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Answers Pt. II

Originally Posted by Nork22

A few question about Takano. How much truth is there in her notes? And why exactly are the Sonozakis interested in obtaining it if their motive was not to surpress the speculation that Oyashiro isn't a god.

And I don't know if this is relevant but, how long has Takano been living in Hinamizawa?

Spoiler:

You can dismiss Takano's notes as a bunch of bullshit.

As for Sonozakis interest...they have none. All they are doing is to help Rena. Everything that you've let to believe about the Sonozakis...YOU'VE THOUGHT WRONG. They are just a yakuza family run by Sonozaki Oryou who bluffs everything capitalizing on everyone being scared of the Sonozakis. That's all there is to it. In fact, you can even consider Sonozaki Oryou to be somewhat of a tsundere www

Originally Posted by Guido

Tsumihoroboshi-hen

One of the grey-suit men delivered an envelope to Chie-sensei. Rena eavesdropped their conversation, and after both left she dialed the number written on the envelope.
Q1. What's the point for those men to deliver an envelope from a company which phone number is dead or not exists?

Spoiler:

This was taken from a Post made by LostBlue ( POST #72 ) in the Episode 25 Discussion Thread.
Click on the link to view the full Post.

Originally Posted by LostBlue

Then it goes off with Keiichi seeing the white van again at the school yard with Chie-sensei talking to the man named Okonogi. Keiichi sees the Principal and asks him who these men were. The Principal replies they are Landscapers hired by the school. They got lost yesterday taking a shortcut to the school which is relatively easy to get lost here in Hinamizawa if you're not familiar with all the small roads.

The day before, also, Keiichi overhears the Principal and Chie-sensei talking about the envelop the Okonogi Landscapers gave them. The Principal was asking why the number on the envelop won't work which Chie-sensei responds that the envelop is from their old office and they just mistakenly to put it in the wrong envelop.

Originally Posted by aliensporebomb

1. If the being dubbed Oyashiro-Sama is NOT a God and not a human, what IS the being dubbed Oyashiro-sama?

Spoiler:

People's own perceptions.

Let me give you an example. Who is to say that the Devil (Lucifer, Price of Darkness, or whatever you call it in the Christian world) is an evil being who is red all over with menacing horns? How do you know? Have you met him in person? What if the thing commonly known as "the devil"...was a being that was really just a cute and harmless creature like a cherub?

People perceive things that they don't know with ballooned imaginations on what it is like. Such perceptions can become skewed into making you believe that the Oyashirosama is a frightful being who causes curses. In reality, there's just no basis for that.

So what is the frightful being called the Oyashiro-sama? A figment of your own imagination because you chose to believe that it was. In reality, she's just Hanyu.

Originally Posted by Shuin4

One more question before the deadline.

In Meakashi, we saw a bit of what happened in the past. Does the past we've seen bits and pieces of happen in every arc? Meaning, in every arc, does Rena always have that conflict with her mother? Does Keiichi always do "that"(him being a little trigger happy) before he moves to Hinamizawa?

Spoiler:

Yes, the past is the past

Originally Posted by imac2much

In the later TIPs, who exactly is being referred to as Mion or Shion? I thought I recalled someone (kj I think?) saying in some post that the names shouldnt be changed again, so just call whoever has been known as Mion as Mion, and vice versa. However in the later epilogues, they say Shion is the one who died and loved Keiichi and Mion is the one who stabbed Keiichi and loved Satoshi. So let me get this clear about the TIPs.... Mion is the "real" Mion *without* the tatoo right? And Shion is the one who loves Keiichi?

Spoiler:

Originally Posted by LostBlue

Shion forces Mion to switch names. Shion takes back her name as Mion (as she really born was Mion - at least if we were to trust her memory), thus forces Shion (formally Mion) to call her Onee as "Mion" is the superior one.

Originally Posted by Sushi-Y

Shion was actually born as Mion, and Mion was born as Shion.

Spoiler: True Identity of the Twins

Since "Mion" (that is, the Shion that we know) is the rightful heir to the Sonozaki family, she was favored over "Shion" (the Mion that we know) ever since they were little.

"Mion" and "Shion" disliked the different treatments they got: they're the same person, so why should one be treated different from the other? That's why they began swapping identities so they could both enjoy the privileges that "Mion" has. Sometimes Mion would become Shion, and Shion would become Mion. In a way, both of them are Mion, and both of them are Shion. However, one day, while "Shion" was pretending to be Mion, she was taken away and was given the demon tattoo which marked her as the next head of the Sonozaki family.

... Starting from that day, "Shion" lost her identity as Shion, and became Mion. "Mion" lost her identity as Mion, and became Shion. That's why Mion has always felt bad towards Shion for stealing her identity, because it was Shion (the original Mion) who should've been chosen as the next head of the Sonozaki family, not her.

When Shion locked Mion up inside the underground jail cell, they finally reverted back to their original identities, hence the "onee" from Mion. You can also see Shion referring to Mion as "Shion" in the TIPS for Ep. 21 as well.

Now you know the true meanings behind Mion and Shion's coversation inside the library!

Originally Posted by LostBlue

Although Shion in her demented state accused Mion of purposely knowing the tattoo will be given on that day (b/c the day "Mion" was invited to a banquet, strangely "Shion" was invited to go to an amusement park - a rare treat). One of the famous lines here is "Give me back my Mion."

Also see the last few tips for this chapter.
The 2nd to last TIP Notebook of Happiness is where Oishi figures out the name switch.

Originally Posted by Guido

Q.12 Since Keiichi recalled his memories from Onikakushi-hen in Tsumihoroboshi-hen, is it possible that the other characters may be able to do so in other Higurashi worlds?

Spoiler:

It's a possibility, ain't it? And that in itself is a miracle, don't you think?