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Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Gou (Higurashi: When They Cry – Gou)
Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Gou is a sequel to the anime from over a decade ago. It’s done by a completely different animation studio who have a…
Higurashi: When They Cry - GOU GN 1
Does Higurashi: When They Cry: GOU need to exist? Not really.
Reader’s Corner: Like a Butterfly, Kubo Won’t Let Me Be Invisible, and Sword Art Online Progressive: Scherzo of Deep Night
Happy 4th of July! While we aren’t featuring any Independence Day-specific series today, many of our light novel and manga reviews do touch on the idea of freedom—freedom…
Azumanga Daioh 20th Anniversary Special
It's been exactly twenty years since the greatest anime ever crafted by human hands hit the airwaves, and in that time many strange and interesting things have followed…
Strawberry Marshmallow, High School Girls, Paranoia Agent, Bakemonogatari, Barakamon
Higurashi: When They Cry -Gou- Second Cour: Ch-Ch-Changes!
One of the few true rules of anime it seems is that sequels to popular shows never end up working. Like the Disney films before them, there just…
Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Gou – 24 (Season Finale)
At the risk of sounding a little pretentious, I think Satoko's new arc can be seen as a kind of Buddhist parable. Read more
Higurashi When They Cry – Gou Episode 24 Review (Final)
At long last, here it is – the final episode of Higurashi Gou. The episode opens with Eua questioning Satoko on her uncle’s change of heart. Satoko resolves to…
Higurashi: When They Cry – Gou – 24 (Fin) – Down With the Ship
Satoko did not predict her uncle would be reformed to the degree he was as an effect of her loops, but she’ll still use him “to his utmost…
Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Gou – 23
The more the VN veterans hate on Higurashi Gou, the more interesting it's getting for me. Read more
Higurashi When They Cry – Gou Episode 22 & 23 Review
Now with the power of looping at her disposal, Satoko does everything she can to change Rika’s mind about St Lucia’s. But Rika refuses to give in, and…
Higurashi: When They Cry – Gou – 23 – Out of Character
Satoko’s century of loops have made any game—particularly involving memory—a cakewalk, wielding an ability to predict that the others call “prophesy”. She’s taking the same …
Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Gou – 22
This has all gotten rather ugly, I have to say. Read more
Higurashi: When They Cry – Gou – 22 – Tainted Love
Older Hanyuu lets Satoko basically fumble her way through the first few loops, no doubt trying to determine how far the “child of man” can get in trying…
Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Gou – 21
Yeah, I'm not going to bother spoiler-tagging the really broad stuff anymore. Read more
Higurashi When They Cry – Gou Episode 21 Review
In the Meta-World Satoko meets a mysterious entity who promises to give her the power to achieve her wish – the power of looping. Satoko is, understandably, very…
Higurashi: When They Cry – Gou – 21 – A Terribly Long Dream
Since Gou is my first foray into the Higurashi saga, I’m as confused as Satoko for much of the cold open, which consists of a Hanyuu-like woman saying…
Higurashi When They Cry – Gou Episode 20 Review
With each school day that passes the relationship between Rika and Satoko only worsens. Where Rika is now lauded as an almost idol amongst her classmates, Satoko continues…
Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Gou – 20
What the hell kind of school has that in the basement? Read more
Higurashi: When They Cry – Gou – 20 – Hard Time
Rika continues to bask in the spotlight of adoration at St. Lucia, to the point Satoko feels compelled to confront her in the main hall. Rika’s cronies come…
Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Gou – 19
An insert song - in Higurashi? Read more
Higurashi When They Cry – Gou Episode 18 & 19 Review
Higurashi Gou’s newest arc takes us back in time to answer the question – what made Satoko snap? We see the village settle and life go on after…
Higurashi: When They Cry – Gou – 19 – A Dream that Cleaves
At the bookstore, Rika declares her dream of experiencing a new way of life she’s never known, specifically high society at the fancy St. Lucia’s Academy. She wants…
Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Gou – 18
Yeah, we're totally off the grid now. Read more
Higurashi: When They Cry – Gou – 18 – Oyashiro Sleeps
At an undetermined point in time, the usual gang plus Hanyuu in the flesh witness Takano about to be arrested by commandos in the forest after firing a…
Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Gou – 17
It's always nice to lead with the good news, though of course there has to be good news for that to be an option. Read more
Higurashi When They Cry – Gou Episode 17 Review
It seems Higurashi has taken to opening each episode with a murder and this week we see Takano executing the gang. As we try to decide if that’s…
Higurashi: When They Cry – Gou – 17 – The Dice Roll for Thee
After a cold open in which Takano shoots Rika and her friends, we cut to a different version of the scenario in which Takano tells her she was…
Higurashi When They Cry – Gou Episode 15 & 16 Review
We left off Higurashi Gou with Rika discovering a sword remnant she can use to kill herself and resolving to save Hinamizawa within five loops. In quick succession we watch…
Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Gou – 16
Just because you can do something doesn't mean you should. Read more
Higurashi When They Cry – Gou Episode 15 & 16 Review
We left off Higurashi Gou with Rika discovering a sword remnant she can use to kill herself and resolving to save Hinamizawa within five loops. In quick succession we watch…
Higurashi: When They Cry – Gou – 16 – Escaping the Doom
In the fifth and final loop before Rika calls it quits, Satoko wakes her up in bed as usual, but she has a heavy fever and hurts “all…
Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Gou – 15
Well, that was dark. Read more
Higurashi: When They Cry – Gou – 15 – Scratch Off
After coming so close to a good ending only for a crazed Ooishi to kill everyone, Rika is buoyed by her friends to try five more loops before using…
Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Gou – 14
Dualities... Read more
Higurashi When They Cry – Gou Episode 14 Review
As if the last episode wasn’t traumatic enough, Higurashi’s first episode of 2021 is a real punch in the gut. Previously, we only had a brief yet harrowing…
Higurashi: When They Cry – Gou – 14 – Parting Gift
In the previous episode Rena informs Keiichi that they’re the only two survivors among their circle of friends, but this week we have the dubious honor of watching…
Higurashi When they Cry New Episode 6 Review: Twins
It has been awhile since I did a review, to the point where I am now an arc behind. Aside from that I really was annoyed how I…
Higurashi: When They Cry -Gou- First Cour: And Those Other Stories….
This blog is not new to Higurashi, a show that remains one of the more infamous shows of the fan-sub era. Full of horror, terror, and oozes of…
Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Gou – 13
Merry *%&#$ Christmas. Read more
Higurashi When They Cry – Gou Episode 13 Review
Goddamnit. I really though they had it in the bag. Ok, I’m getting ahead of myself, let’s start from the beginning. Hinamizawa village comes together to protest in…
Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Gou – 13
「Episode 13」 It's a Krampus miracle!
Higurashi: When They Cry – Gou – 13 – Fate Pushes Back
Thanks to the support of Sonozaki Oryou and other adults, most of Hinamizawa and parts of neighboring towns have come out in support of Keiichi’s efforts to save…
Higurashi When They Cry – Gou Episode 12 Review
This week’s episode opened up with one of Higurashi’s biggest no-nos – someone (presumably Teppei) messed up Oyashiro-sama’s shrine. This leads to some of the Hinamizawa vil…
Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Gou – 12
It's all about the other shoe at this point. Read more
Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Gou – 12
「Episode 12」 A new flag has appeared for the Mama Sonozaki route.
Higurashi: When They Cry – Gou – 12 – Rotten Tatami
Keiichi proves he can amass a grand army of protest against the CWS’ dithering on Satoko’s case, but he soon learns that numbers aren’t everything. He’s on the…
Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Gou – 11
I think the most painful moments in Higurashi are when Rika gets her hopes up... Read more
Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Gou – 11
「Episode 11」 Ah yes, bureaucracy. The scariest villain in Higurashi.
Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Gou – 10
It's almost as if there are two parallel tracks playing at the same time here. Read more