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Originally Posted by Judoh

Well of course it's fictionalized it's a fictional novel in his universe. And in that universe he's a fan of mystery novels.

Why would you argue for it's canon continuity in a shared universe while offering an alternative where the contents of the Higurashi novel are completely different from what you're trying to insert into it? Think about that. How does that make sense?

Like AuraTwilight said it's a self voiding-statement.

1. The events of Higurashi happened and Battler read a fictionalized account of those events (i.e. a fictional novel based off of a true story).
   
2. Alternatively, the events of our Higurashi happened and Battler read something completely unrelated that happened to be called Higurashi.
   
3. Alternatively, the events of Higurashi happened in the world of Rokkenjima-prime, and no work called Higurashi exists in that world.