2006-04-29, 11:01 | Link #1 |
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Your Qs for Higurashi Answered
So before we go on to spilling the truths of everything (i.e.: Who or what is responsible for all the killings and the truth behind the Great Hinamizawa Disaster, does Oyashiro-sama exist or not, etc.), let me start off with given facts:
All the stories are in fact, different worlds that Rika is stuck in. It is her goal to live past the summer of 1983, but she ends up dying all the time. Her fate is stuck in all of the worlds which end her being: 1. Watanagashi'ed by some culprit 2. Tortured to death by Shion 3. Commits suicide rather than facing the torture said above By some chance, Rika is able to relive (reboot) again with some of her memories of the past world intact. This is the reason why she can show a bit of maturity (which scares some people) at certain times; it is because she has been living in this stuck loop for over hundred years. Unfortunately, this advantage does not seem to be of any help to Rika due to her physical age. She tries to warn people about what is about to happen, she seeks help to strangers (Akasaka), but to no avail. Frederica Bernkastel's poems are exactly that - they are combined aspects of Furude Rika that exists from all these different worlds. Re-read each of the poem one by one, and you can see her struggles to break through the fate barrier so that she can live and see the days and months ahead of June 1983. Now we move on to the given facts to what occurred in the seven chapters. It is assumed that Rika has lived more worlds than this seven, but these seven are the worlds that are given to us. Listed below each chapter are some major points to keep in mind: Onikakushi-hen
Watanagashi-hen (see Meakashi-hen as well)
Tatarigoroshi-hen
Himatsubushi-hen
Meakashi-hen
Tsumihoroboshi-hen
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2006-09-28, 15:09 | Link #2 | |
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Now let us dissect the clues a bit further. We can analyze what happened to Rika in each of the chapters:
Onikakushi-hen Rika watanagashi'ed (assumed), The Great Hinamizawa Disaster occurred Watanagashi-hen Rika murdered by Shion, The Great Hinamizawa Disaster DID NOT occur Tatarigoroshi-hen Rika watanagashi'ed, The Great Hinamizawa Disaster occurred Himatsubushi-hen Rika watanagashi'ed, The Great Hinamizawa Disaster occurred Meakashi-hen Rika committed suicide, The Great Hinamizawa Disaster DID NOT occur Tsumihoroboshi-hen Rika watanagashi'ed, The Great Hinamizawa Disaster occurred By looking at this, we see that while Rika does die everytime, there are times where the Great Hinamizawa Disaster occur and does not occur. So we can scratch out the possibility that Rika's death automatically triggers the Great Hinamizawa Disaster. However, upon further analysis, we can also see that the Great Hinamizawa Disaster happens whenever Rika is watanagashi'ed. Hence, it is safe to say that if Rika is watanagashi'ed then the Great Hinamizawa Disaster occurs. Based on this, we can somewhat deduce that a watanagashi'ed Rika is somehow tied to the Great Hinamizawa Disaster. Now this is a bit strange don't you think? If Rika is indeed the Oyashiro-sama and if her death does cause the Great Hinamizawa Disaster, then the disaster should occur everytime she is killed. But this is not the case. Now let us ask the question - who watanagashi'ed Rika? This is not known as of yet until Minagoroshi-hen. The two parts where the disaster did not occur, we knew who killed Rika. It was Shion in Watanagashi and Rika commited her own suicide in Meakashi. But who watanagashi'ed poor Rika? (And before you ask; No, Keiichi DID NOT kill Rika in Tatarigoroshi-hen.) Rules X, Y, and Z There are several "Rules" that bind Rika and her friends in a dead-end loop preventing their escape from June 1983 happily. Rule X: Somebody goes insane which leads to murders of others. Rule Y: _____________ kills Tomitake and Takano, and when this happens, it is the turning point of the story. Their deaths signal the upcoming death of Rika, with the exception when the culprit of Rule X overwrites Rule Y. Rule Z: The fear will be instigated by suspecting the Sonozaki's bluff that they are behind everything. Klashikari managed to sum this up pretty well, it should be noted to listed here (w/ grammar corrections): Quote:
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2006-09-28, 15:33 | Link #3 |
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What are the supernatural elements in Higurashi no Naku Koro ni?
Let's get rid of these first so we can see what is doable and what cannot be doable in this story.
With that set aside, we can go on to ask the correct questions: 1. Who watanagashi'ed Rika? 2. Who or what causes the Great Hinamizawa Disaster, and why? Last edited by kj1980; 2006-09-28 at 15:47. |
2006-09-28, 17:31 | Link #4 |
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And to get one incessant question out of the way:
Q: "Does the Oyashiro-sama exist?" A: Yes. You want to know how it looks? I must warn you, you'd better be prepared for it since it is rather shocking... Spoiler for Are you ready?:
Scary no? You must be pissing in your pants right now one way or the other. Now go back and watch Ep. 20 where Rika explains to Shion about the Oyashiro-sama, TIPS #120, TIPS #123, TIPS #132 and Poem #10. edit: By the way, if you haven't noticed, I'm being sarcastic. Last edited by kj1980; 2007-11-27 at 00:20. |
2006-09-28, 17:44 | Link #5 |
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And so, I open up the board to any questions FOR ONE WEEK. This means, October 5th, at the same time of this post, will be the deadline for your submitted questions.
This is how this is gonna work:
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