Rika gets into an accident and finds herself in a very unfamiliar Hinamizawa.
Impressions:
Just what on earth is going on here? This world is just so weird it’s hard to believe that its possible. I mean Rika went through a ridiculous number of worlds and never came across anything close to this. Sure a world where Keiichi didn’t transfer has happened before. But a world where absolutely nothing went wrong is just so far gone its hard to believe. The Dam War didn’t happen, no murder, Rena’s family life is perfect, Satoko gets along with her step-father, and I’m sure things are fine with Mion and Shion. It’s almost like someone tossed the dice out the window and pulled out a new set. Takano’s will managed to force certain events every single time without fail. It’s bizarre that none of it happened this time.
It seems like Rika was hit by that truck which means she is stuck like this. If nothing is going to go wrong then what is Rika going to do? Things are going to be fractured and there is really nothing for her to stand against. The preview is even showing her mother to be alive!? Not to mention this world is so foreign she is going to have trouble fitting into it. After going through the same events so many times she could reasonably react to whatever came her way. But now it’s a completely different world and its hard to know just what will happen.
It’s even a wonder if the Hinamizawa Syndrome exists in this world. Everything is so twisted its kind of hard to know just what to base our knowledge on here. Not only for Rika but the viewers are stuck in a pretty tough position of trying to figure things out. The only hope is that memories from the previous worlds will pop up in certain characters which will give Rika some help. Speaking of help where the heck is Hanyuu? You’d think with how messed up things are that the girl would show up to make a scene.
At any rate this whole thing has me pretty baffled. We are definitely back in Higurashi with the light hearted portion having passed. Honestly wish that Rika could get some support since she must be feeling especially isolated. It’s just a pretty tough place for her to be right now. The girl has gone through hell and somehow still has to find her way through this latest challenge. Fighting against fate just got a lot more difficult.
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I thought Hanyuu was in the “physical” realm at the end of Kai; she’s actually a person and everyone can see her. Why is she a ghost again at the beginning this one when it seems the story follows after Kai and they broke the cycle. And now she’s completely missing as mentioned in Ep.2.
@ano
Well I only have speculations as to why Hanyuu wasn’t physical. Maybe she goes between the physical and spiritual form and at that time she just wasn’t physical. Or maybe all the time spent in that physical state has taken a lot out of her and she is resting. She didn’t spent the entire time when they broke the cycle as a physical being. She only appeared in that state shortly before the final struggle would take place. So its probable that she can’t stay like that for very long.
Hopefully when Hanyuu does reappear we will get some answers. I’ll give Rika a break for not making a point of it yet since she is very disturbed by how weird this world is. Right now Rika is pretty isolated and Hanyuu would be a welcome presence.
Yeah, I was really weirded out by this episode but I guess you could call this and alternate world of the world that was full of problems and sufferings. The problem is that it’s too hard to believe, isn’t it? Rika should be really disturbed by this fact.
So Bern won by default this time? Or can this really be considered a victory… I wonder if Rika will choose to stay in that world.
@FlameStrike
Well I can’t imagine that’s a world Rika would really want to stay in. Though it’s not a world that she can easily leave. I mean there doesn’t seem to be any threat to her life. While she has resorted to suicide on one occasion in the series it was really that or a tortured death later. It isn’t a bad world overall. Nothing bad has happened to Rika or her friends in it. But the dam is going to be build which means she loses the chance to live in her home. Keiichi isn’t there either and obviously she cares about him.
Guess you could call it a Pyrrhic victory. It’s a win world since there isn’t anyone to try and kill her. Yet the price for that victory is high. Rika has lost bonds that are precious to her.