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Higurashi no Naku Koro ni / When They Cry
Havoc10K:
it was meant to be that way, this show is incredible, and the explanation is so simple it actually makes little sense at first but after thinking about it for a while you get the point of how and why things developed that way, second season provides 99% of answers, the missing 1% is in REI, wich is an answer to a different question not asked in the 1 and 2 seasons, howeve, after watching the first season it is recommended to watch the special, it doesn't provide much but it sure is a nice fanservice (Mion in a cowgirl bikini is a must see!)
Drew:
--- Quote from: Seekr12 on January 05, 2010, 07:10:09 AM ---I had a major problem with that show. I hated how at times, there would be cute wacky chibi moments with the characters after we had just seen scenes of intense violence, gore and psychological trauma that would scar us for weeks. I couldn't really get in the mode of "OOOOH LOOK AT THESE CUTE CHARACTERS ARGUING OVER A BENTO BOX!!!" after I had seen someone chopped up, mutilated-etc.
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Part of what makes it brilliant. If you're unsettled and confused, they did something right.
--- Quote from: Seekr12 on January 05, 2010, 07:10:09 AM ---The numerous arcs also drove me nuts. Maybe I need to watch the second season-I originally thought it was an attempt to just capitalize on the popularity of the first season, but if it actually explains WHAT THE HELL HAPPENED in the first season I'll give it a watch.
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It answers almost all of the questions about the first season. Everything has a reason behind it. Multiple arcs included.
--- Quote from: Seekr12 on January 05, 2010, 07:10:09 AM ---However, the series does win the award for the most painful, cringe inducing thing I have ever scene in any entertainment medium:
(click to show/hide)The scene where one of the girls (I forget her name at this point) gets her fingernails ripped off. The sound effects were painful. I've seen alot of violence and gore and that stuff doesn't affect me, but that scene sure did.
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Yup. Just thinking about it gives me chills.
natures:
--- Quote from: Havoc10K on January 05, 2010, 07:50:57 AM ---howeve, after watching the first season it is recommended to watch the special, it doesn't provide much but it sure is a nice fanservice (Mion in a cowgirl bikini is a must see!)
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It also gives you a tiny hint about how they'll be dealing with things in the second season.
(click to show/hide)It seems to announce that the characters will be thinking more rationally from that point on.
--- Quote from: Drew on January 05, 2010, 08:08:36 AM ---
--- Quote from: Seekr12 on January 05, 2010, 07:10:09 AM ---I had a major problem with that show. I hated how at times, there would be cute wacky chibi moments with the characters after we had just seen scenes of intense violence, gore and psychological trauma that would scar us for weeks. I couldn't really get in the mode of "OOOOH LOOK AT THESE CUTE CHARACTERS ARGUING OVER A BENTO BOX!!!" after I had seen someone chopped up, mutilated-etc.
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Part of what makes it brilliant. If you're unsettled and confused, they did something right.
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Agreed! There's a lot of criticism about the changes in the atmosphere changing too radically, but I actually enjoyed that kind of non-linear abnormal way of developing the story.
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--- Quote from: Seekr12 on January 05, 2010, 07:10:09 AM ---The numerous arcs also drove me nuts. Maybe I need to watch the second season-I originally thought it was an attempt to just capitalize on the popularity of the first season, but if it actually explains WHAT THE HELL HAPPENED in the first season I'll give it a watch.
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It answers almost all of the questions about the first season. Everything has a reason behind it. Multiple arcs included.
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About the arcs, I've been wondering about Shion...
(click to show/hide)In the second arc of the first season, I wonder if the mass-murderer was in fact Mion and not Shion. Even though we see Shion slaughtering everyone connected to the murder of Satoshi in the Watanagashi arc, there's actually no definite hint about it being Shion in the second arc as well. I think that assuming that Shion was the culprit in both cases only makes it simpler to understand and doesn't definitely prove that Mion had nothing to do with the murders in the second arc. If anyone has a better analysis of this, please let me know. The only guess I have about it being Shion in the second arc is her hysteric laugh on the phone. But on the other hand, that could've also have been Mion impersonating her sister.
Drew:
--- Quote from: natures on January 05, 2010, 10:49:02 AM ---About the arcs, I've been wondering about Shion...
(click to show/hide)In the second arc of the first season, I wonder if the mass-murderer was in fact Mion and not Shion. Even though we see Shion slaughtering everyone connected to the murder of Satoshi in the Watanagashi arc, there's actually no definite hint about it being Shion in the second arc as well. I think that assuming that Shion was the culprit in both cases only makes it simpler to understand and doesn't definitely prove that Mion had nothing to do with the murders in the second arc. If anyone has a better analysis of this, please let me know. The only guess I have about it being Shion in the second arc is her hysteric laugh on the phone. But on the other hand, that could've also have been Mion impersonating her sister.
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Well, if you want an explanation, the VNs made it a little more clear (wasn't stated outright in the anime). Spoilers, I guess:
(click to show/hide)It was Shion both times. The later arc was indeed the same arc as the earlier one.
Zalis116:
--- Quote from: dbml ---So... thanks to the freeleech I decided to get this, which everyone has raved about. After 8 episodes and two resets, I think that's enough for me to say this is easily one of the worst series I've ever seen.
Complete waste of time. Dropped for good.
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--- Quote from: dbml on January 04, 2010, 12:24:35 AM ---Aw, did someone just get butthurt because I'm hating on one of their favorite series? ::)
Just as you're allowed to rave about how good the series is, I'm allowed to say how shitty it is. I'm just giving an opposing viewpoint on a clearly well-liked series. People can take what they want from what I say. If they choose to watch it, that's their call. All I can hope is that some people heed my warning and avoid it, so their brain doesn't turn to mush from what they would endure.
It's probably the second worst series I've ever started watching. Props to anyone who finished this crapfest.
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All I can say is, if I were undecided on the series, I wouldn't take the advice/warning of someone who'd seen a mere 16% of the story.
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