Higurashi When They Cry: Abducted by Demons Arc
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| I had to watch this in dubbed because the sub I was watching corrupted and all other streaming sites worked like shit and I really honestly truly wanted the die the English VAs are terrible. |
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| Damn, this was a great arc. The great thing is, Shion was my favorite character before watching this arc. And now she is my most hated. That was a great trick this show played on me, I absolutely loved how it played out and tied into the 2nd arc. |
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Lunoire said: to this day the satoko scene still makes me physically sick this is my second time watching the series but shit still traumatizes me as much as the first time, and that says a lot because I've seen all kinds of fucked up shit without batting an eye lol still my fav arc tho I agree. Satoko scene is hard to watch, especially when she stopped crying and was being strong, I really felt for her. Also, what really got me was when her face was drawn to express extreme pain to show that she was really trying to hold back her tears. That entire scene was done so well, it makes me sick.. |
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| I dunno who killed Kei at the end. And that shirt tearing doesn't seem to be a coincidence. I believe that the spirit actually exists, no matter what. I hope Shion finds peace. And Mion is such a liar. I can't believe her. She should wash her tongue with bleach. New character next episode. I think that the ED is sung in place of Shion. The lyrics all describe her. |
 Without change,we end up becoming the very person we hate. I was dead until the moment I met you. I was a powerless corpse pretending to be alive. Living without power, without the ability to change my course, was bound to lead me to a slow death. |
| Finally an enjoyable arc. You could definitely tell that Mion was lying till the end. |
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| And this is the arc that solidified Shion as the best crazy girl for me. Man, just the body count itself shows how crazy she really was. I still couldn't take the Satoko scene even though I was watching the censored version I still winched a little. |
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TheKoopaKing said: Shion killed everybody for a guy that literally didn't know that she existed. Satoshi knew Shion's existence. Remember when Oishi found Shion and Satoshi together since Oishi is looking for Satoshi for interrogation then Shion admitted that she's not Mion. It is just he didn't reach to the point to know Shion better. |
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| Sad ending, everyone except Rena ended up dead. The question of who stabbed Keichi in the hospital still remains. Shion is probably the most crazy character I've ever seen. Satoko's death was brutal. This show is like torture porn with a good plot. I think I'm actually enjoying all the violence at this point. I'm not sure if Mion was telling the truth about Satoshi not being killed by her family or if she was just saying it to get out alive. It would be interesting if there's another killer who we don't know about and also really fucked up that Shion took so much revenge on the wrong people. |
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| Damnnnn so it was all Shion ! This arc shows just how crazy someone can get over love. Seeing that torture seen with Satoko was really painful to watch, especially with her resolve to not cry. Still confused about the timeline resets but I like how Watanagashi-hen is all tied up now... What an amazing arc ! |
| I feel seriously bad for Satoko. And I was able to understand some parts of the previous episodes but does Mion really telling the truth? Does the Sonozaki family doesn't have anything to do with the dissappearance of Satoshi? |
  ★━━─ 𝘏𝘰𝘸 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘐 𝘣𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘺 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘵? 𝘞𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘐 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘪𝘵 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘥𝘢𝘺? |
| Holy fudge, what an arc this has been! Shion + the Demon all along, that certainly adds up a lot of things. Finally covered the death of Rika-chan too. And that whole scene surrounding Satako-chan was seriously creepy, she really did well to hold back her tears but that just made it even more horrifying for the viewers... But a few questions remain still and I’m guessing we’ll be getting across to those in time. Who really was behind Satoshi’s death? Who killed Keichii in the end there of Arc 2 then? Is it really the clinic lady? Maybe Rena-chan? Are we going to be seeing the puzzles piece out for the other arcs too? Man, if so, it’s going to be some ride. Just this bit alone was fascinating to see unravel. |
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| Shion murder everyone.... and also this is end of this arc. |
| It's stabby stabby time again |
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| This was just so insane! Everything makes sense now. Shion is actually psychotic, like she was just killing people for fun at the end. |
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| i feel so bad for mion. she went through all of that seeing all her friends be tortured, killed and be manipulated by shion, her own sister. then she dies damn |
| Well at least we got some answers... |
| ahh now i finally understand :D |
| This was the most disturbing episode so far. Poor Satoko. |
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| I actually was fully on Shion's side until she killed Satoko, who's the only innocent main character in this show. So this basically explains the whole Mion arc that we saw, except for the end where Mion/Shion stabs Keiichi. I'm still not sure if this has a supernatural element or not, I hope it doesn't. |
| Shion died and what Keiichi saw in the hospital was a hallucination. |
| I hate everyone equally |
| Definitely one of the better arcs. A lot of things were explained for the most part. Also Shion is mad scary and crazy. |
| Shion is fcking "Oni", she keep stabing her with 🔪 😱 Shion forget about Satoshi-kun last request for Shion is to take care Satoko-chan, she was torture and killing her instead wtf 🤦♂️ Shit the cliffhanger, didn't even show that part 😔 |
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| Satoko's torture was just unimaginably painful. I don't know how she was able to resist herself from crying in that situation. Overall, this arc was really amazing. I only found a single flaw which is regarding the motorbike incident. Besides that, everything is neatly put together. There's still a question left, though. Who stabbed Keiichi at the end of the second arc if Shion had died beforehand? Was it just his hallucination? I guess we'll find out later. |
IrrelevantGuy said: Satoko's torture was just unimaginably painful. I don't know how she was able to resist herself from crying in that situation. Overall, this arc was really amazing. I only found a single flaw which is regarding the motorbike incident. Besides that, everything is neatly put together. There's still a question left, though. Who stabbed Keiichi at the end of the second arc if Shion had died beforehand? Was it just his hallucination? I guess we'll find out later. so to explain Shion stabbed keichi before falling to her death. if you mean who nailed his fingers while he was in bed. it's mion as remember they changed outfits which is why mion was in shions ritual outfit. she fell into the well and hit her head. which is why it was bleeding. im telling you this because the anime doesn't really explain that part that well. |
| "among monsters and humans, there are only two types. Those who undergo suffering and spread it to others. And those who undergo suffering and avoid giving it to others." -Alice “Beauty is no quality in things themselves: It exists merely in the mind which contemplates them; and each mind perceives a different beauty.” David Hume “Evil is created when someone gives up on someone else. It appears when everyone gives up on someone as a lost cause and removes their path to salvation. Once they are cut off from everyone else, they become evil.” -Othinus  |
hazarddex said: IrrelevantGuy said: Satoko's torture was just unimaginably painful. I don't know how she was able to resist herself from crying in that situation. Overall, this arc was really amazing. I only found a single flaw which is regarding the motorbike incident. Besides that, everything is neatly put together. There's still a question left, though. Who stabbed Keiichi at the end of the second arc if Shion had died beforehand? Was it just his hallucination? I guess we'll find out later. so to explain Shion stabbed keichi before falling to her death. if you mean who nailed his fingers while he was in bed. it's mion as remember they changed outfits which is why mion was in shions ritual outfit. she fell into the well and hit her head. which is why it was bleeding. im telling you this because the anime doesn't really explain that part that well. I was asking who nailed Keiichi's fingers while he was in bed. If it was Mion, it's kinda hard to believe that she would be able to do that in that state. And also, why would she do that? Just because she has gone insane? Nevermind, it's believable actually. |
IrrelevantGuy said: hazarddex said: so to explain Shion stabbed keichi before falling to her death. if you mean who nailed his fingers while he was in bed. it's mion as remember they changed outfits which is why mion was in shions ritual outfit. she fell into the well and hit her head. which is why it was bleeding. im telling you this because the anime doesn't really explain that part that well. I was asking who nailed Keiichi's fingers while he was in bed. If it was Mion, it's kinda hard to believe that she would be able to do that in that state. And also, why would she do that? Just because she has gone insane? Nevermind, it's believable actually. i can't tell you why she did that because it's tied to the answer arcs in season 2 though the final arc in season 1 starts to touch on it as well. |
| "among monsters and humans, there are only two types. Those who undergo suffering and spread it to others. And those who undergo suffering and avoid giving it to others." -Alice “Beauty is no quality in things themselves: It exists merely in the mind which contemplates them; and each mind perceives a different beauty.” David Hume “Evil is created when someone gives up on someone else. It appears when everyone gives up on someone as a lost cause and removes their path to salvation. Once they are cut off from everyone else, they become evil.” -Othinus |
hazarddex said: IrrelevantGuy said: I was asking who nailed Keiichi's fingers while he was in bed. If it was Mion, it's kinda hard to believe that she would be able to do that in that state. And also, why would she do that? Just because she has gone insane? Nevermind, it's believable actually. i can't tell you why she did that because it's tied to the answer arcs in season 2 though the final arc in season 1 starts to touch on it as well. Oh, okay. Thanks for clarifying it! |
hazarddex said: IrrelevantGuy said: Satoko's torture was just unimaginably painful. I don't know how she was able to resist herself from crying in that situation. Overall, this arc was really amazing. I only found a single flaw which is regarding the motorbike incident. Besides that, everything is neatly put together. There's still a question left, though. Who stabbed Keiichi at the end of the second arc if Shion had died beforehand? Was it just his hallucination? I guess we'll find out later. so to explain Shion stabbed keichi before falling to her death. if you mean who nailed his fingers while he was in bed. it's mion as remember they changed outfits which is why mion was in shions ritual outfit. she fell into the well and hit her head. which is why it was bleeding. im telling you this because the anime doesn't really explain that part that well. so it was actually mion who nailed keichi's fingers? i thought she said herself that she was shion after thinking that keichi found that out? and then mion was in shion's outfit and fell? after reading the thread, im more confused than i was earlier lol but i guess it'll be explained more in the next arc |
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| Wtf did i just watch this shit gave me a headache |
Jirokissaw said: Keep watching till the sequel Kai. The series is basically about playing with unreliable narrators so you have to piece together from each arcs a little bit of clues here and there about what are the real events and what aren't.Wtf did i just watch this shit gave me a headache |
| Satoko had it so bad. I thought Shion would forgive her after Satoko confessed that it might have been her fault that Satoshi disappeared but... NOPE! More stabbing!!! Keiichi did not get tortured but did not get hi important wishes either. This arc was mad af! |
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| Oh, man, what an actual mess. Mion said something that became another confusion, and the end scene too. I mean, i should had known it was Shion all over the place. But, she death too at the end. So whats happening to Keiichi at the last shit in the second arc? I might suggest two separated lines about the cliffhanger at the death of Shion and its implifacition to Keiichi ending. First: that Keiichi actually really death after Shion stabbed him at that critic point while they were talking outside the hospital. The end scene where he talked with Oishi, and then Mion/Shion appeared at the last jumpscare was just an excuse to give the audience a hint about these episode event. There was actually no scene of it, and its ended up like there. Second: Maybe Keiichi just hallucinating the appearance of Mion/Shion at the end scene of the second arc. Its like how Shion hallucinating the hand at her behind, then she went mad to stabbed Keiichi again as a proved to her beloved shitty Satoshi hallucination. But, actually it had no effect at all, and the end scene was just a tease to led the audience into a confusion after watching it and fell into a disbelief. There was actually no scene of it, and everything just ended up well on Keiichi. Because, yeah, he was saved there. Its explain that there were no zombie at all. Its really Shion's scheme, and her stun gun really a massive plot device for her. But, its really couldn't explain the double of Keiichi at the third arc. I really hope more clearance at the next new arc. Really. And no comment for Satoko scene. It just a mind-blowing scene, i refuse to remembering it ... Edit: after seeing the comment far away above me i can't believed that. If thats happening, damn, Sonozaki family was really a strong people, then! Or maybe Mion really became a zombie in the end? Or, or, its just another form of Oyashiro curse? Really an intriguing shit. Guess, i just keep watching to see wtf was real goin on, then xD. Well, ngl, shit real goes too fast, and everything just a complete fucked up mess to me. The twist really great when everything just caught off my guard already. Ah, whatever. Lets see the last arc first, then! |
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| What a ride this arc has been, that was really good. Seeing Shion's descent into madness. They pretty much answered almost all of Watanagashi-hen but, at the same time putting in more questions. So, if the Sonozaki's has nothing to do with the deaths then who is. Or is it really some supernatural force that's in play here. Man, I am excited to find out. They didn't show if Shion really killed Keiichi, so I am assuming she really just died when she fell. And that Keiichi was just hallucinating when Shion stabbed him, though that must be a symbolism that he died. Damn, Higurashi is really climbing up my favorites it's so good it's pretty much the original re: zero but like more brutal. |
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| So that more or less explained Arc 2. Only thing I'm left wondering if about that very last scene from episode 8. Shion should be dead since she fell from the balcony, Mion wasn't rescued from the well so she should be died then too, so that would mean it was only a hallucination from Keiichi? |
| Best arc so far. Shion was in the beginning of this arc one of my favorite, but liked her less towards the end, especially what she did to Satoko. |
| What an awesome episode. Everything is really starting to all fit together; I still have a few question left so I hope they get answered in the next few episodes. Shion is absolutely crazy, but I did laugh a little at some of the crazy faces that she made during this episode. I feel really bad for Satoko and Mion, both innocent victims to Shion's madness. |
| How the hell Shion was not covered in blood when she stabs Satoko on the cross? Censoring or just error? |
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| As someone who read the sound novel before, I feel this episode was a little rushed. It somewhat didn't capture Shion's moments of remorse well, also other characters' last moments before dying, especially Satoko's. In the novel, I could feel more how Satoko's will to get stronger, to show to her nii-nii how strong she had become. While enduring Shion's torture, Satoko was able to meet Satoshi in her heart and depart the world blissfully. In fact, I cried buckets at Satoko's last moments. |
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| What a crazy ride this arc was. I loved seeing Shion's descent to insanity. Satoko's death was horrifying, especially knowing she was trying to be strong and stop clinging on her brother. Holy shit I felt so bad for her. Shion realizing she failed to fulfill Satoshi's only wish to take care of Satoko was really impactful as well. This arc definitely explained Mion's arc so having some answers is great. Looking forward to seeing things from other arcs be explained as well. |
| i take back what i said about episode 16 and 17. i can't imagine how the final arc could possibly top this, but if there's one thing i learned from higurashi, it's that things can always get worse |
| Ah the answers are shared to us in such a beautiful way. Onto the last arc, to know how Keichi was confronted with Shion in Hospital. Amazing anime. |
RKASHYAP621Dec 23, 2021 10:45 AM
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| Damn the twist in this arc was CRAZY. I thought Shion was a good character at first then she turns out to be the most twisted of all. |
| So Shion's suicide jump from the building was accidental? She fucked up big time before that, while torturing Satoko whom Satoshi asked her to protect before disappearance. And I don't understand why Mion retracted her testimony in being a witness of Satoshi's murder (it's either her psychic being irrevocably damaged or she lied to sister because she wanted to cheer her up before her own death fall). The only remaining question is who killed Keiichi in hospital and maybe at this point the poison gas arc stratifyes on twins arc... |
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