Higurashi Q & A

[maximilianjenus]

completely unrelated but thanks to linking to those as I was just aobut to search for them.

Also thanks for the answer on satoko's colour blindness.

[Ithekro]

A side note: Color Blindness can be useful. Camouflage doesn't work against the color blind. Thus Satoko would be useful as detecting hidden soldiers and traps.

[Loran Kira]

Thank you, that's what i was exactly looking for ^^

[Usami_Haru]

Originally Posted by Skullchukka

I don't know If you want an explanation, or looking for that post itself, but I'll try to give you a correct answer, I may be wrong at some points.

Spoiler for The real truth behind Higurashi - don't read unless you've played Umineko - Episode 2+:

Spoiler for Seriously, Have you played Umineko VN series?:

Spoiler for I've warned you! This can spoil your fun at Umineko anime itself!:

Both Rika and Miyo are toys of two powerful witches, Frederica Bernkastel and Lambdadelta. They are just playing a game to defeat each other, and Rika is Frederica's (notice how it sounds very close to Furude Rika) and Miyo is Lambdadelta's toy. (Lambda is 3, and Delta is 4 in Latin I think, and Miyo can also be read as 3 and 4 respectively, in one of the Japanese alphabets.)

The reason why Rika is resurrecting over and over is Witches (or at least Bernkastel) can resurrect a person as many time as they want, and thus the worlds repeat until she wins. And as you see at the end of Higurashi no Naku koro ni Rei, Bernkastel goes to Miyo's past and prevents her parents from dying in the accident, enabling Miyo never to start researching Hinamizawa Syndrome, thus saving Rika from her horrible fate.

Those are the info that I've gathered when I played up to Episode 2 on Umineko no naku koro ni Visual Novel. Some info may be flawed.

Spoiler for Umineko EP4:

In ep4 Lambdadelta told us the only reason Bern won is because Lambda allowed her to start with her pieces anywhere she wanted, and she started with all her pawns at Lambdas side of the board, thus Berns pawns all tranformed into queens

[Ca12nag3]

Spoiler for general:

So does that make higurashi a game/virtual representation of their game or is it real and linked together?

[maximilianjenus]

Spoiler for general:

It's kind of linked, they just treat the kakera humans as toys.

[typhonsentra]

Spoiler:

But isn't Hanyuu the one who was creating the time loops? How's she connected to the witches?

[maximilianjenus]

Spoiler for hanyu:

Hanyuu is at least a traveler level witch, while she was called a god it is not necesary true, as witches aso explained that they are given different names depending on who talks about them.

[Marion]

Spoiler for Hanyuu, response to maximilianjenus:

If you're talking in terms of type I think Hanyuu might even be considered a Creator - she can literally create new worlds for Rika to return to. Voyagers can only travel to kakera - that is, they have no type of control over the worlds they travel to.

[Dansen]

Just clarifying: Watanagashi takes place every 3rd Sunday of June, right? So in 2009, that'd make it the 21st (in other words, today)?

[Auria]

Originally Posted by Dansen

Just clarifying: Watanagashi takes place every 3rd Sunday of June, right? So in 2009, that'd make it the 21st (in other words, today)?

Should be, looked it up some time ago and I hope I didn't put a wrong mark in my calender. Let's celebrate and hope that no one gets killed / onikakushi'd this time.

[Klashikari]

Originally Posted by Marion

Spoiler for Hanyuu, response to maximilianjenus:

If you're talking in terms of type I think Hanyuu might even be considered a Creator - she can literally create new worlds for Rika to return to. Voyagers can only travel to kakera - that is, they have no type of control over the worlds they travel to.

No, as seen by the numerous and hazardous arcs, Hanyuu doesn't create anything. She simply has the power to "transfer" Rika's memories, that's all. Therefore, you can't even consider her as part of such categories, but her own herself.

She cannot create the kakera at all, they are there already. If she could, you could bet the tragedies would have been preempted for ages already.
She wasn't a "player" in higurashi, she was a piece like Rika and the rest. The real players were Bern and Lambda, that's all.

[Eryops]

Originally Posted by maximilianjenus

Spoiler for hanyu:

Hanyuu is at least a traveler level witch, while she was called a god it is not necesary true, as witches aso explained that they are given different names depending on who talks about them.

Hanyuu is quite simply a god. ΛΔ says in her diary that gods are beings that are superior to witches.

[Ca12nag3]

Originally Posted by Eryops

Hanyuu is quite simply a god. ΛΔ says in her diary that gods are beings that are superior to witches.

Spoiler for general:

If thats so then the game thing cant realy be true unless Hanyuu is being controled? Or shes the dullest Goddes ever lol.

[BetoJR]

I have to agree with the above statement.

[maximilianjenus]

Yeah, her poor performance in the game makes me doubt her god status. All the tragedy surrounding her makes me do so, actually.

[Ca12nag3]

Like i said before there is enough questions left to make a full season.

Spoiler for general:

What about the 1 moment were Takano confronts Hanyuu at the shrine usualy nobody can see her and if they can it seems they only see a *human* yet Takano sees her al.nd identifies her as the godess and actualy chalanges her. That she will get her. Kind of dramatic and daring. Also why can she see her anyways. Enough content to put Higurashi and Umineko together. Yet whats Hanyuu doing in the middle? And why Hinamizawa?

[Marion]

Originally Posted by Ca12nag3

Like i said before there is enough questions left to make a full season.

Spoiler for general:

What about the 1 moment were Takano confronts Hanyuu at the shrine usualy nobody can see her and if they can it seems they only see a *human* yet Takano sees her al.nd identifies her as the godess and actualy chalanges her. That she will get her. Kind of dramatic and daring. Also why can she see her anyways. Enough content to put Higurashi and Umineko together. Yet whats Hanyuu doing in the middle? And why Hinamizawa?

Spoiler for Response:

Takano could have easily imagined seeing Hanyuu.

I'm not sure what you mean about Hanyuu - she's the shrine god aka Oyashiro-sama. So of course she resides in the shrine.

[blaze0041]

Spoiler for Kizuna 3: Tokihogushi-hen:

Early on, Tomoe & the police chief were arguing. What were the contents of this argument? Also, what role does Ozaki Nagisa play in this arc?

[Ca12nag3]

Originally Posted by Marion

Spoiler for Response:

Takano could have easily imagined seeing Hanyuu.

I'm not sure what you mean about Hanyuu - she's the shrine god aka Oyashiro-sama. So of course she resides in the shrine.

Well like said earlier

Spoiler for general:

If Rika and Takano are sort of played by the 2 witches then whats the fuzz bout confronting Hanyuu if Hanyuu were a lesser witch?