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View Poll Results: Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Rei OVA - Episode 2 Rating | |||
Perfect 10 | 38 | 50.67% | |
9 out of 10 : Excellent | 22 | 29.33% | |
8 out of 10 : Very Good | 11 | 14.67% | |
7 out of 10 : Good | 4 | 5.33% | |
6 out of 10 : Average | 0 | 0% | |
5 out of 10 : Below Average | 0 | 0% | |
4 out of 10 : Poor | 0 | 0% | |
3 out of 10 : Bad | 0 | 0% | |
2 out of 10 : Very Bad | 0 | 0% | |
1 out of 10 : Painful | 0 | 0% | |
Voters: 75. You may not vote on this poll |
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2009-04-04, 00:48 | Link #61 |
Shameless Zoro Fangirl
Join Date: Jul 2008
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Man, just got to see it, and jeez, life (or is that Frederica) just can't cut Rika a break. She finally breaks out of the endless circle of despair and lands herself in a completely unfamiliar world where her friends are foreigners and the bonds she earned while facing fate are broken. Throughout the episode, when Rika mentions that technically, this scenario is the best for XYZ characters, the tone of voice she uses and the fact that she doesn't look happy, despite this being the "best scenario", really shows us that this "perfect" world isn't what she wants at all. If it was just her, she wouldn't have fought back so hard in Matsuribayashi-hen; she was fighting for the sake of the friends who would bring about the miracle themselves. And without those friends by her side in Saikoroshi-hen, even though she might not die, she still feels the need to do something about this world, because it feels so intrinsically wrong. This episode really brought out the fact that the perfect world Rika was seeking wasn't just one in which she survived; once she lost the keys to that miracle, the world around her seemed to have lost its colour. Mion's still there, as is Satoko, Reina and even Satoshi, but it's all too different; their physical precense alone isn't enough. Taking the episode at face value at first may not seem like much to a few of my friends who watched it, but when I saw it and contemplated how confused and torn the Rika in this world must feel... it's enough to bring one to tears, really. Just when she rolled the right dice, she's been transported back to that terrible time, which is suddenly devoid of the familiar elements and completely foreign, and completely unwelcoming, without anyone, not even Hanyuu, to give Rika support. It's just... so, so sad. I'm hoping Rika-chama can free herself from this world!
... And yep, this OVA has pretty much reminded me why I fell so head over heels in love with Higurashi in the first place. Personally, I'm loving the new animation style, too, it's very stylistic, especially the eyes, and very cute. Looking back at the first OP, wow, what a difference! Well, either way, all of the seasons had their own specific animation style, and the OVA's really no different! So no complaints from me, this is one satisfied fan! |3 |
2009-04-04, 07:54 | Link #64 |
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Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: UK
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Oh wow, just got round to watching this and it's the most frightening episode so far of the whole thing. Yes, it may be a "perfect world", but Rika has no idea of how to "play the game", or even if there is a game to play in the first place. She's lost, clueless, as she confronts the nightmare of purposeless existence that we all face every day. Welcome to the real world, Rika.
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2009-04-04, 09:59 | Link #66 | |
Senior Member
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Canada
Age: 35
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Spoiler for what happened in the game after Satoko apologized:
Spoiler for what happened after Rika followed Yamamoto outside.:
The reason why she's not there will be explained in the second episode. |
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2009-04-04, 14:45 | Link #70 |
On a mission
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Ah yes, Higurashi, where punishments for everything end up being potentially fatal.
I like this episode. Nobody is perfect and it makes sense that people would slack off after they "won" but life is an endless trial and when you take stuff for granted stuff can happen. |
2009-04-05, 06:33 | Link #75 | |
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That driver should have run himself off the road . I mean who does he think he is? Rika's safety obviously comes before him and a truck.
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I guess this world should be given credit for passing a world without Keiichi as a worst case scenario. Even the basic bonds with the rest of her friends are either absent or substantially weaker here. It's not a bad world overall and even for the Rika who would have been living there it would be fine. But for a Rika who has fought to survive with her friends this fails instantly.
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2009-04-05, 06:47 | Link #76 |
It`s a miracle!
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: This is the Kind of Woman I want to play Games with. And by playing Games I mean.... ^____^
Age: 42
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Spoiler for nice truck!:
I have read a summary for this arc a long time ago! Im happy to see it animated now
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2009-04-05, 10:28 | Link #77 | |
*(RAWR*)&rawr
Join Date: Dec 2005
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Struggling so hard, giving up hope only to gain it back, and finally defying fate to escape the cycle that had kept her occupied for 100+(?) years... Only to lose it all. Rika is a rock, to be able to stay as calm and outwardly-childish as she did. I guess that's the only thing she knows to do, while her panic continues building...
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2009-04-05, 11:41 | Link #78 | ||
At the end of this world
Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: Hungary, Europe
Age: 39
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Even if she doesn't like it she can jump before a truck again . |
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2009-04-05, 12:04 | Link #80 | |
*(RAWR*)&rawr
Join Date: Dec 2005
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And she was on sort of bad terms with her mother, who was thoroughly creeped out by Rika's unnatural knowledge/skills/behavior growing up. Of course, with this world, that odd behavior most likely never happened either.
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