wtf, deranged Akasaka. with this episode. Feels like Higurashi has turned into torture porn. Poor Rika-chan. am I evil to laugh at the dead otakus at Angel Mort? I guess the otaku martial arts did not work. lol |
Liddo-kunJan 19, 2021 11:59 PM
RangetsuStyle said: It seems that everything that seems meaningless is exactly what it was intended to be. Reminds me of the 5th or 6th arc in Umineko with the Battler-GM. His first game was complete nonsense, full of logical errors and inconsistencies. In the end, everything was resolved by golden truth cheat - "I guarantee". Because there was simply no other (logical) solution. I think those who familiar with the Umineko should have noticed this in GOU by now. The meaninglessness is not a bug, but a feature. Not R07 mistakes (lol, how could you think that? Do you think you are smarter than the creator of these stories?), but intention. It's funny to see the Umineko adepts fail to see the obvious. And yet they continue to compare Higu & Umi. You realize that you compare two different things right? If Umineko 5 was just 15 episodes of Natsuhi bullying and a random gold truth then it would be comparable to Gou. If Umineko 6 was just Battler's failed attempt to escape the guestroom with Kanon showing up in the last two minutes without explanation then it would comparable to Gou. And Umineko, for all of it's overacting, wasnt like this episode. And I dont understand why people think a good writer cant make mistakes. He isnt even the only one. It may not even be his mistakes but of the director. Blindly trusting them is asinine. |
| yeah. if it's not an umineko connection it's legit just a cashgrab or being Rika Furude is suffering. |
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| This ep was excellent. I wonder why the score is going down. |
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