#Higurashi no Naku Koro in Rei

[connan-l]

You know I'm actually very bitter they decided to give Rena a son instead of a daughter in Higurashi Reiwa.

I've talked a little about this before, but Rena's relationship with femininity and internalized misogyny is one of the most compelling aspects of her character to me. I’m not really sure if it was something that was entirely intended by Ryukishi, however Tsumihoroboshi still put a lot of focus on her perception of women and gender expectations particularly through her relationship to her mother and Rina; of having to perform femininity and incarnate the image of a perfect cute school girl if she wants to be truly happy and dismissing every parts of her that doens’t fit that image, all that in a way that definitely adds a very interesting layer to her character.

So the idea of her having to confront and challenge those deeply engrained ideas and prejudices once she’s an adult to raise her own daughter, especialy as a divorcee single mother, has sooo much cool potential. That would a lot more interesting and makes for a good conclusion to her character/arc too. Like sure you can make an argument there could be some stuff to do regarding this with her having a boy too, but I genuinely don’t think it’d be to the same extent.

(”But then Girl!Kihiro and Keitarou would have been way too much like the og Keiichi & Rena’s relationship--” well yeah, maybe then we could’ve given these kids actual proper personalities. Maybe we could’ve even had Keitarou be a girl too! Win-win) Also looking it up, even if it depends on the spelling of course it seems that ‘Kihiro’ is more common as a female given name, and I’m just aghhh, Ryukishi why! (There’s even this spelling I’ve seen with the characters ‘ki 希’ (hope) and ‘niji 虹’ (rainbow) (contrary to Kihiro’s actual spelling which is just ‘希比呂’ and the last two characters don’t mean much of anything) and it’s such a pretty name/meaning ;_; Let Kihiro be a girl with that name, come on--) 

(The only way I’d like the current canon would be if Kihiro is actually a trans girl buuuut I heavily doubt it dsgfdds)

Also, a bit unrelated but on the topic of Rena, I’m surprised so many people seems to have taken Rena divorcing and ending up as a single parent as a bad or mean-spirited thing, which... I mean, I can see why, but actually reading the manga I don’t think that’s the case at all?

Like, first of all divorce is not necessarily a bad thing! It can be, and yes in Rena’s case it was actively traumatic for her, but in Reiwa we’re explicitely told by Kihiro that it was a good and healthy thing for their family and that it actually improved things. They’re still in contact with the ex-husband/father and seems to have an okay relationship with him, and although we haven’t seen much of their family life Rena seems to be genuinely happy and at peace with her situation?

There’s a lot I dislike about Reiwa, but (at least for now, of course it could still change later on) Rena divorcing is really not one of them. Instead of seeing it as mean-spirited I genuinely think it feels more like Rena actually... reclaiming something bad that hurt her deeply in her childhood and turning into something positive, if that makes sense? The situation is very different from the one with her own parents, and yeah, I honestly like that. I’m hoping that imply she also maybe came to make peace with her fraught relationship with her mom and reached out to her half-sister too. (I also really like single mom Rena to be honest, especially given she’s the only one of the group who doesn’t conform to the Traditional Nuclear Family thing the others have going on, but that’s a personal preference here lol)

(....Even if yeah she still should have had a daughter I’m sorry--)

[let-it-ripperoni]

Would like to remind y'all I also love Higurashi. She's doing her biggest, happiest "Nippaahh!!". Rika deserves the world.

[cantheywinthehungergames]

Satoko Hojo, the teen one in Higurashi Gou (the only ver of her within the age range). has a talent for traps and pranks. restriction: no time looping

Name: Satoko Hojo

Age: 12-17 (pulled from certain media in the Higurashi series)

Restrictions: No use of time looping abilities (I never saw anything of the sort reading the wiki so I'm trusting the asker)

[magnusthehorseman]

[someonesmoon]

HIGURASHI WHEN THEY CRY FANS CAN I HAVE YOUR ATTENTION, PLEASE?

I just bought a full set of rare figures from Lavits and if you're comfortable with paying for international shipping, I really suggest shooting an email to make sure they're in stock and then buying a set while ya still can cause these be rare!

I WILL be updating when my figures come in with a nice overview of my experience to help show as well, stay tuned :)

[rougeprunea]

ひぐらしのなく頃に令   星渡し編

Higurashi: When They Cry Rei: Star-Crossing Chapter

[gabbyp09]

[satoshi-mochida]

Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Rei Gets 'Iro Tōtoshi-hen' Manga on June 20

Anime News Network Source

The July issue of Square Enix's Monthly Shonen Gangan magazine revealed on Monday that the Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Rei manga series will have a new manga titled Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Rei: Iro Tōtoshi-hen that will launch on Square Enix's Gangan Online manga website on June 20. Kei Natsumi, who will draw the new manga, posted a new illustration to celebrate the announcement on their Twitter account, and also noted that the manga is the "answer arc" for the earlier Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Rei manga.

[Twitter Link]

The manga is a sequel to two new manga in the Higurashi franchise titled Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Rei that launched in November 2021. Natsumi's Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Rei: Oni Okoshi-hen launched on Gangan Online, while Seigo Tokiya's Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Rei: Hoshi Watashi-hen launched in Square Enix's Monthly Big Gangan magazine. Oni Okoshi-hen ended in August 2022, while Hoshi Watashi-hen ended in September 2022. The second and final compiled book volumes for both manga shipped in November 2022.

Manga creator Tomato Akase launched a new manga titled Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Meguri (Higurashi: When They Cry – Meguri) in October 2021 on Kadokawa's Young Ace Up service. The manga is a new answer arc for the Higurashi: When They Cry – GOU series. The Higurashi: When They Cry – GOU anime premiered in October 2020, and the 24th and final episode aired in March 2021. Higurashi: When They Cry – SOTSU, the followup to the anime, premiered in July 2021 and aired for 15 episodes.

Asahi launched a new manga in the Higurashi franchise titled Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Oni in Futabasha's Monthly Action magazine in February 2022.

[aleksandr1507]

Keiichi and Shion :3

[lambdadeltaa]

at this point i would give a blood tribute for higurashi rei to be updated

[magnusthehorseman]

Frederica Bernkastel is born

[aleksandr1507]

When the Ponies Cry and Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Kai Opening🔥

[rougeprunea]

ひぐらしのなく頃に令  鬼熾し編

Higurashi: When They Cry Rei: Demon-Kindling Chapter

[weeblmaodotcom]

[Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Rei] without context , Meme by Weeblmao.com

[parallelvortexamv]

Higurashi no Naku Koro ni- Rena Lies!! AMV

Ryuugu Rena [竜宮レナ] tribute video Sequences from this video span Higurashi no Naku Koro ni, Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Kai, & a little bit of Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Rei. The majority of the video is taken from the Tsumihoroboshi-hen/ Atonement Chapter. Higurashi no Naku Koro ni

[aleksandr1507]

Rika Cat :3 and Satoko Cat :3