Higurashi no Naku Koro ni is a well known Horror visual novel from 2000 that was adjusted into a semi-mainstream repulsiveness anime in 2007. The anime is notable for mixing both loathsomeness and cut of life components and now in 2020, a reboot/substitute timetable transformation named Higurashi: When They Cry – NEW has surfaced with refreshed visuals and character models. This new variation is by all accounts customized towards the two rookies and old aficionados of the first studio DEEN series.
A Chilling Starting
The principal episode opens up likewise to the first anime where we see hero Keiichi Maebara mercilessly murder his companions with a slugging stick and it’s a significant frightful scene to observe. Minutes after the fact the tone of the anime changes definitely, and we’re acquainted with different characters in a standard cut of life design, just this time with the new plans which causes it to appear as though you’re watching a totally unique anime. We see Keiichi’s ordinary collaborations with his companion gathering and cohorts Rena, Mion, Satoko, and Rika as they go to a neighborhood place of worship for a cookout.
On his way back from the altar with Rena, the two of them take an odd diversion to the nearby landfill to discover some treasure. At the landfill, Keiichi experiences Tomitake, an independent photographic artist that frequents the town to take pictures of birds. He discloses to Keiichi that there’s been a new homicide around which justifiably stuns him and the anime’s disrupting tone creeps back in.
The following day all appears to be well as Keiichi is enlisted into to the young lady’s club and even contends in an agreeable forager chase with them. Be that as it may, he is as yet inquisitive about the homicide, so he gets some information about the occurrence yet is met with a cold and unpleasant excusal. Later on he returns to the landfill where he meets Rena once more attempting to uncover a Colonel Sanders Kenta-kun sculpture. Keiichi offers to help uncover it however can’t. Rena offers to surge home to make some tea as a debt of gratitude is in order for making a difference. As she leaves, Keiichi rests off yet gets up minutes after the fact to discover a heap of magazines with data on the previously mentioned grizzly episode. Be that as it may, as Keiichi searches through the magazine the episode closes with Rena remaining behind him unfavorably with a cleaver close by.
All things considered, the main episode is very like its 2007 partner put something aside for the conspicuous changes, for example, the new character plans by Akio Watanabe who likewise chipped away at the Monogatari series and new music from Kenji Kawai. The episode effectively presents the primary characters while likewise adding some unpleasant undercurrents in with the general mish-mash.
New Name, Slightly New Show
At that point comes episode two, which drastically changes things by pulling the fleece over us and disclosing another title for the anime, Higurashi: When They Cry – Gou. The subsequent episode gets going in an obscure way with a more established, more developed Rika arousing to end up in a domain loaded up with reflect shards where she meets a peculiar phantom named Hanyuu. The two apparently talk about past occasions and Rika’s assurance to save the town from an obscure danger.
This arrangement will befuddle some new watchers as it reviews occasions from the first series without ruining excessively. The episode at that point gets back to business as usual with Keiichi playing zombie tag with the young ladies at school however it’s difficult to appreciate the adorable scene without reviewing the series of dismal occasions from the past episode.
Subsequently, he gets back to the landfill with Rena to get the Kenta-Kun sculpture. As Keiichi hacks away at a piece of wood with the cleaver from the past episode to free the sculpture, he reviews the horrifying occasion appeared toward the beginning of the main episode which apparently never occurred. So maybe it might’ve been from another timetable? Then, Rena is acting unusually again with chilly, unfeeling gazes. The following day the gathering go to the Watanagashi Festival where they have some good times talking, eating and messing around, and the episode closes with an exquisite custom dance from Rika.
Final Thoughts
Episode 2 eminently changes a couple of things from the first I will not ruin, yet demonstrates this new transformation from studio Passione isn’t only a reboot yet another course of events story also. Fortunately, the new transformation prevails with regards to coordinating the chilling and disrupting components found in the first, and ideally it keeps on doing as such while presenting its very own portion includes also.
On the off chance that you haven’t seen Higurashi: When They Cry – Gou it’s free to stream right now on Funimation.
