Holy god… when I though Haruhi was strange… This episode made clear that Rena’s ten times stranger and scarier. At least. I might be mistaken, but this could very well be the best anime to come by this season. It depends on Good Witch of the West.
As you may already know, this anime is based on an amateur-created game. It appeared to be the second-most popular among the amateur-created goods, with Tsukihime as number one. Anyway, I can really see why this became so popular. Rena’s scary! Who cares about Haruhi!
That’s the advantage of amateur-created games. They’re able to put in things professionals find too risky. It’s also not true that only professionals can have great ideas. Everyone has great ideas, the professionals just have a bit of structure in them. This structure is good for making the anime a success. It makes sure that everything happens when it should happen, but at the same time, it limits. I’m also an active member of a amateur game-development-community, and I’ve seen some of the greatest ideas arise, which professionals would never try to attempt.
Another powerful aspect of this anime is the cliffhanger. When I believed that last episode’s cliffhanger was awesome, I never could have imagined the cliffhanger the creators put into this episode. It’s also something you SO NOT see coming, until the main character becomes aware of it as well.
This post of yours has confirmed my thoughts once and for all. Blogsuki’s blogs mostly suck. I’ll stick to Heisei Democracy, Riuva and lolitron. Pure bull from a superficial conventional anime watcher. Why don’t you stop blogging? This will raise blogsuki’s standards.
Woohoo… I got my first hate-mail. Sigh.
Anyway, thank you for the comments. They will be really useful. I keep remembering them. Surely.
…idiot. -_-
>>I’ll stick to Heisei Democracy, Riuva and lolitron.
Of course, lolitron solves world hunger!
Nyuk. Higurashi = win!
Cool review, Higurashi no Naku Koro ni is indeed one of the best i’ve seen for a while in term of newness and atmosphere manipulation, almost modern art 🙂 ignore that stupid nasty comment by some perpectual self-righteous late-adapter (traits that goes hand in hand)
Help me out here. I totally do not get this. The main character dies yet in the next episode everyone is still alive. Wtf is up with that?(pardon my French)
Yeah, the anime consists out of six arcs. Each of these arcs portrays the same events, though with people acting differently, or it focuses on different people. I hope this clarifies a bit.
O, one more thing. Why does Mio carry a gun with her in the 5th episode?
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Six arcs huh? This is going to be difficult to understand.
Also. Have you ever heard of Eureka Seven? If not you should deffinatly watch it. It is really the best anime i’ve ever seen. Higurashi no Naku Koro ni is deffinatly the creepiest anime i’ve ever seen and i’m watching it right now, at this time in the day. Hope i’ll be able to sleep.
I think it’s because of her position in her family. That becomes clear later in the anime. And yeah, Eureka7 was awesome. ^^
it’s my favorite. it’s actually what got me to watch anime. i love it.