This Week On Kino’s Journey -Episode 2: Lives of Strangers
Kino’s Journey episode 2: A Tale of Feeding Others. Everything comes at a cost. Whether it’s a cost of money, …
Kino’s Journey episode 2: A Tale of Feeding Others. Everything comes at a cost. Whether it’s a cost of money, …
This should be the first time I’m putting one of these on The Artifice, so I should probably explain what …
1) Put it All on Luck!: a) pg 259) Alright, I already see the character flaw to dictate this story. …
Our brief sense of peace at having thought we’d answered to the world of Higurashi came and went. And though …
Let’s start off with a few words. This is it for the Eye Opening arc, and also the Cotton Drifting. …
I was right, Mion’s not the killer because she’s too badass! At least according to her. I’m sure it’s a …
So immediately on the cover we’re greeted with something, a green haired woman with a sword who I did not …
It has been a while since I last worked on a “This Week on…”, and for the most part that’s just been because I haven’t found any currently airing anime that I like. But nothing says that “This Week on”s have to be about current anime, or even anime at all. If I wanted to, I would be fully within my rights to say, today on The Anime Harvest, this week on Higurashi: When They Cry the manga, volumes one through eight.
So this is a bit of an odd one for several reason, the least of which being that this is a manga that, at least with regard to the volumes I talking about today, has been out for five years. It means a lot of it is probably already familiar to you, and also familiar to me. Before picking up the Higurashi manga, I watched the anime, Higurashi no Naku Koro ni. So I was already spoiled on a good chunk of the series, and all of the volumes I’m talking about today.
However, the main reason this will be an unusual “This Week on” is also the reason I’m not too concerned about being spoiled. Higurashi was originally a mystery sound novel, and a damn good one. Even after watching the anime, the manga was still just as much of a rollercoaster for me because I still have hardly any idea of what the hell is going on most of the time.
1) Into the Darkness: 1.1) Finally the plot looks like it’s about to kick up again in a big way. …
1.5) So there’s some connection to be made with the Germanic mythology here. I’m no expert on this stuff, so if you know more please share in the comments. Valkyrie is the name of the next witch. 2 things come to mind with this name. First, it’s meaning with regards to that witch; I doubt this is that deep, and likely is just meant to imply that she’s really powerful, and valkyrie were said to have had some choice over who lives and who dies in a battle. The second is it’s meaning to another character. Brynhildr was a valkyrie, so this new witch and Brynhildr are likely equal but opposing forces in the show. So then, who’s Brynhildr in the show? The obvious answer is Neko, but I’m not so sure about her. I think it could also be Ryouta, since he’s been the driving force for change here; he’s even been described as the girls’ hope in this very episode. Anyway, that’s all I’ve got on that, share your thoughts in the comments, please.
1.6) Never mind, there goes my theory. Thanks flashback, and now we have a prophesy to be fulfilled. Thanks, lazy writing.
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