Higurashi When They Cry: Abducted by Demons Arc
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| After all it seems to be a linear story, and each arc is adding new informations. So it is not that bad at all. |
| Dub = fake crap. Always. |
| Was that really Shion on the phone? Probably not since she supposedly went missing. What was all that shit Keiichi was talking about? I don't even know...When has Rena been has analytical as L from Death Note? Why have 2 people died and 4 people disappeared anyways? I thought Oyashiro only sacrifices one person for every person who dies. I'm completely lost. This is why I hate mindfuck anime. You get lost in the story so easily. Mion's face during that ladder scene...I think I may have shit myself... That ending holy shit...I'm gonna have a lot of shit stains in my underwear by the end of the night... This is one of those anime where I can't decide if I like it or not. The dark and creepy foreboding atmosphere I absolutely love but the mindfucking plots? Not so much not to mention the animation and the character designs fucking suck. |
FunnyRatmanOct 25, 2014 1:53 AM
ACBlackJ0ck said: I would have been laughing if it weren't for Mion's scary ass face.I thought the Japanese version of the ladder part was done REALLY poorly to be honest |
sugarplumfairy said: i dont understand a thing!! what the heck is going on1!?!?!?! |
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| Very interesting, i'm guessing Keiichi hit the spot when he said Shion has been missing since the festival and it's Mion who is the culprit. Also why are two kids living together..alone!? -_- |
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| So Keiichi has been talking with Mion on the phone the whole time... right? |
| That ladder scene was the first time this show has actually gotten any kind of scare out of me. Mions face was just creepy as fuck lmao. But yeah, I had guessed it was Mion on the phone when she first called him this episode, the fact that they didn't show anything but a close up of her face the entire time made it pretty obvious. Also is Keiichi a dumbass or what? *She sounds just like Shion but I know its not her, who is it!!??* Uhhh idk Sherlock, its not like she has a twin sister or anything :/. |
Shape430Apr 21, 2015 11:15 PM
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| Mion totally went batshit crazy at the ladder scene lmao. And that creepy laugh again at the end. O_O |
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| That ladder scene creeped me the hell out, Mion's face was very scary. The cat and dog metaphor was awesome, well done with that. Keiichi putting some of the stuff about the timeline together was cool, I realized it at exactly the same time that he started saying it... but who's on the phone? Mion pretending to be Shion, and getting information? |
| wtf ladder scene. yeah the cat and dog metaphor is nicely done. |
Stay in yesterday 時を止めて |
| The ladder scene was so freaking weird. Not scary though... Just weird. The way Mion's voice didn't match with the facial expressions was a bit cringy to watch. Also, I've got to say that the MC is one stupid man indeed. Really, really stupid... Why didn't he tell the cop that he has been talking to someone who's supposed to be Shion but, since she's disappeared, there's no way that was her? Why did he 'give' all the he knew out when he knew for sure that it wasn't Shion on the phone? And the cop... Seriously... Did he really giggle before telling him that Shion has disappeared? I mean, WTF?! "Ahah, and you're next" LOL |
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| I feel like this chapter is more forced than the first one. That last phone conversation was shit, for example. |
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| I'm tired of all the names and events jesus i already have a headache and watching this shit is hurting my head even more. This arc is just fuckin boring. They should've stuck to the first story instead of this shit. also, knowing that they're gonna die and then just simply get resurrected literally takes all the suspense out of the show. |
| everytime i watch the ladder scene i uncomfortable-laugh, the voice and animation don't match up at all and then the faces mion makes omg |
| Ending was creepy :D BUT THE REAL QUESTION IS: WHO'S GONNA PAY FOR PHONE BILL??? |
| "The future is always blank. Only your willpower can leave footsteps there." "Ruling over death means ruling over life. Death is the climax of life. To have the best death, you must honor life." |
| Reno being Holmes is creepy AF. She could have kidnapped both of em. Also, poor Shion. There is no hope of redemption of Mion now. I hope Shion helps Keiichi later on.(In another arc duh). No more explanations about how another fucking arc exists. And that weird ladder scene. I hope that they explain all this shit in the end. *sigh*Another 2 seasons. They will not explain this I expect. |
 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. |
| I swear to god I'm going to die of a heart attack because of this show. Jesus christ this show is scary. The two kids live alone smh, it's like they were begging to be killed. Next episode will probably be the end of this arc so I'm guessing we're gonna get some deaths. I'm so not ready for this. |
<Insert clever quote> |
| Whoah, so Rena is a good observant on this video. And the ladder part creeps me out especially the laugh at the end of the video. |
  ★━━─ 𝘏𝘰𝘸 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘐 𝘣𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘺 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘵? 𝘞𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘐 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘪𝘵 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘥𝘢𝘺? |
| Shion is so creepy, don't laugh, okay... |
| I think Keiichi was somewhat dumb. First, he always told lie, and never had confessed his sin before Oishi asked him on that car. Second, he even didn't notice that the person who call him in the end was not Shion anymore, but that psycho--Mion... |
| oh god Mion is totally completely way gone |
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| Wtf is going on??? I'm so confused.. is Mion pretending to be Shion? |
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| is that really shion? is she being a hostage or something? or is it mion?? hhh all these questions the ladder scene with mion was so creepy. the way she turned back to normal like nothing happened reminded me of rena in the first arc. |
| That was crazy, actually I can't trust anyone in this show that is not. |
| And again and again I wonder why that detective is just casually telling Keiichi everything, guess that's the power of the protagonist. |
| I bet it was Mion talking to him on phone all this time and real Mion disappeared soon after they left the temple or this weird cop lied and it was Shion's trap all along and Shion is alive. Anyway , twins are behind all of this 100%. |
| I hate everyone equally |
| Rika and Satoko have gone missing now. Rena's speculation on why they left their house was really interesting. And the person on the phone was Mion after all? Overall, a really great episode. The ladder part was a little weird, though. |
| Mion is doing this Shit! Her family is the Yakuza of that place too! She is even scarier than how Rena was |
| --AbiSa-- |
| Okay. On these one, i got a revelations about the truth of Shion. She already missing when Keiichi accepted the first telephone from her. Damn, creepy af! Also, its not so long. The explanations of Rika kinda confused me a lot . Keiichi must ask her there, how to told her and ask for her protection. Because she was missing after that event. Damn so much mystery. Was Keiichi needed to stay with Rika? I still don't know if its possible. Even i thought Rika already seen something unexpected before met Keiichi. Something like, a murderer, or such. Such a shame its still remain a mystery of why she acted like that xD. About the curse, i believed, a possibility, that Shion and the other twos came back again to the ritual tool shed of Oyashiro and watched something that they were not supposed to be see. Well, its just like that. I need more episode to understand better. But, one thing sure on these: Mion just as crazy as fuck, creepy, and must be burn in hell! XD Thats it for me. |
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| Hmm, is it Mion faking Shion or is it Shion faking Mion. Man, I can't tell. But, that was really good, Rena's pretty smart to be able to make a really good speculation like that. Let's go next episode is the climax of this chapter, let's see how our boy Keiichi will suffer. |
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| Either Keiichi is dense and doesn't realize it Mion pretending to be Shion. Or it really is Shion but she pretending to be Mion at the end there and Mion went missing in Shion's place of the curse. |
| Who else realized that the Oyashiro statue was fake, Mod edit: Added spoiler tags and removed double posts. |
KuuroNov 22, 2020 7:05 AM
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| Interesting episode for sure, I really liked the metaphor with the cat and dog. |
| What an ending. Shit's gonna get wild next episode most likely. |
"At some point, I stopped hoping." |
| I am so confused. It seems this time around the characters are completely different from the first arc. Both, the characters' personalities and the events are different. How am I supposed to figure out who's the killer like that x.x |
| L had a poster of Norman in his room |
| Rika secretly told Keiichi that she'll look out for him. She's such a sweet child. So after Rika and Satoko's parents died, they have been living together? Alone? No guardians? Bruh they are little kids. Really hoping that they aren't dead. This reality's Mion is pretty psycho but Rena seems to be on Keiichi's side this time. Apparently she 'knows'. Welp Shion is missing now. I'm pretty sure something was up when she told the village chief about what they did. But did she really say that? The one on the phone with Keiichi was never Shion...I'm pretty sure that's just Mion pretending to be her and getting info outta Keiichi. (⊙_⊙;) Since 2 people (Tomitake and Takano) are now dead and 4 people (Rika, Satoko, Shion and the Village Chief) are missing now, should Keiichi be safe now? I think the yearly occurrence is now complete unless they really wanna kill Keiichi. |
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| The derpy animation and mismatched at the ladder scene was quite an experience. |
| I don't have time today to replay the visual novel's portion of this episode, nor do I clearly remember every detail of truth, but I can at least say that Rika and Keiichi's metaphor of cat versus dogs was fun to watch. I'm not sure yet, but I feel like Keiichi's panic and sobbing for Rika's disappearance was better performed in the visual novel. That ladder shake was poorly animated which was disappointing, even though the performance was good. Hearing the laugh in anime was quite epic. It gave me goosebumps. Same feeling in the VN though. |
waalex11Apr 21, 2023 9:36 PM
| good episode, so curious about this. maybe shion is the one behind it all? or maybe shion never existed..? this show has damn good cliffhangers |
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