Audience reviews
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Calvingibson
I wish I would love this as much as the original series and, to an extent, Gou. Sadly, I refuse to rewatch this reboot, even though it left a small mark on my soul; it would be disproportionate to rewatch this due to it long lenght. I absolutely love the ending, the music, and I like how they embrace the loop even though they could end it, even though it's a strange choice. However, the problem is that they got a bit lazy with the story in many areas, such as the needles of Himazawa's syndrome working differently than how it did earlier in the franchise; many of the injection scenes make no sense because they would likely feel the needle and last of all it a bit ridiculous; this seems to be mainly over leaving Himazawa and studying.
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Higurashi left me with so many emotions that are hard to put into words. Watching everything unfold - the pain, the betrayals, the endless loops of suffering was heartbreaking, yet strangely beautiful. Seeing the struggles of Rika, Satoko, and everyone in the village made me feel connected to them in a way that only this story could achieve. There were moments of despair that crushed me, and moments of hope that reminded me why I love this series so deeply. Even through all the tragedy and bloodshed, Higu anime showed the power of bonds, forgiveness, and the will to move forward. This anime will always have a special place in my heart. I love everything about it - the characters, the villagers, the story, and every little detail. If I ever get the chance, I would love to visit the real lif…
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Honestly, in terms of psychological horror, this anime is the BEST one I've seen so far!!! The way the story explains its edges and its mysteries is really VERY well crafted!!!
The anime, in my view, as a continuation of good years later, manages to maintain the essence of the classic, having triple the amount of gore and psychopathy. The story itself does not disrespect the end of the second season, as it is very well crafted, with very well developed characters so that you create an attachment, or anger towards them and a story that is pure cinematic nectar!!!
And an addendum: in some scenes, the characters' behavior in dealing with certain situations can cause you some agony, but it's nothing that interferes with the anime experience.
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This sequel broke my heart. The OG seasons remain one of my favourites to this date, but watching this sequel was a torture spread over a couple of months. Every week before the next episode aired, I was full of copium that "this is it, it will finally get good" until the show ended. The hundreds of fan theories I've read online were million times better than whatever the hell this was.
The characters' actions didn't really make sense. There was no mystery or suspense, because you already knew who was the killer. At times, it was genuinely boring.
If you're a fan of the series, avoid this and continue in blissful ingorance.
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For me Higurashi is one of the best psychological anime, worth watching if you are willing to understand the psychology behind it.
Although simple and childish at first glance, Satoko's troubles and motives are carefully crafted by the author, well implemented at the right time and place throughout all the seasons.
I won't spoil the anime, but Satoko is a very good written character, if you truly want understand her.
The rest of the characters are very likable, no character is unnecessary to the plot, they are all puzzle pieces waiting for the viewer to place them together.
The music always creates the perfect atmosphere. whether dramatic, mysterious or comedic, it puts this work of art together.
The openings and endings are well made, helping the viewer to understand the story bette…
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*Note: While this review does not have spoilers for Sotsu, it does have major spoilers for Gou.*
tl;dr: Slow moving and with an ending that is quite bizarre, but still enough worthwhile content to be pretty good.
Higurashi Sotsu is the sequel to Gou, and could be seen as the answer arcs to it. However, while the Question/Answer arc structure worked well for the original Higurashi, it does not work as well for Gou/Sotsu. The original’s answer arcs were interesting in that for the most part, they didn’t retread old material much but rather solved the mysteries of the question arcs while going through new stories. However, the first three arcs in Sotsu are straight up repeats of the first three arcs in Gou from new perspectives, which isn’t anywhere near as interesting. This is especially a…
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I watched Gou and Sotsu back to back. I enjoyed Gou, so I was excited to see where things would go in Sotsu. But wow, was I ever disappointed.
This was not like a typical Higurashi series. It didn't evoke those same emotions and overall vibes of the first season. Even though most of Sotsu was a dumpster fire- like mess, I was hoping that by the final episode of Sotsu that things would get a bit better and that we would have a solid ending to this mediocre season. What I got instead was a bunch of unnecessary "but why tho" moments which I won't dive into for the sake of spoilers.
Would I recommend that you watch this? No. If you're looking to get into the Higurashi series, just watch the first season and Kai and call it a day - those two are the best, and Kai ends off on a good note.
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Before we start this review, I'd like to let you know I have not played the Visual Novel and have only consumed Higurashi content in anime form, so my perspective will differ from those who have read the Visual Novel.
It's also important to understand that both Gou and Sotsu are regarded as blasphemy by many Higurashi fans. I definitely can see why, but that doesn't mean the anime outside of a Higurashi perspective is bad or deserves to be rated a one, as the anime itself isn't that bad; it's heavily flawed and poorly executed, and its premise is quite interesting.
Requirements before watching:
Please watch the Original Higurashi series for context because it's absurdly good. Additionally, Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Gou, despite being a hot dumpster fire for 18 episodes, will also need to…
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"Be careful what you wish for."
Higurashi Gou and Sotsu are exactly what people mean when they say that phrase. I love Higurashi, but admittedly the original adaptation has aged poorly. I always wanted to see one of my favorite stories remade. And now that it finally has gotten a reboot, I wish it hadn't been.
Over a decade after the original anime aired, they have resurrected the franchise for no reason other than profit. Gou was purposefully mismarketed as a remake to attract curious new viewers—then it rebranded itself as a sequel to get the old fandom's attention. Occasionally it had scary moments, but it never proved why it should exist. Sotsu is supposedly the "answer arcs" but it is 90% reused footage with slight alterations.
These reboots focus specifically on Rika and Satoko. R…
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okay, this one was an absolute disappointment tho having some gore-ish moments. Wasn't handled properly and felt rushed. As a fan of Higurashi overall, this one wasn't the best.
The story was disappointing no depth much, the ARTSYLE is really pretty I absolutely loved it! But it's the fact that the story felt boring and poor. Some might enjoy it since Satoko plays as the well spoilers ahead more like the main lead on this season which was yeah enjoyable though was predictable if you have seen the Gou one. If you have seen the other seasons of Higurashi and if you compare it with this one, this one isn't the best. Everything was predictable and the ending didn't feel complete.
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Sotsu is a long recap with only four episodes worth of actual new content.
You can seriously skip to episode 13 and miss nothing.
Even then, content that actually continued the story from the last season didn't start until the last two episodes. At that point the dialogue becomes too cheesy, even more than the normal Higurashi dialogue, and it just becomes too ridiculous of a story to actually enjoy.
The entire last arc only makes sense if you know about Umineko. Not having read Umineko will probably lead to confusion.
I'd either wait for a fan edit or skip to episode 13. This season was a mistake.
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This is the worst sequel to a series I have ever watched. If you're planning on watching Higurashi Sotsu, just don't. I really enjoyed Gou and was pretty excited for this, but this is absolute garbage. You're better off just watching Gou. Also I'll give a warning when I'm about to give a spoiler.
To start off, Sotsu if boring as shit. The first like 10 episodes is just what happened in Gou, but through Satako's perspective. It's literally Gou but squished in 10 episodes with some explanations we didn't need. They could've easily fit this in one episode, but they decided to make it 70% OF THE WHOLE SERIES. Most of it was just reusing old clips from Gou and sticking it into Sotsu. It was so hard to get through and I don't even know why I kept watching.
Another thing I hate is the antagonis…
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I doubt anyone filters to recent reviews but i'm writing this just in case. I know MAL and it's marketing makes it SEEM like a reboot to the Higurashi anime but to keep this short THIS IS NOT A REBOOT. It is a continuation of the higurashi Visual Novel and some post content from there and also a prequel to the Umineko visual novel that comes after Higurashi in the When They Cry series. So in short do NOT watch SotsuGou if you have not completed the Higurashi visual novel and imo if you have not read the Umineko visual novel as that helps with understanding these shows.
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I've been scared to finish Higurashi no Naku Koro Ni Sotsu for months now. I got about two thirds through and the story didn't seem to be reaching any sound conclusion, so I put it on hold for months. Now I've finally finished it, and oh boy it feels like Higurashi has been completely massacred.
The final message of Gou/Sotsu is actually very nice, and it matches the tone and quality of the overarching morals of the original eight chapters/two seasons. Unfortunately, where Kai's ending felt satisfying because of all the character's past failures, Sotsu's ending just feels... unfulfilling. I rather liked Gou when it aired, but looking back on the new course of 39 episodes between Gou and Sotsu, much of it is simply repeated events (Not different events across June 1983 like before, but rat…
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First two seasons of Higurashi were mind blowing. The general concept of it was not something new to me, however the way it was processed was definetely marvelous and brilliant. But then the little dark age came and by that I mean Gou and Sotsu.
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39 episodes just to watch a psychotic, annoying brat doing horrible things in various ways to her friends and even family simply because "she does not want to study" and after 39 episodes later, she finds forgiveness that easily, seriously guys? After I finished watching season 2, I thought like "Well I think this is a great ending for the series, why there are 2 (actually 3 with Rei) more seasons?" and well I guess it was to fuck everything up. So yeah, to anyone who is planning to watch Higurashi, just stop watching after finishing…
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I've been a fan of Higurashi for at least a decade, got into it in my very early teens and it was my introduction to the horror genre which I grew to become very passionate about many years later.
Was this show absolutely ridiculous? yes
Was it unnecessary? TOTALLY
Did I enjoy it? ABSOLUTELY
I feel like this cursed season will become a guilty pleasure of mine on the long run.
/spoilers ahead/ First of all, I just wanna discuss the realism of it all.
Lesbians really can't just say they like each other, they have to kill each other a thousand times on a bunch of looping timelines to get to the point.
All jokes aside, I feel like people are too harsh on this season. Like, yeah it was dumb and there was that huge plot hole I couldn't not overlook but the violence was *top notch* and we g…
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Oh boy, what a letdown. Higurashi has been a huge part of my life since I discovered in back in 2011; the first two seasons were phenomenal with Rei being and Kira... so when the reboot was announced, I was hype. It was soon revealed to be a new series called "Gou". I'm mixed on this deception, as Ryukishi07 is known for his tricking of the viewer. After a mix bag of Gou, Sotsu was released and it was... god awful.
Everyone gives Endless Eight from Haruhi shit for showing the same scenario eight times in a row. Well, Sotsu goes that for 13 episodes straight with little changes that add nothing to the story. The only good part of the arcs is the first one, Onidamashi, which has new scenes. It goes downhill from episode 4 till the end. Each week I was hoping for something new, only for the…
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Watching When the Cicadas cry series has been an absolute blast. From the very first season to Gou I found incredible joy, shock, horror, and thrilling mystery around every corner of this delightful anime series, so much so I can confidently say that up until watching this season this series stands in my top 3 anime favourites. However, after finishing Gou I was faced with one more season left, “when the cicadas cry Satou”, a season that has been recognized as an absolute flop by the fanbase with bad reviews after bad reviews to boot. To say the least, I was very hesitant to watch this season, after all, I've experienced the painful disappointment of falling in love with a spectacular anime only for it to be ruined in its later seasons, making me wish I simply never watched its downfall. B…
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The ending was absurd and not hard but pain in head to watch. The story build up in first season (GOU) was very solid. I thought it would end amazingly in 2nd season, but it fail to build from there and crashed pathetically.
And most Ridiculous, foolish and laughable was "Rika's voice change".
The way it ended, with "Satoko" not even realizing that she had killed numerous of people in various alternative realities for her own selfish reason and author making it seem like only "Rika and Satoko" mattered in the anime was unjustified. In start of the season-1, It felt like Keiichi was the main character but out of no where, Rika became the main character, and "Satoko" became the main villain. And, at last she wasn't even portrayed as villain. She who was clearly selfish, only thinking abo…
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Sotsu took risks.
Sotsu took some creative risks and I believe that it succeeded in creating a very entertaining show while continuing familiar concepts and story elements. Although I do not like to compare the original and Kai to the sequel, I think it is important to do so in artistic aspects: sound, art, and animation.
Fortunately, the sound design isn't bad but isn't much better or distinguishable from the first series or horror anime in general. Sounds that do standout are in scenes where Keiichi talks to Rena or Mion about what happened with the dam. In those scenes, it goes from a very cheerful and innocent sound to silence and sometimes the sound of cicadas. It's very dramatic and is more impactful than the original. In some of the gore scenes you will hear things like skulls be…
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