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Mar 1, 2021 3:13 PM
#51
ssjokg said: LARGEWOOD said: ssjokg said: LARGEWOOD said: Vell- said: LARGEWOOD said: The genius mastermind got the answer. People judged the anime by his presentation picture and expected a happy SoL, just like many other anime like Happy Sugar Life and School Days. Remember "don't judge a book by his cover" ? That's pretty much the same thing here. "Why is the old Higurashi rated better then ?" MyAnimeList wasn't that popular or even existed back then, today people just get on the front page of MAL in search of a new anime, sees this happy-looking SoL type anime because of the picture and get disappointed when they find murder and what not, then proceed to give a shit rating. I don't even understand how people can rate an anime that didn't even finished airing anyways. Honestly if they added more fanservice and ecchi scenes the rating would be at 8 minimum because of how much coomers teenagers there are on MAL. The only arguments i've seen from people who apparently watched the previous seasons is "it's not the same" "it changed" well of course it changed, the story is finally moving forward, do we need another 500 episodes of speculating and still not knowing what exactly is going on ? If you don't like story development then go watch One Piece or something like that. Your first point is a completely baseless assumption. At no point would anyone ever think this particular entry in the series was supposed to be some slice of life moe stuff, regardless of prior knowledge of the series. It was marketed from the very beginning as a gory horror type of thing in its trailers. Besides that, higurashi has had the reputation of being a horror mystery story for almost two decades now. The original adaption was one of those anime shows that defined its era and its reputation will surely have stuck around even to this day. The darker tone of the series has shown itself in the very first episode of this anime already too. There is nothing that would suggest people rate it low because they had wrong expectations of its genre and intend. Those people surely exist, but they can only be a very small minority. The other point about people rating it low just because there were changes or because its different is also an argument that never holds up when things like this happen where reboots, sequels or remakes are being put out of a previously established and well beloved franchise. People dont take issue with changes or things being different itself, its the execution that matters. If every change is just strictly for the worse, then there is every reason to criticise those changes. This is also not an anime that is moving the original story forward in any way. The original story was finished, it had an ending, it never needed a sequel. Yet it was decided there should be one. Writing sequels to an already completed story is always a difficult task because it better justifies itself existing by improving on the themes and messages of the original or adding onto the original experience. If you dont accomplish that then a sequel has no reason to exist other than to make money off of an established franchise, and many people dont feel like this sequel does justice to the original in many ways. Thats it. That's your opinion. For the sequel part, no, i don't feel like it was finished, there would still be some unanswered things, that's maybe fine for you but imo i want to know everything about the story, i don't like being left with questions. Well that's you opinion pal. The fact is the second season answered everything that had to be answered. If you want an anime to give answers to the most mundane things that's your own problem. Gou is certainly NOT answering any lingering questions Higurashi Kai or Rei left open. That's your opinion indeed, i found Gou covering interesting stuff and extending the story pretty well. If you don't agree with it, well, i couldn't care less. You made two giant paragraphs on how it is the fault of the original's structure or the new viewer who does not get his fanservice, so it is very clear that you care. But sure, it is just your opinion. Opinions can be wrong you know. Giant paragraphs, that only took me, the Supreme Keyboard Mastermind, 9 seconds to type, while watching a video at the same time, which means i didn't lose time at all, i just felt like replying to this thread, i appreciate your concern though. That's your opinion to think it's an opinion, i'm just quoting facts, perhaps you should change perspectives. |
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Mar 1, 2021 5:06 PM
#52
@LARGEWOOD Sweety, if you took the time to look at the episode discussions, you'd see that you're completely wrong and @ssjokg and @Vell- are right. I know that you're just trolling, but come ooon, at least try to hide that fact lmao. |
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Mar 1, 2021 6:13 PM
#53
You really have to ask? 1) The writing is weak and most of the season is useless fluff. 25 episodes for what could have been done in a 4 part OVA. 2) More people are realizing that Ryukishi isn't really a genius and the whole "hunt for clues" thing is a pseudo intellectual gimmick. 3) The violence animation is terrible, unrealistic to the extreme, and has more blood flying on walls and ceilings than a C-grade horror movie. 4) Stupidly asinine scenes such as Satako somehow concealing a hand gun and making chandeliers fall by snapping her fingers. 5) Way too much annoying Satako. Rkia should give up trying to "save" her, beat her with the school chair again, and be done with her. Unlike the others, Satako's soul is too tainted with murder and it can't be undone. |
Mar 2, 2021 10:34 AM
#54
StormxNightmare said: @LARGEWOOD Sweety, if you took the time to look at the episode discussions, you'd see that you're completely wrong and @ssjokg and @Vell- are right. I know that you're just trolling, but come ooon, at least try to hide that fact lmao. And ? None of you had anything to counter my arguments, only vague opinions which doesn't matter when questioning facts, something you are apparently trying to do but miserably failing at it. You can dislike Gou, but it's not because you do that everyone who likes it is wrong, that's childish reasoning. |
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Mar 2, 2021 11:26 AM
#55
Answer is simple....Anime community is currently being plagued by elitists everywhere by whom many good anime suffer from lowered ratings....Decide for yourself about what you like...Ratings are a joke ....Find your preference |
Mar 2, 2021 2:53 PM
#56
LARGEWOOD said: For the sequel part, no, i don't feel like it was finished, there would still be some unanswered things, that's maybe fine for you but imo i want to know everything about the story, i don't like being left with questions. Why is it ? Go ahead, this is a forum and you seem to know better, you have all the time in the world to explain yourself. So much talking about "opinions" and "arguments", yet here I am still waiting for the answer.You can keep your opinions, we'll stick with facts. PS. Actually re-reading your OG post, it's so wrong it doesn't even count as an opinion. |
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Mar 2, 2021 3:14 PM
#57
Yeah this show had a ranking in like the 2,000s. Now it’s in the 3,000s. I’m pretty upset about this too because the last month and a half of episodes have been absolute fire. I couldn’t be more invested if I tried. It makes me sad because I’m assuming a large portion of Gous audience is veteran fans, and since Higurashi isn’t as big as other heavy hitters like, say Re:Zero, I was hoping we would band together and be a silent but large minority. I didn’t think Higurashi needed a remake when this was first announced, though I was excited at the prospect of it getting more fans, and I thought the art style was atrocious, I tuned in because I love Higurashi. When it became clearer and clearer it was a sequel, I just got more and more invested and was happy I’m getting to enjoy another Higurashi adventure, uncertain of what would happen next just like when I watched the originals all those years back. Ever since the Rika and Satoko stuff, Higurashi has peeked for me at a level it never did before, and it really hurts to see fellow Higurashi “fans” beat this show down when the originals have such a high rating. This is some amazing story telling and I thought the rating would improv now that were not retreading stuff from the previous seasons but I guess not. |
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Mar 2, 2021 8:06 PM
#58
I mean...couldn't you try reading the criticism of the anime? Such as by reading a negative MAL review? As someone who watched the OG anime, I'm starting to kind of agree with the lower rating; Gou doesn't really offer anything new in the way of Higurashi lore and whatnot. It's just a cash grab. Like, I don't think there's any real incentive to watch Higurashi 2020, unless you just want more Higurashi; because there's nothing really important introduced that expands on the universe. Riley1234 said: Imo the anime’s just kinda meh literally everything that’s just happened with Rika and satoko could of been resolved if they would of talked Hasn't much of the conflict of Higurashi always been miscommunication, though? I think Rika has tried to reason with Satoko, by trying to help her with school; but Satoko is too lazy to study in her school, but doesn't want to be apart from Rika. Now because of a certain incident, Satoko believes Rika sold her out. LARGEWOOD said: That's your opinion indeed, i found Gou covering interesting stuff and extending the story pretty well. I'm curious, what do you think Gou is doing to extend the story of Higurashi in a meaningful way? LARGEWOOD said: If you don't agree with it, well, i couldn't care less. Then why did you reply? LARGEWOOD said: The genius mastermind got the answer. People judged the anime by his presentation picture and expected a happy SoL, just like many other anime like Happy Sugar Life and School Days. Remember "don't judge a book by his cover" ? That's pretty much the same thing here. "Why is the old Higurashi rated better then ?" MyAnimeList wasn't that popular or even existed back then, today people just get on the front page of MAL in search of a new anime, sees this happy-looking SoL type anime because of the picture and get disappointed when they find murder and what not, then proceed to give a shit rating. I don't even understand how people can rate an anime that didn't even finished airing anyways. Honestly if they added more fanservice and ecchi scenes the rating would be at 8 minimum because of how much coomers teenagers there are on MAL. The only arguments i've seen from people who apparently watched the previous seasons is "it's not the same" "it changed" well of course it changed, the story is finally moving forward, do we need another 500 episodes of speculating and still not knowing what exactly is going on ? If you don't like story development then go watch One Piece or something like that. That's a very...condescending way of labeling MAL users. But, whatever: Higurashi is an incredibly iconic anime, especially among more active anime watchers; as in, people who REALLY love anime. I think that most people are aware Higurashi isn't a SoL; especially by the ending of the 1st episode of the OG anime, and the 2020 anime. MadVandal said: You really have to ask? 1) The writing is weak and most of the season is useless fluff. 25 episodes for what could have been done in a 4 part OVA. I kind of agree, but this anime to me is like junk food; it's pointless to eat, but it's kind of fun? MadVandal said: 2) More people are realizing that Ryukishi isn't really a genius and the whole "hunt for clues" thing is a pseudo intellectual gimmick. "Hunt for clues?" What does that mean? MadVandal said: 3) The violence animation is terrible, unrealistic to the extreme, and has more blood flying on walls and ceilings than a C-grade horror movie. Higurashi has always been extremely violent. But I don't understand how this anime is violent in a way that defies logic. MadVandal said: 4) Stupidly asinine scenes such as Satako somehow concealing a hand gun Couldn't she have been keeping it in her pocket though? MadVandal said: and making chandeliers fall by snapping her fingers. Yeah, that made no sense. MadVandal said: 5) Way too much annoying Satako. Rkia should give up trying to "save" her, beat her with the school chair again, and be done with her. Unlike the others, Satako's soul is too tainted with murder and it can't be undone. At the point we are in the anime, it's still a flashback; Rika hasn't quite learned Satoko is you-know-who. Satoko is also a child with an abusive background; she's not exactly the most mature, or the most mentally stable for that matter. Plus, she's practically the closest thing to family Rika has left. Vell- said: LARGEWOOD said: The genius mastermind got the answer. People judged the anime by his presentation picture and expected a happy SoL, just like many other anime like Happy Sugar Life and School Days. Remember "don't judge a book by his cover" ? That's pretty much the same thing here. "Why is the old Higurashi rated better then ?" MyAnimeList wasn't that popular or even existed back then, today people just get on the front page of MAL in search of a new anime, sees this happy-looking SoL type anime because of the picture and get disappointed when they find murder and what not, then proceed to give a shit rating. I don't even understand how people can rate an anime that didn't even finished airing anyways. Honestly if they added more fanservice and ecchi scenes the rating would be at 8 minimum because of how much coomers teenagers there are on MAL. The only arguments i've seen from people who apparently watched the previous seasons is "it's not the same" "it changed" well of course it changed, the story is finally moving forward, do we need another 500 episodes of speculating and still not knowing what exactly is going on ? If you don't like story development then go watch One Piece or something like that. Your first point is a completely baseless assumption. At no point would anyone ever think this particular entry in the series was supposed to be some slice of life moe stuff, regardless of prior knowledge of the series. It was marketed from the very beginning as a gory horror type of thing in its trailers. Besides that, higurashi has had the reputation of being a horror mystery story for almost two decades now. The original adaption was one of those anime shows that defined its era and its reputation will surely have stuck around even to this day. The darker tone of the series has shown itself in the very first episode of this anime already too. There is nothing that would suggest people rate it low because they had wrong expectations of its genre and intend. Those people surely exist, but they can only be a very small minority. The other point about people rating it low just because there were changes or because its different is also an argument that never holds up when things like this happen where reboots, sequels or remakes are being put out of a previously established and well beloved franchise. People dont take issue with changes or things being different itself, its the execution that matters. If every change is just strictly for the worse, then there is every reason to criticise those changes. This is also not an anime that is moving the original story forward in any way. The original story was finished, it had an ending, it never needed a sequel. Yet it was decided there should be one. Writing sequels to an already completed story is always a difficult task because it better justifies itself existing by improving on the themes and messages of the original or adding onto the original experience. If you dont accomplish that then a sequel has no reason to exist other than to make money off of an established franchise, and many people dont feel like this sequel does justice to the original in many ways. Thats it. I agree. |
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Mar 2, 2021 10:10 PM
#59
@ViktorLocke 2)Some fans accept Gou just because they want to make theories about what is going on. I dont agree that Ryuukishi isnt a genius. But something went wrong with Gou. 3)Being a extremely violent and unrealistic are different things. Satoko torturing Rika is made in such a stupid way. A chandelier dropping on two kids doesnt make a fountain of blood, making deep cuts on your neck doesnt happen on the first try. 4)She has no pockets. And she is a 9year old. A gun's shape would be visible and with Rena being so touchy all the time it would be felt as well, not to mention that they change clothes for PE and run around for their games. There is no way she can hide it without anyone noticing. |
Mar 3, 2021 12:14 AM
#60
@ViktorLocke 2) Hunting for clues means that the original was basically a murder mystery, where you could find the clues and solve the events (to some extent atleast) 3) The way, amount and ease of blood splatters is unrealistic, tho this is anime so I'll give it that. However that Rika's disembowling scene, I don't understand how that wasn't unrealistic and logic defying ._. 4) Did you see the size of that gun? That ain't going into little girl's pockets. But yeah, otherwise good enough points. |
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Mar 3, 2021 1:06 AM
#61
ssjokg said: 3)Being a extremely violent and unrealistic are different things. Satoko torturing Rika is made in such a stupid way. A chandelier dropping on two kids doesnt make a fountain of blood, making deep cuts on your neck doesnt happen on the first try. While I liked how Satoko's torture of Rika made me cringe (in a good way), but now that I think about it...how the hell was Rika alive for so long during that torture? In the first arc of this anime, when: Ren was stabbing Keiichi constantly, Keiichi kept smacking her with a head a, I forgot, a lunch box? It was kind of hilarious. I'm surprised I haven't found any gifs or memes of it on Google. But in addition to being hilarious, it made no sense; how the hell did Keiichi survive that many stabbings, but Rena seemingly died from getting smacked a couple of times in the head? Granted, there was that incident in real life where a girl got stabbed a bunch of times because of Slenderman or something, and she survived but...the chances of that happening is probably 1 in a million. Technically, you're right. But now that I'm typing this, wasn't the OG Higurashi a bit unrealistic in its violence? For example, in the very first scene of the OG Higurashi, Keiichi was beating his friends to death with a bat. The blood was splattering to the walls. I understand your criticism, but at the same time, I mean...it's anime? Shouldn't some unrealistic exaggeration be okay? I mean, Higurashi Gou is basically about a 100 year old woman inside a 9 year old girls' body who's been time looping, among other crazy stuff. I feel that a bit of unrealistic violence is not that much of a problem. But I agree there is a point where I can't suspend my suspension of disbelief; like in those spoilers I posted just now. ssjokg said: 4)She has no pockets. And she is a 9year old. A gun's shape would be visible and with Rena being so touchy all the time it would be felt as well, not to mention that they change clothes for PE and run around for their games. There is no way she can hide it without anyone noticing. LOL, good point(s). |
Mar 3, 2021 1:10 AM
#62
In Hindsight it feels like Ryuukishi wrote Gous summary in a small piece of paper, added Featherine lookalike and a Ciconia reference then shipped it to Passione. When I read the Vn all those years ago it suprised me hiw much Ryuukishi tends ti foreshadow things. This is very very prevalent in Umineko, but can be found in Higurashi as well. In Tatari there were signs pointing to Takano being not really dead. Even though Keichii was under L3-L4 symptoms at the time. How she acts is a big red flag. Hanyuus existence is of course hinted at in Onikakushi. Mion and Shion being swapping places with each other is foreshadowed in Onikakushi. Rika's alcoholism is slightly hinted at in the staffroom segement. They straight forwadly say that the curse is not real in the staff toom as well. Leaving a human culprit. This is just what I recall from the top of my mind there are probably many more hints. Of course the staff room was not adapted to the VN, but there are many things you could gleam in the question arcs. (The Console exclusive question branch arcs have a metric ton more hints) Higurashi is not a fair mystery. It was not meant to be one after all. Ryuukishi took on external influences as well. (The alien stuff in Takanos writing was the byproduct of Ryuukishi watching alien movies) You can still gleam a fair bit if you pay close attention. In Gou it was painfully obvious that Satoko was lying / pretending. Espscially in regards to her uncle. They were not hiding it at all. To anyone who has read or watched Tatari its 100 precent apparent what really happened. There is one solution that I can think for the gun. If Rika is not the queen carrier then she would also be capable of going L3-L5. She *could* be Hallucinating. Although its very unlikely in the context of that scene. Girls in my school used to tape phones to their legs under their skirts. Heck in one instance people slid them in their underwear. Satoko could have very well done the former. (Disregarding the bulky Size of the Gun) Featherine exists.... so I guess in theory she coukd have magicked it into Satokos hands for fun. |
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Mar 3, 2021 1:51 AM
#63
ViktorLocke said: Yeah of course it is possible, but the thing here is, it was late evening and Keiichi's parents weren't coming home in until tomorrow?In the first arc of this anime, when: Granted, there was that incident in real life where a girl got stabbed a bunch of times because of Slenderman or something, and she survived but...the chances of that happening is probably 1 in a million. If you get stabbed like that, you can survive if you get help, but I don't see K1 getting help any time soon. However, I think it's about unreliable narrator and didn't actually happen. Technically, you're right. But now that I'm typing this, wasn't the OG Higurashi a bit unrealistic in its violence? For example, in the very first scene of the OG Higurashi, Keiichi was beating his friends to death with a bat. The blood was splattering to the walls. I understand your criticism, but at the same time, I mean...it's anime? Shouldn't some unrealistic exaggeration be okay? I feel that a bit of unrealistic violence is not that much of a problem. I just rewatched the scene and.. I don't know if it's due to the ridiculous excessive splatters and such that we've seen in GOU, but it looked quite realistic to me.Compare that to Tataridamashi K1 beating Teppei, it's really like night and day. Unrealistic isn't bad, it can even be good on portraying these things, but stupidly unrealistic is just stupid. Chargecoulomb said: Staff Rooms? You mean those one you unlocked after completing the chapters?They straight forwadly say that the curse is not real in the staff toom as well. Leaving a human culprit. Of course the staff room was not adapted to the VN, but there are many things you could gleam in the question arcs. (The Console exclusive question branch arcs have a metric ton more hints) There is one solution that I can think for the gun. If Rika is not the queen carrier then she would also be capable of going L3-L5. She *could* be Hallucinating. Although its very unlikely in the context of that scene. Girls in my school used to tape phones to their legs under their skirts. Heck in one instance people slid them in their underwear. Satoko could have very well done the former. (Disregarding the bulky Size of the Gun) Not fair to say they were straightforwadly admitting the curse isn't real, it's not a hint. The cast was split between the Curse and Human factions showing their own perspective opinions and debating on it, much like how the forums were at that time. Rika hallucinating the gun is just ridiculous (tho I guess I wouldn't put it past GOU at this point) Satoko could indeed have wore it in her pants, that's really nothing new. But taping it in her leg, that's a no. Despite being bulky, guns are heavy, looking at the type it's around 1kg and you don't simply just tape 1kg in your leg so that it sticks. (you can try this at home, see how long it works out) People who use pistols use holsters which are attached to your belt for a reason. Ofc she could have rigged it in someway that goes beyond just taping it, but I don't see that, just as I don't see the gun. |
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Mar 3, 2021 2:07 AM
#64
ViktorLocke said: ssjokg said: 3)Being a extremely violent and unrealistic are different things. Satoko torturing Rika is made in such a stupid way. A chandelier dropping on two kids doesnt make a fountain of blood, making deep cuts on your neck doesnt happen on the first try. While I liked how Satoko's torture of Rika made me cringe (in a good way), but now that I think about it...how the hell was Rika alive for so long during that torture? In the first arc of this anime, when: Ren was stabbing Keiichi constantly, Keiichi kept smacking her with a head a, I forgot, a lunch box? It was kind of hilarious. I'm surprised I haven't found any gifs or memes of it on Google. But in addition to being hilarious, it made no sense; how the hell did Keiichi survive that many stabbings, but Rena seemingly died from getting smacked a couple of times in the head? Granted, there was that incident in real life where a girl got stabbed a bunch of times because of Slenderman or something, and she survived but...the chances of that happening is probably 1 in a million. Technically, you're right. But now that I'm typing this, wasn't the OG Higurashi a bit unrealistic in its violence? For example, in the very first scene of the OG Higurashi, Keiichi was beating his friends to death with a bat. The blood was splattering to the walls. I understand your criticism, but at the same time, I mean...it's anime? Shouldn't some unrealistic exaggeration be okay? I mean, Higurashi Gou is basically about a 100 year old woman inside a 9 year old girls' body who's been time looping, among other crazy stuff. I feel that a bit of unrealistic violence is not that much of a problem. But I agree there is a point where I can't suspend my suspension of disbelief; like in those spoilers I posted just now. . The stabbing scene could very well be Keichi's hallucination. But seeing what Gou did after that episode we can even doubt that unfortunately. As Hulio said, that was realistic compared to Gou. At the very least, I was focused on a boy murdering two girls laying on the floor instead of the blood. @Hulio @Chargecoulomb I very much doubt that Satoko can hide a gun in her pantsu or thigh highs without it falling in any activity or Rena feeling it. Or pulling it out so easily. Well, if she can control matter to activate traps from a distance then projecting a gun is fair game right? |
Mar 3, 2021 2:10 AM
#65
if you ask why the ratings dropped, why you say?? Because this Anime is old school, because this is an reboot from over a decade or so.. |
Mar 3, 2021 2:14 AM
#66
Hulio said: LARGEWOOD said: For the sequel part, no, i don't feel like it was finished, there would still be some unanswered things, that's maybe fine for you but imo i want to know everything about the story, i don't like being left with questions. Why is it ? Go ahead, this is a forum and you seem to know better, you have all the time in the world to explain yourself. So much talking about "opinions" and "arguments", yet here I am still waiting for the answer.You can keep your opinions, we'll stick with facts. PS. Actually re-reading your OG post, it's so wrong it doesn't even count as an opinion. Interesting of you to literally repeat the exact same things i said about facts and waiting for an answer, you have yet to provide anything though, still waiting. |
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Mar 3, 2021 2:23 AM
#67
Linux_2020 said: if you ask why the ratings dropped, why you say?? Because this Anime is old school, because this is an reboot from over a decade or so.. Except that it is a sequel. Not a reboot or a remake. And even if it was it wouldnt matter. With this logic Rebuilt of Evangelion should have the lowest score possible. How about Dororo? 50 freaking years, shouldnt even have an entry in MAL anymore with your logic. |
Mar 3, 2021 2:27 AM
#68
ViktorLocke said: I mean...couldn't you try reading the criticism of the anime? Such as by reading a negative MAL review? As someone who watched the OG anime, I'm starting to kind of agree with the lower rating; Gou doesn't really offer anything new in the way of Higurashi lore and whatnot. It's just a cash grab. Like, I don't think there's any real incentive to watch Higurashi 2020, unless you just want more Higurashi; because there's nothing really important introduced that expands on the universe. Riley1234 said: Imo the anime’s just kinda meh literally everything that’s just happened with Rika and satoko could of been resolved if they would of talked Hasn't much of the conflict of Higurashi always been miscommunication, though? I think Rika has tried to reason with Satoko, by trying to help her with school; but Satoko is too lazy to study in her school, but doesn't want to be apart from Rika. Now because of a certain incident, Satoko believes Rika sold her out. LARGEWOOD said: That's your opinion indeed, i found Gou covering interesting stuff and extending the story pretty well. I'm curious, what do you think Gou is doing to extend the story of Higurashi in a meaningful way? LARGEWOOD said: If you don't agree with it, well, i couldn't care less. Then why did you reply? LARGEWOOD said: The genius mastermind got the answer. People judged the anime by his presentation picture and expected a happy SoL, just like many other anime like Happy Sugar Life and School Days. Remember "don't judge a book by his cover" ? That's pretty much the same thing here. "Why is the old Higurashi rated better then ?" MyAnimeList wasn't that popular or even existed back then, today people just get on the front page of MAL in search of a new anime, sees this happy-looking SoL type anime because of the picture and get disappointed when they find murder and what not, then proceed to give a shit rating. I don't even understand how people can rate an anime that didn't even finished airing anyways. Honestly if they added more fanservice and ecchi scenes the rating would be at 8 minimum because of how much coomers teenagers there are on MAL. The only arguments i've seen from people who apparently watched the previous seasons is "it's not the same" "it changed" well of course it changed, the story is finally moving forward, do we need another 500 episodes of speculating and still not knowing what exactly is going on ? If you don't like story development then go watch One Piece or something like that. That's a very...condescending way of labeling MAL users. But, whatever: Higurashi is an incredibly iconic anime, especially among more active anime watchers; as in, people who REALLY love anime. I think that most people are aware Higurashi isn't a SoL; especially by the ending of the 1st episode of the OG anime, and the 2020 anime. MadVandal said: You really have to ask? 1) The writing is weak and most of the season is useless fluff. 25 episodes for what could have been done in a 4 part OVA. I kind of agree, but this anime to me is like junk food; it's pointless to eat, but it's kind of fun? MadVandal said: 2) More people are realizing that Ryukishi isn't really a genius and the whole "hunt for clues" thing is a pseudo intellectual gimmick. "Hunt for clues?" What does that mean? MadVandal said: 3) The violence animation is terrible, unrealistic to the extreme, and has more blood flying on walls and ceilings than a C-grade horror movie. Higurashi has always been extremely violent. But I don't understand how this anime is violent in a way that defies logic. MadVandal said: 4) Stupidly asinine scenes such as Satako somehow concealing a hand gun Couldn't she have been keeping it in her pocket though? MadVandal said: and making chandeliers fall by snapping her fingers. Yeah, that made no sense. MadVandal said: 5) Way too much annoying Satako. Rkia should give up trying to "save" her, beat her with the school chair again, and be done with her. Unlike the others, Satako's soul is too tainted with murder and it can't be undone. At the point we are in the anime, it's still a flashback; Rika hasn't quite learned Satoko is you-know-who. Satoko is also a child with an abusive background; she's not exactly the most mature, or the most mentally stable for that matter. Plus, she's practically the closest thing to family Rika has left. Vell- said: LARGEWOOD said: The genius mastermind got the answer. People judged the anime by his presentation picture and expected a happy SoL, just like many other anime like Happy Sugar Life and School Days. Remember "don't judge a book by his cover" ? That's pretty much the same thing here. "Why is the old Higurashi rated better then ?" MyAnimeList wasn't that popular or even existed back then, today people just get on the front page of MAL in search of a new anime, sees this happy-looking SoL type anime because of the picture and get disappointed when they find murder and what not, then proceed to give a shit rating. I don't even understand how people can rate an anime that didn't even finished airing anyways. Honestly if they added more fanservice and ecchi scenes the rating would be at 8 minimum because of how much coomers teenagers there are on MAL. The only arguments i've seen from people who apparently watched the previous seasons is "it's not the same" "it changed" well of course it changed, the story is finally moving forward, do we need another 500 episodes of speculating and still not knowing what exactly is going on ? If you don't like story development then go watch One Piece or something like that. Your first point is a completely baseless assumption. At no point would anyone ever think this particular entry in the series was supposed to be some slice of life moe stuff, regardless of prior knowledge of the series. It was marketed from the very beginning as a gory horror type of thing in its trailers. Besides that, higurashi has had the reputation of being a horror mystery story for almost two decades now. The original adaption was one of those anime shows that defined its era and its reputation will surely have stuck around even to this day. The darker tone of the series has shown itself in the very first episode of this anime already too. There is nothing that would suggest people rate it low because they had wrong expectations of its genre and intend. Those people surely exist, but they can only be a very small minority. The other point about people rating it low just because there were changes or because its different is also an argument that never holds up when things like this happen where reboots, sequels or remakes are being put out of a previously established and well beloved franchise. People dont take issue with changes or things being different itself, its the execution that matters. If every change is just strictly for the worse, then there is every reason to criticise those changes. This is also not an anime that is moving the original story forward in any way. The original story was finished, it had an ending, it never needed a sequel. Yet it was decided there should be one. Writing sequels to an already completed story is always a difficult task because it better justifies itself existing by improving on the themes and messages of the original or adding onto the original experience. If you dont accomplish that then a sequel has no reason to exist other than to make money off of an established franchise, and many people dont feel like this sequel does justice to the original in many ways. Thats it. I agree. >I'm curious, what do you think Gou is doing to extend the story of Higurashi in a meaningful way? If you watched Kai until the end, you know there is more to the story, i know you people didn't even watched the previous seasons and just came to bash Gou for whatever reason, perhaps the ones i quoted. >Then why did you reply? You're taking it out of context, there was more than just this phrase in my reply, pretty childish of you for resorting to this because you don't have any arguments. All those pointless comments, still not a single argument to why Gou is bad, but i don't know what to expect from people who just repeatedly say "U WRONG GOU BAD" using red colors to try being more impactful, that literally made me laugh out loud. |
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Mar 3, 2021 2:54 AM
#69
LARGEWOOD said: >I'm curious, what do you think Gou is doing to extend the story of Higurashi in a meaningful way? If you watched Kai until the end, you know there is more to the story, i know you people didn't even watched the previous seasons and just came to bash Gou for whatever reason, perhaps the ones i quoted. No, I did watch season 2. Granted, it was years ago; like, probably 10 years ago? So I probably forgot some important details. I think it's presumptuous to assume someone is just trying to bash an anime, just because they disagree with you. LARGEWOOD said: >Then why did you reply? You're taking it out of context, there was more than just this phrase in my reply, pretty childish of you for resorting to this because you don't have any arguments. I didn't mean to come off as attacking you. I was just wondering why you said that you didn't care about another person's opinion, yet your actions indicate otherwise. I see this on the internet all the time; where people claim, "I don't care about what you think," but then spend hours arguing with them on what they think. If I took it out of context, it was unintentional. LARGEWOOD said: All those pointless comments, still not a single argument to why Gou is bad, but i don't know what to expect from people who just repeatedly say "U WRONG GOU BAD" using red colors to try being more impactful, that literally made me laugh out loud. In my original post, I explained my issues with Gou. So did other people. Just because you disagree with someone's criticism, doesn't mean they don't have any criticism. I'm not going to repeat my criticism of Higurashi 2020 when it's in my original post. In your original post, you made a very huge and false generalization of people who gave this anime a lower score, as @Vell- explained in their post. You're mocking people for not providing any arguments on why Gou is not good, yet people are clearly doing so, such as this person: MadVandal said: You really have to ask? 1) The writing is weak and most of the season is useless fluff. 25 episodes for what could have been done in a 4 part OVA. 2) More people are realizing that Ryukishi isn't really a genius and the whole "hunt for clues" thing is a pseudo intellectual gimmick. 3) The violence animation is terrible, unrealistic to the extreme, and has more blood flying on walls and ceilings than a C-grade horror movie. 4) Stupidly asinine scenes such as Satako somehow concealing a hand gun and making chandeliers fall by snapping her fingers. 5) Way too much annoying Satako. Rkia should give up trying to "save" her, beat her with the school chair again, and be done with her. Unlike the others, Satako's soul is too tainted with murder and it can't be undone. Meanwhile, I haven't seen you come up with any strong counter arguments to this show's criticism, aside from one of your posts saying that season 2 still had some lingering questions. |
Mar 3, 2021 4:06 AM
#70
No, I did watch season 2. Granted, it was years ago; like, probably 10 years ago? So I probably forgot some important details. I think it's presumptuous to assume someone is just trying to bash an anime, just because they disagree with you. That's exactly what the other guy did though, and i did say "you people", which was referring to him and perhaps the others if that applies. You forgot "important details" yet you're trying to argue over something you don't even remember, interesting. I didn't mean to come off as attacking you. I was just wondering why you said that you didn't care about another person's opinion, yet your actions indicate otherwise. I see this on the internet all the time; where people claim, "I don't care about what you think," but then spend hours arguing with them on what they think. If I took it out of context, it was unintentional. The phrase itself was obvious, i quote "IF you don't agree with it", also doesn't mean i can't say that i found Gou covering interesting stuff in my reply, your answer makes no sense. You say i "argue with people telling what they think" but you just did the exact same thing. In my original post, I explained my issues with Gou. So did other people. Just because you disagree with someone's criticism, doesn't mean they don't have any criticism. I'm not going to repeat my criticism of Higurashi 2020 when it's in my original post. In your original post, you made a very huge and false generalization of people who gave this anime a lower score, as @Vell- explained in their post. You're mocking people for not providing any arguments on why Gou is not good, yet people are clearly doing so, such as this person: That's your opinion, and unlike you, i don't have a problem with it, why do you feel targeted when i wasn't even quoting you until YOU started quoting me ? And again, that's how the other guy was behaving, but you're fine with him, just because he's also saying "gou bad" like you, which shows how biased you are, once again. Also i didn't mock anybody, that's just in your head bud. Meanwhile, I haven't seen you come up with any strong counter arguments to this show's criticism, aside from one of your posts saying that season 2 still had some lingering questions. My and his arguments are not valid because they don't align with your narrative, we get it, Gou bad, everyone else who say otherwise: WRONG ! (With the RED color !) |
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Mar 3, 2021 5:28 AM
#71
LARGEWOOD said: ViktorLocke said: I mean...couldn't you try reading the criticism of the anime? Such as by reading a negative MAL review? As someone who watched the OG anime, I'm starting to kind of agree with the lower rating; Gou doesn't really offer anything new in the way of Higurashi lore and whatnot. It's just a cash grab. Like, I don't think there's any real incentive to watch Higurashi 2020, unless you just want more Higurashi; because there's nothing really important introduced that expands on the universe. Riley1234 said: Imo the anime’s just kinda meh literally everything that’s just happened with Rika and satoko could of been resolved if they would of talked Hasn't much of the conflict of Higurashi always been miscommunication, though? I think Rika has tried to reason with Satoko, by trying to help her with school; but Satoko is too lazy to study in her school, but doesn't want to be apart from Rika. Now because of a certain incident, Satoko believes Rika sold her out. LARGEWOOD said: That's your opinion indeed, i found Gou covering interesting stuff and extending the story pretty well. I'm curious, what do you think Gou is doing to extend the story of Higurashi in a meaningful way? LARGEWOOD said: If you don't agree with it, well, i couldn't care less. Then why did you reply? LARGEWOOD said: The genius mastermind got the answer. People judged the anime by his presentation picture and expected a happy SoL, just like many other anime like Happy Sugar Life and School Days. Remember "don't judge a book by his cover" ? That's pretty much the same thing here. "Why is the old Higurashi rated better then ?" MyAnimeList wasn't that popular or even existed back then, today people just get on the front page of MAL in search of a new anime, sees this happy-looking SoL type anime because of the picture and get disappointed when they find murder and what not, then proceed to give a shit rating. I don't even understand how people can rate an anime that didn't even finished airing anyways. Honestly if they added more fanservice and ecchi scenes the rating would be at 8 minimum because of how much coomers teenagers there are on MAL. The only arguments i've seen from people who apparently watched the previous seasons is "it's not the same" "it changed" well of course it changed, the story is finally moving forward, do we need another 500 episodes of speculating and still not knowing what exactly is going on ? If you don't like story development then go watch One Piece or something like that. That's a very...condescending way of labeling MAL users. But, whatever: Higurashi is an incredibly iconic anime, especially among more active anime watchers; as in, people who REALLY love anime. I think that most people are aware Higurashi isn't a SoL; especially by the ending of the 1st episode of the OG anime, and the 2020 anime. MadVandal said: You really have to ask? 1) The writing is weak and most of the season is useless fluff. 25 episodes for what could have been done in a 4 part OVA. I kind of agree, but this anime to me is like junk food; it's pointless to eat, but it's kind of fun? MadVandal said: 2) More people are realizing that Ryukishi isn't really a genius and the whole "hunt for clues" thing is a pseudo intellectual gimmick. "Hunt for clues?" What does that mean? MadVandal said: 3) The violence animation is terrible, unrealistic to the extreme, and has more blood flying on walls and ceilings than a C-grade horror movie. Higurashi has always been extremely violent. But I don't understand how this anime is violent in a way that defies logic. MadVandal said: 4) Stupidly asinine scenes such as Satako somehow concealing a hand gun Couldn't she have been keeping it in her pocket though? MadVandal said: and making chandeliers fall by snapping her fingers. Yeah, that made no sense. MadVandal said: 5) Way too much annoying Satako. Rkia should give up trying to "save" her, beat her with the school chair again, and be done with her. Unlike the others, Satako's soul is too tainted with murder and it can't be undone. At the point we are in the anime, it's still a flashback; Rika hasn't quite learned Satoko is you-know-who. Satoko is also a child with an abusive background; she's not exactly the most mature, or the most mentally stable for that matter. Plus, she's practically the closest thing to family Rika has left. Vell- said: LARGEWOOD said: The genius mastermind got the answer. People judged the anime by his presentation picture and expected a happy SoL, just like many other anime like Happy Sugar Life and School Days. Remember "don't judge a book by his cover" ? That's pretty much the same thing here. "Why is the old Higurashi rated better then ?" MyAnimeList wasn't that popular or even existed back then, today people just get on the front page of MAL in search of a new anime, sees this happy-looking SoL type anime because of the picture and get disappointed when they find murder and what not, then proceed to give a shit rating. I don't even understand how people can rate an anime that didn't even finished airing anyways. Honestly if they added more fanservice and ecchi scenes the rating would be at 8 minimum because of how much coomers teenagers there are on MAL. The only arguments i've seen from people who apparently watched the previous seasons is "it's not the same" "it changed" well of course it changed, the story is finally moving forward, do we need another 500 episodes of speculating and still not knowing what exactly is going on ? If you don't like story development then go watch One Piece or something like that. Your first point is a completely baseless assumption. At no point would anyone ever think this particular entry in the series was supposed to be some slice of life moe stuff, regardless of prior knowledge of the series. It was marketed from the very beginning as a gory horror type of thing in its trailers. Besides that, higurashi has had the reputation of being a horror mystery story for almost two decades now. The original adaption was one of those anime shows that defined its era and its reputation will surely have stuck around even to this day. The darker tone of the series has shown itself in the very first episode of this anime already too. There is nothing that would suggest people rate it low because they had wrong expectations of its genre and intend. Those people surely exist, but they can only be a very small minority. The other point about people rating it low just because there were changes or because its different is also an argument that never holds up when things like this happen where reboots, sequels or remakes are being put out of a previously established and well beloved franchise. People dont take issue with changes or things being different itself, its the execution that matters. If every change is just strictly for the worse, then there is every reason to criticise those changes. This is also not an anime that is moving the original story forward in any way. The original story was finished, it had an ending, it never needed a sequel. Yet it was decided there should be one. Writing sequels to an already completed story is always a difficult task because it better justifies itself existing by improving on the themes and messages of the original or adding onto the original experience. If you dont accomplish that then a sequel has no reason to exist other than to make money off of an established franchise, and many people dont feel like this sequel does justice to the original in many ways. Thats it. I agree. >I'm curious, what do you think Gou is doing to extend the story of Higurashi in a meaningful way? If you watched Kai until the end, you know there is more to the story, i know you people didn't even watched the previous seasons and just came to bash Gou for whatever reason, perhaps the ones i quoted. >Then why did you reply? You're taking it out of context, there was more than just this phrase in my reply, pretty childish of you for resorting to this because you don't have any arguments. All those pointless comments, still not a single argument to why Gou is bad, but i don't know what to expect from people who just repeatedly say "U WRONG GOU BAD" using red colors to try being more impactful, that literally made me laugh out loud. Oh boy. Here we go again mates. There is nothing more to he story if you read the VN. Specifically Sui and or Kizuna. Everything solely related to Higurashi is answered and confirmed. The alternative and branching question arcs provide us with more questions and hints to said questions. They tie up everything perfectly. Tomoes arc shows us the after effects of Hinamaizawa Disaster and ties into the events of Natsumis arcs. Miyuki extends the Tomoe arc's view of the Hinamaizawa Disaster Nagisa offers us insight into Rena's character and her backstory. Natsumi shows is the effects of the HD and the Oyashirosama curse outside Hinamaizawa. Hanyuu's backstory is fully explained along with Ouka and the origin of the Oyashirosama legend. Alternate endings are explored and realised in the form of Miotsukushi and alternate endings. Bus stop gives us a view into Higurashi's first form. Hou arcs adds an alternative view to the story along with its own ending? Mion revisits Hinamaizawa after the disaster z giving her some nice Character development. Extra fanservice arcs from Rei and so on. Extra Staffroom segment to put a nice now on everything. Kai is conclusive as it is. Miotsukushi the arc that you're supposed to experience alongside Matsubiriyashi ties up things even better. Many people her have read the VN, watched the Anime and even read the Manga. I dunno what you're on about. Are you stuck in an echo chamber? Arguments against Gou? I like Gou, but if you think that liking Gou makes me ignore it's faults then you are delusional my man. Liking Something = / = Not criticizing it. Many people here have made arguments against Gou. Instead of making us write walls of text and wasting our time why don't you try to give a rebuttal? Instead of saying that there is no good criticism. |
ChargecoulombMar 3, 2021 5:32 AM
Mar 3, 2021 5:39 AM
#72
Hulio said: Not fair to say they were straightforwadly admitting the curse isn't real, it's not a hint. The cast was split between the Curse and Human factions showing their own perspective opinions and debating on it, much like how the forums were at that time. My fault. I could have misremembered it, but don't they try sacrificing Tomitake to the swamp? I think they do, and it apparently doesn't solve anything? Maybe it was just a skit. |
ChargecoulombMar 3, 2021 5:42 AM
Mar 3, 2021 6:23 AM
#73
ssjokg said: Rixtertrixter said: To all the people claiming to higurashi veterans here, GOU is: 1) fanservice for the OG fans who have watched umineko as well 2) GOU doesn’t make sense to a lot of people and they don’t like it even though they have watched the OG series because THIS IS CLEARLY MADE FOR PEOPLE WHO HAVE READ/PLAYED THROUGH UMINEKO This season will not make any sense if you are not familiar with umineko no naku koro ni because it contains many references and a character from the umineko series which to the REAL 07th expansion fans is pure delight 1) Then it is pretty bad fanservice 2)You dont need umineko to understand any of this. You actually do, many references and hints of a logic error(from umineko) and(spoilers) they straight up show a character from umineko, heck they even reference goddamn ciconia |
Mar 3, 2021 6:33 AM
#74
Rixtertrixter said: ssjokg said: Rixtertrixter said: To all the people claiming to higurashi veterans here, GOU is: 1) fanservice for the OG fans who have watched umineko as well 2) GOU doesn’t make sense to a lot of people and they don’t like it even though they have watched the OG series because THIS IS CLEARLY MADE FOR PEOPLE WHO HAVE READ/PLAYED THROUGH UMINEKO This season will not make any sense if you are not familiar with umineko no naku koro ni because it contains many references and a character from the umineko series which to the REAL 07th expansion fans is pure delight 1) Then it is pretty bad fanservice 2)You dont need umineko to understand any of this. You actually do, many references and hints of a logic error(from umineko) and(spoilers) they straight up show a character from umineko, heck they even reference goddamn ciconia The only thing Featherine does so far is set Gou into motion and reference Ciconia. (So Far!) Gou is still about Rika and Satoko. The Featherine look alikes identity is ambiguous for now. She will most likely call herself Oyashirosama until the duration of the series. To enjoy Gou you do not need Umineko. From what we've seen until now anyway. It could produce Bern ( Keyword could, there is some reason doubt to it as well) or Lambda (once again reasons to doubt exist) or even both. |
Mar 3, 2021 6:33 AM
#75
Rixtertrixter said: ssjokg said: Rixtertrixter said: To all the people claiming to higurashi veterans here, GOU is: 1) fanservice for the OG fans who have watched umineko as well 2) GOU doesn’t make sense to a lot of people and they don’t like it even though they have watched the OG series because THIS IS CLEARLY MADE FOR PEOPLE WHO HAVE READ/PLAYED THROUGH UMINEKO This season will not make any sense if you are not familiar with umineko no naku koro ni because it contains many references and a character from the umineko series which to the REAL 07th expansion fans is pure delight 1) Then it is pretty bad fanservice 2)You dont need umineko to understand any of this. You actually do, many references and hints of a logic error(from umineko) and(spoilers) they straight up show a character from umineko, heck they even reference goddamn ciconia Random references that contribute nothing and deeper understanding of Umineko lore arent needed to understand why Satoko does what she does. Do you need to know what happens backstage in order to understand a movie? Meta world and the plot of Gou is the same thing. You dont need to know that this is potentially the logic error that created Bern to understand what is happening. Featherines appearance is no different from Hanyuu's first appearance. And for anime only people she is nothing more than the "Oyashiro-sama" that Satoko was talking about in ep16. Umineko fans get more enjoyment(not me tho) but that doesnt make Gou's plot hard to understand for those that havent read Umineko.Or Ciconia. It absolutely makes sense. |
Mar 3, 2021 7:18 AM
#76
ssjokg said: Rixtertrixter said: ssjokg said: Rixtertrixter said: To all the people claiming to higurashi veterans here, GOU is: 1) fanservice for the OG fans who have watched umineko as well 2) GOU doesn’t make sense to a lot of people and they don’t like it even though they have watched the OG series because THIS IS CLEARLY MADE FOR PEOPLE WHO HAVE READ/PLAYED THROUGH UMINEKO This season will not make any sense if you are not familiar with umineko no naku koro ni because it contains many references and a character from the umineko series which to the REAL 07th expansion fans is pure delight 1) Then it is pretty bad fanservice 2)You dont need umineko to understand any of this. You actually do, many references and hints of a logic error(from umineko) and(spoilers) they straight up show a character from umineko, heck they even reference goddamn ciconia Random references that contribute nothing and deeper understanding of Umineko lore arent needed to understand why Satoko does what she does. Do you need to know what happens backstage in order to understand a movie? Meta world and the plot of Gou is the same thing. You dont need to know that this is potentially the logic error that created Bern to understand what is happening. Featherines appearance is no different from Hanyuu's first appearance. And for anime only people she is nothing more than the "Oyashiro-sama" that Satoko was talking about in ep16. Umineko fans get more enjoyment(not me tho) but that doesnt make Gou's plot hard to understand for those that havent read Umineko.Or Ciconia. It absolutely makes sense. Yes it makes sense for newcomers, I never denied that, I just said it’s a WAY more enjoyable experience if you know your 07th expansion, Also these aren’t just throwaway references, featherine(don’t deny she isn’t, she literally used child of man, which no character apart from her uses) literally mentions the spinal cord specimen LD3105 (LD for lambdadelta who I’m pretty sure is satoko (look it up on Reddit I saw a post explaining this somewhere) and Vier referring to the character Vier Dressig from ciconia. I personally believe GOU is about how rika and satoko became bern and lambda |
Mar 3, 2021 7:19 AM
#77
I just watch this anime from episode 1 to 21 today, the story feel weird. I see some review say it's 3rd season, well... the biggest mistake I have done. I have to watch S1 and S2 right now |
SiefraMar 3, 2021 8:28 AM
Instead scoring anime by Art, Story, Character, and Sound I will score anime by how much I enjoy the show |
Mar 3, 2021 7:21 AM
#78
Rixtertrixter said: ssjokg said: Rixtertrixter said: ssjokg said: Rixtertrixter said: To all the people claiming to higurashi veterans here, GOU is: 1) fanservice for the OG fans who have watched umineko as well 2) GOU doesn’t make sense to a lot of people and they don’t like it even though they have watched the OG series because THIS IS CLEARLY MADE FOR PEOPLE WHO HAVE READ/PLAYED THROUGH UMINEKO This season will not make any sense if you are not familiar with umineko no naku koro ni because it contains many references and a character from the umineko series which to the REAL 07th expansion fans is pure delight 1) Then it is pretty bad fanservice 2)You dont need umineko to understand any of this. You actually do, many references and hints of a logic error(from umineko) and(spoilers) they straight up show a character from umineko, heck they even reference goddamn ciconia Random references that contribute nothing and deeper understanding of Umineko lore arent needed to understand why Satoko does what she does. Do you need to know what happens backstage in order to understand a movie? Meta world and the plot of Gou is the same thing. You dont need to know that this is potentially the logic error that created Bern to understand what is happening. Featherines appearance is no different from Hanyuu's first appearance. And for anime only people she is nothing more than the "Oyashiro-sama" that Satoko was talking about in ep16. Umineko fans get more enjoyment(not me tho) but that doesnt make Gou's plot hard to understand for those that havent read Umineko.Or Ciconia. It absolutely makes sense. Yes it makes sense for newcomers, I never denied that, I just said it’s a WAY more enjoyable experience if you know your 07th expansion, Also these aren’t just throwaway references, featherine(don’t deny she isn’t, she literally used child of man, which no character apart from her uses) literally mentions the spinal cord specimen LD3105 (LD for lambdadelta who I’m pretty sure is satoko (look it up on Reddit I saw a post explaining this somewhere) and Vier referring to the character Vier Dressig from ciconia. I personally believe GOU is about how rika and satoko became bern and lambda Yeah I get all that but as someone that read Umineko, Gou pisses me off even more. |
Mar 3, 2021 7:23 AM
#79
Chargecoulomb said: LARGEWOOD said: ViktorLocke said: I mean...couldn't you try reading the criticism of the anime? Such as by reading a negative MAL review? As someone who watched the OG anime, I'm starting to kind of agree with the lower rating; Gou doesn't really offer anything new in the way of Higurashi lore and whatnot. It's just a cash grab. Like, I don't think there's any real incentive to watch Higurashi 2020, unless you just want more Higurashi; because there's nothing really important introduced that expands on the universe. Riley1234 said: Imo the anime’s just kinda meh literally everything that’s just happened with Rika and satoko could of been resolved if they would of talked Hasn't much of the conflict of Higurashi always been miscommunication, though? I think Rika has tried to reason with Satoko, by trying to help her with school; but Satoko is too lazy to study in her school, but doesn't want to be apart from Rika. Now because of a certain incident, Satoko believes Rika sold her out. LARGEWOOD said: That's your opinion indeed, i found Gou covering interesting stuff and extending the story pretty well. I'm curious, what do you think Gou is doing to extend the story of Higurashi in a meaningful way? LARGEWOOD said: If you don't agree with it, well, i couldn't care less. Then why did you reply? LARGEWOOD said: The genius mastermind got the answer. People judged the anime by his presentation picture and expected a happy SoL, just like many other anime like Happy Sugar Life and School Days. Remember "don't judge a book by his cover" ? That's pretty much the same thing here. "Why is the old Higurashi rated better then ?" MyAnimeList wasn't that popular or even existed back then, today people just get on the front page of MAL in search of a new anime, sees this happy-looking SoL type anime because of the picture and get disappointed when they find murder and what not, then proceed to give a shit rating. I don't even understand how people can rate an anime that didn't even finished airing anyways. Honestly if they added more fanservice and ecchi scenes the rating would be at 8 minimum because of how much coomers teenagers there are on MAL. The only arguments i've seen from people who apparently watched the previous seasons is "it's not the same" "it changed" well of course it changed, the story is finally moving forward, do we need another 500 episodes of speculating and still not knowing what exactly is going on ? If you don't like story development then go watch One Piece or something like that. That's a very...condescending way of labeling MAL users. But, whatever: Higurashi is an incredibly iconic anime, especially among more active anime watchers; as in, people who REALLY love anime. I think that most people are aware Higurashi isn't a SoL; especially by the ending of the 1st episode of the OG anime, and the 2020 anime. MadVandal said: You really have to ask? 1) The writing is weak and most of the season is useless fluff. 25 episodes for what could have been done in a 4 part OVA. I kind of agree, but this anime to me is like junk food; it's pointless to eat, but it's kind of fun? MadVandal said: 2) More people are realizing that Ryukishi isn't really a genius and the whole "hunt for clues" thing is a pseudo intellectual gimmick. "Hunt for clues?" What does that mean? MadVandal said: 3) The violence animation is terrible, unrealistic to the extreme, and has more blood flying on walls and ceilings than a C-grade horror movie. Higurashi has always been extremely violent. But I don't understand how this anime is violent in a way that defies logic. MadVandal said: 4) Stupidly asinine scenes such as Satako somehow concealing a hand gun Couldn't she have been keeping it in her pocket though? MadVandal said: and making chandeliers fall by snapping her fingers. Yeah, that made no sense. MadVandal said: 5) Way too much annoying Satako. Rkia should give up trying to "save" her, beat her with the school chair again, and be done with her. Unlike the others, Satako's soul is too tainted with murder and it can't be undone. At the point we are in the anime, it's still a flashback; Rika hasn't quite learned Satoko is you-know-who. Satoko is also a child with an abusive background; she's not exactly the most mature, or the most mentally stable for that matter. Plus, she's practically the closest thing to family Rika has left. Vell- said: LARGEWOOD said: The genius mastermind got the answer. People judged the anime by his presentation picture and expected a happy SoL, just like many other anime like Happy Sugar Life and School Days. Remember "don't judge a book by his cover" ? That's pretty much the same thing here. "Why is the old Higurashi rated better then ?" MyAnimeList wasn't that popular or even existed back then, today people just get on the front page of MAL in search of a new anime, sees this happy-looking SoL type anime because of the picture and get disappointed when they find murder and what not, then proceed to give a shit rating. I don't even understand how people can rate an anime that didn't even finished airing anyways. Honestly if they added more fanservice and ecchi scenes the rating would be at 8 minimum because of how much coomers teenagers there are on MAL. The only arguments i've seen from people who apparently watched the previous seasons is "it's not the same" "it changed" well of course it changed, the story is finally moving forward, do we need another 500 episodes of speculating and still not knowing what exactly is going on ? If you don't like story development then go watch One Piece or something like that. Your first point is a completely baseless assumption. At no point would anyone ever think this particular entry in the series was supposed to be some slice of life moe stuff, regardless of prior knowledge of the series. It was marketed from the very beginning as a gory horror type of thing in its trailers. Besides that, higurashi has had the reputation of being a horror mystery story for almost two decades now. The original adaption was one of those anime shows that defined its era and its reputation will surely have stuck around even to this day. The darker tone of the series has shown itself in the very first episode of this anime already too. There is nothing that would suggest people rate it low because they had wrong expectations of its genre and intend. Those people surely exist, but they can only be a very small minority. The other point about people rating it low just because there were changes or because its different is also an argument that never holds up when things like this happen where reboots, sequels or remakes are being put out of a previously established and well beloved franchise. People dont take issue with changes or things being different itself, its the execution that matters. If every change is just strictly for the worse, then there is every reason to criticise those changes. This is also not an anime that is moving the original story forward in any way. The original story was finished, it had an ending, it never needed a sequel. Yet it was decided there should be one. Writing sequels to an already completed story is always a difficult task because it better justifies itself existing by improving on the themes and messages of the original or adding onto the original experience. If you dont accomplish that then a sequel has no reason to exist other than to make money off of an established franchise, and many people dont feel like this sequel does justice to the original in many ways. Thats it. I agree. >I'm curious, what do you think Gou is doing to extend the story of Higurashi in a meaningful way? If you watched Kai until the end, you know there is more to the story, i know you people didn't even watched the previous seasons and just came to bash Gou for whatever reason, perhaps the ones i quoted. >Then why did you reply? You're taking it out of context, there was more than just this phrase in my reply, pretty childish of you for resorting to this because you don't have any arguments. All those pointless comments, still not a single argument to why Gou is bad, but i don't know what to expect from people who just repeatedly say "U WRONG GOU BAD" using red colors to try being more impactful, that literally made me laugh out loud. Oh boy. Here we go again mates. There is nothing more to he story if you read the VN. Specifically Sui and or Kizuna. Everything solely related to Higurashi is answered and confirmed. The alternative and branching question arcs provide us with more questions and hints to said questions. They tie up everything perfectly. Tomoes arc shows us the after effects of Hinamaizawa Disaster and ties into the events of Natsumis arcs. Miyuki extends the Tomoe arc's view of the Hinamaizawa Disaster Nagisa offers us insight into Rena's character and her backstory. Natsumi shows is the effects of the HD and the Oyashirosama curse outside Hinamaizawa. Hanyuu's backstory is fully explained along with Ouka and the origin of the Oyashirosama legend. Alternate endings are explored and realised in the form of Miotsukushi and alternate endings. Bus stop gives us a view into Higurashi's first form. Hou arcs adds an alternative view to the story along with its own ending? Mion revisits Hinamaizawa after the disaster z giving her some nice Character development. Extra fanservice arcs from Rei and so on. Extra Staffroom segment to put a nice now on everything. Kai is conclusive as it is. Miotsukushi the arc that you're supposed to experience alongside Matsubiriyashi ties up things even better. Many people her have read the VN, watched the Anime and even read the Manga. I dunno what you're on about. Are you stuck in an echo chamber? Arguments against Gou? I like Gou, but if you think that liking Gou makes me ignore it's faults then you are delusional my man. Liking Something = / = Not criticizing it. Many people here have made arguments against Gou. Instead of making us write walls of text and wasting our time why don't you try to give a rebuttal? Instead of saying that there is no good criticism. Huh ? This is the anime, not the VN. |
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Mar 3, 2021 7:31 AM
#80
LARGEWOOD said: Chargecoulomb said: LARGEWOOD said: ViktorLocke said: I mean...couldn't you try reading the criticism of the anime? Such as by reading a negative MAL review? As someone who watched the OG anime, I'm starting to kind of agree with the lower rating; Gou doesn't really offer anything new in the way of Higurashi lore and whatnot. It's just a cash grab. Like, I don't think there's any real incentive to watch Higurashi 2020, unless you just want more Higurashi; because there's nothing really important introduced that expands on the universe. Riley1234 said: Imo the anime’s just kinda meh literally everything that’s just happened with Rika and satoko could of been resolved if they would of talked Hasn't much of the conflict of Higurashi always been miscommunication, though? I think Rika has tried to reason with Satoko, by trying to help her with school; but Satoko is too lazy to study in her school, but doesn't want to be apart from Rika. Now because of a certain incident, Satoko believes Rika sold her out. LARGEWOOD said: That's your opinion indeed, i found Gou covering interesting stuff and extending the story pretty well. I'm curious, what do you think Gou is doing to extend the story of Higurashi in a meaningful way? LARGEWOOD said: If you don't agree with it, well, i couldn't care less. Then why did you reply? LARGEWOOD said: The genius mastermind got the answer. People judged the anime by his presentation picture and expected a happy SoL, just like many other anime like Happy Sugar Life and School Days. Remember "don't judge a book by his cover" ? That's pretty much the same thing here. "Why is the old Higurashi rated better then ?" MyAnimeList wasn't that popular or even existed back then, today people just get on the front page of MAL in search of a new anime, sees this happy-looking SoL type anime because of the picture and get disappointed when they find murder and what not, then proceed to give a shit rating. I don't even understand how people can rate an anime that didn't even finished airing anyways. Honestly if they added more fanservice and ecchi scenes the rating would be at 8 minimum because of how much coomers teenagers there are on MAL. The only arguments i've seen from people who apparently watched the previous seasons is "it's not the same" "it changed" well of course it changed, the story is finally moving forward, do we need another 500 episodes of speculating and still not knowing what exactly is going on ? If you don't like story development then go watch One Piece or something like that. That's a very...condescending way of labeling MAL users. But, whatever: Higurashi is an incredibly iconic anime, especially among more active anime watchers; as in, people who REALLY love anime. I think that most people are aware Higurashi isn't a SoL; especially by the ending of the 1st episode of the OG anime, and the 2020 anime. MadVandal said: You really have to ask? 1) The writing is weak and most of the season is useless fluff. 25 episodes for what could have been done in a 4 part OVA. I kind of agree, but this anime to me is like junk food; it's pointless to eat, but it's kind of fun? MadVandal said: 2) More people are realizing that Ryukishi isn't really a genius and the whole "hunt for clues" thing is a pseudo intellectual gimmick. "Hunt for clues?" What does that mean? MadVandal said: 3) The violence animation is terrible, unrealistic to the extreme, and has more blood flying on walls and ceilings than a C-grade horror movie. Higurashi has always been extremely violent. But I don't understand how this anime is violent in a way that defies logic. MadVandal said: 4) Stupidly asinine scenes such as Satako somehow concealing a hand gun Couldn't she have been keeping it in her pocket though? MadVandal said: and making chandeliers fall by snapping her fingers. Yeah, that made no sense. MadVandal said: 5) Way too much annoying Satako. Rkia should give up trying to "save" her, beat her with the school chair again, and be done with her. Unlike the others, Satako's soul is too tainted with murder and it can't be undone. At the point we are in the anime, it's still a flashback; Rika hasn't quite learned Satoko is you-know-who. Satoko is also a child with an abusive background; she's not exactly the most mature, or the most mentally stable for that matter. Plus, she's practically the closest thing to family Rika has left. Vell- said: LARGEWOOD said: The genius mastermind got the answer. People judged the anime by his presentation picture and expected a happy SoL, just like many other anime like Happy Sugar Life and School Days. Remember "don't judge a book by his cover" ? That's pretty much the same thing here. "Why is the old Higurashi rated better then ?" MyAnimeList wasn't that popular or even existed back then, today people just get on the front page of MAL in search of a new anime, sees this happy-looking SoL type anime because of the picture and get disappointed when they find murder and what not, then proceed to give a shit rating. I don't even understand how people can rate an anime that didn't even finished airing anyways. Honestly if they added more fanservice and ecchi scenes the rating would be at 8 minimum because of how much coomers teenagers there are on MAL. The only arguments i've seen from people who apparently watched the previous seasons is "it's not the same" "it changed" well of course it changed, the story is finally moving forward, do we need another 500 episodes of speculating and still not knowing what exactly is going on ? If you don't like story development then go watch One Piece or something like that. Your first point is a completely baseless assumption. At no point would anyone ever think this particular entry in the series was supposed to be some slice of life moe stuff, regardless of prior knowledge of the series. It was marketed from the very beginning as a gory horror type of thing in its trailers. Besides that, higurashi has had the reputation of being a horror mystery story for almost two decades now. The original adaption was one of those anime shows that defined its era and its reputation will surely have stuck around even to this day. The darker tone of the series has shown itself in the very first episode of this anime already too. There is nothing that would suggest people rate it low because they had wrong expectations of its genre and intend. Those people surely exist, but they can only be a very small minority. The other point about people rating it low just because there were changes or because its different is also an argument that never holds up when things like this happen where reboots, sequels or remakes are being put out of a previously established and well beloved franchise. People dont take issue with changes or things being different itself, its the execution that matters. If every change is just strictly for the worse, then there is every reason to criticise those changes. This is also not an anime that is moving the original story forward in any way. The original story was finished, it had an ending, it never needed a sequel. Yet it was decided there should be one. Writing sequels to an already completed story is always a difficult task because it better justifies itself existing by improving on the themes and messages of the original or adding onto the original experience. If you dont accomplish that then a sequel has no reason to exist other than to make money off of an established franchise, and many people dont feel like this sequel does justice to the original in many ways. Thats it. I agree. >I'm curious, what do you think Gou is doing to extend the story of Higurashi in a meaningful way? If you watched Kai until the end, you know there is more to the story, i know you people didn't even watched the previous seasons and just came to bash Gou for whatever reason, perhaps the ones i quoted. >Then why did you reply? You're taking it out of context, there was more than just this phrase in my reply, pretty childish of you for resorting to this because you don't have any arguments. All those pointless comments, still not a single argument to why Gou is bad, but i don't know what to expect from people who just repeatedly say "U WRONG GOU BAD" using red colors to try being more impactful, that literally made me laugh out loud. Oh boy. Here we go again mates. There is nothing more to he story if you read the VN. Specifically Sui and or Kizuna. Everything solely related to Higurashi is answered and confirmed. The alternative and branching question arcs provide us with more questions and hints to said questions. They tie up everything perfectly. Tomoes arc shows us the after effects of Hinamaizawa Disaster and ties into the events of Natsumis arcs. Miyuki extends the Tomoe arc's view of the Hinamaizawa Disaster Nagisa offers us insight into Rena's character and her backstory. Natsumi shows is the effects of the HD and the Oyashirosama curse outside Hinamaizawa. Hanyuu's backstory is fully explained along with Ouka and the origin of the Oyashirosama legend. Alternate endings are explored and realised in the form of Miotsukushi and alternate endings. Bus stop gives us a view into Higurashi's first form. Hou arcs adds an alternative view to the story along with its own ending? Mion revisits Hinamaizawa after the disaster z giving her some nice Character development. Extra fanservice arcs from Rei and so on. Extra Staffroom segment to put a nice now on everything. Kai is conclusive as it is. Miotsukushi the arc that you're supposed to experience alongside Matsubiriyashi ties up things even better. Many people her have read the VN, watched the Anime and even read the Manga. I dunno what you're on about. Are you stuck in an echo chamber? Arguments against Gou? I like Gou, but if you think that liking Gou makes me ignore it's faults then you are delusional my man. Liking Something = / = Not criticizing it. Many people here have made arguments against Gou. Instead of making us write walls of text and wasting our time why don't you try to give a rebuttal? Instead of saying that there is no good criticism. Huh ? This is the anime, not the VN. And that's all you have to say? You kept saying that Gou was adding to the Higurashi series. Sorry to say this but series includes the VN. Gou is supposed to fit in with the rest of the Higurashi series. Not just the anime. Besides that was only one part of my comment. |
Mar 3, 2021 7:41 AM
#81
@LARGEWOOD Nevermind. I made a huge post replying to you, but it's clear you're going to just keep being passive aggressive. I came to MAL because I wanted to have civil discussions with people on anime. Not discussions on whether those people are being passive aggressive or not. Chargecoulomb said: Many people here have made arguments against Gou. Instead of making us write walls of text and wasting our time why don't you try to give a rebuttal? Instead of saying that there is no good criticism. I agree. Hulio said: Yeah of course it is possible, but the thing here is, it was late evening and Keiichi's parents weren't coming home in until tomorrow? If you get stabbed like that, you can survive if you get help, but I don't see K1 getting help any time soon. However, I think it's about unreliable narrator and didn't actually happen. Wait: Kei-ichi. Ichi = 1. K1. Ah, I see what you did there, LOL! Yeah, good point there, it was very late. Keiichi lost consciousness; no one would appear until way later. I can understand the theory that it didn't actually happen; and it would probably make more sense than Rena dying, but Keiichi surviving. Hulio said: I just rewatched the scene and.. I don't know if it's due to the ridiculous excessive splatters and such that we've seen in GOU, but it looked quite realistic to me. I'm confused. Wasn't one of your criticisms of the 20200 anime that the violence is unrealistic? You said earlier, "The way, amount and ease of blood splatters is unrealistic." I'll say that the scene where Keiichi survived getting stabbed a bunch of times, but Rena couldn't even survive a little game of whack-a-mole, and Satoko pulling Rika's intestines, without killing her, really did not make sense. But I recall that in plenty of scenes in the OG Higurashi, when characters are killing each other, whether it be a sharp object, or even a bat, that the blood was practically flying everywhere. In fact, blood flying everywhere is I think common in anime in general? Hulio said: Compare that to Tataridamashi K1 beating Teppei, it's really like night and day. How so? Are you referring to K1 beating Teppei in the OG anime, or the 2020 one? Hulio said: Unrealistic isn't bad, it can even be good on portraying these things, but stupidly unrealistic is just stupid. I agree. |
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Mar 3, 2021 11:54 AM
#82
You know,this whole topic look like big bait. But, I'll fall for it. New season Cicadas it's one big one big spit in the fans' face. This is so because new season it's: The plot is so sloppily written that even fanfiction authors could have done better. Disgusting graphics and drawing, inferior even to the level of 2008. Plot. Instead of showing new unique stories. Old arches are taken and crookedly remade. The author doesn't juggle facts and innuendo like the old "cicadas". He simply shows us early stories already seen, but removes the twist element from them. Also, the author simply takes the main plot of the old arc and inserts an unreasonable plot twist, except for his own schizophrenia. Like he did in the arc with Satoki's father and the cop. But even that's nothing compared to the sh*t pile that replaces the antagonist. That fucking dumb-ass Satoko. Watch the sequence. 1) She wants to go with Rika to the same elite school. 2) She knows that she will have to study a lot. 3) She's been preparing for this with Rika for 3 years. 4) She gets into that school. 5) AND THEN SHE FINDS OUT, FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 3 FU***NG YEARS, THAT YOU HAVE TO STUDY THERE. OTHERWISE YOU GET EXPELLED. 6) And instead of starting to study. It's the bitch that resents Rika. Why? Why tell me? Because she chose to follow her? Because she didn't realize in three years that she couldn't handle this school? She could have asked Ricky for help with her studies. But she didn't care. She's putting on one clown show and making a big deal out of nothing. After all, Rika is only supposed to communicate with her. Let's continue. A grand piano rolls into the plot. Nothing substantiated, no premise. It just is. And you either accept it. Or you don't have a story. 7) Satoko starts the second round. 8) She comes up with an ingenious plan. To make things right. To keep Rika from learning. So she can't fulfill her dream. Satoko isn't just dumb. She's also a selfish b***h. 9) Satoko can't stand it for long. She gives up after one day and just talks to Rika. 10) That's all. And Satoko lives the second round all over again. Just like the first. Please, just think about it. She doesn't try to change anything. She doesn't draw any conclusions. She just repeats everything again by "believing" Rika. Even Subaru wasn't that bad. 11) It happened again. Everything was the same as last time. 12) Satoko had six years. Six years to learn the high school curriculum. Six years to figure herself out. But she didn't do anything. She just studied for six years. And she finds herself in the same situation again. Think about it. Among all the other options she had, she decided to choose the one in which she had to kill her friend. In six years, that's all she could come up with. It's so dumb. I have to ask the authors. How did you even come up with this? I'm not going to write about the graphics. You've already seen everything. I hope you understand why the ratings of this anime are dropping. |
Mar 3, 2021 12:24 PM
#83
LARGEWOOD said: Well it seems like you're just a plan troll enjoying the double standards so I didn't feel like writing a wall of text for you so I'll keep it simple... About your OG Post.Interesting of you to literally repeat the exact same things i said about facts and waiting for an answer, you have yet to provide anything though, still waiting. 1. Under what assumption you base your belief that people are rating this low because they thought this was just another SoL anime. 2. MAL might not have existed when old Higurashi aired but that hasn't anything to do with anything. Watching "old" shows is a thing. There's plenty of Anime that has been done before MAL and that's on all sides of the spectrum, good and bad. If you're trying to say that older version of newer variants are better rated than the newer ones, I'd recommend you to take a look at the top animes section. Shouldn't take long until you see something newer rated better. 3. If this had more fanservice and ecchi scenes, the ratings would likely be even lower, no matter how many "coomers" are out there. Higurashi Kira is the newest season (before GOU, also done after MAL) which had the most Fanservice/Ecchi scenes yet it is rated the lowest. 4. If you think the only arguments from those who have seen the old season is "not the same" or "it changed" you just prove you haven't been reading shit that has been going down on the weekly threads. 5. I'll repeat my question which you evaded by trying to be clever. Why do you think Kai was left unfinished, and what coomer questions were left unanswered to you? Also you obviously don't know what red means. ViktorLocke said: Someone mentioned the K1 batting scene at the beginning of OG, 1st episode 1st minute so I was referring to that.I'm confused. Wasn't one of your criticisms of the 20200 anime that the violence is unrealistic? You said earlier, "The way, amount and ease of blood splatters is unrealistic." I'll say that the scene where Keiichi survived getting stabbed a bunch of times, but Rena couldn't even survive a little game of whack-a-mole, and Satoko pulling Rika's intestines, without killing her, really did not make sense. But I recall that in plenty of scenes in the OG Higurashi, when characters are killing each other, whether it be a sharp object, or even a bat, that the blood was practically flying everywhere. In fact, blood flying everywhere is I think common in anime in general? How so? Are you referring to K1 beating Teppei in the OG anime, or the 2020 one? I don't remember if it felt unrealistic or very gorey to me back in the day, but you're free to compare that Bat scene with the Tataridamashi's end scene (actually please do so, it won't take longer than a minute) and the difference is ridiculous. In short, yes I still think that 2020 is unrealistic and overthetop (or whatever is the best word for it) and the OG, atleast in comparison is actually quite realistic. And yes I was talking about 2020 Teppei, Tataridamashi - not Tatarigoroshi :) |
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Mar 3, 2021 2:44 PM
#84
Chargecoulomb said: LARGEWOOD said: Chargecoulomb said: LARGEWOOD said: ViktorLocke said: I mean...couldn't you try reading the criticism of the anime? Such as by reading a negative MAL review? As someone who watched the OG anime, I'm starting to kind of agree with the lower rating; Gou doesn't really offer anything new in the way of Higurashi lore and whatnot. It's just a cash grab. Like, I don't think there's any real incentive to watch Higurashi 2020, unless you just want more Higurashi; because there's nothing really important introduced that expands on the universe. Riley1234 said: Imo the anime’s just kinda meh literally everything that’s just happened with Rika and satoko could of been resolved if they would of talked Hasn't much of the conflict of Higurashi always been miscommunication, though? I think Rika has tried to reason with Satoko, by trying to help her with school; but Satoko is too lazy to study in her school, but doesn't want to be apart from Rika. Now because of a certain incident, Satoko believes Rika sold her out. LARGEWOOD said: That's your opinion indeed, i found Gou covering interesting stuff and extending the story pretty well. I'm curious, what do you think Gou is doing to extend the story of Higurashi in a meaningful way? LARGEWOOD said: If you don't agree with it, well, i couldn't care less. Then why did you reply? LARGEWOOD said: The genius mastermind got the answer. People judged the anime by his presentation picture and expected a happy SoL, just like many other anime like Happy Sugar Life and School Days. Remember "don't judge a book by his cover" ? That's pretty much the same thing here. "Why is the old Higurashi rated better then ?" MyAnimeList wasn't that popular or even existed back then, today people just get on the front page of MAL in search of a new anime, sees this happy-looking SoL type anime because of the picture and get disappointed when they find murder and what not, then proceed to give a shit rating. I don't even understand how people can rate an anime that didn't even finished airing anyways. Honestly if they added more fanservice and ecchi scenes the rating would be at 8 minimum because of how much coomers teenagers there are on MAL. The only arguments i've seen from people who apparently watched the previous seasons is "it's not the same" "it changed" well of course it changed, the story is finally moving forward, do we need another 500 episodes of speculating and still not knowing what exactly is going on ? If you don't like story development then go watch One Piece or something like that. That's a very...condescending way of labeling MAL users. But, whatever: Higurashi is an incredibly iconic anime, especially among more active anime watchers; as in, people who REALLY love anime. I think that most people are aware Higurashi isn't a SoL; especially by the ending of the 1st episode of the OG anime, and the 2020 anime. MadVandal said: You really have to ask? 1) The writing is weak and most of the season is useless fluff. 25 episodes for what could have been done in a 4 part OVA. I kind of agree, but this anime to me is like junk food; it's pointless to eat, but it's kind of fun? MadVandal said: 2) More people are realizing that Ryukishi isn't really a genius and the whole "hunt for clues" thing is a pseudo intellectual gimmick. "Hunt for clues?" What does that mean? MadVandal said: 3) The violence animation is terrible, unrealistic to the extreme, and has more blood flying on walls and ceilings than a C-grade horror movie. Higurashi has always been extremely violent. But I don't understand how this anime is violent in a way that defies logic. MadVandal said: 4) Stupidly asinine scenes such as Satako somehow concealing a hand gun Couldn't she have been keeping it in her pocket though? MadVandal said: and making chandeliers fall by snapping her fingers. Yeah, that made no sense. MadVandal said: 5) Way too much annoying Satako. Rkia should give up trying to "save" her, beat her with the school chair again, and be done with her. Unlike the others, Satako's soul is too tainted with murder and it can't be undone. At the point we are in the anime, it's still a flashback; Rika hasn't quite learned Satoko is you-know-who. Satoko is also a child with an abusive background; she's not exactly the most mature, or the most mentally stable for that matter. Plus, she's practically the closest thing to family Rika has left. Vell- said: LARGEWOOD said: The genius mastermind got the answer. People judged the anime by his presentation picture and expected a happy SoL, just like many other anime like Happy Sugar Life and School Days. Remember "don't judge a book by his cover" ? That's pretty much the same thing here. "Why is the old Higurashi rated better then ?" MyAnimeList wasn't that popular or even existed back then, today people just get on the front page of MAL in search of a new anime, sees this happy-looking SoL type anime because of the picture and get disappointed when they find murder and what not, then proceed to give a shit rating. I don't even understand how people can rate an anime that didn't even finished airing anyways. Honestly if they added more fanservice and ecchi scenes the rating would be at 8 minimum because of how much coomers teenagers there are on MAL. The only arguments i've seen from people who apparently watched the previous seasons is "it's not the same" "it changed" well of course it changed, the story is finally moving forward, do we need another 500 episodes of speculating and still not knowing what exactly is going on ? If you don't like story development then go watch One Piece or something like that. Your first point is a completely baseless assumption. At no point would anyone ever think this particular entry in the series was supposed to be some slice of life moe stuff, regardless of prior knowledge of the series. It was marketed from the very beginning as a gory horror type of thing in its trailers. Besides that, higurashi has had the reputation of being a horror mystery story for almost two decades now. The original adaption was one of those anime shows that defined its era and its reputation will surely have stuck around even to this day. The darker tone of the series has shown itself in the very first episode of this anime already too. There is nothing that would suggest people rate it low because they had wrong expectations of its genre and intend. Those people surely exist, but they can only be a very small minority. The other point about people rating it low just because there were changes or because its different is also an argument that never holds up when things like this happen where reboots, sequels or remakes are being put out of a previously established and well beloved franchise. People dont take issue with changes or things being different itself, its the execution that matters. If every change is just strictly for the worse, then there is every reason to criticise those changes. This is also not an anime that is moving the original story forward in any way. The original story was finished, it had an ending, it never needed a sequel. Yet it was decided there should be one. Writing sequels to an already completed story is always a difficult task because it better justifies itself existing by improving on the themes and messages of the original or adding onto the original experience. If you dont accomplish that then a sequel has no reason to exist other than to make money off of an established franchise, and many people dont feel like this sequel does justice to the original in many ways. Thats it. I agree. >I'm curious, what do you think Gou is doing to extend the story of Higurashi in a meaningful way? If you watched Kai until the end, you know there is more to the story, i know you people didn't even watched the previous seasons and just came to bash Gou for whatever reason, perhaps the ones i quoted. >Then why did you reply? You're taking it out of context, there was more than just this phrase in my reply, pretty childish of you for resorting to this because you don't have any arguments. All those pointless comments, still not a single argument to why Gou is bad, but i don't know what to expect from people who just repeatedly say "U WRONG GOU BAD" using red colors to try being more impactful, that literally made me laugh out loud. Oh boy. Here we go again mates. There is nothing more to he story if you read the VN. Specifically Sui and or Kizuna. Everything solely related to Higurashi is answered and confirmed. The alternative and branching question arcs provide us with more questions and hints to said questions. They tie up everything perfectly. Tomoes arc shows us the after effects of Hinamaizawa Disaster and ties into the events of Natsumis arcs. Miyuki extends the Tomoe arc's view of the Hinamaizawa Disaster Nagisa offers us insight into Rena's character and her backstory. Natsumi shows is the effects of the HD and the Oyashirosama curse outside Hinamaizawa. Hanyuu's backstory is fully explained along with Ouka and the origin of the Oyashirosama legend. Alternate endings are explored and realised in the form of Miotsukushi and alternate endings. Bus stop gives us a view into Higurashi's first form. Hou arcs adds an alternative view to the story along with its own ending? Mion revisits Hinamaizawa after the disaster z giving her some nice Character development. Extra fanservice arcs from Rei and so on. Extra Staffroom segment to put a nice now on everything. Kai is conclusive as it is. Miotsukushi the arc that you're supposed to experience alongside Matsubiriyashi ties up things even better. Many people her have read the VN, watched the Anime and even read the Manga. I dunno what you're on about. Are you stuck in an echo chamber? Arguments against Gou? I like Gou, but if you think that liking Gou makes me ignore it's faults then you are delusional my man. Liking Something = / = Not criticizing it. Many people here have made arguments against Gou. Instead of making us write walls of text and wasting our time why don't you try to give a rebuttal? Instead of saying that there is no good criticism. Huh ? This is the anime, not the VN. And that's all you have to say? You kept saying that Gou was adding to the Higurashi series. Sorry to say this but series includes the VN. Gou is supposed to fit in with the rest of the Higurashi series. Not just the anime. Besides that was only one part of my comment. You know the anime is an adaptation right ? ViktorLocke said: @LARGEWOOD Nevermind. I made a huge post replying to you, but it's clear you're going to just keep being passive aggressive. I came to MAL because I wanted to have civil discussions with people on anime. Not discussions on whether those people are being passive aggressive or not. Chargecoulomb said: Many people here have made arguments against Gou. Instead of making us write walls of text and wasting our time why don't you try to give a rebuttal? Instead of saying that there is no good criticism. I agree. Hulio said: Yeah of course it is possible, but the thing here is, it was late evening and Keiichi's parents weren't coming home in until tomorrow? If you get stabbed like that, you can survive if you get help, but I don't see K1 getting help any time soon. However, I think it's about unreliable narrator and didn't actually happen. Wait: Kei-ichi. Ichi = 1. K1. Ah, I see what you did there, LOL! Yeah, good point there, it was very late. Keiichi lost consciousness; no one would appear until way later. I can understand the theory that it didn't actually happen; and it would probably make more sense than Rena dying, but Keiichi surviving. Hulio said: I just rewatched the scene and.. I don't know if it's due to the ridiculous excessive splatters and such that we've seen in GOU, but it looked quite realistic to me. I'm confused. Wasn't one of your criticisms of the 20200 anime that the violence is unrealistic? You said earlier, "The way, amount and ease of blood splatters is unrealistic." I'll say that the scene where Keiichi survived getting stabbed a bunch of times, but Rena couldn't even survive a little game of whack-a-mole, and Satoko pulling Rika's intestines, without killing her, really did not make sense. But I recall that in plenty of scenes in the OG Higurashi, when characters are killing each other, whether it be a sharp object, or even a bat, that the blood was practically flying everywhere. In fact, blood flying everywhere is I think common in anime in general? Hulio said: Compare that to Tataridamashi K1 beating Teppei, it's really like night and day. How so? Are you referring to K1 beating Teppei in the OG anime, or the 2020 one? Hulio said: Unrealistic isn't bad, it can even be good on portraying these things, but stupidly unrealistic is just stupid. I agree. Perhaps you should re read your own comments, the slander is pretty real in there. Hulio said: LARGEWOOD said: Well it seems like you're just a plan troll enjoying the double standards so I didn't feel like writing a wall of text for you so I'll keep it simple... About your OG Post.Interesting of you to literally repeat the exact same things i said about facts and waiting for an answer, you have yet to provide anything though, still waiting. 1. Under what assumption you base your belief that people are rating this low because they thought this was just another SoL anime. 2. MAL might not have existed when old Higurashi aired but that hasn't anything to do with anything. Watching "old" shows is a thing. There's plenty of Anime that has been done before MAL and that's on all sides of the spectrum, good and bad. If you're trying to say that older version of newer variants are better rated than the newer ones, I'd recommend you to take a look at the top animes section. Shouldn't take long until you see something newer rated better. 3. If this had more fanservice and ecchi scenes, the ratings would likely be even lower, no matter how many "coomers" are out there. Higurashi Kira is the newest season (before GOU, also done after MAL) which had the most Fanservice/Ecchi scenes yet it is rated the lowest. 4. If you think the only arguments from those who have seen the old season is "not the same" or "it changed" you just prove you haven't been reading shit that has been going down on the weekly threads. 5. I'll repeat my question which you evaded by trying to be clever. Why do you think Kai was left unfinished, and what coomer questions were left unanswered to you? Also you obviously don't know what red means. ViktorLocke said: Someone mentioned the K1 batting scene at the beginning of OG, 1st episode 1st minute so I was referring to that.I'm confused. Wasn't one of your criticisms of the 20200 anime that the violence is unrealistic? You said earlier, "The way, amount and ease of blood splatters is unrealistic." I'll say that the scene where Keiichi survived getting stabbed a bunch of times, but Rena couldn't even survive a little game of whack-a-mole, and Satoko pulling Rika's intestines, without killing her, really did not make sense. But I recall that in plenty of scenes in the OG Higurashi, when characters are killing each other, whether it be a sharp object, or even a bat, that the blood was practically flying everywhere. In fact, blood flying everywhere is I think common in anime in general? How so? Are you referring to K1 beating Teppei in the OG anime, or the 2020 one? I don't remember if it felt unrealistic or very gorey to me back in the day, but you're free to compare that Bat scene with the Tataridamashi's end scene (actually please do so, it won't take longer than a minute) and the difference is ridiculous. In short, yes I still think that 2020 is unrealistic and overthetop (or whatever is the best word for it) and the OG, atleast in comparison is actually quite realistic. And yes I was talking about 2020 Teppei, Tataridamashi - not Tatarigoroshi :) It's fine if you don't believe me, you don't have to literally argue to explain it. Red is a color, otherwise please go ahead and tell me the meaning of the Red color. Also for your question, yes, you're questioning me about what happened in Higurashi, while acting like you know better, pretty crazy stuff, anyways, in the end of Kai, there is Rika from the future / Frederica with little Takano, at this moment, anime watchers probably doesn't know what's going on there, but the anime ended -without the viewer having any questions- for you, maybe you're fine with it, i'm not, and i'm sure many other people would have questions about this scene, because of how oblivious you are, here are some examples: Why is Rika from the future talking to little Takano-san ? I mean HOW ? There's a little "trap" i setup, let's see. Please watch the anime before trying to argue. |
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Mar 3, 2021 4:35 PM
#85
LARGEWOOD said: Chargecoulomb said: LARGEWOOD said: Chargecoulomb said: LARGEWOOD said: ViktorLocke said: I mean...couldn't you try reading the criticism of the anime? Such as by reading a negative MAL review? As someone who watched the OG anime, I'm starting to kind of agree with the lower rating; Gou doesn't really offer anything new in the way of Higurashi lore and whatnot. It's just a cash grab. Like, I don't think there's any real incentive to watch Higurashi 2020, unless you just want more Higurashi; because there's nothing really important introduced that expands on the universe. Riley1234 said: Imo the anime’s just kinda meh literally everything that’s just happened with Rika and satoko could of been resolved if they would of talked Hasn't much of the conflict of Higurashi always been miscommunication, though? I think Rika has tried to reason with Satoko, by trying to help her with school; but Satoko is too lazy to study in her school, but doesn't want to be apart from Rika. Now because of a certain incident, Satoko believes Rika sold her out. LARGEWOOD said: That's your opinion indeed, i found Gou covering interesting stuff and extending the story pretty well. I'm curious, what do you think Gou is doing to extend the story of Higurashi in a meaningful way? LARGEWOOD said: If you don't agree with it, well, i couldn't care less. Then why did you reply? LARGEWOOD said: The genius mastermind got the answer. People judged the anime by his presentation picture and expected a happy SoL, just like many other anime like Happy Sugar Life and School Days. Remember "don't judge a book by his cover" ? That's pretty much the same thing here. "Why is the old Higurashi rated better then ?" MyAnimeList wasn't that popular or even existed back then, today people just get on the front page of MAL in search of a new anime, sees this happy-looking SoL type anime because of the picture and get disappointed when they find murder and what not, then proceed to give a shit rating. I don't even understand how people can rate an anime that didn't even finished airing anyways. Honestly if they added more fanservice and ecchi scenes the rating would be at 8 minimum because of how much coomers teenagers there are on MAL. The only arguments i've seen from people who apparently watched the previous seasons is "it's not the same" "it changed" well of course it changed, the story is finally moving forward, do we need another 500 episodes of speculating and still not knowing what exactly is going on ? If you don't like story development then go watch One Piece or something like that. That's a very...condescending way of labeling MAL users. But, whatever: Higurashi is an incredibly iconic anime, especially among more active anime watchers; as in, people who REALLY love anime. I think that most people are aware Higurashi isn't a SoL; especially by the ending of the 1st episode of the OG anime, and the 2020 anime. MadVandal said: You really have to ask? 1) The writing is weak and most of the season is useless fluff. 25 episodes for what could have been done in a 4 part OVA. I kind of agree, but this anime to me is like junk food; it's pointless to eat, but it's kind of fun? MadVandal said: 2) More people are realizing that Ryukishi isn't really a genius and the whole "hunt for clues" thing is a pseudo intellectual gimmick. "Hunt for clues?" What does that mean? MadVandal said: 3) The violence animation is terrible, unrealistic to the extreme, and has more blood flying on walls and ceilings than a C-grade horror movie. Higurashi has always been extremely violent. But I don't understand how this anime is violent in a way that defies logic. MadVandal said: 4) Stupidly asinine scenes such as Satako somehow concealing a hand gun Couldn't she have been keeping it in her pocket though? MadVandal said: and making chandeliers fall by snapping her fingers. Yeah, that made no sense. MadVandal said: 5) Way too much annoying Satako. Rkia should give up trying to "save" her, beat her with the school chair again, and be done with her. Unlike the others, Satako's soul is too tainted with murder and it can't be undone. At the point we are in the anime, it's still a flashback; Rika hasn't quite learned Satoko is you-know-who. Satoko is also a child with an abusive background; she's not exactly the most mature, or the most mentally stable for that matter. Plus, she's practically the closest thing to family Rika has left. Vell- said: LARGEWOOD said: The genius mastermind got the answer. People judged the anime by his presentation picture and expected a happy SoL, just like many other anime like Happy Sugar Life and School Days. Remember "don't judge a book by his cover" ? That's pretty much the same thing here. "Why is the old Higurashi rated better then ?" MyAnimeList wasn't that popular or even existed back then, today people just get on the front page of MAL in search of a new anime, sees this happy-looking SoL type anime because of the picture and get disappointed when they find murder and what not, then proceed to give a shit rating. I don't even understand how people can rate an anime that didn't even finished airing anyways. Honestly if they added more fanservice and ecchi scenes the rating would be at 8 minimum because of how much coomers teenagers there are on MAL. The only arguments i've seen from people who apparently watched the previous seasons is "it's not the same" "it changed" well of course it changed, the story is finally moving forward, do we need another 500 episodes of speculating and still not knowing what exactly is going on ? If you don't like story development then go watch One Piece or something like that. Your first point is a completely baseless assumption. At no point would anyone ever think this particular entry in the series was supposed to be some slice of life moe stuff, regardless of prior knowledge of the series. It was marketed from the very beginning as a gory horror type of thing in its trailers. Besides that, higurashi has had the reputation of being a horror mystery story for almost two decades now. The original adaption was one of those anime shows that defined its era and its reputation will surely have stuck around even to this day. The darker tone of the series has shown itself in the very first episode of this anime already too. There is nothing that would suggest people rate it low because they had wrong expectations of its genre and intend. Those people surely exist, but they can only be a very small minority. The other point about people rating it low just because there were changes or because its different is also an argument that never holds up when things like this happen where reboots, sequels or remakes are being put out of a previously established and well beloved franchise. People dont take issue with changes or things being different itself, its the execution that matters. If every change is just strictly for the worse, then there is every reason to criticise those changes. This is also not an anime that is moving the original story forward in any way. The original story was finished, it had an ending, it never needed a sequel. Yet it was decided there should be one. Writing sequels to an already completed story is always a difficult task because it better justifies itself existing by improving on the themes and messages of the original or adding onto the original experience. If you dont accomplish that then a sequel has no reason to exist other than to make money off of an established franchise, and many people dont feel like this sequel does justice to the original in many ways. Thats it. I agree. >I'm curious, what do you think Gou is doing to extend the story of Higurashi in a meaningful way? If you watched Kai until the end, you know there is more to the story, i know you people didn't even watched the previous seasons and just came to bash Gou for whatever reason, perhaps the ones i quoted. >Then why did you reply? You're taking it out of context, there was more than just this phrase in my reply, pretty childish of you for resorting to this because you don't have any arguments. All those pointless comments, still not a single argument to why Gou is bad, but i don't know what to expect from people who just repeatedly say "U WRONG GOU BAD" using red colors to try being more impactful, that literally made me laugh out loud. Oh boy. Here we go again mates. There is nothing more to he story if you read the VN. Specifically Sui and or Kizuna. Everything solely related to Higurashi is answered and confirmed. The alternative and branching question arcs provide us with more questions and hints to said questions. They tie up everything perfectly. Tomoes arc shows us the after effects of Hinamaizawa Disaster and ties into the events of Natsumis arcs. Miyuki extends the Tomoe arc's view of the Hinamaizawa Disaster Nagisa offers us insight into Rena's character and her backstory. Natsumi shows is the effects of the HD and the Oyashirosama curse outside Hinamaizawa. Hanyuu's backstory is fully explained along with Ouka and the origin of the Oyashirosama legend. Alternate endings are explored and realised in the form of Miotsukushi and alternate endings. Bus stop gives us a view into Higurashi's first form. Hou arcs adds an alternative view to the story along with its own ending? Mion revisits Hinamaizawa after the disaster z giving her some nice Character development. Extra fanservice arcs from Rei and so on. Extra Staffroom segment to put a nice now on everything. Kai is conclusive as it is. Miotsukushi the arc that you're supposed to experience alongside Matsubiriyashi ties up things even better. Many people her have read the VN, watched the Anime and even read the Manga. I dunno what you're on about. Are you stuck in an echo chamber? Arguments against Gou? I like Gou, but if you think that liking Gou makes me ignore it's faults then you are delusional my man. Liking Something = / = Not criticizing it. Many people here have made arguments against Gou. Instead of making us write walls of text and wasting our time why don't you try to give a rebuttal? Instead of saying that there is no good criticism. Huh ? This is the anime, not the VN. And that's all you have to say? You kept saying that Gou was adding to the Higurashi series. Sorry to say this but series includes the VN. Gou is supposed to fit in with the rest of the Higurashi series. Not just the anime. Besides that was only one part of my comment. You know the anime is an adaptation right ? ViktorLocke said: @LARGEWOOD Nevermind. I made a huge post replying to you, but it's clear you're going to just keep being passive aggressive. I came to MAL because I wanted to have civil discussions with people on anime. Not discussions on whether those people are being passive aggressive or not. Chargecoulomb said: Many people here have made arguments against Gou. Instead of making us write walls of text and wasting our time why don't you try to give a rebuttal? Instead of saying that there is no good criticism. I agree. Hulio said: Yeah of course it is possible, but the thing here is, it was late evening and Keiichi's parents weren't coming home in until tomorrow? If you get stabbed like that, you can survive if you get help, but I don't see K1 getting help any time soon. However, I think it's about unreliable narrator and didn't actually happen. Wait: Kei-ichi. Ichi = 1. K1. Ah, I see what you did there, LOL! Yeah, good point there, it was very late. Keiichi lost consciousness; no one would appear until way later. I can understand the theory that it didn't actually happen; and it would probably make more sense than Rena dying, but Keiichi surviving. Hulio said: I just rewatched the scene and.. I don't know if it's due to the ridiculous excessive splatters and such that we've seen in GOU, but it looked quite realistic to me. I'm confused. Wasn't one of your criticisms of the 20200 anime that the violence is unrealistic? You said earlier, "The way, amount and ease of blood splatters is unrealistic." I'll say that the scene where Keiichi survived getting stabbed a bunch of times, but Rena couldn't even survive a little game of whack-a-mole, and Satoko pulling Rika's intestines, without killing her, really did not make sense. But I recall that in plenty of scenes in the OG Higurashi, when characters are killing each other, whether it be a sharp object, or even a bat, that the blood was practically flying everywhere. In fact, blood flying everywhere is I think common in anime in general? Hulio said: Compare that to Tataridamashi K1 beating Teppei, it's really like night and day. How so? Are you referring to K1 beating Teppei in the OG anime, or the 2020 one? Hulio said: Unrealistic isn't bad, it can even be good on portraying these things, but stupidly unrealistic is just stupid. I agree. Perhaps you should re read your own comments, the slander is pretty real in there. Hulio said: LARGEWOOD said: Interesting of you to literally repeat the exact same things i said about facts and waiting for an answer, you have yet to provide anything though, still waiting. 1. Under what assumption you base your belief that people are rating this low because they thought this was just another SoL anime. 2. MAL might not have existed when old Higurashi aired but that hasn't anything to do with anything. Watching "old" shows is a thing. There's plenty of Anime that has been done before MAL and that's on all sides of the spectrum, good and bad. If you're trying to say that older version of newer variants are better rated than the newer ones, I'd recommend you to take a look at the top animes section. Shouldn't take long until you see something newer rated better. 3. If this had more fanservice and ecchi scenes, the ratings would likely be even lower, no matter how many "coomers" are out there. Higurashi Kira is the newest season (before GOU, also done after MAL) which had the most Fanservice/Ecchi scenes yet it is rated the lowest. 4. If you think the only arguments from those who have seen the old season is "not the same" or "it changed" you just prove you haven't been reading shit that has been going down on the weekly threads. 5. I'll repeat my question which you evaded by trying to be clever. Why do you think Kai was left unfinished, and what coomer questions were left unanswered to you? Also you obviously don't know what red means. ViktorLocke said: I'm confused. Wasn't one of your criticisms of the 20200 anime that the violence is unrealistic? You said earlier, "The way, amount and ease of blood splatters is unrealistic." I'll say that the scene where Keiichi survived getting stabbed a bunch of times, but Rena couldn't even survive a little game of whack-a-mole, and Satoko pulling Rika's intestines, without killing her, really did not make sense. But I recall that in plenty of scenes in the OG Higurashi, when characters are killing each other, whether it be a sharp object, or even a bat, that the blood was practically flying everywhere. In fact, blood flying everywhere is I think common in anime in general? How so? Are you referring to K1 beating Teppei in the OG anime, or the 2020 one? I don't remember if it felt unrealistic or very gorey to me back in the day, but you're free to compare that Bat scene with the Tataridamashi's end scene (actually please do so, it won't take longer than a minute) and the difference is ridiculous. In short, yes I still think that 2020 is unrealistic and overthetop (or whatever is the best word for it) and the OG, atleast in comparison is actually quite realistic. And yes I was talking about 2020 Teppei, Tataridamashi - not Tatarigoroshi :) It's fine if you don't believe me, you don't have to literally argue to explain it. Red is a color, otherwise please go ahead and tell me the meaning of the Red color. Also for your question, yes, you're questioning me about what happened in Higurashi, while acting like you know better, pretty crazy stuff, anyways, in the end of Kai, there is Rika from the future / Frederica with little Takano, at this moment, anime watchers probably doesn't know what's going on there, but the anime ended -without the viewer having any questions- for you, maybe you're fine with it, i'm not, and i'm sure many other people would have questions about this scene, because of how oblivious you are, here are some examples: Why is Rika from the future talking to little Takano-san ? I mean HOW ? There's a little "trap" i setup, let's see. Please watch the anime before trying to argue. @LARGEWOOD We have watched the Anime. Gou is a SEQUEL so that's a given. A decent amount of people her understand Higurashi well and are quite intimate with it. For Higurashi the red is irrelevant. It's something from Umineko. Which it's clear that you know next to nothing about. Gou is not an adaptation. Are you mad? It's original. P.S That is NOT a future Rika. You are missing A LOT of context my friend. A LOT. Did you watch the Rei anime? That's Bern. A collection of the dead Rikas. You're missing some details because the anime is an adaptation of the VN, a good one, but not 100 percent. Without the context of Umineko and Ciconia for the references you will miss a lot of things, and some things we say just will not make sense to you. You can however participate in Gou theories however you will be lost when it comes to anything related to Umineko or Ciconia. It's not required for Gou but read Umineko. At least the Manga. It's the next part of WTC after Higurashi. If you questions about 'future' Rika that will answer it. |
ChargecoulombMar 3, 2021 4:44 PM
Mar 3, 2021 7:07 PM
#86
LARGEWOOD said: First you bash people for not explaining themselves and having no arguments.It's fine if you don't believe me, you don't have to literally argue to explain it. Now you don't want people arguing or explaining. Contradiction #1 Sounds like you just try say whatever you can to defend your own flimsy arguments. Also, you probably didn't notice, but it's you who isn't believing us, not the otherway around. Red is a color, otherwise please go ahead and tell me the meaning of the Red color. Congratulations Sherlock, not sure what to say, you're 100% right.Everything else which you don't know about it, you don't know about it, nothing less, nothing more. Also for your question, yes, you're questioning me about what happened in Higurashi, while acting like you know better, pretty crazy stuff, anyways, in the end of Kai, there is Rika from the future / Frederica with little Takano, at this moment, anime watchers probably doesn't know what's going on there, but the anime ended -without the viewer having any questions- for you, maybe you're fine with it, i'm not, and i'm sure many other people would have questions about this scene, because of how oblivious you are, here are some examples: Why is Rika from the future talking to little Takano-san ? I mean HOW ? Well you just completely negated this whole paragraph yourself. Apparently according to you the viewers weren't left with any questions.What comes to old Rika talking to Miyoko, okey. Here's answer: GOU isn't answering that, hence that argument is void. There's a little "trap" i setup, let's see. InterestingPlease watch the anime before trying to argue. No u |
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Mar 3, 2021 8:03 PM
#87
I personally think this season is really weak, but if there is one thing I really like about this is how the story explores more, having the characters grew up, new characters, exploring the sea of fragments and more connection between the characters and Oyashiro-sama. I still like the story progression and the character's bond in the original (the curse, the mystery, the loop, the connections, and the character development played out nice throughtout the series), but if there's a chance that Gou will have a sequel, that would be nice (feels too short). Man, while this is the weakest in my opinion, this is really enjoyable. |
EsieEyenMar 3, 2021 8:15 PM
Mar 3, 2021 10:43 PM
#88
don't care about ratings and haven't watched the old one's but so far the show is pretty good imo i"ll try the 2006 one if I have some time |
Mar 3, 2021 11:23 PM
#89
Yuyunarutoballz said: Yeah this show had a ranking in like the 2,000s. Now it’s in the 3,000s. I’m pretty upset about this too because the last month and a half of episodes have been absolute fire. I couldn’t be more invested if I tried. It makes me sad because I’m assuming a large portion of Gous audience is veteran fans, and since Higurashi isn’t as big as other heavy hitters like, say Re:Zero, I was hoping we would band together and be a silent but large minority. I didn’t think Higurashi needed a remake when this was first announced, though I was excited at the prospect of it getting more fans, and I thought the art style was atrocious, I tuned in because I love Higurashi. When it became clearer and clearer it was a sequel, I just got more and more invested and was happy I’m getting to enjoy another Higurashi adventure, uncertain of what would happen next just like when I watched the originals all those years back. Ever since the Rika and Satoko stuff, Higurashi has peeked for me at a level it never did before, and it really hurts to see fellow Higurashi “fans” beat this show down when the originals have such a high rating. This is some amazing story telling and I thought the rating would improv now that were not retreading stuff from the previous seasons but I guess not. I agree. The last 10 episodes or so have been fire. I haven't been this excited for an anime week to week in years. I think most of it is just newcomers who were, to be fair, misled into thinking this was a standalone/remake. |
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Mar 4, 2021 2:22 AM
#90
First you bash people for not explaining themselves and having no arguments. Now you don't want people arguing or explaining. Contradiction #1 Sounds like you just try say whatever you can to defend your own flimsy arguments. Also, you probably didn't notice, but it's you who isn't believing us, not the otherway around. Why do you assume that i don't want you to argue ? Well you just completely negated this whole paragraph yourself. Apparently according to you the viewers weren't left with any questions. What comes to old Rika talking to Miyoko, okey. Here's answer: GOU isn't answering that, hence that argument is void. It hasn't yet, but the story is progressing towards the answer to this question (which is a pretty big one itself), so it's going to take time, and that was just one example. No u Mirror, everything you say goes back to you. We have watched the Anime. Gou is a SEQUEL so that's a given. A decent amount of people her understand Higurashi well and are quite intimate with it. Mmmh why do you talk for others without knowing ? Are they your friends ? I was literally asked about the ending of Kai. For Higurashi the red is irrelevant. It's something from Umineko. Which it's clear that you know next to nothing about. P.S That is NOT a future Rika. You are missing A LOT of context my friend. A LOT. Did you watch the Rei anime? That's Bern. A collection of the dead Rikas. You're missing some details because the anime is an adaptation of the VN, a good one, but not 100 percent. You took the bait, the "trap" i was talking about: how is the anime watcher supposed to know ? This proves exactly my point when i was talking about the viewer would be "left with questions", thank you for that. Gou is not an adaptation. Are you mad? It's original. And of course if you take out Gou out of the lot, pretty bold of you to retract your arguments like this. Without the context of Umineko and Ciconia for the references you will miss a lot of things, and some things we say just will not make sense to you. Why are you assuming things yet again ? I wasn't talking about me, i did say "people will be left with questions", i meant people who will watch the anime ONLY, no Umineko either. |
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Mar 4, 2021 3:28 AM
#91
@LARGEWOOD You have no idea how traps work. The manga goes out of its way to iterate on Frederica. However in the original VN and Anime use Rei to explain it to an extent. Did you miss the Saikoroshi episodes? I can't believe I have to explain this. It's not really an argument against me if you use the adaptation, because the Higurashi anime is an adaptation not the source. For Gou and Kira it's different. The source of Gou is the Anime. The manga is also considered. It has no source material to fall back on. It stands by itself in the Higurashi series. People won't be left with questions if they just watch the anime. Sure they will not Understand some references but they will get the gist of the story. Gou is at it core a focus on Rika and Satoko. Even an Anime only viewers will walk away from Gou with a decent understanding of the story even if Bern and Lambda are introduced, it won't really matter because for them it will be an introduction. For us it will be in reintroduction. You keep asking me to repeat the same things again and again. This argument is redundant. You haven't addressed any of my actual criticisms and are instead wasting time by making me verify things over and over again. |
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Mar 4, 2021 3:55 AM
#92
You have no idea how traps work. It perfectly worked and i got exactly what i wanted, but tell us ? :-) The manga goes out of its way to iterate on Frederica. However in the original VN and Anime use Rei to explain it to an extent. Did you miss the Saikoroshi episodes? Looks like you misunderstood what i said and you seem to be talking about something entirely different, i don't see how does this connect to anything i've said ? I did see those episodes by the way. I can't believe I have to explain this. It's not really an argument against me if you use the adaptation, because the Higurashi anime is an adaptation not the source. For Gou and Kira it's different. The source of Gou is the Anime. The manga is also considered. It has no source material to fall back on. It stands by itself in the Higurashi series. Did i say otherwise ? I haven't, i even precised it in my last comment. People won't be left with questions if they just watch the anime. Sure they will not Understand some references but they will get the gist of the story. Gou is at it core a focus on Rika and Satoko. There is and i just gave you an example once again, it's not just a "reference", maybe it is for you but it won't for many others. Even an Anime only viewers will walk away from Gou with a decent understanding of the story even if Bern and Lambda are introduced, it won't really matter because for them it will be an introduction. For us it will be in reintroduction. Which would also prove my point if that happens. You keep asking me to repeat the same things again and again. This argument is redundant. You haven't addressed any of my actual criticisms and are instead wasting time by making me verify things over and over again. Where did i ask you to repeat yourself ? I just had to repeat myself twice here by the way, pretty hypocritical of you to say that. |
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Mar 4, 2021 10:40 AM
#93
someone update me on the spicy drama developing in this post pls |
"This emotion is mine alone. It is for Madoka alone." - Homura or how I would descripe Mahou Shoujo Madoka Magica. |
Mar 4, 2021 11:36 AM
#95
People that indeed still think its a remake and people who just like complaining... and maybe Satoko haters But yeah its a matter of preference at the end of the day... and some people just dont understand and ruin it for themselves lol |
Mar 4, 2021 11:46 AM
#96
ssjokg said: He said it in red... ohboiLARGEWOOD said: ssjokg said: LARGEWOOD said: The genius mastermind got the answer. People judged the anime by his presentation picture and expected a happy SoL, just like many other anime like Happy Sugar Life and School Days. Remember "don't judge a book by his cover" ? That's pretty much the same thing here. "Why is the old Higurashi rated better then ?" MyAnimeList wasn't that popular or even existed back then, today people just get on the front page of MAL in search of a new anime, sees this happy-looking SoL type anime because of the picture and get disappointed when they find murder and what not, then proceed to give a shit rating. I don't even understand how people can rate an anime that didn't even finished airing anyways. Honestly if they added more fanservice and ecchi scenes the rating would be at 8 minimum because of how much coomers teenagers there are on MAL. The only arguments i've seen from people who apparently watched the previous seasons is "it's not the same" "it changed" well of course it changed, the story is finally moving forward, do we need another 500 episodes of speculating and still not knowing what exactly is going on ? If you don't like story development then go watch One Piece or something like that. Amazing how wrong all of this is. Why is it ? Go ahead, this is a forum and you seem to know better, you have all the time in the world to explain yourself. No arguments so far ! : - ) You are really wrong |
Mar 4, 2021 12:14 PM
#97
@LARGEWOOD Go ahead, this is a forum and you seem to know better, you have all the time in the world to explain yourself. No arguments so far ! : - ) You still fail to provide any argument. It's fine if you don't believe me, you don't have to literally argue to explain it. Why do you assume that i don't want you to argue ? Nothing more to say.. Trolls be trolling. Albeit I give you that, you were right about one thing. We do know better. |
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Mar 4, 2021 12:21 PM
#98
Hulio said: @LARGEWOOD Go ahead, this is a forum and you seem to know better, you have all the time in the world to explain yourself. No arguments so far ! : - ) You still fail to provide any argument. It's fine if you don't believe me, you don't have to literally argue to explain it. Why do you assume that i don't want you to argue ? Nothing more to say.. Trolls be trolling. Albeit I give you that, you were right about one thing. We do know better. Sure, if that makes you feel better : - ) |
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Mar 4, 2021 12:41 PM
#99
Pasturple said: and maybe Satoko haters Funny enough, Satoko was actually one of my top favorite characters in the visual novel. Here, however, I feel like just hearing her voice or seeing her face more is just like torturing myself |
Mar 9, 2021 10:39 AM
#100
Season 1 of Higurashi is 7.95 and season 2 is 8.22. Gou is currently at 7.03. Considering that Gou hasn't been as good as OG and that the distance between season 1 and Gou isn't more than a point away, I don't find the rating surprising at all. |
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