#tanashi

[caruilon]

Tana daaaay

Happy b-day you silly dog. Now get out of the cake!!

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[tanashigurashi]

西東京市の隠れた至宝、ラーメンチョップの魅力を徹底解剖！🍜 たった10席の小さな店で、驚きの味変カスタマイズが待っています。豚骨醤油スープに唐辛子、ニンニク、お酢…自分だけの究極の一杯を作り上げる秘密を全公開🔥 行列必至の人気店の全てを、田無ぐらしならではの視点でリアルにレポート！一度読んだら絶対に食べに行きたくなる、そんな記事です✨

[koifishstudies]

[liesweliveby]

TW FOR HIGURASHI-TYPICAL VIOLENCE (murder, maggots crawling out of wounds,etc)

wtc my beloved. my favorite visual novel series.

[kittyvannyart]

Miyoko Tanashi Sprite~

[darkladyofthenight]

Just some of my sketches of Rose Guns Days characters. Some of them are finished, some are not.

[indragonsaur]

Qulin Tanashi

[idontthinkimokaymentally]

Hello there Tegamaru Tanashi fans.

[evilkitten3]

...i may have just hissed like a cat at my computer. can't fathom why.

apparently the first chapter of higurashi is on steam for free so that's what i'll be up to for the next hanyuu knows how long

[aurorauau]

cursed marriage post

you know what I was missing from Umineko?

it's not a shipping post. at least two people here are in a genuine romantic relationship but ngl it's more about lavender marriage than anything else

edit: ignore the Takano jokes I miscalculated but I'll leave my bad math where it is lol... Takano was probably born in the 50s or very early 60s herself

Amanda and Caleb

Caleb keeps going on about his dead wife so he might not be keen to remarry yet... and Wayne's line about Miguel losing to an old lady stuck out because did he really? but my thought from that was that Amanda and Caleb could've formalised their relationship like no other characters had so far. they're both on the older side of the cast, so deliberating on it is a bit different than younger characters. in s1 they already seemed like they just wanted to settle down together. so would they be happy? I don't know... I'm doubtful for Amanda's sake, I think she's trying but Caleb is just not putting in the work. these two actually have feelings for each other but I believe in this less than some of the lavender marriages. I just need to see Caleb trying because he's the same after the first season as he was back then... not really encouraging and I never want to consign Amanda to this but I'm not making the choice

Leo and Rose

I just got a call from my agent saying I have to talk about the official couple of this vn. maaan. well I can definitely see them growing together especially in a context outside of the vn action! and since according to the gravestone they did get married eventually there you have it... hmm

Meijiu and Rose

I heart these two but love =/= getting married, I will accept anything and as I've said I'm not very attached to a conventional relationship for them (sour grapes is what I tasted) (but I do mean it...)

don't ask me where Alan and Meixue or Keith and Stella are. ask Ryukishi why women die...

well just a short comment. imo both of these had potential (romantic and platonic respectively) but would've hit a snag at some point with key points of conflict coming mostly from Alan and Keith... I think they could have grown together though idk

Claudia and Keith

I'm close to just deciding this is something that happens in my post-canon world. these two are negatively attracted to each other but they both came up with plans that need another person. it makes sense in my sequence of events ok... this would be the Kurosaki family since Keith has no interest of adding on to his own family and idk I think Claudia has no one else. they're a bit more mature and also more secure in their orientation than they would have been in vn times. good! it's not going to be without its issues but I think this can work out as a platonic relationship... btw he's not going to co-own the restaurant or something though lol that's Claudia's... you are an employee

Meryl and Wayne

I've seen this one suggested... and since I just put out my own idea that Claudia platonically marries a man I can't go for "duh Meryl is gay" since that's not in question here. I'd be more inclined to this if Wayne's grandson didn't exist... and according to him Wayne had three (iirc) kids? and presumably they're all Uederas like him? this won't work. had they told me Wayne laid an egg and out hatched Miyo Takano's father (mr. Tanashi) I would buy it

Cyrus and Meryl

well clearly Cyrus laid an egg and out hatched Miyo Takano's father. way to end this post but listen to me... I could see this as a counterpart (cheap as hell double wedding) to Claudia and Keith... and more importantly give it up for the real, fact checked Maiougi widows of our time. however I think Meryl would just end the life of whoever suggested something like this - if that wasn't her. I'm stuck on cheap double wedding

who did Wayne marry?

I don't know. who wants him

maybe Jeanne and they're so divorced that she doesn't even want to mention this in the story... would be funny if she ignored her grandson ngl but I think it's truly meant to be a catbox... next we will be counting down top 10 most divorced

[8bitsupervillain]

Higurashi When They Cry Hou Ch. 8 Matsuribayashi pt. 115

Yet, despite my feelings on how the chapter has gone towards the very end, she needs to be rescued too.

When I finished Matsuribayashi for the first time I was unaware that this fragment/scene even existed. I had read the singular TIP, and the staff room and walked away for some time. I wasn’t entirely sure what to make of the ending of Matsuribayashi and I confess to a certain amount of confusion. Sure the ending wasn’t particularly great, but I didn’t understand why this of all things had apparently upset the fanbase so. It may not have been the best ending to a series, but I thought it was pretty good. Eventually my looking at various forums and so on led me to this:

The idea that the fragments needed to be played a certain had certainly occurred to me, but I knew going in that there was no way I was going to get it correct on my first swing. After all there were fifty-one fragments, I sincerely doubt anyone playing/reading the visual novel got it correct their first time. So I went through the fragments in the order provided in that steam guide, and it unlocked the 52nd fragment.

Flags from kids meals

Somehow I had managed to dodge even the text underneath the fragments believe it or not. I saw the title on that steam guide, but not the flavor text.

I admit that when I read this the first time until the dialogue specified Miyoko’s Dad I genuinely had no idea who the “she” the game was referring to.

This is actually one of the things that I really like from the adaptations compared to the visual novels. The 2009 versions, as well as the unmodified 2020 release just have the background and the dialogue on screen. So the inclusion of “Rika” in the modded version is entirely just a decision made for the PS3 and later ports of Matsuribayashi. I like the manga and anime versions of this scene for the inclusion of an adult “Rika.” It’s a minor touch, but one that I enjoy. It doesn’t necessarily add anything to the scene, but I admit that I enjoy the intentional confusion that their inclusion adds to the finale. Because in spite of how it may look, this is not Rika Furude.

I do have to wonder though, if Matsuribayashi had decided to make the Rika who’s not Rika into more of a character than she already was would it have helped the more controversial elements? Throughout the Connecting Fragments Rika appears from time to time to help the narrative move forward towards the miracle ending they need to free Rika and Hanyuu from the time loop. I mentioned in part 103 that I had a theory as to why Rika seems to know everything, and nothing. Cards on the table, but it’s because the Rika of the Connecting Fragments, and the Flags from a child’s meal chapter are definitely not the Rika Furude we’ve been with the majority of the chapter. This Rika, who the Minagoroshi manga said was Frederica Bernkastel is a Rika from one of the other fragments who was able to attain powers similar to Hanyuu. At least this Rika is able to interact with people from other fragments, if nothing else. Back at the very start of the chapter when Miyoko is escaping from the orphanage she hears "a mysterious voice" the modded version of Higurashi uses Rika's voice actor for this line. So I believe that this Rika is somehow able to join forces with Hanyuu and the pair were able to manipulate fate into working out for their "miracle." It's why there are points during the Connecting Fragments where Rika seemed to know a lot more about the plot than she later seems to actually know.

Could you imagine if I had taken screenshots of every single variation of this conversation and put them here? I imagine you’d kill me due to the repetition. This is the end of my inclusion of the manga screenshots by the way.

Initially upon reading this I admit to a small sense of confusion, because I was reading her words literally, that Miyoko Tanashi was fated to die if she went with her parents on this mall trip that claimed her parents lives. It didn’t occur to me until later on in this that it was meant in a more metaphorical sense.

I don’t want to bring up the notion of what you might think is canon or non-canon, but I just want to remind you in the anime adaptation the accident that claimed the Tanashi parents was a bus crash with one other vehicle. But also in the anime adaptation it’s shown that the driver saw Miyoko and it guilted him into slowing down so they avoided that grisly fate. The manga however when it showed the crash it was just a Final Destination vision that killed and mutilated a whole pile of people. So much so that even in the visual novel at the start of the chapter the crash had cut off Miyoko’s dad’s arms.

And so, in the very last minutes of Higurashi When They Cry Hou Chapter Eight: Matsuribayashi Miyo Takano died.

I know that this is presented as something that’s supposed to be unambiguously good. After all, Miyoko’s parents are alive, so she’ll never live with Hifumi, and the entirety of the series, with all of its tragedies and death will be avoided. However I don’t know if this is actually a good ending, this is even ignoring the stuff that will occur later in the series. At the time when I read this alternate ending, which is what this is, I wasn’t really feeling it. It’s not bad necessarily, it just didn’t do anything for me, I felt more for the bad ending of Himatsubushi where Akasaka was unceremoniously shot to death than I did for this.

At the time, when I first read the visual novel my mind was awash with what changing this flow of events could possibly mean for the characters. Would events transpire the way they had originally, only without the spicy external threat of Takano? Would Satoko still kill her parents? Despite this being the finale for the series (if you say it enough, it becomes true) I’m not really willing to look at the theories and speculations about what it all means. But I do have my speculations.

I think if you make a fragment where Takano is madly in love with Tomitake you get Matsuribayashi.

Part of me wonders if the series would have been helped or hindered by a dramatic romantic subplot running alongside the narrative? I recall really enjoying the relationship stuff in Watanagashi, but I don’t know how I’d feel having to go through a romance plot in say Tsumihoroboshi. Or if in Minagoroshi if there was a relationship chokehold on the plot when dealing with the Satoko stuff. As much as I don’t imagine loving the concept, there are some romantic subplots in Umineko that I thought were pretty okay, hell episode 6 of Umineko could be read as an odd romance novel of sorts. “Without it love it cannot be seen” and all that not withstanding. If you want to get really into it, the entire series could be seen as an indictment of how love is one of the worst things that can happen.

Part of me wants to be really cynical and sarcastic about how “Higurashi will move on without us” because of how often Ryukish07 has been going back to this financially lucrative well. But I can’t really fault the guy for getting paid, lord knows if I created a popular series like this I too would try to milk it for all its worth.

I do have to say it is a bit of a change of pace to see the author of a work give their approval for fan works in the actual work itself. Usually that sort of thing is saved for the stray social media post, or post on their own web site. I don’t really have anything to say about his entreaty for you to create stuff, because honestly more people should be willing to take a risk and expose themselves to the creative process. Even if you’re doing it just for you it’s fun, soul crushing at times, but still it can be fun.

[whentheycry-problems]

Miyoko Tanashi is dead and Miyo Takano remains.

[tanashigurashi]

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[koifishstudies]

[felixcloud6288]

Higurashi: Festival Accompanying Chapter 1

We know all the secrets surrounding June 1983, but we don't know everything leading up to that month.

Everything begins at some point likely around the mid 1950s. Before she was Miyo Takano, she was Miyoko Tanashi. She was scared of horror stories, loved collecting the flags that came with her kids meals, and loved her parents very much.

S-Save me r/vexillology!! I'm trying to identify all 19 of the flags Miyoko has collected.

The flags I can identify for sure:

Brazil: near the bottom center

Canada: near the center to the right of Brazil

China: in the top right corner

Denmark: In the top left, above South Korea and partially buried under two other flags

Finland: Above Denmark and slightly covering it up

France: The flag covering up Denmark

Germany: bottom left corner

Greece: Center far right

Japan: Near the center

South Korea: Center far left. Partially covered by the drawer wall

Switzerland: Bottom center, next to Brazil

Turkey: Bottom right corner

United Kingdom: Top Center

United States: Top center. Right above Canada

Meanwhile I think these are also in the pile:

Argentina or Austria: The flag under the Swiss and Brazilian flags. I'm leaning toward Argentina because red is drawn in darker shades

India: The flag at the top right above the US flag and partially covered by the drawer

Italy or Ireland: Flag to the right of Switzerland and above Turkey. I'm leaning more toward it being Italy.

I cannot figure out what the flag between Canada and Greece is. At first, I thought it was the Czech Republic, but the shading on this image doesn't match the Czech colors at all. And it's backward too. There's also a flag in the top right corner that is very hidden. All I can tell is it has white on the bottom. My guess is it might be Indonesia. I was also considering Estonia, but Estonia was under Soviet rule at this time and it was illegal to fly the Estonian flag.

I was really hoping the Mexican and South African flags might be in here.

You're placing a curse on your kid if you tell them god will give them happiness if they're good. You're telling them it is their fault when life happens and things fall apart. And almost as if on cue, Miyoko's life falls apart on the same day her father told her that. The only thing you could say she did wrong was she didn't hear her father when he called out to her.

Mr Tanashi losing his right hand in the train derailment is just twisting the knife. It's not enough that Miyoko's mother died in the accident and that she saw her father die. She's also denied one final headpat before he dies.

I want to try being fair to the social workers working on Miyoko's case. This is the mid 1950s. World War II ended at most a decade ago. Around 4% of Japan's population was killed in the war. Two cities were utterly destroyed, and there's the general economic collapse that comes from long-term military action.

No matter how much they may want to help, resources in this environment are stretched thin. Trying to find and contact a single person with no leads would likely be difficult today. It would be a herculean task in the 1950s.

And it's also this kind of scenario that lets an institution like the one Miyoko was sent to to exist. Those social workers were genuinely clueless about how that orphanage mistreats the children brought to it. They genuinely think they're providing the best possible solution given the situation, and the head of the orphanage knows how to put on a kindly face in front of them.

I genuinely don't know if the panel of the man patting Miyoko's head is real or her imagination. Him giving her even the slightest kindness is so out of character. And Miyoko grew up in the exact opposite of an abusive home. Her instinct when seeing someone raise their hand to her is expecting kindness and being utterly confused when she's hit instead.

I love and hate how that first slap to Miyoko is so perfectly executed. A full page image on the right half of the page spread. You just turn the page and see Miyoko violently slapped across the face. It's as sudden to us as it is to her. And right before it happens, the chapter implied that there is hope for her despite everything that's happened. But that one slap knocks the hope out of her and us.

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[purely-interests-here-not-much]

Well... I guess for my late spirit for PKMN Day, just thought that this would be interesting to post, plus including some upcoming Digimon fan content as well. My teams over the course of Pokemon Mystery Dungeon, as well as a future team for the upcoming Digimon Mystery Dungeon by @/nerointruder, who's done some wonderfully amazing sprite portraits for their fan hack (plus is using EOS as the base!), though progress is currently slow at the moment, do show and give them a follow to show your love and support to the work they're putting in! Ok, shall start from the top? Sidenote, based around my OCs from my little Digimon AU and some being my main+PKMN OCs. DMD: Chrono Prominence - Team Rise - Akasa (Sistermon Blanc) - Kiran (Beelzemon Rebel) - Kaira (Lilimon Noble) - Shinjiro (Angemon to ArchAngemon) - Tamiko (Minervamon) - Mao (Agunimon to ConquerorGreymon) - Mizuki (Tailmon Jinx) PMD Super - Team Fate - Kira - Dakota - Shinji - Tanashi - Gerero - Junya (HEY, since Gen VII didn't get a Mystery Dungeon game, I had to make an workaround, so I like to imagine that Super has Gen VII PKMNs there, so at least Junya & Gerero can be together with the rest!) PMD Explorers (top to bottom) - Team Titans - Takashi - Gen - Haruhi - Hiroshi - Haru - Konata - Masataka - Natsumi PMD Blue/DX - Team Galaxy - Kohta - Yuri - Satoshi - Rito

This one being bonus of Team Rise and them as their respective Child Digimon, Akasa besides being the only "human" in my AU as well as main leader of the team for when the fan hack eventually comes out would be a bit of an mystery for the team, as here and my AU, she and the others don't seem to remember much, hell even Kiran+CO didn't seem to realize that they each were all Digimon at first when they woke up! Since DMD is using EOS as a base, which allows for a 4-person team... MAN, the 4th slot in the original Blue Rescue Team is such a tease... -.-

As for Shinjiro (ArchAngemon), before it actually became a thing from Bandai, my interpretation being based around Arrancarfighter's design, honestly prefer theirs over the official one we got. uu' As I can't draw worth jack >>'