[Anime] Higurashi no Naku Koro Ni

This is, by far, one of the most fucked up, disturbing animes I have ever seen... and I love it. The story is superb... and I was hooked shortly after episode two. Shion is super moe and by far my favorite character in the series. I love the odd choice of character design, considering how serious the anime actually is. The show is filled with moe/loli girls... but everyone in that town is practically insane. The final episodes should be released within the next several weeks... and I can't wait to see the last two arcs conclude.

To be honest, a scene from episode 20, particularly a raw uploaded by a Japanese user, is what made me watch this show in the first place.

Spoiler:

I'm sure you could all guess it was the scene between Rika and the disguised Shion. Watching this clip at first, I didn't understand what was going on... and then Rika sprayed Shion in the face with some sort of spray. Now my Japanese is practically non-existent, but I did understand Shion screaming "It hurts!", which kind of urked me. Without subs, it seemed to make the intended effect more powerful. And then Rika was injected with something, only to ram her kneck repeatedly into a knife. Then... Jesus the look on Shion's face... How disturbing. ;_;

I wanted to find out what the hell was going on, so I began watching this show only a few days ago. Today I watched episode 20, and now I finally understand.

I feel sorry for Shion, despite the demon inside her driving her insane. Poor girl lost her first love to the ignorant household heads in the town... and now she is going to exact her revenge upon them. The only people caught that up that don't really belong in all this is Mion and Keiichi, but I guess when you're possessed by some demon/Oyashiro-sama/whatever you don't think clearly. Also, Shion has nice breasts. <3

Aside from episode 20, an earlier episode where Shion was forced to rip out her own fingernails made me cringe. Just thinking about ripping out fingernails, let alone doing it to yourself, gave me the chills. This show is seriously disturbing on almost every level...

Anyone have any theories on Takano-san's case? So far her story is completely shrouded in mystery. I don't even know what to think about her and how she's involved in all this.

Also, if anyone happens to have the CG set for Higurashi no Naku Koro ni, either hook me up or point me in the direction of one. That would be greatly appreciated. ^_^

Jam it back in, in the dark.

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Spoiler:

I'm specifically talking about in story arc two, it was mentioned that her body was bound burned... but the Takano-san Keichi and others saw on the night of Watanagashi could not have been the real Takano-san: Takano-san was already dead by the time that happened.

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