[Yirba]

Originally Posted by unsuspectingvisitor

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I know that it's different from Umineko but there something in this novel that I think we need to figure out. For example, The identity of the characters. In chapter 2, Higanbana showed up in front of that boy with a human body. How can you explain that sort of thing? is she really a doll or a human?

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My interpretation is that Higanbana was originally a doll. But the children started telling scary stories about the doll, so the youkai Higanbana was created as a result of those stories. Therefore the doll and the youkai are really separate entities.