Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Special: Nekogoroshi-hen
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Duração: 23 min
Gênero: Mystery
Estudio: Studio Deen
Sinopse:
As a punishment for losing an intense poker game, Keiichi Maebara, Rena Ryuuguu, Mion Sonozaki, Satoko Houjou, and Rika Furude must walk around town dressed in costumes. Wanting to avoid being seen by more people, Keiichi convinces the group to visit Yagouchi—a deserted neighboring village.
Mion's mention of a nearby abandoned quarry spikes the attention of Rena and Keiichi. Still, as she tells them more about the mysterious incidents surrounding the place, they debate whether it would be wise to explore it.
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Comentários
Abyssal_
Okay this is my first review :) Being a big fan of the Higurashi series I was excited to find out that a new adaptation of the story was being released. Needless to say i didn't have any hopes or expectations as most of the questions were answered (Watch Higurashi no Naku Koroni Kai to find out) other than wanting to see my favourite cast of characters set off onto a new adventure. ......also just in case WARNING THIS SPECIAL MAY CONTAIN SPOILERS AND MAY/MAY NOT AFFECT INTERPRETATIONS OF THE MAIN SERIES Story: 6/10 This special gives a sort of side story to the main series and contains some mysterybehind it. Whilst there is no actual involvement of the main characters other than the shenanigans at the start of the show the story does suffice to bring the characters back in for another adventure.
Art: 9/10
Same style as Kai and 1st season but still beautiful.
Sound: 8/10
The opening and closing songs are the same as season 1, but to my knowledge I believe it uses some background music from the 1st season so they are nice on the ear.
Character: 10/10
No new development just the same wonderful cast :) ~ Ni pah!
Enjoyment: 8/10
To see the cast of Higurashi doing something new is the main reason why i wanted to watch it and i did enjoy watching it but i want more!
Overall: 8/10
If you’re a fan of the series you should definitely watch it and even if you are new to the franchise it can give you a taste of who the characters are and half of what their like. BUT, just in case, be warned that it MAY CONTAIN SPOILERS as it does contain flashbacks of the main series but which aren't that harmful BUT parts of the special could affect how you interpret the first series of Higurashi.
So watch it to find out why it is called the cat killing chapter :)
~Abyssal
Simonian
My previous review on Nekogoroshi-hen was a bit messed up (people couldn't read all of it), so here goes try no. 2 For those of you who don't know Higurashi this review will be probably useless, since it's kinda aimed at people who already know it. This special opens with Maebara and co. in the school on yet another club session. This time they're playing poker and betting large amounts of money. Unfortunately for our hero, halfway through the game he loses all of his money. But of course it's Keiichi we're talking about so instead of money he bets himself. If a loser, he promises thegirls to do anything and everything they want (don't drool yet I'm not finished). Rika's imagination starts working as she sees Keiichi in a maid outfit and Satoko's only interested in making him suffer so she pictures him on all fours calling her "master". Rena wants to take everyone home (no suprise here) and Mion gets all red while imagining herself lying on Keiichi's laps while letting him softly carees her ear. Woah.
The gamble pays off though and Keiichi wins all of the girls' money. But the game goes on... and you can probably imagine what happens next. I'll tell you one thing though, I haven't seen that much fanservice in any other Higurashi series/OVA. You'll be having a nosebleed after a nosebleed after a nosebleed and you will be in danger of passing out halfway through this episode. For some of us it may be fun, for others it may not - you decide. I for one, enjoyed it.
To quickly sum up and avoid putting more spoilers in, the next half of the episode focus on the "scary" part where our heroes go off to an abandoned near-by village and learn of the terrible killings at the stone quarry. The story does get you interested though, with Rika and Mion both taking turns in explaining to the rest of the characters what (they think) really happened.
Now to review everything individually:
Story - The most important aspect in any anime in my humble opinion. Nekogoroshi hen however doesn't follow the Higurashi grid, and in turn we're presented with Higurashi that doesn't actually feel like Higurashi (for the first half anyway). As I said, lots of fanservice and comedy with a slight bit of horror or shall I say, mystery. But it's not the murderous, psychological, depressive and completely messed up kind of mystery. Compared with the bewildering mysteries in the first season of Higurashi no naku koro ni, Nekogoroshi-hen is pretty tame. There are 1 or 2 instances where you might go "wtf" but not much more than that I'm afraid. So I felt slightly disapointed by that, and had to lower my overal score for this special.
Art - I never write much about art because A.) I'm not an artist and B.) I hate lying to people about stuff I have no idea about. However I'll tell you this - never have Mion's boobs been so perfectly designed and animated. NO KIDDING!! You can actually see her giant melons gently bouncing up and down as she walks with our characters. That coupled with the fact that in this episode her cleavege is fully exposed will surely cause your brain to temporarily switch off, regardless of your gender. Just be sure that when you do lose your consciousness you fall on a soft surface. You have been warned.
Sound - Well there's really not much to write about here. The sound in this special, like nearly all sounds in Higurashi is taken from the Higurashi OST. So you get a decent mix of well composed music. When I say well composed I mean it. One second a comedic tune makes you wanna jump up and down till the end of time, the other a sad piano/violin combination makes you depressed and you feel like digging your own grave and lying there until you die of old age hoping someone comes along and shuffles all that earth you just dug up on you.
Characters - As always, funny and innovative. However in this episode, they're not scary and they're not trying to kill each other. On the other hand we see their funny and caring side. Rika is Rika, always concerned about the safety of her friends. Satoko wants Keiichi to acknowledge that she is better than him ( in... everything). Rena wants to take everyone home and molest them and Mion is fantasising about Keiichi.
Enjoyment - Well, this crazy special episode will make you nosebleed so many times you'll be begging for a blood transfusion as soon as you finish watching it. However there were no hospitals near by so for me that was actually not a good thing. 9/10
Overall - Seriously though all sarcasm and euphemism aside, this special IS worth watching. I'm a Higurashi nut, I've seen the anime, played the sound novels and probaly have everything that has something to do with higurashi. However even if you're not a Higurashi fan but you have come across it before then you should also see it because it is a genuinely entertaining episode. Hell, even if you haven't watched Higurashi at all and you think I'm just some sort of a crazy guy with too much time on my hands, then you should still see it!
Diassia
I am a massive fan of Higurashi (I've watched all the anime and am making my way through the manga) so when I found this I became unnaturally excited. [Warning: May contain SPOILERS] Story: I wasn't sure where this came in the chronology of the original series, kai and rei so I was watching it completely out of interest (but it did have the same creepy feel as the first season and the same music - which is a massive plus in its favour). There isn't much to the story. In true Higurashi style, the first section of the episode is happy and amusing and slowlydeteriorates to something creepier with Rika being her usual mysterious self. If you want to have an episode where they explore something different to the rest of the series then this explores an interesting storyline that reveals no answers but is very interesting to watch nonetheless.The only thing I would say is that I wanted more! But maybe this is just because I am craving more Higurashi ;)
Art: Still very beautiful, I've always adore the Higurashi art.
Sound: Same music and background music as the first series (I have the soundtrack anyway) and really fits in with the creepy plotline.
Character - All the same characters, all being their 'usual' selves. And Rika being as strange and mysterious as she is throughtout most of the series.
Enjoyment - I enjoyed it, though as mentioned before it is short and I was craving more but the plotline was interesting and definitely something further to consider.
Overall - I really loved it and its another Higurashi work of art :) And if you haven't seen the other series : GO WATCH... NOW!
bennitori
This side story appears to take place some time during season 1, before Kai. This episode is essentially a filler, but a good filler. Story (7):The cast of our usual lovable characters sit around and try to figure out another local mystery. The mystery has nothing to do with the overall plot. But if you watch this before Kai (which most of us didn't), it does provide good foreshadowing. That said, it doesn't really advance the plot at all besides that. Art (7): It has the same art style as Rei, which can be distracting (since Rei is after both the first season and Kai). Regardless,it still looks good, so nothing to complain about.
Sound (8): The sound is what makes the Higurashi franchise stand out. But sadly, nothing intense enough happens in the story to make use of the best tracks. They stick with what they know works. But this episode wasn't the time or place to use it's stand out tracks.
Enjoyment (7 - 8): This depends on when you saw this episode. If you saw it before Kai, 8. If you're like most of us who saw it after watching the whole series, then a 7. Again, it's filler.
Overall (7): It's nice to see the characters acting like their usual selves. But don't expect to be blown away. If this was part of season 1, I would've said it was an above par filler. But on it's own, it just another excuse to see our favorite characters doing what they do best.
splatongus
What a weird special. The first five minutes consist of the usual Higurashi club shenanigans and after that it's just 15 minutes of the gang standing around and talking about an urban legend in a location that was never mentioned and it never will be mentioned again in the series. The characters literally don't do anything, they just talk about the legend. The story isn't even particularly interesting and, while there are some implications that very loosely tie it to the plot of Higurashi, it doesn't fit in, anyway. The art, sound and other technical aspects are all on the level of Higurashi Kai, which is fine. Iwouldn't really recommend this to anyone other than the most hardcore Higurashi fans who have watched literally everything else and want to see the characters again. I'm one of those hardcore fans and I did get some enjoyment from seeing the squad again, but I really can't find anything actually interesting about this special. It's pretty much pointless.
Jersie
I myself am a huge fan of the Higurashi series, and I quite enjoyed this special. This special was extremely enjoyable for me, having the entire Hinamizawa gang parading around in hilarious outfits was an absolute treat for me. As for the actual Higurash-esque part of the episode where it gets serious, it's ok and intriguing, but you can't really take them seriously when they are wearing those outfits. And we never really find out the mystery of the episode, but it was pretty good, I mean it is pretty hard to fit an entire compelling mystery into a single episode, so I'm not gonna rant onit.
Overall, if you like Higurashi, you will like this, so just watch it already.
Nyo_Desu
Well, this is sort of just a one-episode little story thing that they did, mostly containing exposition (or 'world-building' for a location in Hinamizawa). Looks also exactly the same as the rest of season 1, which isn't bad, it still looks nice though. The story itself is fine, it fits the Higurashi theme of 'mysterious deaths and supernatural things happening' well enough. But the way its told from Rika sort of just makes it feel like exposition. The characters all are dressed up in costumes, which leads into some admittedly good fan-service (better than the stuff found in 'Rei' and 'Kira', that's for sure.) They all havetheir own reactions and thoughts on the story, which actually makes them feel more like investigators rather than listeners of the story.
The music in this episode are just some of the atmospheric songs from the soundtrack (which makes sense because this a special of the first season and not 'Kai', I believe.)
Overall, a good story with some cute fan-service and comedic moments sprinkled in. Good for fans of the show, though I would recommend watching the first season at least before watching this. It's alright for what it is.
FlexySpagoot
Nekogoroshi-hen is fine. If you like Higurashi I don't see any reason to not watch it, its about what you'd expect from a small one-episode special for this series. It follows the general trend of Higurashi's chapters to start relaxed and lighthearted to then turn mysterious and spooky. Some people were a bit confused about the name "Cat Killing Chapter" which I'm pretty sure is a reference to the saying: "curiosity killed the cat." Whether you watch it is completely up to you, I don't feel too strongly about it, watch it if you want to. It has nothing related to anything else in Higurashi,so as long as you've at least watched the first season you'll be fine.
AnemoianArts
I wasn't expecting a whole lot from this. In the series this OVA stems from, each episode has always served as a part to a greater arc. With this single episode, things are a lot more self contained - which is to be expected I guess. You're not really missing much if you pass on this. It doesn't contribute to the greater story at all, and can basically be viewed as filler. Mind you, none of this makes it a bad episode at all. It's just 'okay.' I'd only recommend checking it out if you're longing for more content of Higurashi or are otherwise here on yourjourney to 'get the full experience' of the franchise.
