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I kinda found interesting the first 4 episodes, but watching it starting again doesn't appeal me that much... But I guess understanding it better makes it an understandable price to pay.
So, in the first arc girls are mad and kill the boy with the help of villagers. Are they controlled by an entity? Whatìs up with that drug? It let me think there's some kind of organisation testing on them... And we didn't see much about the 2 little girls.
Second arc, parallel universe? Seems things are going the same way, but lighter even if it is near festival day already. Also that scene at the start... Probably more about the little blue haired girl. And most important, if the green haired girl has a twin, was she present in the first arc? At moments she seemed as not knowing things she did and I thought it was crazyness/acting...
I was correct about the alternate stories. This is interesting and I can't wait to see what leads up to the murders. Some shit is going to hit the fan and I'm looking forward to it
Kazekage said: Dont you think this is what happened in between? To me it seems like they have rewinded it to before the festival, to explain things. i dont think the story "resets", they just fill in the holes.
Every arc, time resets to before the festival and a different story is told. The sequel, Kai, really makes this clear, so if anyone is still confused after finishing the first Higger, it really explains it. While posing more questions, of course.
edit: rereading that, it seems kind of vague, but I think if I said something to make it more clear it would be a spoiler. Just know that each story is independent from the others nearly 100% of the time.
Nice. A 9 years old spoiler. Geez.
Funny episode, anyways. An interesting change from the creepiness from the previous two episodes.
I am not a big fan of reset buttons... and they've overdone it with the "cutesy fun times" again, which worked the first time when it pulled a twist on us, but the same trick doesn't work twice. Nonetheless I like the characters and will continue watching, but I hope they bring some sense into it and it isn't just an endless cycle of "happy fun times turn into mass murder" without any story or reason.
Filler episode??? Anyway, we meet Shion and from the events of previous episode, the villagers ganging up is creepy than the awesome part it should be. Also, Mion looks like a yandere(But I guess all girls in this series are too). You ain't fooling me with those cuteness.
And Mion/Shion is killing Rika. Wonder why.
I am waiting for stuff to continue and Ooishi to return. God, I miss him so much.
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.
Lmao wtf? They went back in time. I'm not sure how I feel about this. I was expecting a continuous story. Oh well as long as each arc manages to keep my interest I don't mind, it'll be like piecing together the puzzle of a mystery.
Mion having a twin is gonna be double trouble. Also I have my suspicion on the two younger girls, the blue and yellow haired one. We wouldn't be getting so much focus on them if they weren't important.
So, after he died, everything was reset, yet the timeline is different, as now Mion has a twin, and all the events are somewhat twisted. Seems like every citizen of that village is under the demon's control, and seems like the demon is very repulsive towards outsiders. Interesting episode.
Im still confused but seems like each arc has its own timeline, hopefullyit will all connect with each other at the end. The start of this arc was quite slow and i didnt feel the same tension as i did in the first arcs build up, but with that little clip at the start of the episode looks like its too will end in a gory crazy manner im looking forward to it.
wow this episode was confusing. it's like last episode never happened. i wonder where in the timeline this is.
it was cute how the person who gave keichi the bento was mion acting as shion to hide her crush(?). i'm assuming that shion was acting as mion in the last scene so why did they want to switch places? it made sense for them to switch places when keichi was given the bento but why at school?
also, if that was shion acting as mion at school why is she crying?
the first clip though. why is rika involved in all of this and mion.. are you ok?
Soooo.... this is like Amagami after all? We'll get a reset every four episodes or so with a different turn of events? Not a fan of this idea so far, let's see how they will execute it.
A decent start with the second arc. Looks like it'll be focusing on Mion. And she has a twin sister, huh? Both of them are really cute to be honest. Well, not actually, since we all already know how messed up most of the characters are.
Yeah, damn right! They went back in time when the first episode occured. The hint of the reset matter on these arc at the whole time could be told in the wall clock where it showed a different numbers. The way he didn't even knew the festival, and the whole murderous mystery thing. Well, its really weird but its happening. This was really a typical storyline of the VN thingy. A separated arcs. So i must really braced myself for an obvious confusion!
Well, it seemed on these one, the time of Keiichi for these arc kinda went back deeper than the first arc. By knewing some parts already different from the previous episode. Such as that weekend game, and his coincidental meeting with Mion twin sister. I do really curious about how Keiichi found out about the murderer thing and the mystery behind the festival. And that glimpse screen at the beginning of these episode. Oh my. The madness of Mion might became a real deal on these arc, i guessed. Well, let see the next shit!
Also, yeah, that townspeople scene where they stick much with the little fight of Keiichi, kinda gave me a real image about whats goin on behind them. Its like that gave me an obvious reason why they took so much a minimum action toward all of the serial killer in the past. Because, yeah, one enemy of them became the enemy of everyone. So they might've be in union at it. Interesting part, and intriguing revelations ....
badabassOct 22, 2020 6:07 PM
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Hmm, why did Rika kill herself in the beginning. I have many questions but, I am sure they'll be answered as I go on.
It's either this is before all that shit in the first arc went down or this is an alternate timeline, probably the latter. Well I am expecting some more mind fuck let's go.
I think this chapter will probably be centered around Rika just based off of the beginning scene. The introduction of Shion also begs the question of whether it was Mion or Shion laughing in the beginning of the episode.
So in the opening scene, we can see Rika killing herself. Also from the looks of it, Rika seems a bit grown up here.
Damn, Mion really does have a twin sis called Shion. That kinda changes the plot drastically. What if the twin was the crazy murdering 'Mion' we had been seeing?
This episode was way too lighthearted considering what actually happened in the last episode, i.e. what will take place in the future.
In hindsight, it's sad to see through the anime now Keichi give the doll to Rena over Mion, while stating it doesn't fit her.
Which is what causes Mion to act like Shion since the start of working in Angel Mart which is learned later.
I kinda forget why since it's been a year since finishing the visual novel, but it's also the start of the cause for Shion to get jealous of Mion and go insane while acting like Mion to the later point where she kills Keichi.
Interesting how the pivotal doll exchange moment isn't as obvious at all based on Mion's reaction in the visual novel compared to the anime. It is in another timeline, but not on the first we see of this.
Btw, the first time Keichi meets Shion is not at Angel Mart but actually at that bike incident when she saves him with the villagers from those bikers.
As for the villagers themselves, their protecting of Keiichi is a sign of their desperation to protect each other from the mysterious unknown deaths of the village.
Afterwards which is excluded from the anime or this episode,
Shion still teasing Keiichi (on the phone in this case) and Mion's unrequited love by flirting, invites him to the maid restaurant as a free taste tester. All of which Mion is unaware of.
... As for Rena, who hints at Keichi of Mion's girliness through all of this, reveals to him that Mion called her while sobbing that she's in pain. Probably of the fact that she couldn't take Keichi's insults anymore, along with her secret feelings for him. Rena quickly plays dumb, wanting him to figure it out himself.
In the restaurant at the all-you-can-eat-desert, he fights off Otaku who tripped Shion to peek at her panties, even though he lost, but he calls his friends for help.
After they get the Otaku kicked out, Keiichi asks Rena again, which she clearly tells him he should realize his fault for himself. Except, she gives one hint that Shion can look like Mion as well, and how Mion can pretend to be Shion as well. She apologizes and partly blames Mion.
After Shion walks out with Keiichi, she continues to flirt, while mocking Mion for not flusterring Keiichi like she is now if Mion were to link arms with him, and also hints at how even Mion found those dolls adorable. That's when he finally realizes his mistake. He also realizes all of the times he insulted her.
Unfortunately, unknowingly, believing this is Mion, he decides to buy her the doll now when Shion asked. Before they're about to the store, Shion reveals to him she understands why Mion likes him and (lies, because she loves Satoshi) asking if she can like him a little bit as well.
After they enter, that's where Keiichi meets both together. Which is all of why Mion claimed herself as the kind one while Shion is the "evil" one, although I forget their full complex character.
While this scene is awfully comedic, it's tragic in reality because Mion's feelings are being played with by Shion out of jealousy and somewhat attempting to motivate her, but moreso out of envy, all while Mion is crying about it, as Shion forcefully orders the doll for herself from Keiichi.
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In the visual novel, Keiichi goes to the maid cafe with his dad after his dad caught him dressed as a maid from the penalty game.
The dialogue includes Keiichi mentioning how big her breasts are to the point of almost slipping out when compliment how good she looks as a maid. He's "teasing" her as payback for the penalty game.
Even though (at the moment) he's aware that Mion is pretending to be this supposed Shion, in the visual novel, keeping the act with her for her sake, he tells her that maid outfit would never suit someone like Mion, but that works for Shion.
They part after discussing of his revenge and informing she'll tell "Mion" what happened, including that Mion will have her own revenge on their club activities.
He's also hungry from losing a food contest where the principal ate everything, with nothing ready to eat at home, which is why Mion makes him a lunch.
The food contest itself is also a hint to Mion's surprisingly great cooking.
Continuing on his unintentional hurtful teasing, when Shion is revealed to Rena,
he jokes that Shion was born with all the feminine aspects, that she's cute and cheerful, unlike Mion. Which he does again, later before meeting "Shion" again at the bike incident.
At the moment of giving him a lunched box, she (acting as Shion) apologizes for taking his rice at the penalty game, that she got carried away and wasn't trying to be mean, which Keiichi relays he wasn't bothered by at all.
... He also ponders if Shion is real, wondering if Mion would put a needle, (a faint memory from the first timeline we see) which he doesn't believe she would.
While the villagers do help in scaring the thugs, it's a police officer who gets them away, along with Ooishi.
Even Shion (like Mion, although faint) showed a hate for him.
And before meeting Mion, Shion and Keiichi actually go to the maid cafe to calm down from the stressful event. In that moment, she "teases" him with options of how he'd choose her over Mion because of how independent and "non-girly" Mion seems.
After they leave (the restaurant), Shion properly introduces herself. Keiichi asks what Mion talks about him, and Shion tells him that she likes him, in the sense of how well they get along.
Throughout all of this, Keiichi acts like Shion is real for fun, while somewhat being confused at moments from feeling how real it is, until he actually meets the two together.