WARNING: Looks like the Higurashi New marketed as a remake was bait all along.
This is a sequel* to the original series https://trakt.tv/shows/when-they-cry-higurashi.
Since it's based on a visual novel with different routes repeating events are expected which is why they were able to mislead with the premiere but the second episode reveals a twist of the series and references being set after the events of Higurashi. They also changed the title from "New" to "Gou" 業...
*What exactly it is we cannot say for sure right now but you are definitely not getting a fresh start.
This anime genuinely made me sick during so many scenes. I felt so nauseous. For whatever reason, I was hooked tho. I mean the plot was decent, It was interesting enough. Ultimate it wasn’t worth sitting through for me.
Higurashi from the "When They Cry! " saga is a true masterpiece, even if the last 2 episodes of Sotsu were a bit rushed, I still think that Higurashi is one of the best anime ever made.
To understand why Higurashi is a masterpiece, I recommend you to start watching the old series, then continue with the new one (which is actually a sequel of the old one) and you can see that every episode has a meaning and every little thing you see from the very first episode of the old series has a meaning and is logical.
I felt so many emotions during the whole series, I felt how much Rika and Satoko suffered for so many years.
The ending concludes the series quite well, I haven't played the games so I don't know if they have the same ending.
The music is so well done, you can feel all the emotions in each episode with the opening and the ending (especially with the last music in the last episode).
There are still some unanswered questions, I hope they will be answered with (maybe) another series in the same universe.
Thank you for giving us this masterpiece.
I will remember this series until I make a new loop :wink:
Middle of season 2 /sotsu and it's getting pretty repetitive and boring though.
Shout by Supriyo GhoshBlockedParent2021-09-30T16:32:00Z
I haven't watched the old one yet but I can say this that this one was way too boring. Every single episode was too overdramatic and repetitive (literally). I won't recommend this one to anyone.