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| Umineko had so many deep themes! And what is this? A bad fanfic? No wonder Umineko ending to a detective story was so "The answer doesn't matter?". It's because Ryu didn't write it! Higurashi and Umineko were surely created by BT!! Ryu was just writing characters and dialogues to fill the void of the game. What an embarrassment. Never touching anything from him ever again. |
| I really don't know what to feel about all of this tbh. Such a weird take on Higurashi in general |
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| The ending song was good but the ending was meh... After what Satoko had done for the entire series, she was trying to kill Rika countless times in every time loop, she got redemption. WHAT!!!!! Well, I know that they want to end this thing in a happy ending, but nahhhh..... This is way too good to end. Satoko, she is always being childish and doesn't want to change. Well, you hate studying, and when you failed you just blaming everything on Rika?! You can't adapt to the new environment and society and start blaming Rika, what?! Not only at St. Lucia but also at every highschool or even at Hinamizawa you can't be childish with those immature pranking all the time when you're a highschool student, you are going to be adult soon, Satoko |
真姫ちゃん！ 何が好き？ トマト よりも あ･な･た♡  |
| i wish i was dead bro. |
 柵の向こうには 本当に狼などおらぬのか |
| I'll sum up this episode: The classic anime, magical being death by furniture move, nice. "You've murdered me for over 100 years now for your own gain? I KNOW YOU CARE ABOUT ME THE MOST, I LOVE YOU SATOKO" *Pointless punching* "Waaaaaaaggggghhhhhhhh I hate studying!!!! So let me endlessly kill you to get my way." Honestly, is this part meant to be a joke? *Pointless punching* Oh wow, the magical being doesn't die due to furniture falling on her, woah. Magical plot armor activate!! Furniture counter-attack!! "I made a miracle! You promised to leave!" "Okay, bye" *flies out of existence* *Pointless punching* *Exposition, more exposition, even more exposition* "Alright we cool?" "Yeah" "Goodbye" "Goodbye" *inserts emotional happy Disney ending* 10/10. Best anime of the century. |
| I had high expectations but the ending was a bit underwhelming, still I loved all other episodes so giving it a 8/10. |
| Playing Dear You at the end is just cheating. Not exactly the ending I was expecting and now I question what the point of Satoko's random split personality even was. I'm guessing all of that happened in some weird reality marble which explains why they could do all that crazy stuff and now they're just brought back to the original post Matsuribayashi timeline. I guess the ending was about as good as it could have been with that clusterfuck of a buildup and they literally could have finished this back in Gou but w/e it's over. Hopefully next time they'll do something like adapt the console arcs since they were way better than this sequel. |
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| Hmmm... I have no words... I have mixed feelings, but yeah it's a 7/10 for me... but I might lower it later edit: yep lowered it because the more I think about this the more I realize that the two last episodes were kinda waste of time and the ending made me feel unsatisfied... If anyone wants to watch it and likes it then I'm not stopping you~~ we all have our own opinions^^ |
SweetheadSep 30, 2021 9:45 AM
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| I wrote a review for Sotsu, actually had it for a while now. Waited for this to end so I could publish it. I wanted to flesh it out more, but I've realised that Sotsu is no longer worth my time. https://myanimelist.net/reviews.php?id=419025 |
| My expectations were abysmal but holy fuck. Lol at people who thought this would be Lambda's and Bern's Logic Error origins. They had the audacity to play Dear You at the end. So we must ignore 39 episodes of an old friend torturing and killing her friends for fun because of studying? The story completely ignores what Satoko did to the point even forgiveness is irrelevant and goes as far as giving her a happy ending with everyone where Satoshi(who)finally wakes up. And of course it was the witch's fault.. Lets be honest this whole travesty exists so that Satoko and Rika can make superficial Umineko references. Mion, Shion, Rena and Keichi were irrelevant to the very end. 1/10 Shitty rating system doesnt even allow for 0/10. Thankfully this actually concluded the story and there were no news about another Higurashi or Umineko anime. |
ssjokgSep 30, 2021 9:46 AM
| Out of all te Higu I've seen this prob has to go down as the worst one for me. Didn't really like how the final few eps of the previous one played out, really felt uneasy by it. Then this season took forever to get to the end point, which was honestly the best part of the season. If it weren't for that, I would've given it a much lower rating. |
trgnhn said: Are you really trying to make sense of this? For real?Wait. The battle ended with the Satoko and Rika that have already went to St. Lucia. But the "happy" ending with sakura falling and all that happened at the moment Rika leaves for St. Lucia for the first time? Is that correct? So it’s implied that the "original" Satoko and Rika, that are in the car scene ultimately died somehow in order to loop back? What? |
| I haven't been this disappointed by an ending in quite some time, how sad. The only good thing about this was Loli Eua. |
RinneSep 30, 2021 10:01 AM
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ssjokg said: My expectations were abysmal but holy fuck. Lol at people who thought this would be Lambda's and Bern's Logic Error origins. They had the audacity to play Dear You at the end. So we must ignore 39 episodes of a friend torturing and killing her friends for fun because of a studying? The story completely ignores what Satoko did to the point even forgiveness is irrelevant and go as far as giving her a happy ending where Satoshi(who)finally wakes up. And of course it was the witch's fault.. Lets be honest this whole travesty exists so that Satoko and Rik can make superficial Umineko references. Mion, Shion, Rena and Keichi were irrelevant to the very end. 1/10 Shitty rating system doesnt even allow for 0/10. Thankfully this actually concluded the story and there were no news about another Higurashi or Umineko anime. Oof. There is more news about a Higu Anime. The ride never ends. |
| before anyone falls for the 'happy ending' of satoshi waking up just remember, we know that he is supposed to wake up all the time and be extremely violent so he is strapped into the bed at all times. it is literally impossible for that scene to have actually happened. this show doesn't even know its own lore. |
| 柵の向こうには 本当に狼などおらぬのか |
| Dear You was a nice touch but I don't think this ending needed the 15 episodes of buildup it got |
| Man, I thought I was out of this since he murdered the story like months ago at this point, but Keiichi giving a speech about friendship to Satoko now, of all the times, legit made me angry irl. Anyway, this was SotsoGou I guess. An anime that managed to murder Higurashi's story and legacy while being also really fucking boring at the same time. The moral of the story is uuuuuuuuuhhhh |
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| the fact I have to wait 4 months for this is fucking ridiculous |
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| What was even the point of this entire sequel? The originals had a perfectly fine ending. There's literally no reason for this abomination to exist. All it did was ruin a perfectly fine anime franchise and lovable characters. The only thing that got me emotional this episode was the ending song, which was just another rehash of Dear You with different lyrics. The leaker said there's going to be more Higurashi in 2022, but I hope that'll turn out to be a lie. I don't want to see even more of this garbage. Giving this a 5/10, but only because I physically cannot stomach giving an anime with "Higurashi" in the title anything lower. |
trgnhn said: ssjokg said: Are you really trying to make sense of this? For real? I just wanted to make sure because if that’s how it is. Then it’s kinda fucked up that after the whole friendship speech the two of them somehow died, further traumatizing the "original" squad. But anyhow they "magically" transformed back to kids after holding hands due to the power of under-developed yuri love I guess. Eua probably got lolied at the same time. When she left, the fragment reset. Making them kids again. |
ChargecoulombSep 30, 2021 10:02 AM
| the start was really interesting but as the episodes started to come out everyone could tell this wasn't going to end well I still found it really interesting even though the ending is well a bit shit But when the final song kicked in it did make me a bit teary-eyed as it hit me that this will be the final for the Higurashi anime still a 9/10 |
Homura24Sep 30, 2021 10:15 AM
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| This whole thing sure was pointless. Anyway. |
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| And they all lived happily ever after! What a travesty. Honestly, this sequel didn't even need to be made. My biggest problem with Gou, when it was airing, had been that the real overarching mystery essentially was "Why did a Higruashi squeal need to be made?" And, it turns out it didn't. Honestly, this was one of the worst things I've ever seen, it took a crap on the original, and I'm now far less inclined to read or watch anything else Ryukishi07 has made. I will say though, I did quite enjoy coming into these threads and reading what everyone had to say each episode. For as bad as Gou and Sotsu where, I'm going to miss these threads. Catch you all another time hopefully. |
| Now, count up your sins! |
| Well, I loved Gou so much, but Sotsu was huge let down, recaps and no effort ending. Still I noticed, they opened some paths in ending to make even more Higurashi in future if they would like to. Overall Im disappointed and sad 😔 Gou 9/10 Sotsu 4/10 |
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| Best episode in whole Gou and Sotsu series, Hanyu vs Eua part was weakest part in episode, but all after that was nice and heartwarming :) |
"A half moon, it has a dark half and a bright half, just like me…", Yuno Gasai |
| Digimon 2020 was more disappointing. |
| Well the story is now over. Satoko and Rika had their epic battle, talked it out in words and agreed to take a break. Everything is well, and they shall loop again when they cry. 8/10. Dear You really won me over, and I have a much stronger desire to read Umineko! |
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| I really wish they showed more of everyone grown up. Maybe some university Hugurashi wouldve been sick!! Oh well, maybe they can try again if they continue it |
| Bruh? Like what? why did it end like that? what was the point of all this? Actually feel terrible with the whole 'lets-make-up-now-after-torturing-each-other-for-who-knows-how-many-years'. More Umineko references lol. also ED is nice but just ain't it for this anime. just why just why/10 |
| i cackled when satoshi woke up. my dude had like 0 relevance to the plot. this ending is basically telling me that rika and satoko's problems could have been resolved if they just talked to their friends?? theyre killing each other over and over bc they each have different dreams but then all they have to do is hear their friends say something along the lines of "sometimes friends need to be apart but its okay" and all of a sudden everything is fine and dandy?? bro like why didnt you guys go to your friends with your problems in the first place not sure i understand the bit about satoko's old self(?) returning to her body?? evil satoko let normal satoko back into her body but i thought normal satoko had been cast away? how does normal satoko even know what's been going on if evil satoko had been inhabiting her body this entire time? ending song was SO GOOD btw edit: came back here after 2.5 months to publicly shame myself for NOT RECOGNIZING the song played at the end. jesus christ |
amagirinomikotoDec 12, 2021 11:40 AM
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| The ending leak was real. Fuck this shit, there was no reason this ending was at all deserved. |
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| Well obvious, weird happy ending. Liked the continuation aka previous season, felt like it was leading to something major, but in the end it was all completely pointless ... Overall 5-6/10 and generous 6 in the end, duel of fates episode was something else. |
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| I like the fight, and the Umineko tease with the speech between Rika and Satoko. Hearing "You" at the end nearly broke me, that song is too Godly. Overall, while Sotsu for me started good (I LOVE ep 1 and 2) it just went downhill fast because of the number of recaps, even tho it still had some good original scenes. |
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| Man they tried so hard to appeal to nostalgia in the 2nd half. Not that I expected anything else out of this. They added the only nice thing of this whole installment (the "Dear You" arrangement) and obviously they had to moralfag us at the end about friendship and whatnot (as if the characters were not butchered enough) while simultaneous pandering with some more Umineko references. I legit rolled my eyes at that word-per-word parting of Rika and Satoko. Props to Teppei for being the most relevant male character coming out of Sotsu. Fitting as the nature of the character matches with the quality of the season. Anyway glad that this is finally over. 1/10 for me, won´t be caught again in another Higurashi installment. |
KaitonSep 30, 2021 10:49 AM
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| It's literally shit. Ryukishi07 became Hackishi07 if he was really in charge of the script. |
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