Higurashi no Naku Koro ni

[Munsu]

First episode by Ayu:
http://www.ayu-anime.net/torrents/torrent.php/%5BAyu%5D_Higurashi_no_Naku_Koro_ni_01_%5B0EB8E498 %5D.avi.torrent


"Adaption of the amateur created murder mystery computer game Higurashi no Naku Koro Ni developed by the studio 7th Expansion. Studio Deen will produce the animation.

The main character of the story is Maebara Keiichi, a young teenager, who has recently moved from the city to the rural village of Hinamizawa with his family. He`s adjusting pretty well to his new life, making several friends at his new and small school, playing games every day and passing his days in a bliss, when suddenly a murder case happens...

From that point on a mystery, which traces back to happenings five years ago, begins to unravel itself before him. But which is that he is bound to find out and more importantly, will he be able to digest the truth behind all of this."

http://www.oyashirosama.com/
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=6134
http://www.animenfo.com/animetitle,3458,invgnk,higurashi_no_na.html
http://anidb.info/perl-bin/animedb.pl?show=anime&aid=3574

[seanos]

Opening of this got me interested, and thought I'd defintely stick with this.
The rest of the episode seemed somewhat ... seperated from opening sequence, shame really, odd mix, opening is fairly graphic, rest of it is fairly kiddish.
subs irritating at times (speech without translation, use of 'WTF').

Suppose will have to watch few more episodes till get better picture.

[seanos]

Further my last post, Ayu released Episode 01 (http://www.ayu-anime.net/torrents/torrent.php/%5BAyu%5D_Higurashi_no_Naku_Koro_ni_01_%5B0EB8E498 %5D.avi.torrent), I'd probably advise for their sub over one I saw (although haven't watched it yet).

[Yukimura]

Grrrr, use the edit button or the mods will smite you! Thx for the link though


EDIT: Hehe, my 200th post... guess it really doesn't mater does it. My Chunin exam is knowing the dbl post rule ;)

[seanos]

Hm ... interesting...
Unsure what this forum's etiquette on matter is, however if I edited orignal post with new info, anyone who read orignal wouldn't bother looking at thread again since from their point of view - no new info.
Anyway, I'll take note of point, and try not do again, in an effort for this thread not to go sprawling off-topic.

[Munsu]

seanos you're fine, Yukimura, shut up.

[Arcn3ss]

Lol Bud...

I agreeing with seanos on the matter of the opening comparsion to the rest of the episode. I am assuming it will be getting more bloody and we will see some murders but I dont think I can take the crap getting to that part of the series. I'll give it one or two more episodes, before it finds its way to Haku's home for shitty anime series.

[Munsu]

I just watched the first episode, I think this is going to be an awesome series. The opening scene was great, but the rest of the episode was shitty, though I think it's setting up the series nicely. I actually like it this way, there's a big contrast of themes here, so I'm sure many unexpected things will happen in the future, I'm sticking with this one.

Edit:
Episode 2 by Ayu:

http://ayu-anime.net/torrents/torrent.php/%5BAyu%5D_Higurashi_no_Naku_Koro_ni_02_%5B871F4516 %5D.avi.torrent


Here's episode 1 by Triad if anyone is interested in them:

http://a.scarywater.net/triad/%5BTriad%5D_Higurashi_no_Naku_Koro_ni_-_01.avi.torrent

[Munsu]

Episode 2 by Triad:

http://a.scarywater.net/triad/%5BTriad%5D_Higurashi_no_Naku_Koro_ni_-_02.avi.torrent

[Darknodin]

hey... haven't been posting for a while...

but i gotta post about this show... since it seems people have stopped at ep 2...

DON'T... its gets sooo much better... its on episode 5 now...

Ep 3 by wind (http://a.scarywater.net/wind/%5Bwind%5D%20Higurashi%20no%20Naku%20Koro%20ni%200 3%20%5Bxvid%5D%5B43321D54%5D.avi.torrent)
4 (http://a.scarywater.net/wind/%5Bwind%5D%20Higurashi%20no%20Naku%20Koro%20ni%200 4%20v2%20%5Bxvid%5D%5B2CCE7FBE%5D.avi.torrent)
5 (http://a.scarywater.net/wind/%5Bwind%5D%20Higurashi%20no%20Naku%20Koro%20ni%200 5%20%5Bxvid%5D%5B184E276D%5D.avi.torrent)

really... by ep5 I realize, there is two ways this show can go, one that will merely be entertaining, and one that can make it memorable. oh, and this show is violent as hell, not so much because of the blood, but because it all feels (and sounds) so real.

[Everon]

I happened to watch starting since monday. Jeez is this series *&#$ed up. I was wondering if anyone is still following this? Whats the deal with episode 4 and 5?

[seanos]

I watched the first episode, was quite impressed, and somehow forgot about it.
Watched 2-4 last night (Sticking with Triad releases), man it's gotten a whole lot better, looking forward to next release now.

Would advise sticking with Triad or Ayu on this, unless wind? have gotten better since first episode, wasn't impressed (overuse of cursing, doesn't sound at all right).

[Board of Command]

I'm sticking with WIND simply because they actually take the effort to release one episode a week. Their quality is decent for the past few episodes.

[Darknodin]

Episode 5 is the start of a different arc. I'm at 8 now and... if you think the first arc was messed up... this one is downright scary. it seems they are realy good at switching the art from awfully cute to disturbing very rapidly.

[Board of Command]

The beginning of the second arc makes the whole thing a bit anticlimatic. The very beginning when Rika kills herself with the knife and Mion's standing there laughing.

[Everon]

The first arc made me sick to my stomach - but I think eating while watching this stuff was a bad idea all around.

Thanks for the clear up darknodin, I thought it was a flashback, but I guess they're doing some different scenarios entirely. I'd have to agree that the switch from cute to crazy is really disturbing. It kind of bugs me though how Keichii instead of him asking, waits for someone to tell him why this town is crazy.

[Darknodin]

The beginning of the second arc makes the whole thing a bit anticlimatic. The very beginning when Rika kills herself with the knife and Mion's standing there laughing.

I'm not sure... at any rate i can tell you. this is slightly different than the other one. Cooler in my opinion.
another thing... it seems that each arc looks at things that were left unanswered before. How many eps is this supposed to be?

EDIT: After watching up to 11... I must say, that third act is quite good... especially ep 11... aaaand, the baseball bat is BACK!

[Everon]

Over at animenfo it says a total of 26. WIth this going on for an entire season, hopefully we'll get an arc where everyone is normal or at least Keiichii manages to live.

[Board of Command]

I'm not sure... at any rate i can tell you. this is slightly different than the other one. Cooler in my opinion.
I know, I already watched the second arc when I said that. I meant it was surprising that they didn't show why Rika was killing herself. In the first arc, it showed everything that led up to Keichi smashing the girls with a baseball bat. In the second arc, those two girls just kinda disappeared.

[Darknodin]

Third arc is the coolest so far (and longest since it didn't end at episode 12).

some spoilers ahead (up to episode 12)



















Episode 12 was weird... All the other episodes you felt had some sort of root in reality, but this one makes no sense at all. Right now, I'm starting to think that Keiichi has just lost it (well, he must have to have killed the uncle that way... whether it happened or not).

[Board of Command]

If Takano was the one to die on the night of the festival, who went missing? Assuming Keichi is perfectly sane, it could only mean that the uncle was still barely alive when Keichi buried him, and he went missing due to the curse.

Another possibility is that Takano did see Keichi burying the corpse, and she went to dig it up later that night. The problem with this theory is that they found her body in the morning, so if she had the corpse, it should have been there with her.

In my opinion, the biggest question right now is who went missing?

[Everon]

You forget that certain tidbits from previous arcs trickle into the next. So it probably the same as the last two arcs - the cameraman and "Takano". I wonder if we'll get to find out why Takano made a fake burnt corpse?

Its hard to pin down whats being done by the town to perpetuate this "curse" and whats being done by something more supernatural. In this arc it seems like the supernatural is playing a more predominant role since Satoko's uncle is still alive. Another possibility is Satoko is delusional and everyone is doing a cover up before they punish Keiichi for immitating their demon gods.

[Board of Command]

That's a good point you bring up. Maybe Satoko is just a psycho because the girls are always crazy.

[Everon]

13 is out.
(http://a.scarywater.net/wind/Higurashi_no_Naku_Koro_ni_13_%5Bwind%5D%5Bxvid%5D% 5BD138D940%5D.avi.torrent)

DLing as I write.

[Board of Command]

I feel sorry for Keichi's voice actor.

Okay, wow, what the hell was all that about? Was this whole thing just a dream while Keichi was unconscious? If so, what happened to the dead body in the river at the beginning of the arc? This doesn't make any sense.

[seanos]

Triad released
Episode 05 (http://a.scarywater.net/triad/%5BTriad%5D_Higurashi_no_Naku_Koro_ni_-_05.avi.torrent)
Episode 06 (http://a.scarywater.net/triad/%5BTriad%5D_Higurashi_no_Naku_Koro_ni_-_06.avi.torrent)
Episode 07 (http://a.scarywater.net/triad/%5BTriad%5D_Higurashi_no_Naku_Koro_ni_-_07.avi.torrent)

[Darknodin]

I feel sorry for Keichi's voice actor.

Okay, wow, what the hell was all that about? Was this whole thing just a dream while Keichi was unconscious? If so, what happened to the dead body in the river at the beginning of the arc? This doesn't make any sense.

The dead body was Keiichi from the previous arc. so... this makes it the only one where Keiichi survives... and he's the only one to have survived. but this whole arc was weird (also... when they said there was one survivor, i thought it was the uncle... again). Personally, this was my favourite, although there are so many unanswered questions. maybe its what makes it interesting. it leaves things to your imagination!

on another note... why do we never see K1's parents? I mean... we see other adults and its ONLY his parents (then again... what about the other kids parents???)... mnaybe its a parent conspiracy!

[seanos]

Triad released Episode 08 (http://a.scarywater.net/triad/%5BTriad%5D_Higurashi_no_Naku_Koro_ni_-_08.avi.torrent)
I really like this series, can't give any good reason -- it's messed up, seems to be in 4-episode repeats (kinda of), and again messed up in general (yes it requires me mentioning messed up twice).

Looking forward to see the relevance between the differences, or if they're related/different angles.
Well worth watching this series.

[Darknodin]

Anyone up to episode 15? I don't think its a spoiler to say that this arc has continuity with the previous one. but ... damn, this is a weird one. Not by itself, since anyone watching only this arc will think this is a pretty normal detective show, but after you've seen the others... this one is so weird. Next arc is called "detective story"... i'm quite interested to see what it will be about.

[Darknodin]

a cool link... The Real Hinamizawa (http://kendra.wordpress.com/2006/07/10/the-real-hinamizawa/).

the first ep of "Detective Story" makes me really want to go there! i wanna if everyone in that village is as crazy as they are in the show.

Edit: is anyone still watching this? you should... each arc is better than the previous one (maybe except the one with the policeman, but that's only two eps). At any rate... episode 19, in the detective story arc, is the one i've enjoyed the most. (by the way, the whole arc is about Shion... and she is... well watch it and then discuss!)

here is the link to the baka-update page
http://www.baka-updates.com/search.php?keyword=Higurashi%20no%20Naku%20Koro%20 ni&type=title

[Board of Command]

I find it difficult to watch the detective arc without having to constantly remind myself that Shion is a 5th grader...

[Darknodin]

I find it difficult to watch the detective arc without having to constantly remind myself that Shion is a 5th grader...

man... just forget about that... they have the physique of 20 year olds... maybe they were just slow in school?

This said...Episode 20! (http://a.scarywater.net/wind/Higurashi_no_Naku_Koro_ni_20_%5Bwind%5D%5Bxvid%5D% 5BF7612496%5D.avi.torrent)

I really really really like Shion.

EDIT: "Episode 2 9.33"!!! Now i get it!

[Board of Command]

Can you screenshot it for me? I don't keep my old episodes.

And this arc basically explains everything that has happened in all the other arcs with the exception of the very first one. That one was just flat out weird.

[Darknodin]

Its not a screenshot... its when Keiichi and the others are playing Clue... and the murder is Rika, and she kills them slow with poison. that was a simple bit of foreshadowing. I wonder if the first arc has a link...come to think of it... its the only one without continuity no?

[seanos]

Triad releases Episode 15 (http://a.scarywater.net/triad/%5BTriad%5D_Higurashi_no_Naku_Koro_ni_-_15.avi.torrent)

[MFauli]

Im at episode 5 and dont understand anything. everyone died, now they´re happy again? sorry, i dont want to read this thread because of spoilers, so maybe it was postet already why.

[KitKat]

I got confused there too. It's because you're back in the past again. This is another telling of the story. For now, don't expect things to make sense, just keep watching and it will all make sense by the end, I promise.

[Ryllharu]

It is explained much later.

Higurashi is divided into two types of stories. Question Arcs, and Answer Arcs. All but one of the many arcs in the first season are Question Arcs (won't tell you how many..or which one isn't, you will figure it out). The propose a scenario full of unexplained things and mysteries. You aren't supposed to have any idea what is going on.

Answer Arcs do one of two things. They either show the other side to the same story, or they are a "response" to one of the Question Arcs. Similar situation, but a lot more is explained, or some huge truth is revealed.

You won't have a much of a clue what the hell is going until the second season, though there are a ton of hints scattered throughout the first season.

[Hiwatari]

i've just started watching this series, albeit it being a little too late after the series have ended long ago.

Apparently, correct me if i'm wrong, the flow of the plot is a little strange. I'm at the end of episode 8. It seems that the first 4 eps and the next 4 eps are like alternate retellings of the same/similar story.

So, to watch this show, i guess we can't expect it to flow like normal anime of other series where one ep should lead to the next, but to expect this to be like a block of arcs of alternate retellings?

[Nadouku]

There are only two arcs that tell the story in a different perspective (which is the same arc and you'll realize it when you reach it), but every other arc start off as fresh and anew, with only certain elements carried over. After you're done with this series, go ahead and jump to Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Kai (http://forums.gotwoot.net/showthread.php?t=14878) and Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Rei (http://forums.gotwoot.net/showthread.php?t=17019) (don't mind the poor activities).

[Hiwatari]

So the first 8 eps are two different arcs telling the same story?

[Ryllharu]

Sort of. Every arc represents the same or similar period of time, right before and a little bit after the Watanagashi Festival.

Everything makes sense by the time you get to the end, and they say it outright at the beginning of season 2.

I won't spoil it and say why there are alternate retellings, but the series is broken into "Question" and "Answer" arcs. The first season only has one "Answer" arc, and the rest are all question arcs. The second season is primarly "Answer" arcs.

You usually get to see the same or very similar events play out one way as a "Question" arc, and later on a great deal more is revealed, often from a different character's perspective in an "Answer" arc.

There is a flow to the way the arcs are arranged, and the way they are set up is to slowly reveal the truth about everything to the audience and some of the characters themselves.

[Nadouku]

Like what Ryllharu said, so make sure to finish up season one and go on to season two to find your answers (and maybe season three if you want to continue the series).

[Hiwatari]

ic. interesting concept for an anime. this is somewhat new for me i guess, cos i think very few series have this sort of alternate retelling concept

[Ryllharu]

I just checked it, and there are two Answer arcs in the first season. I never really saw the second one as much of an Answer, but I suppose it is true. It's paired with the first arc, and you'll see the similarities when you get there. It is the final arc of the first season.

[Xrlderek]

I thought that the first season was just question arcs and the second season was all answer arcs, but I checked it again and you are right.

Slightly offtopic:
The first higurashi game has been translated(the first question arc) and I am wondering if it is worth reading if I've already seen the anime. Everything has been in the anime, unless they left out some stuff. Have anyone of you here read it?