I can't believe that the only two written reviews here are actually portraying this tripe in a positive light. This is NOT Higurashi. This is shameless whoring out of characters whose stories have been told and done for years now. The disgustingly blatant fanservice, complete destruction of characters that fans have come to know and possibly love, sickly full of purposefully added discontinuity, and absolutely tasteless. In fact, it was so bad that those being introduced to the series by this awful chunk of OVAs may be turned off to what a great series the original was in the first place. It's not even remotely representative of the original.
If you enjoyed this dreadful smudge on the Higurashi name, there is something seriously wrong with you. If you want fanservice, there are plenty of other outlets out there, far more decent than this tripe. If you want magical girls, by all means, go watch Sailor Moon or Tokyo Mew Mew, or maybe even Madoka Magica. Hell, if you're looking for a fanservicey magical girl show maybe Cutie Honey or something will do the trick. If you want something with a decent plot and a cast of characters more shallow than the kiddie pool on a cold winter's night, then stay very, very clear of this nonsense.
