![]() ![]() ![]() With that said, you can expect this installment of Higurashi to leave quite a few questions unanswered. This first season is all about raising questions and laying groundwork, with the exception of the “Eye Opening” arc a re-telling of earlier events from a different perspective that reveals what truly happened, while still raising new questions of its own. While the events unfold in radically different fashions each time, there are certain key elements, such as the past up until that point, that remain the same. ![]() ![]() Once an arc has ended, everything resets to a happier point in life and we watch as a new tale of tragedy and paranoia unfolds.ĭespite the seemingly disconnected nature of the arcs, they are all part of a greater whole. These arcs often begin with a brief vision of the horrors to come before returning to the colorful, happy portrayal of our protagonists’ shining days in Hinamizawa, leaving us to wonder how things will reach the terrifying scene we just glimpsed. The first season is composed of a series of story arcs, each of which serves to raise questions about the meaning behind the murders, postulates potential truths, and proceeds to disassemble the cast in an inexorable series of tragic events and unfettered brutality. This is where Higurashi changes pace from traditional storytelling. These serial murders have been attributed to the wrath of Hinamizawa’s patron God and became known as “Oyashiro-sama’s curse.” The story of Higurashi takes place during the time of the fifth Watanagashi since these events began. In each case, one person is brutally murdered and one disappears without a trace. For the past four years, on the night of Watanagashi, the Cotton Drifting festival, a series of mysterious deaths has occurred. Every once in a great while, you come across an anime that completely alters your perception of what constitutes a “great series.” For this reviewer, that anime was Higurashi no Naku Koro Ni, or the localized When They Cry, a series based on the 7th Expansion games released in Japan.Ī mature show steeped in mystery, Higurashi tells the story of a group of friends living in Hinamizawa, a rural village held captive by a cruel, bloody legacy. ![]()
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