[magnum12]

My request is for a theory thread. To be more specific, a theory thread to debate the nature of

Spoiler for spoiler tagging a critical twist in Higurashi.:

Hinimizawa Syndrome

. I believe that a good healthy debate would be a lot of fun. If we can determine a "winner" i.e. the poster with the strongest theory, we could make a collaborative youtube vid effort to show case our findings if you will.

Based on information provided in the series and other things, I can summarize my theories (for the purposes of the debate) as the following blue truths. Note: Lots of anti-fantasy perspective ahead.

1. The mechanism by which

Spoiler for key twist:

Hinimizawa Syndrome wrecks havoc is deceptively simple. Every single symptom shown in the series can be traced to only two things happening in the victim's head

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2. Based on events that happen in the novels, I can identify

Spoiler for key twist:

the characteristics of the parasite, such as route of transmission, why it could only be physically found in people suffering the final symptoms but not in non psychos or dead people, etc

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3.

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A disease like HS is not only completely scientifically plausibble, but HS was likely based on a real world parasite. Based on #2, I can identify the most likely parasite that served as the inspiration for Hinimizawa Syndrome

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