[kj1980]

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First of all, I would like to thank Ryukishi07 for formally coming into this as an advisor to the series to fix the errors of the previous season. The previous season was dogged with mistakes that made Higurashi fans cry in disgust - from so called "killer lolis" (it's not supposed to be that type of story!), awkward emo facial features, leaving out primarily-subtle-but-nevertheless-very-important scenes...the list goes on. Higurashi is supposed to be focused on murder-suspense-horror...not a story that is focused on "killer lolis" (whomever thought of this term should be drug out to the street and shot) going around becoming psychotic and killing people.

Anyhow this is episode's outline was pure Ryukishi's format of writing. You have the thriller scene, the descent into anxiety and then into helplessness. What was the most pure Ryukishi moment was the cruel twist of fate that is at the end -the answer to everything being in sight of Oishi-san, and BAM!! It would've been more powerful if they had done the "Higurashi explosion" at the end just like in the game, but what the hey.

And not only that, this episode has given the game players a better insight to what might've happened to Kei when he died of his supposed "heart attack" at the epilogue of Tatarigoroshi.

Hopefully we'll get to see more Hanyuu action in the next episode or two.