Higurashi is one of the few anime I enjoy. I could go back and watch it and still get chills.
Easton Sullivan
I don't get why i never watched it sooner now that I've seen it. I put it in a backlog but just never got around to it.
Its also strangely kind of nostalgic. For example, when coming across a scene that was once a popular .gif
David Cox
Not exclusive to higurashi, but the fansub group who did it was my favorite. Not just Tl. notes that actually explained stuff, but color coded subtitles, which was nice because i watched it in the back of class in highschool
Asher King
which group?
Nicholas Perez
sorry i should clarify, I'm the OP, and the typesetting for my batch is awful dvd quality. I mean I'm used to it, but its definitely not up to par with what i've gotten used to.
Chase Thomas
Yeah Higurashi is pretty good, but some people have issues with the character designs.
Liam Foster
We are in denial, or WinD. They're long dead though, nothing since 09 and their site is for sale
Gabriel Reyes
I know the visual novels characters are drawn at a 5th grade level with mitten hands. And i do think its kind of weird that mion just carries a gun around everywhere. but other than that they're not that bad. I actually like how the designs in the show can easily transition to light hearted and fun gag or to a serious and ominious look quite seemlessly without having a radical change in the core design.
the designs are good for the wild shifts in tone the show goes through.
Matthew Gutierrez
>weird that mion just carries a gun around everywhere She's from a yakuza family, and I think they showed it to be an air gun once
Aiden Reyes
Yeah, I think that the fact they didn't use too detailed animation kind of helped Higurashi overall. And yes the tone shifts were so amazingly done.
Noah Jackson
I figure its probably airsoft, and they are in a rural town.
But still. My friend had the cops steal his orange plastic airsoft pistol because he was walking around with it in public.
Suspension of disbelief broken. But seriously its just a minor thing.
Jackson Ward
Animation sucks but I still love it. I consider it one of my favorite anime.
Used to get me scared too, I was like thirteen when I watched it though I've always been a pussy
Ayden Allen
The "distinction" scene is always good.
Brody Gutierrez
>watching higurashi You are doing it wrong.
Jonathan Price
I wouldn't say wrong, but you do need to read the VN, or at LEAST the manga if you can handle them changing artists every couple volumes. Also you get to see K1's dad in the manga
Anthony Lopez
I have a hard time getting into visual novels. Maybe i'll give it a try.
Christian Torres
>On one hand i'm sad i never watched it when it was popular on Sup Forums even though I saw a lot of the memes at the time.
That was 10 fucking years ago man
James Walker
Make sure you read the one with the updated art because the old art design was some kindergarden tier shit,if you are familliar with steam you can buy it from there aswell.
Aaron Harris
I need to rewatch this baked as fuck, thank's OP.
It's probably one of the few series ever to do suspense/horror/shock value ever in anime, great for some "stand the hairs on your neck" kinda vibe.
Cooper Reed
I know. I`ve been here far too long.
Jeremiah Reyes
What the fuck is wrong with you guys? You only fucking recommend VN+PS2 patch+Sound patch
Jackson Allen
Just to add to that, if you go the Steam route, I would definitely recommend getting the 'graphics patch'. It adds the CG images as well as the other PS2 graphics (never a fan of the 'filtered photo' backgrounds) There's also patches for adding all the voice-acting into it as well, since the steam version doesn't have those for some reason.
Isaac Cruz
are these patches easy to find? and easy to install? might try it then.
Anthony Torres
Yeah, there's guides for them on the community hub which link to everything you need (usually via GitHub or Mega)
>cute school grills getting murdered so deep and edgy xD You're all just as big a group of fags now as you were in the 2000's.
Jack Rodriguez
>tfw got my finger caught in a wheel today and crushed the tip of it.
It'll be fine but my finger nail is all fucked up. I couldn't even imagine how bad it'd be to rip them all off.
I'll acknowledge your triple dubs. but I'll also say that you're an idiot.
Jace Baker
VN > Anime
Jason Harris
Read the VN. You'll get the same chills and even more considering how much was left out of the anime. It'll feel like a new experience entirely.
Robert Morris
Watanagashi-hen/Meakashi-hen are a lot spookier in manga form. The artist that drew them is great
Jonathan Bell
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Cameron Lopez
So I imported the Japanese Vita version VN, and I was shocked they added choices to the VN and some branched routes. Unless I'm mistaken no english version has this?
Elijah Cook
Does the VN have more suffering in it compared to the anime?
Gavin Nguyen
Same amount, but you feel it a lot more
Carson Clark
>t. anime-onlyfag
Daniel Jones
Read the Goddamn VN's
Like right fucking now
Do it you cunt. 1-3 are on steam, the rest are on Mega if you look
Blake Parker
Your correct, these are from the D.S. games. It brings the VN in line with the manga.
I think Manga-gamer now have the license to do these bonus chapter along with the first 8 original Higurashi chapters
READ THE VN
Xavier Garcia
I think it has the same amount of gory scenes, but you get alot more background on all the characters, pretty much every question you had from the anime has an explanation, and overall you suffer more because seeing these character mutilate each-other is much less fun once you've spent like 12+ hours with them each chapter
Cooper Martin
Oh my god, that scene was perfect. Between the anime, the VN, and the manga, I liked this scene best in the manga.
Colton Jones
DON'T DIE ON ME YET THREAD
Daniel Rodriguez
Is there way to patch mangagamer OST to steam release?
Andrew Myers
Out of curiosity, how much of a difference is there between the two? Call it heresy, but I ended up just replacing the music files with my own compilation. Corpse Party works well on the more serious scenes
Kayden Cook
Well shit, can't find steam one but here is example of original one youtube.com/watch?v=OyGKXb17dV0& It just have more emotion and power in it.
Anthony Williams
By original I mean mangagamer ofc
Joshua Ross
Holy hell, you ain't kidding about the difference, that one is so much better than the Steam version.
Isaac Cook
>reading R07 VNs willingly >ever do you enjoying hammering rusted nails into your skull as well, user?
Brandon Collins
>being a secondary
Lucas Wood
>not reading Higurashi How does it feel to be a faggot?
Matthew James
I loved how Tsumihoroboshi ended: "Fin", black pages and then "Oh, you turned page. You had good ending and now it's all ruined."
Ayden Foster
Read the VN
Asher Clark
So has anyone been keeping up with that live action series that came out recently?
Michael Scott
I've had enough with Umineko, no way I'm touching anything that faggot wrote ever again. You can torture yourselves and act as if you like it all you want, but don't bait others into it.
Jack Harris
And you think watching an awful anime adaption is somehow better?
Noah Stewart
Umineko was a mistake, Higurashi is alot better.
Nolan Smith
No, it's the same thing. The difference is that the VN has a lot of time describing shit, something a visual medium has not. Also since the VN inserts you into the story it feels spookier than watching.
The anime is great, but of course it can't adapt every little detail in the VN perfectly because that would kill the pacing and any sort of fun the anime could bring you, don't tell VNfags that since they want the Anime to be 1:1 adaptation that shows even the most useless details.
Honestly, there's no point in reading it if you've watched the anime, and there's no point in watching if you've read it. Because a mistery is only a mistery once, it loses charm after that
Joseph Ramirez
>not playing all the VN's >then playing the PSP game >then reading all the manga >then marathoning all the anime series Fucking SECONDARY detected
Jeremiah Diaz
>not playing higurashi pachislot True pleb
Isaac Reyes
Well, time to seek happiness next summer
Sebastian Fisher
GONNA~ TAKE~ YOU~ HOME~
Colton Baker
In a town like they're in, I kind of doubt the cops give a shit. There's plenty of places where nobody would give a shit if you walked around with a gun.
Jackson Ramirez
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Ryder Cook
so wait. should i get the steam version or is there a better PC version?
Easton Flores
Steam version has different music, but is a new translation. The old version manga-gamer originally released had new music and old sprites.
Personally I'd recommend the new steam translation, because quite a bit can get lost in translation with the old one.
Ethan Phillips
The sprites look ugly though.
Chase Richardson
Okay perfect.
Chase King
but at least i know there's a way to mod the graphics thanks to
Luke Cooper
Baby don't hurt me Don't hurt me No more
Henry Brown
I downloaded the PS2 version of Higurashi a while ago and I'm planning on playing that once my Japanese gets better, but apparently there's a PS3/Vita version that was released recently. I know that they add the arcs from the DS game, but is there anything else added, like new scenes or music for the original arcs?
Cooper Bennett
>Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Sui has all 19 chapters of the console ports, and also includes the drama cd arc, Hajisarashi-hen, which unlocks upon clearing the game. All the arcs are now fully voiced. Plus the DS art in HD and you have the definitive version.
Lincoln Reed
>I know the visual novels characters are drawn at a 5th grade level with mitten hands There's a patch anywhere on the internet to replace the PC models with the PS2 ones, that look like int the anime. It makes playing the game a lot less painful.
Andrew Thompson
Is this VN/show actually good or is it
Luke Lee
It's a masterpiece assuming you read the VN
Josiah Garcia
So the anime is shit? If I have to read the VN for an adaptation to be good then it's not doing its job.
Leo Green
It's okay I guess. It leaves out a lot stuff out though. If you're adamant on not reading it then at least read the manga.
Evan Walker
If you live in America, then it's very different in Japan. When I visited they had entire stores dedicated to airsoft rifles that look exactly like the same thing, no orange tip either.
Ethan Smith
>same thing I meant real thing obviously.
Joseph Gray
the only problem i have with this anime is that during the ending of s2 everything becomes too much of an asspull by the 'power of friendship'
Adam Kelly
For me it was best horror/thriller I've ever watched. I really need to start VN finally.
Nathan Young
highrashi was one of the first anime i ever watched, saw the cute girls and thought i was in for a treat, i wasnt exactly wrong
Daniel Rogers
Just read the VN
Gabriel Morgan
>No, it's the same thing There's some censorship here and there too, like how Rika stabs herself in the head in OP's pic while in the VN she slits her throat and then scrapes her fingernails across the inside.
Dylan Campbell
> same thing
They fucking removed the third arc's epilogue.
William Green
There's more to it than just the violence and crazy girls. The mystery and atmosphere in the first half of the VN is pretty well done. The characters also get fleshed out well enough that the SoL moments were some of my favorite parts of the VN even though I didn't have much interest in them at the beginning.
The gore shown in the anime just attracts a lot of people that are into edgy shows like Elfen Lied which results in a large portion of the fanbase being pretty shitty.
Jordan Davis
OP, did you fall in love ?
Levi Perry
The anime isn't even watchable until Kai, but the payoff is worth it because Kai and Rei are great and there is a huge jump in animation quality and character models.
Kira is just for fun, skip Outbreak.
Isaac Morgan
Whats wrong with outbreak?
Nathaniel Edwards
>just realized that is fucking Keiichi I masturbated to that so many times am I gay
Bentley Rogers
what isn't wrong with outbreak? it plays like it was made by someone with a cursory understanding of Higurashi by watching all the gory clips on youtube. Its like bad fanfiction with no point.
Jackson Morgan
Don't remind me. The only good part was that they used Dear You for the ed.
Xavier Cruz
Huh.
What about the extra VN chapters then? The one's past the 8th chapter, they also shit?
Nolan Wood
Don't watch Kira ! It's non-sense, and not fun. Outbreak is not that bad, but he hasn't links with others parts of higurashi. Don't understand : he has nothing special. I prefer Satoshi. But i'm not gay, i'm married with Sonozaki (can't figure if it's Shion or Mion).
Angel Cook
>Don't watch Kira ! It's non-sense, and not fun. Outbreak is not that bad
People like you exist?
Landon Rogers
>implying I'm not just going to marathon them
Luis Cook
Is the higurashi VN the same type as the umineko one? planning to play the former but I dont really like the generic playstyle of most VNs
Anthony Jenkins
Animeonlyfags. I tell you, the only people who love Kira are those who've read the VN and understand that it's the closest to the source material. >hurrrr it's all SoL sunshines and rainbows! >there's no mystery murder or gore!!! >where's my higurashi??? Ignoring the fact that the point of Higurashi was to revel at how great murder and gore is and then bitch slap you for enjoying those things.
Levi Brown
Somehow I ended up watching Kai before the first season back when I watched it. Worked better than you might think.
Cameron Cook
It's not the same type.
Thomas Ramirez
Its incredibly depressing. I wish the anime hadn't been made sometimes. Higurashi was always intended to be a mystery thriller not a fucking guro horror. The murders are supposed to be the gut-wrenching ride down on the roller-coaster just after the happy SOL stuff has you feeling great.
You can screen out gurofags with a simple litmus of whether they consider Rena a "yandere" character or not.
In the technical sense, yes. In a narrative sense they are pretty different. Higurashi is a lot less meta till the very end. Its a more straight-forward story. There is a still a "who-dunnit" mystery to be solved which I suggest giving a shot.
Justin Ross
Umineko is a totally different experience. And if you want my opinion, a pretty inferior VN. Umineko's ending and writing past chapter 4 (and really chapter 1) left me really disappointed. It doesn't work well as a murder mystery.
I thought Higurashi was a more a commentary on paranoia.