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View Poll Results: Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Rei OVA - Episode 2 Rating
Perfect 10 38 50.67%
9 out of 10 : Excellent 22 29.33%
8 out of 10 : Very Good 11 14.67%
7 out of 10 : Good 4 5.33%
6 out of 10 : Average 0 0%
5 out of 10 : Below Average 0 0%
4 out of 10 : Poor 0 0%
3 out of 10 : Bad 0 0%
2 out of 10 : Very Bad 0 0%
1 out of 10 : Painful 0 0%
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Old 2009-04-04, 00:48   Link #61
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Man, just got to see it, and jeez, life (or is that Frederica) just can't cut Rika a break. She finally breaks out of the endless circle of despair and lands herself in a completely unfamiliar world where her friends are foreigners and the bonds she earned while facing fate are broken. Throughout the episode, when Rika mentions that technically, this scenario is the best for XYZ characters, the tone of voice she uses and the fact that she doesn't look happy, despite this being the "best scenario", really shows us that this "perfect" world isn't what she wants at all. If it was just her, she wouldn't have fought back so hard in Matsuribayashi-hen; she was fighting for the sake of the friends who would bring about the miracle themselves. And without those friends by her side in Saikoroshi-hen, even though she might not die, she still feels the need to do something about this world, because it feels so intrinsically wrong. This episode really brought out the fact that the perfect world Rika was seeking wasn't just one in which she survived; once she lost the keys to that miracle, the world around her seemed to have lost its colour. Mion's still there, as is Satoko, Reina and even Satoshi, but it's all too different; their physical precense alone isn't enough. Taking the episode at face value at first may not seem like much to a few of my friends who watched it, but when I saw it and contemplated how confused and torn the Rika in this world must feel... it's enough to bring one to tears, really. Just when she rolled the right dice, she's been transported back to that terrible time, which is suddenly devoid of the familiar elements and completely foreign, and completely unwelcoming, without anyone, not even Hanyuu, to give Rika support. It's just... so, so sad. I'm hoping Rika-chama can free herself from this world!

... And yep, this OVA has pretty much reminded me why I fell so head over heels in love with Higurashi in the first place. Personally, I'm loving the new animation style, too, it's very stylistic, especially the eyes, and very cute. Looking back at the first OP, wow, what a difference! Well, either way, all of the seasons had their own specific animation style, and the OVA's really no different! So no complaints from me, this is one satisfied fan! |3
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Old 2009-04-04, 01:46   Link #62
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Can anyone explain Hannyu´s absence in the new world.... its weird that Rika does not even wonder about it?
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Old 2009-04-04, 03:22   Link #63
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I'm not going to answer the former (future event spoilers), but Rika kind of takes Hanyuu for granted. I'm not shocked she hasn't invoked her yet. She's trying to figure things out still.
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Old 2009-04-04, 07:54   Link #64
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Oh wow, just got round to watching this and it's the most frightening episode so far of the whole thing. Yes, it may be a "perfect world", but Rika has no idea of how to "play the game", or even if there is a game to play in the first place. She's lost, clueless, as she confronts the nightmare of purposeless existence that we all face every day. Welcome to the real world, Rika.
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Old 2009-04-04, 08:13   Link #65
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I really liked this episode.

Spoiler for Rei episode 2:
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Old 2009-04-04, 09:59   Link #66
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Can anyone explain Hannyu´s absence in the new world.... its weird that Rika does not even wonder about it?
She did notice it in the game:

Spoiler for what happened in the game after Satoko apologized:


Spoiler for what happened after Rika followed Yamamoto outside.:


The reason why she's not there will be explained in the second episode.
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Old 2009-04-04, 11:39   Link #67
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Seriously, Rika? Dick move, to be sure.

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Old 2009-04-04, 13:11   Link #68
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I'm already on the edge of my seat. Can't wait for the next episode.
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Old 2009-04-04, 13:17   Link #69
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Old 2009-04-04, 14:45   Link #70
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Seriously, Rika? Dick move, to be sure.

Karma.
Ah yes, Higurashi, where punishments for everything end up being potentially fatal.

I like this episode. Nobody is perfect and it makes sense that people would slack off after they "won" but life is an endless trial and when you take stuff for granted stuff can happen.
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Old 2009-04-04, 14:55   Link #71
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I think Saikoroshi-hen was the "Sinless World". Minagoroshi-hen was the "Perfect World".
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Old 2009-04-04, 17:18   Link #72
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Seriously, Rika? Dick move, to be sure.

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that dick move landed us 3 more episodes of higurashi, im not complaining xD
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Old 2009-04-04, 17:23   Link #73
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that dick move landed us 3 more episodes of higurashi, im not complaining xD
She would have smashed into the truck even if she hadn't bumped Satoko while they rode down hill at high speed, probably. That was dangerous.
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Old 2009-04-04, 23:06   Link #74
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loled hard when rika was killed by the truck. And when she was beginning to be cocky thinking everything was over but got owned by a on coming trunk and returned back to the past HAHAHA
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Old 2009-04-05, 06:33   Link #75
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That driver should have run himself off the road . I mean who does he think he is? Rika's safety obviously comes before him and a truck.

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Oh wow, just got round to watching this and it's the most frightening episode so far of the whole thing. Yes, it may be a "perfect world", but Rika has no idea of how to "play the game", or even if there is a game to play in the first place. She's lost, clueless, as she confronts the nightmare of purposeless existence that we all face every day. Welcome to the real world, Rika.
Well do think the situation is more different for Rika than the average person. It has been a really long time since she has been put into a situation this alien to her. After repeating so many times you can't help leaning on that predictability. Rather this is more like being dropped into a foreign environment and told to adapt. This will be tough since it is so much more different than any world she's been in. Fighting for her survival was difficult, but here there doesn't seem to be anything she can do. She can't drag Keiichi from where he is or change the dam situation.

I guess this world should be given credit for passing a world without Keiichi as a worst case scenario. Even the basic bonds with the rest of her friends are either absent or substantially weaker here. It's not a bad world overall and even for the Rika who would have been living there it would be fine. But for a Rika who has fought to survive with her friends this fails instantly.
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Old 2009-04-05, 06:47   Link #76
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I have read a summary for this arc a long time ago! Im happy to see it animated now
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Even the basic bonds with the rest of her friends are either absent or substantially weaker here. It's not a bad world overall and even for the Rika who would have been living there it would be fine. But for a Rika who has fought to survive with her friends this fails instantly.
Having auu~ auu~ Hanyu by her side and being best friends with Satoko (or becoming, depending on how far back she goes) are two constant factors she's always had to comfort her (though maybe there were worlds without Satoko?). Without Satoko, Hanyu, Keiichi, the nakama, the after-school games, etc... it's a very lonely world. Just Rika, sitting by herself in the back of the classroom, ignored. Even that one old man who passed her by ignored her completely, when she's supposed to be such a highly respected entity (granted this was just one instance, but that's the impression I got). The butcher shop were she got all those extras on the house is gone along with most of the rest.

Struggling so hard, giving up hope only to gain it back, and finally defying fate to escape the cycle that had kept her occupied for 100+(?) years... Only to lose it all. Rika is a rock, to be able to stay as calm and outwardly-childish as she did. I guess that's the only thing she knows to do, while her panic continues building...
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I have read a summary for this arc a long time ago! Im happy to see it animated now
If I see that truck one more time...

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Having auu~ auu~ Hanyu by her side and being best friends with Satoko (or becoming, depending on how far back she goes) are two constant factors she's always had to comfort her (though maybe there were worlds without Satoko?). Without Satoko, Hanyu, Keiichi, the nakama, the after-school games, etc... it's a very lonely world. Just Rika, sitting by herself in the back of the classroom, ignored. Even that one old man who passed her by ignored her completely, when she's supposed to be such a highly respected entity (granted this was just one instance, but that's the impression I got). The butcher shop were she got all those extras on the house is gone along with most of the rest.

Struggling so hard, giving up hope only to gain it back, and finally defying fate to escape the cycle that had kept her occupied for 100+(?) years... Only to lose it all. Rika is a rock, to be able to stay as calm and outwardly-childish as she did. I guess that's the only thing she knows to do, while her panic continues building...
Everyone seems to forget the fact, that her own family have no reason to be dead here. Unless she was on bad terms with them, I don't know why would be that world a bad thing. Boring yes, but IMHO it's still better than being in a neverending loophole.
Even if she doesn't like it she can jump before a truck again .
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Even if she doesn't like it she can jump before a truck again .
She can't.

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Everyone seems to forget the fact, that her own family have no reason to be dead here. Unless she was on bad terms with them, I don't know why would be that world a bad thing. Boring yes, but IMHO it's still better than being in a neverending loophole.
But she wasn't in a neverending loophole. She had just escaped. But now she's back, and at least at the beginning she thought she was back in the loop of doom.

And she was on sort of bad terms with her mother, who was thoroughly creeped out by Rika's unnatural knowledge/skills/behavior growing up. Of course, with this world, that odd behavior most likely never happened either.
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