Higurashi When They Cry: Abducted by Demons Arc
| Higurashi is one of my favourite anime, but is it a good adaptation? https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=higurashi+onikakushi+playthrough Onikakushi arc itself is 8 hour of gameplay while in the anime it's only 4-5 episode. (I didn't play the VN, obviously) |
| “I won’t rely on anyone anymore. I don’t care if no one understands.” – Homura Akemi |
| No, it's not a good adaptation. |
| No it is not in my opinion. I like the Anime but it's got a totally different feel to it. The VN focuses a lot on slice of life, which the Anime also does, but not nearly enough for some scenes to hit as hard as they do in the VN. The biggest strength of the VN in my opinion is the fantastic music by Dai, which honestly elevates works like Higurashi and Umineko to a new level. |
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| It was a weak adaptation, with the exception of the atmosphere, which was perfectly replicated through art, sound design, and voice acting. |
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Reflesh said: I know, just let me finish the anime first. Why are every umineko fan on earth harrassing me.two words: read umineko |
| “I won’t rely on anyone anymore. I don’t care if no one understands.” – Homura Akemi |
Reflesh said: Usapz said: I know, just let me finish the anime first. Why are every umineko fan on earth harrassing me. its just that good 😭 but yeah i didnt mean to harass you No no it’s okay. I knew the manga was better than the anime before I even started it (and that the anime didn’t adapt the answer arc), I just wanted to watch it to make a comparative between the two version. |
| “I won’t rely on anyone anymore. I don’t care if no one understands.” – Homura Akemi |
| I hate both the anime and the game. |
| その目だれの目？ |
| The anime cuts a lot of 'filler' and naturally what little 'gameplay' elements exist. However neither of those are really necessary, I think, to get across the tone and plot. It does exceptionally well at carrying those through the mediums. Better than most. I guess it depends on what you consider a good adaptation. The anime does not show you everything, but it does show you the important bits and leaves enough fluff for those to carry weight. You don't need dozens of scenes of club antics to get the everyday life across to the viewer, two or three are fine. What's missing may be some of the more introspective conversations between characters. They did the best they could with the time they had, though. The same can not be said for Umineko. That has to be read. |
| Yes, it is a good adaptation and a great way for newcomers to get into the series. Most of the cut content wasn't important. It was just kinda easing the audience into life in Hinamizawa, which was why Studio Deen was able to get away with adapting six whole arcs into the first season alone. Deen also tried to adapt Umineko, but could only fit four arcs into the first season, and the end product still ended up feeling rushed and hard to follow because Umineko has a lot of important information throughout. It could be way better, I'm sure. I just don't think that there's any particular need to call Studio Deen's anime adaptation of Higurashi insubstantial. It's how I got into the series and I would certainly continue to recommend it for anyone who prefers watching anime over reading manga or otherwise. |
Usapz said: Higurashi is one of my favourite anime, but is it a good adaptation? https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=higurashi+onikakushi+playthrough Onikakushi arc itself is 8 hour of gameplay while in the anime it's only 4-5 episode. (I didn't play the VN, obviously) Not even close adaptation to experience of visual novel. It's very hard to adapt this type of internal monologues in semi book-like visual novel format. In live action adaptation you can't just stop action to narrate internal state of psyche for characters. For me, it's one of the crucial element to Higurashi, if not the most important to experience full glory of this story. There's beautiful deep thoughts narration that was left behind in anime adaptation which makes it a little bit shallow in comparison to visual novel. |
| I remember wondering for years if I should watch or play this the game first, with countless of fans stating how better the visual novel is for its soundtrack, tone and pacing. It all makes sense now after finishing it last year and watching the anime now. People are right. Like most decent or somewhat subpar anime adaptions that don't do the source material full justice, the Higurashi anime adaptions are the same. By rushing and cutting dialogue or moments that buildup or hint to one or later several events from the various tricks to confuse the audience just as the characters are until slowly and then finally find out the whole truth of everything ... it ruins the true high quality of the visual novel's writing to how it leads you in mystery and suspense from the sophisticated horror and each character's complexity and experience of insanity. The character design isn't great, but the change of pacing, tone and that soundtrack alone that everybody talks about... that eerie creepy one every moment something scary is being talked about or occuring... the anime doesn't have the same affect with its own different subpar direction. Not just the whole pacing and overall tone, because it cuts inner dialogue or dialogue itself from characters, it leaves you unaware of the full depth of a character, or completely cuts you out of various hints to the story and/or characters. |
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