Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Ch.4 Himatsubushi

Arguably one of my favourite chapters thus far. Gleaning new insights into the dam construction project (something that was only mentioned via narrative exposition before this chapter) was incredibly compelling. The focus away from Keichi as the central protagonist also helped a lot in having the story not repeat itself for the sake of moving the story forwards like it did before. On that note, new protagonist Akasaka is incredibly endearing. He's a character that's really easy to grapple onto, but his duty-bound personality still allows his narration to serve as a break from Keichi's more naively sheltered accounts from the prior chapters. In particular, I'd have to commend the pacing for this chapter. If I had to say anything, it'd be "short, but tight." Unlike before, there's very few scenes here here that drag out for too long (barring the Mahjong game). Each conversation & narrative piece feels substantial to the plot in some way, & this includes the Tips segments also providing fresh contextual clues that feel important to the overall story while also being incredibly compelling to boot. Of course, I'm not saying the Tips segments from the prior games were anything to scoff at either, but it's just nice to have some consistency in terms of quality for Ch. 4's Tips segments. This is probably the point where I assume Higurashi is going to pick up majorly. Having only started the Answers Arc recently, I'm definitely looking forward to seeing where this story takes me !

小番外，感觉赤坂人不错，剧情也算合理

a different, shorter chapter following someone else as the protagonist, this chapter is more of a closer to the question arcs giving us some last bits of important info and hints before the answer arcs. still really good. theres less to say about this one because the chapter is shorter, but rika is incredible and the protagonist is actually likeable. ooishi was also likeable this time around which was a surprise. i really want to know what the ♥♥♥♥ is up with rika, easily the most mysterious kid of the group. nipaah

[h1] Ослиная часть. [/h1] Гг осёл, игрок осёл, ты осёл. 10 ослов из 10

[h1]寒蝉为谁而鸣?[/h1] 算是外传性质的 补充了在水坝事件中前来调查的警官和大石的故事 恐怖程度最低 然而故事信息量极大 通过梨花之口(预知未来)确认了这必定是人为事件 也算是出题篇章的收尾

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