Reviews

This was a mess. It feels like they took a VN and tried to cram as many routes as they could into 26 episodes. Outside of the arcs centered each of the twins, the rest are seemingly unrelated to each other. Each arc features one of the main losing their mind and drops hints to what exactly the nature of the curse causing the reactions is. Except the hints feel less like steps toward a solution and more like additional possibilities. There's at least a couple people who carry over some knowledge across each arc, or are aware that there other timelines, but unclear how much they actually know of what triggers their deja vu.

The arcs themselves became tedious and character behavior was confusing at times. The story differs across each arc, but they use same characters which can lead to them acting much differently than they would in a previous arc. Not only did this make for a confusing a experience, but it was hard for me to appreciate the development of any characters since they basically reset every 4-6 episodes. The behavior of characters under the influence of the curse was understandably odd, but even characters that aren't behave oddly as well. (The last arc was very guilty of this).

I didn't care much for art style but it's pretty typical for early-mid 2000's stuff. Animation was spotty here and there, but fine for the most part. The voice acting was a highlight; good intensity when it was needed. Didn't notice much about the soundtrack, but I thought ed was pretty good.

I did not enjoy Higurashi overall. It somehow felt more tedious to watch Haruhi's endless eight. It's like the worst possible take on the formula of shows like Steins:Gate, Baccano!, or Re:Zero. It easily has the worst method of adapting a VN into an anime I've ever seen. If you played/read the Higurashi VN's, or enjoy series like Saw, you might get some enjoyment out this, but I wouldn't recommend it otherwise.