[04.01.23]

[facethestrange]

Challenge #2 - In your own space, write a promo, manifesto or primer for your fave character, ship or fandom.

I find primers and manifestos overwhelming to write because I want to include everything and for my brain 'everything' often means literally everyFRAKKINGthing, so I go

and give up, lmao.

But you still get one! :D Sort of.

Higurashi No Naku Koro Ni: the checklist (and a brief explanation how the canon works) (no actual spoilers)

You might want to watch Higurashi No Naku Koro Ni if you love/like/are interested in/don't mind:
☑ time loops
☑ time loopers who are so DONE
☑ adorable af ancient gods
☑ blood, gore, slasher horror
☑ "madness" horror
☑ conspiracy
☑ science used for good and evil
☑ curses and ritual murders
☑ hope, friendship and community
☑ cuteness and silliness
☑ complex characters
☑ complex relationships (especially between siblings)
☑ identity crisis after trauma, chosen names
☑ non-linear narrative
☑ unreliable narrators/POV characters
☑ NI-PAAAAAA really though:

But please remember that this is a bloody, gory, scary show full of graphic triggers, ok. It's easy to forget it when you watch this cute af video. xD

This post is about the original installments of the anime that started airing in 2006. I haven't consumed any of the other media types (I know they're pretty similar though), and I haven't finished watching the last two installments of the anime that came out in 2020. (I'm watching them as we speak - I took a while for me to start them because I loved the ending of the original show SO MUCH. *still no spoilers*)

The show is otherwise known as When They Cry and its canon installments are:
Higurashi no Naku Koro Ni (the first season)
Higurashi no Naku Koro Ni Kai (the second season)
Higurashi no Naku Koro Ni Rei (epilogue - the 3 middle episodes are canon)
Higurashi no Naku Koro Ni Gou (remake/sequel)
Higurashi no Naku Koro Ni Sotsu (sequel)

The second season and the epilogue are a whole lot softer and warmer than the first season (still gory, though).

[I have also watched all the non-canon installments and specials, and I'll just say that I personally adored the last episode of Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Kira, but I really, really do NOT recommend the first episode (they're stand-alones). But again, Kira is not canon.]


[not my meme] [not the ending of the canon]

If it sounds like your thing, awesome! If it doesn't, also awesome. :D

Comments

[mekare]

Thanks for the checklist! There's gore on there, so it's definitely not for me. :-)

[facethestrange]

Yep, sadly it's definitely not a show for people who can't/don't want to look at gore.