Higurashi Episode 24 Discussion / Poll

[kj1980]

Welcome to the discussion thread for Higurashi no Naku Koroni, Episode 24.

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• Make sure you read the English wikipedia article for Higurashi no Naku Koroni before you ask questions!!!
  
• Feel free to utilize the info on the TIPS section as a complement to this series.
  
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[LuckyCat]

Wow, just when I thought I knew where this was going it took a decidedly delicious turn.

Spoiler for plot:

So Rena claims to know who/what Oyashiro-sama is, and is starting to implicate friends in the group as part of Oyashiro's curse. There were a few things I couldn't quite interperet but that's what I got out of it.

Now I guess we'll find out who is smarter, K1 or Rena.

[Thisguy]

Not many action or comedy in this ep, I see.
However, many hardly believable theories are presented in this ep... that Takano really is something, ain't she.

I guess this ep was like a preparation... to what, maybe next, and last (for anime) explosion.

And...

Spoiler for him:

Okonogi looks like Okonogi.
Well, nothing to do with story itself, but that one in Himatsubushi was supposedly him...
Shame Matsuribayashi wasn't out at that time, heh.

[Sushi-Y]

Okonogi~

It's interesting to see how he went from a faceless character back in ep.15 (before Matsuribayashi-hen came out) to his face here (after Matsuribayashi-hen came out). A nice bonus for the game fans.

...Seriously, how about fixing the show first, Deen?

Now then, the story went flying past again as usual, but it's not really frustrating because they already squeezed in as much as they could into the episode, so content wise, this episode is filled with enough revelations as it is.

Spoiler:

Rena's meeting with Takano wasn't badly done, but it was a little disappointing to see they didn't get around to animating Rena's monologues about Takano's notes.

They actually devoted over 5 minutes to Rena's phone conversation with Keiichi, which was great. They could've just went straight to the end with the phone talk though, which might have gave the episode a more "moody" ending.

However, I can also tell the director obvious have no idea what the atmosphere is supposed to be like when Rena explained the "truth" to Keiichi: like, hello? We're figuring out the truth here~ what's with the silence + occasional pointless ambient bgm? How about some exciting music instead?

I tried watching the scene with "Sheep Counts" playing in the background... Wow.
Why, Deen? Why couldn't you people just make that small effort to contact the game's bgm creators and use the game's soundtrack instead?

Game players should try playing Sheep Counts over the anime during Rena's phone conversation with Keiichi, it really works quite well.

lol at next episode's title.

[MarthX]

I don't recommend watching this episode RAW if you don't understand what they're saying.

[LuckyCat]

Originally Posted by Sushi-Y

lol at next episode's title.

地球侵略
Invasion Earth?

Earth Invasion?

Sushi, are there aliens in the next ep?

Edit: I also noticed in the preview "お前は仲間なんかじゃない！！"

That makes me sad

[Matrim]

Thankfully I found a short summary of this episode. I understood just enough from the raw to get my interest to very high levels, so I needed something to satisfy my curiousity until the sub comes out.

Spoiler:

LOL, Takano's notes sure have the power to convince people...and get them in trouble. I agree that the lack of good music during the telephone conversation was kind of annoying, why do they rely on the cicadas to create the atmoshpere on their own?
So the mysterious illness theory is back with a vengeance, huh? Rena seems to suspect that the Gosanke are behind it all, the usual suspects the Sonozakis being probably the leaders. I can't say I really buy this theory, Rena was right in Watanagashi, maybe it's time for her to be wrong. I still think Takano might be the puppet master behind it all.

[kj1980]

Hey, it's Okonogi! Nice surprise to those who've played Matsuribayashi-hen. I wonder if Ryu-chan gave the staff how he was supposed to look like, or was it the other way around www

Hmm...I wish they had showed a more vivid way of Rena's slow descent into madness. The game did an excellent job with this by gradually changing the text color from white to blood red as she spiraled into insanity. But in the anime, she still looked...pseudo-normal? And the sakuga was a bit off again this episode. A little more re-touching by the sakkan and Keiichi's face wouldn't have looked angular. Overall, a "B-" for this episode.

TIPS for this episode should be interesting to read.

Anyhow, we're off to the next episode - let's hope they make it right.

[Ayu-ayu]

I watched it but I have to admit this episode taxed my limited Japanese comprehension that has usually served me okay in watching without subs. I'll look forward to seeing the translation. In the meantime, though, I DID notice that...

Spoiler:

In the preview for episode 25, zombies are mentioned in the text that floats by on screen. Now that's a tack I wasn't expecting, if true, but would certainly solve a few loose ends. Watanagashi of the Living Dead...

[Li Jianliang]

I felt that the second half of the episode was pretty boring because aside from the information sharing between Rena and Keiichi, it was just a long series of slow-moving shots of them. >_>

Spoiler for That next episode preview with 'zombie':

This is the invasion of Earth. I swear. The zombies are out to get the killer lolis of Hinamizawa.

[MarthX]

Originally Posted by Li Jianliang

I felt that the second half of the episode was pretty boring because aside from the information sharing between Rena and Keiichi, it was just a long series of slow-moving shots of Rena and Keiichi. >_>

Spoiler for That next episode preview with 'zombie':

This is the invasion of Earth. I swear.

Do you have a sub version already or did you add that text yourself?

[chrno_the_sinner]

Originally Posted by MarthX

Do you have a sub version already or did you add that text yourself?

The original poster added it by themself. The font is way different than the one WinD uses.

[LostBlue]

Finally watched the episode yesterday...
All I have to say is PREVIEW... they're going that far already? O_O
I'm going to cross my fingers b/c the last EP should go out with a bang

[Deathkillz]

Originally Posted by Li Jianliang

Spoiler for That next episode preview with 'zombie':

This is the invasion of Earth. I swear. The zombies are out to get the killer lolis of Hinamizawa.

oh interesting...so Oyashiro-sama is gona up his game in the apocalypse

[LuckyCat]

Ok time for episode 25 discussion

[BakaOnna]

I just saw ep. 24, and I'm so close of wanting to watch ep. 25 raw, especially seeing the episode title and preview about zombies. I hope there's nothing with aliens. >.> That'll be too weird... even for Higurashi standards... or maybe not. Well, I said that I'll almost believe everything that happens in this series.

Anyway, overall, the episode didn't have as much of the tension and stuff as the last episode. Okay, maybe that's the wrong way to say it. That maggot scene was pretty... nasty. I gave this episode an 8/10.

[Vicke]

Wow parasites, I had a theory about parasites after watching onikakushi-hen but I later threw it away as it felt to sci-fi. Since its from Takano's scrapbook it can be incorrect, so I dont believe it yet.

Random theory: The "volcanic" gas in Tatarigoroshi-hen was infact some kind of nervgas from the military to prevent an epidemic to break out.

[Potatochobit]

all the scenes wtih the police man occured in reality right? but that doesnt include the library meeting part? I think this story was one of the more unbelievable events.

[Matrim]

I watched the sub and let's just say that since I would trust even a rattle snake more than Takano, her notes are not exactly what I would call a sound basis for a theory. From the "wine" tip we more or less know there is something supernatural, I don't think things can be explained with just sickness and parasites, as weird as they might be. Rena's eyes look so weird in the scene in which she talked with K1 while hiding beside the road. I wonder if this was due to the lazy animators or just indication that she is going crazy.

[theacefrehley]

From all I've seen so far,
The Sonozaki people aren't that crazy to unleash parasites that could kill many, even Onibaba doesn't seem to be this lunatical (that Kimiyoshi looks like it, but he doesn't seem to have any power or influence or even brains). In fact I think that Onibaba is a good person. hehehe

And the people from Hinamizawa seem like a bunch of ignorant country-people. This biological explanation from Takano notes might have some truth within it, regarding a disease that makes people go berserk or whatever, but for the gosanke to be plotting something that big manipulating the pathogen... I doubt it...

To me those notes are just part of Takano's plot to "play"(??)(why?) with the "curse" or "disease", somehow inducing Rena to goes crazy.

I'd guess that Takano has some grudge against Hinamizawa and, knowing about the disease, wants to make hell breaks loose on the village inducing it. Maybe someone she knew was "Onikakushed" and now she wants revenge heeheheh
Judging from the color of her hair, would it be too much to think she has something to do with Satoko's family (one of the first people to fall victim to the curse)??

bleeh....
so many question...