#Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Reiwa

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ひぐらしのなく頃に令   星渡し編

Higurashi: When They Cry Rei: Star-Crossing Chapter

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Happy to see Kasai around in 2019, still by Shion's side 💖

Shion and Rena teaming up to kick out a woman-beater 💪♀️

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Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Higurashi no Naku Koro ni | Higurashi When They Cry Rating: Mature Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Furude Rika/Houjou Satoko Characters: Furude Rika, Houjou Satoko, Maebara Keiichi, Maebara Keitarou, Kimiyoshi Sakiko, Ryuuguu Rena, Ryuuguu Kihiro, Sonozaki Mion, Sonozaki Tamaki Additional Tags: Drama, Romance, Angst, Compulsory Heterosexuality, Homophobic Slurs, Internalized Homophobia, Jealousy, mentions of suicidal ideation, Higurashi Reiwa, Mentions of Sex, Vague Umineko references, toxic yuri Summary:

It's 2019, and Rika is back from her travels, visiting her closest friends in the world. All of them have spouses, have children. It's hard to keep denying that absence in her own life, so she finally comes out as a lesbian.

Satoko doesn't take this well.

It's time for Rika to have a conversation with her that they should have had thirty years ago.

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Curse of 1983

Once again I started thinking about how Rika has been handled by Ryukishi07 in recent Higurashi, and it reminds me of how much I dislike it. My previous rant about Sotsu touched on the issue, but looking back, it goes beyond Sotsu.

Rika's entire character now exists in function of her suffering in 1983. She succeeded and managed to move away from that, but emotionally that just isn't the case. Abandoning everything said in the original story about her just wanting to live in peace alongside the people she loves, now she also wants to move away from them into an unknown world. A large part of her character basically becomes a reaction to the loops. She suffered there, so now she searches for the opposite of that. And that is framed even by Hanyuu (who the narrative pushes as the morally correct answer) as her reaching for her "freedom", with Hanyuu treating with despair a future where she fails to move away from Hinamizawa, like it were a rejection of her growth. But is this really growth?

Rika leaving Hinamizawa, especially to St.Lucia, is framed specifically as a rejection to the loops both in the narrative and even R07's interviews, where he frames it in very superficial ways, like describing Rika's desire for a "western atmosphere" (which feels like a very superficial reason to upend her entire life for something that would only last a couple of years). She ends up feeling like an empty person, whose entire dream is entirely reactive, without anything within it. I've had some people tell me this view is purely negative and I'm disregarding the heart of the story, but like I said, R07's interviews (with the architecture highlight) just seemed to push me more in the direction that this is all empty. While Satoko's loops have no weight on her final chararacter, who is pushed to mature in a "natural" way, Rika is still all about her loops with nothing framed out of that. This is extremely frustrating especially because the narrative tries to frame the conclusion as a happy ending, rather than acknowledging the hopeless state Rika is left in at the end, as someone driven entirely by an empty goal that only exists as a reaction to suffering.

But Sotsu isn't R07's most recent Higurashi work. Right around the time Sotsu was ending, R07 had revealed a series called Higurashi Rei (from Reiwa era) taking place more than 35 years after the original Higurashi. Now, Reiwa is a separate continuity that branches off from Matsuribayashi, but this is still a work with involvement from R07 that he conceptualized right after he was done with Gou and Sotsu. The way he views characters and concepts can be glimpsed and connected through this. So, we see a 48 years old Rika, and what kind of person is she? How did her growth turn out?

She doesn't like staying anywhere for long, and is always traveling around the world. Years can pass without her returning to Hinamizawa. We first see her in the story while she's in the hospital after falling from stairs. The story quickly frames her greatest happiness as meeting the very same group of friends from 1983, to "go back to those times". And, as it turns out, that's everything there is to her life. Her friends dying, even though she hadn't seen them in years, and was mostly unaware of the problems going through Hinamizawa in the last two years, immediately cause her to kill herself and loop again, even though here she only has 3 chances due to magical jewels given by Hanyuu years ago, rejecting a world without some of them.

In spite of being a traveler who has gone through the entire world, her life is still defined by 1983. Unlike the other club members that formed their own families (including Satoko who in this world got over her own relationship traumas off-screen and got hitched to a man, becoming a "lady" of the Kimiyoshi family), Rika is alone and seemingly had formed no strong bonds beyond the club, to the point the death of her friends immediately makes her jump back to looping out of her own will. So, from one side you have her with "freedom", "moving away" from Hinamizawa, in another she's still stuck in the past more than anyone else. Which goes back to what I mentioned before, Rika's freedom ends up framed as just a reaction to the loops, with her entire character existing in service of that. She didn't really grow because her "dream" is all an empty reaction, not something with actual meaning. The narrative takes pot shots at that too, with her being bothered by the children calling her "aunt", or her asking Irie for Satoko photos, poking fun at how she's pretty stuck in the past unlike the others. And yet this same narrative refuses to take any of that seriously. It's all somehow framed as a "happy ending", rather than something seen under critical eyes in spite of the scenario itself that has been written.

This issue of a forced "happy ending" becomes even more obvious when you look at her relationships beyond the club. Rika abandoned Hinamizawa and the Furude tradition, so now they bring outside priests to handle the religious ceremonies and the Watanagashi performance can actually be done by anyone. At the same time though, Rika is still respected in the village and loved by the "elders", which is a status quo that makes no sense at all once you start thinking about it. To start with, the elders that pampered Rika when she was young should be dead by now, these elders in love with her now would actually need to be the young adults from her time. The young adults from the time she left the village and led to various religious reforms. And in spite of all that she's somehow still seen with a positive view, which is weird. Even going beyond the identity of these elders, if they care about the religion and Rika's position within it, it's odd they were fine with her leaving and the Furude being replaced by outside priests. On the other hand, if they don't care about the traditions... why do they care about Rika someone who left the village and did little for them through the years? There's no reason at all. If they didn't care for the traditions, they'd just see Rika as this girl who left them years ago and would have no attachment to her. The whole situation only exists in order to frame Rika's current status quo as a happy ending, so she gets to leave the village, while still benefiting from all the love she had before.

Sotsu tries to draw a parallel between Rika and Satoko, putting them on the same level as Satoko also becomes a looper, but I feel like it falls apart in the conclusion. Satoko's conclusion is moving away from her loops, acting like they basically never happened. Her final development is meant to be basically putting it all aside and focusing on a healthy human life unrelated to all that time she spent there. On the other hand, Rika's entire character in his modern works is based on her own loops and the burden she carries from them - even abandoning Saikoroshi's conclusion where she talked like she'd put all that past behind and live like this world was her only one. Running away from Hinamizawa or searching for new experiences by traveling around the world are all reactions that exist due to her time in the loops, nothing to do with her human life, and yet her character has become defined by that. That's how Ryukishi07 could go from writing Gou/Sotsu to Reiwa - going back to a non-looper Satoko after all the focus she had just gotten doesn't contradict her character thematically, even if you'd think it'd be a huge step back after the development she just got. Meanwhile, Rika is still a looper, and once again alone - just like when she's leaving Hinamizawa at the end of Sotsu leaving everyone behind, while the other main club members are all together. Thematically, Satoko was always meant to "move away" from her loops, but Rika is eternally chained to her loops in 1983, something Ryukishi07 attempts to frame as a "happy ending", even though it obviously isn't one.

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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--)

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

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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.

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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.

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New/Ongoing Higurashi Material Guide

I'm not sure if this post will be helpful to anybody else, but it would have been helpful to me, a few months back, so I'm being the change I want to see in the world.

Were you into Higurashi no Naku Koro Ni 10-20 years ago (or got into it when the visual novels were released on Steam more recently)? Did you know that in the last couple years Ryukishi07 started putting out a ton of new Higurashi material to celebrate the 20 year anniversary? Did you know this, but were maybe overwhelmed by all the new material and weren't sure what you should be reading and in what order? This post is here to help!

In total, the new/ongoing material includes two mutually-exclusive sequel series and a prequel.*

Gou/Sotsu/Meguri

Gou was initially an anime arc, now also with a manga adaptation, and is a sequel. This can be a bit confusing because it was originally marketed as a reboot, the first episode very much looks like a reboot, and some sites have it listed as simply Higurashi When They Cry, as if it were the original series. It's very much not a reboot, but a sequel.

Sotsu is the anime answer arc for Gou. Meguri is the manga answer arc for Gou, and is ongoing. They're similar, but different. Let's use a food metaphor.

Gou/Sotsu/Meguri have at least some connection to Umineko, although you'll get different answers as to how much of a connection that is. I'll just say, as an Umineko fan, that I'm finding it pretty interesting myself!

Rei(wa)

Rei (令) is the other current sequel series, and is completely unrelated to Gou/Sotsu/Meguri. You'll see English-speaking fans write it as Rei(wa) because it is set at the beginning of the Reiwa era in 2019, and because there is already a different Higurashi no Naku Koro Ni Rei (礼) series.

Rei(wa) is a second-generation series primarily featuring the children of the original characters. I know what you're thinking: who asked for that? Why? I do personally think, though, that they've done a really good job making most of the kids strong stand-alone characters, though, and I've been enjoying it a lot.

Oniokoshi is the first question arc. Hoshiwatashi is the second question arc. Both question arcs started release at the same time and begin with some of the same events, diverging later on. The answer arc, Irotoutoshi, will begin soon in June 2023.

Oni

Oni is a prequel arc, giving us background on Sonozaki Oryou, the Kimiyoshi family, and Doctor Takano Hifumi. Yes, they did make the hemorrhoids mayor a pretty boy.

Anyway, that's my wrap-up! I hope somebody finds it helpful. Happy reading!

*(There's also a mobile game, Mei, but I haven't really been following it myself, and it has a different writer.)

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Higurashi no naku koro ni Onikakushi-hen end

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ひぐらしのなく頃に令  鬼熾し編

Higurashi: When They Cry Rei: Demon-Kindling Chapter

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Adult Shion is so cute, I also love her outfit 🥹💖 and the detail of the title being ''Houjou Satoshi&Shion'' because Shion in Reiwa is no longer a Sonozaki but a Houjou🫶can't wait to see them again at the Watanagashi in Irotoutoshi soon🤗 I would love to see a family moment between them and Satoko!

Natsumi Kei suggesting that it seems they have gotten married earlier and have had children earlier compared to the other club members...Shiisato children?! I absolutely want to see them, please Ryukishi 🥹 Satoshi and Shion being the first and also the youngest to become the parents, so cute 💕

There's also a drama CD that takes places like in 1993 where Satoko is about to become an aunt and wants to be the ''nee-nee'' of her upcoming nephew/niece💓

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Rumble Garanndoll: il nuovo trailer anticipa la sigla di testa dell’originale serie anime targata Lerche

La prima puntata della serie sarà disponibile in anteprima su YouTube dal 3 ottobre.

Pubblicato un terzo trailer di “Gyakuten Sekai no Denchi Shoujo” (Rumble Garanndoll), la nuova serie animata originale dello studio LERCHE (Asobi Asobase, Astra Lost in Space, Idoly Pride), il cui primo episodio verrà trasmesso in anteprima sul canale YouTube ufficiale di Kadokawa Anime il 3 ottobre, per poi sbarcare in tv dall’11 ottobre.

Questa volta il video anticipa brevemente la sigla di testa, intitolata "Fever Dreamer", interpretata dalle Mia REGINA (Appare-Ranman!, HenSuki).

Per quanto riguarda lo staff, alla regia troviamo Masaomi Ando (School-Live!, Scum’s Wish, Toilet-Bound Hanako-kun, Astra Lost in Space), assistito per l’occasione Yoshihito Nishoji (Maji de Otaku na English! Ribbon-chan), mentre della sceneggiatura si sta occupando Makoto Uezu (Scum’s Wish, Yuki Yuna is a Hero, KonoSuba).

La storia inizia nel 2019, poco prima del cambio di epoca storica per il Giappone. Una spaccatura verso un'altra dimensione si apre improvvisamente nei cieli sovrastanti, rivelando un mondo alternativo “di svolta” chiamato Shinkoku Nippon. Questa versione parallela del Giappone ha mantenuto il suo militarismo ed è rimasta bloccata nell'era Showa. Lo Shinkoku Nippon invade il nostro Giappone con le sue armi a gas Genmu (sulle quali le nostre armi moderne non hanno alcun effetto) e armi umanoidi chiamate Garan. Gli invasori prendono immediatamente il controllo del nostro governo e conquistano il Giappone. Di conseguenza, il nostro Giappone non inaugura mai l'era Reiwa.

Un decennio dopo, il nostro Giappone è stato rinonimato Genkoku Nippon, diventando di fatto uno stato fantoccio dello Shinkoku Nippon. Sotto una dura censura, le sottoculture di manga, anime, idol e simili, una volta fiorenti, si sono completamente estinte… o almeno così sembrava. Una società segreta chiamata Arahabaki (un anagramma giapponese di Akihabara, il quartiere commerciale della sub-cultura nerd di Tokyo) si solleva per resistere allo Shinkoku con le armi chiamate Garanndoll, alimentate da delle “battery girls”.

Il character design è concepito da Akio Watanabe (The Fruit of Grisaia, Bakemonogatari, Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Gou) ed è adattato per l’animazione da Keiko Kurosawa (Astra Lost in Space, Scum’s Wish, Asobi Asobase). Del mechanical design, invece, si occupa Tomohito Hirose (Radiant).

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