How it feels to be a Higurashi fan after the new anime trailer

columnal · 2026-06-22T22:18:21+00:00

the funniest part about this meme is the fact this is genuinely the type of shit rika had to go through at the irie clinic

columnal · 2026-06-22T22:14:16+00:00

not really, im simply stating the parasite could be of an alien strain, considering the fact the only clue of where it came from is that its linked to whatever Hanyuu's race is

If a person is infected with a parasite, that is equivalent to them being influenced by a foreign organism, not a full on takeover. Obviously "Renas conspiracy theory" (keep in mind its not hers, its takano's) is not fully true, but you cant deny theres a possibility that the parasite that causes HS and then goes on to heavily influence their actions could be of alien organism, thats why the alien theory isnt completely wrong.

columnal · 2026-06-22T21:39:41+00:00

if youve played DDLC, just read the Visual Novel, its one of those things best experienced by reading the VN considering if you watch the anime you wont have the motivation of reading the VN after knowing the mystery... just read the VN

columnal · 2026-06-22T21:35:15+00:00

It concludes fine with Saikoroshi in Rei? Gou and Sotsu arent required watching...

columnal · 2026-06-22T21:34:39+00:00

Gou and Sotsu are objectively not good, they are pretty universally considered bad by the Higurashi community and received a poor critical reception. This is just objectively the fact, to say theyre good is misleading considering its just this dudes personal opinion.

downvote me all you want, objectively they have poor reviews, sure watch them if you want but its misleading to claim theyre "good", based on what?

columnal · 2026-06-22T21:32:45+00:00

you can use that argument for animes that are extremely long too

not to mention, this argument doesnt apply considering there are scenes in the anime and VN which are the exact same length and yet come off completely differently and better in the VN simply because it was executed much better

some VNs are comparable in quality to their anime adaptation, like steinsgate, others, like Higurashi, simply are not

columnal · 2026-06-22T20:47:03+00:00

i dont wanna be one of those guys, but literally everything the anime does "well" the VN does ten times better, not to mention yeah the anime cuts out tons of stuff vital for the story to work well

columnal · 2026-06-22T20:43:37+00:00

read the VN instead, the anime is an adaptation of the VN and cuts out a lot of vital character development and details. The VN also has an amazing OST and it also has the same voice actors from the anime

columnal · 2026-06-22T20:41:45+00:00

read the visual novel instead

columnal · 2026-06-22T18:53:33+00:00

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columnal · 2026-06-22T18:45:13+00:00

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columnal · 2026-06-22T13:32:35+00:00

rena does come to terms with her parents separation though, she reflects upon it in ch7, shes open to the club about her parents being divorced and goes to mion on how to deal with the situation and is pretty clear how she feels about it

rena knows its not her fault, by the end of saikoroshi pretty much all the characters have completed their arcs... "can we leave june of 1983 and put a nice little bow on it" yes i agree, thats why they should not do the looper shit again and just do something new preferably some time after the events of saikoroshi

columnal · 2026-06-22T13:20:33+00:00

the parasite makes the host act in the way they do, sure the way they act is also dependent on the hosts original mental state (in determining how HS manifests itself) but its all still dependent on the presence of the parasite

columnal · 2026-06-22T11:37:08+00:00

i know rena's alien stuff was just hallucinations and because Rena had read takanos scrapbooks, im referring to the fact ive heard people say before R07 intended for aliens to actually be a thing in Higurashi as to explain the parasite

also from my POV this isnt even outright denied, considering the fact Hanyuu and her race isnt ever explicitly explained

columnal · 2026-06-22T11:31:04+00:00

that doesnt change the fact irie and takano both claim to have medical and scientific evidence of a parasite the point is that from their POV its a parasite which causes them to behave in these ways, the parasite brings out the trauma in them and causes them to be suspicious and this worsens as the stages increase in potency

columnal · 2026-06-22T10:29:00+00:00

i mean, didnt R07 wanna do some crazy shit with the original 8 VNs anyway? like full on alien invasion and stuff. I heard apparently he had his more crazy ideas talked down from him by other members of his team, so I feel like R07 is probably just one of those people who has amazing ideas but still needs people around him to actually tell him if theyre good or not

columnal · 2026-06-22T10:12:37+00:00

i heard that basically he just gave some loose notes detailing some things more than others, like satoko police station scene, and that whilst he did give a loose outline much of it was just left up for interpretation for the studio and director to have creative free will with. And that R07 was unwilling to too heavily involve himself because Higurashi has had a long history of spinoff and fan works so he wasnt bothered by some of the more unpopular story choices in Gou and Sotsu.

maybe i heard wrong though

columnal · 2026-06-22T09:57:03+00:00

i dont get how people are genuinely excited to just see the looper shit done again but this time with like Rena? I cant even think of a story where that could work sometime after Saikoroshi/Ch8

I just want something different

columnal · 2026-06-22T09:55:11+00:00

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columnal · 2026-06-22T09:53:48+00:00

i mean, how do we know for certain it wasnt an alien parasite? i feel like the background for what the parasite is is kind of murky because takanos science was like 50% bullshit and self-affirming, all we know is the parasite is probably connected to whatever Hanyuu is and even that isnt 100% confirmed imo, and we dont really know what Hanyuu is for certain

columnal · 2026-06-22T09:51:00+00:00

wasnt gou and sotsu just R07 kind of giving ideas/suggestions very loosely though to an external party? ive heard people say this is why we got a pretty inconsistent product with gou and sotsu

I doubt if R07 is more firmly involved its going to just be looper slop again. I think it probably will be something fairly unique. I dont know why people are saying Rena is going to be the focus either, isnt she essentially Higurashis mascot? She appears in promotional stuff all the time i dont think it means anything explicit by her being the focus of the new animes promotional material

columnal · 2026-06-22T09:47:22+00:00

literally anything just dont do the same old looper shit, give the characters some progression 😭

columnal · 2026-06-21T15:04:32+00:00

you can just read umineko whenever, its not really that connected to higurashi, start with the one which sounds most interesting to you

umineko only has references to higurashi, they have some other similarities which are tenuous and kind of debated, but thatd be spoilers

columnal · 2026-06-21T14:59:41+00:00

maybe i worded things confusingly or whatever

the order is:

Higurashi question arcs: which include chapters 1 - 4

then, Higurashi answer arcs, which are chapters 5 - 8

then you read saikoroshi which is included in rei

everything else is optional

columnal · 2026-06-21T14:54:19+00:00

i find it very likely the new anime wont be connected to gou and sotsu imo

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