And with this episode, some of the final left in this series are answered: why did some survive, and what is Takano after? This episode explains about operation #34, where basically the entire village is killed before they have the time to become paranoid. The reason why Keiichi wasn’t killed in the third arc was because nobody knew where he went, and he was only discovered afterwards by some non-Yamainu. If I had to guess, then he was killed immediately afterwards by the same woman who killed Satoko in the first arc of the second season, because their symptoms would develop in time anyway, making them claw their own throats. The reason Rena was the only one who managed to survive was because she was the only one who managed to get cured by Keiichi, so there was no need to kill her. It’s a shame Rika doesn’t remember this, as it would have been a key to keep surviving.
Then, the reason Takano does everything is finally revealed: to put the blame on the bastards who turned down the work of her grandfather. There’s probably more to this, since she kept yelling about being t=a god-like person, but I’d like her to have such a simple goal. It makes much more sense than becoming the next Oyashiro-sama.
I really wonder how this series plans to end… I mean, with this, there are just five episodes left. Higurashi has been building up for quite a while now, but it has to make up for this with some pretty amazing climaxes. How can they turn this into something more than just “Takano dies and everyone lives happily ever after”? Will the creators really be able to trump the highlights of the first season in the end? Overall, I’d say the two seasons are about the same quality right now. The first season had a better feel, was more intriguing and had better climaxes, but the second season has been much more consistent and it managed to avoid the flaws in the script of the first one, but on the other hand, it’s just too slow at times…
Really, writing a review for this series is going to be incredibly tricky…]]>
Higurashi no Naku Koro ni – 45
What exactly Takano wants to do? What blame does she want to put on them, I’m quite confused, do you know the answer please?Is it to make them responsile of Rika’s death and causing the villagers to die or is it locking them up and killing them off before the disease starts developping ?
diane: if I recall correctly, if the curse strikes the hinamizawa-village, the blame will fall on the ones who rejected Takano’s ideas. I think that they were responsible for that village or something, but unfortunately my memory is too fuzzy. It’s been too long since I saw this episode.
Thanks for the answer psgels, now I can see clearly. Thanks a lot! Well, about Takano yearning to be oyashiro sama, I have a theory but it’s just only a theory nothing more but maybe that’s because god always decided on her fate, he took away her parents, letting her all alone and under the care of that dreadful character in that orphanage so she wanted to become god for being the one to decide on other people’s fate and not letting god or anyone have their way.