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fandom.07th-expansion | # Natsuya Atsuta/Sprites
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fandom.07th-expansion | # Nayuki Minase
is a character appearing in in the "" collaboration event Bright Schoolhouse.
| Nayuki Minase |
fandom.07th-expansion | # Nayuki Minase/Sprites
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fandom.07th-expansion | # Nazomidashi
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fandom.07th-expansion | # Negotiation
UraHigu.
Keiichi shouts in Angel Mort "Follow me to the depths of hell!", while the rest of the customers praise him.
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fandom.07th-expansion | # Nei Kino
is a singer who began working with Ryukishi07 starting with the .
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fandom.07th-expansion | # Nekoakashi
is the fifth arc in "Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Meguri".
| Nekoakashi |
fandom.07th-expansion | # Nekoakashi-hen
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fandom.07th-expansion | # Nekodamashi
is the fourth arc in the anime and the fourth and final arc in the namesake manga.
Previews of the arc were first shown on a livestream hosted by Keiichi and Mion's voice actors. The official 07th Expansion Twitter account stated before the airing of the first episode that "from here, it's really a Hinamizawa that no one has ever seen".
Characters.
New characters
Returning characters
Manga.
The manga version of Nekodamashi contains three chapters and is included in the fourth volume.
Differences.
The manga version diverges heavily from the anime counterpart from this arc onward:
| Nekodamashi |
fandom.07th-expansion | # Nekodamashi-hen
| Nekodamashi-hen |
fandom.07th-expansion | # Nekodamashi-hen Manga Chapter 1
is the thirteenth chapter of "Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Gou".
Summary.
Rika wakes up in another world and sees it's June 12. She realizes she's been killed again and struggles to remember what happened in the previous world. All she knows is they worked hard to save Satoko from her abusive uncle. Satoko appears and asks Rika what's wrong since she looks unwell. Rika says it's nothing, and Satoko figures she just had a nightmare.
Satoko says that Mion called earlier and had something to tell Rika. Rika calls the Sonozaki house, where Mion says that Oryou had something to say about this year's Watanagashi, so she wants the Three Families to gather at the estate. Rika agrees, and Satoko starts massaging her shoulders while saying it must be difficult to be the Furude Family head.
That night, Rika waits at the Sonozaki house, thinking that Oryou talking directly to her is a first throughout all her many worlds. Kiichirou arrives and apologizes for the wait. The two head inside the estate, where it's strangely quiet, and they enter the main room to find many dead and decapitated people, including Mion and Shion.
Rika wonders what's going on, and Kiichirou suddenly gets decapitated right next to her. Akane appears and stabs Rika in the foot with a katana, saying to blame Hinamizawa for all of this. Rika screams in agony and Akane scratches her neck while saying that she can't allow the demon bloodline to continue anymore. Akane says she would've preferred not to be born in Hinamizawa and slices off Rika's head.
Rika wakes up in another world, sitting in a boat at Onigafuchi Swamp. Kiichirou greets her good morning and then plunges Rika's head into the swamp, trying to drown her. He doesn't want to do this, but he has to drown Rika to appease Oyashiro-sama's anger. Kiichirou says that every Furude female is born to be a sacrifice, and he starts scratching his neck while yelling that none of the Sonozakis understand their responsibility. Kiichirou says he will take responsibility for saving the village and continues drowning Rika. The girl finally sinks downwards.
Rika thinks she wouldn't give up now. She wakes up in another world, strapped to the cross in the Sonozaki torture chamber with nails rammed into her fingers. Shion accuses Rika of being behind everything and demands she lead her to Satoshi. Shion rams another nail into Rika's hand. Rika says she'll repeat this as long as it takes to get that perfect ending again.
Rika wakes up in another world to be hit in the face with a hammer by Keiichi's mother Aiko. Aiko scratches her neck and says Rika is the real demon in this village, and yells that she return the real Keiichi. Keiichi and Ichirou are shown dead next to her. Aiko believes that Rika brainwashed the entire village and captured her family.
Rika dies again and tries to psych herself up, saying that this tragedy is nothing compared to her 100 years. Rika dies throughout many more worlds: Kasai kills her with a shotgun, the school kids surround Rika's body after stabbing her with scissors, Oryou herself dissects Rika, Rena kills Rika and chops her up, and Mion shoots Rika in the head at school. Rika continues to believe in her friends and that everything will be fine.
Rika wakes up in Angel Mort sitting at a booth. She sees Keiichi from behind and sheds tears then runs up to him, but Keiichi suddenly turns around and hits her with a bat. Rika looks around the restaurant to see many other dead and wounded customers, including her friends, with Keiichi looking deranged. Mion cradles a wounded Shion and asks how Keiichi could do this, but he bashes her head in. Shion asserts that Keiichi is dead the next time they meet, and she too is killed. Keiichi moves towards Rika and prepares to kill her as well, but Rena crawls up to him and begs him to stop and trust in everyone. Keiichi kills her as well.
Rika cries, wondering how she can avoid these tragic fates when she's not even given the chance to try anything whenever she wakes up. Keiichi grabs her and demands to have the cure to the maggot disease. Rika remembers Akasaka and believes that he can still help, and she tells Keiichi that the cure's inside her head; all he needs to to break it open and eat her insides. An ecstatic Keiichi smashes his bat onto Rika's head, the girl refusing to give up just yet.
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fandom.07th-expansion | # Nekodamashi-hen Manga Chapter 2
is the fourteenth chapter of "Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Gou".
Summary.
Rika remembers Akasaka coming to her rescue against the Mountain Dogs in her original world. Rika overlooks Hinamizawa, wondering just how many times she's looped to the same June 12th of 1983, and believes Akasaka can save her again. Just then, Akasaka walks up behind Rika and calls out to her. Rika cries and hugs him, with Akasaka thanking her for saving his wife long ago. Akasaka promises to protect Rika at all cost.
The two spend the day together walking around the village. They come across the bus shelter, where Rika thinks that she would still be trapped if she never met Akasaka there. Rika says she's glad to have met him, and Akasaka says he should be saying that instead since he trained himself ever since then thanks to their promise. Rika asks if he'll stay in the village until the end of Watanagashi, and Akasaka plans to. Satoko shows up, having heard villagers talking about a couple walking around and was being surprised to see it was Rika. Satoko invites Akasaka to have dinner with them and stay the night. Rika blushes and tries to say it's not necessary.
Akasaka joins the girls for dinner. Rika thinks that with his help, they can stop whoever develops Hinamizawa Syndrome next. Satoko teases Rika over her apparent crush towards Akasaka and hugs her, saying that they're the bestest friends ever. Akasaka watches them play around and then pulls out a family photo, showing off his daughter.
The next day at school, Mion says they've cancelled club plans and are going to be throwing a welcoming party at Rika's place to celebrate Akasaka's arrival. While shopping, Satoko tells Rika to go home and wait with Akasaka while she gathers everyone. Rika goes home and sees Akasaka's shoes at the door, meaning he really was staying here the entire time. Rika greets Akasaka and says they're throwing a party at Mion's request. Akasaka confirms she means Mion Sonozaki and says that she must really care about Rika. Akasaka says he also cares about Rika and sneakily attacks her with a knife.
Villagers surround Rika's shack, which is on fire, and watch in despair. The club is especially concerned, with Ooishi trying to stop Keiichi from running in. Inside the shack, a deranged Akasaka scratches his neck as a wounded Rika lies down crying. Akasaka stabs Rika repeatedly, wanting to find her maggots and stop her suffering. Rika wonders how Akasaka could possibly succumb to Hinamizawa Syndrome, unwilling to accept this cruel dice roll.
Akasaka stabs Rika in the throat and begins tearing it out, convinced that he's saved her by removing her maggots. Rika thinks about previous worlds where Akasaka actually did come to her rescue and wails in denial as the rest of the shack burns down around her.
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fandom.07th-expansion | # Nekodamashi-hen Manga Chapter 3
is the fifteenth and final chapter of "Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Gou", and the final chapter of "Nekodamashi-hen".
Summary.
Rika wakes up in her shack, still unable to remember everything. All she knows is she was definitely killed by Akasaka and doesn't know why. Rika starts crying when Satoko arrives and sees she's finally awake. Rika is about to acknowledge her when Satoko suddenly smacks her in the head with the ritual hoe, tearfully scratching her neck while saying it's time for the watanagashi.
As Satoko ties up Rika, she tells her about the watanagashi being a ritual to appease Oyashiro-sama's curse. Rika begs her to stop, but Satoko stabs a knife into her stomach. As Rika cries out in pain, she thinks about how throughout her travels in June 1983, she could keep going because Satoko's smile would make her feel better, and there were always people like Akasaka she could rely on.
Satoko asks Rika why she never enjoyed living in Hinamizawa with everyone and wonders why she would ever want to leave. She tells Rika to recognize her sin as she plunges the ritual hoe into Rika's stomach. Rika thinks she used to love Hinamizawa and thought she wouldn't need anything else so long as she was with her friends, however the endless loops made her wish to leave; memories of Rika's suicide in "Meakashi" and death by school explosion in a "Tsumihoroboshi"-esque world are shown. Satoko says Rika wouldn't have to endure Oyashiro-sama's curse if she just stayed in Hinamizawa and begs her never to go away, ripping out Rika's guts as she says this.
Rika accepts that her wish to leave the village really placed a curse on her, and in reality she never felt unsatisfied with Hinamizawa: it was just the rebellious phase of a hundred-year-old witch. Satoko hugs Rika, and Rika apologizes for making her go through such painful things. She promises to keep living in Hinamizawa with all of her friends, and Satoko says that Oyashiro-sama will forgive her. Rika happily cries as she says she won't make the wrong choice anymore.
Rika happily overlooks the village from the shrine and thanks it for providing all of her happiness and watching over her. Rika plans to properly express her gratitude. Rika flips the calendar at home to June 23 and says that nobody has to be killed as Satoko wakes up. Satoko asks why Rika is looking at her weirdly, and Rika thinks about Akasaka and Satoko killing her before remembering that the tragedy will be avoided so long as she's grateful.
Rika and Satoko join the club at the stream and play in the water. Rika looks at how happy everyone is: Keiichi and Rena aren't lost in suspicion, Mion and Shion respect each other and get along as sisters, and Satoko's evil uncle isn't returning. Rika cries and expresses to everyone how much she loves Hinamizawa and all of the club members.
At school, Rika and Satoko play a scavenger hunt to retrieve a marker, but Rika is buried under a metal pan trap. Satoko claims victory and Rika says she had to let her have this victory today, as today is special. The rest of the club members appear to surprise Satoko, as it's her birthday. Satoko is shocked, and Keiichi explains that Rika told them to set it up while they were playing. Satoko is speechless, and Rika says that though this was the day Satoshi disappeared, they can still celebrate the birthday of their friend. Rika guides Satoko to a lit birthday cake, and the birthday girl blows out all of the candles before hugging Rika. The club has fun eating cake, and Rika thinks that Satoko's finally made her realize what true happiness is.
The group gives gifts to Satoko, with Rika pulling out a familiar gift box. Satoko sees it and instinctively ducks down, quickly standing back up and laughing when nothing happens. Satoko exclaims she can recognize a trap like this from any distance, and Rika recalls memories of a prior world where she pelted Satoko with a boxing glove hidden in that same box. Shock arises on Rika's face as she asks how Satoko knew this used to be a surprise box and opens it to reveal a teddy bear. Satoko's eyes glow as she raises a gun.
Rika wakes up in the Sea of Fragments. She knows she died again, but now she remembers that Satoko had memories of other Fragments and wonders how. Hanyuu appears before Rika and says there's not much time. Using the rest of her power, Hanyuu allowed Rika to move to the next world without losing her memories. Hanyuu wants to give her something else: the Onigari-no-ryuuou, an ancient artifact within the ritual storehouse that has the ability to kill loopers.
Hanyuu says the remnants of herself cannot do more than this and begins to fade. Rika tries to stop her, distraught that Hanyuu only showed up now to use her powers like this, and Hanyuu hugs her. She assures Rika that she'll be fine without her, and that she has the greatest allies as long as she's with them. Rika cries and promises to believe in her friends to break through fate one more time, and Hanyuu bids farewell while asking her to have a cream puff every once in a while. Rika wipes her tears and gains a look of determination.
June 19, 1983. Rika wakes up at home and is greeted by Satoko, who tells her to get ready for school. Rika agrees while giving a sidelong glance at her "friend", her eyes glowing.
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fandom.07th-expansion | # Nekodamashi-hen Part 1
is the fourteenth episode of and the first episode of Nekodamashi.
Synopsis.
Japanese.
圭一たちの活躍で沙都子は叔父である鉄平の元から助け出された。
運命のサイコロに導かれる未来は、梨花が切望した結末へと向かっているかに思われたのだが……。
English (Translated).
"Thanks to the efforts of Keiichi and his friends, Satoko was rescued from her uncle Teppei."
"The future, guided by the dice of fate, seemed to be heading towards the ending that Rika had longed for..."
Plot Summary.
Prologue.
June 19th in the evening. At the Watanagashi Festival, Rena, Mion and Shion send cotton down the river and give thanks to Oyashiro-sama. Rena wonders where Keiichi and Satoko went off to, with Shion thinking they're "celebrating" together after the long battle they fought. Rika looks at her own cotton ball and says to Hanyuu that they finally saved Satoko after breaking his dead-end fate, so she knows they can work together to break the fate that involves Rika's own death.
The group returns to the grounds where many villagers are chatting and drinking. Keiichi and Satoko are still not back yet. Mion and Shion prepare to head home as Rika walks up to the villagers and asks if they saw Tomitake and Takano anywhere. One villager says he saw them in the parking lot when Ooishi suddenly appears, dragging a battered and bloodied metal bat with a crazed expression on his face. The villagers look at him in confusion when the detective proclaims with bloodshot eyes that he's been looking for Rika, suddenly tossing the bat aside and grabbing her throat. Ooishi says he's finally solved the mystery and a villagers tries to stop him, but he gets shot and killed with the detective's gun. Ooishi kills another villager and stands against a wall while still holding onto Rika. He starts scratching his neck and draws blood, complaining about the itchiness. Rika has a moment of realization about Ooishi's condition.
Ooishi yells that he knows the truth about Oyashiro-sama's curse, claiming that Rika was the one behind the mysterious deaths and that she needs to fess up. Rika finds the idea ridiculous but sees no point in arguing. Ooishi scratches his neck some more and shoots several more villagers. Mion goes up to him and says she'll listen to whatever Ooishi has to say as the next head of the Sonozaki family. She begs him to let go of Rika but he instead looks back at her and aims his gun. Shion knocks Ooishi out of the way and makes him let go of Rika, but the detective smacks Shion to the ground. Mion runs towards them but is too late, as Ooishi kills Shion. Rena calls out to them but the escaping crowd is blocking her path. Mion tells Rena to take care of Keiichi and continues running towards Ooishi, but she too is shot and killed. Rena screams in horror.
As Rena pleads for Ooishi to take her instead, he picks up Rika by her head and puts his gun up to her face, demanding that she tell him the truth. Rika laments how this perfect world ended so horribly and asks Ooishi to just end her. She refuses to reveal the secrets of the curse and says Ooishi will die knowing nothing. Angered, Ooishi throws Rika to the ground and beats her with his bat, killing her. As Ooishi continues beating Rika's corpse while telling her to talk, a bloodied Satoko walks up the stone stairs towards the scene. Rena yells for her to stay back.
First Half.
Rika reappears in the Sea of Fragments, screaming and reacting from the sensation of being beaten to death as Hanyuu tells her that everything is okay now. Hanyuu tells her the pain is nothing more than a memory as Fragments displaying Ooishi's killing of Rika are shown. Rika calms down and realizes that she remembers Ooishi killed her, asking Hanyuu what's going on. The horned goddess replies that she's just a lingering trace of her former self and cannot leave this place. Rika wishes they could share a drink together like old times. Hanyuu tells Rika to listen closely: she's used her remaining power to restore Rika's abilities, meaning she will not lose any of her memories when she repeats worlds. The crack in Hanyuu's horn glows as she says this.
Rika understands that she'll be able to remember who kills her now and can prepare better each loop, but she asks Hanyuu if she ever wondered that Rika may not want to live like this. Hanyuu knows Rika is aware that this Hinamizawa is different than the one five years ago. Rika says that in the world where Keiichi was paranoid, she gave him a hint to trust Rena but a tragedy still occurred. In the world where Shion went on a rampage, Rika caused the doll, the catalyst for the event, to go to Mion but Rika still died. Rika has no memory of who killed her that time or how.
Hanyuu assures Rika that she can figure it out, and Rika sarcastically asks how she can defend from Ooishi's gun then. Seeing Hanyuu's dejection, Rika apologizes for yelling and gets surprised when she notices the goddess flickering for a bit. Hanyuu says again that Rika will figure it out and Rika comments that she just said that, and Hanyuu flickers some more. Hanyuu says that Rika has wonderful friends: Keiichi, Rena, Mion, Shion, Satoko, and many more. Rika says Hanyuu is her friend as well and tells her not to use her powers for any more unnecessary things.
Hanyuu says that after her 100-year journey, Rika's exhausted heart began to heal in the last five years, but it won't last long. People who live in time loops don't have physical lifespans, but mental ones. Rika is aware of the fact and hates that; she spent 100 years in Hinamizawa, feeling like a bird in a cage. She saw countess tragedies one after the other with no idea how or why they happened. Rika says her friends and their miracle stopped her soul from dying long ago, and she has no intention of staying a little girl. She got away from the village and managed to start a new life, and now she's been dragged back into it. Rika yells that even if she were to escape again, she can be sent back to 1983 at any time and asks Hanyuu if she understands how horrifying that is. Rika says that if Hanyuu disappears, she'll truly be alone and starts crying.
Hanyuu watches her cry and says that there's something she must tell her; she hoped never to tell Rika about it, but she will give that as her parting words. Hanyuu has many artifacts related to her, but the most important one is a holy, sacred sword: the Onigari-no-ryuuou. The sword has the ability to kill those for whom death is just the beginning, especially those who live in loops. The sword is hidden inside the ritual warehouse at the shrine. Rika asks what looper Hanyuu intends for her to kill, and Hanyuu says nothing in response but gives a sad look. She says the Hanyuu that faded into the Sea of Fragments didn't want to reunite like this and steps onto a Fragment into the void, telling Rika that she is no longer a fledgling. Rika reaches out to her and Hanyuu bids farewell, telling Rika she must shape her own future as her form continues flickering. Rika keeps calling out to her, saying that Hanyuu being with her was the only way she could bear those 100 years, and stops running before crying on her knees.
Rika reawakens in her bed and is greeted by Satoko, who tells her that sleeping in is not a good look. The date is shown to be Sunday, June 12. Satoko notices her companion's sad expression and asks if Rika had a bad dream. Tears steaming down her face, Rika says she had a horrible dream but remembers none of it as gives a strained nipah.
Second Half.
As Satoko and Rika make breakfast, Satoko notices the depressed look on Rika's face. The phone rings and Satoko goes to take it, telling Rika to finish cutting vegetables. Rika eyes the knife and thinks back to Hanyuu's farewell, with how she asked what kind of looper Rika was meant to kill. She realizes now that it was an obvious answer, putting the knife up to her neck before Satoko says they've been called for an emergency club activity. Rika lays down the knife as Satoko returns and says they'll be heading there in an hour. Rika says she has something else to do that day and won't be going. Satoko tells her that deserting club means a penalty and asks if this "something" "has" to be done now. Rika denies it and Satoko convinces her to do the thing after club.
Rika and Satoko join the rest of the club at school. Keiichi notices Rika's sullen expression and Satoko says she's been like that all morning, apparently from a bad dream. Rika asks where Shion is and Mion says she never told her to come, but she can call her later if Rika wants to hang out with her, but she says it's not necessary.
Mion decides to cheer her up by allowing Rika to choose the game they play. Rika says she wants to play hide and seek, and the grounds will be the entire village. Rika will be the only one hiding: if the club can find her before sunset, then they win. If they don't find her, then Rika will go home by herself. The club accepts the challenge. With ten minutes to hide, Rika runs off but turns back for a bit, saying the club won't find her. Keiichi thinks she's quitting the game already, and Rika says that if they can't find her and feel bad about it, it's not their fault.
As Rika hides, panning shots of the village are shown, including the Irie Clinic. Ten minutes pass, and the club splits up to find Rika. Mion searches around the school and thinks she's hiding in a bathroom, unlocking the door with a set of keys but finding nobody. Satoko searches around the Furude Shrine. Rena searches at the junkyard. Keiichi inspects the water wheel on the path going to school but he doesn't think Rika would hide in such an obvious place. The sun sets and the club regroups at school, thinking the game is finished now. The group figures they'll have to ask Rika tomorrow and prepare to go home when Keiichi stops them. He thinks Rika really wants them to find her, with Satoko realizing that something was really troubling her since that morning. The group swears to find Rika. Mion is asked about any really obscure places in the village, and she knows of one.
Rika heads to the ritual warehouse, opening the lock with a key. She climbs up to the statue of Oyashiro-sama and touches its head, which splits open. Seeing an empty slot where the Onigari-no-ryuuou should be, Rika nervously laughs and starts shedding tears, lamenting that Hanyuu left her a gift she never even wanted. Something glimmers inside the statue, which Rika pulls out to reveal a fragment of the ancient sword. She figures it's big enough to get the job done and sits down, putting the fragment up to her neck. Before she can do anything, she hears her friends calling out to her from outside and declaring that though Rika won, it won't be the same tomorrow.
Rika smiles and lowers the fragment, thanking Hanyuu for it. She can die at any time she wants, but she'll keep going for a little longer. Gazing up at the moon behind the window, Rika raises her hand and declares five more loops; if she doesn't succeed after five more loops, then she'll give up.
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fandom.07th-expansion | # Nekodamashi-hen Part 2
is the fifteenth episode of and the second episode of Nekodamashi.
Synopsis.
Japanese.
あと５回だけ、惨劇の運命に立ち向かうことを決めた梨花。
次の世界で、部活のメンバーとともに興宮のおもちゃ屋を訪れた梨花は、懐かしい人物との再会を果たす。
English (Translated).
"Rika decides to face her tragic fate only five more times."
"In the next world, Rika and her club members visit a toy store in Okinomiya, where she is reunited with an old friend."
Plot Summary.
Prologue.
Monday, June 13th. The club compliments Keiichi for being able to get others hyped up during club games. He's going to be part of the Watanagashi Festival planning committee, but he has no idea what to do. Mion says Keiichi will become head of the festival auction, much to his dismay.
First Half.
At the toy store Da Vinci, Keiichi learns his role: he'll be auctioning off donated prizes at the festival, and if he does well he'll get three months' worth of tickets to Angel Mort's Dessert Festa. Satoko and Rena assure Keiichi that he'll do well. The group heads into the store, with Rika the last one to enter. At first Mion's uncle Yoshirou doesn't know if he can give them any toys, but he agrees when Mion mentions that Oryou's looking forward to the auction. The group eye the shelves for toys that people might want. Satoko picks up a plush, thinking it'll be great.
Keiichi notices a mahjong game set up in another room. The other club members mention how they used to play it in club, with Satoko being especially skilled. Yoshirou explains that earlier, a customer said he could perform a tsubamegaeshi and was demonstrating it to him. Keiichi is shocked by the mention of the phrase tsubamegaeshi: a difficult technique where you swap your hand of tiles with the wall. Rena excitedly asks Satoko if she can perform it, but she says she's only practiced it and succeeded a few times before.
Satoko sits down at the table and tries to do the technique. Keiichi asks why she practiced it anyway, and Mion says Satoko plants traps way ahead of time. Satoko grabs the wall of tiles but winds up spilling them everywhere. Keiichi and Rena sit down to try it themselves when Ooishi arrives. Mion asks why a detective is here when he should be working, which surprises Keiichi. Ooishi says he's off that day, having come to get a new mahjong mat. He voices his surprise at seeing kids trying to play such a complicated game, especially trying to perform a tsubamegaeshi. Yoshirou mentions that Ooishi was the one performing it for him earlier, and Keiichi jumps up and asks him to do it for them.
Ooishi takes his place and asks everyone to watch. The anticipation on the club members' faces is shown as the detective successfully pulls off the move. Keiichi begs Ooishi to teach him. Meanwhile, Rika comments to herself that she can't believe Ooishi and Keiichi are getting along playing mahjong. A voice then calls out to Ooishi, having found him. Ooishi asks the man Akasaka if he had any trouble finding the store, and Rika turns to look at the visitor in surprise: Mamoru Akasaka.
Rika walks up to him and asks if that's really him. Akasaka is delighted to meet Rika, with the others surprised that they're acquainted. Rika and Akasaka comment on how much each other has grown, with Akasaka saying he's come to Hinamizawa on vacation with his wife Yukie. His daughter meanwhile is with his parents. Ooishi says Akasaka is very devoted to his wife, mentioning that five years ago he first came to Okinomiya for work but went back home after being worried about his wife. Akasaka says he went back because Rika told him something bad would happen otherwise. He went to Yukie's hospital and discovered that someone went up the stairs Yukie normally went on and fell off and got hurt. Akasaka is thankful to Rika to warning him.
Satoko mentions that Rika has always said prophetic things, and Mion thinks it's because she's always called Oyashiro-sama's reincarnation. Akasaka promises to repay Rika in any way he can. The scene then cuts to June 19th, 1978. An injured Akasaka speaks to Rika at the Furude Shrine, where Rika explains that in June of 1983, she will be murdered. Rika professes that she wants to live a happy life surrounded by friends; she doesn't want to die. Akasaka heard that five years ago and now has the experience to help her. Rika whispers that she wants to talk to him, and they leave the store.
Akasaka says he and his wife will be at the village until the Watanagashi Festival, though they'll be staying at a hot spring, which is a little ways away. Rika asks him to stay in the village all the way until the festival, pleading for his help. Akasaka agrees, intending to tell Yukie to go to the hot spring without him. He wants to help however he can, though he wonders if Yukie will get a little upset.
Rika says that's not good when the scene suddenly cuts to a bloodied Rika lying on the floor, a dumbfounded smile on her face. Akasaka laughs manically, holding a bloody knife and yelling that he's finally found the source of the parasites. His neck shows signs of scratching, with blood pouring from them. Akasaka scratches some more and says there are more parasites inside of him. As Rika looks at him horrified, Ooishi calls out on a megaphone from outside the building. The police have surrounded Rika's house, with Ooishi asking that he release Rika while offering to meet any demands Akasaka might have. Akasaka yells out that he'll be finished once he's gotten rid of the bugs in his brain. He then goes up to Rika and says he's come to help her, stabbing her in the neck while saying all the parasites in her are gone now. Akasaka then pulls out gasoline and sprays it all over the room, intending to burn all of the parasites to death. Rika raises her hand up to the ceiling.
Ooishi calls out to Akasaka again, and Keiichi and his friends arrive. Keiichi steps over the boundary and tries to get in but Ooishi stops him, telling him to leave it to the professionals. Just then, the windows explode outward, spraying glass everywhere. Keiichi tears open the front door as Satoko and the rest watch the blaze. Akasaka continues scratching his neck amidst the flames as Rika laments how the dice controlling her fate never amaze her and how it was Akasaka killing her this time. Rika counts down on her fingers to four and laughs before snapping her fingers.
Second Half.
The next loop takes place on June 15th. At the Sonozaki main house at night, a bloodied Akane Sonozaki steps over some corpses and slashes with a katana at a door, felling someone and finishing him off despite his pleas. Akane tells him to blame the village, not her. She scratches her neck and complains about the itchiness when Mion gets up. Akane is surprised to see her daughter's still alive, as she was about to walk by her. Mion asks why she did all this, and Akane replies that their blood cannot be allowed to persist. She yells that she must put an end to the demon blood inside of them, then swiftly decapitating her daughter, and her terrified and bloodied facial expression bleeds into view as her head bounces against the tatami.
Akane continues scratching her neck and says it must also be painful for Rika, looking down at her slumped form. Rika agrees, though she can't even move her arms to scratch because of what Akane did to her. Akane gives her condolences for Rika being born into the Furude family and says she herself would've preferred not to be born in Hinamizawa. Rika also agrees, as they all fall victim to the village's curse when they're born. Akane says she'll make the itching feel much better and raises her katana. Rika asks for a quick death so she can move on to the next world, counting down to three on her fingers. Rika is then decapitated.
The next loop takes place on June 21st. A tied-up Rika is being dragged across the ground by the mayor Kiichirou Kimiyoshi, who's saying the entire village will fall victim to Oyashiro-sama's curse at this rate. Rika asks to be let go and Kiichirou says he really doesn't want to do this, but it's the only way. Since Rika is the only pure one, she must be demoned away and drowned in the swamp. Rika asks Kiichirou to just kill her already, but the mayor keeps worrying about Oyashiro-sama's wrath. Rika begs for death again, but Kiichirou says the point of a sacrifice is to be alive when they're offered.
Kiichirou and Rika get into a boat and ride out to the swamp. Kiichirou scratches his neck crazily while saying that the village will be swallowed up by demon miasma. Since the Sonozakis won't do anything, Kiichirou felt like it's the Kimiyoshi's job to do something. He calms down from his scratching and asks Rika if she knows the women of the Furude family must be sacrificed to quell their god's wrath. He lifts her up and says she should be proud to follow in her ancestors' footsteps. Kiichirou continues to deride the Sonozakis for not doing their duty, and Rika snarks that the mayor should finish his monologue after he throws her in the swamp. He takes this to mean that Rika understands The Three Families's responsibilities but she immediately replies that his breath stinks. Enraged, Kiichirou finally throws Rika into the swamp. As she sinks to the bottom, Rika counts down to two.
The next loop begins on June 13th. At Angel Mort, riot police are gathered outside the restaurant. Many dead waitresses and customers lie inside the place, with a bloodied Rika trembling and sitting at a table as sounds of smashing ring out. A bat-wielding Keiichi scratches his neck and says things are finally getting fun, with Rena saying this isn't fun at all. Keiichi says it'll be fun when he splits open Rena's head and swings his bat down, and she narrowly avoids it. Satoko is shown to be among the dead. Rika says this never ends.
Keiichi says this reminds him of club and attacks Rena again, who blocks his bat with a bar. Rena grabs him and says nobody wants to live in this world, but she gets thrown down. She says that this is just a bad dream and wants Keiichi to wake up, but he swings his bat down on Rena's head and kills her. Rika says she doesn't have time to move or catch her breath, wondering why she's the only one who has to go through this. She sheds tears as she ponders what kind of sin she committed to be sentenced to an eternity of torture.
Keiichi goes up to Rika and asks her about the secret cure to get rid of the maggots crawling around in his skin, scratching his neck all the while. Rika laughs and looks up at him, her eyes flashing red as she says the cure's inside her head. She asks Keiichi to split open her skull and eat her brains, which will cure him. A crazed Keiichi raises his bat as Rika wishes it were just a bad dream. She wishes that she could wake up in her dorm at St. Lucia Academy and head to a brand new day.
Rika wishes she could have just that one little thing as Keiichi bashes her head in.
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fandom.07th-expansion | # Nekodamashi-hen Part 3
is the sixteenth episode of and the third episode of Nekodamashi.
Synopsis.
Japanese.
願うことは、ほんの些細な幸せ。一度は手にしたはずの、日常の風景。
一縷の希望を託し、梨花は最後の世界で目を開ける──。
English (Translated).
"The desire for just a little bit of happiness. A scene of everyday life that she had obtained once."
"With a glimmer of hope, Rika opens her eyes in the final world..."
Plot Summary.
Prologue.
The new loop begins on Sunday, June 12th. Rika breathes heavily when she wakes up under her covers at home. Satoko greets her, saying that it's almost sundown. She comments on how Rika was tossing and turning in her sleep, thinking she was having a bad dream. Satoko feels Rika's face and, seeing her labored breathing, says she has a fever and will be staying by her side all night. Rika starts crying, wanting to know why she's suffering. Satoko doesn't understand her dreams, but she knows they're important for a reason. Rika wants to know what reason justifies her being tortured in so many different realities, and Satoko continues looking down at her.
Satoko is dully surprised that Rika doesn't know why she's having her terrible dreams, and Rika questions her when she suddenly yells out. She complains of her body being in pain and writhes in agony as Satoko explains that her dreams are occurring because she is cursed. Rika has no idea what she means and cries out some more, saying that she can't move. Satoko gestures towards Rika's body, pulling off the covers to reveal that Rika's intestines have been cut out of her.
As Rika screams out in pain, Satoko says it's time to perform a watanagashi as she scratches her neck.
First Half.
Rika wonders what she means by watanagashi, and Satoko rhetorically asks if she knows why they perform it: it's the only way to stave off Oyashiro-sama's wrath and curse. Still wincing in pain, Rika asks why she keeps saying "curse" and Satoko notices her painkiller's worn off. She pulls out a tray with scalpels and tools, a syringe and a vial. Satoko casually says she'll give Rika the last of the painkillers, not wanting her to feel a thing. Satoko injects her with it despite Rika's protests, assuring her that she's familiar with needles since Coach makes her take daily injections.
Rika asks Satoko to clarify what she means by her dreams being Oyashiro-sama's curse. Satoko says she received a revelation from Oyashiro-sama himself, that Rika was no longer fit to be his priestess. Satoko scratches her neck again and leaves, returning with the Watanagashi ritual hoe. Rika becomes horrified, and Satoko explains that Oyashiro-sama made her his new priestess in place of Rika. Rika says that Oyashiro-sama is just a hallucination, and that the syndrome is making Satoko hear things. Satoko ignores her and raises the hoe, preparing to perform the offertory dance. She says Rika must come to terms with the truth and that she isn't suffering all on a whim.
Rika pleads her to stop but Satoko says she will be punished for her sins. She brings the hoe down on Rika's open stomach, slicing apart some of her intestines. Rika asks what sin it is and why she's being punished, pleading that she didn't do anything to deserve this. Satoko says that not only did Rika violate one of Oyashiro-sama's precepts, she did so as his priestess. Rika asks when this was, and Satoko drops the hoe before getting close to Rika's face, explaining that Rika has always wished to abandon Hinamizawa, even while performing the ritual dance. Rika is confused, and a flashback to her teenage self is shown for a brief moment.
Rika is shocked to hear this, and Satoko says there isn't any other shameful act a priestess could commit. Rika voices her agreement, having felt like a caged bird all throughout her hundreds of loops and wanted to get away from it all. As she says this, scenes from the original story are played: "Onikakushi", where Keiichi beats Rena and Mion to death as a marker rolls away from them; "Watanagashi", where Keiichi is stabbed by a disguised Shion as his doll falls into a pool of his blood; "Tatarigoroshi", where Keiichi buries the corpse of Teppei amidst rainfall. Finally, the ending of "Matsuribayashi" is replayed, where a uniformed Takano is comforted by Tomitake as the club watches happily. The scene then cuts to teenage Rika talking to someone in a library about something she's secretly dreamed of doing for a long time: leaving Hinamizawa. On the shelves are study books for entrance exams.
Rika laughs despite her pain, commenting that she's heard many crazy things from people with Hinamizawa Syndrome before but this one hit home. Satoko picks up the hoe again and says the only way for Rika to cleanse her sin is to perform the watanagashi on her. She apologizes for having to perform the ritual on Rika's behalf and brings the hoe down again and again, ripping apart more of Rika's innards with tears in her eyes. She asks why Rika would think about angering Oyasiiro-sama and laments that if Rika's heart stayed in the village, then the curse wouldn't affect her. She drops the hoe again and cries some more, blaming Rika for making her do this in the first place. She regrets having to quell the wrath of Oyashiro-sama by finding everyone else from the club and sacrificing them, scratching her neck even more. Rika realizes that this fifth world she intended to be her last had ended before it even began.
Satoko blames Rika again, wanting to know why she did this despite being Oyashiro-sama's reincarnation. She crouches down and grabs some of Rika's intestines, pulling them out as Rika convulses in pain some more. Satoko asks why Rika had abandoned Keiichi and the others, asking if she ever enjoyed her time in Hinamizawa. She believed Rika would love the village just like she did and hugs her, pulling away her body from her lower torso.
Rika thinks back to precious moments with the club and cries. Satoko tells her about everyone else outside the club like her classmates and all the kind villagers. Not only is Oyashiro-sama sad, but Satoko herself is sad that Rika left; the thought that Rika's time spent with her and the others meant nothing to her was heart-breaking.
Second Half.
Rika closes her eyes and wonders when she began to hate Hinamizawa in the first place. Her teenage self answers that it was because she was trapped here for a long time. The second that Rika broke the curse, she wanted to escape the hick village and enroll at a fancy school. She wonders if wanting such a thing was so wrong after spending 100 years trapped there.
Rika opens her eyes to find herself standing in bright daytime Hinamizawa. As higurashi cry in the background, Rika wonders what she even disliked about the place. She never disliked it at all; it was just the curse and mysterious murders being brought about by people scheming against each other. Rika's had times where she had fun with friends and other times where she cried, but even through all of that Hinamizawa was there. She knew she could stay in the village without worry. Young Rika buries her face in her hands and cries, wondering why she ever wanted to leave this place.
Rika is called back to reality by Satoko continuing to tear out her intestines while ranting about curses. Rika apologizes and Satoko stops. Rika realizes that Satoko was willing to go so far for her as the latter cries that all she ever wanted to do was live in Hinamizawa with her. Satoko accepts her apology and is sure that Oyashiro-sama will forgive her now. Rika says she won't make that mistake again and counts down from 1 on her hand, finally reaching zero. The sound of snapping fingers is heard.
Rika awakes and is greeted by Satoko, who says the weather is too beautiful to waste by sleeping. Rika asks where they are and Satoko replies they're in Hinamizawa. In the distance, Keiichi, Mion, Shion, and Rena are dressed in swimsuits and calling for the two girls to join their club activity. Rika smiles as Keiichi taunts Satoko. Satoko pulls off her clothes to reveal her own swimsuit, and Rika says she wants to talk to her about something. Satoko gets hit in the face by Keiichi's ball however, and she says they'll talk later after they deal with Keiichi. Rika happily agrees and soon joins the club in their water games.
At the end of the day, everyone gets dressed to go home. Satoko asks Rika what she wanted to talk about and Rika says she may not understand, but she wants her to listen. Rika says she had two long dreams: one was very painful as she was dreaming it but it was full of wonderful things, thinking back to Takano and Tomitake embracing. In the other dream, Rika never noticed those things and was punished for clinging to an ungrateful dream, thinking back to her many deaths at the hands of Ooishi, Akasaka, Kimiyoshi and others. After all of that, Rika wants to say that she loves Hinamizawa, shedding tears. She realizes that she has many amazing friends there, and she would never dream of anything else. Satoko sheds tears as well and consoles her; she has no idea what kind of dreams she's had but she promises to be her best friend forever, and the villagers will too. Theo two girls hug and Satoko assures Rika that she won't have nightmares anymore.
Time passes, and Rika comments that this world is very peaceful, almost as though Oyashiro-sama's curse has disappeared. At the junkyard, Keiichi digs up Kenta-kun for an elated Rena. Rika watches them from atop a cliff, happy that they both have not been consumed by paranoia. Rika and Satoko walk by the Houjou residence; Satoko sees Rika staring into space and asks what's wrong, but she replies that she's thinking about dinner. Rika comments that Satoko's horrible uncle never returned to the village.
On Sunday, June 19th, the Watanagashi Festival begins. Rika performs the ritual dance for the crowd and sees that Keiichi and Shion are watching, commenting that they never ran off. She's realized that this is a perfect world, one where she didn't need to roll the dice of fate.
After the cotton drifting, Rika sees Tomitake walking off by himself into the woods. She follows and calls out to him, wanting to tell him about something related to her and Takano but is interrupted by Takano herself appearing. Takano comments on the great timing and says she's needed to tell Rika something as well. She asks for Rika to come over, the latter with a serious expression.
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fandom.07th-expansion | # Nekodamashi-hen Part 4
is the seventeenth episode of and the fourth and final episode of Nekodamashi.
Synopsis.
Japanese.
死の連鎖の果てに梨花が辿り着いた世界は、惨劇のない、オヤシロさまの祟りから解放されたような、梨花のまったく知らない雛見沢だった。
English (Translated).
"At the end of the cycle of death, Rika arrives in a world where there is no tragedy, where she is free from Oyashiro-sama's curse, and where Hinamizawa is completely unknown to her."
Plot Summary.
Prologue.
The episode begins with a flashback to "Minagoroshi"'s ending, where the Mountain Dogs have subdued the club. A shot rings out from Takano's gun before she moves on to Satoko, pressing her gun to her head and asking a question: is broccoli green, or is it cauliflower? Satoko is bout to answer cauliflower but says broccoli instead. Takano fires her gun and kills her, saying it was correct. She cackles as the corpses of Mion, Shion and Rena are shown.
Takano walks over to a subdued Rika, who looks up and asks if she's going to kill her now. Takano points her gun at her and affirms it.
First Half.
Rika speaks to Takano and Tomitake on the night of Watanagashi, Rika looking sad at first but perking up when she says she never wanted to interrupt Takano and Tomitake's date. Takano walks up to Rika and surprises her, but she starts crying while saying sorry. Rika asks why she's apologizing and Tomitake says she's gotten involved in a little conspiracy; Takano thinks it's a kind thing to say, as it was her own decision to get involved. Rika is still confused, and Takano says this Watanagashi is her chance to cleanse herself of her sins. She was planning to kill Rika and all of her friends. Takano cries and apologizes some more, and Tomitake places his hand on her shoulder. He tells Rika they're planning to leave Hinamizawa tonight, as Takano's a key witness; he promises to keep her safe. Rika wants to confirm there won't be a tragedy, and Tomitake affirms it. He and Takano walk away, and Rika asks why she decided to give up on her plan, as the Takano she knows would never change her mind. Takano says Rika wouldn't understand, even if she explained it.
At home, Satoko sleeps soundly while Rika changes the calendar's date from June 19th to June 20th, Monday. Rika leaves her house and is called out to by a uniformed man. Taken aback by his appearance, Rika tries to yell out Satoko's name but the man stops her and apologizes, explaining that he's with the Bloodhounds from Tokyo with orders from First Lieutenant Tomitake. After confirming she'll stay quiet, the man lets go and Rika asks if Tomitake's alright; the Bloodhound affirms it and says Tomitake's ordered them to keep her safe.
Elsewhere, a ponytailed man opens the shutters to his business and takes in some customers, who ask to get their hedges trimmed. He prepares some tea for them and asks where they're from, noting that outsiders stand out around here. The man especially takes note of their Tokyo accents, suddenly pulling out a gun. Just then. Bloodhounds armed with rifles invade the building and point it at the man: First Lieutenant Okonogi has had an arrest warrant issued for him. Outnumbered, Okonogi lowers his gun and is cuffed by the Bloodhounds as he asks why he's being arrested. A Bloodhound replies that he's being taken for attempting an arbitrary execution of Emergency Manual 34 and mutiny.
Okonogi demands to speak with his superior Miyo Takano, but he gets denied. This reply makes him understand that Takano has caught on to the cuckoo's plan. A group of Mountain Dogs then arrive and the Bloodhounds aim their guns on them as well. One of the Dogs calls out to Okonogi and he tells him that the king has disappeared from the chessboard; there's no point to them continuing on. The Dogs surrender.
Some Hinamizawa villagers go to the Irie Clinic, which is filled with Bloodhounds, and ask what happened to Dr. Irie. The uniformed men say that they'll be doing renovations, and so the clinic will be closed down for a while. The villagers leave, wanting to come back some other time. Inside the clinic, many armed Bloodhounds are stationed in the halls. Irie opens a door with his security credentials for some Bloodhounds, who thank the Lieutenant Colonel for his cooperation. As the soldiers walk in, Irie asks them to drop the military title, as he's just a doctor. One Bloodhound asks him to accompany them for the remainder of the inspection, where Irie will be handed over to the Investigation Team afterwards.
Irie looks into a room where Satoshi Houjou is sleeping, an oxygen mask and IV bag attached to him. Irie thanks the soldiers for working without waking up Satoshi, explaining that because he's in the late stages of Hinamizawa Syndrome, if he woke up he would be enveloped by paranoia and see everyone as his enemy. A Bloodhound asks about the giant teddy bear in the room, and Irie explains that Satoshi bought it as a present for his sister Satoko. Irie promises to come back, continue to treat Satoshi and definitely cure Hinamizawa Syndrome. The Bloodhound says that's the disciplinary committee's decision to make.
On the radio, a Bloodhound announces that they've discovered the locked briefcase Major Takano outlined in her confession that's supposed to contain H173 samples; Irie is shocked to hear this. The briefcase is pulled out and unlocked, and Irie explains the drugs inside: H173, a substance that causes victims to develop Hinamizawa Syndrome symptoms and progress to its terminal stage, L5. Irie believed the 170 series was all destroyed, yet here they are.
The date changes to June 22nd. During recess at school, Rika chases a ball and runs into Tomitake at the school gate. Rika is relieved to see he's alright and muses that seeing him after Watanagashi is strange. Tomitake supposes it is because he always goes home after, and Rika says that's not really what she meant. She asks what happened since then and Tomitake explains he and Takano escaped the village from right under the Mountain Dogs' noses and talked with the Bloodhounds. Rika asks if she's still in danger and Tomitake assures her that she's fine; they took control of the Dogs and their front company Okonogi Gardeners, along with the clinic. Irie is being held in Tokyo's custody, but Takano's testimony denied his involvement, and they found evidence to support it too. He also says the underground lab will be closed, but the clinic will stay open. Tomitake knows the village needs a clinic as well as a syndrome cure.
Rika asks what happened to Takano next. Tomitake isn't sure, but he's grateful that her confession prevented a tragedy. Tokyo's higher-ups are trying to handle interfactional conflict, so Takano should be innocent in the end. He says they all treat Hinamizawa Syndrome like an unexploded bomb, that nobody wants to touch it; Rika figures they don't want to handle Takano either. Tomitake promises that after Takano is let off the hook for her involvement, he's going to take her home. The photographer waves goodbye and leaves. Rika talks to herself and wonders if this is really how everything is going to end. There is no tragedy, and the dice rolled a 6 every time. She wonders if the dice of fate even exist here.
Rika enters the ritual warehouse near the Furude Shrine and examines the Onigari-no-ryuuou fragment she discovered earlier. She wonders why so many good things are happening to her after rolling a one over and over again. Rika says the result was decided beforehand without her knowledge, almost as though someone else was rolling the dice. She remembers Hanyuu's message about how the ancient sword could kill those who live in loops. Rika clutches her heart, getting a foreboding feeling from all of her luck; this perfect world is unsettling to her.
Second Half.
Rika overlooks the village from atop the shrine. Satoko goes up to her, having searched everywhere for her. She notices how down Rika looks and asks what's wrong. Rika says only good things have been happening to her lately, and it scares her. Satoko says she feels quite happy now, looking down on Hinamizawa with her best friend, who should be feeling the same joy. She says worrying about being too happy is just wasteful, so Rika must not have realized the true nature of happiness yet. Rika is confused, and Satoko explains that painful moments stay in their hearts forever while tiny moments of happiness are forgotten quickly. Forgetting these happy moments makes you forget how blessed you are, and so you desire happiness greater than you can handle.
Satoko thinks this is an unfortunate thing to experience and says Rika should be happy now, so there is nothing else she could want. Rika says she's happy that she can be with Satoko like this, so happy that she feels like something bad will happen. Satoko says their lives will be happy from here on since this is Hinamizawa, and Oyashiro-sama will protect them. The two girls grasp hands as Satoko tells Rika to never leave them.
The next day, June 23rd. After school, Mion announces the start of club activities, with the game being poker. Rika comes out on top, claiming all of the winnings. The other club members lament their loss, as everyone except Rika has to do a penalty game. Rika has already planned what she wants to do, passing out folded notes to everyone while telling them not to look at each other's notes. Mion, Keiichi and Rena read their notes, immediately agreeing to Rika's requests. Satoko is confused at her own note, which just says to go shopping with Rika.
Satoko and Rika walk home with groceries from the store, with Satoko confused since this "penalty" is the same as their regular store trips. Rika says this is more luxurious, as they bought more ingredients than they morally do. Satoko asks what Rika wrote on everyone else's notes and Rika says it's still secret. Rika stops and says that thanks to Satoko, she now realizes how happy she really is. She wants to make Satoko even happier and asked everyone to help.
The next day, June 24th. At school, the club pops party crackers and cheers happy birthday to Satoko. The birthday girl is speechless, and Rena says Rika planned the whole thing. All of their notes asked to get a great present for Satoko. Satoko thanks them for the wishes but has some misgivings, with Rika understanding that this day is hard for her; Satoko mutters nii-nii in response.
Satoko cheers up, feeling happy that her friends want to celebrate her birthday with her. She unwraps Keiichi's gift first, an encyclopedia of vegetables; with this, she can now tell the difference between broccoli and cauliflower. She opens Rena's gift next, a strange egg-shaped mascot. Mion pulls out her own gift: three tickets to Angel Mort's Dessert Festa. Satoko thanks them all for the gifts, with Rika saying she's planned to cook a big feast for everyone, explaining the big shopping trip yesterday.
Rika says she has another present for Satoko and goes to a locker to retrieve it. Seeing her pull out a certain box, Satoko reflexively hits the ground and covers her head. Rika asks how she knew, and a scene from "Onidamashi-hen" is replayed where Satoko got hit by a boxing-glove trap from that same box. Satoko quickly stands back up and laughs, having anticipated that Rika had a trap gift all along.
Rika says nothing and puts the box on the table, opening it to reveal a small teddy bear. Satoko is surprised, and Rika says it was indeed a trap gift until last night. Rika flashbacks to her own musing that someone else was rolling the dice and says she changed the trap into a gift that would make Satoko happy. She reminisces on Hanyuu's message again about the Onigari-no-ryuuou's ability to kill those in loops and asks again how Satoko knew, her voice changing.
Satoko's eyes glow red as she raises a gun and grins.
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fandom.07th-expansion | # Nekogoroshi
is a short story written by Ryukishi07 that was released on June 2006. It was given as a bonus to those who purchased the first manga volumes for "Onikakushi", "Watanagashi," and "Tatarigoroshi" and mailed in the stamps contained in each by a deadline.
It was later adapted by Studio DEEN as a standalone OVA titled and released as a bonus to those who ordered all DVD box sets of the 2006 "Higurashi When They Cry" anime. The episode was later included in the BD box set released in 2014 along with the series proper.
| Nekogoroshi |
fandom.07th-expansion | # Nekogoroshi-hen
| Nekogoroshi-hen |
fandom.07th-expansion | # Nekozakura
| Nekozakura |
fandom.07th-expansion | # Nemuru Kushinada
Nemuru is a fifteen year old girl and is the sole heir of the Kushinada clan. Her role is a Hunter who hunts down all Fallen humans and executes them. She is a fan of Usaeru, a pink rabbit-like doll and even cosplays as it in the last episode of the series. She is voiced by Mariya Ise in the anime.
Physical Appearance.
Nemuru is a very beautiful young girl who has pale and white skin, purple hair and her eye color is purple. She is seen wearing a red ribbon that is tied into her hair with a yellow-red pinwheel-like bow on top.
On her school days, she wears her school uniform which consist of a white shirt with a red tie and a white skirt. When she is hunting, she wears a ceremonial outfit with a wolf mask and wields a scythe.
Relationships.
Mana Kuzumi.
Nemuru is close friends with Mana. The first time they met was when Mana saw the village council and almost fell out off her wheelchair. Nemuru helps her and gives her the Usaeru doll after seeing Mana adoring the doll.
| Nemuru Kushinada |
fandom.07th-expansion | # Newbie Nurses Selection
was the seventeenth event in . It is a doctor and nurse-themed event that ran from May 1, 2021 until May 10, 2021. The SR card "God Hand" Kyousuke Irie was available to those who completed the event story.
Boosted Units.
The following units increased event-related drops when brought into battle. They are units associated with this event.
All following units have a rarity of SSR.
The following unit was a reward for completing the event and has a rarity of SR.
| Newbie Nurses Selection |
fandom.07th-expansion | # Newtype August 2021 Interview
The August 2021 issue of Newtype Magazine featured an interview with Ryukishi07 and Satoko's voice actor Mika Kanai, where they offer some insight as to what "" will feature.
Partial translations and summaries provided by Naegles, danpmss and Hubris.
Highlights.
"Kanai:" Please don't hate Satoko! (laughs)
----Q: How do you feel about seeing the grown-up Satoko and her friends with new character designs?
"Ryukishi:" Since Satoko is in the spotlight this time, I wanted to find someone who could draw her the cutest way and ask them, so I was introduced to Akio Watanabe.
When it comes to fangs and band-aids, there is no one more fitting for the job than Mr. Watanabe. I was certain that he would be able to draw Satoko in a very cute way.
"Kanai:" I knew her fang would still be there even when she grows up.
----"Ryukishi:" I think one of the highlights of "Sotsu" will be the question of whether Satoko will overcome this and come back to the human side or end up in the side of non-humans.
Q: So I'd like to ask you again to tell the fans what the highlights of "Sotsu" will be.
"Ryukishi:" I could say we are finally going to start seeing things from the other perspectives of the story, which we haven't seen so far. It's going to tell how things actually happened, so I think the answers to several of the mysteries that were presented in "Gou" will be revealed. Some of them may be so shocking that they will change the way you see some stories within "Gou", but I can't really say anything more than that.
----Ryukishi says that Eua is a nasty character that showed up right at the perfect time to offer up a way for Satoko to use up her reckless adolescent energy, which should have normally been used up in a healthy manner, in ways that shouldn't exist in the human world, and, as a result, something awful happened to Satoko.
----"Ryukishi:" But, Eua is not operating behind the scenes. After all, it's a story about Satoko's change of heart after obtaining that power. I'd be glad if both you and Eua would watch over Satoko.
----Ryukishi talks about how some fan read something he had written 10+ years ago where Teppei says he wants a kind role in the future. Ryukishi affirms that he always wanted to give every character a chance at redemption no matter what sins they committed. He says it's a theme in the work. He says the idea of giving last boss Takano a redemption, but not Teppei, always bothered him. He says Teppei will have a major part in Sotsu.
----The director brought up the part in the last interview about seeing Satoko in a new light. He says that people called him a liar and such. He acknowledges that he was being deceptive and that episode 24 wasn't the "end" he was talking about.
"This time for real, if you watch Sotsu to the end your view will change!"
| Newtype August 2021 Interview |
fandom.07th-expansion | # Niesagashi
is an arc exclusive to phones. It is followed by "Kokorokuzushi".
Synopsis.
From Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Complete Analysis Book:
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Relive the tragedy of Hinamizawa from a completely different perspective.
An original story distributed on the general game site for mobile phones, "Top 100 Mobile Games". Since it is an adventure game where destiny changes depending on your choices, you may be attacked by a thug and the game will be over. The game progresses from the point of view of a new character, Minoru Kajiwara. Experience the truth of the tragedy that occurred in the from a different angle. Also, Keiichi and Rena, who appeared in the main story, also show their faces.
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まったく違った視点で、雛見沢の惨劇を追体験
ケータイ向けの総合ゲームサイト『携帯ゲーム百選』で配信されているオリジナルストーリー。選択肢によって運命が変化していくアドベンチャーゲームとなっているため、選び方次第では暴漢に襲われてゲームオーバーということもある。本作用に描き起こされた新キャラ梶原稔の視点でゲームは進行。テレビアニメ版で起きた惨劇の真相を、別の角度から体験していく。ままた、本編で登場した圭一やレナも顔を見せる。
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Plot Summary.
From Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Complete Analysis Book:
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Keiko Suzuyama, a magazine reporter investigating the murder case at Hinamizawa Dam, has gone missing. Editor-in-chief Masanori Kawashima asks the detective Minoru Kajiwara to investigate her whereabouts. Kajiwara visits Hinamizawa, but is unable to obtain convincing information and urged by Detective Oishi of the local police to go home. Although Kajiwara is at a loss, he meets a girl named Wakana who knows Suzuyama and learns that her disappearance is related to a series of mysterious deaths in the past.
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雛見沢ダムのバラバラ殺人事件について調べていた雑誌記者の鈴山恵子 が行方不明になった。編集長の川島正則は、探偵の梶原稔に彼女の行方調査を依頼する。梶原は雛見沢を訪れるが有力な情報は得られず、地元警察の大石刑事に帰ったほうがいいと促されてしまう。途方にくれる梶原だったが、鈴山を知る若葉という少女と出会い、失踪が過去の連続怪死事件と関係があることを知る。
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| Niesagashi |
fandom.07th-expansion | # Niesagashi-hen
| Niesagashi-hen |
fandom.07th-expansion | # Nihei Hikaru
| Nihei Hikaru |
fandom.07th-expansion | # Nii Nii Day
| Nii Nii Day |
fandom.07th-expansion | # Nii nii Day
| Nii nii Day |
fandom.07th-expansion | # Nina
| Nina |
fandom.07th-expansion | # Nina Ninagi
is a member of the Wild Dogs that works under Wayne Uedera. She first appears in Season 2.
| Nina Ninagi |
fandom.07th-expansion | # Nina Ninagi/Image Gallery
Fight CGs.
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fandom.07th-expansion | # Nina Ninagi/Sprites
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fandom.07th-expansion | # Ninagawa Yaeko
| Ninagawa Yaeko |
fandom.07th-expansion | # Ninth Prime Chivalric Order
The is an order that responds to the Three Kings. Several of their members are Gauntlet Knights and have infiltrated the Order of the Public Bath. The order appears to once have been a brother order to the Order of Prometheus.
Story.
For You, the Replaceable Ones.
Ninth Prime is first mentioned in Chapter 2, where Jestress reports to the Three Kings that they've succeeded in inserting spies into the leading world factions.
In Chapter 10, a member reports to Jestress about Miyao forming the Public Bath and spreading a philosophy about supporting world peace.
In Chapter 22, Ninth Prime is given free reign to assassinate anybody who gets in the way of the Three Kings' plans. They soon assassinate Cyril.
In Chapter 25, they send a message to an unknown person during the final battle before the global truce and ask them to join them.
| Ninth Prime Chivalric Order |
fandom.07th-expansion | # Nipah Day
| Nipah Day |
fandom.07th-expansion | # Nishieda
| Nishieda |
fandom.07th-expansion | # Nobuteru Tadamura
is the father of Terumi and Teruya Tadamura, and the second oldest of the Tadamura brothers.
Profile.
"Masashi's younger brother and the uncle of Yukito and his friends. He is close in age to Masashi and has a slight complex. He's in charge of the inheritance."
Appearance.
Nobuteru wears glasses and has short hair sticking up. He often wears a collared button-up shirt with black pants.
Personality.
Nobuteru shows some disregard for the family’s traditions and customs, refusing to stop and wash his hands in the wash basin near Hirasaka’s entrance. When Nobuteru gets drunk he shows a lot of contempt towards Masashi for squandering their mother’s lottery winnings.
Background.
Nobuteru and his brothers were born and raised in Hirasaka. After coming of age, Nobuteru left the village because he was tired of the religious customs and had a family, raising Terumi and Teruya as his children. After his mother won the lottery, Nobuteru was supposed to receive a third of the winnings but Masashi borrowed all of it for his wife's business, which failed.
Story.
Hotarubi no Tomoru Koro ni.
Nobuteru greets Masashi’s family when they arrive at Hirasaka for Grandmother’s funeral. During the funeral, the family talks about what Grandmother used to be like. A drunken Nobuteru accuses Yue of conspiring with her disappeared mother to scam the family out of their lottery winnings.
The next morning, the family awakes to find that Grandmother's body is missing and that none of the water or electricity seems to work. No other villagers seem to be around. When Tsunemasa attempts to drive into town and returns home quickly after abandoning the car, Nobuteru follows the skid marks to where the car is and tries to wade his way through the thick fog around it, collapsing and coughing. Masashi carries him out to safety.
Masashi, Nobuteru, and Yukito drive around in Masashi's car to explore the village, going to a hill and finding that the fog covers the entire village. They all hear a rumbling noise and fear it might be an earthquake. They get back into the car and try to start it, but it won't. Something causes the car to slide down a hill. Nobuteru's group returns home to relay what happened.
Nobuteru and his brothers go to scavenge other houses for supplies. They get caught in a swarm of gakiban, with Nobuteru and Masashi losing track of Tsunemasa while running away. When they catch up to Tsunemasa, he's stumbling out of the woods wounded and bleeding. The brothers help get him home and run into some wild dogs on the way. Nobuteru kicks a rock at one, thinking it'll scare them off, but it instead causes the dogs to attack. The rest of the family and Takano arrive to save the brothers, but Nobuteru is badly wounded. As he rests, the family learns that when Nobuteru's family drove to Hirasaka earlier, he ran right past the wash basin.
Nobuteru succumbs to his wounds and dies, spitting up blood. Yukito successfully resuscitates him, but Nobuteru’s heart stops again and he dies once more. Yukito keeps trying to revive him, with Nobuteru dying over and over, and he finally musters the strength to tell the group to let him rest In peace. Terumi cries and presses his hand up to her forehead as fireflies appear and enter Nobuteru's body. Nobuteru passes away smiling, and the group bury his corpse out in the wilderness.
The group discusses if it's possible for people to revive and die over and over like that, as Nobuteru's pupils were dilated as if he really were dead. Terumi tells them to stop the conversation, still feeling down. Meanwhile, Nobuteru’s corpse is dug up by oni and he briefly revives, being picked up by a giant and dragged off. The group goes to visit his grave later only to find it empty.
The group goes to Hell's Cauldron and find Nobuteru buried there alongside his brothers. The family prays for them and hopes they’ll pass away peacefully, but it doesn’t seem to work. Terumi remembers that her father dreamed of building a happy family and promises that she’ll give birth to her child, pleasing Nobuteru and allowing the brothers to pass away.
| Nobuteru Tadamura |
fandom.07th-expansion | # Nocturne of Truth and Illusions
is a port of "Umineko no Naku Koro ni Chiru "for the Playstation 3 by Alchemist. It was released in Japan on December 15, 2011.
Promotion and Release.
The game was first announced on July 28, 2011 alongside an announcement that "Umineko no Naku Koro ni Portable" would be released. On September 8, 2011, a video was made showcasing the vocal performances of new characters, but kept the voice actors secret to be revealed on a later date. On October 25, 2011, the opening theme Inanna no Mita Yume, composed by Chiyomaru Shikura, was revealed. The voice actors for Erika Furudo, Dlanor A. Knox, Gertrude, Cornelia, Zepar, Furfur, and Tohya Hachijo were finally revealed on November 1, 2011. The voice actors for Lion Ushiromiya and Willard H. Wright were revealed on November 22, 2011.
Story Arcs.
The port includes an entirely new character sprite set with additional poses and expressions, the addition of CGs, additional visual effects, the addition of voice acting, and a new opening video. The story is identical to the original source material, though details regarding the incest in "Requiem of the Golden Witch" are slightly obscured due to censorship.
CGs.
New character sprites may be found on the respective character pages. See the following pages for CG galleries:
Staff.
Voice Cast.
For voice actors of characters introduced in the Question Arcs, see Rondo of the Witch and Reasoning#Voice Actors.
| Nocturne of Truth and Illusions |
fandom.07th-expansion | # Noda Yuuki
| Noda Yuuki |
fandom.07th-expansion | # Noisy Them, Lonely You
was the eighth event in . It is a Christmas event that ran from December 21, 2020 until December 30, 2020. The SR card "Tree Dresser" Mion Sonozaki was available to those who completed the event story.
While the SSR units associated with the event originally were in 5-star only, a rerun of the banner associated with the event on December 6, 2021 unlocked 6-star variants for them.
Boosted Units.
The following units increased event-related drops when brought into battle. They are units associated with this event.
All following units have a rarity of SSR.
The following unit was a reward for completing the event and has a rarity of SR.
| Noisy Them, Lonely You |
fandom.07th-expansion | # Nomura
is a member of Tokyo that is plotting to use Miyo Takano's research in order to cause a power struggle.
Appearance.
Nomura is not given a sprite in any version of the visual novel. Various adaptations portray her as a woman with long silver hair, black clothes and nails painted purple. In the "Kai" anime, she's portrayed with gray eyes, while in her eyes are purple.
Personality.
Nomura is analytical and only cares about what other people can do to benefit her. The manga frequently shows Nomura with a smug and evil expression, bordering on deranged at times.
Background.
Not much is known about Nomura, as she uses several different names in her phone calls; even Takano isn't sure that Nomura is her real name. Nomura is manipulative and is involved with many political factions.
Nomura's ultimate goal is to cause a power struggle in the organization Tokyo. When Tokyo's Alphabet Project undergoes new leadership and lowers the budget of the Irie Clinic, which was researching Hinamizawa Syndrome, Nomura manipulates a depressed Takano into masterminding the massacre of every villager in Hinamizawa and proving that Hinamizawa Syndrome is a legitimate threat. The Prime Minister would be forced to sign off on Emergency Manual 34 and permit the massacre to take place, with other factions involved in Tokyo becoming investigated afterwards and losing some influence. She believes in fostering relations between Japan and other Asian countries instead of bowing to foreign ones.
Story.
Matsuribayashi.
Takano communicates with Nomura about her plan. Takano plans to kill Tomitake by injecting him with H173 while Nomura forges evidence implicating Irie as the culprit, and that he tried to sell Hinamizawa Syndrome research to another country. Takano brings up to the possibility that Tomitake may join her but Nomura dismisses it, having analyzed that he wouldn't provide any more value than if he were dead.
The Okinomiya police department falsely reports that Rika is dead and Takano's group believes it to be true, throwing her plan into jeopardy. Not only that, Tomitake has caught onto them and is running away. Nomura contacts Takano after some repeated calls and tells her to ensure the plan keeps going, taunting and threatening her with the reality of what will happen should she fail to prove her grandfather's research.
The Mountain Dogs sever telephone connections into and out of the village, making it difficult to contact Nomura and Tokyo after Takano loses her command vehicle. The Bloodhounds show up and disarm the Mountain Dogs, but Takano is sure that Nomura can send another group to best them. However, Okonogi reveals to her that Nomura was setting up Takano to take the blame for the entire operation if it had failed, which it did.
The credits reveal that Nomura submitted her own proposals for people to take over investigation of the incident in response to the inquiry committee being displeased with the current members in charge.
Other Appearances.
Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Kira.
The second episode Ayakashisenshi features an alternate world where Satoko and Rika are magical girls. In this world, Nomura joins with Teppei, Okonogi and Takano to form the Tokyo Magica and plot to rule the world. Though Takano is defeated, Nomura and her comrades swear to defeat Rika.
After Hinamizawa Syndrome begins spreading throughout Hinamizawa, Nomura is present during a briefing to the Prime Minister and his people about the existence of Class-C brain parasites. Nomura herself asks them to turn over control of the quarantine to the Alphabet Project, explaining that as they lockdown the village they'll be collecting data on how the virus affects people; this information should be of great benefit to Japan in the future.
Satokowashi.
Nomura makes a brief appearance in Episode 24, in a Fragment set not long before June 19th, 1983. She calls Takano to check in on her in preparation for her operation and reminds her that now the groundwork has been put in place. If the plan were to fail, all physical evidence would have to be purged and her grandfather's research branded as nonsense. This causes Takano to recall memories of her grandfather and seems to be a partial cause of her decision to retract her involvement in the plan and flee Hinamizawa.
Console Arcs.
Connecting Fragments (console).
"Copy Medicine" has Nomura presenting Irie's research on the Hinamizawa Syndrome vaccine to Akihiko Chiba and tempting him with the possibility that he could become as powerful and influential as Koizumi. She convinces him to sell the vaccine data to representatives from Lowell Inc, who are aiming to refine the Placil medicine that caused their downfall, and profit greatly from it. "The Conspiracy Has Started to Move" has Nomura learning of Tomoe's investigation into Lowell.
Miotsukushi Ura.
Nomura contacts one of Chiba's men who've just received a Placil shipment and tells them not to send any of it to hospitals in Gogura since a doctor there was just arrested. She also asks that they stop any other affiliated doctors from turning traitor and going to the police.
| Nomura |
fandom.07th-expansion | # Nonomiya Takeshi
| Nonomiya Takeshi |
fandom.07th-expansion | # Noor
, from ACR Egypt, is the leader of the Gauntlet Knight squad Cairo Memorial Squad.
Profile.
"From ACR Egypt"
"A member of the Queen's Cairo Visit Memorial Squad of the ACR Combined Military First Aerial Knight Corps"
"Her P3 levels are far from high, but she's extremely "skilled at self-management techniques that allow her levels to peak out during actual combat." "
"Despite her horrible grades when she first entered the ACR Egypt Aerial Knight Corps, she eventually became the unshakable top "scorer." "
"The mental concentration techniques she says were passed down to her from her ancestors are now compulsory for Aerial Knight Corps across the ACR."
Appearance.
Noor has brown hair tied back into a single ponytail. She wears a dark blue dress and long gloves with blue lacy boots. Her Gauntlet resembles a tank, painted in camouflage colors.
Personality.
Noor takes her role as a Gauntlet Knight very seriously, demeaning others who falter and slack off, including her own squad mates. Even then, she has a soft spot for Mariana and dislikes Gannet's advances.
Special Abilities.
Peak Control (SS)
"Even aces from around the world are at the whims of their rising and receding P3 levels, and it isn't uncommon for them to be unable to wield their true power. However, this never happens with her, so she's always at peak performance."
Summoning Autonomous Weaponry (S)
"She's talented at storing large numbers of autonomous attack drones, summoning them simultaneously, and controlling them. It's possible for her to deal with all situations by using different types of drones."
Late Bloomer (A)
"Since she values the peaks of waves, she tends to learn things at her own pace and is slightly slow. However, she always does learn in the end."
"The way she moves at her own speed looks incredibly graceful, and she's an object of admiration for many of the younger trainees."
"However, though this may look elegant, she's actually undergoing a fierce process of trial and error inside her head."
Role in the Story.
Noor is first introduced in Chapter 2 alongside the rest of her squad at the International Battle Standard Festival. She soon accepts the Public Bath Oath. Later she comments on WanyaDora and on Naomi's statement that they will be all be friends, replying that they may meet each other again as enemies one day.
In Chapter 10, Cairo Squad is instructed by Rethabile to go to a ceremony with her.
In Chapter 18, Noor's squad, Squad 601, and other ACR Gauntlet Knights engage the ABN forces above the Mediterranean Sea. Before the battle, Mariana points out that the battle itself is pointless and that it is only for people to blow off steam; Noor agrees and swears an oath to Rethabile that they're loyal to the ACR Royal Family and military and will follow her orders.
In Chapter 23, they suppress the drone revolt and Noor tells Gannet to cease her complaints of the situation, because if someone overheard her she would be dismissed of duty and replaced.
In Chapter 25, Noor attends Miyao's Christmas party. During the final battle before the second global truce, she orders all ACR Gauntlet knights to follow Rethabile into battle.
| Noor |
fandom.07th-expansion | # Noor/Gallery
| Noor/Gallery |
fandom.07th-expansion | # Noor/Sprites
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fandom.07th-expansion | # Noriha Akazawa
is a character appearing in "High School Love Adventure".
| Noriha Akazawa |
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fandom.07th-expansion | # Notes From a Certain Cook
| Notes From a Certain Cook |
fandom.07th-expansion | # Notes from a Certain Chef
is an extra arc from . It was first released as a booklet on November 16, 2008.
The translation here was made by Leinne on AnimeSuki, found here.
Plot Summary.
Gohda tells of the time he first signed on to serve the Ushiromiya family and the strange events he witnesses.
Release History.
Original Release.
"Notes from a Certain Chef" was originally a text story released as a booklet at the "Masquerade-マスカレイド-" event on November 16, 2008.
Tsubasa.
"Notes from a Certain Chef" was adapted into visual novel format with "Umineko no Naku Koro ni Tsubasa", released physically at Comiket 79 on December 31, 2010.
The First and the Last Gift.
This arc was rereleased in "" on December 16, 2015.
Saku.
"Umineko no Naku Koro ni Saku" is a rerelease containing all previously-released "Umineko" content, which includes "Tsubasa" and thus this arc. "Saku" released on October 4, 2019.
Ports.
Symphony of Catbox and Dreams is a PS4 and Nintendo Switch port of "Umineko no Naku Koro ni Saku", which released on January 28, 2021.
Transcript.
――忘れる為に、ここに記す。願わくは、自分も誰もこれを読まないことを望む。--I Write it down to forget.I wish I, and anyone, won't read this.
伊豆七島ってくらいだから、伊豆諸島には７つ以外の島はないと思っていた。Since they call it the Seven Islands of Izu, I used to think that the archipelago of Izu was comprised of no more than seven islands.
六軒島は、当初は相当の小さな島だと聞かされていた。 だが、貧困な想像力で思い描くところの、椰子の木が一本だけ生えているクジラの背中のような、畳一枚分しかないような島、というイメージに比べたら、六軒島は充分な広さを持っているように思えた。At first, I was told that Rokkenjima was a considerably small islandHowever, compared with the image I had of an island like a flat tatami mat, like the back of a whale where a single palm tree would be growing, pictured by my poor imagination, Rokkenjima seemed to be of a considerable vastness.
島の海岸線は１０ｋｍちょっと。全長は３ｋｍあるかどうか。 それは地図上では確かに小さなものだが、その島に右代宮家の邸宅が一軒あるだけの、個人所有の島だと考えた場合、その広さは想像を絶するものとなるだろう。The coastline of the island is a little over 10Km. Its overall lenght would be around 3Km.On a map, it'll certainly look small, but when you take into account that it's a private island, with only the mansion of the Ushiromiya family built there, its vastness becomes something unimaginable.
見事な薔薇庭園の向こうに、堂々とした屋敷を構えた貫禄は、初めて訪れた自分を大いに驚かせたことをよく覚えている。I oftenly remember how the presence of the imposing mansion on the other side of the beautiful rose garden greatly surprised me when I first arrived here.
自分の、料理人としての人生が、まるで漫画かおとぎ話の中に出てくるような、大富豪に専属料理人として召し上げられることにつながるなんて、夢にも思わなかった…。Not even in my wildest dreams I imagined that my life as a cook would lead to being called out to be an exclusive cook for multi-millionares, like what happens in mangas or fairy-tales...
そもそも、運がなかった。 高級ホテルの老舗レストランは、確かに素晴らしい技術を持った料理人たちが腕を競い合う、緊張感溢れ誇りを持てる素晴らしい職場だった。In the first place, I had no luck.A well-established restaurant of a high class hotel was a wonderful workplace known by its pride and brimming tension, a place where wonderfully talented cooks competed over their skills.
だが、それ以上にプライドやしきたり、しがらみなどが強かったことも事実だ。 それは、強力なカリスマで料理人たちをまとめてきた総料理長が、突然、体調を崩し引退することになった時、一気に噴出した。But, the pride there was a custom above that, and it was also a fact that the bonds there were strong.It all suffered an eruption when the head chef, who coordinated the cooks through his strong carisma, all of a sudden, decided to retire due to health problems.
腕もプライドも人一倍の料理人にとって、尊敬できるのは自分より優れた料理人だけだ。だから、どんな石頭も生意気も若造も、総料理長が睨みを利かせている限り、一丸となって仕事をした。 だから、その総料理長が突然引退すれば、これは必然の結果だったのかもしれない。To a cook of skills and pride above others, the only person they is able to respect is a cook who surpasses themselves.That's why, as long as head chef kept his authority, no matter how inflexible, impertinent or young we were, we all made our work as one.So, maybe this was the inevitable consequence when the head chef decided to retire all of a sudden.
そこでいくつかの派閥に分かれた。 厨房内でもっとも人望のある人物が、総料理長になるべきだと期待されていた。その人物は、尊敬できる実績と技術、そして熱心な後輩指導などが高く評価されていた。 しかし、アクの強い人物であったことも事実で、特にホテル側とうまくやれていたとは言い難い。We were split into a few factions there.The ones with most popularity in the kitchen were expected to become the head chef. Those were highly valued for their respectable achievements, skills and leadership over the enthusiastic juniors.However, they were also strong willed people and it was hard to say they got along well with the hotel side in particular.
ホテル側にとって必要なのは、然るべき納期で然るべき予算で、充分な結果を出せる料理人であり、充分な結果のために、納期や予算で対立する料理人ではない。……その、料理人としての優先順位の違いが、トラブルとなった。What the hotel side needed was a cook who would be able to show satisfactory results with suitable budgets and deadlines, and not a cook who would go against the deadlines and budgets in order to show satisfactory results. ... That discrepancy of priorities with the cooks became trouble.
ホテル側が推薦した候補者は、典型的な日和見主義者だった。料理の腕よりも、権力者に媚びへつらっているような印象が強い。彼は、料理の技術を磨くことよりも、次期総料理長の座を狙うためだけに今日までを過ごしてきたようにさえ見えた。The candidate the hotel side recommended was typical 'sitting on the fence'. He gave a strong impression of being more interested in being toady to the big shots than polishing his skills as a cook. Instead of improving his cooking skills, until today, he seemed to spend more time only aiming at the position of the next head chef.
結論から言うと、その男が総料理長に就任することになった。我々が納得する人物は、その補佐ということになった。 我々はその結果に納得しかねたが、しばらくは様子を見ようとその体制で厨房を回し始めた。In the end, that man was installed as the head chef. The peson whe agreed to that position ended up being his assistant.We could not agree with that result, but we started to put the kitchen to work under that set-up to see how things would turn out for a while.
しかし、先代との差はすぐに顕著に現れ、料理人たちの不満は爆発した。 料理人としての誇りを無視したやり方に賛同できない料理人たちは多く、もちろん、俺もその中のひとりだった。However, the differences with the predecessor obviously appeared right away and the dissatisfaction among the cooks exploded.There were many cooks who could not endorse his methods that disregarded their pride as cooks, and, obviously, I was among them.
やがて、補佐とその同調者たち全員で辞表を叩き付けることで、ホテル側を無理やり交渉のテーブルに付かせようという話になった。 もうそれ以外に方法はないというような空気感だった。Before long, we decided to forcibly bring the hotel side to the negotiation table by slapping our resignation letters at them, assistants and sympathizers, all together.It was an atmosphere that seemed to say there was no other way besides that anymore.
俺は当時、腕もプライドも誰にも負けない、若手の筆頭格だった。……今にして思えば、料理人であると同時に、ホテルの従業員でもあるという自覚には、欠けていたかもしれない。 補佐は元々、その乱暴なやり方に、初めから乗り気ではなかったらしい。 もっともそれは後になってわかることだが。当時の若手の俺たちは、いよいよ補佐も反旗を翻し、あのクソムカつく二代目に一泡吹かせてやれると意気込んだものだ。At the time, I was the youngest one, but I'd not lose to anyone in terms of skills and pride.Thinking back now, maybe I lacked self-consciousness that, at the same time I was a cook, I was also an employee of the hotel.From the start, the assistants did not seem interested in those reckless methods.Naturally, I'd only notice that later.After all, being young at the time, we were enthusiastic about raising in revolt at last, with the assistants too, and scare the hell out of that damn irritating second head chef.
結果、最後に待っていたのはとんでもないどんでん返しだった。 補佐は最後の最後に慰留され、クーデターに加わらなかったのだ。……実はホテル側は、派閥抗争が激化した厨房の膿出しをするいい機会だと考えていたらしく、自分たちに有用な人材には予め慰留を掛けておき、その上でクーデターの発生をわざと見過ごしたのだ。As a result, what we got at the end was an unexpected twist.The assistants were dissuaded from resigning at the very end, and they did not join the coup d'etat. To tell the truth, the hotel side seemed to think it was a nice chance to purge the kitchen where the factional infighting aggravated and, in advance, dissuaded the talented ones that would be useful for them from resigning and even purposedly overlooked the outbreak of the coup d'etat.
俺にはその慰留はなかった。 ………つまり、ホテル側にとっては、ちょうどいいお払い箱だったわけだ。 当時の俺たち若手衆は、補佐とクーデターに参加しなかった仲間を、裏切り者だと罵り、労働争議のような構えを見せはしたのだが……。I did not have that dissuassion... In other words, it meant that, to the hotel side, it was a nice opportunity to fire me.We, the young ones at the time, insulted the colleagues who did not take part and the assistants as traitors and showed them a plan for a strike, but...
料理人は料理を作ってこそ料理人だ。そして、料理を作らなければ、自分もメシが食えない。 冷静になった者から順に、その騒ぎからひっそりと身を引き、再就職をして消えていった。……その段階に至って初めて、俺はようやく自分の青臭さに気付くのだった。A cook is a cook because he makes food. And if he doesn't make food, he cannot make a living.Starting with the calmer ones, one by one, they quietly backed out from that uproar and disappeared after getting another job. ... Only after reaching that stage, I finally realized how inexperienced I was.
老舗レストランの元料理人という肩書きは、武器にもなるが、重石にもなる。再就職先を見つけるのは容易ではない。The title of a former cook of a well-established restaurant can be a weapon, but can also be a weight. To find another job is not an easy task.
同格のレストランやホテルへの就職を求めたが、横のつながりが強いこの業界では、トラブルの経緯がすでに知れ渡っていて、トラブル当事者たちを雇ったら今後の関係を見直させていただくとでも言うような、回状までが回されていたと聞く。 もはや、俺が料理人と再び名乗れる機会は、金輪際、訪れそうになかった……。I tried to find employment at restaurants and hotels of the same level, but, in this industry where they all have strong horizontal bonds, details of the troubles were already well-known and I heard that even a circular was distributed telling them that, if they hired the people involved with the troubles, they would have to reconsider their relation from there on.There were absolutely no signs that a chance to call myself a cook again would arrive...
そんなある日。 俺に同調して一緒に辞めた後輩から連絡を受けた。 ある大富豪が、住み込みの料理人を探している、というのだ。 話を聞くと、給金は悪くないが、労働条件はかなりキツそうなイメージだった。 その後輩が、かつて世話になった恩返しにと、俺にこの話を振ってくれたのだ。In a certain day.I received a call from a junior who sympathized and resigned together with me.A certain multi-millionaire was looking for a live-in cook, he said.When I heard the story, the pay was not bad at all, but I had the impression that the working conditions would be quite severe.That junior brought up that subject to me to return a past favor he was indebted to me.
何でも、大富豪一家が、専属の料理人を探していて、かなり腕前に注文をつけてきているという。From what I heard, a multi-millionaire family is looking for an exclusive cook and they demand someone very skillful.
しかし、かなりの腕を持つ料理人は、普通、どこかに所属していて、フリーということはありえない。それに世話になったしがらみもあり、高給を示されたからといって、ほいほいと辞められるわけもない。However, very skilled cooks are normally attached to somewhere and there's no way they're a free.They also have bonds of gratitude to that and there's no way they'd thoughtlessly resign just because they are shown a high salary.
つまり、俺のような人間にはぴったりの求人だったというわけだ。 孤島のお屋敷で、専属の料理人として仕える……。悪くないシチュエーションだった。 それに、もはや選り好みできるほどの経済的余裕はない。そして、俺の若々しいプライドも満足できるだけの格もある。 そして、右代宮家の料理人選考に参加したのだ。In other words, it means it's a perfect job offer for a person like me.To work as an exclusive cook in an isolated island... Not a bad situation.Besides, my economical situation doesn't allow me to be picky anymore.And there's also the status that can satisfy my youthful pride.And then, I took part in the cook selection of the Ushiromiya family.
俺の他にも、１０人以上の若手料理人が集められていた。 正直なところ、俺が最高齢だったかもしれない。……本当の意味で若い連中の中にいると、自分のことをまだ若いと思っている自分が、自意識過剰なだけなのではないかと思ってしまう。Besides me, there were more than 10 cooks gathered there.To be honest, maybe I was the oldest one there. ... Being in the middle of a bunch of young ones, in its true meaning, in spite of thinking I'm still young, I end up feeling overly self-conscious.
ただ、若い料理人たちも、良いインスピレーションを持っていた。さらに経験を積めば、さらに素晴らしい料理人になるだろう。 積み重ねという点で、やはり俺にかなりの有利があった。But, the young cooks were inspired as well. If they had more experience, they'd probably become wonderful cooks.In terms of experience, I really had the upper hand here.
また、先代総料理長の仕込みである、接客技術も大いに評価された。厨房から出ない料理人と、ＶＩＰ相手に自ら料理を運び、歓談することさえあるホテル料理人の差が歴然と出る。 だから、まず俺が採用されるだろうという手応えは感じていた。Also, I was highly valued for my skills when serving the customers, which I learned with the previous head chef.The difference between a cook who doesn't leave the kitchen and a hotel cook who takes the food himself to the VIP customer and even has a pleasant talk is evident.That's why at first I felt a feedback that I'd get the job.
……しかしそれでも、“他の職場のクセがかえって邪魔になる”というような理由で、若手を優先して採用する可能性もある。 結局のところ、神頼みだった。 だから後に、夏妃奥様の鶴の一声で俺に採用が決まったと知った時、後光が差して見えたものだ。... But, even so, it would also be possible that they'd prefer to hire a younger one reasoning something like "habits from other workplaces will cause trouble, instead".In the end, it was all in god's hands.That's why later, when I knew Madam Natsuhi gave the final word that I'd get the job, I could see an aureola shining over her.
こうして俺は、右代宮家に仕える専属料理人に決まった。 契約期間中は、関係者以外の人間に一切料理を振舞ってはならないとする契約も、非常にエグゼクティブに感じられ、俺のプライドをこの上なく刺激した。And thus, I became the exclusive cook who would serve the Ushiomiya family.During my contract, I must absolutely not make food to no person except for people connected to the family, and it felt extremely executive level and stimulated my pride most of all.
俺の料理は右代宮一族以外には提供されない…！ 悪くない。こうして俺の第二の人生が、六軒島の屋敷で始まることとなったのである……。My food won't be offered to anyone but the relatives of the Ushiromiya family...!Not bad. And thus, my second life started at the mansion of Rokkenjima...
俺の料理人としてや、使用人としての苦労話は、ぐだぐだ書いても面白くないだろう。俺も書いて面白くない。だから、六軒島に勤める人間として、面白いことを書くことにする。My past troubles as a cook and as a servant are probably very tedious and uninteresting to write about.Too uninteresting to write. That's why I decided to write about interesting things, about my life working in Rokkenjima.
その最たるものが、黄金の魔女、ベアトリーチェの伝説だろう。And the most interesting thing is probably the legend about Beatrice, the Golden Witch.
日本全国、どこにいっても祟りやら呪いやらの話はあるものだ。もちろん、俺が勤めていたホテルでも、そういう話はいくらでもあった。 だから新しい職場でそういう話を聞いた時、あぁ、ここにもそういう話があるのかと苦笑いしたことを思い出す。All over Japan, wherever you are, there are stories about curses, malediction and such. Of course, the hotel I used to work also had many of those stories.So, I remember that, when I heard about such story in my new workplace, I put up a bitter smile and thought 'Aah, those stories in this place as well?'
それにしても変わっている。 日本の怪談は、大抵、幽霊とか日本的な妖怪だ。それが、黄金の魔女、ベアトリーチェさまと来るのだから、……何とも違和感を感じたものだ。Even so, this one is different.Most of japanese ghost stories are about ghosts or japanese youkais.This one is about Beatrice, the Golden Witch, so ... I got a quite uncomfotable feeling of it.
しかし、この時代錯誤さえ感じさせる右代宮家のお屋敷においては、三角巾を頭に巻いたお岩さんみたいな幽霊が出てきても、むしろ失笑してしまうだけだったろう。このお屋敷に相応しい怪談だったのかもしれない。However, at this mansion of the Rokkenjima family, that even gives you a sensation of anachronism, even if a ghost like Oiwa-san (reference: Yotsuya Kaidan) with her head wrapped in a triangle bandage were to come out, you'd probably only snigger at her instead. Maybe it was a suitable ghost story for this mansion.
大広間に堂々と掲げられている肖像画のご婦人が、夜な夜な屋敷を徘徊しているというのだ。 そして、そのご婦人こそが、この屋敷の夜の支配者であり、敬いの気持ちを欠かすとひどい目に遭わされるとか何とか。They say the Lady of the portrait, that is openly displayed at the reception hall, wanders about the mansion every night.And that very Lady is the night ruler of this mansion and if you lack respect for her, you'll face a cruel fate, things like that.
聞く話では、ベアトリーチェさまのことを馬鹿にする発言をした使用人が、大怪我をして辞めたみたいな話もあるらしい。According to what I heard, a servant spoke ill of Beatrice-sama to make light of her, and it seems she had to retire because of a serious injury.
……まぁ、そういうもんだ。何か不幸があれば、それは全て、ベアトリーチェさまの祟りということになるわけだ。 ということは不幸が起こった時、敬いを示していなかった人物に責任を転嫁する雰囲気になりかねない。俺はすぐにそれを理解し、ベアトリーチェさまを畏怖しているジェスチャーを心掛けるようにした。 しかし内心では、そんな馬鹿なことがあるものかと嘲笑っていた……。... Well, something like that. If a misfortune takes place, they'll say all of it is the curse of Beatrice-sama.Meaning that, when the misfortune happened, it's not unlikely that there'd be an atmosphere of pushing the blame into the person who didn't show respect.I understood that right away and made sure to not forget to show fear for Beatrice.But, inside me, I'm sneering at her, there's no way such absurd thing exists...
この、ベアトリーチェの怪談は、古参の使用人たちによって妄信されていた。 敬わないと祟りがある、というよりは、まるで、実在した人物が非業の死を遂げ、今なお敬われている…、というような空気感に似ていた。 少なくとも、ベアトリーチェを馬鹿にするような発言をすることは、現に慎むべきであるという強い空気があり、たとえ茶飲み話であったとしても、軽々しいことは口に出来なかった。This ghost story of Beatrice was blindly accepted by the senior servants.'Respect or you'll be cursed', by means of that, it was just as if there's an atmosphere like, a real person dies an unnatural death and nowshe is respected.There's a strong air telling us to, be really discreet about speaking ill about Beatrice-sama to make light of her, and even if it were to be on a tea chat, we could not speak carelessly about her.
人間、面白いもので、そういう中にずっと身をおいていると、本当にそういう気持ちになってくる。 いつの頃から俺も、深夜の見回りで巨大肖像画の前を通りかかると、その目がぎょろりと俺を睨んでいないかと怯えるようになり始めていた。 それでも、俺には怪談以上のものにはならなかった。……少なくとも、最初のうちは。Humans are interesting, when you live among that kind of people for so long, you really start to get such feelings.I was starting to get frightened that, one day, when passing by in front of the huge portrait during the rounds late at night, her eyes would glare at me.
夜の見回りは、広大な屋敷内の戸締りを全て確認しなくてはならないため、骨が折れる。しかし、家人たちはもう寝静まっているため、使用人としては肩の力が抜ける。The night rounds are pretty hard because we have to check if all the doors and windows are closed inside this huge mansion.However, since the people of the family are already asleep, as a servant, I can relax a bit.
そんなある晩。 大広間に通りかかった時、大階段の上へ、人影が消えていくのを見た。足音も聞いた。 もう旦那様も奥様もお休みになられているだろうと思い、少しダレていたので、俺は大慌てで緊張感を取り戻した。In a certain night.When I was passing by the reception hall, I saw a silhouette disappearing towards the grand stairscase. I heard footsteps too.Since I had thought that Master and Madam were already sleeping and I was kind of slacking around, I got greatly flustered and tense.
それは、ふわっとした影だったので、何となく女性的なイメージを受けた。 使用人に、あんなシルエットの人間はいないから、自動的に、奥様かお嬢様だろうと思った。ネグリジェとかのシルエットのように、何となく思えたのだ。Since that was a floating shadow, I somewhat had the impression of a female figure.Among the servants, there's no one with a silhouette like that, so I automaticaly thought it was Madam or Milady. Somehow, it looked like the silhouette of something like a negligee.
しかし、よくよく考えてみれば、おかしな話だった。 奥様は非常に厳しい方で、屋敷内の廊下は公道と同じであると常々言われていた。 つまり、寝巻き姿などのみっともない姿で廊下を歩いてはならない、ということだ。However, when I think carefully, that was quite a strange story.Madam is an extremely severe person and always said that the corridors inside the mansion were the same as public roads.In others words, she meant people should not walk around in the corridors in indecent clothings, such as pajamas.
実際、右代宮家の人間は、自宅であるにもかかわらず、いつも余所行き同然の服装をしていた。自宅なんだから、もっと楽な格好でくつろげばいいのに、という論法は、右代宮家では通用しない。Actually, even though the people of the Ushiromiya family were at home, they were always using formal garments.Since they are at home, they should relax using more comfortable clothes, but such logic doesn't apply to the Ushiromiya family.
実際、お嬢様が着崩しているのを奥様に咎められ、叱責を受けているところも見たことがある。Actually, I have already seen Milady being censured by Madam about her clothes being out of shape and receiving reprimands. だから、よくよく考えてみれば、そんなシルエットの人影が、屋敷の中で見られたはずはないのだ。人影を思い出せば思い出すほど、あれが、この屋敷の誰かであるとは考えられなくなった…。That's why, when I think carefully, that silhouette was not supposed to be seen inside the mansion.The more I remember about the shilouete, the more I can't think that was someone from this mansion...
一体、俺は、……誰を見たのだろう。 まさか本当に、………ベアトリーチェさま………？ あの人影を見たのは、大広間。……つまり、ベアトリーチェさまの肖像画の前。 人影を見たその時よりもむしろ、時間が経ってからの方が薄気味悪かった。Who on earth, ... did I see?Could it really be, ... Beatrice-sama...?The place where I saw that silhouette was the reception hall. In other words, in front of the portrait of Beatrice-sama.Now that some time has passed, it got more eerie than that moment when I saw the silhouette.
「嘉音さん。今はお暇ですか？」「………道具を洗って片付けたら、大階段の掃除をするつもりですが。……何か？」'Kanon-san. Do you have a minute now?''... When I wash the tools and tidy it up, I'm planning to the grand staicase. ... What is it?'
嘉音という仮の名を持つ、片翼の鷲を許された少年の使用人。 彼とは、初めから仲良くなれないと思っていたし、これからもそのつもりはない。 ……しかし、その時は珍しく、彼と話がしたいと思った。He is a servant boy who uses the alias Kanon and is allowed to have the one-winged eagle.From the start, I thought I wouldn't be able to to get along well with him, but now I don't have that intention... However, that moment was so unusual that made me want to talk to him.
俺よりも勤続年数が長く、……ベアトリーチェさまの怪談に詳しくて。……それでいて、ちょっとだけ俺優位で話しかけられる相手。He is serving here for more years than me, ... he knows details about Beatrice-sama's ghost story... And yet, I talk to him as though I'm in higher position.
それくらいの気分で、彼に話しかけたのだ。 俺は、自身の体験を誰かに話したかった。I talked to him with that mood.I wanted to talk to someone about the experience I had.
話してどうなるというものでもないのだが、誰かに話さなければ落ち着かなかったのだ。 なるほど、王様の耳はロバの耳と、叫ばずにはいられなかった床屋の気持ちがよくわかる…。I didn't care what would happen If I talked to him, but If didn't talk about it to someone, I wouldn't have calmed down.I see, now I understand well the feelings of the barber who couldn't help but to scream 'The King Has Donkey Ears'...
「………あれはベアトリーチェさまだったんでしょうかね。……嘉音さんには似たような経験は？」「……………………………。」' ... I wonder if that would be Beatrice-sama. ... Did you have some similar experience, Kanon-san?'' ...'
じっと沈黙して、値踏みするような目で凝視する。 ……まるで、留まるべきか逃げるべきかを思案する猫のようだった。 あからさまに無視されたのだろうかと思いかけた頃、嘉音さんは返事をしてくれた。He remains silent, motionless, and stares at me with eyes as though evaluating me... It was as though he was a cat pondering about whether to stay or to run away.When I thought he had plainly ignored me, Kanon-san answered me.
「………僕は深夜勤の見回りの時。………黄金の蝶を、見たことがあります。」「黄金の蝶……？ ……ベアトリーチェさまが現れる時に先触れとして飛ぶとかいう…？」'Once, when I was doing the round, during my shift, late at night. ... I have seen a golden butterfly.''Golden Butterfly...? ... Don't they say that when Beatrice-sama appears, they fly around to announce her...?' そういうことになっていた。 金色に輝く蝶は、ベアトリーチェさまの現れる予兆なのだという。That's how it went.Butterflies shining gold are an omen of Beatrice-sama appearing, as they say.
それはまるで、幽霊が出る前に現れる人魂によく似た位置付けだと感じていた。 しかし人魂と違い、黄金の蝶には不気味なイメージはない。どちらかというと、もしも実在するならぜひ一度見てみたいような美しさを感じる。That was like the mapping out a location, very similar to will-o'-the-wisps that appear before a ghost shows up.However, differently from the will-o'-the-wisps, the golden butterflies don't have an ominous image.If pushed, I'd say that I feel a beauty I'd want to see at least once, if it really existed.
………しかし、たったひとりの深夜の見回りでそれに出くわしてしまったなら、きっと相応に不気味ではあるだろう。... However, if I happened to meet them during a night round all alone, I'm sure they'd look really ominous.
「……古い使用人たちの間では、黄金の蝶はベアトリーチェさまの現れる先触れであり、……そしてその後を追えば、ベアトリーチェさまに出会えるだろうと言われていますが、その後を追ってはならないともいわれています。」"... Among the old servants, we are told that the golden butterflies are the announce that Beatrice-sama will appear, ... and if we follow after them, we'll probably be able to meet Beatrice-sama, but we are also told to not follow after them.'「だから嘉音さんは、後を追わなかった……？」「はい。……それはベアトリーチェさまに対し、不敬に当たりますので。」' So, Kanon-san, you didn't follow after them...?'' Yes. ... That would be the same as disrespect Beatrice-sama.'「……その後を追った使用人が確か、大怪我をして辞めたんでしたっけ？」「そう聞いています。……ベアトリーチェさまは、敬う者には寛大ですが、それを欠く者には残酷だそうですので。」' ... If I remember, a servant who followed after them had a serious injury and retired, right?''I heard that. ;;;;;; Beatrice-sama is tolerant with those who respect her, but they say she's cruel with those who lack respect.' 嘉音さんの雰囲気は、ベアトリーチェさまの話を濫りにすることさえ不敬であるというような感じだった。……単に私を嫌っている以上のものを感じた。Kanon-san's mood felt like even talking unnecessarily about Beatrice-sama was a blasphemy... I felt something beyond only hatred for me.「貴重な時間を失礼しましたね。多分、あれは私の見間違いだったのでしょう。……多分、奥様かお嬢様が、寝巻き姿で歩かれたのを見て、勘違いしてしまったのでしょう。」'Sorry for wasting your precious time. I probably saw it wrong... Perhaps I saw Madam or Milady walking around in pajamas and misunderstood it.'「……………………。……奥様やお嬢様が、そのような姿で廊下に出られることは、断じてありません。」「しかし私は姿を見ました。白い…、ネグリジェを着た女性のようなイメージだった。」'... ... Madam and Milady going out to the corridors in such clothings is something that would absolutely never happen.''But I saw a figure. it was white..., it had an image like of a female wearing a negligee.'「………奥様とお嬢様の寝巻きに、そのようなものは聞いていません。」「……………………………。」' ... I've never heard that Madam and Milady had pajamas like that.'' ...' その否定的な答えこそが、初めから答えだったのかもしれない。 奥様でもお嬢様でもない、女性の影。 ………それは本当に、ベアトリーチェさまだったのだろうか。Maybe that negative was the answer from the beginning.It was neither Madam, not Milady, that female silhouette... Could that one really be Beatrice-sama? 腑に落ちない。あの程度のことで、魔女が存在するなんて認めたくない。……あの人影が誰なのか、はっきりさせたかった。 そしてそれは多分、表情に出てしまったのだろう。それに嘉音さんは気付き、まるで忠告のように言う。I cannot understand. I don't want to recognize that the witch exists just because of that... I wanted to clarify who that shadow was.And, perhaps, that intention appeared on my face. Upon realizing that, Kanon-san, as though giving a warning, says this:「………郷田さん。悪いことは言いません。……ベアトリーチェさまを冒涜するような行為は、慎まれた方が身のためかと思います。」「はっはっは、…まさかまさか。そんなつもりはありませんよ。」'... Gohda-san. You're not to say bad things... For your own good, I think you should be careful with acts that might profane Beatrice-sama.''Haahaaha, ... No, no. That's not my intention at all.'「僕も以前。…ベアトリーチェさまの存在を、疑ったことがあります。」「え？ 嘉音さんが？」'Me too, some time ago. ... I already doubted about Beatrice-sama's existence.''Eh? Kanon-san, you did?'「はい。………今、郷田さんが持っている感情と同じです。古い使用人たちが、敬え敬えと繰り返す謎の魔女の存在に、疑問を感じたことがあります。……もしその正体があるならば、暴いてやろうとさえ。」' Yes. ... I had the same expression Gohda-san is putting up now. I once felt doubt when on the existence of the enigmatic witch which the old servants insisted so much that I showed respect. ... I even thought about disclosing her true colours, should she have one.' 意外だった。 ベアトリーチェさまを妄信すると思っていた彼も、かつてはその存在に疑いを持っていたというのだ。 ……ならばこそ、気になった。That was unexpected.Here I was thinking he blindly believed Beatrice-sama, but he's telling me he had doubts on her existence in the past... Now I got even more uneasy.「その嘉音さんがなぜ、……信じることに？」「……………………。…………魔女にしか出来ない奇跡を、……見せられたからです。いえ、奇跡じゃない。あれは警告でした。………その存在を疑い冒涜する僕に、ベアトリーチェさまが警告されたのです。」'And why do you believe her now, ... Kanon-san?''... ... Because I was shown, ... a miracle that only a witch could do.' No, not a miracle. That was a warning. ... Beatrice-sama gave me a warning for doubting her existence and profane her.'「………その話。聞いてもいいですか？」「……………………………。」' ... About that. Could you tell me?''...' 彼はそこで再び沈黙する。 しかし、胸の中のもやもやを何とかして晴らしたいと思う俺も、簡単には引き下がらない。 やがて彼は根負けして、彼が魔女の存在を信じるようになったという“事件”を話してくれた…。Once again, he gets silent there.However, I wanted to do something to clear that misty inside my chest, so I do not simply withdraw.Before long, he's beaten by my persistence and told me about the 'case' where he came to believe in the existence of the witch... それは簡単に整理すると、こういうものだった。 園芸倉庫に、彼が綺麗に道具を収めて片付けたある日。彼は、園芸倉庫の鍵を使用人室のキーボックスに戻すのを忘れ、ポケットに入れたまま就寝してしまったという。To put it in a simple way, it goes like this.In a certain day, he restored the tools into the gardening storehouse and cleanly tidied it up.He then forgot to return the key of the gardening storehouse to the keybox in the servants room and went to bed with it in his pocket, he said. 園芸倉庫のシャッターは、専用の鍵ひとつでしか開け閉めが出来ない。マスターキーはなく、スペアキーもない。 つまり、その晩、誰も園芸倉庫には入れなかったわけだ。"
You can only open or close the storehouse shutter with one exclusive key. There's no masterkey or spare key for it.
In other words, that night, nobody could have entered the gardening storehouse.
そして次の朝。
薔薇庭園の手入れをするため、道具を出そうと園芸倉庫を開けて、彼は驚愕した。 あれだけ丁寧に整頓したはずの倉庫内がめちゃめちゃになっていて、……しかも床に血のように赤い塗料で、まるで魔法陣を思わせるような、不気味な図形が描かれていたというのだ。
And then, in the next morning.In order to do the maintenance in the rose garden, he opened the gardening storehouse to pick the tools and had a surprise.
The interior of the storehouse that was supposed to be thoroughly in order was a complete mess, ... moreover, there were an eerie drawing painted that looked like a magic circle, made with blood-like red paint on the floor, according to him.
「そんな馬鹿なことが。…嘉音さんが鍵をずっと持っていたなら、園芸倉庫は密室ではありませんか。誰にも、倉庫内をめちゃくちゃにして、そんなおかしな図形を描けたわけもない。」' What an absurd. ... If Kanon-san was with the key the whole time, would the gardening storehouse a secret room?There's no way anyone would make a mess out of the interior of the storehouse and be able to draw such weird figures.'
「…………私も当時は信じられませんでした。……シャッターを開き、まるで竜巻が通り過ぎた後のような倉庫内がそこにあり、不気味な魔法陣が描かれていた時の衝撃は、今も忘れられません。」'... I could not believe it at the time, as well. ... Even now I can't forget the shock of when I opened the shutter and there was the inner side of the storehouse looking like a tornado had passed through there and the eerie magic circle drawn.'
「確かに、……そんなことがあったら薄気味悪くて仕方ない。しかし、こうは考えられませんか？ それがあなたを驚かすための手の込んだ悪戯だという可能性も。」' Certainly, ... if that happened, there's no way it's not eerie. However, couldn't we think like this? It's also possible that it was an elaborate prank someone prepared to frighten you.'
「………………………。……悪戯……？」'... ... Prank...?
「えぇ、そうです。あなたはお若い。他の使用人たちにからかわれて、そういう悪戯をされたのでは？」'Yeah, that's right. You are young. To tease you, the other servants played that prank on you, huh?'
「……でも、鍵は僕が持っていた。あの晩に限ってだけは、誰も倉庫に入れたわけもない。」'... But, I had the key. At least during that night, there's no way anyone could have entered the storehouse.'
「嘉音さんがご存知ないだけで、もうひとつスペアキーがあるということもあるんじゃないですか？」「………いいえ、ないはずです。」'Wouldn't it also be possible that there is another spare key that Kanon-san doesn't know about?''... No, there shouldn't be.'
「それを言い切れますか？ 嘉音さんはスペアキーはないと信じてる。しかし、“ない”は証明できない。実は嘉音さんが知らないだけで、スペアキーは存在するんじゃないでしょうか？ そう考えれば、その不可解な密室事件は、誰かの悪戯で説明できますよ。」'How can you declare that? Kanon-san believes there's no spare key. However, you can't prove that it 'doesn't exist'.The truth is that a spare key might exist without Kanon-san's knowledge, isn't that so? If we think like that, that incomprehensible secret room case can be explained as someone's prank.'
俺はちょっと、名探偵にでもなったような気分だった。もちろん、彼からの反論はない。 だから気を良くし、私はベアトリーチェさまを批判するようなことを口にしてしまった。For a bit, I felt like I had become a great detective. Of course, there's no refutation from him.That's why I improved my mood and ended up criticising Beatrice-sama.
魔女など存在するわけがない。きっと何かの見間違いで、魔女が起こした不可解な出来事の数々も、きっと全て何らかの偶然やトリックで説明がつくはずだと。There's no way witches exist. I'm sure they are just seeing things wrong, many of the incomprehensible incidents the witch caused can be certainly explained through some sort of trick or fortuity.
…………その時、嘉音さんが見せた、大きく目を見開くような表情が、忘れられない。 そのような恐ろしいことを口にして、きっとただでは済まないとでも言うような、……愚かな怖いもの知らずに驚くような、…そんな表情だった。... At that time, the facial expression Kanon-san showed, eyes wide opened, I'll never forget it.It was as though his face said: 'You'll never get away unharmed after saying those dreadful things', ... as though frightened at the vision of a fool daredevil, ... a face like that.
彼のその不気味な表情が、調子に乗り掛けていた私の心にしばらくの間、棘として残るのだった………。That uncanny expression of his got stuck in my heart as a thorn while a was getting carried away, and remained there for a while...
そして、その棘の痛みを忘れかけたある日のこと。 その日は珍しくお館様が外出された日だった。……しかもその上、旦那様、奥様、お嬢様までもが旅行で不在という、右代宮一族が島からひとりもいなくなるという、とても珍しい日だった。And then, in a certain day, when I was starting to forget the pain of that thorn.That day was a rare day when Oyakata-sama went out. ... And besides that, Master, Madam and even Milady would be absent because of a trip, meaning the whole Ushiromiya family would be gone from the island, a very rare day, indeed.
そのため、シフト表は人数を薄く設定され、この日は、源次さんと私の２人だけが担当になっていた。Because of that, the shift chart had a small number of people assigned, so, that day, only Genji and I were on duty.
鬼の居ぬ間に何とやらとはよく言ったもの。本当に気楽な一日だったことを思い出す。 源次さんはずっと使用人室で、書類事務に忙殺されていた。It's oftenly said that 'when the cat's away, the mice will whatever'. (**) I remember it was a really pleasant day.Genji-san remained the whole time at the servants room and was very busy with paperwork.
なので俺はこっそりとのんびりと、薔薇庭園を散策し、缶ビールと柿の種で薔薇に乾杯をしたものだ。本当に気楽な、毎週一日はこういう日があっても良いと思える素晴らしい一日だった。Because of that, I, secretly and carefreely, took a stroll through the rose garden and had a toast to the roses with a beer can and persimmons.It was really pleasant, a wonderful day that made think it would be nice to have a day like this once every week.
だから、食事も、自分と源次さんの賄い分だけだったので、簡単に済ませた。 料理の手間がないから、片付けも簡単。せっかくなので、普段よりも丹念に厨房を掃除し、ピカピカのシンクに満面の笑みを浮かべたものだ。Because of that, I only had to prepare meals enough for me and Genji-san, so I got through with it easily.Since the food did not gave much trouble, the tidying up too was simple. Since it was a rare opportunity, I cleaned the kitchen more diligently than usual and wore a large smile at the sparkling sink.
源次さんは見回り当番だったので、私はそれを終えると使用人休憩室へ戻り、のんびりとシャワーを浴びて一日の疲れを癒したのだ。（疲れも何も、薔薇庭園で一杯やっただけだが…）Genji-san was in charge of the rounds, so I returned to the servants resting room when finished my stuff and then healed the fatigue of the day taking a shower carefreely. (I had lots of fatigue and everything else at the rose garden, though...)
そしたら、電話が鳴り響いた。 この時間にわざわざ電話が掛かってくるのだから、何か急を要することだろうかと驚く。 源次さんは、深夜には電話を鳴らすのも上品ではないという考えの人で、深夜に急用があっても電話は極力使わず、相手の部屋まで行ってノックする人だった。Then, the phone rang.To have a phone call at this hour, it must be something urgent, I think in surprised.Genji-san is a person of the opinion that it's not polite to make phone call in the middle of the night, so, even if something urgent happened in the middle of the night, he'd rather not use the phone and, if possible, go up to the room of the other party and knock at the door.
そんな源次さんが電話を鳴らすのだから、一体何が起こったのかと、大慌てでバスタオルを被りながら受話器を取ったのだ。 何かありましたか？ その返事は実に単純だった。Since it's Genji-san who is calling, what on earth could have happened, I thought, and, in a rush, I picked the receiver while covering myself with a bath towel.Did something happen? The answer to that was really simple.
「……大至急、厨房まで来て欲しい。急げ。」'... I want you to come to the kitchen as soon aspossible. Hurry.'
その声は、源次さんにしては、少し上擦ったような感じだった。 声色だけで、何かおかしなことが起こったに違いないと想起させた。Considering it's Genji-san, his voice sounded a bit nervous.Just by the tone of voice, it made me recollect that certainly something weird had happened.
……しかし、一体何が起こったというのか。 厨房と言えば、自分にとってもっとも重要な守備位置だ。そこで何か不手際があったとすれば、それは紛れもない自分の責任。…しかし、自分に限って、厨房で不手際があるだろうか？ とにかく、もう一度着替え、厨房に駆け込むしかなかった。... However, what on earth would have happened?Speaking of the kitchen, to me, it's the most important stronghold. If I take that some clumsiness happened there, that will be my responsability for sure. ... However, in my particular case, would I make any clumsiness in the kitchen? At any rate, I changed clothes once again and rushed towards the kitchen.
そして、………そこで目にしたものを、俺は忘れられないだろう。And then, ... what I saw there, I'll probably will never forget.
「……こ、これは、……………どういうことですか………。」「手伝ってほしい。私ひとりでは手に負えない。」'... Th-this, ... what's the meaning of this...?''I want you to help me. It's too much for me to manage alone.'
この異常な状況を見て、源次さんの驚きようが、声が上擦った程度でしかないことの方が、今となっては驚きだった…。 何しろ、………整然と片付られた、非の打ち所のないはずの、……自慢の厨房が、……………なぜこんなことに……。Looking at this bizarre situation, now I'm more surprised at how Genji-san's surprise was only expressed in the nervousness of his voice.In any case, ... my dear kitchen, that I had tidied up so well-organized, ... that should be perfect, ... why is it like this...
配膳台の上に、………銀色に磨きこまれた鍋やボゥルが、……まるで子どもの積み木遊びみたいに……、高々と積み上げられているのだ。On the counter, ... the pots and bowls that had been polished into silver colour, ... were piled up..., like a children buiding blocks toy.
そしてその周りに、お玉などの調理器具が放射状に並べられ…。………何というのか、第一印象はまるで、原住民が調理器具で作ったトーテムポールか何かのようにさえ見えた。And around it, the cookware, such as the ladles, were lined up radially... Putting it better, at the first impression, it seemed like a totem pole made with the cookware by aborigines or something of the sort.
そして、………それらをぐるりと取り囲むように、血のように赤い塗料でべったりと。……不気味な魔法陣のようなものが描かれているのだ。 背筋をぞぉっとしたものがこみ上げたのは、言うまでもない……。And then, ... blood-like red paint, thick, kind of surrounding them.An eerie magical circle-like thing were drawn.Needless to say that shivers went up my spine...
そして。脳裏に、あの棘が蘇る。 ……これなのだ。嘉音さんが園芸倉庫の中で見たものは、まさにきっと、……これなのだ…。And then, that thorn revives in my mind... It's this. What Kanon-san saw inside the gardening storehouse, I'm damn sure, ... is this here...
「……郷田。こんなものを他の使用人たちに見せるわけにはいかない。今夜中に急いで片付けよう。」「そ、そそ、そうですね…。片付けましょう…。だ、誰がこんなことを……！」'... Gohda. We must not show this to the other servants. Let's hurry and tidy it up this night.'' Tha-tha-tha-that's right... Let's tidy it up... Wh-who would have done this...!'
それは口にしてみておかしな話だった。 今日は六軒島に、自分と源次さんの２人しかいないのだ。That was a strange story to speak about.Today, there's only two people in Rokkenjima, Genji-san and I.
俺がこんな馬鹿をするわけがない以上、……犯人は自動的に源次さんということに……。 いやしかし、……源次さんに限って、こんな馬鹿なことをするだろうか…？！Seeing that I'd never do such absurd thing, ... the culprit is automaticaly Genji-san...No, however, ... would Genji-san do such an absurd...?!
こんな悪戯をして何になる？！ 俺に対する嫌がらせ？！ でもしかし、源次さん自身だってこうして片付けをしている。自分で散らかして自分で片付けるなん て、……そんな無駄なことを、単に俺を驚かせたいがためだけに、こんな深夜にやるだろうか…？！ それこそ考えられない！What would he gain doing such a prank?! He wants to harass me?! But, Genji-san himself is tidying it up like this. Why would he scatter things around himself and the tidy it up himself, ... would he do such a pointless thing just out of mere will to scare me?! That's unimaginable!
このグロテスクな魔法陣の悪戯に、もし犯人を求めるならば。……………黄金の魔女、ベアトリーチェだとしか、考えられない……。If I seek for the culprit behind this grotesque magic circle prank. ... Besides Beatrice, the Golden Witch, I can't think of anyone...
「げ、源次さんはいつこれに気付いたんですか……？」「見回りが終わって使用人室に戻ろうとしたら、厨房の扉が開けっ放しになっているのに気付いてな。………覗いたら、このザマだった。」'Ge—Genji-san, when did you notice this...?''When I finished my round and was about to return to the servants room, I noticed that the door of the kitchen had been left open.When I took a peak, it was in this state.'
「まさか……泥棒………？！」「戸締りは完全だった。それにこの六軒島に、泥棒などわざわざ来るわけもない。」'Could it be... a burglar...?!'' Everything is perfectly closed. Besides, there's no way a burglar would take the trouble to come to Rokkenjima.'
「じゃあ、………誰がこんなことを……！！」「………………………。……それを詮索する必要はない。郷田はとにかく、鍋を片付けるように。私はこれを消す。とにかくこの落書きを他の者の目に触れさせるわけにはいかない。」' Then, ... who would do this...!!''... ... There's no need to investigate into that. Anyway, Gohda, you tidy up the pots. I'll erase this.At any rate, we must not let these scribbles reach the eyes of any other person.'
「あ、あの、私、……嘉音さんに聞いたんですが、前にも園芸倉庫でこんなことがあったとか……。こ、こういうことはその、…よくあるんですか……？」'E-excuse-me, I, ... heard from Kanon-san, you know, that there was something like this before, at the gardening storehouse...Th-this kind of thing, I mean, ... does it happen oftenly...?'
それは聞いてはいけないことだったのかもしれない。 口は動かしても、手を止めることはなかった源次さんが手を止め、険しそうな表情を浮かべながら顔を上げる……。Maybe I should not have asked that.Even though his mouth was moving, his hands didn't stop moving, but now Genji-san stops his hands and raises his face with a seemingly grim face...
「…………嘉音め。あれほど口外してはならないと言ったのに。」「す、すみません、彼のことは叱らないでください！ 私が無理に聞きだしたんです…！それより教えてください…！ こういうことはその、……前にもよくあったんですか…？！」'... Damn Kanon. And I told you to not reveal it.''I'm-I'm sorry, please, don't scold him! I was the one who insisted...!More importantly, please tell me...! This kind of thing, I mean, ... did it happen oftenly before as well...?!'
「……時にな。よくある悪戯だ。」「い、悪戯って、一体誰が…！ だって今日は、私と源次さんしかいないんですよ？！他に誰がいるというんです？！ もちろん私じゃない！ じゃあ、源次さんがこれを？！そんなわけだってあるはずがない！！ じゃあこれはどういうことなんです、誰の仕業なんです？！」'... Occasionally. It's a prank that happens oftenly.''A-a prank, you say, but who would...! After all, there's only Genji-san and I here, you know?!Who would be here besides us?! Of course it was not me! Then, did you do this, Genji-san?!It doesn't make any sense at all!! Then, what does it mean, who did this?!'
「………それを無理に考えようとしてはならない。ただ黙って片付けるのだ。……決して誰にも口外してはならないぞ。お館様はもちろん、旦那様にも奥様にも、もちろんお嬢様にもだ。……嘉音は後で罰しておく。」'... We should not try to think too much about it. Just be silent and tidy it up... Do never reveal this to anyone. Of course it includes Oyakata-sama, Master, Madam and, naturally, Milady as well... Kanon will be punished later.'
「に、二度と聞きませんから教えてください…！ じゃあ源次さんはこれを、ベアトリーチェの仕業だというのですか…？！」「その名をむやみに口にするな。」「…な、なぜです。」「…………その名をむやみに、そして呼びつけにする使用人は、なぜか長く持たないからだ。郷田の料理の腕は、特に奥様が高く評価されている。……お前に辞められては困る。」'I'll never ask again, so please, tell me...!Then, Genji-san, will you tell me that this was done by Beatrice...?!''Don't speak of that name recklessly.''... Wh-why?'' ... The servants who calls that name recklessly, for some reason, don't last long here.Gohda, your cooking skills are highly specially appreciated by Madam. ... It'd be troublesome if you were to quit.'
それはやんわりとした脅迫のようにも聞こえた。 そして同時に、これがベアトリーチェ“さま”の仕業であることを、半ば理解しているとでも言うようだった。That sounded like a mild threat.And at the same time, it seemed like he said that he half-understood that this was done by Beatrice-'sama'.
……この奇怪な事件は、……おそらく、園芸倉庫の事件だけではないのだ。 それらは起こる度に、家人に知られる前に処理され、伏せられてきたに違いない……。... These strange cases, ... perhaps, they are not limited to the case of the gardening storehouse.And every time they happen, they are dealed with before they are noticed by the people of the family and are covered up, there's no doubt...
「に、二度と迂闊には口にしませんから………、教えてください。これは、……ベアトリーチェ、さまの、……仕業なのですか……。」'I-I won't speak carelessly ever again..., so please tell me.Is this, ...Beatrice, sama's, ... doing...?'
「…………………………………。……私はそうだと思っている。……過去の例では、より不可解な事件もあった。明らかに人間には不可能な形で。」「それは……どのような……………？」' ... ... I think it is... In the previous cases, there were even more incomprehensible incidents. In a clearly impossible form for a human being.''What ... kind of thing...?'
「……夜回りをしていた若い使用人が、黄金の蝶を見て、その後を追った。戸締りがされた勝手口に行き着き、見失い断念した。」「確か、黄金の蝶を見ても、……後を追ってはならないということになってましたね……？」'... A young servant who was doing the night round saw a golden butterfly and went after it.Upon arriving at the back door she had already closed, she lost sight of it and gave up.''If I'm not mistaken, when you see a golden butterfly, ... you're not supposed to go after it, right...?'
「うむ。……そして後を振り返った時。……そこの壁にはこれと同じような魔法陣が壁いっぱいに描かれていたのだ。」「え？！ じゃ、じゃあ……、その若い使用人が黄金の蝶を追って、諦めて…。…振り返ったらもうそこに描かれていたというのですか？ 壁に背を向けていたわずか数秒の間に？！」" Hmm. ... And when she turned around... A magic circle like this one had been drawn on that whole wall there.'' Eh?! Then, then..., that young servant followed after the golden butterfly, gave up and... When she turned around, it was already drawn there, is that what you mean? In the gap of a mere few seconds when she was with the back turned to the wall?!'
「………見過ごすような壁ではなかった。彼女は、壁に最初、何も描かれていなかったと強く証言している。そして勝手口が施錠されているのを確認し、引き返そうと振り返った、わずか数秒の間だったそうだ。」「ま、まま、まさかご冗談を……。そんなの、その使用人たちの冗談では…？」'... She would not have overlooked the wall like that. She strongly asserts that nothing was drawn on the wall at first.And she said it happened in the few seconds gap of when she checked that the back door was locked and turned around to go back.''No-no-no-no way, you're kidding me... Wasn't that a joke of the servants...?'
「……連絡を受けて私もそれを消すのを手伝った。……複雑な紋様だった。わずか数秒で描けるものでは断じてない。そして、見過ごすことも断じてないだろう。その使用人はその直後に高熱を出し、入院して退職した。その後は郷里に帰ったらしい。連絡も付かない。」'... She contacted me and I came to help her to erase that. ... It had a complicated pattern. It's definitely not something you'd be able to draw in a few seconds. And also, I definitely don't think it'd be something you'd overlook. That servant had a high fever immediately after that, was hospitalized and had to retire. After that, it seems she returned to her home town. She doesn't even make contact with us.'
「…………そんな馬鹿なことが……。い、いや、それすらも高度な悪戯かもしれない！むしろ、その若い使用人が悪戯の犯人で、そういうことにしてみんなをからかったとか……。」「………………なるほど、そういう見方も出来るかもしれないな。……もうおしゃべりはこれまでにしよう。……だが私は。絶対に人間では不可能なことを、………自らの身をもって体験している。」「え………。そ、それは一体…………？」「…………………………………。」'... What an absurd... No-no, maybe even that was an advanced prank as well!Or rather, that young servant must be the cuplrit behind the prank and, by doind that, she made fun of everybody, something like this...''... Indeed, that point of view might be valid. ... Now, let's stop with the chattering... But. I myself had a first hand experience, ... with something definitely impossible for a human being.'' Eh... Wha-what was it...?''...'
源次さんはそこで言葉を切る。…………そして長い沈黙の後、俺を無視して掃除を再開した……。Genji-san stops talking there. ... And after a long silence, he ignored me and resumed the cleaning...
仕事に対しては徹底的に厳格で、その意味では現実主義者的な源次さんが、ベアトリーチェさまのことに関してだけは、口を噤む…。 源次さんの沈黙が、むしろ百億の言葉よりも雄弁に、魔女は実在すると俺に語りかけてくるのだ……。Genji-san, who is thoroughly severe regarding work and, in that sense, a very pragmatic person, keeps silence only when it comes to Beatrice-sama...Genji-san's silence tells me that the witch is real in a much more eloquent way than a billion words...
全ての後片付けを終える。 ……厨房に、あんなおかしなトーテムポールと魔法陣があったなんて、私たちが口にしない限り、誰も信じないだろう。 源次さんは再度、誰にも口外しないようにと釘を刺すのだった……。We finish all the cleaning... If we don't tell anyone that such a weird totem pole and magic circle were in the kitchen, nobody would ever believe it.Genji-san for the second time warned me to not tell about it to anyone...
俺はその夜の出来事を、強いアルコールで脳を浸すことで、無理やりに忘れ去ろうとした。 そして短くない時間が経ち、……性質の悪い、何者かの冗談だろうと割り切れるようにもなった。
I tried to forcibly erase the events of that night from my mind by soaking my brains in strong alcohol.And then, a long time passed, ... and I got to explain that as a bad taste joke from someone, possibly.
だが、今でも時折、恐ろしい。 朝一番に起きて、朝食の準備をするために厨房に入る時。
………調理器具が不気味に積み上がってるようなことがまたあるのではないかと、俺は怯えている。
But, even now, sometimes, it's dreadful.
First thing in the morning, after I wake up, I enter the kitchen to prepare the breakfast.
... At that time, I get frightened if something like the cookware piled up in an eerie way won't be there again.
思い出してはいけない。 俺はそれを、ここに記すことで忘れようと思う。I should not remember about it.I want to forget about it by writting it down here.
何しろ、俺はもう二度と、あのような不気味な目には遭わないだろうから……。At any rate, I'll probably never have to go through such an eerie experience like that again...
Toshiro.G.
ざァんねん！！ また遭いますからァ！！Whaaat a pity! You'll go through that Again!!
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fandom.07th-expansion | # Notes from a Certain Chef/Summary
Gohda writes in his diary about the time he first came to Rokkenjima, amazed at the vastness of the island and how he never thought his skills as a chef would lead to him working for a multi-millionaire family. A few years ago, Gohda had worked in a restaurant in a high-class hotel where the cooks got along nicely while competing over their skills. One day, the head chef suddenly retired due to illness, and the replacement was the kind of person who seemed more interested in appeasing the higher-ups instead of polishing their own cooking skills. The other cooks working under the new head chef began to dislike him, Gohda included. They tried to stage a coup d'etat and gave resignation letters to the hotel as a protest, but in hindsight Gohda realized that that was a very reckless thing to do; the assistant chefs clearly weren’t actually going to quit and were just excited about raising a ruckus. The chefs were all dissuaded from resigning at the last minute, but Gohda didn’t understand and ended up getting fired. Despite his inexperience, Gohda tried to use his standing as a former chef at a well-established restaurant and tried searching for new jobs on the same level as the hotel; details of the protest spread, asking other places not to hire anyone involved with the overthrowing of the head chef, and Gohda was unable to get hired anywhere.
One day, Gohda received a call from an acquaintance and learned about a multi-millionaire searching for a live-in cook. Most skilled cooks are already attached to somewhere else and wouldn’t just resign for a high salary, which made this the perfect opportunity for the jobless Gohda. He thus joined the screening process for the Ushiromiya family chef, going to Rokkenjima and seeing several other prospective chefs, all younger than him. In the end, Gohda was selected to become the chef, signing a contract where he cannot make food for anyone except those connected to the Ushiromiya family; it was things like this that inflated Gohda’s pride.
Gohda then writes about the legend of the Golden Witch. Places all over Japan have supernatural stories and curses tied to them, and the hotel Gohda worked at also had such stories; hearing about the Golden Witch, he merely smiled. However, Gohda notes that this story is a bit different from other places, as the other servants blindly accepted this story to be real. Gohda was still very skeptical, taking a break one night when the house was quiet when he noticed a silhouette going towards the grand staircase. Krauss and Natsuhi were supposed to be asleep by now, and this silhouette seemed to be wearing nightclothes; the family wears formal clothes even inside the house, so it’s strange for one of them to be walking the halls in pajamas. Gohda’s belief in Beatrice begins to increase after this.
The next day, Gohda asks Kanon about the Golden Witch and if he’s ever experienced anything similar to what Gohda saw that night. Kanon pauses, and then says he saw a golden butterfly one time. Gohda remembers that the servants are not supposed to chase after any golden butterflies they see, lest they incur Beatrice’s wrath; a servant chased them and retired after having a serious injury. Gohda apologizes for taking Kanon’s time, concluding that he saw Natsuhi or Jessica walking around in pajamas; Kanon tells him that they would never do that. Gohda swears he saw a woman wearing a white negligee, and Kanon replies that their masters don’t have any clothes like that. Kanon sees the look of denial on Gohda’s face and reminds him not to do anything to profane Beatrice. He begins telling his own story of how he doubted Beatrice but came to believe after witnessing something only witches could do. One day, Kanon was cleaning up the garden storehouse and forgot to return the key to the servant’s room, going to sleep with it still in his pocket. There was only one key to the storehouse, so nobody could open it during the night; nevertheless, Kanon opened it back up the next day to find everything a mess and a magic circle drawn with red paint on the floor. Gohda thinks it might’ve been an elaborate prank instead. He claims the other servants tried to tease Kanon by drawing a circle in the storehouse, and there was a spare key Kanon didn’t know about. Kanon doesn’t object to this theory, and Gohda starts feeling like a detective, having criticized Beatrice. However, the look on Kanon’s face made him feel as though he’d regret it someday.
Some time later, Kinzo, Krauss, and the rest of the family went on a trip. The servant shifts got changed and one day, only Gohda and Genji were on duty in the mansion. Genji was doing paperwork in the servants room while Gohda went on a stroll through the rose garden, thoroughly enjoying himself. With only two servants on the island, Gohda had an easy time making meals, and even had a chance to clean the kitchen. Later, Genji was making his rounds and Gohda was resting in the servants room when the phone starts ringing. It’s the middle of the night, and Genji would never call this late, even if it was important; Gohda picks up to hear Genji telling him to come to the kitchen. Genji is normally very serious, but Gohda hearing the tone of his voice and how nervous he was made him realize that it was important.
Gohda heads to the kitchen to find the formerly-clean workplace now a mess; pots and bowls are piled up on top of each other, and spoons and ladles are arranged in a circle with some red blood-like paint surrounding it all, forming a magic circle. He remembers Kanon’s story of finding a similar thing in the garden storehouse, and Genji tells him they need to clean it up and hide it from the other servants. Gohda thinks about who could’ve done this: he and Genji are the only people on Rokkenjima currently, and Gohda would never dirty up the kitchen after cleaning it, so it must be Genji. But then, why would Genji do it? What does he have to gain by pulling a prank like this, and why is he helping clean up if that were the case? He figures that the Golden Witch Beatrice could be the only possible answer, and then asks Genji when he noticed this. Genji was finishing his rounds and about to return to the servants room when he saw the kitchen door was open. Gohda considers that a burglar did it, but the old servant reminds him that everything is locked, and there’s no way a burglar would come all the way to Rokkenjima. Gohda then tells him about Kanon’s story and asks if this kind of thing happens often. Genji, with a grim look on his face, confirms that this prank does happen occasionally. He tells Gohda never to tell anyone about this, and that Kanon will be punished for revealing this story. Gohda blurts out if Beatrice was really responsible for this, and Genji tells him not to take that name lightly; servants who call that name recklessly don’t last very long, and it’d be a shame to lose Gohda’s cooking skills.
Gohda agrees to follow this advice, and Genji tells him that it was indeed Beatrice, as many other events in the past were unexplainable by humans. A servant who chased a golden butterfly went towards a door she had already closed, and turned around to find a magic circle drawn on the wall. Genji helped her clean it up and hide it from the servants, and she ended up getting a high fever and retired. Gohda says the servant could’ve been responsible and tried to prank her friends, and Genji tells him to focus on the kitchen. Afterwards, Gohda tried to forget about through drinking some alcohol, and writes that even in the later days, he still gets the uneasy feeling that something will happen every time he enters the kitchen. He wishes to never go through an experience like that ever again, signing off as Beatrice suddenly appears, saying he’ll definitely go through that again.
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fandom.07th-expansion | # Numata Yoko
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fandom.07th-expansion | # Nurse
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fandom.07th-expansion | # Nurse/Sprites
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fandom.07th-expansion | # OPPA in LOVE!!
is one of the nine songs in the ROKKENJIMA in LOVE album.
It is Battler Ushiromiya's image song.
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fandom.07th-expansion | # OST
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fandom.07th-expansion | # Occultics no Majo
Occultics no Majo could refer to:
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fandom.07th-expansion | # Occultics no Majo (song)
"For the album, please refer Occultics no Majo / Ayumu"
Occultics no Majo (オカルティクスの魔女, lit. "Witch of the Occult") is the opening song for "End of the Golden Witch" and "Dawn of the Golden Witch". It was composed by Chiyomaru Shikura and Hironori Doi: arranged by Koji Ueno and Hironori Doi. The lyrics were written by Chiyomaru Shikura. It was performed by Ayumu (vocals), Koichi Katayama, Tomomi Natori, Kaname Yuasa, Kazuyuki Ebe, and Grow Strings.
A single was published by 5pb. Records and Geneon Universal Entertainment on Nov 27, 2019 and originally sold for 1260 JPY. Geneon Universal Entertainment would be in charge of distribution.
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fandom.07th-expansion | # Occultics no Majo / Ayumu
"For the song, please refer Occultics no Majo (song)"
is a single album released for Umineko no Naku Koro Ni Chiru. It is composed by Chiyomaru Shikura and performed by Ayumu. The single was published by 5pb. Records and Geneon Universal Entertainment on Nov 27, 2019 and originally sold for 1260 JPY. Geneon Universal Entertainment would be in charge of distribution. The featured song Occultics no Majo is the opening theme to the first two games of "Umineko no Naku Koro ni Chiru".
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fandom.07th-expansion | # October 23, 2022 Talk Show
On October 23, 2022, a live talk show was held where Ryukishi07 answered questions. Below is a summary translated by Hubris and Eri.
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fandom.07th-expansion | # October 8, 2021 Livestream
On October 8, 2021, a livestream was held on Niconico where Ryukishi07 answered several questions about ' and '. Summary provided by Jevil with additional details summarized by Hubris and fixes by Pteryon.
Some spoilers for are featured in this interview.
Summary.
Q:How did Satoko inject Mion?
A:Satoko acted liked she fell over, pushed Mion down, and injected her. For Akasaka and the others, Satoko had looped so much that she already knew how to do it. Ryukishi felt that the story wasn't about tricks by this point, so he didn't feel the need to write any more details.
Q:What was the meaning of the teddy bear and the Satoshi scene?
A:Satoshi was fighting the syndrome inside of him for long time and his memory was foggy when he woke up. The teddy bear there was the key to remembering what he did before he lost consciousness.
Q:Who was that suspicious nurse at the end of Onidamashi? Did Keiichi die? Was she from Tokyo?
A: The question was just on the manual of Hinamizawa syndrome. The nurse herself isn't related to Tokyo. The doctor might have instructed her to ask that, and maybe "he" was from Tokyo. Or perhaps it's the opposite.
Q: The scene where Keiichi is attacked by Teppei at Satoko's house.
A: The scene is a lie created by Satoko. The sound of the jingling is foreshadowing. They picked up comment about "Umineko's illusion scene" and R07 admits that it is basically the same.
Q: What is the miracle that Eua wanted to see?
A: She wanted to see something unexpected. If Hanyuu was able to show something that Eua never expected then she lets Hanyuu win. Rika and Satoko chase for the Onigari-no-ryuou that is able to kill loopers but Eua knows they can't use it against each other because they love each other so much. Eua predicted that this story would end with Rika and Satoko agreeing to both die at once, due to their love and not giving up both of their dreams. Eua is almighty but she is too far from the human world and she lost the simulation of human mind, and her assumption only counts on the savage nature of humanity. Hanyuu thought the opposite and as she saw Rika, Satoko, the club members and others who related to them for very long time and she knew they can think about opponent more than Eua expect. The problem with St. Lucia and Hinamizawa is that there is no middle ground in this. Yet, by the end of the long fight, Rika and Satoko were able to accept that both of them can't make their dreams become true. It was an unexpected outcome for Eua so she counts it as a miracle, and she played the clown to lose against Hanyuu. Eua was actually able to avoid Hanyuu's attack as well, but it was the agreement so she just took the stab. Hanyuu is a copy of Eua who "bugged" and became a child. Eua could only see the absolute outcomes and could only see people as "shogi pieces" which have particular objectives.
Q: Why didn't Satoko apologize?
A: It was something that R07 wanted people to think and discuss. But if he would reveal what he thinks: It was indeed a problem that Satoko took many lives just to make Rika give up on her dream. The situation is like Keiichi's confession scene in Tsumihoroboshi, where Keiichi talks about his guilt in another world but Mion doesnn't know what he is talking about. As for the club members in the last episode, Satoko really hasn't done anything. The question of if Satoko has to apologize for this, is something that Satoko has to think about for herself slowly over time. Satoko's universe is broken and it takes time to create her new universe. To put it bluntly, Gou/Sotsu is a story of Satoko's growth. In this point of view, it was Satoko's graduation from her 'rebellious phase' against another. If Satoko were an adult, she would have known better about why she did it, but Satoko is still in her adolescent time. The Fragment world can be interpeted in many ways but also it can be a mind world of trial-and-error. Then you could also treat in the way that she had only killed everyone in her imagination rather than reality. I think lot of people have imagined killing someone in their mind. It's bit similar to that. Of course, some people still won't agree with this. In a different work of mine, there was another witch who took this sin seriously, thought it wasn't ok just because it was a delusional murder, and threw themselves into the ocean.
Q: Why didn't Satoko keep trying to catch up on her studies?
A: That was actually the most surprising comment for me. I was actually the one who couldn't study so I was shocked how anyone could study that much. To me it was easy to understand that people can't do what they really feel pained to do.
Q:If Satoko had studied, would she have avoid parting with Rika?
A: Maybe the atmosphere would have been a little different if she caught up and hadn't been in separate classes. However, Satoko still won't be able to fit in with Rika's new friends that she hangs out with. Maybe Satoko could have formed a different group from Rika, like the group of people who can show off their real nature with Satoko in the center of it. Also, about Rika's desire for St.Lucia: she was trapped in a Japanese style world for long time, and she wanted to be part of a more Westernized area.
Q: About the final battle
A: They go around the various worlds in a loop and smash each other's true words. On my side it was just them beating each other up very loudly, going through various worlds. But when I saw the storyboard, it was like that and I was a little surprised. It was a good job done by Passione. Also, Mion's toilet dump scene was surprising too. I thought it was just opening up the toilet and throwing Rika's in, but on the storyboard it was Mion kicking Rika's body directly into the tank. One of my staff said "Isn't this too violent? What should we do?" but I ended up saying "go for it", thinking about the momentum of the anime and hustle of Passione. It's better to ask specialists for the best result, and I'm only an original plot writer. For Rika and Satoko, it might have felt like the destrction of the universe, and Passione well presented that.
Q:Who was the biggest villain in this work?
A:Eua! She is so evil! I saw on Twitter a portion of people that said she wasn't a bad person just because she was watching it. However, what she was interfering on was their most painful and troubling time, puberty. It's harmful to give more than what person can deal with when they are struggling. In a real adolescent period, Satoko would have slowly learned what she could and could not do on her own. It's bad to give them more power than they can handle. It's like giving a gun to someone getting bullied and being emotional. Without Eua, Satoko should have learned to solve her problem in a more realistic way.
Q:Would Kameda from the baseball team be L5 in possible fragments? Like massacring everyone on the Okinomiya baseball team.
A:For Kameda's case it would be more like raiding Angel Mort. As it's written, Kameda is almost about to get banned from the place, and maybe Satoko could induce something with it. Maybe she won't even need an injection. *laughs*
Q:What did Hanyuu mean by "lingering trace"?
A:In such a world, her existance is more than an individual. What we saw in Gou/Sotsu is like afterimage of Hanyuu's power. She was supposed to die in an irreversible looking way, like dying or disappearing, but she didn't want to show Rika that so she flew away before she disappeared, to leave Rika the hope of meeting Hanyuu again.
Q:About Keiichi's toughness theory
A:Ah, like Keiichi and Rena's fight. My plot says something like it's a self-defense demolition fight between Rena and Keiichi, driven by insanity. I was expecting more of Keiichi and Rena pushing the knife towards each other, but when I looked at the story board she really stabbed him, and wow, there was a lot of blood splattered all over the place.
Q: Okonogi's smile
A: As it is said in the "Matsuribayashi" end roll, the mastermind made a plea bargain so the Mountain Dogs were released, and they were going oversea to hide for a while. In the last scene I wanted to present how everyone was doing in the end, and I thought it would be nice to have a scene of them at the airport. From here this is just what I thought, and I haven't confirmed anything, but possibly the Okonogi smile was to match the length dai-san's You BGM. Maybe Okonogi was chosen because he was popular with an anime staff member.
Q: Why didn't Satoko think about Satoshi at the ending?
A: The reunion of Satoshi and Satoko is quite big, and I could make whole arc with it so I wanted to separate it from Gou/Sotsu. As for the reason: In the long time of loops (including Rika's past), she's seen Satoshi unconsciousness in every timeline, and she really did give up on him (It was like how Rika gave up with her parents until the Saikoroshi arc). Also, from the start to the end, Satoko was mostly full of anger against Rika and didn't have much time to think about Satoshi. After Satoshi comes back, it's ime for them to go back to the Houjou residence instead of staying in Rika-Sato's house. Satoshi's return is congratulated by everyone, and Satoko would have a world where she doesn't need Rika. The thing is, when this happens now for Rika. the situation becomes a complete opposite of Gou/Sotsu for her, and in this perspective Gou/Sotsu is the story of Rika and Satoko mounting each other, envying and killing each other. If people wanted to see such a story then please give me support and I could write this in different occasion. But of course it's story about the world where no one is at fault.
Q: Is Satoko Lambdadelta?
A: I don't think there's a direct connection at that point yet. But as you can see from the last episode, the flow of those two may very well be the roots of what's to come, so just as Hanyuu and Eua drifted off to another world, Rika and Satoko's witch personalities may also drift away to other worlds. And then maybe they might become characters in another world's story. (Soshina, the interviewer desided to cut it here.)
Thanks to everyone who supported me, I was able to create a Higurashi Gou/Sotsu because of all of your help!
Thank you very much!
If you have any good ideas for Satoko's three sizes, please let me know!
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fandom.07th-expansion | # Offense and Defense
UraHigu: Mamoru's BootCamp.
Akasaka crushes an apple, and then introduces himself while raising a dumbbell. He lists exercising in the gym as his only hobby.
| Offense and Defense |
fandom.07th-expansion | # Okada Tomoko
| Okada Tomoko |
fandom.07th-expansion | # Okai Sonozaki
| Okai Sonozaki |
fandom.07th-expansion | # Okamikakushi
is a visual novel written by Ryukishi07 and published by Konami on the PlayStation Portable. Characters were designed by Peach-Pit.
Adaptations.
Anime.
An anime adaptation was created by AIC and airied on January 7 to March 25, 2010.
Light Novel.
An light novel adaptation was written by Ryo Masaki, illustrated by Eri Natsume, and published by .
Each volume has a subtitle with the suffix , similar to the naming of arcs. Notably, the chapter names of the first two volumes are pun on the names of flowers as they are exactly the same as the Japanese names of "Aster savatieri" and "Chloranthus japonicus" respectively, while the chapter name of the last volume is an idiom including the literal letter .
| Okamikakushi |
fandom.07th-expansion | # Okamikakushi (anime)
is an anime adaptation of the namesake visual novel. It was produced by AIC and aired from January 8, 2010 to March 26, 2010. The anime is licensed for official English release by Sentai Filmworks under the name Okamikakushi ~ Masque of the Wolf.
Plot Summary.
"Kuzumi Hiroshi moves with his crippled sister and his father to the remote city of Jouga, which is famous for its hassaku citrus and the rumors that a species of enormous wolves once lived in the area. While some of the residents are more than friendly, when people begin to vanish suddenly, it becomes apparent that something sinister is afoot..."
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fandom.07th-expansion | # Okamikakushi (manga)
The manga adaptation of "Okamikakushi" has two parts.
Volume List.
"Keshimurasaki no Shou".
Publisher's Summary.
"古くからの土着文化や因習が残る、山間部のニュータウン・嫦娥町。その旧市街に蠢く、恐るべき掟に触れた少年を待つ運命とは…！？ 日常に潜む違和感が形を成した時、恐怖と謎が交錯する新伝綺譚の幕が開く！ 原案・監修に竜騎士０７、キャラクターデザインにＰＥＡＣＨ－ＰＩＴを迎えた話題のＰＳＰゲームソフトを、圧倒的筆致でコミカライズ！"
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fandom.07th-expansion | # Okinomiya
is a town in Shishibone City that the club regularly visits.
General Information.
Mion and Shion's parents live there, and it is where the Okinomiya Police Department is located, whose authority extends to Hinamizawa.
Compared to Hinamizawa, Okinomiya has many more modern facilities and businesses. It contains a toy store, the restaurant Angel Mort, a library, and an apartment complex where Shion lives alone. The apartment complex she lives in is also owned by the Sonozaki family, so many of the tenants are shady people connected to them in some way or another. There is also an elementary school with much better resources and teachers than the Hinamizawa Branch School, but because of its distance most kids from Hinamizawa enrolled in the Branch School instead.
There is a district in Okinomiya called that worships Oyashiro-sama as a god of friendship. It is theorized that Hirasaka's name used to be written differently (比良境) and was connected to Hinamizawa's past as Onigafuchi Village. The old Hirasaka was known as a place where the human and demon worlds intersected; Onigafuchi's residents feared visitors being possessed by demons if they traveled through Hirasaka, so they would make any visitors use a wedge to cleanse their impurities when they entered and exited.
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Okinomiya.
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fandom.07th-expansion | # Okinomiya Police Department
| Okinomiya Police Department |
fandom.07th-expansion | # Okinomiya Police Station
| Okinomiya Police Station |
fandom.07th-expansion | # Okinomiya Station
| Okinomiya Station |
fandom.07th-expansion | # Okinomiya Titans
| Okinomiya Titans |
fandom.07th-expansion | # Okonogi Tetsurou
| Okonogi Tetsurou |
fandom.07th-expansion | # Older Brother
| Older Brother |
fandom.07th-expansion | # Oliver
| Oliver |
fandom.07th-expansion | # Oliver Oribe
is a member of the Wild Dogs, a sub-organization of the Primavera Family. He first appears in Season 2.
Profile.
"The boy who grew up in an alleyway idolizing Wayne is surprisingly much like Wayne.<br>"
Especially when he's brawling, overconfident, and doesn't know how much of anything he's doing.<br>
He messes up a few important jobs and is completely in the shadows of the crew. At the time, he was being clawed at by his fellow crew members, and he was completely unfaithful.<br>
At least until he met Rapunzel.""
Appearance.
Oliver has black bobbed hair and wears a short blue jacket over a red vest and yellow tie.
Personality.
Oliver likes to read and tries to act serious all the time. He looks up to Wayne immensely and wants to be like him. Oliver also has a habit of telling people to "shut up, be quiet."
Background.
Like Charles and Nina, and many other of the Wild Dogs crew, Oliver was an orphan who grew up on the streets. When Oliver joined the Wild Dogs, he tried too hard to be like Wayne and beat up a suspicious Chinese man, causing a small dispute with the GDS and earning negative reputation, along with the other Wandering Dogs.
Story.
"Season 2".
Oliver is first introduced in 1948 when he, Nina, and Charles are sent by Wayne to pick up Zel from the hospital and show her around town. They go to the old music shop that Oliver's group lives in and clean it up, later practicing instruments with Oliver on piano.
After hearing that Primavera wants to open an employment agency and is facing some trouble, Oliver and the others investigate a Chinese employment agency being operated in secret and take pictures, bringing them to Wayne and Rose. Oliver's group is thus promoted from Wild Dogs to Wandering Dogs, and they later escort Rose to meet the Satomi Alliance in Chiba.
When they get to Chiba, Oliver and the others discover that Caleb and Miguel are actually alive. Oliver and his group later protect Rose from assassins when they attack.
"Season 3".
Oliver and the rest of the Wandering Dogs try to become even more acknowledged by uncovering a plot by Chinatown to stockpile soy sauce and flood the market with it. Wayne is impressed by their work and invites them to the next Pasta Gathering.
Zel is revealed to be an assassin sent by the GDS, and Oliver falls into denial when he hears this. He and he rest of the Wandering Dogs meet with Meijiu and learn of Zel's past and why she became an assassin. They then decide to apologize to Zel and get her location from Meijiu, reuniting with her and planning to rescue her father.
Zel's father is trapped inside of Wang's restaurant, and the Wandering Dogs hone their skills in preparation for the rescue, which is to take place during Rose's meeting with Wang. They pretend to be a band called the Wandering Cats and get hired to perform there, with Oliver's role being to stand near the door to Zel's father's room and open it with the key Nina will slingshot up to him. Oliver successfully gets the door open and confirms that Zel's father is indeed there, taking him outside for Xiaolan to get him away.
Oliver and the rest of the Wandering Dogs hold Wang at gunpoint when he discovers Zel is his assassin, and they lower their guns on Rose's request.
After Wang's defeat, the Wandering Dogs are disbanded. Oliver swears to keep improving himself.
In 1949, Oliver and his group are sent to help Alan and Keith deal with Davis Degawa. Alan and Keith take up sniping positions on Davis' hideout, and Oliver signals them to call off the hit after they discover that someone's backing Davis.
"Last Season".
Oliver and several other Wild Dogs are hired by Maurice to be bodyguards for Richard's procession to a meeting with the GDS. (Unbeknownst to Oliver, he was protecting a body double of Richard, with Maurice planning to attack the procession and make it seem as though a third party was attacking Primavera.)
The procession is attacked, and Oliver and his fellow Wild Dogs do their best to protect Richard from the incoming gunfire, and many of them die. Oliver gets gravely wounded, but he still rushes to Richard's car to confirm he is safe. After seeing that Richard's a fake, Oliver loses faith in himself, thinking his bosses don't consider the Wild Dogs to be worthy enough to protect the real Consigliere and soon dies from his wounds.
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fandom.07th-expansion | # Oliver Oribe/Image Gallery
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fandom.07th-expansion | # One Girl's Day
is the sixth chapter of .
The story revolves around Yoko Numata and her life at school. Unknown to her, Higanbana plans on making her day rather unlucky.
Summary.
Running late for school, Yoko Numata is tripped by a non-visible Higanbana, which results in her skinning her knee before reaching the school. Marie criticizes Higanbana for it with Higanbana saying it is an everyday experience someone should experience at least once. Not knowing that Marie and Higanbana are watching her, Yoko gets up and tries to run to the school. The bell rings and the gates close. She is officially late for class. Defeated, she decides to simply walk to class. Higanbana comments on Yoko's day so far and Marie urges her to stop messing with Yoko. Higanbana looks to the school building. Yoko's teacher is taking roll call, Yoko yells her name which prompts the rest of the class to do so. When it is time to turn in homework, Higanbana takes Yoko's homework from her. After going through her things and swearing she did her homework, Yoko is sent to the front of the class alongside others for forgetting their homework. She ponders where she left her homework while other students were receiving a punishment. When Yoko gets to the teacher, she is punished for forgetting their homework by having her cheeks stretched and twisted with the rest of the class laughing. Yoko looks at it and finds it fun and returns to her seat. Marie feels sympathetic towards Yoko. However, Higanbana states she is testing Yoko on if things are still fun despite having bad luck throughout the day. Marie sighs and stays quiet, to not interrupt Higanbana's good mood. Higanbana proclaims that no matter what she will push Yoko to her limits on if she is having a "fun" time.
Yoko proceeds to have a series of unfortunate events throughout the day caused by Higanbana. While sleeping in class, Yoko is awoken by a teacher who asked for what page they were on in her textbook. A student behind her helps her as the class has become impatient. Despite being in trouble for falling asleep, she has a wonderful feeling and was happy with it. In science class, her test tube shatters due to the thermometer being slippery. Her teacher was mad at her, but she still had fun regardless due to the thermometer squirting out like a water gun and everyone laughed. At lunch, while drinking milk, the milk went up Yoko's nose and she sneezed it out with milking oozing from her nose in a line. Everyone in her class laughed. Other students start spurting milk out of their nose and the whole class laughed. Marie comments that the milk is a bit too far, while Higanbana is more determined to make sure that Yoko cries from the bad day. During an afternoon break, Yoko while rushing outside collides into a now-visible Higanbana. Yoko is injured from the collision. She slowly gets dizzy and becomes unconscious due to blood loss. Marie objects to the scene saying Higanbana took things too far. However, Higanbana points out that the injury is not life-threatening and states that no matter what, she wants to see Yoko cry. Yoko is then taken to the infirmary.
The Nurse tells the others that she is fine and just lost consciousness due to blood loss. Yoko reflects on her injury and her day not exactly being the best. The P.E. bell rings and she laments on that she should be spending her day outside and playing and not in the infirmary. Yoko wakes and tries to convince the nurse to let her go. The nurse informs Yoko that she should try to sleep more. Yoko's homeroom teacher visits the infirmary and chastises Yoko for running in the hall. The nurse claims that Yoko will be able to return to class soon enough. Yoko protests that she wishes to return to class but the nurse rejects it. Yoko hears the other students in the courtyard cheering and yelling and Yoko becomes sad due to her being stuck in the infirmary. Higanbana is elated that she finally won. Marie sighs, losing respect for Higanbana.
Yoko laments on the fact she can hear her classmates playing in the distance but cannot see them and hates it. Commenting she was like a ghost that no one could see her, the nurse steps out of the infirmary and Yoko commenting that she wants to rejoin her classmates, tries to sneak out of the infirmary to head back to her classroom. She successfully gets to her classroom with her classmates worried about her and commenting on her injury and bandages. While everyone urged her to rest, Yoko assisted with cleaning in the science room. The students played in the room instead of cleaning and Takeshi becomes annoyed with his classmates. Yuko's broom got caught on a human anatomy dummy and it fell to the floor, breaking it into several pieces. Yoko apologizes to Takeshi for playing in the room and they all went to the teacher's room where the Nurse was there. They apologize to the teacher for breaking the anatomy dummy and Yoko gets scolded for leaving the infirmary. They return to homeroom and school ends. Yoko says goodbye to everyone in her class as everyone leaves for home. She proceeds to go to the roof to meet with Higanbana and Marie. Marie asks how Yoko's day was and Higanbana comments on the amount of trouble she has had today. Yoko says while she has had lots of trouble today, she said she had fun regardless. Higanbana admits defeat and Yoko comments that being a ghost was quite boring, with Higanbana commenting on how it's also the same story with Youkai. Yoko looks upon children playing in the courtyard and said that her day was really fun and wished she paid more attention in life. She is happy with her life. Higanbana asked if she kept her promise with Yoko replying yes. Marie asked if Higanbana intends to eat Yoko and she replies that she did it so she could experience school-life once again and that she would eat her. Marie regrets not being able to save Yoko. Yoko assures Marie that it is okay. Yoko's body crumbles and turns to a white soul, Higanbana snatches Yoko's soul and Marie decides to leave to not see Yoko's soul be consumed by Higanbana. Higanbana tastes Yoko's soul and dislikes the taste and leaves it to go to the afterlife.
| One Girl's Day |
fandom.07th-expansion | # One who lives in loops
| One who lives in loops |
fandom.07th-expansion | # Oni
| Oni |
fandom.07th-expansion | # Oni's Blood Line
| Oni's Blood Line |
fandom.07th-expansion | # Oni (disambiguation)
There are many pages with in the title. You may be looking for:
| Oni (disambiguation) |
fandom.07th-expansion | # Oniakashi
is the first arc in and the second arc in "Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Meguri".
Characters.
New characters
Returning characters
| Oniakashi |
fandom.07th-expansion | # Oniakashi-hen
| Oniakashi-hen |
fandom.07th-expansion | # Oniakashi-hen Manga Chapter 1
is the sixth chapter of "Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Meguri".
Summary.
Part 1.
Rena cooks in her house and rips off a calendar page to reveal it's June 10, 1983. Rika wakes up in her shack in a confused state and wonders where she is. Satoko asks her how long she's planning to sleep in, and Rika is horrified to see she's back in 1983 and is looping again. She struggles to remember what happened in her past life: she reunited with a teenage Satoko and met Mion and the club, but can't remember anything past that. Satoko sees how concerned she looks and asks what's wrong, and Rika puts on a happy face and says she just had a bad dream.
Rika goes to wash her face and comes to terms with her situation. She doesn't know why she's looping again, but she swears to escape once again. Satoko gazes at her with a glow in her eyes, predicting what Rika must be thinking. Rika is unsure if she'll continue to loop when she dies since Hanyuu isn't with her, so she needs to move cautiously. She needs to help guide everyone so they don't fall to suspicion, and so they can work together to defeat Takano and overcome this 1983 Hinamizawa.
Meanwhile, Satoko thinks that she needs to get her hands on H-173. She knows where they are thanks to Eua showing her Rika's 100 years, but she still needs a plan to retrieve it. Satoko is certain she can forever repeat this 1983 Hinamizawa.
Rika and Satoko head off for school together while holding hands and smiling.
Part 2.
Rena goes outside to see Rina Mamiya bringing home her father on her shoulder. Rina apologizes for coming so early and says her father got drunk at the shop again. Rena looks at her for a bit before smiling and thanking her. As Rina brings her dad inside, the smile on Rena's face disappears.
At school, Satoko notices how sad Rena looks. Rena says she's just lost in thought. Satoko says they need to cheer her up by having some club activities.
The activities end with Satoko getting punched in the face by Rika's trap box. Rena and Satoko rest in the nurse's office, with Satoko asking if Rena will be able to resolve the things she was thinking about that morning. Rena is unsure, and Satoko takes her hand and says they should go home together today. Satoko leaves the office, her eyes glowing.
At the junkyard, Rena sits alone and thinks that she needs to do her best so she won't mess up this time, thinking about her childhood with her mother. Rina appears and greets her, saying that she has some important things to discuss: she and Rena's father and dating, and there's talk of getting married. Rena says it's a lie since she saw Rina at a coffee shop in Okinomiya talking to a guy named Tetsu about a golden goose.
Rina gives a nervous laugh and then grabs Rena by the collar, threatening to kill her if she doesn't keep quiet. She says her partner has a temper, but Rena starts talking about how if she noticed her mom's own affair, her family wouldn't have fallen apart. Rena grabs Rina's arm and promises to protect her family's happy life.
Rina remembers her own childhood and lets go of Rena, then leaves without saying another word. At Okinomiya, Rina is smoking her herself when she sees a young girl and her dad. She recalls more childhood memories, including her parents arguing and her mother leaving as a young Rina cries. Rina gazes up into the moonlit sky and thinks she's long forgotten about those days.
Rena is in her junkyard base with her cleaver when Rina appears and knocks on the window. Rina talks to Rena and says she talked to her dad; she broke up with Rena's father and came clean about deceiving him, and is going to pay back all the money he gave her. Rina admits that she was in the wrong and says she had a single parent just like Rena.
Rina's mother worked at a nightclub and ran away with a customer. Rina's dad was clumsy and deep in debt, and had debt collectors coming every day. The young Rina realized that all of that happened because they never had money, so she grew up being pretty and glamorous, getting money and jewelry and whatever she wanted; she believed it was necessary to attain happiness.
Rina mentions that Rena's dad looks so happy when he talks about him and starts smiling. She promises not to get involved with him anymore and starts to leave the base when Rena stops her. Rena won't forgive her for deceiving her dad, but he did look happier and energetic after meeting Rina. Rena thanks Rina for making her dad smile again and gives a sidelong glance. Rina smiles and leaves.
Soon after, Rena hears something nearby and sees Keiichi reading something. She peeks behind him and sees he's reading an article about the Hinamizawa dam worker dismemberment. Rena panics since they all agreed never to tell Keiichi about it so they wouldn't scare him, and Keiichi suddenly turns around and sees Rena holding her cleaver. They startle each other, and Rena explains she brought the cleaver to dig out a Colonel Sanders statue. Keiichi says he came since he promised to help with that. Keiichi says she startled her, and Rena feels relieved upon hearing that.
Rena gushes over the newly dug-out Colonel Sanders statue. Keiichi says he could end up in pieces if she isn't careful, and Rena suddenly recalls memories of killing Rina and chopping up her body. Rena grips Sanders and stares at Keiichi, who gets confused. Rena remembers what's going on and says she can deal with getting Sanders home safely. She gathers rope and tarp in her base as she wonders what those memories were. A higurashi cries in the distance.
Part 3.
Satoko has a checkup with Takano at the clinic. Rika watches them and thinks that she needs to figure out to stop Takano before the Watanagashi, while she's not taking any significant action. Rika's tried getting Akasaka's help by calling the police, but they wouldn't listen; if she talked to Irie, then word would reach Takano and her people.
Rika settles on Tomitake as the most trustworthy. She finds him out in the village and explains that on the night of Watanagashi, Takano and the Mountain Dogs will kill him, and then kill Rika herself, the queen carrier. Tomitake is confused, and Rika then tells him to call the Bloodhounds. He gets even more confused as to how she knows about them, and Rika explains she knows that Hinamizawa Syndrome research will be shut down, Emergency Manual 34 will be carried out to massacre the villagers, and certain people in Tokyo will benefit from it.
Rika adds that Takano is deeply hurt from her research getting shut down, and that Tomitake is the only one who can mend her. Rika says Takano must be getting desperate and will try to end everything by her own hands, and pleads Tomitake to call the Bloodhounds. Rika thinks to herself that in the world where they worked together, Tomitake believed her story, and that she now needs to watch over her friends to stop them from getting lost in paranoia.
Later, the club attends the Watanagashi Festival and does the Five-Demon Fire Fight. Rena is happy to be playing with her friends like this and strives to keep this happy life going for ever and ever. She prays to Oyashiro-sama during the cotton drifting and thanks him.
That night, Satoko sneaks into the Irie Clinic and sees Tomitake being pinned down by Mountain Dogs as Takano prepares a syringe of H173. Satoko's trap that she prepared during her regular checkup goes off, and the lights suddenly turn off. Satoko then throws out some lit firecrackers, disorienting the Mountain Dogs and giving Tomitake a chance to break free and run away. Satoko then grabs Takano's syringe, throws a firecracker in her face, and runs off. Another Mountain Dog tries to stop Satoko but she throws more firecrackers and escapes through a window. Takano wonders what Satoko was doing.
Tomitake and the Bloodhounds return and tell the Dogs to surrender. Takano yells at Okonogi to do something, but he shows defeat since the Bloodhounds specialize in combat, and their presence means Tokyo's withdrawn their support. The Mountain Dogs peacefully go along with the Bloodhounds as Tomitake consoles a shuddering Takano.
Part 4.
Satoko heads into the woods and catches her breath, commenting that this method of getting H173 is too risky, and she needs to find a more reliable method next time. Rena walks home from the festival with her teddy bear and thinks about Keiichi taking her hand, believing that her happy days will continue. Suddenly, Rena falls over when a rope trap ties up her legs. As she wonders what's going on, Satoko gets on top of her back and sticks a bag over her head, then zip-ties her hands together and injects her. Satoko comments that this method of injecting people is also a pain to carry out, and cuts the ties on Rena's hands with a pair of scissors before running off.
Rena removes the bag and unties the rope on her legs, catching her breath as the H173 begins to take hold. She leaves behind her teddy bear. Rena makes it home to find Rina waiting for her, who bought a cake from Angel Mort as a gift despite promising she wouldn't come back. Rena's head swirls around with several thoughts: she can't hear Oyashiro-sama's voice anymore and thinks he's angry, and she realizes she needs to protect her happiness. Rena determines she needs to kill Rina and take back her happiness, and squeeze out the parasites.
Rena smiles and says she's planning to go treasure hunting, with Rina confused since it's so late. Rina however decides to come along and asks to put the cake inside the house first. Rena gives her a creepy stare as she goes inside.
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fandom.07th-expansion | # Oniakashi-hen Manga Chapter 2
is the seventh chapter of "Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Meguri".
Summary.
Part 1.
After killing Rina, chopping her up, and wrapping her parts in bags, a bloodied Rena digs a hole in the woods and buries them. As the sun rises, Rena realizes she needs to get to school.
At school, the club is playing Cluedo while talking about what happened after Rika's Watanagashi dance. Mion says she got dragged off by the drunkards in the town council. Rena says they all split up after the dance, but Mion and Satoko tease her and suggest she was spending time with Keiichi. They then ask where Keiichi even is, and Satoko says the teacher called him away. Rena rushes off to go look for him.
Rika thinks to herself. Last night she went to the clinic and heard from Irie about how there were signs of a struggle. Tomitake and Takano's whereabouts are unknown. Rika thinks that if Tomitake's corpse hasn't been found yet, then some irregularity must have happened in this world and that she still has a chance at success. Since Keiichi got called away, there's a chance he'll still cause a tragedy, so Rika hopes to guide him the correct way.
Satoko notices Rika's thinking and takes her hand while also thinking to herself. Satoko notes how the rules are different than how Rika remembers them, and Rika won't win until she can stop Satoko. Satoko thinks she's made it to the real June 1983, where every day is fun and tragedies also happen; Satoko is happy.
Rena goes to find Keiichi and sees him speaking to Ooishi. When she hears Ooishi introduce himself as a police officer, Rena quickly ducks behind a corner and ponders while watching Keiichi and Ooishi go outside. Rena can't believe the police are searching for Rina when it's only been one night, and even if they did find out, they have no reason to interrogate Keiichi. Rena then wonders why the police came here and now, and figures Ooishi must want to confirm with Keiichi something about this year's demoning away; flashbacks of Rena killing Rina occur as she starts to believe Keiichi knows something.
Keiichi returns and runs into Rena, and asks what she's doing there. Rena smiles and says she went out looking for him since he didn't come back. As they go back to the classroom, Rena wonders if Keiichi told the police anything and if he could become a person who'd take her happiness. Rena asks Keiichi to walk home together with her.
Part 2.
Keiichi and Rena talk while walking. Keiichi stops and says that Rena and the others must be hiding things from him. Rena accuses him of the same thing while her head swirls with thoughts and questions about why Keiichi would ask that. Rena asks about the man Keiichi was talking with earlier, and Keiichi says he isn't really hiding anything. Rena is convinced he's lying, and that all of the happy moments they spent together in the past were also lies.
As Rena grabs Keiichi's face and rants to him, she thinks that she needs to do her best even harder so that Oyashiro-sama won't take anything else away. Rena resolves to kill Keiichi and finally be forgiven. Rena walks off and leaves behind a confused Keiichi, convinced that he knows what she did; he might still have doubts, but he knows something, which is reason enough for Rena to take action. Rena thinks about where she should kill Keiichi and settles on his own home.
Keiichi's father welcomes Rena into the house, where Rena claims she wants to return something to Keiichi. Keiichi's father says Rena should invite her own father sometime and they can have a family dinner. Rena is left alone, and she quietly inspects some rooms on the second floor. She notices Keiichi using the phone in his own room and then finally leaves. The next morning, Rena thinks Keiichi's house will be convenient since there's a lot of vacant rooms, and a garage and storeroom on the first floor. She notices Keiichi is running late for their meetup and goes to check on him.
Keiichi's mother says Keiichi isn't feeling well and is staying home today. They talk about Keiichi's character and eating habits, with Keiichi's mother worried since she and her husband have to go out of town for work. Sensing the opportunity, Rena asks when they'll be home next and offers to cook dinner for Keiichi tomorrow. Keiichi's mother happily accepts her offer, and Rena promises to do her best.
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fandom.07th-expansion | # Oniakashi-hen Manga Chapter 3
is the eighth chapter of "Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Meguri".
Summary.
Rena goes shopping at a hardware store for a hacksaw, rope, and other materials, all while imagining killing Keiichi in his house and disposing of him. When she gets home, she finds the place a mess with empty beer bottles everywhere. At school, Rena talks with Mion, Satoko, and Rika and learns that Keiichi's sick. Rena thinks about how convenient this is for her. Mion says they should plan an embarrassing punishment game for when he gets better, but Rena can't join because she has other things to do. Rika begins to leave and Mion asks if she's also joining. Rika says she's worried about Keiichi and that he's exhausted mentally, so they shouldn't scare him. Mion agrees; they haven't told him about the series of incidents, and she doesn't want to make him uneasy with pranks. Rika cheers up and pats Rena's head, telling her to trust Keiichi.
Rena takes Rika's words to heart, remembering that she's Oyashiro-sama's reincarnation. She sees that Oyashiro-sama really is watching over her and thanks him profusely. Satoko asks Rena what kind of chores she needs to do and wonders aloud if she's making dinner for Keiichi. Rena laughs it off.
Rena goes home again and pulls out her bentos when her dad walks up behind her and punches her. Her dad punches and kicks her to the ground, then starts choking her while crying. He asks Rena why she suddenly did that to Rina, and then calms down and apologizes. Her dad hugs her and pleads her not to leave as she's all he has left, and Rena smiles and hugs him back. Rena swears to protect her dad and family.
Rena gets dressed and prepares a bento set full of tools, and makes her way to Keiichi's house while asserting that she has to do her best. Keiichi lets her inside his house and hugs her, and Rena smiles as she prepares to enact the fifth year of Oyashiro-sama's curse.
Later that night, Rika rushes to Keiichi's house. She believes Keiichi's paranoia has been resolved, but she still doesn't know what will happen in this world and wants to do what she can to help. Rika gets to his house only to see Keiichi and Rena lying in a pool of blood through the window. Rika begins to despair, assuming that both of them are dead and that her words changed nothing. With Hanyuu's power gone, Rika doesn't know if she can loop and doesn't want to die. She laments that even if she survives, Keiichi and Rena won't be here, and begins crying as she thinks about what to do.
Rika trudges back home to see Satoko calling out to her and asking where she's been. Rika says she just went for a nightly walk, and Satoko asks her to set the table for dinner. Satoko sees how down Rika is and says she'll cheer her up by telling her an amusing story, and then admits to stealing H173 from Takano on the night of Watanagashi.
The confused Rika stares at Satoko in disbelief as she continues explaining everything: she rigged the breakers to the clinic when Irie and the others weren't looking, deployed firecrackers in the dark to disrupt Takano's plan, and injected the Rena of this world when she noticed she was having family issues.
Rika demands to know what she's talking about when Satoko suddenly stabs her in the throat with a knife. Satoko smiles as she covers Rika's mouth and kills her by stabbing her repeatedly in the throat. Afterwards, Satoko takes the knife to her own throat, stabbing herself repeatedly while complaining of all the pain and laughing. Satoko is ecstatic, as she's succeeded in seeing through everything Rika did and rewrote fate. As Satoko dies, she declares she is fate itself.
In the Sea of Fragments, Eua watches a Fragment of Mion talking to Keiichi in the hospital. Eua praises Satoko for doing well in her first loop. They share a laugh, and Satoko sees how fun looping is. Eua begins to criticize her, but Satoko is already aware she made some risky moves, but she couldn't help herself. Eua reminds her not to let things end too soon, and Satoko says she's already made a plan: as long as she kills Rika first, she can loop any time. She can learn where and how to get H173; she can gather weapons for any problem, and she has sleeping pills, giving her all the tools needed to cause a tragedy. Satoko tells Eua to enjoy the show and joins her for some tea and cookies, confident that her victory is inevitable.
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fandom.07th-expansion | # Oniakashi-hen Part 1
is the first episode of and the first episode of Oniakashi.
Synopsis.
Japanese.
昭和五十八年の六月。
雛見沢に引っ越してきた圭一は、村に住むレナたちとの新しい生活を楽しんでいた。
そんな六月のある日、レナは一緒に暮らす父親の態度がどこかよそよそしいことに気づき、不信感を募らせる。
English (Translated).
"It is June of 1983."
"Keiichi has moved to Hinamizawa and is enjoying his new life with Rena and the others who live in the village."
"On one such day in June, Rena notices that her father's attitude is somewhat distant, and grows suspicious of him."
Plot Summary.
Prologue.
Keiichi wakes up in his house and opens up the window to look at the Hinamizawa scenery. Rena cooks a bento in her kitchen and hums to herself. Mion ties her hair into a ponytail.
Satoko prepares to go to school and notices Rika looking at the calendar. Satoko asks what's wrong and Rika says it's nothing giving a nipah and walking off. The date is shown to be June 10. Satoko says that no matter how often Rika looks at the calendar, she will never escape until she accepts Hinamizawa, her eyes glowing red.
First Half.
Rena finishes making her bento and tells her dad she's going out. Rena's father Yasunori struggles to get up, and Rena asks if she should bring some water or medicine. Yasunori says he's fine, he just had too much to drink in Okinomiya again. Rena asks if he was hanging out with Rina again, her grip on the doorframe tightening. Yasunori confirms he was and says Rena should meet her one day. Rena interrupts by saying she's late and runs off.
Rena waits for Keiichi at their usual spot, who comments on her being so early. They walk to school and pick up Mion on the way. At school, Satoko prepares a trap in the classroom door as Rika wathces. Satoko says that creating multiple webs to ensnare the enemy is the essence of trap-setting. They hear Keiichi's group get close and silently hide. Though Keiichi disarms the tacks on the door handle, he trips on a rope and almost falls into an inkwell. Satoko gloats.
June 12. Rena and Keiichi walk home from the picnic, with Rena asking Keiichi if he can come with her for a quick stop. They go to the junkyard, where Rena happily traverses the piles of trash and finds a buried Kenta-kun statue. Rena calls back out to Keiichi that she's done and notices Tomitake standing near him. Rena's mood changes and she looks back at the statue.
Keiichi and Rena walk home that night, with Rena noticing something wrong with the other. Keiichi regrets that they couldn't dig out Kenta-kun and says he could've grabbed him by the arm to pull him out. Rena says he'd break the arm if he did that. Keiichi is taken slightly aback at the comment, but he agrees. He promised that he would get Kenta-kun home. Keiichi hands Rena her bento set and bids farewell.Rena heads home and sees that her father is heading out when it's so late. Yasunori says Rina called and wanted to see him, so he's going out. Rena mutters under her breath and tells Yasunori to be careful when he asks what she said. After her father leaves, Rena sits down and tells herself she can't be so sad. She removed the "i" from her name of Reina so she could forget the icky things that happened.
Rena vacuums her dad's room and finds a business card under a dresser. The card comes from the club Blue Mermaid and has Rina's name written on it.
June 13. The club has a scavenger hunt to find a marker hidden in the school. Rena wonders where Mion would hide it and determines it must be in a storage closet. She notices a ladder leading up to the roof while in there. Satoko ultimately claims victory when she traps Rika under a metal pan trap and gloats. Rika says she's not mad and presents Satoko with a gift box, which erupts to belt Satoko across the room with a spring-loaded boxing glove.
Satoko sees in the mirror that a red K.O. has been stamped on her face; Satoko's eyes also glow red in the reflection. Mion notices Rena staring into space and asks what's wrong. Rena says she's exhausted and is going to rest in the infirmary for a bit before going home. Keiichi promises he'll help with Kenta-kun when she gets better, and Rena leaves. Satoko also leaves to wash her face. Satoko wipes the paint off her face and grins.
Satoko looms over a sleeping Rena in the infirmary, asking for forgiveness since this is all Rika's fault. She pulls out the H173 syringe and prepares it while promising to create a Hinamizawa where everyone can be happy. Satoko asks Rena and everyone who'll be experiencing this to forgive her as she injects Rena, the latter tossing and turning in her sleep a bit. Satoko finishes the injection and apologizes again, her eyes glowing red.
Second Half.
Rena awakens and calls out Satoko's name, seeing her nowhere. She cradles her head and leaves the infirmary, where the H173 case can be seen disposed of in a garbage can. Rena touches her neck as she walks home. Late at night, Rena unlocks her house with a key hidden under a toy and finds a note left behind by her father, who's gone out yet again. A determined look appears on Rena's face. She starts looking through her dad's things and finds a bankbook with many expensive purchases documented in it. Rena says this was the settlement money her mother gave her dad in their divorce, and it was only supposed to be used for emergencies. Rena scratches her neck.
Rena has a flashback to eating dessert as a little girl with her mother. Her mother Reiko asks how she feels about Akihito, the man who ate dinner with them before. Reiko says that Akihito likes Reina but Reina says he's okay sometimes. Reiko then asks who she likes better, mom or dad. Reina says she likes mom because she eats yummy dessert with her. Reiko then asks who she would live with if she went to live in a different house from her father. Reina is confused, and Reiko says she's thinking of divorcing Yasunori and marrying Akihito.
Reina knocks over her dessert and asks why, as Dad didn't do anything wrong. Some restaurant bystanders notice the commotion. Reina says that Dad did everything for Mom so she could focus on work and that it's not too late to change her mind, but Reiko says it is: she's pregnant.
A lawyer finishes the divorce proceedings with Rena's dad and tells him that not only is he not allowed to meet Reiko, he can't contact her either; these are the terms he signed. Yasunori grips a bankbook. That night, Rena's dad asks if Reina knew the name of Reiko's husband, and when she says he's a funny man who gave her candy, Yasunori slaps her. Reina starts crying, and Yasunori apologizes and hugs her.
Until that day, Rena believed she had to be nice to everyone no matter what. She realized that bad people like Akihito didn't deserve kindness, and that she should've ignored him. Rema blames herself for causing her parents' divorce and thinks she didn't work hard enough to prevent that. Rena professes that she needs to work harder or else her family will fall apart again and sets out to do something, still scratching her neck.
Rena goes out to Flower Road and finds the Blue Mermaid club as on the card. An employee stops Rena from entering and tells her to come back when she's older. At a nearby restaurant, Rena orders some tea. She sits around wondering what she's doing here when Rina Mamiya suddenly walks in while speaking to another woman. Rena listens to their conversation. Rina says her client is drunk so she doesn't want to wake him; she expresses awe that he'll buy him anything expensive she asks for. Rina says that he's got a lot of cash from when his wife left him, and the other woman says he'd probably give it all to her if some other guy blackmailed him. Rina agrees, and Rena is shocked. Rena leaves the restaurant as the women continue talking.
The woman asks Rina if she knows anybody who could help, but Rina takes a sad drag from her cigarette and says the guy has a teenage daughter. Rina herself was raised by a single parent and sympathizes, so she's thinking of breaking things off. The woman thinks this is uncharacteristic of her, and Rina says it'd be trouble if he got more serious with her.
Rena walks through the streets professing that she's going to do work harder, scratching her neck along the way.
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fandom.07th-expansion | # Oniakashi-hen Part 2
is the second episode of and the second episode of Oniakashi.
Synopsis.
Japanese.
父親がホステスの間宮リナに貢いでいることを知ったレナは、幼い頃に自分のせいで家族がバラバラになってしまったことを思い出し、二度と同じ失敗をしないために、家族を壊す者と戦う決意をする。
English (Translated).
"When Rena learns that her father is spending a lot of money on the hostess Rina Mamiya, she recalls how her family fell apart when she was a child because of her own fault, and resolves to fight against those who would destroy her family; so that she will never make the same mistake again."
Plot Summary.
Prologue.
Monday, June 13. Rena goes to a hardware store and picks up supplies like tape, rope, and tarps. She constantly mutters then she needs to work harder.
First Half.
June 14. The weather starts to get cloudy and rainy. Rena chops vegetables as her father greets good morning to her. Yasunori asks what she plans to do with her hardware supplies, noticing the bag in the hallway and saying she had to go to Okinomiya for those. Rena claims she found a statue at the junkyard and needed some supplies to bring it home. Yasunori tells her to be careful.
Rena takes her supplies to her secret base in the junkyard, saying that nobody will find them there. Keiichi waits for Rena at their usual spot when she finally arrives. At school, Keiichi and the club comment on how Rena seemed to sleep in that morning. Rena says she's busy and the others offer help, but Rena says this is something she has to do by herself. She also says she can't make it to club that day, and Mion accepts. Mion cancels club since the weather is looking bad. Rena leaves school as Satoko stares at her from the window.
Rena buys more supplies at the hardware store, getting trash bags, cotton towels and odor-repellent. She picks up a pair of saws and weighs the two before settling on a hacksaw, later depositing her materials at the base. Rena goes home and is stopped by Rina's sudden appearance. Rina greets her and apologizes for the sudden appearance, asking if she's Reina. She says she's a friend of her father's, and Rena says she's Rina Mamiya; Yasunori says she's great. Rina accepts the compliment and says her dad thinks Rena's great too. Rena asks what she wants, and Rina says she wanted to meet her in person. Rena is excited since she wanted to meet her too.
Rena asks Rina to come along with her for treasure hunting. Rina is concerned since it looks cloudy, and Rena assures her it won't rain. Rina agrees to come along since they'll get to know each other better. Rena goes behind her house to retrieve an object wrapped in cloth. Rina asks what it is, and Rena says it's a tool that'll help them.
The two of them go to the junkyard. Rina asks if Rena's friends come here a lot, and Rena says she always comes alone. Rina asks what kind of treasure they're looking for, but Rena doesn't answer. They Rena's secret hideout, which she says is in a place where nobody can see or hear what happens. Rina laughs, feeling honored that Rena would show her such a sacred place. Rina asks again what they're looking for, and Rena asks her to stay outside as she retrieves the tools she needs.
Rena lays out her supplies when Rina crawls in through the window, amazed at how comfy Rena's hideout is. Rena stares at her incredulously, saying she told her to wait outside but Rena says it started raining. Rina picks up a plugged-in lamp and asks if it works; Rena affirms it since they never shut off the electricity from the dam project.
Rina sets the lamp down and turns it on. Rina says she wants to talk to Rena about her and Yasunori, saying that he always comes to her club to drink. Rina says she was also raised by a single parent, and when she heard about Rena, she started to feel guilty about him coming to the club. She asks Rena to convince her dad to stop coming. Rina continues looking towards the front of the van as Rena creeps towards her. Rina feels like she has no right to ask this, but she's going to help too by staying away from Yasunori.
Rena puts her hands on Rina's shoulders, and Rina is confused. Rena says she understands what she's saying and Rina feels relieved, but Rena suddenly grabs her throat and starts choking her. Rena believes Rina's fooled her dad but she won't fall for it. Rena laughs as she rambles that she's doing what's right and is going to work hard, and Rina reaches towards the lamp and throws it towards Rena, making her lose her grip.
Rina gasps for breath and looks at the supplies Rena's prepared in the van. Rena reveals her cloaked object to be her cleaver. Rina runs out of the van and trips, and Rena begins chasing her . Rina continues running and calls out for help; she tries to climb up a junk mountain, but she loses her grip and falls. Rena steps towards the fallen Rina, looming over her with her cleaver. Rina apologizes repeatedly and pleads not to be killed, but Rena swings her cleaver down on her.
Second Half.
Rena drags Rina's bloody corpse back to her base and prepares her tools. She uses her cleaver to chop off one of Rina's limbs. Satoko watches from a distance holding an umbrella, her eyes glowing red as she says that if Rena can convince Rika to stay in Hinamizawa, Satoko can create a perfect, happy world for her. Satoko leaves.
Rena finishes chopping up Rina's corpse and wraps the pieces up in cloth. She puts them all into a bag and tries to drag them, confident since she got rid of the bad people who tried to hurt her family. The bag gets caught on something and Rena falls over. She needs to hide Rina somewhere where nobody can find her.
June 15. Mion is excited to start club now that school's over, but Rena excuses herself from club activities again. She promises to give it her best once everything is back to normal. Keiichi thinks he knows what Rena's up to.
Rena goes to the junkyard and sees that Rina's pieces are right where she left them, inside a container. She suddenly hears Keiichi calling out to her from afar and quickly closes the container, asking why he's here. Keiichi says he's come to rescue Kenta-kun. Rena is enthused that he came all this way to help her. She points him to where Kenta-kun is and then gives him an angry stare when his back is turned.
Keiichi struggles to free Kenta-kun and falls over exhausted. Rena says she can get some barley tea from her house and runs off. Rena instead runs some distance and starts scratching her neck, convinced that Keiichi knows about Rina, She ponders what to do and has an epiphany, running towards her base to retrieve her cleaver.
Keiichi finds a magazine talking about the serial deaths in Hinamizawa and reads them aloud, learning about the dismemberment murder. Rena comes up from behind with her cleaver, and Keiichi notices her shadow and yells. Rena falls over in fright and apologizes for scaring him as Keiichi hides his magazine. Keiichi says she brought a cleaver to help Keiichi get at Kenta-kun, Keiichi says it's getting dark, so they can get Kenta-kun tomorrow. The cliff overlooking them is shown to be empty.
At the store, Keiichi's mother runs into Rena. Aiko compliments Rena and says she might ask her to cook dinner for Keiichi one night if she says at work late. Rena agrees.
Rena walks home by herself when Ooishi suddenly drives up and parks near her. Ooishi confirms she's Reina Ryuugu and reveals his police badge, asking Rena to come inside.
Inside the car, Ooishi shows a picture of Rina and asks Rena who she is. Rena confirms she's Rina Mamiya, and Ooishi says that's her club name; her real name's Ritsuko Mamiya. Rina's been missing since yesterday. Rena says she came to her house yesterday, and Ooishi says that Rina's friends said she was going to Hinamizawa to visit the daughter of one of her customers. Rena says she doesn't know what happened, and that Rina left after they talked. Ooishi asks what they talked about, and Rena says the woman wanted to be her friend since they were both raised by single parents. Ooishi accepts her story and asks Rena to call Okinomiya PD if she learns anything else.
Rena exits the car and Ooishi says it's almost time for the Watanagashi, hoping they'll get a break from Oyashiro-sama's curse this year. Rena watches Ooishi drive off and clutches her bags in anger.
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fandom.07th-expansion | # Oniakashi-hen Part 3
is the third episode of and the third and final episode of Oniakashi.
Synopsis.
Japanese.
自分の犯した罪を圭一に気づかれてしまったと思い込んだレナは、大石刑事がリナの行方を調べていることを知り、自分の内側から湧き上がる疑心暗鬼に絡め取られていく。
English (Translated).
"Convinced that Keiichi has found out about her crime, Rena learns that Detective Ooishi is investigating Rina's whereabouts, and she becomes entangled in the suspicions that well up from within her."
Plot Summary.
Prologue.
June 15. At night, Rena digs a hole and throws Rina's wrapped-up pieces into it. She fills the hole and checks to ensure nobody is around. Rena looks down at her handiwork, her breathing heavy and ragged.
First Half.
June 16. Rena and the club play zombie tag. After the activity, Keiichi rests and washes up. He comments to himself that he didn't know Rena had the guts to get someone killed, and Rena overhears it and gets shocked by that statement. Keiichi looks in the mirror to see Rena ominously standing behind him and quickly turns around. Rena smiles and hands him a towel. Keiichi thanks her and cleans his face as Rena stares at him with a strange expression.
Rena digs another hole that night to bury more of Rina's pieces. She repeats she needs to work harder.
June 17. Mion gets the club hyped up for the Five-Demon Battle Royale that'll be wreaking havoc at the Watanagashi Festival. That night, Rena digs back up Rina's pieces and finds they're still there. Rena laughs, convinced that everything will be fine since the police still haven't found Rina. She then remembers Keiichi calling out to her back at the junkyard and fears that he still knows about the crime. Rena thinks she hasn't worked hard enough and that her family is still being punished by Oyashiro-sama for leaving Hinamizawa. Rena prays to the god for forgiveness.
June 19. Tomitake meets the club at the Watanagashi Festival. Rika does her ritual dance. At the cotton-drifting, Keiichi learns of Oyashiro-sama being the village's god. Rena gives thanks to him and sends cotton down the stream. One of the cotton balls floating in the stream seems to unfurl and sink downwards.
Keiichi walks by himself. Rena watches him from the trees and wonders if he really saw everything or not. She scratches her neck again.
June 20. Chie tells Keiichi that someone wants to speak to him. Rena watches from a window as Keiichi joins Ooishi in his car, remembering that the detective spoke to her a few days ago. Rena wonders why Keiichi is speaking to police and keeps scratching her neck. Satoko notices her and tells Rena to join a club game; they'll be playing a card game where they figure out who the murderer is. Rena smiles and says she'll join in a second. Satoko notices Rena holding her neck and asks what's wrong, and Rena says it's been very itchy lately. A strange look appears on Satoko's face before she offers her condolences and hopes the itching will go away soon.
While walking home, Keiichi and Rena talk. Keiichi asks if Rena and Mion are hiding things from him, and Rena accuses him in turn of hiding things from her. Rena says Keiichi hid something at the junkyard, and that he skipped club to talk to an unknown man. Keiichi insists it was nothing and Rena yells that he's lying.
The scene jumps to Keiichi waking up from a nap. His dad calls out to Keiichi, saying he's got a call from the bookstore. Rena goes to Keiichi's house that night and is welcomed by Ichirou. Rena goes up to Keiichi's room and begins to enter when she hears him talking to Ooishi on the phone about her. Keiichi exclaims with shock over Rena doing something, and Rena quickly leaves the house. A deranged look appears on Rena's face, and it calms when she once again says she needs to work harder. Rena scratches her neck again.
Second Half.
June 23. Rena heads home and greets her father Yasunori. Rena asks if he's okay, noticing the beer bottles and disheveled clothes everywhere and Yasunori says that he hasn't able to contact Rina, and she hasn't come to work either. Rena hopes that she's okay. The phone rings and Rena takes it. Keiichi's mom calls and asks Rena to cook dinner for Keiichi since she and her husband'll be working overtime and won't be home until tomorrow. Rena grins and agrees to the request, a strange look appearing on her face. She prepares bento boxes full of rope, saws and other materials and prepares to leave. Rena tells her father she might be late for dinner since she's going to Keiichi's house, and Yasunori sees her out, oblivious to her plans. Rena says she'll work really hard.
Rena rings the doorbell to Keiichi's house and asks to be let in, saying his mom asked her to make dinner. Keiichi is reluctant to let her in, and Rena bangs on the door some more. Rika appears and peeks out at Rena from behind a wall. A flashback to Rika telling Keiichi to trust Rena is shown. Keiichi lets Rena inside and hugs her. Rika is surprised to see Keiichi do it, getting excited as the two walk inside. Rika is convinced that things will be fine and hopes Keiichi will win. Shots of Keiichi and Rena attacking each other are shown.
June 24. Satoko and Rika excitedly head to class but see that Keiichi and Rena aren't here. Chie enters the room saying she has an important announcement. A look of horror appears on Rika's face, and Satoko glances at her. Chie announces that last night, Rena and Keiichi were found injured and unconscious. She says Keiichi was taken to the hospital and is about to say what happened to Rena when Rika stands up and yells that's a lie. Mion tries to console her, saying that she couldn't believe it either. Rika starts to leave class and Chie tells her to stay, but Rika says she's done and exits the room. Satoko promises to check on her later, looking towards the door with a smirk.
Rika goes to the Maebara residence, where the police have cordoned it off and are investigating. Rika goes to her shack at the Furude Shrine, pulls out a kitchen knife, and after staring at it a bit, plunges it into her throat. Rika stabs herself repeatedly, spraying blood everywhere before falling over dead.
Satoko heads home to find Rika's bloodied corpse and checks to ensure she's dead. Satoko reminds herself that she can't chase after Rika if Satoko dies first and picks up the bloodied knife. Satoko is sure Rika thinks this is just bad luck and can avert tragedy in the next Fragment, but Satoko professes that until Rika give upo, she will never escape Oyashiro-sama's curse. Satoko's eyes glow red as she slits her throat and falls over.
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fandom.07th-expansion | # Onidamashi
is the first arc in and the namesake manga.
The name of the arc isn't revealed until the end of the second episode where the preview for the third one is played.
Manga.
The manga version of Onidamashi contains three chapters and is included in the first volume.
| Onidamashi |
fandom.07th-expansion | # Onidamashi-hen
| Onidamashi-hen |
fandom.07th-expansion | # Onidamashi-hen Manga Chapter 1
is the first chapter of "Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Gou".
Summary.
A boy beats a girl to death with a baseball bat and cries, lamenting that he loved patting her head and her smile, still trusting her. Another girl’s corpse is shown among them.
In June 1983, Keiichi Maebara wakes up, ready for his daily walk with Rena Ryuugu. It’s been 3 weeks since he moved to Hinamizawa. Rena greets Keiichi and walks with him for a bit, where they meet their other friend Mion Sonozaki.
At school they encounter a trap set in the classroom entrance. Keiichi sees that Satoko Houjou has almost gotten him with this one. Keiichi disarms the trap and triumphantly walks inside before tripping and almost planting face-first into an inkwell. Satoko gloats as Rika Furude pats Keiichi’s head. The group has a picnic later. Keiichi eats with his friends and wishes his everyday life could stay like this.
At the junkyard, Keiichi and Rena go for some treasure hunting. Rena searches for something in the junk and Keiichi relaxes only to be startled by a photographer appearing behind him. The man apologizes for scaring him and introduces himself as Tomitake. Tomitake asks what Rena’s doing down there, and Keiichi jokes that she’s looking for a dismembered corpse. Tomitake’s expression turns grim as he explains that it was a terrible incident, and they still haven’t found one of the arms. Keiichi wonders what he means as Tomitake leaves and Rena returns.
Rena exclaims that she found a Kenta-kun doll and wants to dig it up. Tomitake’s ominous message echoes in Keiichi’s mind, and he asks Rena if there were any incidents in the village. He’s heard about the dam project and wonders if any accidents happened, and Rena suddenly denies it. She smiles as she explains that she was living somewhere else last year and doesn’t know much.
The next day, Mion inducts Keiichi as a new member of the games club. They decide to play a scavenger hunt game, the goal to find a marker hidden somewhere in the school. Satoko ultimately claims victory, having fought against Rika in the final stretch and defeating her by dropping wash basins on her. As Satoko gloats, Rika presents her with a gift box. Satoko happily takes the box and accidentally presses a button on the side, getting belted with a boxing glove springing from it and earning a K.O. stamped to her face. As the club laughs, Rena seems to be staring into space, distracted. Rena notices Mion's looking at her and says she’s feeling tired and will go to the infirmary before heading home. Satoko escorts Rena there.
Keiichi and Mion walk home. Keiichi asks if anything happened at the construction site long ago, and Mion explains that the dam war happened. The villagers of Hinamizawa fought hard to get the project cancelled. Keiichi asks if anything violent happened, and Mion quickly replies that nothing like that occurred. Keiichi sees a strange look in Mion’s eyes, reminded of what Rena said earlier.
Keiichi goes to the junkyard and finds some magazines talking about a murder incident in the village years ago where people ganged up on a dam worker and beat him to death before hacking him to pieces. As Keiichi reads on in horror, Rena appears behind him holding a hatchet.
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fandom.07th-expansion | # Onidamashi-hen Manga Chapter 2
is the second chapter of "Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Gou".
Summary.
Keiichi Maebara reads about the dismemberment incident and turns to see Rena Ryuugu behind him, and they both scream and startle each other. Rena apologizes for scaring Keiichi and says she brought a hatchet to help get Kenta-kun out. Keiichi hides his magazines and says he came to the junkyard early to help. Keiichi takes the hatchet and hacks away at the boards keeping Kenta-kun in place, and suddenly recalls memories of killing Rena and Mion Sonozaki with a bat. Keiichi pauses, and Rena asks what’s wrong. Keiichi says it’s nothing.
Kenta-kun is freed and Rena hugs it. Keiichi says to be careful or it’ll end up in pieces, and Rena glares at him with a strange look, disturbing him. Rena goes back to normal and pulls out a sheet and rope to wrap up Kenta-kun with. As they tie it up, Keiichi comments on Rena’s skill. They carry the doll home.
At the Watanagashi Festival, Rika Furude greets the club wearing a shrine maiden outfit. The club has fun with stall games and meets Tomitake soon after that. Tomitake says he was planning to take pictures of Rika's ritual dance but something came up. Mion jokingly asks if he's meeting some mysterious woman, and Tomitake laughs. The club prepares to go watch the dance. Keiichi asks where Rena is, only to see her getting swept up by the crowd. He goes to retrieve her and takes her hand. After the club watches Rika performs her ritual dance, they go to do the cotton drifting. Rena tells Keiichi about Oyashiro-sama, Hinamizawa’s guardian deity.
The next day, Keiichi meets Detective Ooishi from the Okinomiya Police Department, who came to school to ask him some things. In private, Ooishi shows Keiichi a picture of Tomitake and another woman and asks when he saw them last. Keiichi says he last saw Tomitake at the festival, and Ooishi explains that the two were reported missing. Ooishi asks if Keiichi believes in curses and talks about the mysterious deaths and disappearances that have occurred every year. Ooishi gives Keiichi his phone number to call in case he learns anything relevant and warns that he shouldn’t let Mion or his friends know anything about this. Keiichi remembers the denials Rena and Mion gave him earlier and worries if they're involved in the incidents. Ooishi says he never meant to go that far, but he doesn't know how involved certain people are and would prefer if nobody from Hinamizawa knew about it. Ooishi leaves, and Keiichi wonders what could be happening in this village.
Keiichi and Rena walk home after school. Keiichi voices his concern that Rena and everyone else is hiding things from him, and Rena responds by asking the same to him. She asks if Keiichi’s hiding anything from her, a strange expression showing on her face as Keiichi grows concerned. Keiichi says he wouldn't do that but Rena knows he hid something at the junkyard and was talking to a strange man earlier. Keiichi says it’s none of her business, and Rena suddenly yells that he's lying and grabs his head, professing that she’s always done the right thing and wonders how much someone has to struggle until they're happy. Rena says misfortune is a cycle and that relying on others doesn’t always work. She has to try hard by herself otherwise she won’t overcome things. Keiichi wonders what she means here, and Rena goes back to normal when she says she also has things to hide and walks ahead of him. Keiichi is shaken at Rena's sudden change, thinking she must be a different person.
| Onidamashi-hen Manga Chapter 2 |
fandom.07th-expansion | # Onidamashi-hen Manga Chapter 3
is the third chapter of "Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Gou" and the final chapter in "Onidamashi-hen".
Summary.
The next morning, Keiichi Maebara is still feeling disturbed by Rena Ryuugu’s sudden change. His mom tells him to stop by the clinic later. The previous night, Keiichi got a call from Ooishi and learned of Rena’s past in Ibaraki. He later learned from his dad that Rena visited his house and apparently listened to Keiichi on the phone from outside his room.
Keiichi heads to school late and is made fun of by the club. Keiichi later excuses himself to the infirmary since he still doesn’t feel good. Rika Furude follows him and asks if there’s anything on his mind making him feel uneasy, and Keiichi explains how creeped out he is by Rena. Rika yells that that’s a lie and pats his head, saying that whatever strange thing Rena said was one-time-only. Rika tells Keiichi to doubt himself and not Rena. Keiichi takes Rika’s words to heart.
Keiichi goes home and sees his parents are out for work. Rena appears at his doorstep with wrapped bentos, having known he didn't have dinner. Keiichi gets suspicious at how Rena knows that, and Rena starts asking to be let in since Keiichi's mom told her to come. Keiichi decides to heed Rika and trust Rena when she starts begging to be let inside. Keiichi recalls memories of slamming Rena's fingers with the door as she apologizes repeatedly, then of eating ohagi and doubting Rena, and finally killing Rena and Mion Sonozaki despite Rena reaching her hands out to him.
Keiichi decides to believe in his friends and invites Rena inside. Rena goes to the kitchen to prepare as Keiichi watches TV in the living room. He says he wants to apologize for angering Rena a few days ago and enters the kitchen, where Rena has laid out a hacksaw, string and other items. Rena scratches her neck while gripping a knife and says she has to protect her dad as she stares at Keiichi. Rena voices intent to kill Keiichi and disappear, becoming the victims of Oyashiro-sama’s curse so her dad will get a peaceful life.
Rena lunges at Keiichi with the knife and he pushes her down. They wrestle, with Rena managing to stab Keiichi. Keiichi in turn grabs a nearby clock and slams Rena with it. The two violently assault each other, ending with Keiichi shedding tears as a bloodied Rena lies on top of him.
Keiichi wakes up in the hospital. Mion visits him and says they couldn’t save Rena, but it’s fortunate they could save him. Mion cries and says that the day after the incident, Rika and Satoko Houjou were found dead at their home, having been stabbed in the necks. Mion leaves as the nurse arrives, who prepares a syringe and asks if Keiichi feels any itchiness in his neck. Keiichi scratches his neck and draws blood.
Rika reawakens in the Sea of Fragments, realizing that she’s died again and wonders what happened. She asks Hanyuu if she really has to repeat June 1983 all over again. Hanyuu apologizes and says she can’t explain anything in her current state. After escaping the previous time loop, Hanyuu distanced herself from the mortal world and entered a deep sleep so Rika could live a normal life; Hanyuu has no idea why the time loops are repeating again.
Rika questions what this previous world is supposed to be then, because nothing like it has ever happened before. In this kind of world, Keiichi is supposed to succumb to paranoia and kill Mion and Rena, which is why she tried to address Keiichi’s concerns. Instead, tragedy happened anyway, and even Rika got killed. Rika doesn’t want to go through another hundred years and Hanyuu hugs her. Rika decides that she’s no longer ignorant of the truth and isn’t going to rely on lucky dice rolls like she used to. Rika believes she can overcome this fate so long as everybody is by her side.
| Onidamashi-hen Manga Chapter 3 |
fandom.07th-expansion | # Onidamashi-hen Part 1
is the first episode of and the beginning of Onidamashi.
Synopsis.
Japanese.
昭和五十八年の六月。雛見沢に引っ越してきた圭一は、村に住むレナたちとの新しい生活を楽しんでいた。
そんな六月のある日、圭一はダム工事現場の跡地で、偶然出会った写真家の富竹から不穏な話を聞かされる。
English (Translated).
"It's June of 1983. Keiichi has moved to Hinamizawa and is enjoying his new life with Rena and her friends in the village."
"Then one day in June, Keiichi hears a disturbing story from Tomitake, a photographer he met by chance at the former dam construction site."
Funimation.
"Mysterious goings-on have disrupted life in a small town."
Plot Summary.
Prologue.
A boy raises a bloodied baseball bat and repeatedly swings it down onto a girl's corpse, splattering blood everywhere. Another girl is seen lying on the floor as the boy pauses to scratch his neck. He swings down his bat once more.
First Half.
On a bright morning, a boy sleeps soundly and wakes up, yawning and stretching. He opens the window and gazes at the scenery before taking a deep breath. An orange haired girl is seen cooking food and preparing a bento box. Another, green-haired girl puts her hair into a ponytail. At another house, a calendar shows the date to be June 10, 1983. A blue-haired girl gazes at the calendar as a blonde-haired girl wearing a backpack walks out and calls to her, asking what's wrong. The blue-haired girl turns around and happily replies that nothing is wrong.
The boy eats breakfast as his mom comments that he hasn't skipped breakfast ever since they moved to Hinamizawa. She reminds him that it's about time for him to meet Rena, and he looks at the clock before getting up and leaving. Rena Ryuugu stands at the corner and calls out to Keiichi Maebara upon seeing him approach, and he replies that she can afford to sleep in every so often. Rena says he would be the one waiting for her if that were the case, and Keiichi says he'd ditch her for being late regardless; Rena deflates at seeing how mean Keiichi is. Keiichi then says he was just joking and would wait for Rena no matter low long it took, prompting a happy "hauu" from the latter. The two soon meet Mion Sonozaki, who teases them for taking so long. They exchange greetings, and Mion jokes about how it's been years since they last met. Keiichi says he was only away for two days, having gone back home for a funeral. Mion asks if he was able to find a Western game catalog, and Keiichi replies that he was busy the whole time and couldn't find it.
At school, Mion prepares to open the classroom door, the handle containing thumbtacks, but stops and motions for Keiichi to open it. He sees that Mion is testing him as Rena looks on confused. Keiichi tells her to stand back and points at the top of the door, where a blackboard eraser is sandwiched between the door and the wall. Keiichi mocks Satoko for making such an obvious trap, and Mion figures the game is still on. Keiichi thinks there's more to it, as the eraser looks normal; Mion calls back to Keiichi's first day, where he fell for Satoko's trap and got hit with an eraser full of rocks. Rena suggests to open the door and let the eraser fall, but Keiichi thinks Satoko is anticipating that. He declares the eraser is just a distraction and motions towards the thumbtacks in the door handle, ripping them off with a dramatic flair.
Keiichi opens the door, and the eraser simply falls to the floor. Confident that he disarmed the combination trap, Keiichi walks into the classroom but trips on a rope and falls over, narrowly missing plunging his head into an ink well. Satoko Houjou walks over and mocks Keiichi for causing such a ruckus early in the morning. Keiichi commends Satoko for stepping up her game and tries to get up, but he cradles his knee while wincing. Rika Furude walks up to him and pats his head, aiming to ease his pain. Rika greets everyone and Keiichi praises Rika for being so nice unlike a certain someone, glaring at Satoko. Satoko asks Keiichi what proof he has and Keiichi grabs her tie, threatening to give her a forehead flick. Satoko calls him a brute and demands he let go of her, and Keiichi says to be quiet or else people will get the wrong idea. She begins crying and Rika consoles Satoko, assuring her that she'll get Keiichi with another, better trap while giving another "nipah". Rena gushes over how cute Satoko's crying is, wanting to take her home as Mion suggests she not.
The date is June 12. Keiichi joins up with Mion, the latter apologizing for calling him out on a Sunday, but the former should be thanking her since they're going on a tour of Hinamizawa. Keiichi asks where Rena is, and Mion replies that she's making lunch and is going all out. Rena soon arrives carrying a wrapped set of bentos, and Mion says Keiichi should take responsibility for making her work so hard. The three of them stroll through Hinamizawa and talk, soon heading up to the Furude Shrine. Mion says a festival will be held there next Sunday, and Keiichi wonders that it's too early for summer festivals. Mion says the Watanagashi Festival is meant to celebrate the end of winter.
Rena unwraps her bentos to reveal a delicious assortment of food, and Mion tells Keiichi to eat it all or else he'll get it for making Rena cry. Satoko and Rika soon arrive to join them. Keiichi says they're having a picnic, and Satoko asks why they decided to sit down in the middle of their property. Keiichi says shrines are public and they can't stop them, and Rika affirms it. Keiichi moves over and motions for Rika to sit down, much to Satoko's complaints. Keiichi says there's nowhere for Satoko to sit since he's going to eat everything himself, popping food into his mouth as Satoko sheds tears. Rika hands her some chopsticks and Satoko takes a seat next to Keiichi, the two of them stuffing her faces rapidly. Mion compliments Keiichi for his skill at getting people involved, and Rika says they need to eat fast before it all disappears. Keiichi eyes a piece of hamburg steak and moves to grab it, but Satoko elbows him and takes it instead. As Satoko gloats, Keiichi uses his chopsticks to spear a group of meatballs. The group continues eating and having fun.
At the end of the day, Mion sees off Keiichi and Rena. As the two walk home, Rena asks Keiichi if she can show him somewhere first. Keiichi agrees, and they soon end up at a junkyard. Rena excitedly scales down the cliff and into the junk, and Keiichi wonders why she'd want to play in trash. Rena says this place is actually filled with treasure, and she expects to find something "kyute". Keiichi jumps in after her but Rena tells him to wait, and he soon gets back up and lies down. He gazes up at the sky and closes his eyes to rest but is startled to hear a man with a camera suddenly approaching. The man apologizes and asks Keiichi if he lives in Hinamizawa.
The man introduces himself as Tomitake, a freelance cameraman who comes to the village every so often to take photos. Keiichi says he should ask permission before taking pictures of people, and Tomitake replies that he takes pictures of wild birds, chuckling that he doesn't need to ask permission from them. Rena calls out to Keiichi that she's done, and Tomitake asks what Keiichi's friend is doing in place like this. Keiichi jokes that Rena is trying to find a dismembered corpse,but Tomitake doesn't seem to find it funny. Instead, the latter ominously mentions that it was a horrible incident and they still haven't found one of the arms.
Second Half.
Sweat rolls down Keiichi's face as he asks Tomitake to repeat himself, and Rena interrupts to thank Keiichi for waiting so long. She and Tomitake exchange greetings, and the cameraman takes his leave, apologizing for scaring Keiichi there. Keiichi watches Tomitake leave and Rena calls him back to focus, saying she found a Kenta-kun statue. Keiichi thinks she's talking about one of those statues at fried chicken places. Rena expresses that she wants to take it home but it's buried under a large pile of junk and it's getting dark. Keiichi offers to help her dig it out as payback for the lunch.
Rena is happy, and Keiichi thinks back to what Tomitake said. He asks Rena if something big happened at the village before, and Rena mentions that they were going to build a dam. Keiichi then asks if anything happened at the build site, like an accident or incident, and Rena suddenly says she doesn't know anything. Keiichi is surprised, and Rena explains that she moved to Hinamizawa a year ago; she's a transfer student just like Keiichi.
The date is June 13. School lets out for the day and Mion gives an announcement to Keiichi and the girls. Despite Keiichi coming in last place, he's showed promise during his evaluation game, and so Mion officially welcomes him into the club. Mion asks Keiichi if he's ready, and Keiichi is prepared to take revenge for the embarrassment he felt after the card game. He blames Mion for using that hidden torture device to ruin his face, and Mion pulls out said device: a black permanent marker. Keiichi's mom saw him wiping off the maker in the bathroom last time, and Satoko tells him not to be so dramatic as Rika gives him a head pat. Keiichi asks what game they're playing today, and Mion says they'll be doing a scavenger hunt, holding out the marker.
Keiichi runs through the school and searches everywhere, checking under a sink. Mion hid the marker somewhere at school, and whoever finds it first will win. A special rule will be implemented: if Keiichi finds it, then he'll get to draw on Mion's face. Keiichi opens several lockers, including one containing a box and another containing baseball gear. He tells himself to calm down and figures Mion would want anyone except him to find the marker, so it must be hidden somewhere Keiichi doesn't know about since he's new. He walks into a storage closet and finds Rena searching as well. Rena reminds him of club rule #2: "Always strive for victory with everything you have!" As they stand off, Rika and Satoko suddenly appear and run towards the marker, which is lying in the middle of the floor. Rika reaches out for it but Satoko activates a trap, causing metal pans to fall on Rika. Satoko picks up the marker, victorious.
Satoko gloats over catching Rika in her trap, and Mion tells her to give it a rest. Rika says she's not mad at all and pulls out the box from the locker Keiichi opened earlier. She presents it as a gift to Satoko, who happily takes it and presses a button on the side. A spring-loaded boxing glove erupts from the box and blasts Satoko to the floor. Wondering what just happened, Keiichi tells her to look at her face. Satoko gets up and walks to the window, seeing in her reflection that K.O. has been stamped to her face. Rika says she brought the box to fight against Satoko's traps, and Mion notices that Rena's staring off into space. Mion asks er what's wrong, and Rena says she's just tired. She plans to go to the nurse's office and rest before heading home, but she gets worried about Kenta-kun. Keiichi assures her that he'll help once she feels better. Rena smiles at him and leaves. Satoko goes to wash her face, and Mion figures that's it for the day.
Mion hears about the Kenta-kun statue from Keiichi and figures that Rena would be interested in it. Keiichi asks her about the dam construction site and if anything happened there long ago. Mion says it was practically a war: there were sit-ins, protests, a lot of demand for the government to stop. Even though Hinamizawa would be flooded and destroy the homes of many people, the government still wanted to build the dam. The villagers eventually resorted to dirty tactics when they realized they couldn't just bribe the government, with Keiichi surprised that the villagers one in the end. Mion says the mayor and other higher-ups filled out petitions and presented them to Tokyo politicians, with the dam project soon cancelled. Keiichi then asks if anything violent like a murder or assault happened, and Mion stops and suddenly says there was nothing like that. Mion bids farewell and heads home, with Keiichi staring after her.
It rains on June 14, and on June 15 Keiichi goes to the junkyard to meet Rena, calling out to her. Rena stops what she's doing and asks what he's doing there, with Keiichi saluting and replying that he came as soon as possible for a rescue operation. They laugh, and Rena is elated that Keiichi came all that way to help her. Keiichi steps into the junk and Rena shows him where the Kenta-kun statue is buried. Keiichi's surprised that she was going to do it all by herself and lifts some stuff out of the way, getting tired after a while and wishing that they had an axe or saw or some other tool. Rena says it's fine, but Keiichi continues pulling junk out and soon lies down exhausted. Rena says her house is nearby and can get him some tea, telling him to stay there as she runs off.
Night falls and Keiichi sits up. He sees a stack of magazines and thinks back to Tomitake's ominous message that one of the arms is still missing. Keiichi unwraps the stack and thumbs through the magazines, reading a report: at the construction site for the Hinamizawa Dam, a construction worker was lynched, murdered and dismembered. Keiichi reads through the magazine, his suspicions confirmed. Rena comes back wielding a hatchet, gazing over at Keiichi and the junkyard.
After-Credits.
Rika stands above the junkyard watching Rena and Keiichi, a red glow appearing in her eyes.
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fandom.07th-expansion | # Onidamashi-hen Part 2
is the second episode of and the second episode of Onidamashi.
Synopsis.
Japanese.
かつて雛見沢村で起こったダム工事にまつわるバラバラ殺人事件のことを知った圭一は、その日以来、まるで自分を見張るようなレナの視線に気づき、得体の知れない恐怖に苛まれるようになる。
English (Translated).
"When Keiichi learns about the dismemberment and murder that once took place in Hinamizawa village during the construction of a dam, he becomes aware of Rena's gaze upon him and is tormented by an unfathomable fear ever since."
Plot Summary.
Prologue.
A teenage Rika Furude wakes up in a strange world and wonders where she is. Upon regaining her senses, she sees that she's within the Sea of Fragments. Hanyuu appears before her and says this is one of the Fragments linked to various worlds. Rika was wondering why she didn't see Hanyuu when she woke up, and the latter replies that she's just a lingering trace. Rika is glad to talk to her, however, and then asks if she died or was killed.
Hanyuu is unable to answer, and she then says this Fragment leads to June 1983. Rika becomes shocked, having spent 100 years repeating June and is now having to go through it again. Hanyuu apologizes and lowers her head. Rika stands up, confident that she is no longer the luck-dependent girl she once was and now knows everything: the rules of Hinamizawa and the culprit behind Rika Furude's murder. Rika swears to Hanyuu that she will reclaim their future.
Rika returns to her child form, watching over Rena and Keiichi in the junkyard.
First Half.
Unknowingly watched by Rena, Keiichi reads from the magazine that the dam construction foreman was killed when assailants attacked him with hatchets and then dismembered his corpse. Rena raises her hatchet and Keiichi notices her shadow, turning around and yelling out in fear. Rena is startled and falls over, dropping her hatchet. Keiichi quickly hides the magazine and Rena apologizes for scaring him. She brought a hatchet since Keiichi wished he had one, and Keiichi apologizes for overreacting. He picks up the hatchet and eyes it as Rena apologizes again. It's getting dark so they should go home, but Keiichi assures Rena that they can come back tomorrow. Rena is elated that Keiichi is still going to help her; Rika is nowhere to be seen on the cliff overhead.
On June 16, Keiichi wakes up at home and looks again at the magazine describing the death of the construction worker. At school, the students get dressed for P. E. The younger kids run around the classroom as Keiichi questions the way P. E is done there. Because kids of all ages attend the school, P. E. class is based around just getting up and getting exercise. Satoko and Rika soon arrive, and Mion tells the club that they'll playing a game based around strength and endurance: tag. Everyone except Keiichi gets excited, and Mion repeats club rule #3: "you must partake in every game and enjoy it without question!" Keiichi is surprised that this is actually a club game and gets hyped. Mion devilishly laughs and says this is actually Zombie Tag, where getting tagged means you're it as well. Rena cowers at how scary the name is and Keiichi teases her. Mion says the winner will be whoever lasts until the bell rings and then holds out several straws to decide who will go first. Satoko gloats over her brilliant plan and takes a straw.
Out in the field, Satoko lurches forward like a zombie as Keiichi watches her from inside a bush, mocking Satoko for working too much on her plan and not her luck. He then perks up as Satoko asks Tomita and Okumura if they've seen Keiichi anywhere. Tomita's face turns red as he and Okumura point towards Keiichi's bush; Keiichi stands up and complains that he didn't know zombies could ask humans for help. He runs off and plans to get back at Satoko if she's going to use information against him. Keiichi talks to some other girls and asks them to tell Satoko that her parents are waiting for her at the school gate. He also wants them to tell Mion that the teacher wants to see her at the gate. The girls take his messages and run off. Keiichi cackles, thinking he's bought himself some extra time.
The girls meet up again and ask where Keiichi went, as they heard his dad's at the gate. Another girl says that Keiichi's mom is in the hospital, and another says that the police want him; Mion wants him to come to the gate since his house is on fire. Keiichi watches them all from atop the storage roof, knowing that Mion has turned the kids against him. He then sees Rena running up to Rika out of breath. Rena is relieved that Rika is safe, having been chased by Satoko and Mion earlier. She sits down to catch her breath, and Rika starts walking towards her. Rena scurries backwards as Rika makes zombie motions, prompting Rena to call out for help from Keiichi. He looks on in horror and Satoko and Mion appear on the roof, having cornered him. Rika also appears and tells Keiichi to join them, and Keiichi struggles for a way out. Mion crawls forward as Keiichi cries for help.
In the end, Rena was the only survivor. Satoko blames him for being slow and Keiichi defends himself, calling back to earlier with zombie Keiichi cornering Rena in the warehouse and Rena asking if him if he really would do something cruel to her; Keiichi couldn't bear to tag her with an act like that. Rika and Satoko then start tickling Keiichi as punishment. Mion declares that she and Rena are the winners, with Mion admitting that she was only pretending to be a zombie. Keiichi complains as he continues being tickled.
Keiichi washes up and sees Rena ominously standing behind him in the mirror. He turns around and Rena smiles, handing him a handkerchief. As Keiichi wipes his face, Rena asks if he's free to unearth the Kenta-kun statue, to which he agrees. The two of them walk towards the junkyard together, with Rena happily singing while carrying her hatchet. Keiichi asks if it's okay for her to be carrying that out in the open, and she assures him that's fine. Keiichi offers to hold it for her and Rena quickly and suddenly repeats that it's fine. Keiichi accepts her answer, disturbed.
They return to Kenta-kun's pile, and Keiichi starts hacking away at trash using Rena's hatchet. After breaking a beam, Keiichi takes a breath and becomes even more fired up to free Kenta-kun. As Rena watches, Keiichi's swings intensify, and the scene of him with a bat beating Rena and Mion's corpses reappears. Sweat rolls down Keiichi's face and he pauses. Rena asks what's wrong, and Keiichi says it's nothing, resuming his swings. Rena continues staring at him as cicadas cry in the distance.
Keiichi delivers one last blow the beam holding Kenta-kun in place, and he and Rena pull it out together. Rena throws herself over the newly-freed colonel as Keiichi comments on the state of the statue. He says they should be careful or else his limbs will fall off, and he then thinks back to Tomitake saying "one of the arms is still missing." Keiichi shakes the thought out of his head and asks how they'll get Kenta-kun home; Rena stops her excitement and stares at Keiichi.
Second Half.
Still being stared at, Keiichi calls Rena's name, and she hauu's and points towards something cool. Keichi is confused, and Rena says they're going to carry Kenta-kun home and leaves to get something. Returning with a blanket and rope, Rena and Keiichi wrap the up the colonel and tie it closed, putting it onto a cart.
Friday, June 17 has the club meeting up again. Keiichi visited Rena's house while bringing Kenta-kun home and saw all sorts of junk: lots of cute mascots from various stores were there, but Keiichi demands to know how a red mailbox is at all kyute. An embarrassed Rena says it was because it was big and red. Rika returns from the teacher's office to the classroom, and Keiichi jokes about what Rika did to get in trouble. As Satoko hugs herand says she's not a delinquent like Keiichi, Rena says that Rika's helping out with the Watanagashi Festival. Keiichi remembers hearing the name Watanagashi before, and Rika says it's a festival where they show thanks for old futons by floating their cotton down the river. Keiichi says it sounds boring and Mion stands up in defiance, as they have big plans: the club always performs the Watanagashi Four-Demon Battle Royale, and with Keiichi there it'll become Five-Demon. This will be Keiichi's chance to show everything he's learned as they play games at the festival stalls. Keiichi gets excited for it.
Keiichi walks home with Mion and Rena, and they run into Tomitake taking pictures. Mion and Tomitake make small talk, and Keiichi sees that the two know each other already. Rena says Tomitake comes by the village often to take pictures of birds, and everyone in Hinamizawa knows him. Mion asks if Tomitake's staying for Watanagashi, and the latter affirms that he'll covering the festival before returning to Tokyo. They bid Tomitake farewell, who rides off on his bike while saying he'll see them at the festival. Keiichi asks if Tomitake "really" comes to Hinamizawa for bird pictures, having the feeling he has an ulterior motive. Mion compliments Keiichi for figuring it out, saying that Tomitake actually comes to see the young unmarried women. Keiichi gets confused and Mion continues that Tomitake is shy and awkward, with Rena adding that villagers will occasionally ask him to take photos for them. Keiichi apologizes for thinking Tomitake was suspicious, mentioning his feeling that he may be a spy or detective. Mion laughs, saying that the camerman would be the worst spy ever if that was the case. Keiichi laughs as well, but Rena continues staring at them emotionlessly.
On Sunday, June 19, the Furude Shrine grounds are bustling with activity. Keiichi is surprised to see that so many people live in the village, and Mion replies that the Watanagashi is very special. Rena, Keiichi and Mion meet up with Satoko, who derides Keiichi for making a lady wait. Rena becomes excited after seeing Rika walk up wearing a shrine maiden outfit. Rika plays an important role in the festival, but because it's at the end she can still have fun. Mion announces the start of the Watanagashi Five-Demon Battle Royale.
The club eats takoyaki with Keiichi burning his mouth, shaved ice with Satoko getting brainfreeze, and Satoko, Keiichi and Mion eating cotton candy synchronized. Afterwards, the club sees Tomitake taking pictures of them, with Satoko chastising him for taking pictures of ladies unauthorized. Keiichi jokes that he doesn't need Satoko's permission and earns a foot-stomp from her. Mion asks Tomitake if he'll take pictures of Rika's performance, and the cameraman replies that something else has come up. Mion jokes that he's hooking up with his girlfriend, and Tomitake laughs. Keiichi says he should join them for games next time he comes to Hinamizawa, and Tomitake takes his leave. Rika walks up and calls out to Tomitake, giving him a headpat when he crouches down. Tomitake thanks her and continues walking.
Rika then leaves for her own duty, and the rest of the club prepares to take their place in the audience. Rena gets swept up in a crowd and calls for help, the rest of the club watching in confusion. Mion leaves Keiichi to help Rena and grabs Satoko, running off with her. Keiichi reaches and grabs Rena's hand, pulling her along while blushing.
They arrive just in time for the ritual performance, and Mion teases Keiichi about his nice moment with Rena. Rika performs her Watanagashi ritual, dancing while holding a strange implement. Mion tells Keiichi that it's a ceremonial farm hoe.As the ritual goes on, Tomitake meets up with a woman near the river and apologizes for the wait. The woman greets Tomitake as Jirou and Rika swings her hoe down.
| Onidamashi-hen Part 2 |
fandom.07th-expansion | # Onidamashi-hen Part 3
is the third episode of and the third episode of Onidamashi.
Synopsis.
Japanese.
綿流しの演舞が終わり、圭一はレナに連れられて沢に降りる。
村の守り神・オヤシロさまへの感謝を口にするレナに倣って、圭一も綿を流す。
その翌日、圭一の元に大石と名乗る刑事がやってくるのだが…。
English (Translated).
"After the Watanagashi performance, Keiichi is led down to the stream by Rena."
"As Rena expresses her gratitude to Oyashiro-sama, the village's guardian deity, Keiichi follows her example and sets adrift cotton."
"The next day, a detective who calls himself Ooishi arrives at Keiichi's side..."
Plot Summary.
Prologue.
The Watanagashi Festival continues with Rika tearing out cotton from the futons. As the club watches her in awe, Keiichi looks on with a blank expression on his face.
First Half.
Rika finishes her performance to applause from the audience. Mion grabs Satoko and runs off with her despite the latter's complaints. Rena tells Keiichi that they should also go for the cotton drifting.
The villagers line up near the river and all receive cotton balls. Rena tells Keiichi to copy her as she presses her cotton ball to her forehead, then to her chest and stomach. Rena then says to give thanks to Oyashiro-sama, the guardian deity of Hinamizawa, and thanks him twice. Keiichi looks down at his own cotton ball. The two finally set their cotton balls adrift in the river along with the dozens of others. Now that the Watanagashi is over, Keiichi says they should meet up with the others. Rena runs off to go find them as Keiichi calls out to her. Rena continues running and Keiichi sighs.
Keiichi goes on a walk by himself and sees Tomitake, calling out to him before noticing him talking with a woman. Keiichi turns around and leaves, not wanting to interrupt them. As he walks back, Rena stands behind a tree, watching.
On Monday, June 20, Keiichi exits the school restroom and is called out to by the teacher Chie, who tells him that a visitor wants to speak to him. Keiichi heads outside and meets a smoking, rotund middle-aged man, who puts out his cigarette and greets Keiichi. The man says it's hot outside and suggests they talk inside his air-conditioned car. Keiichi is reluctant but the man holds up a police badge saying "Gifu Prefectural Police" and promises that he's harmless.
Seated inside the car, the man pulls out a picture of Tomitake and asks Keiichi what he knows about him, explaining that Tomitake was seen at the festival talking to Keiichi and his friends; Keiichi says his name, but he stays silent otherwise. The man then shows Keiichi a picture of a nurse and asks if he knows her. Keiichi says he doesn't know her name, but he saw her with Tomitake, near the end of the festival. The man asks if he noticed anything strange about them, but Keiichi instead asks if something happened to them. The man pauses for a bit and wants to ask another question before he tells him: does Keiichi believe in curses?
Keiichi shows skepticism that he would ever believe in curses, and the man is pleased with his answer. Keiichi asks why that's so important, and the man replies that many people around there believe in curses, especially Oyashiro-sama's curse. At the mention of the guardian deity, Keiichi thinks back to the previous night with Rena saying to give thanks to him.
The man says it all started four years ago when the Hinamizawa dam construction manager was killed and dismembered by six construction workers, with Keiichi thinking back to the magazine he found when he hears this. Five of the perpetrators were caught, but the ringleader and the victim's right arm are still missing. Keiichi can hardly believe this was Oyashiro-sama's curse, and the man tells him that was just the beginning. The year afterwards, a Hinamizawa resident who supported the dam drowned after falling into a river on vacation; his wife was also missing, and while people thought she drowned too, they could never find her body. In the third year, the Shinto priest of the Furude Shrine died from a sudden illness, and his wife drowned herself in the swamp; Keiichi figures the wife killed herself. The fourth year, 1982, was when a woman was found beaten to death.
Keiichi says it must be a coincidence just because someone died every four years, and the man tells him they all happened on the day of the Watanagashi; every year, on the same day. As Keiichi stares in disbelief, the man says that that is the reason the villagers believe so deeply in Oyashiro-sama's curse. Keiichi asks if the curse happened again this year, and the man replies that Tomitake and the nurse have been missing since last night, with the police doing everything they can to find them. Keiichi thinks the two of them are just alone somewhere, but the man tells him that the woman, Takano; her car is still parked in the festival lot. Tomitake's bike was also found, leading the police to think they were involved in some incident. The man rolls down the car window and gazes out at the Hinamizawa scenery, saying that the villagers don't like to talk about Oyashiro-sama. At this rate, everyone will think they really were curse victims. The man voices his disbelief in curses and apologizes for his outburst. He says he needs Keiichi's help since he doesn't believe in curses as well.
Keiichi agrees to help but isn't sure how, and the man says to just contact him if he sees or hears anything suspicious. The man hands Keiichi his phone number and makes him promise to not tell anyone they ever met, not even Mion Sonozaki or his friends. Keiichi asks what they have to do this, and the man says it's a precaution since they don't know who's involved. In other words, they want to keep their investigation secret so as to not hurt people who might think it's a curse. Keiichi agrees, and the man finally gives his name as Ooishi, from the Okinomiya Police. Ooishi says he'll talk to Keiichi again soon and drives off. Keiichi watches him go, puts the phone number in his pocket and walks off.
Meanwhile, the club is in the middle of playing Cluedo, with Rena declaring the culprit was killed in the lounge with rope and turning over the appropriate cards, confirming her declaration. Satoko and Rika praise her for her deduction, and Rena then declares Mion to be the whodunit, flipping over a card only to find her own name instead. Mion laughs, and Rena holds her head in defeat. Keiichi walks into the room and Satoko comments on his lateness. Keiichi says he was just at the teacher's office and Rika stands on top of her chair to give Keiichi a headpat. Mion declares that Rena has the lowest score, so she and Keiichi will face the punishment game. Keiichi demands to know why he's the loser, and Satoko reminds him that abstaining from club games is a bad thing to do. Keiichi accepts his fate and asks what the punishment game is: Mion gives him a list of things for him and Rena to buy, with Keiichi exclaiming after seeing it's just list of stuff Mion needs. Mion tells him club rule #7: "you must accept the penalty no matter what."
Later that night, Keiichi struggles to sleep and gets up, turning on his light before reading through the article about the dismemberment murder again. The next day, Tuesday June 21, Keiichi yawns with Rena commenting on it, the former saying he stayed up late watching TV. Rena asks him about lunch and Keiichi buries his head, wanting to nap instead. Satoko appears holding a box of weapons and wants to use this chance to the fullest, and Keiichi blows her off. Satoko gets annoyed, and later Mion and Rena eat lunch nearby and talk about the people who went missing. Mion says the two might have actually been "demoned away," with Keiichi peeking up when he hears this.
Keiichi walks home alone and wonders what "demoned away" means when Ooishi honks his horn nearby. He asks Keiichi if he'll go on a little drive with him.
Second Half.
At the restaurant Angel Mort, Keiichi receives a drink from a peculiarly-dressed waitress, who walks off as a blushing Keiichi watches her. Ooishi asks if he likes the place, and Keiichi stammers. He then asks Ooishi what "demoned away" means, and the rotund man replies that it's a common phrase around there; it's similar to being spirited away, where a demon kidnaps you. Ooishi then says that long ago, people were afraid of Hinamizawa because they believed man-eating demons lived there. Many legends told stories of demons from the village emerging from the village and eating people. Ooishi asks why Keiichi brought that up, and the latter replies he overheard Rena and Mion talking about it and that it had to do with Oyashiro-sama.
Ooishi tells Keiichi to think back to the first murder incident and makes a hypothesis that the culprit wasn't running away, but rather that he was demoned away; the woman the year after also disappeared. Keiichi asks about the two people in the third year, and Ooishi says all they found of the priest's wife were a suicide note and her sandals. As for the fourth year, they caught the culprit, a drug-addict, but soon after he was arrested a child under the woman's care went missing. The addict meanwhile died in police custody from slitting his own throat. Keiichi now understands that every year, someone dies and someone disappears, wondering why Rena and Mion never told him about it. He thinks back to his conversation with Rena at the junkyard earlier and her sudden denial, and Ooishi figures that they just didn't want to make him worry. Ooishi says they're still technically waiting for someone to fall victim to the curse this year, an ominous shadow falling over him as Keiichi looks surprised.
Wednesday, June 22. Rena and Keiichi walk home together and talk about Keiichi's dad being an artist; Keiichi's house is slowly being transformed into a studio. Rena wants to visit and find something kyute, and Keiichi suddenly stops to ask if the group's hiding anything from him. Rena says that's not true, and Keiichi insists they're hiding something from him. Rena's tone suddenly changes when she asks Keiichi if "he's" hiding anything from her. Seeing Keiichi's confusion, Rena repeats her question and Keiichi says he's not hiding anything from her, but Rena says he's lying. She knows Keiichi hid something from her at the junkyard and skipped the club not to go the the teacher's office, but to talk with some older man in his car. Rena asks who he was and Keiichi says he doesn't know, prompting the former to ask again why a stranger would want to talk with him. She asks what they talked about and Keiichi feigns denial again, prompting Rena to yell.
Keiichi is taken aback by her outburst, and Rena's mouth opens into a wide smile as she says that she did everything right and worked really hard. She goes up to Keiichi's face and tells him that some people work really hard to be happy. A strange look appears in her eyes as she says she also worked really hard and gave her all for a long, long time. Keiichi is too scared to say anything, and Rena turns around awhile saying they both have something to hide. She turns back with a small smile and says they should hurry home since it's getting cold. Keiichi says nothing in response.
That night, Keiichi lies in his bed staring at the ceiling when his dad calls him down for a call from the bookstore. Confused, Keiichi takes the call and hears Ooishi on the other end, who apologizes for lying a bit since Keiichi's parents picked up. Keiichi looks back to his dad sitting on the couch and tells Ooishi to wait, returning to his room and calling him again on his own phone. Ooishi says he did some investigation into Reina Ryuugu and discovered she lived in Ibaraki until last year, which Keiichi affirms, as she's supposed to be a transfer student. Ooishi reveals that before Rena moved there, she was suspended from school for breaking windows around the school. Keiichi is shocked to hear that, and Ooishi continues that Rena was diagnosed with dysautonomia afterwards, being given medication and counseling. Ooishi got a hold of the counselor's notes and learned that Rena always said she was visited by Oyashiro-sama, who stood by as she slept and watched her. Keiichi thinks back to Rena's prayers at the festival and wonders why she'd bring that up if she never lived in Hinamizawa before. Ooishi tells him that the Ryuugu family actually used to live in the village before moving out when Rena finished elementary school. Keiichi takes in this new information and Ooishi asks if he wants to stop for the night.
Keiichi's dad suddenly bangs on the door to Keiichi's room and asks him to open, and Ooishi hangs up after reminding Keiichi to call him if anything happens. Keiichi opens his door to see his dad holding a tray with biscuits and tea for two people. Keiichi asks what this is for, and his dad replies that Rena came to visit. Keiichi is confused as she's not here, and his dad thinks he's lying. He says Rena came to hang out and Keiichi gets shocked, asking if his dad saw her. Keiichi's dad told Rena to go up to his room a few minutes after Keiichi got that call. Keiichi goes back into his room and closes the door, leaving his dad to complain.
Keiichi thinks about what his dad said and realizes that Rena was listening in on his call with Ooishi.
| Onidamashi-hen Part 3 |
fandom.07th-expansion | # Onidamashi-hen Part 4
is the fourth episode of and the fourth and final episode of Onidamashi.
Synopsis.
Japanese.
日に日に疑心暗鬼を募らせる圭一は、朝迎えに来たレナと顔を合わせることができず、学校を休む。
それでも仲間であるレナを信じたくて葛藤する圭一に、思わぬ人物が声をかける。
English (Translated).
"Doubts and suspicions are growing day by day, and Keiichi is unable to meet Rena when she comes to pick him up in the morning, so he misses school."
"However, Keiichi is conflicted because he wants to trust his friend Rena, but an unexpected person calls out to him."
Plot Summary.
Prologue.
Keiichi struggles to sleep, soon waking up and imagining Rena watching him through his door before getting up in shock. He turns on his light, checks the hallway outside his room to see that nobody's there, and then lies back down on his futon.
First Half.
June 23. Keiichi sits against his door cradling his knees when his mom calls out for him to wake up. Keiichi sleepily walks out to the living room and his mom comments on how bad he looks. Keiichi thinks he may have a cold and his mom asks if he's well enough for school. The doorbell rings and his mom says Rena's here, much to Keiichi's shock. She tells Keiichi to get ready for school but he prefers to stay home, and so his mom walks off to tell Rena. She also tells Keiichi go to the clinic for a checkup.
Keiichi walks outside holding a written map and eventually comes upon the Irie Clinic, where several people in uniforms are packing boxes into white vans. Keiichi walks up to one of them and the uniformed man says that the clinic is currently closed for remodeling and suggests he go to a different clinic. Keiichi accepts his advice and walks off, stealing one last look at the uniformed man; Keiichi comments to himself that there aren't any other clinics around.
Keiichi finally heads to school where Mion is excited to see him. She heard about his condition from Rena and mimics her voice, including her "hauu", prompting the later to get embarrassed. Rena then asks if Keiichi is alright when Rika and Satoko arrive, the latter calling Keiichi's late arrival shameful because of his cold. Keiichi mentions a phrase about morons and colds and mocks Satoko for never getting sick, and she says she isn't as weak as him. Rika steps inbetween them and halt their squabble. Rena calls out to Keiichi with an idea but pauses when he doesn't immediately react. Keiichi says he's still feeling spaced out from his fever and Rika takes notice. Upon Mion's question Keiichi repeats he's still sick, and Mion says they'll hold off on club for a bit.
Keiichi later walks down the school halls when Rika calls out to him. They go outside behind the school with Keiichi asking what's up, as Rika is always with Satoko at lunchtime. Rika says she wanted to talk to him alone and asks if there's anything bothering him. Keiichi thinks back to when Rena was staring at him at the junkyard earlier and asks why Rika would ask that. Rika can tell Keiichi is worried about something and wants to hear about it. Keiichi then confesses that Rena is scary sometimes; even though they're friends, he gets creeped out by the way she looks at him.
Rika suddenly says he's lying, as whatever Rena said to him was just a one-time thing. Rika is sure that Keiichi was just tired at the time and is making a big deal out of nothing. Keiichi thinks of when he asked Rena about them hiding anything and realizes that maybe he really was acting paranoid. Rika tells him that next time he feels afraid of Rena, he should doubt himself and not her. Keiichi thinks for a bit and thanks Rika for assuaging his concerns. Rika tells him to keep his head up and gives a nipah.
Keiichi returns home to find the house quiet and empty, seeing no signs of his parents anywhere. While lying in his room, he looks back at the article about the dismemberment incident and thinks back again to when he asked Rena about any dam site incidents. Holding the magazine in his hands, Keiichi realizes that Rika is correct; if Rena really was born in Hinamizawa, naturally she wouldn't want to talk about any horrible murders that occurred there. Throwing the magazine in the trash, he shows regret that he accused Rena of hiding things from him and questioned her so much. He then realizes that when he called Ooishi earlier, Rena really did hear him on the phone and left so she wouldn't interrupt. He imagines Rena staring at him through the door again, and he holds his head in frustration.
Later, Keiichi picks up the ringing phone and hears his mom on the other end, who asks if he feels better. Keiichi's parents went to Tokyo for work and are coming back the next night, and they've arranged for food so Keiichi won't have to worry about cooking. Keiichi gets confused at this, and his mom says Rena should be bringing food over soon, much to Keiichi's anger. The doorbell rings just then, and a smiling Rena is shown standing outside Keiichi's door holding a wrapped set of bentos.
Second Half.
Keiichi hesitates to open his door and let Rena in, and when he finally resolves to do it suddenly Rena bangs on the door. Keiichi quickly sets the chain lock as Rena asks to be let in, saying she brought dinner due to his mom's request. Keiichi denies her request and says the fever must be killing his appetite, but Rena still pleads that she brought good food and continues banging on the door. Keiichi still doubts his trust in Rena and thinks back to the conversation with Rika. Suddenly, Rena peers through the door and Keiichi screams, recalling memories of beating Rena and Mion to death with a bat.
Remembering Rika's words of encouragement, Keiichi finally undoes the lock, being met with a smiling Rena. Keiichi walks up and hugs her, much to the latter's surprise. Inside, Keiichi turns on the light and says nobody else is home, with Rena smiling happily at the thought of being alone with him. Keiichi comments on Rena's big bento set, with Rena saying she was afraid of him not having enough to eat. Rena asks to use his kitchen and Keiichi offers to help while reaching out for the bentos, but Rena pulls them away and says she can do it herself. She tells him to watch TV as she prepares dinner and leaves for the kitchen.
Keiichi turns on the TV and flips through the channels while speaking to Rena from the living room, saying that she and his mom must be on good terms if she's been asked to provide dinner like this. As Rena unwraps her bentos, she says that they run into each other a lot at the Seventh Mart grocery store, an ominous shadow appearing over her face. Keiichi says he goes there a lot and has never seen Rena there, with the latter replying that she's seen him buying ramen before. Rena finishes setting up her bentos, revealing them to contain not food but a hacksaw, handcuffs and other materials.
Keiichi turns to a channel with a drama show talking about a dismemberment murder and turns off the TV, soon heading to the kitchen while telling Rena he wants to apologize. Rena asks what he wants to apologize for and Keiichi says he said some stuff to anger her earlier, realizing that she was made uncomfortable since she didn't want to talk about. Rena is confused, and Keiichi says he asked about the murder incident at the junkyard when he enters the kitchen and sees Rena scratching her neck and drawing blood. A wide smile appears on Rena's face, and she keeps scratching while saying she needs to protect her father and her family. She voices plans to kill Keiichi and disappear, realizing that they are the ones Oyashiro-sama will curse. Keiichi doesn't know what she's talking about and sees the tools strewn out on the table, with Rena picking up a knife and saying she'll be demoned away after she kills Keiichi; her dad will be able to live in peace.
Rena steps forward towards Keiichi as he picks up a nearby golf club and takes a defensive stance. Rena says she's already cursed by Oyashiro-sama; she thought she was forgive in the past, but it's too late. Keiichi tells Rena not to come closer, but she lunges forward with her knife. Keiichi deflects her blow and sends her crashing into the table, knocking over some of her tools. Rena attacks again and knocks Keiichi's club out of his hands, the latter running back to the living room. Rena swings some more, nicking Keiichi's cheek and knocking over a clock. She laughs manically as she does this, with Keiichi charging into Rena and knocking her into a table, seemingly knocking her out and making her drop the knife.
Keiichi walks over to Rena's body and says her name, and when he gets close Rena suddenly awakes, grabs the knife and sticks it into Keiichi's chest. As he cries out in pain, Rena straddles Keiichi and plunges the knife into his chest repeatedly while laughing crazily, a pool of blood forming around them. Keiichi feels around and picks up the fallen clock, slamming Rena in the head with it. She stops moving and Keiichi opens his eyes, but then she cackles and continues stabbing. Keiichi hits her with the clock again, and the two continue assaulting each other as blood flies onto the walls. By the end, both of them are lying in a large pool of blood. Keiichi stares up at the ceiling and sheds tears.
Keiichi wakes up in the hospital and sees his worried parents standing by his side. Keiichi asks if he killed Rena, but his mom says not to think about anything and rest while his dad runs out to call a doctor. Keiichi closes hos eyes to rest, and when he opens them again Ooishi is standing over him. He sits down and asks Keiichi what happened at his house that day, and Keiichi replies that he's not sure. He remembers everything that happened, even the sensation of hitting Rena, but he can't explain it to Ooishi at all and starts crying. Ooishi stands and says he'll return later, giving a half-heated "get well" message.
Mion visits Keiichi with a fruit gift and says she would've come sooner, but some other stuff happened. Keiichi asks what happened to Rena, as nobody will tell him, not even his parents. Mion explains that they couldn't save Rena, and by some miracle they could save Keiichi. As Keiichi stares at his hands, Mion continues that the day after the incident with Rena, someone went to Rika and Satoko's house at the shrine and found them both dead; both were stabbed in the necks repeatedly with the same knife. Keiichi questions who would ever do such a thing, and Mion says the police think it's murder or suicide. Keiichi cannot fathom why either of them would kill themselves, and Mion says it was likely a robbery gone wrong. A nurse arrives and says it's time for Keiichi's check-in, and Mion takes her leave, planning to visit again; she hopes Keiichi will get better soon.
The nurse sets down a syringe on her tray and asks Keiichi about his symptoms, asking if his neck feels itchy at all. Keiichi thinks back to Rena scratching her neck, then scratches his own neck and screams.
| Onidamashi-hen Part 4 |
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