Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Rei OVA - Episode 1 Discussion / Poll

[Klashikari]

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[Avisch]

In all...... GO FANSERVICE!.....HAHAHAhaa....Thats all you can really say.
Anyway I look forward to seeing the new opening.

EDIT: New opening fills me with nostalgia. Features Rika like "Naraku no Hana" did. Not as many lyrics as both of the preceding openings though. I liked it.

[Virgilia-chan]

Overall a great episode!
The fanservice was not as bad as I suspected it to be and it was a very funny episode besides the fact I didn't understand half of what was said

Spoiler for Tomitake:

Manliness = stops bullets = Epic

[Katsu Koneko]

Awesome episode! Loved like every minute of it. <3
The new OP & ED animations are soo pretty~ I'm addicted to the OP!

[Beruko08]

A whole episode with fanservice as i expected but...it's still not good as a real comedy somehow, though there's a lot of hilarious scenes.
Well, the strong point of higurashi's not the comedy but i still liked the episode anyways

Spoiler for The OP:

I really love it!! The 3 final scenes with Rika being alone had left an big impact so that i couldn't forget. When i was reading Saikoroshi-hen, i felt almost cried back then and i'm sure that the anime will repeat my "tragedy" once more time... btw, warn me if this violate the "spoiler's rule" >__<''

Spoiler for the episode:

Though it's not really perfect but they really had good ideas when making it. Having Chie-sensei used "Black Keys" is one of main reasons made me laughing so hard (if you read Tsukihime, a visual novel by Type-moon, you'd understand)

[kingsky123]

ITS OUT !! YES ****ING FINALLY ! BUT... waitin on subs =/

[Ryuugu-chan]

:/ ....

I am a loss for words for the Soul Brothers scene.

Spoiler for Opening:

That was..Awesome! The impact it leaves on us is..Wow!
Though,the lack of Shion made some people on Youtube mad..

Spoiler for Eppie:

It was great!
..But,well,we know how they'll fight in the other arc.

The many syringes of Takano was disturbing,however.

However,Keiichi's "fanservice" was..Brain bleach was almost needed during those scenes.

Spoiler for Preview:

Well,that was..Odd.
What set off Rika's hinamizawa syndrome delusion-like moment with Rena?
..

Darn it,when does the next ova come out?
;__; Darn previews!

Anyway,the ova was a 10/10 with me

[Eryops]

Originally Posted by Ryuugu-chan

Spoiler for Preview:

Well,that was..Odd.
What set off Rika's hinamizawa syndrome delusion-like moment with Rena?

Spoiler:

Finding out what the world she's in is like.

[Orophin]

Originally Posted by Ryuugu-chan

Though,the lack of Shion made some people on Youtube mad..

Spoiler for Saikoroshi-hen:

Since the OP is based on Saikoroshi-hen, the one who isn't in it is actually Mion.

[VRMN]

That was really much funnier than I thought it was going to be. Really looking forward to Saikoroshi more than this, but as an appetizer of sorts, it's great. I can't understand Japanese well enough to have been able to appreciate it fully, but I was laughing plenty nonetheless.

Spoiler for Episode:

Rena's nosebleed and Rika's recruiting the aid of Hanyuu (and the subsequent Hanyuu "ni~pah~") were probably my favorite moments. Well, that whole scene, honestly, combined with the Soul Brothers sequence at the end.

I'm not huge on fanservice for the sake of fanservice, but every once in a while is fine. And this was done well. 9/10

[aldw]

Where does the OVA occur time wise?

[USCPharmacist]

Originally Posted by aldw

Where does the OVA occur time wise?

How to discern non linear time line?

[MarthX]

Originally Posted by aldw

Where does the OVA occur time wise?

Before Minagoroshi.

[Myssa Rei]

Well, the preview does allude to Saikoroshi-hen... Which probably means we won't see an adaptation of Daybreak.

How many episodes is this scheduled for? 3?

[Beruko08]

Originally Posted by Myssa Rei

Well, the preview does allude to Saikoroshi-hen... Which probably means we won't see an adaptation of Daybreak.

How many episodes is this scheduled for? 3?

There's total 5 episodes. Ep 1's released, so there will be more 4 episodes for Saikoroshi-hen. The final ep will be a adaption of Daybreak as they promised

[Ryuugu-chan]

Originally Posted by Orophin

Spoiler for Saikoroshi-hen:

Since the OP is based on Saikoroshi-hen, the one who isn't in it is actually Mion.

Spoiler:

Yea,I kept on having to explain that to the people that commented on the videos I posted..

..

Spoiler for This arc takes place in..?:

Was it ever said if this ova takes place within Matsuribayashi-hen?
:/ Or maybe Yakusamashi-hen,or Minagoroshi-hen, I don't remember Shion appearing in Matsuribayashi other then the big killer finale parts

[Myssa Rei]

Originally Posted by Beruko08

There's total 5 episodes. Ep 1's released, so there will be more 4 episodes for Saikoroshi-hen. The final ep will be a adaption of Daybreak as they promised

Ah, interesting to hear.

Which Daybreak scenario will they use though?

[Beruko08]

Originally Posted by Myssa Rei

Ah, interesting to hear.

Which Daybreak scenario will they use though?

Sorry for my silly mistake, there's only 3 episodes for Saikoroshi-hen, the other one's for Hirukowashi. (If you want to know more about this chapter, you can use the wikipedia)

[Ithekro]

The assumption is they will use Rena's Daybreak scenario, but I guess we won't know until something like August.

As for this episode....it was better than I hoped.

[Myssa Rei]

Certainly, the art was a MASSIVE upgrade even from Kai... Though I question the choice of Shion's two-piece.

Given the fact that Rena swallowing the magatama is what starts the fun insanity in Daybreak to begin with, it figures it would be the one used. And I know, Shipping is Bad, but Mion and K1's scenario would be fun as well.