Man the way you talk about Higurashi and Umineko; with such passion, depth and insightful intellect, truly show how much I have yet to learn about their worlds. One day I hope to get around to finishing Umineko and most/all of the higurashi VNs. Still feel like such a surface dweller even after over a decade has passed since discovering the series.

"but what about the world we leave behind rick?!" "what about the world where rika leaves the village and let everyone becomes monsters morty , you just dont think about it" There are discussions about a character saying that any kakera the isnt the one they choose has the same value as a dream or delusion so whatever happens there doesnt matter but the reality is ,the world keeps going even after rika dies so most of them have at least one survivor that has to live with the aftermath and the trauma until the day they die.

I read the Yoigoshi manga relatively recently after hearing about it from your release history/arc videos and really enjoyed it! Love to see that you've covered it a bit more in depth here

So eua...called hanyū a fool and they appear the same time in the realm....so.....it's getting less crazier

You're such an underrated channel, and I love hearing all your higurashi thoughts!!

Never ignore bonus content that feeds the lore!

I went and read the manga arc today once I watched the beginning of this video and it was honestly really good! Some of the ending was a little cheesy for me but I'm really glad I read it. I never would've know of this without you since you're definitely my main exposure (for lack of a better term) to the when they cry series

I reread the yoigoshi arc every now and then. I've only read the manga version though so the extra insight from the ds game is much appreciated. The higurashi manga is probably going to stay as one of my favorites for a long time.

I love hearing your analysis of Higurashi and its lovely stories! Just wondering, what are your thoughts on Sotsu and how it characterized Satoko?

I didn't know the ds VNs got translated, I was never able to find them

There's an error in the time line of Yoigoshi-hen, this arc happens when Keiichi follows Chie to find Rena; so Keiichi wasn't one of the hostages and survived the explosion finding Mion's head in the ruins of the school

Hello, I don't know if you will read this, but I hope so. I am starting to read Umineko after watching all the available animes of Higurashi no Naku Koro ni, unfortunately I have not read the manga or the sound novels. I'm really enjoying the beginning of the first episode, unfortunately I've already taken some spoilers of deaths and other things, but I don't really care, after all I didn't get any spoilers about the mysteries themselves ( I think, if I did I don't remember ). I don't know if I can call it "fear" or anxiety, but always when I'm going to read something big I'm afraid of forgetting to finish or not succeeding, or if I do I don't understand a lot of things ( Which has already happened, I was younger. ), This always leaves me with "one foot behind" to read something and bothers me a lot, because knowing that it's a wonderful universe not understanding it is a little frustrating, do you have any tips on how not to call this "anxiety"? I would really appreciate the help!

Ryukishi is a coward who can’t let go of his original IP but sometimes I let him get away with it when beautiful stuff like Yoigoshi hen exists.