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Originally Posted by Meri-chan

I uh... hate to mention it, but this arc isn't DEEN's fault. It's an original arc by Ryukishi. It was included in Higurashi Rei but wasn't animated until now.

On another note...

Spoiler for does anyone else notice this:

I don't get why everyone is saying that it's so terrible for all the degrading fanservice and how they automatically think it's DEEN's doing. I've seen around 10 people do this, and it's starting to wear down my nerves. Doesn't anyone take a look at the source material when they watch adapted anime...?

Many people are getting pissed off and talking about how this new arc was terrible because of the huge amount of blatant fanservice that wasn't "higurashi" enough for them. Essentially Higurashi IS fanservice when you take away the main part of the plot (which is already over, so what other original arcs can they animate?) - a club with fanservicey punishments that intentionally degrade the person who loses a game. The entire arc was about that and that concept taken to the extreme, and for those who knew about the arc beforehand it was no big deal. Yet it seems a lot of people are getting so worked up about things that came from the original source itself - does that mean you can't respect Higurashi anymore considering how Ryukishi thought of this arc and the original plot?

Is it so wrong to have an arc dedicated to fanservice when the rest of the story is pretty heavy stuff? And is it wrong to have that arc animated for a decade anniversary OVA special?

Aha... don't kill me with harsh responses, please. My weak little heart won't be able to take it and I'll die and never be able to watch Higurashi again.

I actually did not know that. Thanks for correcting me.

It doesn't really change how I feel about the arc, though I can somewhat forgive Ryukishi simply based on the fact there's so much original Higurashi (although I have to ask if the original content was this...tasteless). I guess my question, then, is why DEEN chose to animate this, of all things. Do they not have permission to adapt any of the PS2/DS/manga stuff? Because that material's honestly a lot more interesting than Rei. And if that's the case, what's the source material for the 2nd episode of Kira (or does no one know)?

I suppose if DEEN really had nothing else to adapt, they can get some of their points back. Batsukoishi-hen was literally the last thing I wanted to see animated.