Higurashi When They Cry: Abducted by Demons Arc
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| THIS IS AN ANIME ONLY DISCUSSION POST. DO NOT DISCUSS THE MANGA BEYOND THIS EPISODE. ---------------------------------------- parasites, huh? XP way to go detective Rena! lol. XD |
| Yeah, so basicly it would seem that the disappearances and murders were just to hide that main objective. And the disappeared people are the one that is really sacrificed, etc making their entrails out.. and reviving that parasite. Oh well, there's so much philosphical phrases that have been said in this episode. XD But still, this arc must be the answer for the first chapter, right? Although there are some connections that ties up, I still don't get the point in making this the answer arc for the 1st chapter.. XD |
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| omg, this feels like resident evil. this changes everything from the past ep's |
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| ^ I'm starting to love Rena-chan's character. The scrapbook of truth... o.o |
| Parasites??? This is liek waaay off track from the beginning of the arc... it is the same arc about Rena's dad right?? Weird o_O |
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| Holy shit. I would have never suspected, that. I love Rena, <3 THAT EXPLAINS THE DAMN BUGS IN THE ENDING CREDIT SONG ! Ohhhhhhhh, and the flowers, and, butterflies in the opening? Or has all this just gone to my headdd ! :DD It HAS to be, right? NEXTTT, |
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| WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAT KILLER BUGS AAAAARGH question it might sound weird but does those bugs/parasites rly excist ??? i hope not Y_Y next ep ( pls no killer parasite onegai!!!) Grtz lsumi |
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| Spoooky... :D Parasitic bugs = Ewww... This show gets more interesting as you go along... hauu~, it's exciting |
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| wow this makes more and more sense and less and less at the same time XD |
| WTF maggots and parasites and stuff. This is gonna be a weird arc. |
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| Everything's coming together now, and we find out the real reason why the characters have been acting psychotically in the past arcs, though perhaps this could be a red herring. It could be possible that Rena is starting to hallucinate...in one shot, the cord of her phone isn't plugged and leads to nowhere. I wonder what's going to happen to the conflict with her father, as that was never resolved. |
| Not sure I care for this new turn of events. Please dont let this show be about something so ludicrous... |
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| Things are sort of startin to make sense. Although I was hardly abe to comprehend a lot of what was said in this episode. Way to much information too fast. It was quite a bit of reading. What was being said made sense, kind of. Maybe the next episode will make a bit more sense. |
| Awww, i hate bugs :-/ meh, sloppy episode... |
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| I'm thinking the stuff they said about volcanic gas also plays a role in how the bugs started the infection and stay alive. As Rina mentioned, the bugs can only survive in there village. So I'm guessing the gas might be the cause of that. Also I think the people "going crazy" may not necessarily be the ones going crazy. For example the first ark in the beginning of the series; Rina and Mion attack Keiichi and try and stab him with a needle while the doctor and that white van are outside the house. What if he was the one going really going crazy and they where only trying to give him a shot to kill the bugs or at least subside the crazy thoughts? This would also explain why Rika tried to stab Shion with a needle as well. Rika must have been aware that Shion was being overwhelmed by the bugs and wanted to help her. This also explains why the doctor wanted to give Keiichi a shot in his ark. I'm only guessing but the people that kill are probably taken in to the hospital and then give a shot and forced to leave the village or are locked up somewhere in the hospital for tests on how to completely cure it. Wow this was a great ep. |
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DeathfireD said: Also I think the people "going crazy" may not necessarily be the ones going crazy. For example the first ark in the beginning of the series; Rina and Mion attack Keiichi and try and stab him with a needle while the doctor and that white van are outside the house. What if he was the one going really going crazy and they where only trying to give him a shot to kill the bugs or at least subside the crazy thoughts? This would also explain why Rika tried to stab Shion with a needle as well. Rika must have been aware that Shion was being overwhelmed by the bugs and wanted to help her. This also explains why the doctor wanted to give Keiichi a shot in his ark. It might be true now that I think about it... But those might have been sedative injections instead. babykeiji said: Yeah, so basicly it would seem that the disappearances and murders were just to hide that main objective. And the disappeared people are the one that is really sacrificed, etc making their entrails out.. and reviving that parasite. Oh well, there's so much philosphical phrases that have been said in this episode. XD But still, this arc must be the answer for the first chapter, right? Although there are some connections that ties up, I still don't get the point in making this the answer arc for the 1st chapter.. XD Damn crazy villagers! xD But I don't think that this is the anwer arc for the first question arc. Anyway, this arc answers alot of things. Hmm... But it's rather weird... The past episodes were of Rena killing those 2 guys, and now the arc takes a completely diiferent route, seeminly totally unrelated to the first 2 episodes. It might had been better to split this arc into 2 different ones. Nah nvm... that might have made everything really confusing instead. |
| A rather boring episode compared to the many ballin' episodes that this series has put forth so far. |
DeathfireD said: I'm thinking the stuff they said about volcanic gas also plays a role in how the bugs started the infection and stay alive. As Rina mentioned, the bugs can only survive in there village. So I'm guessing the gas might be the cause of that. Also I think the people "going crazy" may not necessarily be the ones going crazy. For example the first ark in the beginning of the series; Rina and Mion attack Keiichi and try and stab him with a needle while the doctor and that white van are outside the house. What if he was the one going really going crazy and they where only trying to give him a shot to kill the bugs or at least subside the crazy thoughts? This would also explain why Rika tried to stab Shion with a needle as well. Rika must have been aware that Shion was being overwhelmed by the bugs and wanted to help her. This also explains why the doctor wanted to give Keiichi a shot in his ark. I'm only guessing but the people that kill are probably taken in to the hospital and then give a shot and forced to leave the village or are locked up somewhere in the hospital for tests on how to completely cure it. Wow this was a great ep. That makes perfect sense to me. Every death relates somehow to that theory. We'll see I guess. |
| these arcs still overlap each other don't they? it is like multiple timelines as i see it, even if questions are still getting answered, the conclusions of some of the arcs still contradict each other. but i suppose all will be revealed in the next season :) |
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| Ew, Bugs. Like EWWWW |
| I still think this arc is worse than the previous ones. It kinda goes off the track - first showing Rena's attitude to her father's actions, explaining her family background and suddenly we have a RIDICULOUS theory about parasites being the cause of the whole Hinamizawa craziness? Come on, this is stupid. I'm very disappointed, if this is the real explanation for what was going on in the village for such a long time. Have the creators run out of ideas perhaps? There's still two episodes left and I hope it will get better and they'll make up for this crappy arc, otherwise the score won't go past 8. |
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| Oh shit. It's a virus!? This explains alot, Rena's too cute~ |
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| Boring episode? This has a huge amount of plot that helps the anime making sense. I see no boredom here. |
Bladecatcher said: Yeah parasitic murder viruses is way too SCI-FI =/The first thing I thought of while watching this episode was Resident Evil 4. I rather have an actual angry god as explanation =P Though am I right in thinking the arcs more or less got nothing to do with each other? They all have the same hidden underline plot (which we don't know anything about) and it's slowly explained trough different stories and points of view? Really I should not be watching these kinds of anime at 4am^^ |
| There goes my Takano is an evil weirdo that pulls the strings of reality theory, it went straight out of the window....DX Well , I can't wait to see how this all wraps up~ |
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| wow, i'm impressed. it's making more and more sense but i'm still a little bit confused. wasn't shion the one who recieved the notes and had almost the same conversation? or takano just spoke to both to see their points of viev . hmmm parasites so? interesting. but how Rena heard Oyashiro~sama voice, it was her imagination ? going crazy by parasites living only in hinamizawa o-o |
| parasites???O.o...okaaay this would be an interesting explanation to all of this :-) 4/5 because it was quite a boring episode anyway... |
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| Well I dont know what to think about that whole parasite idea... It makes quite much sense, but I dont like it that much. Wel we'll see if there is more behind it. And I'm really wondering if all the arcs will make sense in the end or if they are really just separate scenarios... |
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| ew! parasites! I'm all sorts of paranoid now. I wonder if Oishi's in on this at all. He always seems to be very close to the problem, but just out of harm's way. |
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| parasites? lolwut? |
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| Well this is certainly going in a peculiar direction. |
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Frengers said: The scrapbook of truth... o.o |
| Whaaaaaaaaat???The curse is actually parasites??What kind of explanation is that? And now what?They will make a vaccine?I really hope the end isn't dissapointing.. |
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janeify said: wow, i'm impressed. it's making more and more sense but i'm still a little bit confused. wasn't shion the one who recieved the notes and had almost the same conversation? or takano just spoke to both to see their points of viev . hmmm parasites so? interesting. but how Rena heard Oyashiro~sama voice, it was her imagination ? going crazy by parasites living only in hinamizawa o-o Well Shion didn't believe the whole curse at the first place. Making her read the scrapbook just gave her more reasons to hate Mion and the rest of the Sonozaki Estate. However, Rena truly experienced the effect of those parasites on every type of situation, she can then acknowledge Takano's theory with ease. |
| So the curse is just superstition after all? I thought it was something supernatural.. like... actually a curse Bloody maggots <- eww =S |
| The one thing that crossed my mind in this episode with bioterrorism is 24, and ironically, this is episode 24... but that's beside the point. Parasites? Very interesting stuff. I remember them saying Rena had to be medicated for her behavior when she was away from Hinamizawa. But unlike others have mentioned, I don't feel let down by this turn of events. Maybe it really is just more legend from this research Rena has been going through. This guessing and thinking is what keeps this series interesting, after all. It could totally change in the next episode, but even if it really is an ancient parasite, I still can't say I'd feel let down because I can honestly say I didn't see it coming. |
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| Maggots? Ewww. |
| Hahahaha, it's funny that going through all the comments everyone went mad about the bugs yet no one seemed to question the aliens part of it. Also, it's parasites, not bugs. |
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| Ow poor Rena scratched her wound XP that MUST have hurt!!! i mean cutting your wrist is one thing but then scratching it is another ew DX but anyway Mio did ALOT 2 write all that down... an it was nice of Rena to figure it all out for her!!! so there's a "Virus" in the swamp...???... that explains alot... and how they revived it on that night where ever1 dies from a gas leak in the swamp!!! it makes SO MUCH SEANCE!!! lol ... i cant believe Rena is getting chased by those ppl!!! i wonder what shes gonna do. . . probably kill them... idk haha but they would be kinda of annoying... always following you around going places you go... that must suck!!! |
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| lol at the maggot scene. It was so weird that it's mildly amusing :o whoa everything is starting to make sense. Go scientific theory! Though what does the killings before have anything to do with this? |
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| Wow, the story just reached a whole new level of complexity. That scrapbook explains everything, The story always resets because it never ends... |
| I'm a bit disappointed that it was nothing supernatural because I loved the feel of the first arc the most. Oh well, I guess it makes more sense this way. |
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| I watched it with a shitty resolution, so i couldn't read the scrapbook.. can anyone tell me what it said?? |
| well this put a spin on things |
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