2006-05-01, 06:39 | Link #1 |
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Higurashi Q & A
This thread is for those with questions about the Higurashi no Naku Koroni anime, game and manga. Please keep discussion about episodes in the relevant threads, the purpose of this thread is to ask questions that can actually be answered as facts from the anime, game or manga.
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2006-05-01, 07:52 | Link #2 |
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Please read the Higurashi no Naku Koro ni wikipedia article that has been made before you ask questions. I made the the wikipedia article as detailed as I can which may answer your questions beforehand.
Brief rundown of the arcs and chapters in sequential order for quick reference in the future: Higurashi no Naku Koro ni ("Question" arc)
Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Kai ("Answer" arc)
EDIT: Also, I'm going to try to keep this FAQ section as clean as possible, so I will be moving some irrelevant posts to the correct thread and what not from time to time. EDIT2: Please do not ask incessant questions regarding the availability of an English patch of the original doujin game version of Higurashi no Naku Koro ni. Questions like these pop up everytime an anime based on a game comes along, and the answer is the same all over: little to no one in the English speaking world had an interest in this game before it aired, so there exists no such thing. By the time it does get translated several months from now, there will be another game-based anime that will come along and people ask the same question again for that title. By that time, people would've already finished watching the other show and they'll lose interest. I can already forsee people saying the exact same question when Tsuyokiss or Yoake Mae Yori Ruri Iro Na starts airing. It's the same cycle over and over. If you want to play the game, BUY it and play through it with a Japanese dictionary on hand. Besides, Higurashi no Naku Koro ni isn't that expensive like an ero-game or consumer game anyway. If you can spare 1500 yen (plus shipping) you can get the whole question arc (Onikakushi-hen~Himatsubushi-hen) in one disc. And if you can spare another 1000 yen (plus shipping), you can get the answer arc that is out right now (Meakashi-hen~Minagoroshi-hen) in one disc as well. Last edited by kj1980; 2006-05-29 at 20:00. |
2006-05-01, 14:02 | Link #4 | |
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2006-05-01, 14:17 | Link #6 |
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Given the tremendous and uproar success Higurashi no Naku Koroni, the game, among the fan players in Japan has amassed, do the game's creator, Ryukishi07, would encourage themselves to come up with a sequel to the game in an unknown future?
I'm neither implying nor assuming that scenario could bound to happen. I already read thoroughly the Wikipedia article. Also, I know that there's still one more game scenario to be released in Japan by August, and that the game will be ported to the PS2 consumer port. My aforementioned question was just a hypothetically one. |
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2006-05-03, 18:35 | Link #9 |
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A question and an observation-cum-question:
1) If the show is "only" going to go to Tsumihoroboshi-hen, then we're not going to get the full answer, are we? 2) If we were to get the answer, wouldn't this be counterproductive, since it would spoil the game and conceivably affect sales? So, honestly speaking, can't we expect that the anime will peter out into uncertainty? |
2006-05-03, 18:52 | Link #10 |
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I know the last chapter has not been released yet, but is it conceivable for Minagoroshi-hen and Matsuribayashi-hen to contain enough material for a Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Kai show, even if that would only be ~13 eps? Does Minagoroshi-hen contain enough for, say 6 episodes?
I would hate for the show to just end at an unfulfilling ending instead of a "best" ending. |
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2006-05-03, 23:16 | Link #13 | ||||
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In comparison, the story and ending of Tsumihorobosh-hen is a relatively safe one. In fact, as long as the anime leave out Tsumihoroboshi-hen's final TIP "悪魔の脚本" (The Demon's Script), which isn't obtainable until after Tsumihoroboshi-hen is over, then Tsumihoroboshi-hen's ending would actually make a very good series finale. (Of course, if they really end the anime with Tsumihoroboshi's ending as-is, then that's a problem too, since without Minagoroshi-hen's "full answers", there will be more holes left in the mystery than a sponge). (To explain a little bit more, the final TIP (Demon's Script) of Tsumihoroboshi provided a way for the story to continue on. Without that TIP, the story of Higurashi no Naku Koroni probably would've ended with Tsumihoroboshi) In the end, I don't think they'll try to change the story to make up an original ending or anything. Most likely, they'll just show the anime as it is, and if you want to find out the real truth (fill up the sponge holes), you'll just going to have to buy the game. Quote:
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Minagoroshi, on the other hand, probably does have enough contents to fill 6 episodes (then again, at 4 episodes, Onikakushi-hen was already pretty rushed, and it's one of the shortest chapters). I'm not holding my breath for a second season based on only these last two chapters, but hey, you never know. Last edited by Sushi-Y; 2006-05-03 at 23:47. |
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2006-05-03, 23:39 | Link #14 | |
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2006-05-03, 23:50 | Link #15 | |
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Here's a page that has all her(?) poems organized: http://lab.vis.ne.jp/higurashi/poem.html Then again, kj must be doing a good job if his translations fooled you into thinking that the poems were in English to begin with. |
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2006-05-08, 14:13 | Link #18 |
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Hi, I was surfing the net and came up with a small preview clip called Higurashi Motion Graphic vol.3 so after some research I found this web site:
Higurashi Motion Graphic (I don't even know its real name since it's in Japanese ) Anyway, I found in the download section 3 preview clips of what seems to be Higurashi no Naku Koroni but with radically different graphics. Could anyone please tell me what it's all about? These movies seem very nice and I wonder if they can be acquired? |
2006-05-08, 22:00 | Link #19 | |
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Nakanai Kimi to Nageki no Sekai (なかない君と嘆きの世界) is a MAD music video series based on Higurashi. There has been 3 releases: - Nakanai Kimi to Nageki no Sekai (なかない君と嘆きの世界) Based on Onikakushi-hen - Nakanai Kimi to Nageki no Sekai -Soushunfu- (なかない君と嘆きの世界 -ソウシュンフ-) Based on Watanagashi-hen + Meakashi-hen - Nakanai Kimi to Nageki no Sekai Utage (なかない君と嘆きの世界 宴) Based on Tatarigoroshi-hen All of them features original music tracks (sung by Shinra Etsuko), created specifically for the video. The demo clips (to avoid hot-linking, copy and paste the url into your address field and type back in the "w" in front (to make "www"): Nakanai Kimi to Nageki no Sekai ww.kawachi.zaq.ne.jp/dpenu801/higurashi/down/movie_sample.wmv Nakanai Kimi to Nageki no Sekai -Soushunfu- ww.kawachi.zaq.ne.jp/dpenu801/higurashi/down/movie02_sample.wmv Nakanai Kimi to Nageki no Sekai Utage ww.kawachi.zaq.ne.jp/dpenu801/higurashi/down/movie03_sample.wmv Oh, go here and you might find something good : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H46vN313X2A (what about the others, you ask? Well, only after the anime covers them first ) (Personally, Utage was my favorite, both the song and the video. Hey what do you know, Tatarigoroshi-hen was my favorite chapter too! Maybe you might see it sometime in the future. Maybe say, after the anime's Tatarigoroshi-hen ends? ) |
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2006-05-08, 23:57 | Link #20 |
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How do the chapters relate time-wise to the first?
I mean like, how does the second 'chapter' (epi 5-?) relate timewise from 1-4 And I didn't really understand it before (the way you guys stated it..butterfly effect?) but these are alternate universes right? How do these relate to the game, if the game is a choice game- Is this only one of the many set paths, or in the game, do the paths all lead up to this with different hints and clues, etc.? |
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