Miyo Takano: To this day, I still think that she’s one of the best written antagonists I’ve ever seen in fiction. She’s fleshed out really well, her character literally embodies the darkness that the other characters succumb to in previous arcs, she can be sympathetic just as much as she can be terrifying and ruthless, and, most terrifying of all, in all but one world (so far), she WINS. Truly one of the most memorable characters in Higurashi.

You truly put into words why Takano is one of my favorite villains of all time. She truly makes the viewer realize that often the worst people had something that caused them to be that way. It doesn’t excuse it, but it also doesn’t mean they aren’t deserving of help towards bettering themselves and achieving their own peaceful and happy lives.

I think her failures start when she neglects to understand what her grandfather wanted. The thing that any researcher and seeker of truth is meant to desire. Embetterment of the human condition. She only sought it for him and not for what the point of his research was.

Takano: Muwahaha No one can stop me! My plans are perfect! Shion: Hold my electric taser.

Fantastic analysis Takano is one of my favorite characters in the entire 07th Expansion universe. I'd like to share some of my own interpretations of her character. 2 main notions just keep coming back in her story. Loss/death and loneliness. You see Takano from a very young age just keeps losing people to the god's whims. First, her parents died, then her surrogate grandfather, and finally her uncle figure Koizumi. I mean I appreciate the anime scenes but VN makes it far more clear by showing how devastated Takano is after Koizumi's death. She truly cared about him and yet again she lost another person who she held dear to her heart. The conversation between Takano and her grandfather at the beginning of Matsuribayashi is very important in understanding her character. Ascending to godhood, revival, and essentially obtaining immortality. Immortality through your work and in the minds of people who acknowledge you. This idea was later expanded in Umineko when they cry, achieving immortality through being acknowledged/being in someone's mind and heart. So this ideology got really twisted in Takano's mind after she lost her grandfather. She was so desperate and tired of losing people to death. She always mentions how she will succeed her grandfather's work essentially revive him and make him ascend godhood alongside herself so she wouldn't have to be alone. After she becomes a god and her grandfather alongside her. She will not be alone and gods won't be able to torment her, toy with, and sneer at her fate. In Umineko When They Cry episode 6 Lambdadelta mentioned how to create the greatest bully. She stated ''It's simple. Just horribly bully a person for a period of time and then grant them power. There you have yourself the greatest bully.'' Takano had been bullied by gods and now she's become the god who toys with other people's fates hence her playful, cruel attitude. She's taking her revenge and anger towards god from other people by playing it. But at the end of the day, Takano never reached godhood. On the contrary, she had been just a puppet of the real 'gods' of our world; humans who hold immense political influence and power. She was never able to revive her grandfather. And most importantly, the harsh reality that she is still that utterly alone child with no one to trust or rely on. (except Tomitake)

Takano as a character is fantastic and I think that the manga especially does a great job of portraying her actions. And on a side note, some of her manga panels are amazing and really chilling, my favourite is probably her encounter with Keiichi in the curse killing arc

Saddest thing about her is that even in all those worlds where she succeeded... well... it just doesn't mean anything at all. At least if we are to trust everything post 1983 where her plan succeeded. She just ends up without Tomitake and without the parasite (or in other words, without her grandpa's life work). Which ironically means that that, despite the fact that she was constantly winning with Rika, she never won at all up until she was defeated. Kinda funny if you ask me. I wonder if Nomura will have any role in Gou... (also holy crap that D*EN scene at the end here is so bad when compared to literally every other version)

Takano as the antagonist was definitely surprising when I watched the original series many years ago. Her backstory arc is interesting and their fight against her in the last half of Kai was exciting. I know there are people who say that watching Gou without seeing the original series is okay cause the arc are mostly stand alone until the more recent ones but still gives some important info, I think the newcomers are missing out on the original story and Takano's entire role in the story. If they never show more of Hanyuu, I think the new watchers are missing out on her, too. Finding out about her existence and her role is just as surprising and interesting as Takano's when I watched this series back in the day.

Takano was a villain so good that when it was revealed her backstory, i couldn't do anything but hope that not only the club could win and live beyond June 1983, but that Takano could bury and kill this name to be her real self, Tanashi Miyoko when Frederika comes to Tanashi as a child, she gives her those two options and then, saves Miyoko from having the of blood 2000 people in her hands. The killer from 100 years, the torturer and the one who destroyed hinamizawa, is forgiven by the one who have been tortured by her from 100 years Takano and Tanashi are both villains who gives extremely contrary feelings each, Takano is a cold, maniac and demoniac murderer, and Tanashi is a traumatized and broken girl who lost everything a a kid

Wow... you explained the hell out of Takano. I never thought about her that way.

I love Takano's character and feel many emotions towards her. Thanks for making this summary. I feel like she's a bit underrated? 😅 a very interesting character

This is an amazing channel! Hope you do some Umineko stuff too!

The saddest moment with her is when she "wins", but then the captain of the Mountain Dogs forces her to commit suicide, revealing that she's been betrayed and all her sins have been for absolutely nothing, how everything will be covered up and buried. The strangled cry she gives with the gun in her mouth right before pulling the trigger, tears streaming down her face... that's haunting. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/qNSFdNaH3LbacaM.html

Amazing video! You truly have such an insightful understanding of Takano. She's one of my favorite characters ever, I'm excited to see what they're going to do with her in GOU.

Please do a video on Satoshi as well. He's my favorite character in the series and people don't give him enough recognition.

Wonderful analysis. I really enjoyed it

Amazing channel. I'm really tempted now to go and read the visual novel now

I love you create content like this. ^^

Great video

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4:48 i kind of agree with the higher ups, there ain't no parasite 5:30 and yet Rika let her do it in so many fragments that she started hating hinimizawa In all respects the 2020 anime has shown anyone can be murderous with the hinimizawa syndrome so im thinking we know why she was less murderous in other fragments

13:35 that’s the line from her Image Song... WHOA

I really like what I've seen so far :) By any chance have you thought about reviewing higurashi gou?? I would watch them all haha

Bruh u need more subs

3:34 That man looks like Adolf Hitler

Jiro’s treatment of her in one of the loops in Gou was just disgusting and uncalled for, she didn’t have to be done like that.

Wait so is Takano Lambadelta's game piece or Satoko

do a Rena video omg i love how you narrate

This could turn into an awesome When they cry related channel!

Kind of funny that gou completely undid all of this and just had her get killed off, or at least it showed in some timelines she ends up dead without succeeding, I wasn’t too fond of her being forgiven so seeing her actually get her comeuppance, I mean you can’t deny she deserved it.

She is the same takano that appears in higurashi gou? So she was the main villain in the first season? I had a bad feeling about her but not that much...

I'm sick and tired of living in a world where good people die and evil people are allowed to live even though they did fucked up shit.

I don't see her as an evil monster, she did a lot of bad stuff, It's for sure, but after watching everything she have to endure, i can understand why she became so crazy, it doesn't excuse her acts, but she's the kind of individual that in another situations could be a cool person to have as a friend. Her goal was good, the means which are the problem

Aw, I liked the original thumbnail and title more. Probably more easy to identify though

walks in not know much about higurashi o - o i see

Miyo did nothing wrong. She shouldn't had never been abused as a kid.

I’ve been going on a binge of higurashi but I can’t find all of the series, can anyone place them as a reply on my comment? And I’m not wanting the VN or manga just the anime’s

3:33 thaaaat is not really a good look for that guy.

Is it just me or does that man on the left look a little suspicious? 🤨 3:35

I still do not fully understand why she wanted to disembowel Rika after killing her? "For all the villagers to see"? Why though??

Er can someone answer this for me? If the game was between Lambdadelta and Bernkastel- did Takano winning mean nothing? Like Takano WON but with Hanyuus power, Rika has been able to redo it again for 100 years. So my question is was Rika cheating?

3:35 hitler-chan uwu

One thing I don't understand is how did things played out in the first arc of the first season in the anime. Keiichi's arc to be precise. Like he killed Rena and Mion, then he dies to the curse, parasite, syndrome or whatever-- But whatever happened to Rika and Satoko? Can we assume that Takano killed them both as she did in the 2nd season of the anime? Also, in Shion's arc Rika killed herself in the Sonozaki's resident. How would Takano finish her plan to do the Great Hinamizawa Disaster? Without Rika the ritual wouldn't be complete. 😕

She apologized tho

I could understand that she became the way that she did because of being subjected to abuse by that monster of an owner at the orphanage. I could even forgive if she misinterpreted what her grandfather meant by becoming "god" in his stead. I could forgive all that if not for the fact that she takes it too far becoming just as bad as some of the more worse characters in the series.

Takano is such a p.o.s. I really don't get her actions at all or why they gave her such kind eyes....also I've come to the revelation that she stole oyashiro's sword inside the shrine shed. She had access....tomitaki or whatever his name is even asked her if she stole anything. Hmm and it's missing when Rika needs it...so yea Takano is good for it probably

Thanks for the spoiler in the title buddy,it doesn,t matter if you put a disclaimer in the begining if you spoil it in title,which most people just naturally read. I know sometimes we spoil with no bad intention,but you should change the title.