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Originally Posted by Sushi-Y

Spoiler:

I believe, for Himatsubushi-hen, Oishi had a stomache problem or something, so he wasn't around for the investigation (of Tomitake+Takano's death) like he was in Tatarigoroshi-hen, and that spared him from "disappearing" like he did in that chapter.

The only important thing to know about Oishi and Akasaka's reunion in 1985 (2 years after the gas disaster) is that they "survived" the whole ordeal, yet they still cannot forget the events that happened in Hinamizawa, even years after the gas disaster.

The anime didn't cover this, but the ultimate goal of Oishi and Akasaka was to release a book detailing all the events that happened within the village of Hinamizawa surrounding the mysterious death incidents. For Oishi and Akasaka, it was their way of apologizing to Rika, and getting their plead out into the world, hoping that someone out there can discover the "truth".

The book was named "Higurashi no Naku Koro ni"

Can't believe the anime left out that whole chunk. That itself would've made this episode a lot better for me (even though I am somewhat satisfied with this chapter's anime adaptation than the last one). Oishi's character is really mysterious and my opinion of him changes every chapter.

Spoiler for My view of Oishi:

Onikakushi-hen: A really nice cop who wanted to help K1 out (or the only "good guy").
Watanagashi-hen: Not much different from the Onikagushi-hen.. but seems like he has more motive and wanted to use K1 to get to the Sonozaki family.
Tatarigoroshi-hen: Biggest turning point. The "bad cop". Actually had a real big suspicion that he was somehow involved in the whole Oyashiro-samas curses.
Himatsubushi-hen: Thought he would be like how he was in Tatarigoroshi-hen. Also made me think that he would use Akasaka like he did with K1 in Watanagashi-hen. The book thing with Akasaka really threw me off now and I don't know what to think of him.