Introduction
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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Audience reviews
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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 your journey to 'get the full experience' of the franchise.
Read at the sourceFlexySpagoot
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.
Read at the sourcesplatongus
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.
I wouldn'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…
Read at the sourcePirateHasan
WILL THE LOOP EVER END?!
There isn't anything much to write about this one-shot kind of special episode. Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Special: Nekogoroshi-hen gives us the usual stuff of whatever has been happening in Season 1 of this anime.
It starts of with the dorky club meeting shenanigans and ends on a creepy note. I have no clue on why this arc is particularly called the 'Cat Killing Chapter' as there wasn't anything related to cats of sort.
Enjoyed this one, as the mysteries relating to Hinamizawa village just get more mysterious.
What actually is the 'maze' that Rika Furude talked about in the last episode of Season 1 and why Keichi suddenly gets a flashback as nothing major really happens to trigger such memories.
Will have to continue on to the Kai series.
Read at the sourceNyo_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 have their 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 a…
Read at the sourceJersie
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 on it.
Overall, if you like Higurashi, you will like this, so just watch it already.
Read at the sourcebennitori
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…
Read at the sourceSimonian
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 the girls 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…
Read at the sourceDiassia
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 slowly deteriorates 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 a…
Read at the sourceAbyssal_
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 mystery behind 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…
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