The REAL Origin Story of Higurashi! - Hanyuu's Backstory: The Ultimate Higurashi Timeline

[@MrHunteru]

Welcome to a brand new series called the "Ultimate Higurashi Timeline," where once a month I will be going through every arc in the Higurashi no Naku Koro ni catalogue. Whether the arc belongs to a console, or manga, or visual novel, or its anime only; I will be going through ALL of them, and deciding if they are either canon or non-canon by putting them into one, coherent timeline. The purpose of this series is to finally end any and all misinformation for the series by making it all readily available. I can't express how happy I am to finally have the first timeline video finished! If you're in the discord you likely heard me complain about this video a few times due to both PC errors and the research being a bit annoying (I'm not a big visual novel fan). So, because of these this one took a lot longer than expected to get done, but regardless of that I hope that you all enjoy the work put into it. In the timeline series, I plan to give back to the community as much as I can, starting with this months video I will have various shoutouts inside. This month's shoutout is being focused towards my friends at Studio Weeb 07, who made a phenomenal Higurashi abridge. Next month I will be shouting out a few artists in the community, so stay on the lookout for the next part of the timeline! Edit: I briefly, briefly mention at the end of the video Higurashi Mei: I just want to make it clear before people comment on it that I don’t think Mei is canon. Edit #2: Making this edit due to people who commenting that Kotoho isn't canon; you guys aren't watching the video. I discuss at the end how Kotoho calls itself out for being an interpretation on scriptures of the Furude, but despite this I still believe the events of this story mostly, if not all of it are canon. There is too much that soundly lays out all of the precursors for events later in the story like the Syndrome, possibly the Sea of Fragments, the looper sword and all of Hanyuu's behaviors.

[@derrickboyd9225]

Did you just try to tell the makers that made this story arc into an anime I mean the new higurashi series that had been different I really would love to see this in the anime or imanga someday you never know how it's going to turn out I know cuz I used to look at higurashi a long time ago when I was aware about this story I just wish I could have had with it sooner than later nevertheless this was a good story in a very good ending there is an alternate ending about this how about you talk about that later on I mean higurashi these alternate ending is pretty good it could have been in the anime and manga nevertheless this was really a good video I used to look at stuff like this on KZbin a long time ago when I had my computer in this was great I still wish I could have had it more often every now and then in there I don't know if they're ever going to make a new season of higurashi but when there is the end it will always be a new beginning towards to a new story of horizon it's like they always say everyone deserves to have a happy life and everyone has a right to have a happy life and there are others that deserves to have the right to live a happy life the way they want to have everybody deserves to have a happy life sometimes that's what makes the story a better better place to be despite higurashi horror it does have happiness to it and a lot of good memories between horror and happiness enjoy and a lot of good times and believe me I wish I could look at it all over again on my same computer during that day and time and more ❤️✌️😊👍❤️

[@DragoonBB]

"Which means it was caused by yes...Aliens" Rena was right this whole time!!

[@MrHunteru]

YUUP

[@TakuruKagami]

Yup, that's the same as I was thinking.

[@Stphndotexe]

EXACTLY

[@yunogasai1338]

PLOT TWIST.......AGAIN!

[@yumallah]

Well, not in the way she thought, though.

[@xlabratx5729]

As someone who is obsessed with the original higurashi series and ate up lore like candy back in the day, I cannot express how absolutely overjoyed I am to see this series. This video alone opened my eyes to so much, I'm swear I'm still reeling lmao I am so excited to see more of this, your synopsis and detailing is just so good, you're an underrated legend!

[@nekochibi2256]

I’ve been using the Hanyuu stomping GIF for over a decade now. I don’t have a problem. Really liked this in depth overview, I wish we had a proper animated adaption for the Hanyuu backstory.

[@MrHunteru]

Hey that Hanyuu stomping gif is perfection, and I do too. I can't believe that animated Kira and Outbreak but didn't animate this masterclass of a story

[@kingsidecastle13]

The real sin is that there’s not even a manga adaptation of Kotohogushi

[@yunogasai1338]

@@kingsidecastle13 That's so sad.

[@mrtoocanishungry]

Awesome to see you back with more Higurashi, it’ll always be the series that has most impacted me and helped me change as a person. It makes me happy to see many others feel the same way!!

[@sparklesparklesparkle6318]

yeah Higurashi cured my autism and allowed me to evolve into a jerk no one can stand being around which is great because I cannot stand being around people. Thanks Rika!

[@AkemiTheSunbro]

I have mixed opinions about the anime-adapted arcs beyond the OG and Kai, but dang after this, I'd be pretty hype to see Hanyuu's origin animated.

[@chopsandtoots]

Yeah after watching his videos on Gou and Sostsu I think I'm going to pass on watching them. I really don't like the way they look animation wise too. It's nice to see how well the 2006 anime holds up over time.

[@SyntaxError-nz4kg]

What i love about higurashi is that it gives the viewer an opportunity to piece together the information themselves and interpret the reasons for previous question arcs trough a lot of different facets. The facts are there on what happened, but the reasoning and perspective can vary for different people as me and my friend had debated! It truly is an amazing series. Im kiiiiinda maybe slightly dissapointed that aliens had to be a part of the story here.. but i dont wana say that im dissapointed it was still very well done. For that reason, similarly to how i dont consider gou canon (it is, i just like to hold the original story on a pedestal haha..) to the original story i will look at it more like "lore" and its still incredibly amazing. Some stuff doesnt need to be explained for the purposes of the first 8 main chapters to make sense still. That to me is the perfect story. I have read the vn and manga a while ago. Actually, currently im rewatching the entire anime series and im on the 22nd episode of kai. I wana finish it but gota go sleep, im doing a favor for my friend tmrw 😅 (even though its practically today).

[@yumallah]

Thank you so much for this video! I've been waiting for someone to make an in-depth analysis of Kotohogushi-hen for quite a while now, really happy to see this, you did a great job. This arc is just way too underrated!

[@MrHunteru]

It really IS dude! I had no idea it existed until my friend beans mentioned it to me while I was making the videos during Gou's airing

[@SenaVL]

This actually explains so much. Thank you for this video, and I can't wait for the next installments to build the full timeline. I love how lore intensive Higurashi is, and these videos are seriously high quality. Keep it up! 👍❤️

[@MrHunteru]

Thank you! I really try with these uploads, they take me a ton of time to but I enjoy it

[@xbluenbyx]

I literally only discovered Higurashi a couple days ago and knew very little about it other than the brutal killing scenes and timeline jumps. Not sure what I was expecting, but aliens being behind all of it was NOT

[@mehlover]

I'm so glad you did a dive into this arc. I wish it was licensed and sold on Steam in English. Kinda sad I missed out on this since I was a anime and manga only fan. I love how much depth goes into Hanyuu, and explains the origin of Hinamizawa Syndrome from demons/aliens, that makes more sense now. Also because I have the mind of a 10 yo, I can't help but laugh every time putus is said since it sounds so close to a swear 😂 You gave me something to look forward to next month!

[@MrHunteru]

Yeah Kotoho fills in a TON of the holes that were left from the original series, I can't believe how underappreciated it seems to be. Putus is a REALLY funny word. I just kept thinking of Team Fortress

[@XXXKaruXXX]

But anyway that arc is not canon at all,the original creator is not involved at all on it,its just something the developers wanted to add

[@tsujack]

could probably find a rom somewhere of it.

[@Chimerayuri3]

Great video explaining the backstory. It’s cleared up a lot of questions I had for a while

[@MrHunteru]

Of course! I'm happy to help, and I'm glad to see you're still around :)

[@Chimerayuri3]

@@MrHunteru I know and I’m glad to see you’re back to making videos. Especially about Higurashi!

[@tanmaytikle8521]

I started Higurashi for the bloody gore murders but I stayed because of how well written it is and how deep character arcs go

[@judefehr7467]

SIR THANK YOU IVE BEEN IN THIS FANDOM FOR A DECADE AND THIS IS THE FIRST TIME HINAMIZAWA SYNDROME AND THE ALIEN THING MAKES SENSE

[@StudioWeeb07]

Thanks for the shout out, Hunter! This was a wonderful video!

[@doloresrusnikova]

Im really glad youre still here to provide us awesome videos about Higurashi! Many fans left the "fandom" and moved on, so im really glad! Please continue! ^^

[@MrHunteru]

I could never leave this fandom, its done way too much both for me. I'm definitely here to stay :)

[@RinAmaishi달연]

As someone like me who watch Higurashi this year and finish it yesterday, I'm glad that I found this video about Hanyuu's backstory.

[@kingsidecastle13]

Excellent video! I’ve never really been able to grasp Kotohogushi from an outside view fully, but this video finally helped me fully understand it! Looking forward to the future installments!

[@alfonscorliss2839]

these videos are so insanely nice as a recap since I've been out of the fandom for a couple of years. I plan to get back into it properly but this is so so helpful !! keep up the great work man

[@07thfan35]

Kotohogushi is not canon, and Hanyuu's full backstory is still unknown. The arc wasn't written by Ryukishi and the chapter itself has a disclaimer at the end saying that Kotogushi is merely one interpretation of the legend and that the real history is still a mystery.

[@TermiJP]

It is canon

[@RaykinaBreaker]

how can its not consider as canon when the material came from VN game itself?

[@HowWasTheFalll]

​@@RaykinaBreakerIt's a bonus arc from console port, it isn't a part of the original vn and wasn't written by the original creator

[@HowWasTheFalll]

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[@ayysandyy3525]

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[@ashleightompkins3200]

You're doing the Lord's work, this tale is so twisted that something like this is dearly needed. Thank you!

[@MrHunteru]

Of course, I'm happy to help :)

[@ashleightompkins3200]

@@MrHunteru I've been getting through the visual novels bit by bit but I always feel like I'm several steps behind.

[@neondoublez]

Note that Higurashi Mei has Rika reading a scroll about the ancient past that talks about the Onigari no Ryuou being thrown into the swamp, but is unable to find it there, then it turns out to be in the shrine like in Gou/Sotsu, kind of suggesting Kotohogushi/that scroll were plainly wrong (The Onigari no Ryuou originates from Matsuribayashi's final TIP, not Kotohogushi). Ancient Hanyuu also doesn't look like her Kotohogushi self. Mei's main writer is the same one from the console arcs too, although R07 cowrites the main plot/setting for Mei.

[@alieneko_nyo]

I'm pretty sure that part was intentionally made up to protect the sword from everyone else.. I mean, please, if this powerful object was inside a statue I think many bad people would go and steal it for power or some shit.

[@Milla4life2]

I do not know how to feel about this information yet. But, glad to see you back doing Higurashi content! I love it so much

[@osloune]

This is such a good idea for a series! I only read the original vn + rei and i dont really have the time nor the motivation to read the console arcs so I'll gladly look forward to these videos to get the full Higurashi lore experience.

[@kyleslinkard9715]

Wait...wait wait wait...alien ghosts that escaped from a dying planet and invade human hosts to survive and are responsible for generational negative emotions and actions...Is Ryokishi07 a Scientologist by chance? Because that's literally what Scientology teaches....😮

[@icession4872]

My goodness genuinely looking forward to this series because yeah Higurashi is my fav series I might not know it all. But this seriously put a smile onto my face which is great actual job man. And yeah it's honestly peculiar that despite the whole run of the series in animation format (And in Manga format if I remember correctly) Hanyuu has been a mystery until that honestly masterful VN which talks about her past. Which is genuinely one of the top tier stories on Higurashi itself, with that in mind if they honestly wanna bring back Higurashi back on its track they literally have two ways. One is to Ret-con Gou and Sotsu and actually make a genuine Polish one (And yes I know the manga Sotsu is actually different and not actually named Sotsu but Meguri, But even that has its problems within itself which is don't get me wrong it's far more superior than Sotsu will ever be. But still doesn't change the fact that it has some glaring issues that Sotsu carried on from some parts). Or Two actually make a Spin-off of this specific story about Hanyuu and the Village itself which is honestly probably be a massive win for the most part especially for fans of Hanyuu. (or the series itself literally a win win) And I love how Hanyuu is both an Alien and Technically a God because on some theories some of the Gods are said to be ancient aliens so I think you get the point I'm trying to say here in which despite Hanyuu being Canonically Alien she's still a Goddess to as well Both in well you get the point. Like seriously I don't have a lot to contribute on this and my thoughts are all over the place but again. Keep up the great work, Do it at your own pace and Of course have fun while doing so. Seriously despite the long gap of videos it's still okay because your effort is paying off.

[@gnome5676]

hear me out... Kotogohushi-hen to Higurashi is what Kizumonogatari is to the monogatari franchise. A great back-story arc.

[@auggiemain]

It just keeps getting sadder and sadder 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

[@i0am0superBlast]

Oh... why am I both surprised and not surprised it's aliens. Everything is aliens' fault. But man, I wish I knew this arc existed. I would love to have read it. I'll probably eventually do that when I forget the details of this video lol.

[@MrHunteru]

Its always aliens lmao, but it is a very great read

[@noobynoobyesucks4935]

Wow the story Kotohogushi-hen was amazing. I cannot wait till next month!

[@nathanielrodriguez1873]

Wait… so you’re telling me… that Rena was right about the alien invasion?!

[@MrHunteru]

Surprisingly, yeah lol

[@nathanielrodriguez1873]

@@MrHunteru they set my girl up!

[@devinfox1236]

It warms my heart to see people talkikg about this show still

[@bunnihunni]

omg i’m so glad you did a video about Hanyuu!

[@kingomorishutensatu]

The ryunn are better thought of as 5th dimensional beings, alien might give the wrong idea but it's also suggested that the sea of fragments is another form of what they call gates from their original "world."

[@MrHunteru]

I had suspicions of the sea of fragments being lynoses but I wasn't sure, I'll definitely bring that up in later videos then once the sea of fragments is more introduced into the story. I don't think referring to Ryuuns as aliens is necessarily wrong, cause alien or extraterrestrial life means anything that isn't originally from Earth, and the Ryuun are *most likely* not from Earth. Although 5th dimensional beings definitely fits the bill of what they are much better

[@kingomorishutensatu]

@@MrHunteru Agreed, the word "alien" could just refer to one that is not originally from said world. Things get further complicated though if you add in the other clans like Tamurahime no Mikoto's feather clan and then more complex if u go into Une's character. Once you reach the peak of higurashi, I think going into Umineko starting with Featherine and Hanyuu's connections are very interesting and very much misunderstood and would love to see you make a video going further in. (my thoughts are 1 character becoming two and how those fragmented characters can become 1 again.)

[@L3onking]

5th Dimensional travel are what stage 4 civilizations should be capable of

[@Dimumouto]

Thank you for this! I've been wanting to know more about this arc but adding ANOTHER 10+ hour VN to my list of things is a bit much. I planned on taking what we know of this story and modifying it a bit for a project I'm working on, so knowing that there's inter-dimensional travel, aliens, otherworldy technologies and such will help me craft an *actual* mystery.

[@MrHunteru]

Hell yeah! I'm glad I could help :)

[@MinecraftAdventurer1]

Love this Higurashi timeline video - all the events/story is explained so well and is very interesting to follow along with. I think your editing style is really good and never makes me feel like the video is dragging. Higurashi was one of the first anime I watched and many many many anime later Ive come to realize that it still is one of the best mystery/horror stories ever made. I started reading Umeniko because of you and Im absolutely loving it - seeing this video is sick because I’m hoping that eventually I’ll finish Umeniko (THE VN IS SO GODDAMN LONG) and by that time there’ll be some sort of theory on how Higurashi and Umeniko crossover…dont know how, but in my head it sounds dope. but anyways, keep it up bro I will always support your channel and your endeavors in the content creation space. as someone who’s a creative by profession, I understand and appreciate your struggle to always put out your best.

[@sbyamibakura]

REALLY good stuff so far. Made me a subscriber. I'm a huge fan of the no Naku Koro ni series (after this I'd love to see your take on a Umineko timeline) and this is great.

[@RealWolfgangTV]

Awesome work, looking forward to seeing where this series goes!

[@anthonymerolla3935]

Congratulations on the dynamic return, Amazing vid

[@MrHunteru]

thank you :D

[@CaptainCaskett]

Its real nice seeing Higurashi stuff from you again, keep up the good work

[@rahul_314]

Glad you are back with Higurashi videos

[@MrHunteru]

Glad to be back :) I had to take an extended break after Sotsu, cause Goutsu took a lot out of me lol

[@jak20x]

This video was so good! The format, editing, pacing and info were all done so excellently. Great job and thank you for continuing to put out amazing videos!

[@AraAraWay]

Man it feels like I've waited forever for this

[@auggiemain]

Noooooo wtf 😭😭😭😭😭😭 I'm genuinely going to be crying for weeks over Riku I had a feeling it was gonna happen but after the baby I let my guard down 😭😭😭😭😭 this is so sad

[@auggiemain]

Finally, I can understand what's happening 😅

[@sanashi27]

Nice! Thanks for summarizing Kotohogushi. I was hoping they animated this (and other not-yet-animated arcs in the game) back when Gou was announced but eh, they didn't. This is good enough, I guess. ^_^ I'm excited for the other parts of this video series.

[@MrHunteru]

I'm very shocked that they didn't animate Koto, its so good! And of course, I was really surprised how much Higurashi is actually out there besides the animes so I plan to share a lot with everyone in the community

[@sanashi27]

@@MrHunteru I heard there's so much more parts of the lore in the sound novels and was hoping they'd animate them cause they sound interesting. Too bad they didn't.

[@yunogasai1338]

I believe the manga shows a little more detail to Hanyu's origin story than the anime at least.i'm not sure if these ds only arcs got adapted into manga however.The manga is my favorite adaptation of higurashi. Reading the VN for the first time has been fun too.

[@pepe_de_phroog2.033]

Where do you read the manga?

[@yunogasai1338]

@@pepe_de_phroog2.033 It's been out of print awhile but several volumes have come back in stock on amazon. Now would be a great time to test it out for sure.

[@MrHunteru]

@@yunogasai1338 oh shit really? I thought they’d never reprint the volumes

[@yunogasai1338]

@@MrHunteru The first few volumes are back as well as the festival accompanying arc on amazon. I'm not sure about the others. I've been trying to tell people so they can try and enjoy the manga too. Just don't read the answer arc before the question ones by accident. I'm not sure how into the series you are.

[@oucyan]

Some major spoilers for those who haven't played the games or watched Gou and Sotsu. Based on Hanyuu's off statement that she spent 1000 years alone before meeting Rika, I think it's safe to assume Kotohogushi-hen takes place somewhere in the Late Heian period, which was 900CE to 1185CE. While I know Higurashi does throw around approximations a lot, the use of 1000 years has only ever been used twice in the series before Gou and Sotsu IIRC. Once was when Hanyuu tells the player she had been alone for 1000 years before meeting Rika in the visual novel (I think it was in one of the flashbacks of the connecting fragments portion of Matsuribayashi, or when she was monologing when we were viewing the events from her point of view), and once in in Miotsukishi Omote where Rika laments having looped for 100's of years, then says maybe even 1000 years (though as we later find out in Miotsukishi that Rika isn't Rika, but instead Hanyuu in Rika's body, we can attribute the mention of 1000 years to Hanyuu's memories being conflated with Rika's). I just got done playing the visual novels myself, so I'm pretty confident in this. In Gou/Sotsu, we learn that the number of loops has indeed reached over 1000 due to Satoko's antics. I believe Satoko mentions it to Eua during one of the inbetween moments in the Sea of Fragments.

[@kilicool64]

I haven't actually watched this video since I'm not sure there's much of a point to that for people like me who already read Kotohogushi, but judging by its title, it seems to be treating this arc as the objective truth behind Hanyuu, which isn't what Kotohogushi is aiming for. I wouldn't know if the video itself brings it up, but it's important to note that Kotohogushi explicitly rejects the notion that its events are canon. They are merely conjecture based on the scrolls of the Furudes. So while they should resemble the truth somewhat, it's possible that many details are wrong. Kotohogushi is simply an interesting take on what Hanyuu's origins could potentially be.

[@MrHunteru]

Yeah I do mention that towards the end of the video

[@bedanta__1760]

Higurashi!!!! Best Classic horror experience.. Let's gooo

[@arcturus64]

Yaaaay more love for Higurashi!

[@ryanschoonmaker2228]

Long time in the making, we back in business bb! Proud of you my boy

[@MrHunteru]

Thank you Ryan. That RAG video getting traction yesterday gave me the push to finish this video once and for all

[@CrescentAnime]

Honestly, not that I hated Gou but I really dislike Sotsu except for a little bit of the ending part with the "Dear You-Graduation" song. If anything I would probably just think that the only Canon is the original up until Kai/and Rei. Anyways, great video. Always loved your Higurashi contents mate.

[@Le_Pete]

I begin to wonder if Ouka somehow ended up becoming Eua. Hanyuu has horns attached to her skull while Eua and Featherine have just a hornshaped device floating around their head with no direct attachment to their skull. Ouka had no horns but still the demon abilities. Eua calling Hanyuu a failure could be linked to Hanyuu being a failure as her mother to Ouka 🤔 But nevermind. I also have other crappy thoughts like a time paradox where the accumulated looping spirits of Satoko become Lambdadelta who in turn sets the events of Rika becoming Bernkastel (with Hanyuus power), via granting Takanos wish to become a god, in motion although this happens before Satako became a looper. Time is fickle when you're a voyager 🤔

[@NamelessID10T]

Low Key they should adapt this it would be a fire anime

[@juny9445]

As an anime only guy,this vid was really interesting wich lot of info

[@fawful9992]

While I do like this arc and find it to be an interesting interpretation of Hanyuu's past, it contradicts the stories we've heard in previous arcs too much for it to be the true backstory. Oyashiro-sama was said to have handled the demons peacefully and the fragment of the past we saw in Matsuribayashi with Hanyuu and her daughter talking was nothing like their final conversation in this arc. (Although there can definitely be some parts of it that are true.)

[@marinhotorres]

This is so underated, look at the quality, you see bigger channels with much worse content

[@LunDruid]

For me, the question of canonicity in this backstory is more the thematic setting. Hinamizawa is a tiny village, ~2000 population, and is two trains, a bus ride, and then a drive/walk/bike ride away from anything else. This is a world of shadows, spirits, demons, whispered Iegends, and local gods nobody else knows about but which the locals revere with full piety. Aliens, which in my mind have a MUCH wider scope, don't thematically fit the setting as presented in the original eight arcs IMO. But that's just me; for others it might fit just fine given the association of aliens with farmers in modern American folklore. Besides, those original eight arcs are the only ones all of us agree upon. Everything else, including Gou and Sotsu, are pretty divisive. So I prefer to think of their canonicity as up to individual readers. And also, canonicity is entirely separate from quality. Canon or not, Kotohogushi is a great story, worthy of being experienced.

[@garingaming9308]

I was so happy watching this it was so feking cool to hear the entire backstory Hanyuu god I love this series

[@FoolOfMadness]

Very good breakdown, looking forward to the rest of the series!

[@LAMBDADELTO]

Hi!! Thank you for sharing my Kotohogushi gameplay :)

[@kvdrr]

good to see you here

[@LAMBDADELTO]

@@kvdrr subscribed already :)

[@MrHunteru]

I'm super late on this, but of course! I plan to direct some attention to your channel for all of my timeline videos, since you are how I get my visual novel reading in. A big thank you to uploading them at all :D

[@ceciliadarocha7323]

so higurashi was mandela catalogue all along and i never knew

[@blckorb6322]

Ah I miss this. Thanks for the upload hunter. And looking forward to more.

[@MrHunteru]

Thanks man, I hope you're doing well man. Server ain't been the same without ya

[@blckorb6322]

@@MrHunteru not gonna lie, if you want me to come back I will. Miss ya brudda

[@MrHunteru]

@@blckorb6322 its your call really, the environment now is pretty quiet

[@Wil-vd2mc]

LET'S GOOOO!!! YOUR BACKKK

[@MrHunteru]

YEAAAAAHHHHH FINAAALLLYYY WHOOP WHOOOP

[@McxgamecasterYT]

For some reason yesterday I thought this were uploaded like a year or many months earlier, then after that I just saw comments which has like "2 days ago" then I realized that it's A NEW VIDEO lol

[@GNVceramics]

MrHunteru is to higurashi as MatPat is to FNAF

[@jotarokujo312]

Nice this video is really well detailed and edited. Good job, I shall sub!

[@aeaeae5738]

Glad youre back! dont pressure yourself too hard though!

[@MrHunteru]

I'll do my best not to ;D

[@loliphile2523]

you are doing gods work these videos are always so good

[@sethmathis250]

This is an excellent video, thank you for offering your sanity for this one /// 37:44

[@MrHunteru]

Lmao of course, it was my pleasure

[@chaosrat1578]

Another Good Vid. Well edited.

[@juny9445]

Just finish gou and sotsu....sotsu really desapointed me and left a massive void

[@RozeLight]

Fun fact: "Ryuun" is actually Japanese for "Dragon"

[@Saint_Brosef]

Watching Higurashi: When They Cry is like arguing with my wife, I constantly ask myself "What did that mean? Why did she say that? What is going on?!"

[@iriedo5216]

YESS LETS GOO NEW HUNTERU VIDEO!!!

[@MrHunteru]

YEAAAAAHHHHH I'M NOT DEAAAD WOOOOO

[@TakuruKagami]

This is a story from the most important timeline but no manga adaptation.

[@Mattyzer0]

When you want to know about higurashi lore but too scared to actually watch the anime

[@FallenSankta]

Eua refers to Hanyuu as a fragment of herself, would that mean that Eua and Hanyuu got separated after entering the “portal” to earth?

[@MrHunteru]

Its really hard to tell, Eua as a character was just not defined super well so almost everything about her is a mystery

[@Katia-gw4di]

Would you do a review on the Higurashi Gou manga and Meguri manga once the meguri manga is finished?

[@MrHunteru]

Of course :) I'm actually planning to look at the Meguri manga

[@Katia-gw4di]

@@MrHunteru Thanks

[@Senpai_Kunn]

Riku has his priorities straight xD

[@kirgeu5214]

The anime as you know it is a total blood bath

[@SophiaHex]

oooh i found a playlist!

[@goldchris1111]

watched higurashi because horror is my favorite genre so i wanted to see some good horror anime, watched shiki and was majorly disapointed in it as a "horror" anime because many people says its one of the best which imo its not that great, then watched Another and Ghost Hunt and loved those especially ghost hunt with the mansion and last episode being fantastic, went onto elfen lied which like shiki isnt that much of a horror either but was way more entertaining and enjoyable. But higurashi is prob my favorite that iv watched so far, mystery, thriller/suspense creates good horror

[@fewglow5076]

Can you just agree with the village? People come there all the time so you could be lucky and live a peaceful life.

[@visliip.6306]

I can’t remember if my first higurashi encounter was with that one my little pony animation or that one calling all the monsters amv

[@Nomad]

Just stop

[@oucyan]

1 correction I would like to make to your video. It's more of a nitpick than a correction actually. Hanyuu's species aren't "aliens" as in extra terrestrials. They come from an entirely different plane of existence altogether. They are technically Extra-dimensional beings, which explains why they can even exist in a spirit form and why Hanyuu has god like powers. The laws of their universe aren't 1 to 1 with ours. In fact, I think it's safe to assume that the universe Hanyuu's species come from is a higher dimensional plane of existence than ours. There are a ton of silly things a higher dimension being can do when interacting with our universe that would make them seem like gods to us. tl;dr: Alien is still an appropriate term for them, but if you don't specify what kind of alien they are, people are going to assume they are extra terrestrials.

[@derrickboyd9225]

I used to look at higurashi a long time ago when I got my computer it was a long long time ago and I wish I can go back to those days it really was a good anime I also saw the anime the manga in the game played it wasn't half-bad I just wish you'd like this could happen at the anime I really do like looking at something like this to be honest I should have been looking at this each month for each year nevertheless the store we should have been in the anime or Manga it really is a shame but I really do like it really I do I really do like it and I do love it it really is a great story and it should have happened in the anime and manga nevertheless higurashi she is a good story and that's why I love it and maybe someday I might look into it again and do time ❤️🙏😌🙏❤️

[@objo1573]

Ok but isn't she also featherine with a damaged horn? Is this console arc even canon?

[@MrHunteru]

No, her being Featherine while having evidence isn't strong enough of a connection. This arc being canon is up to interpretation, but I believe it is yeah

[@orboakin8074]

You know, as someone relatively new to anime in general I always had the notion that Higurashi was just gore and violence and nothing else but seeing videos like yours have made me gradually see how much depth the series has. I am even gradually coming around to watching the anime and playing the VNs at some point.

[@vivvy_0]

gore and violence is the hook, philosophical questions, history lessons and social critiques is what were staying for.. at least i did

[@orboakin8074]

@@vivvy_0 Yeah, your point is a good one. I was initially turned off by the gore and mistakenly assumed that was all the show offered but the deeper stuff is there.

[@scionixx9568]

I feel like she would have felt the babies horns giving birth to her lol would be hard not to notice sharp objects coming out of your va-jj

[@Mugelbbub16]

I feel like this is gonna be like Monogatari in a way...

[@bees.2843]

14:20 was there a recap of masturibayashi-hen in Goutsu that I don’t remember

[@MrHunteru]

There was, but only the ending. It was at the beginning of Satokowashi and scattered some in Sotsu

[@bees.2843]

@@MrHunteru i can’t believe of all the things i could potentially forget in Goutsu that is the one (or I guess several scattered pieces of one) i forgot

[@endyenderman6331]

Can’t wait to see maid stream too 👀

[@MrHunteru]

YOU

[@endyenderman6331]

@@MrHunteru ME

[@sakshammidha7410]

It's August 31st Where's ur timeline video

[@ana-mariaungureanu4660]

Hinamizawa is a village, not a town.

[@clintjamison1347]

ABD gone get on you first taking their thing

[@MrHunteru]

Considering I brainstormed this idea with them, I doubt it 😂

[@smiler8497]

*stan lee has entered the chat* This guy: oh sh*t I’m dead

[@subjectnivleis7572]

by nature of the catbox everything is cannon

[@MrHunteru]

Shhhh. While this is technically true it makes sorting everything out much more annoying lmao

[@GawrGuraChhololiveENEvil]

i live in a small village.