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Originally Posted by rainnydaiis
But it seems as if the anime has a different set of stories combined to make you figure out who that oyashirou-sama is...
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It's not really "a different set of stories" per se, think of it more as "the same story played out differently". There's only ONE story in Higurashi, and it's up to YOU to figure out WHY the scenarios are different from each other (ex. Onikakushi vs Watanagashi): That's right, there's
an actual cause in each scenario for them to be different from each other (in other words, without that specific "cause", one scenario could've very well played out exactly the same as another) (example: If (certain event) didn't happen in (chapter name), the story could've very well played out exactly the same as (another chapter name))
All "chapters" (ex. Onikakushi, Watanagashi, Tatarigoroshi, and so on) all
start at the same spot (besides a couple of exceptions that are clearly stated), and within each chapter, something
caused that same single story to
branch out into different developments and endings. What you need to find out is that "cause".
And the goal of the story is not "figuring out who Oyashisama is", nor is it even about "finding the true culprit" or "finding out the truth". The real goal is XXXXXXXXXXX (but to do that, you'd need to find out the truth anyway, so it's not that different I guess, at least for you lucky anime watchers who won't have to worry about Matsuribayashi ^^; )
[editted by kj1980: blanked out the real goal. I think it's better for the viewer's to find out what the
real goal is as they struggle to put it all together. Besides, that's what made it interesting to us when we first played the game, right?]