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Originally Posted by kj1980
hmm...by looking at the Futaba-chan image board, I sincerely hope they didn't cut out the scene where Kei, Mion, and Rena get into a heated argument about Satoko's demise. Rena kicked some verbal whoop-ass towards Kei in that scene...
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Forget that, they skipped the entire "KOOL" scene. No high-speed thinking, and no KOOL-mode Keiichi.
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I really don't like complaining, but seeing as how Tatarigoroshi-hen was my favorite chapter in the entire game, it's really frustrating to see so many things omitted.
If any episode could've used Keiichi's internal monologues, it was this one. Without them, the significance of all his actions in this episode became far less meaningful. Everything from the reason why he hid Satoshi's bat beforehand to the reason why he chose to phone Teppei from the school became unclear without his internal monologues. Also, without Keiichi's high-speed chain of thought portrayed in the novel, it felt incredibly awkward to hear Keiichi's "decision" all of a sudden, like it came out of nowhere.
Also, there was a series of flashbacks halfway through this episode about Keiichi's past and how he came to Hinamizawa and got to meet Rena and the others for the first time... I can't believe they went through the entire thing without a single word from Keiichi. The flashbacks could've made a powerfully revealing scene about what Keiichi thought of himself and just how much he loved his friends. Instead, we got a silent flashback that merely suggested Keiichi was unhappy with his previous life... or something.
On the other hand, they made Keiichi say "Higurashi no naku koro ni"
out loud, which came off as nothing but corny.
The Teppei scene was shortened down, as expected, and I'm not going to blame the anime for shortening it since the whole chase WAS dragged out pretty long in the novel.
But there was one particular section during that scene in the novel that really burned an image into my head:
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When Teppei kept on running even though Keiichi's bat continued to strike his head from behind, wounding him greatly with each hit. There's Keiichi and Teppei, who's covered in blood, tear, and snot, running across the forest like two barbaric madmen, the image really shocked me.
The manga captured it quite well:
On the other hand, the Takano scene near the end of this episode was really nicely done. Itou Miki-san's voice is as sexy and creepy as ever. ^^; Hard to believe she's the same person doing Fuji-nee's voice in Fate anime.
Again, the episode sort of got cut off at an odd spot (in the middle of a scene). But this one's not as bad as the last episode cut-off point (omitting the whole scene where Keiichi went into KOOL-mode after witnessing Satoko's breakdown).
Oh well, there's going to be 5 episodes for Tatarigoroshi-hen, so hopefully they won't have to rush the ending. I mean, this chapter's ending was absolutely overwhelming, so I pray they won't mess it up... too much.