7. ACR:SPOILERS Plus a Special Announcement
All Cast Review
Rena: Thank you for reading Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Kan: Jimetsu-hen! We hoped that you enjoyed this episode!
Satoko: Okay! This is without a doubt, the **worst** episode of them all! It ends on such a bad note! Everybody dies and the only survivors are me and Nee-nee! How is that fair to everybody?
Rika: [Pouts due to her violent death]
Hanyuu: Auu~! Cheer up, Rika! You're time is coming!
Rika: Mii~…
Rena: I though this episode was pretty good, actually. Shii-chan did a great job as the main character! This is only her second outing and she's a natural!
Satoko: I admit…Nee-nee was pretty good! That whole internal conflict really had me on the edge of my seat! It freaked me out most of the time!
Shion: Ahaha! Well, I'm glad that you liked my performance!
Satoko: Just promise me you won't scare me like that again!
Shion: I'll do my best next time!
Mion: [Arms crossed and sneers at Shion] You better have enjoyed the spotlight, because you're not getting any more page time for a while!
Shion: I wouldn't mind that! I could really use a break! [Sighs]
Rena: Haha! I think we could all use a break!
Satoko: Wait! What's with this talk about taking breaks? Aren't we going to be in the next episode? This is Higurashi isn't it?
Rena: Yeah, but maybe we should hand the spotlight over to someone else!
Satoko: Another leading character? Keiichi-san is only leading character out there! He should be doing the next episode!
Mion: I did miss his sense of humor…
Shion: I missed teasing him all the time! Ahaha!
Mion: [Blushing] We-We don't talk about that!
Hanzaemon: I was happy I got to play a much larger role this time!
Akasaka: [Rubs the back of his neck] I didn't really show up…
Rena: Don't worry, Akasaka-san! I'm sure there's an episode just for you!
Akasaka: I can't wait for that! That sounds interesting!
Mion: Okay, everybody shut up! So, who wants to lead the discussion this time?
Satoko: I have questions!
Mion: [Teasingly] These are question arcs, so I assumed so!
Satoko: Quiet! I'm talking! [Clears throat] I was right all along! The Manager was the one who put the poison pills in that bottle! He killed me the last time! And he killed Kasai in this arc!
Rena: Something still seemed a little off to me. Look at his speech pattern when Shii-chan spoke to him before, he sounded full of regret! I think something is happening in the background!
Mion: Makes perfect sense! Irie's a nice guy, so I really can't see him do anything dastardly!
Rika: …Maybe it's the Syndrome?
Hanzaemon: I'm not sure. Irie is an expert on Hinamizawa Syndrome. Even if he did exhibit symptoms of the stronger stages of the disease, he probably knows techniques to bring him back to Level 1. I dunno, I'm just guessing here. I personally think he's up to something and we're just not seeing it.
Shion: While I do agree with Takuma's idea of something going on in the background, I really think that something is possessing the Manager to make him try to kill people!
Rena: Do you think he has a demon too?
Shion: I wouldn't be surprised! Everybody in Hinamizawa has some sort of demon within them! Look at you, Rena! You and I both have these monsters deep inside of us!
Rena: [Trembles at the thought of a monster]
Shion: Even Sis has one! We saw that in Keiyodoshi! Her demon made her kill Rika and Satoko! It also made her impersonate me to get to Kei-chan!
Mion: I got better though!
Shion: [Winks] So you think!
Satoko: That leads me to my next question: Mion-san took the blame for Nee-nee. What happened to her? None of the reports say anything about her at all! Was she tried? Convicted? Or was her innocence proven?
Mion: [Smiles] I like to think I was set free, but that's just me!
Rena: I was very noble of you, Mii-chan! The way you protected Shii-chan was so sweet…even though those murderers were very grizzly and wrong!
Mion: Shion has put up with crap all of her life. I wanted to give her a taste of happiness, although that didn't really work out well in the end. At least I tried! Ahaha!
Shion: That was really all my fault…I'm the cause of everything…
Rena: I'm sure there is a reason why Mii-chan did it anyway! Maybe she was supposed to be spared from the Great Fire?
Mion: That may be! Who knows? Maybe I'll make an appearance in the answer to this arc!
Satoko: To go along with no mention of Mion-san's fate in the reports, what happened to me and Nee-nee? Are we still alive?
Shion: It appears that way! I guess we have one more role to play in the answer arc!
Satoko: I'm excited that I'm still alive! Keiichi-san sacrificed himself to save me!
Hanzaemon: Now, I have a question. What does everybody think about the Onigari-no-Ryuou and the Keima Family? Like, their significance and the impact they may have?
Shion: Well, the mystery of the Keima Family certainly is something I'm interested in! I wonder why the Activists attacked the village at the very end!
Rena: Maybe it has something to do with the relationship to the Furude Family!
Rika: …It is very strange.
Hanyuu: Auu~…my treasure was broken too…
Rika: [Pats her head] There, there! Things will get better!
Mion: Uncle Mion's got this one figured out too! Remember when Hanzaemon and Shion were discussing the Keima Family? Wasn't it said that the family left Hinamizawa?
Rena: That's right! They left the village and that's when the bloodline died out! But then, why would followers of that family attack Hinamizawa? For what reason would they do that?
Mion: I think the Furude family was behind the end to the Keima bloodline! Supporters of the family return to Hinamizawa to seek vengeance! The Keima Family's duty was to guard that legendary sword, right? When they left Hinamizawa, the Furudes got revenge on them for abandoning their duty! This, in turn, caused the followers of the Keima Family to strike back! This creates a cycle of violence! It makes sense!
Rena: That's a pretty good deduction!
Hanzaemon: I'm intrigued to see how this mystery unfolds!
Takano: I am too!
Mion: Not you again! How did you-?
Takano: Back door…like always! Hehehe! I'm getting very disappointed! I haven't appeared at all yet! I don't know what I'm going to do if I don't make an appearance at some point!
Hanzaemon: What're you gonna do? Take over these Cast Review bits?
Mion: Don't give her ideas!
Takano: I was thinking of something much more drastic, but that'll do just fine!
Satoko: Just get out of here already! You're wasting everybody's time!
Takano: Alright, I'll go. But I better make an appearance at some point. Somebody will pay if I don't! Hehehe! [Leaves]
Satoko: Somebody's gonna pay, huh? I wonder who that's going to be.
Shion: Maybe it'll be the Boss! He's the guy who writes this stuff. She'll probably go after him!
Rena: I hope not…not until the story is all done!
Shion: [Sarcastically] Wow, that's so nice of you to say that! Sure, let an innocent writer get killed!
Rena: Bu-But…I wanna know what happens next!
Keiichi: Aha! I know what's gonna happen next!
Mion: Where did-?
Keiichi: Back door! We seriously need to lock that thing! Anyways, I just got through looking over the next episode. I'm pretty shocked to say the least!
Shion: What's going to happen?
Keiichi: [Smiles proudly] I'm not allowed to say! This episode is going to be considered a "gift" though!
Rena: A gift?
Keiichi: Yep! This is the final episode of the question arcs before we go to Kan Kai! It's gonna up the ante in means of psychological conflicts and well as external conflicts!
Satoko: The final episode? Is it going to be huge?
Keiichi: Very! It'll have lots of stuff that will freak you out and it will introduce a new protagonist!
Mion: Any idea who?
Keiichi: It's a surprise!
Rena: So it's true then! We all are taking a break!
Hanzaemon: I'm for that!
Akasaka: It'll be nice to relax for a while!
Mion: Bust out the drinks!
Rika: Yes! Sake for me!
Hanyuu: Bu-But I hate sake…
Satoko: This is gonna be fun!
Shion: We've been overworked! It's time to kick back!
Keiichi: Here's to vacation!
Everybody: Yeah!
Keiichi: We'll see you guys again in Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Kan Kai!
Rena: And please join us for the final episode of the question arcs! Next time, join us for Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Kan: Noroi-hen (The Malediction Chapter)! We hope to see you again!
P.S. Special Announcement!
Rena: Hey, Mii-chan! I heard something very interesting involving Kanashii-hen!
Mion: What about it? I thought we already did that arc!
Rena: We did! But the Boss is adapting it to a new medium! He's going to turn it into a fan made visual novel!
Mion: [Shocked] You're serious? How is that possible?
Rena: He was able to find some sprites, backgrounds, a VN creation program, and some royalty free music, thanks to ! I saw how it looks so far! It looks really cool!
Mion: I'm interested in checking it out? Is it done yet?
Rena: No, unfortunately. He's been busy with things lately, but he's going to be free soon to get back to work on it! I think the people who enjoyed the Kan series up to this point will really enjoy this VN!
Mion: He's doing this out of love for all things Higurashi, huh?
Rena: Yep! It's entirely fan made, in case you didn't get that part, and is making it as a tribute to the original Higurashi story!
Mion: Do you have any idea when the VN adaptation of Kanashii-hen will come out?
Rena: It's to be to be determined. But check the updates section in the Boss' profile once in a while for news! That is, if you're interested of course!
Mion: I am!
Rena: Thanks to all for continued to support! We hope to see you again in the continuation of the Kan saga! See you soon!
(Thanks for reading! I hope you had a great time going through Shion's perspective! I know I did! It was a lot of fun taking on the persona of my favorite character! Thanks again for reading, for the reviews (It's your reviews that keeps me going! Thanks for the ideas and feedback!), and for everything. If you're interested in the Fan Made VN I'm making, send an email ^^ Thanks!
~WOLFEDEN)
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