This review contains spoilers
WOW. So we FINALLY learn what this series is all about 3/4ths of the way into the series... and I wouldn't have it any other way. Reading Higurashi up until this here has been nothing short of a thrill ride with its twists and turns and this chapter felt like nothing short of therapy for me for getting to know these characters. Seeing everything go right for everybody not biased since Mion finally got that FUCKING doll, including them finally managing to break through Satoko's fate just filled me with nonstop euphoria.
Aaaaaaaaand that made me hate Minagoroshi's ending in the best way possible. My jaw was wide open and I was laughing because I was so pissed off at that ending. God dammit, you give me the narrative equivalent of an ice cream cake and then smash my head into it.
But that's what the series is all about, baby. Picking yourself back up and keeping on going with the help of your friends. The ice cream cake may be smashed by your face, but you can still work to enjoy it. And what good is a cake if you can't share at least a bit of it?
Also I see the hype behind Hanyuu now. Never expected the definition of "girlfailure but not really because she's actually really cool and powerful" would end up being the actual Oyashiro-sama. I don't know! Maybe I was expecting her presence to be along the lines of when Bella Hawthorne was exorcised out of Maya Fey's body (speaking of which, I'll get to that series some day) but at this point I should expect the unexpected in Hinamizawa.
This is the perfect primer for Matsuribayashi and let me tell you, after finishing this chapter I was MOTIVATED to finally bust through the finish line. This isn't really me-core as Watanagashi or Tsumihoroboshi was, hence the 4.5 stars but I could really find no faults with this one.
Aaaaaaaaand that made me hate Minagoroshi's ending in the best way possible. My jaw was wide open and I was laughing because I was so pissed off at that ending. God dammit, you give me the narrative equivalent of an ice cream cake and then smash my head into it.
But that's what the series is all about, baby. Picking yourself back up and keeping on going with the help of your friends. The ice cream cake may be smashed by your face, but you can still work to enjoy it. And what good is a cake if you can't share at least a bit of it?
Also I see the hype behind Hanyuu now. Never expected the definition of "girlfailure but not really because she's actually really cool and powerful" would end up being the actual Oyashiro-sama. I don't know! Maybe I was expecting her presence to be along the lines of when Bella Hawthorne was exorcised out of Maya Fey's body (speaking of which, I'll get to that series some day) but at this point I should expect the unexpected in Hinamizawa.
This is the perfect primer for Matsuribayashi and let me tell you, after finishing this chapter I was MOTIVATED to finally bust through the finish line. This isn't really me-core as Watanagashi or Tsumihoroboshi was, hence the 4.5 stars but I could really find no faults with this one.