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Just began reading the first story in Higanbana. I really like the dark atmosphere it shows from the beginning, but... the various descriptions and narrator's thoughts just go on and on and on without any kind of dialogue for a long time. Ugh. I felt overwhelmed - I'm not yet very well versed in Japanese, sure (I'd rank myself a mid-N4 if we're talking JLPT), but I'm still under the impression that the first chapters of Higurashi and Umineko were much more straightforward and easy to follow. I don't think I have the willpower to sit straight and grind through this amount of psychological speech.
That aside, the soundtrack is beautiful (albeit I still have to hear it in-context) and the sound effects quite eerie, in a good sense. I guess I'll try reading bit by bit, slowly and carefully, because, at a first glance, Higanbana has got what it takes to make me enjoy the read.
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