"I suddenly have an idea."
"Tell me."
"Higurashi! Erma herself would enjoy the more slice-of-life situations while managing to find humour when things go horribly wrong. Dunno if youkai can contract HS but that's not important here."
"As for Sam though. While he could be vulnerable, he has so much chill he can bring winter to Hinamizawa without Ooishi's AC. He'd only be a carrier, but will never reach higher levels."
"Then he proceeds to write a novel based on HS and it serves as the in-universe equivalent of the VN AND the anime!"
"But how about looping?"
"I don't think that would be focused on."
I should really do bonus chapters for my fics.