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Originally Posted by Meri-chan

I uh... hate to mention it, but this arc isn't DEEN's fault. It's an original arc by Ryukishi. It was included in Higurashi Rei but wasn't animated until now.

On another note...

Spoiler for does anyone else notice this:

I don't get why everyone is saying that it's so terrible for all the degrading fanservice and how they automatically think it's DEEN's doing. I've seen around 10 people do this, and it's starting to wear down my nerves. Doesn't anyone take a look at the source material when they watch adapted anime...?

Many people are getting pissed off and talking about how this new arc was terrible because of the huge amount of blatant fanservice that wasn't "higurashi" enough for them. Essentially Higurashi IS fanservice when you take away the main part of the plot (which is already over, so what other original arcs can they animate?) - a club with fanservicey punishments that intentionally degrade the person who loses a game. The entire arc was about that and that concept taken to the extreme, and for those who knew about the arc beforehand it was no big deal. Yet it seems a lot of people are getting so worked up about things that came from the original source itself - does that mean you can't respect Higurashi anymore considering how Ryukishi thought of this arc and the original plot?

Is it so wrong to have an arc dedicated to fanservice when the rest of the story is pretty heavy stuff? And is it wrong to have that arc animated for a decade anniversary OVA special?

Aha... don't kill me with harsh responses, please. My weak little heart won't be able to take it and I'll die and never be able to watch Higurashi again.

I'm not one of the people you speak of (although, maybe I am, I haven't thought about my review once since I typed it), though I do believe I understand their position.

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The thing I've discovered is, is that some people know it was a Ryu original story, and they don't really care. They still think it's blatant and tasteless fanservice regardless of whether the episode was penned by DEEN or Ryukishi, and just because it is technically "canon" doesn't make them change their opinion on it. And they have the right to own that opinion, just like people have the right to like it.

Not only that, but different people watch any given show for various reasons. Some people watch Higu because of the characters, some because of the themes and messages, some for the blood and guts, some for the fanservice, some for the horror/psychological elements, etc. So say that the studio company decides to make an arc where nothing but fanservice is happening, and not just fanservice, but fanservice that is very overt and just downright disturbing in some places. Other than the fanservice faction, the people who had come to love the series for the other reasons would feel offended that characters they love were, essentially, whoring themselves out (not that this is necessarily wrong, the fanservice that is; all art is subjective, and how it is perceived varies between perceivers) or that the plot is terrible, or that there's no violence, or that it's not scary like it used to be. None of these are wrong.

To answer your question, no, nothing is wrong with DEEN making a fanservice-based OVA and banking on it. It's just that some people feel offended by this because they don't like to see it in this manner, and it's OK if they feel offended about it, like how it's OK for someone to not be offended by this.