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fandom.07th-expansion | # Tasokare
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fandom.07th-expansion | # Tatari
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fandom.07th-expansion | # Tatariakashi
is the third arc in and the fourth arc in "Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Meguri".
| Tatariakashi |
fandom.07th-expansion | # Tatariakashi-hen
| Tatariakashi-hen |
fandom.07th-expansion | # Tatariakashi-hen Manga Chapter 1
is the first chapter in "Tatariakashi-hen" and the twelfth chapter of "Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Meguri".
Summary.
In a new world, Satoko walks home after helping Keiichi make dinner, thinking she'll never get bored so long as he's around. As she wonders what to do next, she thinks about Eua saying that her loops will have "interesting" changes. Just then, she runs into Teppei Houjou. Remembering her past experiences in the worlds of "Tatarigoroshi" and "Minagoroshi", Satoko grins devilishly, having decided on a plan.
At the Houjou residence, Teppei bows to Satoko and profusely apologizes for how much he's hurt her, aware that his apologies won't be enough. He wants to do anything to make it up to her, and will even disappear if she says so. Satoko wonders about this and decides this is what Eua meant by changes. Teppei begins to leave but Satoko tells him to stay, having determined he's regretful and forgiving him. Satoko then asks him to live in the house with her so they can make peace.
Satoko is intrigued by Teppei's change. Her original plan was to get abused for real, be saved by the club, and then have tragedy strike, but she can't do that if Teppei's different. In order to make a world where everyone cherishes her deeply, she needs to deceive everyone. Satoko concludes that this won't work unless everyone gets passionate and there's a villain, so Satoko names herself the tragic heroine.
Satoko arrives at school the next day, shocking the club with how sad she seems. Rika is especially saddened since this means Teppei returned after only one day. Satoko says she's just having a cold, but Rika hugs her and promises that they'll rescue her. As Satoko walks home alone, she reflects on how she's successfully deceived her friends and now needs to deceive Teppei. She uses a rock to give herself some bruises, smiling during it, and then goes home where Teppei asks about her injuries. Satoko claims she fell, but Teppei thinks she's really being bullied. Satoko says that, because her parents were leaders of the pro-dam faction during the dam war, the Houjous are hated by everyone in the village, and so Satoko is bullied every day. Satoko cries as she claims that nobody is on her side, and Teppei promises that he'll make them pay. Satoko says he can't do this by himself though, and that he'd need the help of a reliable detective.
Later, the club goes to visit Satoko to check on her and are chased away by Teppei. Teppei goes to continue playing with his mahjong buddies, who thank Satoko for bringing them drinks. Satoko notes that, though she was scared when Teppei suddenly returned to the house, she was able to convince him and the club that the other is harassing her. She now needs a trigger for Keiichi to petition the child consultation center and calls up Shion, asking her to come visit tomorrow. Satoko is convinced that, no matter who descends into madness for her sake, Rika will definitely take action.
Satoko goes to school the next day and peeks at the club, relishing in how much everybody cares for her. She walks into class and prepares her next deception by remembering all of the abuse Teppei gave to her in previous worlds, and how horrible he was. When Keiichi gives her a headpat, Satoko smacks him away, makes herself throw up, and cowers in the corner. Seeing everyone look so worried for her, Satoko becomes incredibly happy and cries.
Satoko calms down and tells the club and Shion that she's feeling okay, and cleans up her puke while thinking she went overboard. She leaves school early and goes home to prepare a syringe of H173, then walks in on Teppei and Ooishi speaking. Ooishi was skeptical when he heard Teppei returned and thought he was hiding in Hinamizawa after stealing some money. Satoko is pleased that Teppei talked to Ooishi as planned and vouches for Teppei's innocence. Ooishi hears that the child consultation center call earlier was a ploy to harass the Houjous, and Teppei begs him to protect Satoko. Ooishi says he can't do anything openly but will be available for contact if the Houjous see anything wrong. Satoko offers Ooishi to stay a while for some alcohol, and Teppei also begs him to stay. Seeing Satoko and Teppei talking so calmly to each other, Ooishi thinks that this is way different than the violent Teppei he's seen before, but relents and accepts a drink.
Later, when Teppei and Ooishi have drunken and fallen asleep, Satoko injects Ooishi with H173. Satoko then wakes him up and tells him that she believes she'll become the victim of this year's curse and that Rika is trying to kill her. Ooishi is skeptical since they were always living together, and Satoko claims that Rika bears a grudge against the Houjous because she's Oyashiro-sama's reincarnation and kept Satoko close so she wouldn't escape and could be sacrificed this year. Ooishi takes interest since he wants to know more about the village's peculiarities, and Satoko goes on that all of the villagers are a close community and still resent the Houjous for the dam war. Satoko starts crying as she expresses fear that she and Teppei will become this year's victims. Ooishi takes her words to heart and promises he'll do whatever he can to help, and leaves to attend a meeting about festival security.
As Ooishi walks, he thinks about what Satoko told him; he always thought the Sonozakis were responsible for the curse, but now maybe Rika really is the mastermind. He scratches his neck as he thinks that once you've decided you're doing the right thing, you won't budge from your beliefs. Ooishi is seen leaving the club at the assembly hall after hearing of
their belief that Satoko needs to be saved.
Eua watches all of these events play out and comments that everything is going to plan.
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fandom.07th-expansion | # Tatariakashi-hen Manga Chapter 2
is the second and final chapter in "Tatariakashi-hen" and the thirteenth chapter of "Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Meguri".
Summary.
The club works to save Satoko by petitioning the village council and Oryou, and soon villagers are gathered in front of the child consultation center. Meanwhile, Satoko cleans her house as she thinks that she's succeeded in preparing Ooishi, getting the club to act, and tricking Teppei. Teppei picks up the phone when it rings and talks to the social worker on the other end, who plans to send someone to the Houjou residence. Teppei thinks he needs to protect Satoko from being bullied and yells at the worker, saying that they can send staff another time. The worker then asks to speak with Satoko herself. Teppei is reluctant, but Satoko takes the phone.
On the other end, Rika pleads to Satoko to ask for help and think about how Satoshi protected her long ago. As she tells Satoko to be strong, Satoko struggles to keep in her laughter. She yells for help and quickly hangs up the phone.
Satoko lies to Teppei that Ooishi's on the way, and so there's nothing to worry about. Satoko says they should have a feast to celebrate, and tells Teppei to clean the bathtub while she goes out for groceries. Satoko says they can start a new life tomorrow, and Teppei happily follows her request. As he cleans the tub, Teppei thinks about how he'll do anything for Satoko to make her happy. Suddenly, Satoko shoots Teppei in the head and kills him, and mockingly asks if he enjoyed playing family.
When Ooishi and Harayama visit later, Satoko tells them that Teppei grabbed the phone and hung up, and ran away when he realized the child consultation center was sending people over. Satoko tells Ooishi that Teppei threatened her and so she had no choice but to act nice in front of him earlier, which confuses Ooishi. He can't believe that Teppei was abusing her and found that he wasn't in any trouble in Okinomiya and doesn't know why he'd come back to Hinamizawa, especially around the time of the Watanagashi. Ooishi brushes the thought aside and voices his relief that Satoko's alright. He asks Harayama to place her into protective custody but Satoko asks if it can wait until after the Watanagashi. Ooishi decides it's fine since the police will watch over her, and so Satoko will have time to play with her friends.
Once the adults leave, Satoko bursts out laughing, having successfully tricked Rika, her friends, and the entire village into playing along with her plan. She even started crying crying to contain her laughter earlier. Satoko then prepares an ink scroll and hands it over to Ooishi at the police station, claiming she found it at the shrine. Ooishi opens it to reveal the names of the dam construction foreman, the Furude couple, the Houjou couple, Tamae Houjou, and Satoshi Houjou; the previous victims of Oyashiro-sama's curse. Satoko points out that hers and Teppei's names are written there too, and wonders aloud if Teppei's already been killed since he still hasn't been found. Satoko pleads for help, and Ooishi determines that, so long as he keeps watch on Satoko, the real culprit behind the curse will appear. Ooishi promises Satoko he'll help.
Ooishi does research and concludes Rika is the culprit behind the curse. According to legend, the Watanagashi was a ritual for sacrificing tainted villagers by cutting out their entrails and offering them to demons, with the Furude family responsible for carrying them out. Ooishi thinks the biggest defilement in Hinamizawa is the Houjou family for leading the pro-dam faction, and determines Rika must be planning to wipe out the rest of the Houjou family. He scratches his neck as he thinks that he needs conclusive evidence to end it all.
Satoko takes a shower and washes down some bloodstains, with Teppei's corpse sitting in the bathtub next to her. She puts on a new outfit and then calls Ooishi, pleading him to come and help her before leaving the phone unhooked. Ooishi is horrified when Satoko doesn't respond to him, with Satoko herself seeing Keiichi on his way to pick her up for the festival and getting excited.
Ooishi rushes over to the Houjou residence and enters the bathroom to find Teppei's corpse, his body beaten and his intestines pulled out of him. He figures Teppei wasn't killed today because of the stench, and determines this really was the curse of Oyashiro-sama because his intestines were pulled out. Seeing Satoko's bloody clothes and a baseball bat nearby, Ooishi thinks Rika's already captured Satoko to sacrifice her. Ooishi determines this is conclusive evidence; he reaches L5 symptoms and declares he'll get revenge for the dam construction foreman as as he grabs the bat and heads off towards the festival.
The club has fun at the Watanagashi Festival. Shion says she's changed her mind about Keiichi after the incident and thanks him for saving Satoko. Satoko herself returns from the bathroom and is given headpats by Keiichi. She reflects on the previous two worlds and is confident that things will go to plan in this world. During Rika's dance, the deranged Ooishi arrives and shoots her in the side, Satoko smirking as this happens. Villagers flee, and Shion and Mion are shot and killed by Ooishi as Keiichi rushes to help Rika. Satoko hugs him and begs her Nii-nii not to go, not allowing him to help Rika. Keiichi breaks off and goes to help Rika anyway.
As Satoko watches, she comments that Keiichi is indeed the kind of person to confront tragedy for the sake of his friends, and that him doing this was within expectations. She really did like this world where Keiichi was her Nii-nii and worried about her, and wants him to keep doing it in the next world.
Rena tries to help Rika but a villager grabs her and says that Rika being killed is good. Rena turns to look at him in horror, and sees the villager also succumbing from terminal symptoms of Hinamizawa Syndrome and scratching his throat. Another deranged villager goes up to the stage and calls for Rika to die. A regular villager demands to know why he said that, but is beaten to death. Many other villagers start calling for Rika's death or praying to Oyashiro-sama for forgiveness while succumbing from terminal symptoms and scratching their throats to death. Rena looks around in horror as Satoko retrieves her gun from under the stage stairs.
Rena tells Satoko to stop as she goes on stage, but Satoko ignores her. She shoots Ooishi in the head and kills him, then shoots Rika in the head to ensure she’s dead. Looking out at the sight of deranged villagers dead or fighting each other, Satoko looks at Rena, smiles, and shoots herself in the head, dying. Rena wonders why this all happened.
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fandom.07th-expansion | # Tatariakashi-hen Part 1
is the seventh episode of and the first episode of Tatariakashi.
Synopsis.
Japanese.
何度世界を繰り返しても惨劇を止められないことに、絶望する梨花。
心を痛める羽入もまた、自分の無力さに苛まれていた。次の世界が始まり、涙を流す梨花を親友の沙都子は優しく諭すのだった。
English (Translated).
"Rika despairs that no matter how many times she loops, she cannot stop the tragedy."
"The heartbroken Hanyuu is also tormented by her helplessness. As the next world begins, Rika's best friend Satoko gently encourages her to stop crying."
Plot Summary.
Prologue.
In the Sea of Fragments, Eua conjures one in her hand and commends Satoko, as all the pieces of the game board are moving as she wishes. Satoko says she still needs to make Rika suffer more. With Eua's power, Satoko can make someone as stubborn as Rika capitulate. Eua giggles and conjures another Fragment of Rika and Hanyuu speaking, saying that Satoko's actions are helping her stave off boredom. Satoko doesn't understand why Eua is so entertained, but she's happy she enjoys it.
Eua stops Satoko with her staff and reminds her that she has started a game and must see it through to the end. As long as Satoko dies after Rika, they will travel to the same Fragment. However, if Satoko dies while Rika is still alive, she will travel to a world where Rika doesn't exist and was never born. Satoko is taken aback, and Eua sees she's not objecting to these conditions. Satoko says she would never make a careless mistake like that and walks off. Eua is confident she won't.
First Half.
Rika wakes up in the Sea of Fragments with Hanyuu looming over her. Rika tells her to get back, noticing that she's not "au au"-ing. Hanyuu is confused but Rika ignores it and says that another tragedy must have happened if she's here again. Hanyuu says she should take a break if she's in pain. Rika says she ought to stay here forever if Hanyuu can promise another tragedy won't occur in the next world.
Rika asks "Oyashiro-sama" what she can do to help her, and Hanyuu apologizes. Rika laments over what she should've done differently; she told Keiichi to give the doll to Mion, but he and Shion still snuck into the ritual warehouse, and Kiichirou still went missing. Hanyuu is about to say who killed her, but Rika interrupts her and says she could remember if someone's power weren't lacking. Hanyuu tells her to calm down and focus on what she can remember, but Rika says she doesn't want anyone, her friends or the villagers, to die anymore. Rika says she herself doesn't want to die anymore and sheds tears. Hanyuu hugs her.
Satoko calls Rika's name, seeing her sitting on the steps to the Furude Shrine and asking what's wrong. Rika insists nothing is wrong, just that she had a really scary dream. Hearing her half-hearted nipah, Satoko says she doesn't look okay and pats her head. Rika starts crying and hugs Satoko, asking why she has to keep doing this. Satoko smiles and hugs her back.
Satoko says that Rika's dream may not be a nightmare but a sign from Oyashiro-sama. The god is the protector of Hinamizawa, and must be telling Rika something in her dreams. Rika asks what he could possibly be trying to tell her, and Satoko assures her he isn't an evil god and wants her to be happy. Rika says there is no message and keeps getting nightmares.
Satoko asks if Rika ever did or thought anything to anger Oyashiro-sama, promising not to tell anyone. Rika stands up and says she hasn't done anything, as she's a good priestess. Satoko's eyes glow red as she mutters that Rika's lying. Rika asks if Satoko just said something, and Satoko says she heard Rika talking in her sleep before about how she hates living in Hinamizawa and wants to go to a fancy school. Satoko says one of Oyashiro-sama's rule is they can never leave the village, reminding Rika that she's a shrine maiden. Rika says that was a long time ago, and they go on trips to Okinomiya all the time. Satoko again promises not to tell anyone and asks if Rika would really do something that blasphemous.
Rika says there's nothing wrong with dreaming to go to another school. Satoko reminds her she's Oyashiro-sama's reincarnation, and Rika says she doesn't care about that and was simply born into it, cradling her head in distress. Satoko pats her back and asks why she wants to leave Hinamizawa. Satoko looks at the scenery and compliments the village's beauty and scenery. This place has taken care of them for a long time, watching over them, yet Rika wants to leave. Satoko says that if she were Oyashiro-sama, she'd think Rika was being ungrateful. If these nightmares really are his way of punishing Rika, then she should clear her mind and think about the wonderful things in Hinamizawa. Satoko hugs Rika, assuring her the nightmares will stop if she does so. Rika hugs her back, apologizing for only thinking about herself when Satoko's had bad times in the village too. Satoko accepts her apology, being content with living with her happily. Satoko's eyes glow red as she grins.
Saturday, June 11. The club helps the Hinamizawa Fighters against the Okinomiya Titans, with Satoko winning the game after hitting a home run. She comments on her wonderful trap, playing cool until the end to ensnare her opponent. The next day, June 12. The club has a barbecue to celebrate their victory. Keiichi and the club mock Satoko by talking about feeding her squash. Satoko cries and activates Rena's Kyute Mode to punch Keiichi, Rika, and Mion. Eua watches the barbecue play out on a Fragment and giggles.
During clean up, Satoko asks Rika for a favor. Keiichi later sees that Satoko is gone, and Rika says she's going shopping for dinner. Keiichi chides Satoko for skipping clean-up. Meanwhile, Satoko bikes to Okinomiya and goes to Teppei's house.
Second Half.
Satoko joins Teppei and his friends in mahjong, where she gets a winning hand. The other two men admit defeat, and Satoko gives her uncle a bemused high-five. The others compliment Satoko's skill, especially Teppei. They begin setting up for another game but Teppei says that's the last one, as he needs to walk Satoko back before it gets dark, not wanting anything bad to happen to her. Teppei's friends accept, commenting on how much he's changed. Teppei says Satoko's the only family he has left, and he's not the same ma he was before; he'd even die for her. Teppei's friends leave, showing their love for the new Teppei.
Satoko starts cleaning and Teppei thanks her for coming over. Satoko notices that Teppei still has a bag full of money, thinking he would've spent it all already. Teppei says he only takes out what he needs, wanting to leave it all to Satoko just in case something happened to him. Satoko asks if Teppei would really die for her, and he professes that he would. Satoko asks him to live with her in Hinamizawa, needing his help for something; her eyes glow red as a wind blows in. Meanwhile, Rika sits in her shack and gazes out the window, worried that Satoko's been out shopping for too long.
Teppei and Satoko go to the Houjou residence in Hinamizawa. Teppei asks if she'll explain what she needs help with now, but Satoko says nothing. Teppei looks at the old house, which nobody's lived in for a while, and asks if Satoko doesn't want anyone to know they're there. Satoko silently hands him the house key. An old villager nearby sees the two walking inside, and Teppei scares him away. Satoko looks downtrodden as she enters and smirks once she's inside.
Satoko thanks Teppei for scaring the guy away, not wanting him to stare at her. Tepei says she'll be safe here, where nobody can see or hear her. Satoko explains that she's being bullied horribly in Hinamizawa. Teppei is shocked and demands to know who's doing it and threatens to beat them up. Satoko says it's everyone in Hinamizawa that's responsible.
Satoko says punching people will make it worse, and Teppei asks why they're doing it. Satoko reminds him that her parents were the leaders of the pro-dam movement, and Teppei assures her that it was his brother's fault, not Satoko's. Satoko says the village considers the Houjous their enemy, and they will band together to fight them. Satoko starts crying and expresses how she just wants to live in the village happily, yet she's trated as someone to throw rocks at. Teppei also starts crying and hugs her, apologizing for not knowing about her pain. Satoko nearly hugs him back, before stopping herself and says it's not his fault, asking if he'll live with her here for a while; her eyes glow red again. Satoko says she can be happy here with her family if not outside, and Teppei cries harder. Satoko smiles. Eua watches the Fragment and laughs, saying that Satoko is plunging herself into a pool of pity.
Word of Teppei's return spreads across the village, and many villagers show concern for Satoko and wonder about informing Oryou or the mayor. That night, Rika is still waiting for Satoko at the shack. A smiling Satoko walks and sees Rika waiting, then puts on a saddened look and goes up to her. A worried Rika runs to Satoko and says they should start dinner, but Satoko says she came to get her things and will be living with her uncle now.
Eua laughs at Rika's distress, finding her and Satoko to be very entertaining.
Soundtrack.
The opening theme, Analogy is not played in this episode.
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fandom.07th-expansion | # Tatariakashi-hen Part 2
is the eighth episode of and the second episode of Tatariakashi.
Synopsis.
Japanese.
叔父の鉄平と暮らすことになった、と沙都子に告げられた梨花。
鉄平の改心を知らない梨花にとって、それは最悪の世界の始まりを意味していた。
梨花は、必死に沙都子を引き止めるが──。
English (Translated).
"Rika is told by Satoko that she is going to live with her uncle Teppei."
"For Rika, who doesn't know about Teppei's change of heart, this means the beginning of the worst possible world."
"Rika desperately tries to stop Satoko, but..."
Plot Summary.
Prologue.
Satoko packs her things as Rika pleads with her not to go back to living with her uncle. Satoko says they're family and they need to live together, and Rika reminds her of the horrible things her uncle and aunt did. Satoko says Teppei will destroy Nii-nii's room if she doesn't go and asks Rika not to stop her. Rika gives Satoko her bookbag and asks if they'll still walk to school together. Satoko promises to meet her at the stone steps the next morning.
Rika watches Satoko walk off. Later that night, a villager meets Mion at the Sonozaki residence and tells her about the rumor that Teppei's returned. Mion asks if that's true, and the villager says Teppei yelled at a guy. Mion worries about Satoko.
Satoko walks home by herself and chuckles as her eyes glow red.
First Half.
Monday, June 13. Satoko tells her uncle she's going to school. An apron-wearing Teppei asks if she's sure she doesn't want him to walk with her, and Satoko says she'll be fine. Teppei worries that someone will attack her on the way, and Satoko says that the knowledge he's giving her strength is enough for her. Satoko says she'll always be able to come home to family no matter what happens to her.
Keiichi and Rena meet Mion at their regular place late. Rena says that they were late because Keiichi sleeping in and dreaming about Satoko. Mion looks downtrodden and snaps back to attention when Keiichi asks what's wrong.
Rika waits at the bottom of the Furude Shrine for Satoko and sees her coming. Rika says they need to go, but Satoko says she can't walk with her because she needs to run some errands for her uncle. She needs to do them now, reminding Rika of Teppei's temper. Rika promises to walk her home that afternoon, but Satoko tells her to go without her and will go to school herself when she finishes.
Rika comes late to class, and Chie asks where Satoko is. Rika says she'll be late. Later, the club sits quietly at lunch and asks what's wrong with Satoko. Keiichi sees that Mion knows something, and she explains the rumor. Satoko heads to school and eavesdrops from outside the room. After her eyes glow red and she giggles again, she puts on a sad face and enters the room. The club tend to Satoko, who sadly says she was just running errands for her uncle.
After school, Satoko leaves by herself. The club asks Rika what's really going on, and she explains the situation with Satoko and Teppei as Mion explains the failed child abuse report made a few years ago. Meanwhile, Satoko lies down in the middle of a road and giggles some more, then rolls around. The now-dirtied Satoko then steps into a rice field.
Teppei sees Satoko's messy state that night, with the girl claiming she just tripped and fell. Teppei demands to know who did this to her and threatens to beat them up, charging outside. Satoko tries to stop him and tells him not to raise a commotion, otherwise she'll be left all alone. Teppei sees her sad face and cools down. Satoko insists she's alright, wanting to forget all the bad things that happened and live a good life with her uncle. Teppei cries and hugs her.
Second Half.
The next day, Rika waits again for Satoko, but she doesn't come this time. At school, Chie sees that Satoko is late again and asks Rika in her office about the rumors. The club barges in to give their input. Chie says she'll go to the Houjou residence herself and see what's going on.
Satoko sits in a corner in her room as Teppei asks if she'd rather be lying down. Satoko says she felt feverish but is getting better. Teppei says she can go to school tomorrow and will walk her there, but Satoko says she doesn't want to go. Teppei thinks even her classmates are bullying her, and Satoko reminds him that everyone in class is from Hinamizawa. Teppei asks why the teacher isn't doing anything about it, and Satoko says she might get her help if she were just ignoring it. Teppei thinks that even Chie is bullying her.
Just then, Chie knocks on the door and asks if Satoko's there. Satoko starts shivering in fear and cowers. Teppei angrily opens the door, where Chie introduces herself and asks to speak with Satoko since she didn't come to school. Satoko listens to the conversation from behind a wall and smirks. Teppei says Satoko has a cold and might come to school tomorrow, slamming the door in Chie's face and locking it.
Teppei happily tells Satoko that he sent away the teacher. Satoko thanks her but thinks it may not be enough and worries about what they'll do to her next. Teppei promises to fight them all off if they band against her. Satoko places her faith in him, and Teppei gives her a headpat.
Chie returns to school and tells the club what happened. She plans to call child welfare services and explain everything to them.
Teppei gets a call from the center and starts swearing at them. He hears they want to do a welfare check, and Satoko asks to talk to them. Teppei says it's not necessary but Satoko grabs the phone and starts speaking to the worker, hanging up soon after. Satoko says it was just a misunderstanding and Teppei asks why they were calling in the first place. Satoko says it's just another way the village is trying to bully her, and Teppei gets angry. Satoko says the village is lying to CWS, however they should be careful so the center doesn't get a real reason to separate them.
Wednesday, June 15. Rika waits again for Satoko, who arrives this time. As they walk to school, Satoko says her cold's cleared up completely. Rika says she should've gotten a call from CWS, and Satoko says they were just mistaken about her situation.
At school, Keiichi, Mion and Rena talk about the CWS call and get angry. Satoko enters the room and insists she's okay. In the Sea of Fragments, Eua watches the club eat lunch and comments on how sad it is that Satoko can only feel happy when she's in despair and being pitied. Satoko is now moving pieces on the game board and messing with the hearts of others.
Keiichi tries to give Satoko a headpat and Satoko bats his hand away, clutching her head in agony. Satoko's eyes flash red for a moment and Eua cackles, saying that Satoko is no longer human but a witch. Satoko throws up and has a breakdown, prompting Eua to cackle even more. Satoko repeatedly apologizes and starts crying for her Nii-nii.
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fandom.07th-expansion | # Tatariakashi-hen Part 3
is the ninth episode of and the third episode of Tatariakashi.
Synopsis.
Japanese.
泣き叫ぶ沙都子の姿を見て、圭一たちは一刻の猶予もないことを思い知らされる。
沙都子を救いたい一心で団結する部活メンバーの姿に、すべてを仕組んだ人物はひとりほくそ笑む。
English (Translated).
"As Satoko cries out, Keiichi and the others realize that there is not a moment to lose."
"The person who set the whole thing up smiles to herself as the members of the Club unite in their desire to save Satoko."
Plot Summary.
Prologue.
Satoko watches a Fragment from a previous world: At the Houjou residence, Teppei tries to open a room but it's locked. Satoko grabs his leg and begs him not to go into Nii-nii's room, but Teppei yells that he knows the bankbook is hidden in there. Satoko swears she didn't do anything to it, and Teppei angrily kicks her to the wall, then kicks her in the face. Satoko cries and calls for her Nii-nii, and Teppei worries that he left a mark on her. Satoko continues crying and Teppei yells at her more.
Satoko finishes watching, commenting that it may have been one of the worst Fragments, but now she thinks it was happy as she did get to keep Rika all to herself. Eua says that loopers tend to see a change in what they value. Satoko says that what once was tragedy is now joy and giggles. Eua asks if she likes what she's become, saying that she may no longer be human or may not even be Satoko Houjou. Satoko laughs, saying she's still herself despite living in loops and chasing after Rika. Eua giggles as well.
First Half.
Satoko has a breakdown at school as the club watches in shock and sadness. While Rena comforts her, Satoko smirks and her eyes glow red.
Wednesday, June 15. Satoko goes home from school by herself, smiling as she walks. Meanwhile, the club worries over what to do about Satoko. Shion appears and says they need to take action.
At home, Teppei attempts to cook dinner and ends up creating an oil fire. Satoko gets home and quickly puts it out with the fire extinguisher. Satoko reprimands her uncle for almost burning the house down and asks why he was trying to cook anyway. Teppei says he wanted to make something delicious to make her feel better. Satoko appreciates the thought and then asks what would've happened if the villagers reported it to CWS. Teppei is shocked, and Satoko says they're the only people they can trust in the whole village and can't show weakness. Teppei asks if they should call CWS themselves and explain things, but Satoko reminds him they won't listen. If the Sonozakis were to get involved, CWS would do whatever they say.
Teppei asks if there's anything else they can do, wanting to just live a happy life with Satoko. Satoko is speechless for bit and then says there's no use worrying about it. Satoko says they should start cleaning the kitchen and Teppei goes off to get supplies. Satoko watches him go, her smile changing to a frown when he leaves.
The club goes to the Child Welfare Service center to talk to them. Ooishi and Kumagai see them walk inside, wondering what someone like Keiichi is doing with the Sonozaki twins and the head of the Furude family. Ooishi asks Kumagai to look into it for him later. After cleaning, Teppei sees Satoko sleeping at the table and puts a blanket over her. Satoko soon wakes up and looks at the blanket.
Thursday, June 16. Keiichi recruits the entire class to protest CWS. Meanwhile, Satoko happily cooks dinner at home as Teppei does laundry. He hangs some clothes outside and sees some villagers looking at him, then yells at them to go away. Teppei remembers Satoko telling him that the entire village hates them and wonders if there really isn't anything he can do to help.
Teppei goes shopping at Sevens Mart. Ooishi and Kumagai talk about the rumor that Teppei's back in Hinamizawa and keeping Satoko holed up at home. Ooishi says Keiichi and his friends might be blowing things out of proportion, but he's also arrested Teppei many times in the past and pities Satoko. Kumagai notices Teppei walking past with groceries, and Ooishi and Kumagai talk to him. Teppei suddenly drops his bags and bows to the ground. Ooishi and other bystanders are surprised, and Teppei asks the detectives to please help him. Ooishi decides to help, as he can't deny someone asking for help on their knees.
Second Half.
Teppei goes home and brings Ooishi with him. Satoko is surprised to see them together and asks what's going on. Ooishi muses about how the situation with them is not as bad as the reports the CWS had received, and Teppei explains everything to him. Satoko confirms that the entire village is bullying her. Ooishi asks to take a look around the house and concedes that there is no apparent physical evidence of abuse. Satoko reaffirms him that Teppei isn't harming her in any way, shape or form.
Left alone in the kitchen, Satoko is shocked that Teppei believed her lie and even brought Ooishi to help. A sudden vision of Eua watching the drama unfold flashes and Satoko cackles, her eyes glowing red again. Satoko drugs the second helping of tea before serving it to Ooishi and Teppei, who fall unconscious almost instantly. Satoko injects Ooishi with H173, telling him she pities how he has been unable to solve the Series of Mysterious Deaths and ensures him that the drug she's giving him will show him alone the truth he desires. Eua watches and wonders what kind of tragedy Ooishi will bring once he reaches L5.
Later, Teppei asks Ooishi if he'll help Satoko. Ooishi saw nothing that warranted a call to CWS, and he can't do much since he's a public servant, but he asks for Satoko or Teppei to call him if anything happens. The Houjous thank him for his help. They watch him leave, but Satoko's face falls afterwards.
Ooishi scratches his neck and looks at a clipping inside his badge, muttering to himself about his promise to Oyassan that he'd solve his murder and find his arm. Ooishi rejoins Kumagai at their car, where Kumagai asks what Teppei wanted. Ooishi says he'll explain later and asks if anything happened with CWS, learning that Keiichi's bringing larger crowds to protest. Ooishi says Keiichi might be participating in the bullying without knowing since he's new to the village and asks Kumagai to wait some more as he goes to the Furude Shrine. Kumagai thinks he's scoping out security for the upcoming Watanagashi.
Some villagers talk about how unbelievable it is that Teppei was hanging laundry, even though he still yelled at them. Ooishi greets them and says he heard Teppei screaming at someone when he went by the house earlier, and the villagers say there's a rumor that Teppei's abusing Satoko. They ask Ooishi to help, but he says he can't interfere with civil matters and asks the villagers to watch out for him.
Ooishi goes to the Furude Shrine and stops before a small somewhere off in a corner. Resolute, he violently kicks it down, knocking over the deity and trashing the offerings as he scratches his neck some more. He then pees on one of the 's pillars. An elderly woman greets Ooishi at the bottom of the steps to the shrine and he asks her if she's seen Teppei nearby, claiming he just saw Teppei running away from the shrine. The woman wonders what someone like Teppei was doing there. Ooishi lingers outside the Sonozaki residence, continuing to scratch his neck and saying that the "murderers" now have a suitable target for Oyashiro-sama's curse.
Friday, June 17. Some villagers discover the damaged hokora, believing that Teppei was responsible for that and relieving himself on the gate. Everyone believes that the Houjous will be the next target of the curse.
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fandom.07th-expansion | # Tatariakashi-hen Part 4
is the tenth episode of and the fourth episode of Tatariakashi.
Synopsis.
Japanese.
雛見沢連続怪死事件の真相解明に執念を募らせる大石は、助けを求める鉄平からもたらされた真実を利用し、祟りの矛先を北条家に向けることで囮として利用することを思いつく。
English (Translated).
"Ooishi, who is obsessed with uncovering the truth behind the series of mysterious deaths in Hinamizawa, comes up with an idea to use the info given to him by Teppei, who asks for help, as bait by turning the focus of the curse at the Houjou family."
Plot Summary.
Prologue.
Friday, June 17. Ooishi takes several bags full of trash and dumps them around the Houoju residence. Later, Teppei and Satoko look at the disgusting site, with Satoko shocked and saying the villagers have never antagonized her directly like this. Teppei thinks those two guys who saw him doing laundry earlier are to blame and seethes with anger. Satoko tells him to stay calm, not wanting him to turn violent and give the villagers reason to escalate.
Teppei hugs her, telling her not to worry and lamenting that his hair-trigger temper has caused the family he loves to get hurt. Emotion fosters in Satoko's eyes and a crack appears in her mind as she agrees with her uncle.
At Irie's urging, Keiichi and the club inform the gathered crowd at the Child Welfare Center about Satoko's situation. Meanwhile, Satoko hugs Teppei back.
First Half.
Ooishi spends some time looking at the dam site before scratching his neck again and walking off. Kumagai watches the crowd at the center. Keiichi's group exits and says the center will make a decision in a month, still "monitoring" Satoko. That night, Ooishi goes to the Watanagashi Festival planning meeting and walks in on Keiichi appealing to the village elders. Ooishi takes a seat and thinks about the situation: he believes Keiichi's been tricked by the villagers into bullying Satoko and wonders how Keiichi would react if he learned the truth. Ooishi chuckles at how easily Keiichi is being used by the masterminds behind the curse.
Saturday, June 18. Ooishi and Kumagai watch the crowd at the center again, which has grown even more. Ooishi says everything is going according to the village's grand scheme and that he needs to make the chief look good. Ooishi goes into the crowd to speak with Keiichi as the social workers in the center watch in fright. Kumagai goes to retrieve Ooishi to speak with the chief.
Kumagai sees that Ooishi was trying something since he didn't use force when talking to the crowd. Ooishi says they'll let Keiichi take the credit today, muttering that the boy doesn't doubt he's doing the right thing. The Sonozaki representatives arrive, and Ooishi goes to speak with them for a bit before letting them pass. At home, Satoko is cooking a nice dinner for her and Teppei. More cracks appear as Satoko smiles.
The social workers agree to go to the Houjou residence to check out the situation. Ooishi offers to bring Harayama there so he can see first hand what's going on. Ooishi asks the crowd to disperse, and he and Harayama drive off.
Harayama introduces himself to Teppei and Satoko with Ooishi and Kumagai behind him. Teppei asks Ooishi what's going on, and the detective says he wanted CWS to see the truth for themselves rather than explain it. Harayama is confused, and Satoko tells him the entire village is bullying her family.
Harayama jots down some notes while Teppei and Satoko sit silently. Kumagai confirms that Ooishi knew all of this the whole time and can't believe the village would do this. Ooishi scratches his neck and says Hinamizawa is the only place it could happen. Harayama finishes his investigation, having talked to Satoko and searched the house. Their home situation is obviously nothing like what the protesters were saying, but Harayama doesn't know what to do since the Sonozakis are involved. Ooishi asks that he transfer responsibility of the case to the police. Kumagai objects since they didn't ask the chief, but Harayama agrees.
Second Half.
As Harayama and Kumagai leave, Ooishi reminds the Houjous that Watanagashi is tomorrow, and that they may become the next victims of the curse. He recommends they stay inside all day tomorrow, promising to watch over their house while the festival goes on. Satoko watches him leave.
Satoko calls Rika at her shack and lies to her that Teppei was arrested by police after Harayama came. Meanwhile, Teppei sleeps soundly, having been given an overdose of sleeping pills that Satoko put in his tea. Rika is happy that Satoko was saved and thinks she's finally free. Satoko hangs up and snickers since Rika may think her tragedy is over, but Oyashiro-sama's curse is just beginning. Her eyes glow brightly red.
Sunday, June 19. The club is excited to attend the Watanagashi with Satoko. Teppei wakes up with a massive headache as Satoko greets him. Teppei asks wearily asks what's going on and gets up, soon vomiting outside. Satoko says Rika should be here soon, yet Teppei has bad timing; she should be a princess who was just rescued from her horrible uncle and should be fawned over at the festival. Teppei stumbles back inside and asks what happened while he was passed out, having thought the villagers were bullying her.
Satoko asks what he thought of their time here. Teppei says it was nice; he didn't think a person as horrible as him would get to feel happy. Satoko is happy to hear it, but says it ends here as she draws her gun and aims it at her uncle, her eyes glowing red. Teppei is confused, and more cracks appear as Satoko fires.
Satoko completely misses Teppei, having forced herself to shoot at the floor. Satoko wrestles with herself, trying to aim the gun away from Teppei. One of Satoko's eyes turns back to normal as she tells Teppei to run away. The other Satoko says she won't let him get away. Satoko continues wrestling with herself as Teppei asks what's going on. Cracks appear all across the environment as the red-eye Satoko tells her other self not to be a fool.
In the Sea of Fragments, the two Satokos battle over the gun, one with normal eyes and one glowing red. The human Satoko asks her to stop, but the red one thinks she's lost her mind. Satoko says she doesn't want to kill her uncle or anyone else. The red one says she's looping endlessly to ensure Satoko Houjou's happiness, but the human asks her to give Satoko back.
The red one kicks her and insists "she" is Satoko. Eua cackles as she watches. The red one says the human claims to be Satoko but is just the remnants of an old Fragment and shouldn't exist anymore. The human Satoko says she doesn't know where she went wrong, but she did go wrong; she loves Rika a lot and wants to be with her forever, so she learned to be honest about it and insists the red one isn't right. The red one sighs, thinking the human went wrong when her outdated emotions rejected this reality.
The red one declares that she is a witch as one who lives in loops and traverses the Sea of Fragments. The human Satoko tries to run and Eua stops her, laughing more and saying that this shared tale is very entertaining; lending Satoko her power was a great decision. The human Satoko sees that Eua knew from the beginning this would happen, and Eua says that though it's an unpleasant way to put it since Satoko did accept her power, she still finds it amusing.
Eua says that if this current state anguishes Satoko, then she can relieve her of those emotions forever. The red one aims her gun at Satoko as the latter laments how stupid she was. The red one says she wasn't stupid in the slightest and fires.
Teppei cries and asks Satoko what's going on, but she shoots him in the head and kills him. Satoko's eyes glow red as she procures a baseball bat and beats Teppei's corpse with it, splattering blood all over herself and the room. The bloodied Satoko looks down forlornly at Teppei's corpse.
Soundtrack.
The ending theme, Missing Promise, is not played in this episode.
| Tatariakashi-hen Part 4 |
fandom.07th-expansion | # Tatariakashi-hen Part 5
is the eleventh episode of and the fifth and final episode of Tatariakashi.
Synopsis.
Japanese.
綿流しの日、家まで迎えにきた梨花に、新しい服に着替えた沙都子が笑顔で顔を覗かせる。
北条家の中で繰り広げられた惨劇に気づかないまま、梨花は沙都子と一緒に祭りへと向かう。
English (Translated).
"On the day of the Watanagashi, Satoko smiles at Rika when she comes to pick her up from her house, having changed into new clothes."
"Unaware of the tragedy that has unfolded in the Houjou household, Rika heads to the festival with Satoko."
Plot Summary.
Prologue.
Satoko beats Teppei's corpse with a baseball bat, spraying blood all over the room and herself. Satoko casually comments about the mess and takes a shower, washing off all of the blood and humming to herself.
Rika goes up to the Houjou residence. Satoko puts on a new outfit and comments about Rika's timing, her eyes glowing red. Satoko greets Rika at he door and is excited to go to the festival. Rika asks if her house is still dirty and offers to help clean, but Satoko says it's not necessary.
First Half.
Satoko and Rika join the club at the Furude Shrine, their friends happy to see Satoko safe and sound. Rika watches the group go and thinks about Hanyuu, saying that though she's no longer by her side and can't see what's going on, they've changed their tragic future. Rika says that Hanyuu doesn't need to worry about her anymore since they can create their own miracles. Rika performs the ritual dance. As the dance goes on, Hanyuu is shown standing inside the Sea of Fragments and praying.
Satoko takes Keiichi's hand and leads him away from the performance. At the overlook, Satoko says that Rika told her all about how Keiichi rallied the villagers to save her. Satoko asks to start calling Keiichi Nii-nii and hugs him. Satoko says there's something in her house she wants Keiichi to have and wants to show it to him before anyone notices.
Ooishi watches the Houjou residence from his car, getting impatient and scratching his neck while complaining about the itchiness. He notices Keiichi and Satoko walking inside the house. Satoko welcomes Keiichi inside the darkened house and asks him to wait in a room. Keiichi steps into the room where Teppei was killed, not noticing the bloodstains. Satoko picks up the bloodied bat and says this is the end of Rika's miracle and the beginning of her despair.
Keiichi turns on the light and is shocked to see Teppei lying dead in front of him. Satoko hits him from behind with the bat and knocks him down. Keiichi panics when he looks at Teppei's corpse again, and Satoko keeps hitting him until he falls over unconscious. Satoko says the rest is up to Ooishi and drops the bat. She walks to the front of the house and cries out, prompting Ooishi to run over.
Satoko cries as Ooishi looks at the blood on her and asks what happened. Satoko doesn't respond, and Ooishi goes to look at the scene. Satoko grins behind him.
Second Half.
Ooishi looks at the state of Teppei and Keiichi's bodies. Satoko says that Keiichi killed Teppei because of the curse. Ooishi presses her for information: Satoko claims Keiichi took her away from the festival to talk at her house, and Ooishi figures someone ordered him to do it. Satoko says Keiichi was calling himself Nii-nii and grabbed the bat to attack Teppei with, but her uncle fought back; scenes from "Tataridamashi" of Keiichi and Teppei's battle is shown.
Ooishi asks more about the curse. Satoko thinks for a bit and says Keiichi was caling it Oyashiro-sama's curse as he was beating Teppei. Ooishi becomes even more convinced in his theory, thinking the villagers really were manipulating the boy. Ooishi picks up the bloody bat, thinking he can finally tell Oyassan all about what really happened. Ooishi scratches his neck and thinks about who the mastermind could be, and Satoko sees he's entering the final stages.
Ooishi picks up Keiichi's body and tries to ask him who ordered it, and Satoko says that Rika told him. Ooishi remembers that the Furudes are part of the Three Families and is convinced he's solved the curse. He runs outside with the bat. Satoko cackles now that Oyashiro-sama's messenger is going forth.
At the festival, Rika asks some villagers where Tomitake and Takano are. Ooishi arrives and grabs Rika by the throat. Some villagers try to stop him but Ooishi shoots and kills them. Eua watches the scene while drinking tea and laughs at the children of men's entertainment. Mion tries to stop Ooishi, but she and Shion are killed. Satoko walks back to the shrine and hears the gunshots going on. Rena gets swept away by the crowd.
Ooishi asks Rika for the truth but she refuses to give it to him. Ooishi beats Rika to death with the bat when Satoko shows up. Rena tells her to stay back, but Satoko says he's lacking a lot of bite. Ooishi thinks that Satoko must be the true mastermind behind Oyashiro-sama's curse and aims his gun, and Satoko affirms it before shooting him in the head. Ooishi falls over dead.
Satoko goes up to Rika's corpse and asks if she's really dead, as she can't travel to the next Fragment without her. Satoko shoots Rika in the head as Rena watches and wonders what's going on. Satoko says she won't give up just in trapping Rika and shoots herself in the head.
Eua cackles. She looks at a Fragment of Hanyuu praying and asks what she'll do about this, as the "pitiful failure" cannot view the Fragments. Hanyuu opens her eyes.
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fandom.07th-expansion | # Tataridamashi
is the third arc in and the namesake manga.
Characters.
New characters
Returning characters
Manga.
The manga version of Tataridamashi contains five chapters with the first four included in the third volume and the last one included in the fourth volume.
Differences.
This manga version has some notable differences:
| Tataridamashi |
fandom.07th-expansion | # Tataridamashi-hen
| Tataridamashi-hen |
fandom.07th-expansion | # Tataridamashi-hen Manga Chapter 1
is the eighth chapter of "Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Gou".
Summary.
The club has a barbecue at the Furude Shrine, celebrating their close victory against the Okinomiya Titans. The Hinamizawa Fighters coach Irie asks Keiichi if he’s enjoying himself. Irie thinks Satoko is always happy when Keiichi is around, reminded of her older brother Satoshi. Keiichi is unaware Satoko had a brother, and Irie says many unfortunate things have happened. Satoko’s parents died in an accident, and the previous year Satoshi disappeared from Hinamizawa. Irie wants to adopt Satoko but legal circumstances prevent him from doing it. Irie wants to ensure he never does anything to make Satoko cry, and Keiichi promises to do the same. Shion soon arrives, introducing herself as the Hinamizawa Fighters’ ghost manager. Shion says she’s busy acting as Satoko’s Nee-nee, having promised Satoshi that she'd do that.
While walking home, Keiichi challenges Satoko to a cook off. The two go to Keiichi’s house where Keiichi ultimately loses. While eating dinner, Keiichi praises Satoko's cooking. Satoko says this reminds her of when her Nii-nii was around, who was just as inept as Keiichi at cooking. Satoko corrects herself and says she’s talking about her brother, wondering where he is right now. Satoko doesn’t feel lonely since she has the club, but Keiichi reaches out and gives her a headpat. Keiichi sees that Satoko has done her best in Satoshi’s absence and wishes for him to come back soon, and promises to be a good substitute until he does. Keiichi sees Satoko off, and she calls him Nii-nii while allowing him to swing by for cooking lessons. Satoko walks home by herself and soon encounters a familiar-looking man.
The next day at school, the club is worried since Satoko hasn’t shown up. Keiichi asks Rika if she knows anything since she brought lunch for Satoko, and other students start murmuring that “he” is back. The kids mention Oyashiro-sama’s curse and Satoshi when Satoko suddenly walks into the classroom. Rika runs up to her and starts crying, saying that it’s happening again. Keiichi wonders what Rika means by that and then sees the depressed look on Satoko’s face.
| Tataridamashi-hen Manga Chapter 1 |
fandom.07th-expansion | # Tataridamashi-hen Manga Chapter 2
is the ninth chapter of "Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Gou".
Summary.
Satoko comes to school looking depressed. The club check on her but she insists that she just caught a cold and gives a sad laugh. She’s happy that Rika brought lunch for her. Mion says they should prepare for club but Satoko says she’s leaving early. After she leaves, Keiichi asks Rika if anything happened last night. Rika says she never came home, and Mion explains that Satoko’s abusive uncle Teppei returned to Hinamizawa. Her aunt and uncle became Satoko and Satoshi’s guardians when their parents died and tormented them. Satoshi is gone now, and Satoko is living alone with her uncle. Keiichi says they need to report it and Mion explains they tried it two years ago, but the child consultation center couldn’t find any proof and decided to wait and see.
Keiichi says they need to save Satoko and stand up for her on Satoshi’s behalf, and asks Rika to take them to Satoko’s house. Once there, they knock on the door to the Houjou residence and get no response when Satoko returns from a grocery trip, surprised as to the sudden visit. Rika asks Satoko to come home with her but Satoko says she’s living with her uncle now. Satoko’s uncle then yells from inside the house and demands her to come inside. He opens the front door and tells the club to get lost. Keiichi gets a look at who he is. Satoko tries to quell Teppei's anger by saying they’re just her classmates. Satoko laughs while saying she went to get drinks and groceries while her uncle was playing mahjong, and Keiichi notices there are bruises on her. Satoko hides them and says she just fell down the stairs. Keiichi yells that he’s going to kill Teppei and Mion grabs him, saying they can’t fix anything with violence. Satoko thanks everyone for their concerns and cries, happy that Keiichi is her new Nii-nii. Keiichi swears he won’t abandon her.
The next day at school, Mion explains that she told Chie about what happened, and she’s made the child welfare center aware of the issue. Satoko suddenly walks in, happy. The club asks what happened and Satoko says that when the child welfare office called, they apologized and said nothing was going on. Keiichi asks what she means but Satoko ignores him and starts acting energetic like usual. During lunch Keiichi gives Satoko a headpat when she bats him away and panics, then throws up.
Keiichi asks what’s wrong and reaches his hand out towards Satoko, but she runs away towards the corner and starts apologizing while calling out for her Nii-nii. Keiichi tries to help more but Rena tells him to stand back and hugs Satoko. Shion walks into the room and tends to Satoko. Satoko stops crying and thanks Rena for her comfort, heading home soon after. Mion says they’re powerless, and Keiichi thinks there’s a way to save Satoko and imagines beating Teppei to death with a baseball bat. Rika grabs Keiichi and tells him to stop, saying that murder won’t solve anything, and there won’t be a happy ending for anyone. Keiichi then recalls Fragments of killing Teppei and Satoko calling him a murderer, realizing that in that future he made Satoko cry. Shion yells that she needs to kill Teppei and can do it in 1500 seconds. Mion and Rena try to calm her down as Rika cries, and Keiichi pats Rika before blocking the exit to the classroom. Shion tells Keiichi to get out of the way, saying she promised Satoshi to look after Satoko like a little sister.
Shion picks up a chair and hits Keiichi with it, but he continues to stand up despite his bleeding. Keiichi asks if Satoko would really be happy if Shion became a murderer and says she’ll regret it. Shion insists that’s the best thing to do, and Keiichi says they just need to trust each other to save Satoko for sure. Shion punches a wall in frustration, and Rika tells Keiichi that they can gather everyone’s strength and make a miracle happen. Keiichi thinks about the villagers gathered in front of the child welfare office and tells the club that they just need to protest the office in Satoko’s defense. Shion decides to join, and Keiichi thanks Rika for stopping him earlier. Rika sheds tears and says she did it because she believed in him. The club swears to save Satoko.
| Tataridamashi-hen Manga Chapter 2 |
fandom.07th-expansion | # Tataridamashi-hen Manga Chapter 3
is the tenth chapter of "Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Gou".
Summary.
Keiichi rallies the class to unite and save Satoko. Chie walks in the room and is surprised at the commotion when Rika stops her, saying that Keiichi is doing his best. Keiichi says the child welfare office doesn’t fully understand the situation Satoko is in, so they need to go there and make things clear. The students get fired up and talk amongst themselves. Chie steps in and voices her support, wanting everyone to follow the rules and to not get hurt. Seeing this solidarity, Shion and Mion get reminded of the dam war.
The club goes to the clinic to get Irie’s support. Takano and Tomitake appear and offer their help as well. Rika is shocked upon seeing Takano, recalling memories of Takano tearing her guts out of her. Keiichi accepts their help. Mion remembers that the Watanagashi Festival executive meeting is that night and asks Keiichi to come along. As the club leaves the clinic, some elderly patients watch them.
At the assembly hall, Keiichi hears that even Shion is spreading word to her Okinomiya friends. Ooishi appears, saying he also has to have a word with the festival committee. He’s heard much about how Teppei has been in police custody in the past due to violence and that Keiichi is assembling people to save Satoko. Ooishi says that Keiichi must believe he’s doing the right thing and won’t falter in his resolve. Keiichi wonders what he means as Mion calls out to him.
Chie apologizes to the club and says she can’t let the protests continue. Mion explains that long ago, Chie ignored the board of education to teach at the Hinamizawa school, and since the village elders aren’t taking kindly to the fact they’re helping a Houjou, Chie could lose the school. Keiichi learns of how the Houjous were hated by the village because Satoko’s parents supported the dam project, and though everyone forgave Satoko, they’re still hanging on to that old belief. Keiichi says it’s time to uproot those old beliefs and marches inside with the club.
Keiichi asks to get the elders’ support for Satoko, but they refuse. The twins reveal that the village council is being paid by the government, so they can’t oppose them for risk of losing that funding for the Watanagashi. Mayor Kiichirou Kimiyoshi says that Keiichi is taking things too far, and Keiichi reminds him of how hard the mayor fought during the dam war. That spirit of unity is Hinamizawa’s tradition, and Keiichi wants to be proud of living in the village. Kichiirou changes his mind and says he wouldn’t be opposed, but Keiichi would have to convince a certain someone: Oryou Sonozaki, the head of the Three Families. The group heads to the Sonozaki estate to meet with Oryou.
Rika and the group plead Oryou to lend her support to save Satoko. Oryou refuses and says Satoko can deal with it, and Akane encourages Keiichi to say something. Keiichi says that Satoko will become broken if her situation continues, but Oryou continues saying that Satoko is getting what she deserves as a Houjou. Keiichi and Oryou argue, and Keiichi swears that he’ll kill Oryou and make Mion the new head. Oryou takes no heed to his threat and Keiichi moves to attack her when Kasai stops him. Akane says they ought to call it a day and tells Keiichi that he should use this chance to learn the rules. Oryou is escorted away.
The club gathers outside the residence, and Akane and Kiichirou come out to report that Oryou will give her support. Oryou really was worried about Satoko this entire time, but her status as the family head meant she couldn’t just agree to what a kid said. The story will be that Oryou cooperated because of Keiichi’s spirit, and she really is grateful to him for it. The next day, dozens of villagers are gathered in front of the child welfare center, encompassing people from all over: the school kids, the village elders, and even some Angel Mort employees. Rika praises Keiichi for bringing everyone together, and the war begins.
| Tataridamashi-hen Manga Chapter 3 |
fandom.07th-expansion | # Tataridamashi-hen Manga Chapter 4
is the eleventh chapter of "Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Gou".
Summary.
The club is convinced that the child consultation center will take action now that so many people are gathered. Ooishi stops the club and commends Keiichi for managing to bring together Oryou Sonozaki and the town council. Ooishi hopes for the best and sends the club off, commenting that it’s fine for Keiichi to take all the credit just this once. The center staff apologize for not taking the situation seriously and call Satoko’s house. Teppei picks up. The worker says they’re sending staff over to check on them, and Teppei says they should come some other time. The worker asks to talk to Satoko, and though Teppei is reluctant, he lets her on. Satoko says everything is fine, and Keiichi wonders why she still won’t accept their help. Rika says Satoko must think she’s being strong by enduring Teppei’s abuse by herself and can’t forgive herself for relying on Satoshi.
Rika takes the phone, and Satoko tells her that she hopes to prove to her Nii-nii that she’s strong by not relying on anybody’s help. Rika says that enduring the abuse is wrong and tells Satoko to think back to what Satoshi did. He stood up to their aunt and uncle to defend Satoko, and now she needs to find that same strength and get help. Rika hands the phone back to the worker, and a crying Satoko calls out for help. The phone goes to a dial tone soon after. Rika tells the worker to get to Satoko’s house quickly, and Ooishi strolls in saying he can take them there. Ooishi asks Keiichi to disperse the crowd as he escorts the worker. The club leaves the office, hoping that Ooishi and the police will take care of everything.
Satoko still doesn't come back to school the next day. Keiichi looks at his calendar at home and says the Watanagashi is coming tomorrow. The phone rings and Keiichi takes it, where Satoko’s voice is on the other end. Keiichi asks if she’s alright and Satoko says she’s fine. Teppei cut her off from the phone and the police arrived right there to restrain him. Ooishi had police stationed nearby beforehand, who took Teppei to the station. Satoko was taken into protection after.
Keiichi is relieved that Satoko is okay, and Satoko smiles. Satoko says her bruises healed right away and thanks Keiichi for doing so much for her. Keiichi says they can have fun at Watanagashi tomorrow, and Satoko asks if Keiichi could pick her up at her house. The next day, Keiichi goes to Satoko’s house and sees her wearing a bright new outfit. Satoko calls Keiichi Nii-nii and grabs his hand happily.
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fandom.07th-expansion | # Tataridamashi-hen Manga Chapter 5
is the twelfth chapter of "Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Gou" and the final chapter in "Tataridamashi-hen".
Summary.
The club has fun at the Watanagashi Festival. Satoko holds on to Keiichi and says she'll make the most of things with her Nii-nii. Rika believes that she and her friends have truly gained those happy days back. Satoko tells Keiichi that she picked out her new outfit specially for today because she wanted him to be the first to see them. Keiichi gives her headpats.
Rika prepares for her ritual dance, believing that she can overcome her fated death. During the dance, a gunshot rings out, and Rika looks down to see a bullet wound in her abdomen. The crowd gasps in horror as Ooishi walks on stage, a smoking revolver aimed at Rika in one hand and a bloody metal bat in the other. Ooishi exclaims that Rika is behind Oyashiro-sama's curse. One of the stagehands tries to stop Ooishi but he gets shot in the head. The crowd scrambles to escape the scene, with Rena getting caught up in the flow. Keiichi tries to run and help Rika but Satoko stops him since it's too dangerous.
Ooishi scratches his neck and lifts Rika by the collar, interrogating her about the serial mysterious deaths. Rika has no idea what he's doing, and Mion and Shion try to stop Ooishi. However, Mion gets knocked to the side and Ooishi shoots her in the head, killing her. Shion is next to die. Rika cries and Keiichi is horrified. He breaks free from Satoko's grasp and runs to the stage, telling her to hide somewhere safe. Satoko hugs him, not wanting him to die as well. She doesn't want Nii-nii to leave her again. Keiichi says he'd never abandon Satoko and promises he’ll come back. Satoko clenches her fist.
Ooishi tries to choke Rika and demands to know everything about the curse. Keiichi jumps on stage and rams into Ooishi, knocking him down. The detective gets back up and grabs Keiichi's throat, convinced he's an accomplice to Rika. Rika attacks Ooishi with the ritual hoe and Keiichi uses this chance to kick him offstage. Rika collapses from blood loss. Keiichi puts Rika on his back and starts carrying her off as she wonders how this all happened.
Ooishi climbs back on stage and hits Keiichi in the head with his bat. He yells that he's had enough of giving Keiichi the spotlight and playing along with his charades. Rika reaches out in anguish as Keiichi gets hit repeatedly, his last thoughts being of Satoko.
Keiichi wakes up in a hospital, his parents by his side. A while later, Rena comes to visit Keiichi and breaks down crying. Keiichi asks her to explain what happened at the festival that night and what happened to everyone. Rena tearfully says that everyone is dead.
In a flashback to the festival, Rena watches as Ooishi beats Rika to death with his bat and demands to know her secrets. Satoko walks up behind Ooishi and says Rika's name with a blank stare in her eyes. Ooishi looks towards her as Rena calls for Satoko to stay back. Three gunshots ring out.
Rena tells Keiichi that she thought they worked so hard yet doesn't understand why she had to witness all of that. Keiichi realizes he failed to keep his promise to protect Satoko and starts crying as well, questioning what Rena saw that day.
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fandom.07th-expansion | # Tataridamashi-hen Part 1
is the ninth episode of and the first episode of Tataridamashi.
Synopsis.
Japanese.
圭一は些細な言い争いから、沙都子と料理勝負をすることに。
自宅で料理を失敗したところを沙都子と梨花に助けられた圭一は、沙都子の普段見せない家庭的な一面を垣間見ることになる。
English (Translated).
"Due to a minor argument, Keiichi decides to have a cooking competition with Satoko."
"When he fails to cook at home, Satoko and Rika help him out, and he catches a glimpse of Satoko's homely side that she doesn't usually show."
Plot Summary.
Prologue.
The inside of a dirty house is shown. A woman repeatedly rings the doorbell and tries to get the attention of the man sleeping inside, soon knocking on the door. The man rouses and swears to himself, with the woman yelling that other tenants are complaining about his house smelling. The man gets fed up and throws a bag at his door, startling the woman. He then opens the door and cusses the woman out, asking what he's supposed to about the smell. The woman runs off and the man goes back inside after giving one last insult. He walks past a prescription note that reveals his name as Teppei Houjou.
First Half.
A newspaper lodged inside a fence shows the date as Tuesday June 9, 1983. At school, the club sits around eating lunch and commenting on each other's food. Mion Sonozaki says the mayor and his friends came over last night to hang out, so she took some of their leftovers for lunch. Keiichi Maebara commends her for her craftwork, and Rika Furude admires Rena Ryuugu's apple bunnies. Mion says Rena's secret ingredient is love and so she can't match to hers. Satoko Houjou tells Rika that they should learn from them. Rika reveals her lunch and greatly impresses Keiichi.
Keiichi shows some derision for Satoko's own cooking skill, who replies that she may not be as good a chef as Rika but she can still hold her own in the kitchen. Keiichi smugly asks if she can tell the difference between cauliflower and broccoli: Satoko says broccoli is green but then confuses it with yellow, and as Keiichi eggs her on Satoko starts crying. Keiichi pats her head to console her, and Mion then asks if Keiichi is a good cook himself. Keiichi insists he's better than Satoko, and Mion says they should show off their skills the next day and prove it, and he better not cheat by getting someone else to make his lunch. Keiichi accepts the challenge.
Keiichi goes home and finds a note from his parents that they went to Tokyo for some urgent work. They'll be there for a few days and want Keiichi to learn to cook by himself, his hands shaking as he reads it. Keiichi crumples the note in frustration and loudly complains, then takes on their request and sets up several tools and ingredients. He flips through a recipe book and looks for something to cook, having no idea what he's doing. Keiichi finally settles on vegetable stir fry, thinking it to be simple. The recipe calls for a teaspoon of oil though Keiichi has no idea what it is, so he pours a bunch of oil into a ladle and drops it into his wok. A column of fire erupts from the stove, with Keiichi impressed. Satoko suddenly dropkicks him, turns off the stove and then sprays a fire extinguisher over it.
A confused Keiichi looks at Satoko and Rika and asks what they're doing at his house. Satoko comments on his attempted arson of his own house, with Rika saying if they didn't come there would be firetrucks everywhere. Satoko is disappointed to see that Keiichi's cooking skills aren't so great and asks him to leave the kitchen, with Rika pulling him into the living room. Alone, Satoko starts cooking food with a practiced hand and then asks Keiichi to set the table. Seeing how happy Rika is at being able to eat dinner at his house, Keiichi wonders why Satoko has to act so angry all the time. Rika tells him that Satoko isn't angry, but that she's actually having fun; it reminds her of when her nii-nii was around. Seeing Keiichi's confusion, Rika explains that nii-nii is what Satoko calls her big brother Satoshi. Satoko was always happy when with Satoshi, and Keiichi figures he's not around anymore due to her use of "was." Rika says nothing, and Satoko announces that dinner is ready.
The three start eating, with Keiichi greatly enjoying his meal. Satoko gloats over his change in opinion towards her, and Keiichi says she wins the cooking competition. Satoko meekly accepts his praise and says the meal isn't all that good, as the side dishes were all canned. Keiichi doesn't mind, as it tasted good regardless. Rika says it reminds her of when they ate dinner with Satoshi, and Satoko wonders what he's doing now. Satoko then says Satoshi is her nii-nii but soon corrects herself to say "big brother." She says Satoshi could barely take care of himself but now he's run away, though she hopes he'll give up and come back some day. Keiichi starts giving Satoko a headpat, commenting on how mature she is. Keiichi and Rika joke around about Satoko saying nii-nii, and the two girls get ready to bike home. Satoko goes ahead but Rika stays behind and tells Keiichi he got an A+. Satoko became happy from feeling like Satoshi had come home, with Rika hoping that Keiichi can play a similar role as him. Satoko calls out and asks why she's lagging behind, and Rika bids farewell and rides off.
Friday, June 10. At Sevens Mart, Keiichi and Satoko are shopping and hunting for discounts. Keiichi wants to get a family pack of meat but Satoko chastises him for his lacking of management skills and puts the meat back. After purchasing ingredients they walk home, with Keiichi anticipating stir fry for dinner. He gives Satoko more headpats and praises her skill some more, the latter embarrassedly accepting it. That night, Keiichi devours his meal, with Satoko asking if he washed his hands. Keiichi wants to do it after but Satoko nags him for it. Keiichi soon gets up to wash but soon trips a trap and is showered by metal pans. Satoko laughs at claiming another victim as Keiichi exasperatedly sits up. Seeing the look on his face, Satoko asks what's wrong and Keiichi says he's an only child, so this interaction feels nice. The phone suddenly rings and Keiichi picks up to hear his mom, who says they've finished their work in Tokyo and will be home the next morning. Satoko becomes downtrodden.
Second Half.
Saturday, June 11. Keiichi returns home and his mom says Rena's calling him. Rena desperately tells Keiichi that they need to win a fight and that Satoko's in a rough spot. Keiichi slams the phone down and pulls out a golf club, rushing to the scene and ending up at a baseball field, where a baseball game is being held. Some players look at Keiichi confusedly as Rena calls him over.
Keiichi sits down on the bench amidst strange looks from the other players, with Rena asking why he brought a golf club. Keiichi complains that Rena should've specified the "fight" was a baseball game. Just then, Satoko hits the ball out of the park and wins the game as the batter watches in awe. Keiichi wonders why they even called him there if they've won now. Mion asks the coach if he remembers the deal, who agrees to host a big barbecue tomorrow. Rika pats the coach's head and pities his wallet.
Sunday, June 12. The kids are enjoying their barbecue as Mion commends Satoko for her home-run. Keiichi sits on a bench watching them as the coach walks up to him, saying he feels healed when he sees Satoko. Keiichi is confused, and the man introduces himself as Irie, though everyone calls him Coach. Keiichi comments on how Irie seems to like Satoko a lot and Irie says he really does, hoping to marry her one day. Keiichi is taken aback by that statement and Irie laughs. He then says Satoko's brother Satoshi was part of the Hinamizawa Fighters baseball team and wishes he could've played with them longer. Irie continues that Satoshi left Hinamizawa a year ago due to a series of unfortunate events: three years ago, Satoko's parents died when they fell off an observation deck into a cliff while on vacation, and now Satoko is living with Rika. Irie seriously wants to adopt Satoko, but there are legal issues preventing him from doing it. He wants to see her smiling all the time, and Keiichi says he wants to see it too.
Irie asks Keiichi to promise that they will never make Satoko cry. Keiichi promises it, and then asks what Irie would do if he were to adopt her. Irie grabs his face and says it's a difficult question to answer when a female voice says he'd turn Satoko into a maid and make her call him Master. Keiichi is shocked by this and Irie swears he didn't say that. The voice continues saying that Irie would make Satoko wear a maid outfit, and Irie agrees that she'd look nice. The voice is revealed to be Shion Sonozaki, who Keiichi recognizes. Shion starts to leave right then and Keiichi stops her, asking what she's even doing here. Shion says she's the manager of the Hinamizawa Fighters, with Keiichi asking why she wasn't at the game yesterday then: Shion is actually a phantom manager. Irie tells her to cheer them on next time, and Shion says she also wants in on his and Keiichi's promise. Shion says she's Satoko's "nee-nee" and goes up to hug her, much to Satoko's resistance.
The group starts cleaning up and Keiichi asks where Satoko is, with Rika saying she's gone shopping for dinner. He complains about her ditching everyone when they're cleaning and Rika says she's actually clever unlike Keiichi. Keiichi scrubs some dishes and hears some kids nearby talking about the Watanagashi Festival coming up and wondering if Oyashiro-sama's curse will strike again this year. They also mention that it got Satoshi last year, with Keiichi becoming afraid.
Keiichi, Mion and Rena walk home when Keiichi stops and asks about Satoko's brother. Mion pauses for a bit and says Satoshi transferred last year to another school. Keiichi then asks if it had to do with Oyashiro-sama's curse, and the three say nothing while looking at each other. Mion breaks the silence to say she promised to lend Keiichi some manga and asks if he wants to go to her house. Keiichi gets confused but soon agrees, with Rena saying she'll go home.
At the water wheel, Mion asks Keiichi how much he knows about Satoko's family, with Keiichi repeating what he'd heard about her parents and brother. Mion explains that Satoko's parents were supporters of the dam project, with Keiichi surprised as he thought every villager was against it. The government paid people to move out and let them build the dam, with Satoko's parents the leader of the pro-dam group. Unfortunately, Satoko's parents died on the day of the Watanagashi, and rumor spread that they died because of Oyashiro-sama, and that Satoshi running away was also his doing. Mion, Rena and the others don't like bringing up the curse or her family around Satoko because they figure she doesn't want to hear any of it. She asks if Keiichi understands, and he apologizes for his lack of tact. He figures Satoko is living a happy life with Rika now.
An old man is walking down the road when he sees Teppei walking into a house, with Teppei yelling at him and chasing him off. Teppei tells a saddened Satoko to get in the house, with Satoko calling him Uncle as she walks in and Teppei closes the door behind him.
Soundtrack.
The opening, I believe what you said, is not played during this episode.
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fandom.07th-expansion | # Tataridamashi-hen Part 2
is the tenth episode of and the second episode of Tataridamashi.
Synopsis.
Japanese.
沙都子の辛い過去を知った圭一は、今まで以上に沙都子のことを気にかけるようになる。
そんなある日、沙都子が急に学校を休んでしまう。
梨花から事情を聞こうとする圭一たちだが……。
English (Translated).
"When Keiichi learns of Satoko's painful past, he begins to care for her more than ever before."
"Then one day, Satoko is suddenly absent from school."
"Keiichi and his friends try to learn from Rika what happened..."
Plot Summary.
Prologue.
At night, a moped speeds through on a road. Keiichi grips his bat and jumps out from hiding, knocking over the rider of the moped. The rider Teppei cries out in pain, and Keiichi says this is nothing compared to what he did to Satoko. Teppei screams as Keiichi swings his bat down.
Keiichi jolts awake inside of his room and stares at his trembling hands.
First Half.
Monday, June 13. Rena comments on Keiichi being late for school and thinks he overslept again. He apologizes says he had a weird dream and couldn't sleep; he couldn't remember what was in it but he thinks it was about Satoko. Keiichi and Rena then hightail it to school after realizing how late they are.
Keiichi and Rena make it to school just in time, with Mion giving a sigh of resignation. Keiichi sees that Satoko and Rika aren't seated at their desks, which is strange because they're never late. Mion sits down in silence and Keiichi is about to question her when Chie walks into the room to announce the start of class. She asks Mion to start the class when Rika walks into the room. Chie scolds her for being late and asks where Satoko is, to which Rika replies that she might be late. Rika is staring out the second floor school window later when Keiichi goes up and headpats her, wanting to make her feel better for being scolded. Rika gives a sad "mii" in response. Keiichi asks what's wrong with Satoko and Rika turns away from him, going back to staring out the window.
At recess, Keiichi gets a baseball out of a gutter for Tomita and Okamura and sends them off when a strange man suddenly walks up to him. The man introduces himself as Ooishi, a detective for the Okinomiya police department. Keiichi tells him where the teacher's room is when Ooishi cuts him off and says he's looking to speak with Satoko Houjou about something. Keiichi's demeanor changes and he asks what he wants with her. Ooishi replies that he just wants to ask a few questions, with Keiichi responding that he should just call her. Ooishi laughs at his harsh retort and asks some girls behind him to get Satoko. They say that Satoko isn't at school; cursing his luck, Ooishi then asks for Keiichi's name and gets it. Ooishi says he's heard a lot about Keiichi and grips his shoulder tightly, pulling him close and advising him not to make any enemies around here or else.
Doctor Irie arrives and tells the detective to knock it off. Ooishi greets him and says he was wanting to talk with him at the clinic, and Irie sternly replies that he should get a warrant in that case. Ooishi lets go of Keiichi and says he'll be back as the latter clutches his shoulder in pain. Irie patches up Keiichi in the school doctor's office, with Keiichi saying Ooishi hurt him a lot but there were no marks. Irie says it proves the detective is used to threatening people like that. Keiichi wonders what Ooishi's deal was, mentioning his need to talk with Satoko. Irie hopes he doesn't bother her again, with Keiichi confused.
The doctor then asks if Keiichi knows about Oyashiro-sama's curse. Keiichi knows that Satoko's parents supported the dam project and that when they died, everyone said it was a curse. Irie explains that after that, Satoko and her brother Satoshi moved in with their aunt and uncle. Their uncle Teppei was their father's younger brother, but he and his wife were terrible people. As soon as they became legal guardians, they stole the money left behind by Satoko and Satoshi's parents and treated them horribly: beating them ,scolding them, even starving them. Irie knows Keiichi might not comprehend what that did to Satoko, as she's always happy and energetic. The thing that changed Satoko was a year ago when on the night of the Watanagashi Festival her aunt died, beaten to death by a drug addict. Teppei fled Hinamizawa, fearing it was the curse. Though Satoko was able to escape her abusive relatives, Ooishi stepped. Irie says Ooishi is a little strange; although every incident in Oyashiro-sama's curse has been made out to be an accident or murder, the detective still wants to solve them. Ooishi even has the nickname of "Oyashiro-sama's messenger".
During lunch, the club sits around with a saddened Rika staring at the bentos she made for her and Satoko. Keiichi asks if Satoko will show up for lunch, and Rena says they will wait for her as long as it takes. Keiichi sees Mion staring down and asks if she knows something, as she's been acting weird all morning. Mion says she heard a rumor from the neighborhood council that Satoko's uncle came back to the village. The class then gasps when Satoko finally walks through the door. Keiichi asks where she was as everyone was worried for her, and Satoko gives a half-hearted laugh while saying they didn't need to worry. She says she was just running errands for her uncle, with Keiichi questioning why it was on a school day. Satoko puts her things up and wants to eat.
School ends and Mion announces the start of club activities, but she sees Satoko packing up. Mion says Satoko can choose what game they play today and tries to be cheerful but Satoko thanks her and walks out the door. Mion asks her to stay or else she'll face a club penalty but struggles to remember what rule that was. Rena admonishes Mion for trying to force her and Satoko says she has matters to take care of and leaves.
Keiichi confirms they're all friends, to which everyone nods, and then he asks Rika to explain what's going on. Rika looks at everyone pleading with her and then explains that yesterday, Satoko went shopping but still wasn't back after sunset. She waited for her at their front door and was about to walk inside when she saw Satoko walking up. Rika tells Satoko to get ready for dinner but she replies she only came to get her things and will be staying with her uncle now, shocking Rika. Keiichi laments that Satoko's been placed in a similar situation as before and Rena says it'll be worse since Satoshi is no longer there. Mion says Satoshi always protected Satoko and shield her from abuse, and now Satoko is all alone with her uncle. Keiichi knows that it's child abuse and they should report it, but Mion replies they tried it last year. The Child Welfare Services sent over a social worker to interview both Satoko and Satoshi and their aunt and uncle to "get both sides." In the end, they said they'll keep an eye out for them. Teppei and his wife beat the two kids but never left marks, and no one had recordings of his rants; there were no witnesses since it all happened at home. The abuse got worse as a result. Keiichi wonders if there really is nothing they can do, with Riak staring at them.
Second Half.
The next day, Rika arrives alone to class again and Chie asks if Satoko will be late again, receiving an affirming nod. Chie tells everyone to study by themselves and goes to talk with Rika privately. Inside her office, Chie confirms the rumor about Satoko's uncle as the rest of the group listens in. Rika asks what Chie plans to do if she knows all of that, and she replies that shell visit her at home. Mion opens the door and walks in, asking if she'll call Child Welfare Services if she sees anything wrong. She says they won't do anything unless there's proof of abuse as Keiichi and Rena walk in, and Chie scolds them. Keiichi says Satoko is more important than studying right now, and Chie replies that she needs to see Satoko's home environment to make a truthful report. Rena and Rika agree and say they should leave things to her for now. Chie tells Mion to take everyone back to class.
Chie goes to Satoko's house and knocks on the door, with Teppei rudely greeting her at the door. She introduces herself and asks to speak with Satoko, though Teppei asks what for. The teacher says she didn't come to school and nobody reported her absent. Teppei replies that Satoko has a cold and might come to school tomorrow, slamming the door closed.
Chie returns to school where Mion and the rest ask how things went. Chie says she didn't get to see her, which angers Keiichi. He figures her uncle didn't want her to see Satoko's bruises and Chie apologizes. Rena tells him to calm down as Rika buries her head on the stairs. Chie says she'll call Child Welfare Services, thinking they'll do something if she explains the situation. Mion hopes something will change this time.
Wednesday, June 15. Keiichi hears that CWS called Satoko's house and is going to "wait and see" once more, getting mad. Just then, Satoko walks into the classroom and comments on how loud everyone is, with every trace of her sad demeanor gone. Mion asks what CWS said and Satoko says nothing happened; her cold cleared up so she came to school. In private, Keiichi asks Rika what really happened and she says Satoko told the worker "everything is fine." Keiichi knows her uncle told her to say that and Rika says this is actually the third time Satoko's been involved with child abuse. Rika explains that Satoko's dad is actually her stepdad, as her mother remarried. They never had a good family life, and one day Satoko tried to get rid of her stepfather by calling CWS and claiming he was abusing her. The reason they always say they're keeping an eye on things is because Satoko might be lying again, with Keiichi finding it incredibly stupid.
At lunch, the club sits around and admires each other's bentos. Satoko apologizes to Rika for having her make her lunch every day, and Rika replies that she enjoys doing it. Keiichi goes to get a bite of Rena's food but Satoko elbows him and steals it. Keiichi stands up and is about to give her a headpat when Satoko suddenly bats his hand away. Mion asks what's wrong and Satoko starts hyperventilating, pushing Keiichi away and throwing up. Keiichi asks what's wrong and Satoko throws up and runs up to the wall crying. She starts clutching herself and repeatedly apologizing. The rest of the class watches her breakdown in stunned silence, with Rika looking on neutrally. As Satoko calls for her nii-nii, Keiichi wonders what happened to her.
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fandom.07th-expansion | # Tataridamashi-hen Part 3
is the eleventh episode of and the third episode of Tataridamashi.
Synopsis.
Japanese.
突然取り乱し泣き叫ぶ沙都子に、どうすることもできない圭一たち。
大切な仲間を救うため、自分たちにできることを模索し、互いの主張を衝突させていく。
English (Translated).
"Keiichi and his friends are powerless to do anything about Satoko, who suddenly breaks down and cries out for help."
"In order to save their precious friend, they find out what they can do and clash with each other in their arguments."
Plot Summary.
Prologue.
Satoko continues freaking out as the rest of the class watches, stunned. Keiichi walks over to her but Satoko runs further into the corner. Keiichi keeps trying to console her but Rena tells him to back off and starts shedding tears. Mion and Rika are also watching silently.
First Half.
Chie enters the classroom, sees everyone huddled in the corner and asks Satoko what's wrong. Satoko stops crying, gets up and gives a hearty laugh, saying she was just having a small dispute with Rena. She asks Rena for confirmation and twirls happily as the rest of the class continues watching. Mion laments their powerlessness.
School ends and Satoko begins to leave school by herself when Rika walks up and asks her to come home with her. Satoko looks away and says she has to be living with her uncle from now on. Rika knows she doesn't want to live with him but Satoko feels there's no way around it.
Rika returns to the classroom where the rest of the club is and affirms Keiichi's concerns. Keiichi demands to know why CWS didn't do anything, and Mion says that because of her false report they won't do anything without proof. Mion and Keiichi dispute a bit when Shion interrupts them, angrily asking why they're all standing around. She says they need to do something now before its too late and Rena agrees.
Keiichi wonders why they need to make another report to CWS when Shion says they can fix it by just ambushing Teppei and beating him to death. After hearing her proposal, Keiichi recalls his dream of killing Teppei himself. Rena interrupts his reminiscence and says murder is not the way they should be handling things. Shion retorts and asks if she has any better ideas, saying that Satoshi told her to take care of Satoko and doesn't want to tell him she failed. Mion tells her to calm down and Shion asks why she doesn't just use her influence to save her, then remembers that the old hag won't get involved with the Houjou family because of her grudge over the dam war; Mion looks away.
Shion starts walking away and voices her intent to kill Teppei when Keiichi tells her to wait. He asks if she thinks killing her uncle means Satoko will thank her, and that Shion will wind up regretting it and hating herself for it. Keiichi professes that what Shion really wants is to return to a world where everyone was happy and that killing someone will make it go away; Rika stares at him in surprise. Keiichi walks up to Shion and says that Satoko will blame herself for encouraging Shion to murder, and Shion asks again what his ideas are.
Keiichi changes position to block the doorway and Shion takes that to mean he's on Teppei's side and picks up a chair. Mion calls out and Keiichi admits that he doesn't have a better idea, but he knows there's a way to save Satoko. Shion tells him to get out of the way and Keiichi tells her to believe in him, swearing on his name that he'll save Satoko.
Shion swings the chair down, making Keiichi bleed. He says she'll have to kill him if she wants to leave, and that if she does they'll be living in a world where Satoko will be heartbroken every day. Shion readies her chair again and says Keiichi must not know how serious she is, and Keiichi says again that he wants to live in a world every everyone is happy together. Rika then stands in front of Keiichi towards Shion and starts speaking in a deeper voice, saying that people cannot live without hope and that their world hasn't lost it yet. Keiichi asks Shion to trust him, and her expression relaxes.
Shion goes to sit in the corner facing the wall and Keiichi thanks Rika for the help. Shion then asks what they plan to do after that speech, and Rika says Keiichi must know the truth: that this world is not a dead end. Rena tends to Keiichi's injuries while saying a miracle will happen if they all work together, with Rika affirming it. Keiichi realizes that they should go to the Child Welfare Center, drawing surprise from the others; they know the most about Satoko's situation, so they can help her. The group begins to see the full picture, but Shion says CWS is unlikely to change their mind once they've made it. Keiichi still wants to try. Rena asks Shion if she'll join them, and she agrees to it.
The group heads to the Child Welfare Services Center and meets with a case worker. Keiichi tells the woman that they heard CWS got a call but decided to monitor the situation, and they have to give more details to it. The woman doesn't understand, and Keiichi says Satoko may have said nothing was wrong but she's being violently threatened by her uncle. The woman says that her case is still being worked on and that a social worker contacted the Houjou residence and will be doing so regularly. The woman says that Satoko will be receiving the appropriate level of parental care and Shion yells that she doesn't know what's really going on, prompting the woman to change her wording that Satoko is getting appropriate "guardian" care. Keiichi says that Satoko was just fine by herself and that Teppei dragged her back home, though the woman replies that he's supposed to be her legal guardian. Shion loudly complains and Mion quietly reminds her that he became her guardian after Satoko's parents died.
Mion says Teppei willingly abandoned Satoko for over a year and asks what CWS thinks: the woman says she can't reply for case confidentiality but they did get the full story from Teppei. Rena interprets this as CWS being content with his story and deciding to monitor them. Keiichi adds that Satoko was being abused by her aunt and uncle last year as well and that there must be notes, and the woman closes her notebook while once again citing case confidentiality. The woman says they are working on it and after some more complaining from Shion, she suddenly gets up in her face and promises that if something happens to Satoko then she'll regret it. Mion tells her to stop, as it's hurting their case. Keiichi says not to be fooled by whatever Teppei said on the phone, and the woman says she take that into consideration and thanks them for coming.
Second Half.
The club goes to rest in a park with Shion finding it incredulous that the worker actually listened to what they said. Rena wants to believe it'll work and Shion wonders if they should go talk to that person directly. Mion says it must be a difficult job since they must get many threats like the one Shion made earlier. Keiichi asks Mion if she should speak on their behalf since she's used to speaking with city officials and Shion says they only listen to her because she's head of the Sonozaki family; CWS treated them differently since they didn't know them.
The group walks home and a dejected Keiichi asks what to do now. He apologizes for amounting to nothing with all his talk when Rika suddenly says she doesn't believe him. She believed that Keiichi Maebara would save Satoko and is refusing to accept that he would back down so easily. Rika says she still believes in Keiichi and repeats something he said before about being able to break fate like wet paper. Rika starts crying and begs Keiichi to save Satoko from her fate. Keiichi gets renewed with confidence from Rika's words and now knows how important it is for people to believe in him. He rallies everyone's spirits and says they would all lose if this were a club game. Seeing everyone happy again, Shion asks what they're "actually" going to do.
Thursday, June 16. At school, Keiichi gets the entire class' attention during lunch and tells them all about Satoko's plight. Satoko didn't come to school today and her uncle said it was a cold but they all know it's a lie. The students whisper among themselves and realize that what Keiichi's saying is true as he says CWS has done nothing and is going to "monitor" the situation. Rena affirms his words, as they all know what happened with Satoko and her aunt earlier last year. Keiichi exclaims that Satoko is like family to them, and they aren't going to let her suffer anymore; the club has started the process already.
Keiichi singles out Tomita and asks if he knows what they're doing, with Mion saying they're going to follow all of the rules in fighting them. Keiichi stands on top of a desk and continues rallying the students' support as Chie walks by and sees him through the door window. He announces that the center jotted down that "five students came to visit" and takes it to mean that they need to get more people in there to make their voices heard, which stuns Chie. As the other kids raise their hands in support, Chie moves to enter the classroom but Rika stops her. Rika tells her that everyone is doing their best to save Satoko, soon speaking in a deeper voice and saying she cannot do much by herself, but she can stop Chie if she tries to stop everyone. The teacher takes the hint and says not to get anyone hurt, with a surprised Rika thanking her. Chie walks into the classroom and says she's going to join the class.
At the center, Keiichi tells an employee that they're here to demonstrate how important it is to save Satoko: all 16 of them in the school. The class is gathered in a room where another worker says they already know of Satoko's situation. Keiichi says CWS is not actively helping her case despite last year's incident, and the man pulls out a notebook and explains they do not have any confirmed records of Teppei's abuse at all. They know there was trouble between Satoko and her aunt Tamae but nobody mentioned Teppei being involved at all, not even neighbors. Rena thinks it's because the aunt's behavior overshadow his and the man considers it. When asked about Teppei abandoning Satoko for an entire year, the man replies that they've been told he was working out of town to raise money for her. They also asked Satoko directly about it but she denied that anything happened, and so CWS is letting her continue to live with Teppei. Rena slams the table in frustration as the man suggests they all give Satoko and Teppei a chance to rebuild their life.
Shion stands up and asks the man if he considered at all anything they said, and the man says they'll take this meeting into consideration. She then asks if they'll take responsibility if anything happens to Satoko and makes another threat, and Chie tells her to stand down. Mion asks when that decision will be made, and the man says it will take time and hopes they are satisfied.
As the class leaves the center, Mion comments that this is just like the dam war. Rika says Hinamizawa's community spirit is what makes it great. Mion says a proverb about how if one person attacks a villager, then twice more will fight back, with the entire village attacking if a thousand people came; it's an old phrase her grandma used to say. Keiichi sees that large numbers are what they need, and Okamura says he and Tomita know how bad Teppei is since they live near his house, and they aren't going to back down. The rest of the class voices their support for saving Satoko, and Keiichi says they can get more people to show up tomorrow. The kids begin talking about telling everyone they know, and Rika says that this is what the power of breaking fate is really like.
As the cicadas cry, Ooishi is seen walking down a road.
| Tataridamashi-hen Part 3 |
fandom.07th-expansion | # Tataridamashi-hen Part 4
is the twelfth episode of and the fourth episode of Tataridamashi.
Synopsis.
Japanese.
圭一の呼びかけで、児童相談所の前には大勢の人が押しかけている。
学校だけではない、入江や富竹たちの協力も得て、圭一は沙都子を救うための訴えを続ける。
English (Translated).
"At Keiichi's urging, a large number of people crowd in front of the child consultation center."
"With the help of not just the school but Irie, Tomitake, and others, Keiichi continues his appeal to save Satoko."
Plot Summary.
Prologue.
Some villagers look at an overturned shrine and wonder who did it. One of them heard that Teppei kicked it over and did his business over it. Rumors around the village say the Houjous will be the target of the curse this year.
First Half.
Friday, June 17. Dozens of people are gathered at the child consultation center, including some baseball players, otaku customers, and Angel Mort employees. Tomitake and Takano arrive to compliment Keiichi for bringing in such a large crowd. Rena asks why those tow are here, and Takano says she heard it all from Keiichi last night. Irie shows up bringing signs and banners, all of which are calling for the consultation center to save Satoko. Shion says she's always hated how weird Irie acts, but her mind's starting to change. The group puts on the headbands, with Tomitake saying it reminds him of the dam war. Takano hands Rika a headband, and she takes it and thanks her. Now that everyone's ready, the group heads inside.
The social worker asks how they can help, and Keiichi says that, just like yesterday, they want immediate action to be taken on Satoko Houjou's child abuse case. A manager walks up and says all of their meeting rooms are in use that day; the center director will meet with them, but the meeting space can only fit three people. Keiichi starts to complain but Mion cuts him off and says it'll be fine.
Later that afternoon, Keiichi, Irie and Rika finish the meeting and rejoin the others with the results: the center is still taking a "wait and see" approach, and they'll make a decision within a month. Shion doesn't want to imagine how badly damaged Satoko will be in a month, and Irie says the center seemed to be taking them seriously that time. Mion says they're going to protest again tomorrow, but they might lose some people. Rena and Keiichi still wants to fight however, and Rika says they can't make miracles happen unless they work together. Irie tells everyone to go home since it's getting dark, and they have a festival planning meeting that night. Mion realizes that she has to go that too and says Keiichi should come with her.
At the Furude Shrine, Keiichi asks if it's okay for him to be there, and Mion says the elders have heard a lot of interesting things about Keiichi, and they've wanted to meet him. Rena asks if she'll be okay too, and Mion says the elders will be pleased to see so many passionate kids. The group heads inside to greet the elders as Keiichi looks on the walls and sees pictures celebrating the Onigafuchi Defense Alliance and the protests against the dam. The mayor Kiichirou Kimiyoshi then enters the room and wonders what the occasion is. Keiichi introduces himself to Kimiyoshi who makes some small talk with Shion, asking her to come to the festival this year. Kimiyoshi then says he wanted to talk with Mion a moment and goes off with her in private.
The club gets acquainted with the elders and Mion returns, asking Keiichi to come with her a moment. Outside the meeting hall, Chie is there with a message for Keiichi: he needs to stop protesting the center after tomorrow and see what happens. Keiichi thinks it's a warning and asks Mion what the mayor told her. Mion explains that back when the Board of Education hadn't officially recognized the school in Hinamizawa, Chie went against them and taught there anyway. Chie believes Keiichi is doing the right thing, however she cannot continue to support him if it means threatening the future of the school. Keiichi knows how strong Mion and Chie are and that they must be some incredible pressure if they're going to give up like this.
Keiichi asks why the older village members hate Satoko and her family so much since the dam war is over; he swears to find the people responsible for it and talk to them. Mion says nobody in the village actually hates the Houjous. Though Satoko's parents supported the dam and became the archenemy of the village, after they died everyone knew Satoko was innocent. However, no one publicly forgave her; the older villagers are afraid of associating with her. Even Mion's grandmother wants to forgive her, however she cannot do that for fear the villagers will lose trust in her.
Mion laments that, though everyone wants to forgive Satoko, they don't want to get involved, and that way of thinking has spread like a mold on tatami. Keiichi and Rena realize that all they have to do is replace that tatami, and they decide to go back to the meeting hall and challenge the elders. Mion and Chie are surprised by this, though Mion agrees with their plan. Keiichi asks Chie to let them try this for now. Rika also voices her support.
Second Half.
Keiichi's group heads back into the meeting hall. Kimiyoshi asks them to save personal matters for the end but Keiichi says he wants to talk about Satoko's situation. An elder says they know all about it and they should let the center take care of things, with another saying they have a problem with their protests since the dam war ended, and they don't need to fight anymore. Keiichi says he doesn't care about the old war and is concerned about the new war, the one he's fighting now. As other elders complain about Keiichi's rudeness, Ooishi takes a seat and wants to see what he's got.
Rena asks why the dam war ending means they can't protest, and she is told that the village and the government need to work together now. Shion agrees; the village and government are such good pals that they even pay for the Watanagashi festival, with Keiichi realizing that the village is effectively being bribed by them. This causes more uproar with the elders, and Kimiyoshi tells them to quiet down. Keiichi asks if they're seriously refusing to help Satoko just because she's a Houjou, and Kimiyoshi says it has nothing to do with that. Rena suddenly points out something framed on the wall, a message from the village saying they negotiated with the government but their democracy was crushed, which Keiichi compares to what the village council is doing to his group now. Rika says Kimiyoshi wrote that to commemorate the dam war, and the mayor's serious expression begins faltering.
Keiichi says he's heard all about Kimiyoshi's bravery in the dam war and has a lot of respect for people like him, especially the courage of the Onigafuchi Guardians. As Kimiyoshi looks at the banners around the room, Keiichi reminds him that their fighting is why Hinamizawa and its spirit if unity still exists today, and he wants to be proud to live there. The elders start to come around, and Keiichi repeats the mantra that united the Guardians, that if one attacks then double that number will retaliate. Keiichi professes that he wants to revive the Onigafuchi Defense Alliance's spirit to help save Satoko and bows his head. The elders finally realize that he's right; though the government has helped the village in the past they've never been one to bow down to them. Another elder tells Kimiyoshi that they can't support Keiichi, but they have no right to stop his movement. The other elders voice their support, but Irie says the center may not hear them out again if they go there tomorrow since they think the village council is on their side. Rika says the elders need to publicly voice their support for Keiichi, and Kimiyoshi says he'd gladly do it if not for a certain someone. Rika goes up to him and asks if he wants that person's permission, and Shion realizes he's talking about her grandmother Oryou. Keiichi confirms that the council will join him if Oryou gives her support. Ooishi comments to himself about Keiichi's skill.
At the Sonozaki main house, Keiichi's group meets with Oryou and her daughter, Mion and Shion's mother. She says the child consultation center must be doing their job properly and doesn't see why the village council should be having problems with them. Shion doesn't want to wait months for them to help Satoko, and Oryou says a few months won't kill her. She then blows up at the group for making such a big fuss over it. Rika tells her that Satoko is her friend and wants to help her, but Oryou says she needs to choose her friends better. She also wonders why Irie is there despite him being an adult, and he tries to defend her but the old Sonozaki shuts him up.
Mion's mother tells Keiichi to speak up, seeing the look in his face, and he says the problem is not that Satoko Houjou is in danger but a fellow villager is. Mion's mother reiterates that the center is already working on her, finding it selfish that he wants to rush them. Keiichi says Satoko looked miserable the day she came to school, and there's not telling what will happen after a month; he wants to help her right away, and Mion's mother says that's fine, so the Sonozakis shouldn't be involved then. Mion and Shion explain that the council won't help unless they get approval from Oryou, and she angrily asks who decided that without telling her.
Keiichi says all Oryou needs to do is nod her head. Mion's mother asks what will happen if she doesn't, and Keiichi swears that then he'll kill Oryou and make Mion take her place. Oryou gets angry and retorts, calling for one of her aides to throw him in the well. Keiichi exchanges another threat with her and says he's fighting to save his friend, knowing Oryou would've done the same. Irie says that though Keiichi is a newcomer, he's shown promise and can bring good change to the village. Oryou asks why he thinks disrespectful kids like him show promise, and Keiichi decides that if he's acting disrespectful then he'll act respectfully instead; Keiichi bows his head to the ground and asks once more for the Sonozaki family to help save Satoko.
Mion's mother asks what Oryou thinks, but her answer is the same; she thinks all Houjous are evil, and Keiichi even threatened to kill her just now. Mion soon bows as well, saying she always respected Oryou for fighting for her friends and wants her to fight for Mion's too. Shion, Rena and Irie bow as well. Keiichi pleads for Oryou to help, and the matriarch asks what will happen if she agrees now: the council will support them, and the center will have to hear them. Kimiyoshi says he pities Satoko and thinks it's time to let her back in with everyone. Oryou once again rejects them, and Keiichi declares that she's his enemy and will strangle her. Oryou suddenly cries out in anger, and Rika says she'll bursts a blood vessel. Mion's mother prepares some tea and asks Keiichi's group to leave things here for the night. Keiichi says they didn't get an answer yet, but she tells him that he needs to know what to stop, giving him a glare.
Outside the house, Keiichi swears at how close they were. Rika consoles him, saying he said all the rights things and they must wait for Oryou to make the right decision. Mion's mother comes out with Kimiyoshi, who explains that Oryou said yes. Mion's mother affirms that the Onigafuchi Defense Alliance will be backing Keiichi, so he can't lose now. Seeing his resolve, Mion's mother becomes impressed by Keiichi's determination and explains that Oryou hoped to fix the Houjou situation by taking her grudge with her to the grave. She really is grateful that it can be resolved while she's alive. Mion's mother says she's also taken a liking to him after that display, teasing him in saying that Satoko should be proud to have his affection. Mion steps in front and says Keiichi and Satoko aren't like that, and her mother says the twins ought to work harder then, drawing confusion from Mion and Shion.
The group starts to go home and Rika speaks with Keiichi, saying they can now break fate with this. Keiichi asks her to stop using that word and Rika starts speaking in her deeper voice, saying she won't throw the word "fate" around lightly anymore. She repeats Keiichi's phrase that he can tear fate apart like wet paper, and Keiichi asks when he said that. Rika suddenly goes back to her regular voice and says it's a secret, giving a nipah.
Soundtrack.
The opening, I believe what you said, is not played in this episode.
| Tataridamashi-hen Part 4 |
fandom.07th-expansion | # Tataridamashi-hen Part 5
is the thirteenth episode of and the fifth and final episode of Tataridamashi.
Synopsis.
Japanese.
沙都子を救うため、ダム計画から続く北条家との因縁を精算し、雛見沢村が鬼ヶ淵死守同盟として団結する。
しかし、そんな圭一たちの前に大石が現れ──。
English (Translated).
"In order to save Satoko, the village of Hinamizawa unites as the Onigafuchi Defense Alliance, settling their rivalry with the Houjou family that has persisted since the dam project."
"However, Ooishi appears in front of Keiichi and the others..."
Plot Summary.
Prologue.
Kiichirou reports that the local government has rejected their plea against the child consultation center. Keiichi is determined to keep fighting back. Kiichirou says he'll rally some council members and go to Oryou's house to discuss this; her response will determine how many others will appear.
First Half.
Rena and Shion are amazed that their protest crowd has attracted not only Hinamizawans, but people from Okinomiya as well. Several other adults appear to voice their surprise. Tomitake figures Keiichi must be a big deal to gather this many people, and he meekly says he didn't do anything special. Kiichirou speaks to the crowd with a megaphone and says they are representing the village council, so they shouldn't be using any Onigafuchi Defense Alliance signs. Rika tells Keiichi that is is the final push. Keiichi is ready to teach the center a lesson as one of the employees, Harayama looks down at the crowd from a window.
Harayama asks his superior the director what they should do about the huge crowd, but he says he has urgent business outside the city so he needs to take care of it. Harayama warns him that during the dam war, the villager protests had a habit of turning violent, and it would be bad if they saw the center director leaving. The director changes his mind and says they cannot let anybody inside no matter what as Kiichirou addresses the center using his megaphone.
Keiichi's group begins to head inside when Ooishi suddenly appears and calls out to Keiichi. Ooishi says he has an urgent matter to discuss and asks everyone to come with him, including the mayor. At the park, Ooishi says the child consultation center is a government office, and so disrupting its activities is illegal. Ooishi says this is an unlawful assembly, and city law allows high-ranking officials to ban residents from the premises. Keiichi says they'll protest outside of his property then but the detective tells him he needs a street protest permit. Keiichi refuses to send everyone home after gathering them all, and Ooishi reminds him not to make any enemies around here. Keiichi trembles with rage as he begs Ooishi to overlook this, and he says Keiichi will be arrested for police obstruction if he hits him. Mion tells Keiichi to calm down, as Ooishi is provoking him. Shion tells Ooishi that he won't live long if he keeps this up, but he makes a similar arrest threat to her in return.
Ooishi laughs and walks off, and a fellow detective Kumagai tells him that the chief is calling on the radio. Keiichi wonders what to do now, as the head of the center won't listen to them and they need to disperse legally. Rena can't explain it, but she knows Satoko doesn't have much time left. Rika tells everyone to keep believing that they can do this; they must wait for the right wind to blow.
Oishi and Kumagai drink at their car, with the latter surprised that Ooishi lied to the chief. He thinks they should call for backup just in case the protest turns violent, and Ooishi tells him to just look at all of the people gathered here, all to save one person. If the village council is involved then Oryou Sonozaki must be allowing this to happen, which is truly impressive. Kumagai says Ooishi is quick to use force so when he tried to talk to the protest leaders, he knew something was up. Ooishi says they'll let Keiichi take the credit for today. Ooishi smokes a cigarette and puts it out after seeing a certain car drive up, asking Kumagai to come with him.
An old man emerges from the car and asks for Keiichi Maebara. Keiichi goes up and the man says they're on his side, him and the bespectacled man behind him. Mion and Shion recognize the old man as their uncle and stand in awe. Uncle Sonozaki tells Keiichi that he's their leader now and to now lose hope. Ooishi interrupts them and pulls out his badge, with Uncle Sonozaki arguing with him that they have a right to be here. Ooishi refers to him as Assemblyman Sonozaki, which intrigues Keiichi. Ooishi says the chief of police ordered the crowd to disperse and brings up city law when the bespectacled man provides his own business card, introducing himself as the attorney Ken Sonozaki. Ken looked into various laws and determined that the child consultation center's claims of obstruction are unjustified and an abuse of power. He ruffles around in his folder and Ooishi relents, allowing the protest to continue.
Now that nobody else can stand in their way, Keiichi and his friends march onwards. Thanks to Oryou's help, they can finally save Satoko. The crowd gives cheers to the group, with various adults and kids voicing their support. Meanwhile the center employees are wondering why the police isn't doing anything. The director notices it's almost closing time and plans to wait until then but Harayama says they ought to listen to their demands. The phone rings and Harayama answers it, soon passing the phone to the director: the mayor of city hall himself was calling them. The mayor asks them to listen to the crowd's demands, as special matters like these must be handled with care. After they agree, he also asks to have a report of the day's events later.The mayor hangs up and looks towards Oryou and Akane, who thank him for the favor. Oryou figured it would be rude to call in a favor if she weren't in person, and the mayor apologizes for the way his colleagues acted. He comments on how passionate the young people really are, with Oryou happy that the village will be in good hands when she dies. Akane asks if her mother is still upset she never gave birth to boys, noting Oryou's interest in Keiichi.
The director and Harayama greet Keiichi's group with a bow and agree to investigate Satoko's house immediately. Harayama is ordered to go there posthaste, and the group heads outside where Ooishi stops them once again. Ooishi says to Harayama that the police will be taking him to the Houjou residence. Rena says Satoko's uncle will have to let Harayama in if he's with the police, and Mion questions the detective's sudden change of heart. Ooishi says he wants the center to understand how horrific Satoko's situation is, and seeing it in person is the way to go. Keiichi thanks him and Ooishi asks the crowd to disperse now that everything's taken care of. Harayama enters the car with Ooishi and Kuamgai, and the detective bids everyone farewell as he drives off.
Keiichi wonders if they won, and Rika tells him that he managed to roll a 6 on a die with all 1's. Keiichi is confused by the dice metaphor but Rika says that Keiichi truly achieved victory.
Second Half.
That night at home, Keiichi receives a phone call from Satoko and asks if Ooishi and a social worker came by. Satoko tells him to calm down and that they did. She always thought enduring pain was a form of strength, and that her nii-nii wanted her to stay quiet about it. After seeing what all of her friends did for her; when the doorbell rang, Satoko called out for help. Teppei tried to attack her afterwards, but Ooishi restrained him and took him to the station, so everything should be fine now. Keiichi figures he misjudged Ooishi and should apologize to him. Satoko says they can now have fun at the Watanagashi Festival tomorrow and can't wait to see Rika's dance.
Sunday, June 19. As the festival grounds get active, Satako takes a shower and gets dressed, with the doorbell ringing and Rika appearing to pick her up. Satoko and Rika gather with the club at the shrine grounds. Rena says the coach told her that Satoko skipped her checkup at the clinic, with Satoko replying that she felt very healthy. Mion figures that Satoko was afraid to spend the night there by herself, with Rika saying Satoko can't sleep without her there. Shion's about to say something else but Satoko stops her, asking what kind of person Shion thinks she is. The group shares a laugh. Mion says that with Shion and Keiichi joining them, they can begin the Watanagashi Six-Demon Battle Royale. The aim of the game is to have as much fun as possible.
The club has fun eating food and playing stall games. Several festival goers ask if Satoko is doing fine and offer to help if she needs help. Satoko blushes from the goodwill. The club soon watches Rika perform her ritual dance when Satoko grabs Keiichi's hand, signalling him to follow her somewhere.
Alone on a cliff, Satoko says she heard everything from Rika about what Keiichi was doing for her. He says it's no big deal since their friends, but Satoko is still very thankful to him. He asks if it's okay to call him nii-nii, and though Keiichi shows some opposition Satoko hugs him. Satoko says there's another thing she wants to give him, something that was important to her original nii-nii. Keiichi agrees, and Satoko says they should go get it before the others notice, feeling embarrassed if they did.
Satoko takes Keiichi to her house and motions for him to go inside, as this is his house now. Keiichi is told to wait inside a room as Satoko leaves. Keiichi looks around for the light switch and turns it on. Suddenly, a bat slams down on Keiichi and knocks him down, spraying his blood everywhere. After flailing around, a bloodied Keiichi turns over to look at his attacker: Teppei, whose eyes are glowing red. Satoko returns and is just as surprised to see him as Teppei swears at Keiichi for trying to screw him over. As Satoko cowers in fright, Teppei kicks Keiichi over and moves to deliver the finishing blow when Keiichi yells; he knocks over Teppei and takes his bat before beating him with it, splattering more blood everywhere. Even Satoko becomes drenched in blood as Keiichi bludgeons Teppei to death. After seeing that Teppei is no longer moving, Keiichi drops his bat and finally falls over exhausted. Satoko scurries away.
Keiichi reawakens in a hospital with a bandage around his head. Kumagai soon arrives and introduces himself, wanting to ask Keiichi some questions. He asks what happened the night of Watanagashi. Keiichi explains he went with Satoko to her house and clutches his head in pain. Kumagai runs off to call a doctor but Keiichi grabs him and says he's fine, but he can't remember anything that happened that night. He asks where Ooishi is so he can thank him, and Kumagai doesn't answer, instead saying that Keiichi should call him when he remembers anything. Keiichi watches Kumagai leave.
Keiichi goes to rest on a bench outside the hospital when Rena appears, congratulating him for his better health. Keiichi wants Rena to tell him what happened that night and why Mion or the others haven't shown up to visit him yet. Rena sits down and says it's probably good that he went to Satoko's house. Keiichi is confused, and Rena explains that on the night of Watanagashi, after the cotton drifting, Ooishi suddenly walked into the crowd with his gun drawn. Mion, Shion, Rika, and Satoko were all killed, and Rena saw it happen. She clutches her head in agony, not understanding why this all happened after they all worked so hard for a happy ending.
Rena screams into the sky that this makes no sense.
Soundtrack.
The opening, I believe what you said, is not played in this episode.
| Tataridamashi-hen Part 5 |
fandom.07th-expansion | # Tataridamashi BD Interview
The Blu-Ray release for "Tataridamashi-hen" contained a booklet which featured an interview with Satoko Houjou's voice actor Mika Kanai.
Interview translated and summarized by Hubris.
| Tataridamashi BD Interview |
fandom.07th-expansion | # Tatarigoroshi
, also known as the Curse Killing Arc in the manga, is the third story arc and Question Arc of the series. It was released at Comiket 64 on August 15, 2003 and is followed by "Himatsubushi".
The original release of "Tatarigoroshi" includes the previous two chapters.
Introduction.
"Tatarigoroshi~The Shortest Scenario~"
"Man, curse. or coincidence?How are the conjectures inside you solidifying?I look forward to whether those conjectures will waver or become a cornerstone in this scenario."
"The difficulty is the worst. You will probably not even be able to make conjectures."
Plot Summary.
After a failed attempt to make dinner, Keiichi Maebara gets help from Satoko Houjou and begins bonding with her in a brother-sister relationship. When Satoko's abusive uncle returns to Hinamizawa, Keiichi becomes determined to protect Satoko at any cost and soon makes a harrowing decision.
Release History.
Original Release.
"Tatarigoroshi" first released physically in Japanese at Comiket 64 on August 15, 2003.
Comiket 66.
"Tatarigoroshi" rereleased with "Himatsubushi" at Comiket 66 on August 13, 2004.
First English Release.
MangaGamer translated the entire Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Question Arcs into English and released it on December 15, 2009. Changes include:
Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Hou.
This arc was rereleased with "Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Hou" on August 17, 2014. One change was that some naked Satoko sprites featured in the original arc were removed.
Second English Release.
MangaGamer retranslated this arc and released it individually on June 17, 2016. Changes include:
Ports.
The arc has been ported in "Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Matsuri", "Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Kizuna Volume I", "Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Sui", and "Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Hou".
Adaptations.
Manga.
The manga adaptation of "Tatarigoroshi" was illustrated by Jiro Suzuki and serialized in Square Enix's GFantasy magazine from June 2005 to June 2006. It was later collected into two volumes. Yen Press published them in English under the title "Curse Killing Arc".
The entire arc was re-released as a single omnibus volume in Japan on April 17, 2009.
Anime.
The 2006 Higurashi When They Cry anime by Studio DEEN adapted "Tatarigoroshi" in Episodes 9 to 13.
Drama CD.
A drama CD adaptation was released on June 28, 2006 in a 4-disc set.
Light Novel.
Kodansha released two volumes adapting "Tatarigoroshi":
Novel versions of "Tatarigoroshi" intended for junior students were published by Futabasha, consisting of two volumes. Both volumes released on March 17, 2021.
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fandom.07th-expansion | # Tatarigoroshi-hen
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fandom.07th-expansion | # Tatarigoroshi-hen/TIPS
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fandom.07th-expansion | # Tatarigoroshi-hen Manga Volume 1
Curse Killing Arc Vol. 1 is the first volume of Jiro Suzuki's manga adaptation of "Tatarigoroshi" and the fifth overall volume of the manga adaptation of . The volume was released in English by Yen Press.
Synopsis.
"The dark mysteries of Hinamizawa village unfold anew in the Curse Killing Arc! After a short trip to the city, Keiichi Maebara returns to the small mountain hamlet where he is welcomed with a fresh batch of pranks from Satoko and the rest of his school friends. Satoko may be the youngest of the group, but she always puts on the biggest smile. Who knew her upbeat attitude masked a terrible tragedy - a year ago her older brother, her only family, vanished without a trace. Keiichi's glad to step in and act as her big brother figure, but he can't shake the nagging questions about her real brother's disappearance. Transfer student? Teenage runaway? Or could it be...Oyashiro-sama's curse?"
Afterword.
Ryukishi07.
"Hello, I'm Ryukishi07; I wrote the original story. I truly thank you for picking up "Higurashi WHEN THEY CRY: Curse Killing Arc" Volume One."
"The "Curse Killing Arc" focuses mainly on Satoko, the junior classman who's like an upstart little sister. It really is heartwarming to see Satoko drawn so cheerfully and charmingly by Suzuki—sensei. But it's "Higurashi." it won't end with just the heartwarmingness... "
"The "Curse Killing Arc" is the third arc of the eight original arcs and has been called the most pitiable and vivid of the scenarios. That might be because the theme it deals with is a problem that is close to all of us. I would love it if you would read the comic through the eyes of the main character, Keiichi Maebara, thinking about what you would do if you were Keiichi."
"Now, speaking of Suzuki—sensei, she's a shark! The rough drafts by this sense!, who has a perfect love for hammerhead sharks, always have a shark in the corner, no matter how vivid and shocking the scene may be. It's soothing (laugh)."
Jiro Suzuki.
To those who are meeting me for the first time and those who aren't, hello, I'm Jiro Suzuki. I sincerely thank you for taking this occasion to buy "Higurashi WHEN THEY CRY: Curse Killing Arc." ...Man, I really am glad that it came out safely. It's already been almost a year since I was given the Higurashi manga project. Time flies. Regardless of having easily imagined what kind of hellish, angry waves of schedule, which I had never before experienced, would await me if I accepted, since I had an original series I was working on, I agreed right away with such force that I might as well have said, "I won't let any other artist take it from me!" I still remember that day clearly. I mean, I could never forget it. And at the same time, I don't regret it."
"I mean, hey, you. It's the Curse Killing. It's Satoko. It's nii-nii. It's that scene, and that scene. Is it really okay for me to draw it? It is, right? Is it okay for me to be nii-nii? It is, right!? I will draw it! I'll draw it with a goofy grin!"
"While mixing with such subtle misunderstandings, I am writing today with my usual energy."
"And as I work on the second half, Volume Two, of the third and longest arc of the original story, to be honest, every day I'm holding my head in my hands, thinking, "There aren't enough pages!" but I intend to go on drawing with maximum effort and nii-nii power, so that the rough drafts constantly dance on my tongue, without leaving out any of the many delicious scenes that remain. I hope you will support me. And if possible, please also look at my original series, "Record of Souta-kun's Akihabara Struggle," also on sale from G-Fantasy Comics. I mean, please buy it. Please (serious eyes)."
"A certain day, November 2005 / Jiro Suzuki"
| Tatarigoroshi-hen Manga Volume 1 |
fandom.07th-expansion | # Tatarigoroshi-hen Manga Volume 2
Curse Killing Arc Vol. 2 is the second and final volume of Jiro Suzuki's manga adaptation of "Tatarigoroshi" and the sixth overall volume of the manga adaptation of . The volume was released in English by Yen Press.
Synopsis.
"Keiichi is relieved when Satoko returns to school after an unexplained three-day absence, but the little girl is not her usual cheery self. It seems her uncle has returned, and Satoko is once again at his mercy. Keiichi is furious at his friends' reluctance to step in and help her, but until there's definitive proof of her uncle's abuses, there's nothing they can do. Unwilling to accept inaction, Keiichi plots to end the abuse once and for all. On the night of the Cotton Drifting, blood will be spilled once more..."
Afterword.
Ryukishi07.
In Order to Break Through the Tragedy
"The "Curse Killing Arc" is the third scenario in "Higurashi WHEN THEY CRY" and is an important story that finishes off the three "Higurashi" question arcs. Also, in the sense of seeking what's necessary to break through the tragedies of this world, it is the most important scenario."
"Satoko's suffering is depicted extremely heartbreakingly in this scenario. And more frightening than anything, I think it brings with it the raw sense of reality that something similar could suddenly happen close to anyone at any time."
"In a way, the "Curse Killing Arc" is the most lighthearted of the "Higurashi" arcs, and in a way, perhaps it could be said that it's the most different from the main world of "Higurashi." but the key hidden in this scenario is another very important one. It's so important that it wouldn't be an exaggeration to say that it's far more important than the keys of all the three question arcs, and it's the master key of the "Higurashi" world."
"Unfortunately, Keiichi wasn't able to obtain that key in this instance. He'll finally gain this key in a later scenario. I wonder if all of you were able to find it...?"
| Tatarigoroshi-hen Manga Volume 2 |
fandom.07th-expansion | # Tatarigoroshi/CG
| Tatarigoroshi/CG |
fandom.07th-expansion | # Tatarigoroshi/Summary
This page aims to provide a summary of the chapters in "Tatarigoroshi".
Song titles are in bold only when they are played for the first time.
Tatarigoroshi Day 1.
Background Music
Tatarigoroshi Day 2.
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Tatarigoroshi Day 3.
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Tatarigoroshi Day 4.
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Tatarigoroshi Day 5.
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Tatarigoroshi Day 8.
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Tatarigoroshi Day 8-2.
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Tatarigoroshi Day 9.
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Tatarigoroshi Day 9-2.
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Tatarigoroshi Day 10.
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Tatarigoroshi Day 10-2.
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Tatarigoroshi Day 10-3.
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Tatarigoroshi Day 10-4.
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Tatarigoroshi Day 11.
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Tatarigoroshi Day 11-2.
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Tatarigoroshi Day 11-3.
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Tatarigoroshi Day 12.
Background Music
Tatarigoroshi Day 13.
Background Music
Tatarigoroshi Day 13-2.
Background Music
Tatarigoroshi Day 14.
Background Music
Tatarigoroshi Epilogue 1.
Background Music
Endroll.
Victim List
Hinamizawa Gas Disaster In Memoriam List
Outbreak of 6/22/1983. Recognized as a severe disaster under Article 27.
Tatarigoroshi Epilogue 2.
Background Music
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fandom.07th-expansion | # Tatarigoroshi/TIPS
This page aims to provide a summary of the TIPS in "Tatarigoroshi".
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fandom.07th-expansion | # Tatsuyoshi Kasai
is a bodyguard who works for the Sonozaki Family and is frequently seen with Shion. He first appears in "Meakashi".
Profile.
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"An executive of the Sonozaki Corps."
"He often works for Shion as a chaperone."
"He looks mild-mannered, but rumor says he's got many heroic stories from his youth."
"He has a sweet tooth and is a heavy drinker."
"It's too early to call him elderly, a man who looks good with sunglasses and a suit."
"He often works as a chaperone for that mischievous Shion."
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Appearance.
Kasai has brown hair, a goatee, and always wears a pair of sunglasses. He wears a black suit, white shirt and multicolored tie. In the PS2 and console artwork, Kasai has a red checkered tie while in the MangaGamer artwork there are white skulls on it.
Personality.
Kasai has a very threatening aura and appearance, but he is actually very nice and soft-spoken. He likes to eat desserts and seems embarrassed to request them at times. Rarely, Kasai will show a frightening attitude when in action.
Background.
Kasai is a high-ranking member of the Sonozaki family's yakuza group. He retired after getting badly injured in a fight, though he still works as a consultant for Mion and Shion's father. It's suggested that Kasai was in a love triangle with Akane and the twins' father in the past, and though he lost in the end, Kasai still stuck around as their dad's friend. During the dam war Kasai went to get sniper training.
In 1982, Kasai helped Shion escape from St. Lucia Academy and set up living arrangements for her in Okinomiya. Though Shion's escape and Kasai's involvement weren't unnoticed by the Sonozaki family, they allowed it so long as Shion kept a low-profile. Shion however revealed herself publicly as Mion's twin and Kasai was detained by the Sonozakis, being set free after Shion removed some of her fingernails as punishment.
At some point Kasai provided Shion with an illegally-modified stun gun.
Relationships.
Shion Sonozaki.
Kasai has acted as a guardian for Shion sometimes ever since she was a child and serves her as a chauffeur and bodyguard. He provides her with a stun gun. Kasai's told her many horror stories about canned food having human flesh in them, leading to Shion developing a strong hatred for it. When Shion escapes from St. Lucia, Kasai helps her hide out and gets food for her. Even after Shion's punishment, Kasai continues to act as her guardian and gives her advice at times.
Story.
Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Question Arcs.
Watanagashi.
Kasai drives Keiichi and Shion home from Okinomiya.
Tatarigoroshi.
The credits show that months after the Great Hinamizawa Disaster, Kasai died at the victims' hospital in August.
Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Kai.
Meakashi.
Kasai is first properly introduced assisting in Shion's escape from St. Lucia. Kasai regularly gives Shion food and status updates on the Sonozaki family and of Satoshi Houjou's situation with his aunt and uncle.
Shion reveals she is Mion's twin sister and Kasai is detained for helping her. After Shion's punishment, Kasai informs her that the family is letting her transfer from St. Lucia to a school in Okinomiya. For the time being, Shion is not allowed to go out in public, go to Hinamizawa, or pretend to be Mion until things die down. Shion asks how Satoshi is doing, but Kasai gives a non-response and says the family wants her to forget about the Houjou boy.
A few weeks after Satoshi's disappearance, Kasai tells Shion that the police arrested the culprit behind the fourth year curse's murder, some lunatic who obviously wasn't Satoshi.
In 1983, the day after the Watanagashi Festival, Kasai calls the Sonozaki residence and asks how Shion will get back to Okinomiya after spending the night there. Shion asks Kasai for his opinion about the incident the previous night regarding the people who snuck into the ritual storehouse. Shion admits to joining them, and Kasai asks how she'll atone for it after the incident last year. He says he can't protect Shion from everything and she hangs up.
In the TIP "A Happy Diary", Kasai breaks into Shion's apartment after hearing arguing from there and finds that Shion fell off the balcony, seemingly killing herself.
The credits show that Kasai died of liver cancer in 2002.
Tsumihoroboshi.
Kasai and Shion go to a coffee house just as Rina and Teppei leave, with Rina referring to Kasai as "General Manager" and looking very afraid. Kasai and Shion run into Rena there, who asks about Rina and Teppei. Kasai explains that the two of them like to put on badger games to extort money from people. Rumor has it that Rina's recently found a big catch (Rena's father).
The next day, Rena wants to get Kasai's help for her situation with Rina and lies to Mion that she found something Kasai dropped and wants to return it in person. Kasai goes to the Ryuugu residence to get it back but hears from Rena's father that Rena hasn't come home after dark. Kasai sends several Sonozaki Corps members to find Rena, unintentionally causing issues with the police since they think he needs Rena for something serious. Rena herself becomes paranoid that the Sonozakis are chasing after her because of her scrapbooks.
Kasai, Akane, and Mion have a lunch meeting with Ooishi and Kumagai to clear up the misunderstandings between the Sonozakis and the police. The police receive Takano's scrapbooks in exchange for the Sonozakis getting responsibility for catching Rena. Kasai later sends some people to the Irie Clinic when he hears that Rena is planning to launch an attack on it.
Minagoroshi.
Kasai sits in during Keiichi's meeting with Oryou.
Matsuribayashi.
Kasai and Shion run into Irie, whose car had just been run off the road by the Mountain Dogs and down a cliff. Irie asks to go to the Sonozaki main house and Kasai complies, noticing that Irie's car had bullet holes in them that couldn't have been made by ordinary handguns. Kasai drives and tries to lose their pursuers, and they eventually arrive at the main house.
Kasai, Shion, and Irie join the club inside the torture chamber, where Kasai and Shion arm themselves to fight off the Mountain Dogs as everyone else escapes through a secret tunnel. The Dogs invade and overwhelm the two, threatening to throw them into the well if Rika doesn't come with them. However, Kasai and Shion are soon freed and escape with everyone.
Kasai, Shion, Irie, and Akasaka go to the Irie Clinic to rescue Tomitake. After sneaking past security and stealing some uniforms, the group tries to break into the security room where Tomitake is held. An alarm sounds and gas is released that threatens to incapacitate everyone, but Kasai busts down the door to the security room when he shoots a slug at it. He orders the Dogs inside to shut off the alarm, putting on an intimidating voice and presence. The alarm is turned off and Tomitake is rescued.
The group is now concerned with getting Tomitake outside the village so he can call the Bloodhounds. Akasaka and Tomitake drive towards the Mountain Dogs' barricade using Kasai's bulletproof car as Kasai and Shion spot from far away. Kasai uses a sniper rifle to shoot a Dog holding an RPG, giving Akasaka the opening he needs to drive through. The rest of the Dogs try to chase after them but Kasai and Shion provide cover fire.
Tataridamashi (manga).
Kasai sits in during Keiichi's meeting with Oryou. When Keiichi tries to attack her, Kasai stops him.
Nekodamashi.
In one of Rika's loops, Kasai is presumed to be one of the victims of a deranged Akane.
in the manga, Kasai is shown killing Rika with a shotgun in one of her many loops.
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fandom.07th-expansion | # Tatsuyoshi Kasai/Sprites
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fandom.07th-expansion | # Tenohira de Higurashi ga Naku
is an officially licensed program that allows users to convert and play their "Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Question Arcs" on a Game Boy Advance or emulators. It was developed by Inside-cap (帽子屋インサイド) and sold with permission from 07th Expansion.
The program requires users to own an original copy of the Question Arcs and verify it using the provided software. They may then create a GBA rom with it.
| Tenohira de Higurashi ga Naku |
fandom.07th-expansion | # Tenshinranman☆Miracle Change
"For the entire Miracle Change song series, please refer Miracle Change (song series)"
is the ending song for "File.02" of the Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Kira OVA, featuring the episode Ayakashisenshi-hen. It was performed by Yukari Tamura and Mika Kanai; the voice actors for Rika Furude and Satoko Houjou respectively.
The song was written by YUMIKO, composed by Yuki Nonaka and arranged by DY-T. The TV size version and full version were released in a CD that was included in the limited edition DVD release of File.02 on 22nd September, 2011.
The song is a part of the Miracle Change series—each song being the ending theme for a different episode of "Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Kira".
Video Releases.
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| Tenshinranman☆Miracle Change |
fandom.07th-expansion | # Teppei
| Teppei |
fandom.07th-expansion | # Teppei Hojo
| Teppei Hojo |
fandom.07th-expansion | # Teppei Houjou
is Satoko Houjou's abusive uncle who had abandoned Hinamizawa after the fourth year of Oyashiro-sama's curse. He first appears in "Tatarigoroshi".
Profile.
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"Satoko and Satoshi's uncle."
"When his brother and sister-in-law passed away, he decided to take them in."
"He has a bullheaded, very bad temper, and spends his days violently assaulting Satoko and Satoshi while drinking and gambling."
"Satoko's uncouth uncle who has recently returned to nearby Okinomiya."
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Appearance.
Teppei has blonde hair and wears a red Hawaiian shirt. He's always seen with a cigarette in his mouth. A tiger tattoo is said to be on his back.
Personality.
Teppei is very vulgar, greedy and abusive. He hangs out with thug friends a lot and gambles and drinks all day, often using Satoko as an errand girl. He is prone to verbal and physical abuse, but he is smart enough not to let any visible bruises show on his victims. Teppei is also depraved, at one point considering that Satoko could satisfy him sexually if she were older.
In ' and ', due to influence from Satoko's looping, Teppei's personality takes a drastic change when he becomes much more protective and supportive of Satoko. He still has shades of rudeness, but he is still a kinder person as a result.
Background.
After Satoko and Satoshi's parents died in 1980, Mr. Houjou's brother Teppei and his wife Tamae became their legal guardians. The Houjou family was treated poorly by the villagers because their parents supported the dam project, and Teppei was no exception. Teppei abused Satoko and Satoshi a lot by hitting them and taking away meals, and he was also constantly fighting with his wife since they were on bad terms. Though Satoko's friends tried to help her by placing a call to child protective services, the center believed nothing was wrong after some investigation; there was no evidence the kids were being abused since Teppei never left any bruises on them, nor was there any recordings or eyewitness reports. By Japanese law, the situation also couldn't be called abuse unless someone admitted to it.
On the fourth year of Oyashiro-sama's curse in 1982, Tamae was murdered while Satoshi disappeared. Fearing for his life, Teppei fled to Okinomiya to live with his lover Rina Mamiya. The two of them would start making money through gambling and badger games.
Relationships.
Satoko Houjou.
Teppei treats Satoko very poorly and keeps her home all day to do chores for him, not even letting her go to school. He yells at and hits her, and intensifies the punishment after the club's failed attempts to get child protective services involved. A TIP in "Tatarigoroshi" implies that he even raped her, but this is denied in a later "Minagoroshi" TIP that shows his inner thoughts, where he considers Satoko too young to satisfy him.
In "Higurashi Gou", Teppei starts remembering previous Fragments when Satoko becomes a looper and attempts to make amends with her, promising to be a better guardian. Satoko is reluctant to take him up on his offer however.
Rina Mamiya.
Teppei and Rina became lovers sometime after the death of the former's wife in 1982 and moved in together at an apartment in Okinomiya. The two make money through gambling and badger games/marriage fraud scams, which involve Rina getting in bed with someone with a lot of money and Teppei catching them in the act, blackmailing and threatening the catch for money.
Although they often make gross public displays of affection, they yell vulgarities at each other a lot. Rina is also not entirely faithful to Teppei and won't hesitate to abandon him if she ever finds someone better, something she's even said in front of his face.
Role in the Story.
Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Question Arcs.
Tatarigoroshi.
Teppei makes his first appearance, where he returns to Hinamizawa and becomes Satoko's legal guardian again. According to Mion he had a falling out with his lover and came back to the village, running into Satoko on the way and forcing her to come live with him. Teppei abuses Satoko throughout the arc by hitting her, making her do housework and running errands for him. The club tries to rescue her by informing Chie and later child protective services, however Teppei and Satoko deny that any abuse is happening, and Satoko has a breakdown at school the next day because of Teppei's punishment.
Keiichi finally decides to kill Teppei and on the night of the Watanagashi Festival sends a fake call to his house asking that he come to the police station to pick up Satoko. Keiichi lies in wait in a forest and eventually sees Teppei driving by on a moped, lunging out and killing him with a bat. Keiichi buries his corpse and disposes of the moped in Onigafuchi Swamp.
Keiichi returns to school the next day expecting Satoko's problems to be fixed however she claims that Teppei is still home. Keiichi is convinced he might be going crazy and goes to see Doctor Irie, soon confessing that he killed Teppei. Keiichi is unsure if he really killed him or not, and Irie raises the possibility he may have killed someone else. He also mentions that the real Teppei has a tiger tattoo on his back. Keiichi leaves to dig up his corpse to check, but Ooishi and the police are waiting for him there. They encourage Keiichi to dig and later finish the job for him, but they discover nothing.
Keiichi becomes convinced that Teppei came back to life and goes to Satoko's house with the intent to kill him again. Inside her house he finds dinner made for two, confirming his suspicions that Teppei was present there the night before. He then discovers Satoko burning alive inside of her bathtub, who says Teppei told her to take a bath and not get out until she counts to 10,000.
In the credits, it is said that Teppei has gone missing.
Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Kai.
Meakashi.
The credits say that as of 2004, Teppei resides in Tokyo.
Tsumihoroboshi.
Teppei makes his first appearance with a sprite. He appears with Rina in a cafe at Okinomiya and takes payment from some men, exploding at them when they don't pay the extra interest. As the men sign a loan agreement, Teppei plots with Rina to scam some money out of her new boyfriend in Hinamizawa, Rena's father. Unbeknownst to them, Rena herself was listening in on their conversation by happenstance. Rena later hears from Shion and Kasai about the badger games Teppei and Rina have been putting on.
Teppei heads to Rena's house and threatens her father as part of the plan; he demands to know where Rina is, but unbeknownst to him she had been killed by Rena earlier. Rena appears and convinces Teppei that she can take him to Rina, claiming it was on her behalf, and lures him to the junkyard. Teppei is killed there when Rena slams a hatchet into his head.
Rena chops up Rina and Teppei's corpses and plans to dispose of them, but the club discovers them before she can. They decide to help her with the disposal, burying them in the middle of a forest. Mion later uses her Sonozaki connections to move the corpses somewhere else after learning that a development project was being planned in the forest.
Minagoroshi.
Rika sees that Teppei has returned to Hinamizawa and become Satoko's legal guardian again. She mentions that in previous worlds she let out her hatred of him but that only resulted in Teppei becoming even more abusive towards Satoko. Rika informs the Irie Clinic of what's going on, and Takano mentions that the police are watching Teppei because they suspect his involvement in his lover Rina being murdered earlier; the police believe Teppei will be claimed for the fifth year of Oyashiro-sama's curse.
Rika tells Chie about what's going on and she goes to talk with Teppei, but he swears at her and claims that Satoko is too sick to go to school. Rika and the club later recruit villagers all over Hinamizawa and protest the child consultation center, demanding that they save Satoko. Teppei is soon unable to carry out his regular abusive acts because of surveillance by the school and the center, which infuriates him. As the club continues their protest, Teppei realizes that he can't control Satoko forever and plans to skip town after gaining some money. He believes Satoko is hiding the bankbooks for his deceased brother's wealth and threatens to destroy Satoshi's room to find them.
The child consultation center complies with the club's demands and calls Teppei's house to check up on Satoko one more time. He hands the phone over to her and then whispers that they are a "happy family", promising not to touch Satoshi's room if she cooperates. However, Satoko calls for help instead and Teppei gets angry. She jumps on him and Teppei moves to hit her but the police suddenly bang on his door, having surrounded his house beforehand. Teppei is ultimately arrested.
| Teppei Houjou |
fandom.07th-expansion | # Teppei Houjou/Gallery
| Teppei Houjou/Gallery |
fandom.07th-expansion | # Teppei Houjou/Other Appearances
This page details Teppei Houjou's other appearances and involvement in "Higurashi"-related media outside the original story.
Console-Exclusive Arcs.
Tsukiotoshi.
Teppei takes Satoko back to live with him in Hinamizawa. Keiichi, Shion, and Rena team up to take care of him. On the night of the Watanagashi Festival, the three bait Teppei outside and kill him, however Satoko witnesses the event.
Miotsukushi Omote.
This arc is set in an alternate world taking place after "Minagoroshi".
Teppei returns to Hinamizawa after Rina's disappearance and tries to take Satoko back to live with him, but some villagers try to stop him. Rika goes to Satoko's house and tries to fight Teppei and his lackeys while telling Satoko she doesn't need to take the abuse. Teppei fights back but runs away when Ooishi and the police draw near.
Teppei runs through the woods and meets Takano, who shoots him in the shoulder and knocks him out. On the night of the Watanagashi Festival, Teppei is discovered as the victim of the fifth year of Oyashiro-sama's curse, having been injected with H173 and made to kill himself by clawing his throat out.
Higurashi Rei (manga).
Oniokoshi.
By 2019, Teppei appears to still be living in Hinamizawa.
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fandom.07th-expansion | # Teppei Houjou/Sprites
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fandom.07th-expansion | # Teppei Hōjō
| Teppei Hōjō |
fandom.07th-expansion | # Tequila
| Tequila |
fandom.07th-expansion | # Tequila Matoba
is a thug who works for Primavera after it is taken over by Richard. He appears in "Last Season".
Appearance.
Tequila has medium-length scraggly hair and wears a purple headband around his head. He also wears a black coat over a white shirt and black pants.
Personality.
Tequila acts like a thug and doesn't give up easily. He has a habit of saying "like, totally"♪"."
Story.
"Last Season".
Tequila is introduced in 1950 pestering businesses in the Dawn Shopping District for money, and Jeanne and Leo fight off his repeated advances. Tequila later obtains the loan contracts for every business, which Richard had bought up earlier, and threatens to shut everyone down if they don't pay up. His threat is foiled when Jeanne suddenly provides all of the money everyone owes, and Tequila hands over the contracts.
Rose and Jeanne begin preparing to take on Primavera in one last battle, and Tequila is sent to kidnap Claudia however he gets driven away. He's then sent to kill Meryl on an order from Richard and attacks her shop only to get fooled by a disguised mannequin.
During the final battle, Tequila tries to help Alfred by rushing in to fight Miguel with his own knife skills, however he gets blown off by the both of them.
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fandom.07th-expansion | # Territory Lord
The title of is granted to those who have control of a Fragment in Umineko no Naku Koro ni. While the title is synonymous with Game Master in many respects, the title of Territory Lord can only be inherited or passed down, as opposed to Game Masters being appointed simply for creating or opening a gameboard.
The title of the Territory Lord is considered one of utmost honor within one's own fragment. The position is christened with a golden ring with the crest of the one-winged eagle presented to them in a ceremony dedicated to the succession.
It is implied that being married to the territory lord may bestow the same responsibilities and powers which come with the position, as seen in "Dawn of the Golden Witch" and "Twilight of the Golden Witch". The territory lord's spouse is considered their double and their authority is second to none other than the territory lord themselves. This may prompt one to indirectly usurp the territory lord's position via a strategic marriage, the likes of which was observed in "Dawn of the Golen Witch". A silver ring with the crest of the one-winged eagle is reserved for the spouse.
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fandom.07th-expansion | # Teruhiko Oda
is a character that appears exclusively in "Hinamizawa Bus Stop".
Appearance.
In the PC version of "Hou", Teruhiko's sprites are Tetsurou Okonogi's sprites colored green and without the ponytail.
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fandom.07th-expansion | # Terumasa Nanjo
, also known as Nanjou in the manga, is a doctor who tends to the Ushiromiya family and is the personal physician for Kinzo Ushiromiya.
Appearance.
Nanjo is old and balding with white hair and a white mustache. He wears a white coat over a green vest and green tie with black shoes.
Personality.
Nanjo is very polite and caring. When the adults begin their inheritance discussions he always excuses himself and goes somewhere else. He looks out for the Ushiromiya grandchildren and tries to protect their mental states whenever their parents are murdered. He also tries to mediate arguments between the family members and keep them from making rash decisions. Despite his longtime friendship with Kinzo, he doesn't hesitate to defend the family as a whole when Kinzo berates them.
Nanjo gets flustered easily. Anything that deviates from the norm is sure to confuse him greatly, though he tries to handle it as best he can.
Background.
Nanjo used to own a clinic on Nijima before retiring and passing it on to his son.
He met Kinzo a long time ago and would come to be friends with him for decades. "Requiem of the Golden Witch" reveals that their first meeting was during World War II. A young Nanjo first met Kinzo when he brought Beatrice Castiglioni to his clinic in secret after they escaped the Japanese military base on Rokkenjima. Nanjo was given a gold bar in exchange for secrecy and would become one of Kinzo's oldest friends. He also tended to the baby Yasuda and helped them survive their fall from the cliff incident. The "Twilight of the Golden Witch" manga expands on this scene, showing that Nanjo had additionally performed surgery on Yasu to remove their extra toes from their polydactyly to conceal their relation to Kinzo and was directly responsible for them becoming "furniture", wanting Yasu to live a happy life even if they couldn't have children.
In 1984, as revealed in "End of the Golden Witch", Nanjo witnesses Kinzo's death by natural causes and conspires with Krauss and Natsuhi to keep his death secret from the rest of the family.
Relationships.
Kinzo Ushiromiya.
Kinzo and Nanjo have been friends for decades, with the doctor often reminiscing on Kinzo's younger days. Despite their long friendship, Kinzo often explodes at Nanjo when nothing goes his way.
Role in the Story.
Legend of the Golden Witch.
Nanjo is first introduced in the prologue, where he informs Kinzo that he has three months left to live. He recommends that Kinzo write a will, but he is ignored.
Once the family arrives to the island, Nanjo tries convincing Kinzo to come out and greet them but he is once again blown off. He informs the rest of the family that Kinzo is far too moody to see anyone. At lunch, Nanjo explains more of Kinzo's status and regrets that he refuses to be admitted to a hospital. The adults begin their conference soon after, and Nanjo goes to the main hall and ponders with Genji over the purpose of the epitaph.
Nanjo joins the family at dinner after another failed attempt to bring Kinzo down and hears of the letter from Beatrice, with the guests theorizing over who gave it to Maria. He confirms that Kinzo couldn't have given the letter, having been with him until a while ago; despite this, even Nanjo is shocked to see the letter is sealed with Kinzo's personal seal from his ring. He vaguely recalls sensing something off with Kinzo's finger when he played chess with him earlier but Natsuhi interrupts his thought.
The next morning, several people go missing with the servants and adults trying to find them. Nanjo is called by Genji to the storehouse in the rose garden and hurries over there, where the missing people - six in total - have been killed, their bodies dumped in the storehouse. Nanjo determines that they were indeed killed and tries to stop Battler from looking at the corpses of his parents. He suggests they lock the storehouse to preserve the crime scene until the police arrive.
Kinzo disappears from the study and the group is questioned about when they saw him last. Nanjo says he played chess with him last night before dinner. Eva and Natsuhi soon argue over Kinzo's disappearance with Natsuhi being accused of murder, and Jessica interrupts them when she has an asthma attack, with Nanjo handing her a bronchodilator.
Eva and Hideyoshi are found dead in their room with Nanjo determining they were dead for at least an hour. Kanon later rushes to the boiler room to confront Beatrice and is stabbed in the chest by a stake. Clutching onto life, Kanon is carried away to another room and Nanjo attempts to treat his wounds, however Kanon dies; a large bloodstain on Nanjo's shirt that spurted out from Kanon's chest proves his devotion.
The survivors head to Kinzo's study shortly after Kanon's death where another letter is discovered from Beatrice. Nanjo, the remaining servants and Maria face suspicion as any of them could have placed the letter. Nanjo and the accused agree to return to the parlor and bid farewell.
The study group receives a strange phone call from the parlor and rush down there to find Nanjo and the servants dead, their faces smashed and stakes impaled into them.
Turn of the Golden Witch.
Nanjo talks to Kinzo inside his study and sees he doesn't want to come out for the family conference yet again. Kinzo muses that he'll be holding a special ceremony that day, wth Nanjo informing him of a special long-awaited guest arriving. Kinzo perks up at the sound but becomes disappointed when Nanjo clarifies he's referring to Battler. The adults ask to see Kinzo later but Nanjo says he's too immersed in research and too moody to see them, looking towards Natsuhi for support.
Nanjo plays more chess with Kinzo and asks him to come down for dinner, but Kinzo refuses. Nanjo gets up to leave and Kinzo thanks him; he's suspending their match, and he wants to finish it in the Golden Land. After dinner, the adults begin their discussion and Nanjo goes with the cousins to the guesthouse. There they discuss the candy Maria received from Beatrice, with Nanjo saying he's secretly left sweets behind in the past.
Nanjo is asked about the possibility of Kinzo having a mistress named Beatrice in the past, and the doctor affirms it. He's never met Beatrice himself but Kinzo has oft talked about her, though she died long ago. Nanjo denies that she and Kinzo had a child, though the old patriarch always talked about reviving her. They then talk about the supposed 19th guest Beatrice, with Battler joking that she's an illegitimate child out for revenge. Nanjo thinks it'd be more realistic if a 19th person came in secret instead of announcing their presence.
The next morning, the adults are found dead inside of the chapel, with Nanjo called to examine their corpses. The cousins arrive to see the commotion and Nanjo tries to shoo them away. With the phones not working, Nanjo suggests to Rosa that they leave and lock up the chapel for the police to investigate later. The survivors ponder the strange circumstances of the six's deaths, with Nanjo wondering why the culprit went to such effort to display their corpses like that.
The group then talks about the chapel's existence where Nanjo says Kinzo has called it a place where he will receive a blessing. Later, Nanjo shows confusion when Rosa discovers she had the key to the chapel in Maria's envelope despite it being locked the previous night. His confusion turns to horror when the group reads a letter from Beatrice found in the chapel telling them to solve the epitaph or they will die. Nanjo later talks about the Legend of the Gold and how the adults never believed in it until Kinzo's health started failing and the inheritance problem came up. He recounts a story where Kinzo showed the President of Marusoo the legendary stockpile.
Jessica and Kanon go to the former's room and don't return for a while, with the group heading there to find only Jessica's corpse. Nanjo confirms her death. He finds it likely that Kanon could have killed her when he's nowhere to be seen, though he also shows reluctance to definitively pin him as the culprit until they learn more. This causes an argument between Rosa and Battler, the former claiming the servant did do it, and Battler directs Nanjo to check Jessica's pockets. The doctor finds Kanon's master key on Jessica's corpse; with her personal room key being on her desk and the other servants being accounted for, Kanon could not have killed Jessica. Nanjo apologizes for his earlier remark.
The group returns to the parlor, and after a short while Nanjo and the servants are directed to leave by Rosa. They go to the kitchen where Nanjo and Genji play chess, and they get interrupted by Kanon suddenly barging through the back door and bleeding profusely from his chest. Nanjo tends to his wounds and gets help carrying him to the servant room. Seeing how deep his wound is, Nanjo can hardly believe that Kanon is alive and becomes shocked when Kanon suddenly gets up while claiming Rosa is the culprit. Kanon then removes his bandages and starts poking inside his wound, much to the doctor's horror. The young servant is soon revealed to be an illusion created by Beatrice, and he conjures a purple blade and kills Nanjo and Kumasawa by slitting their throats.
Gohda and Shannon leave the servants room and lock it to inform Rosa's group and soon return with them, only to find that Nanjo and Kumasawa's corpses have disappeared, leaving behind only bloodstains and a letter. The group realizes that Nanjo still had Kanon's master key on him, however the letter is shown to contain his and Kumasawa's keys.
During a debate in the meta-world, Beatrice confirms with red that Nanjo was indeed inside Jessica's room when they found her corpse. Battler refuses to accept a theory that he's an accomplice.
Rosa refuses to accept that Nanjo and Kumasawa are dead, instead thinking they ran off to hide somewhere. After some time, Genji rediscovers Nanjo and Kumasawa's corpses outside. The doctor now has a stake embedded into his knee. Rosa thinks that Genji is in league with Beatrice and killed Nanjo since he claimed to be alone in the kitchen when he left the group.
Banquet of the Golden Witch.
The morning of October 5, the family becomes concerned when the servants are nowhere to be seen. Hideyoshi thinks Kinzo is planning something big but Nanjo tells him he's not heard anything about it. After searching around they see Shannon sleeping inside the parlor through the window and break inside to find she's dead, with Nanjo confirming her death. They soon find the other servants and Kinzo dead inside their own locked rooms, with Nanjo confirming that everyone except the latter must have been stabbed or shot with something.
The survivors go into the guesthouse, with Nanjo going to the second floor after seeing that the adults want to discuss personal matters. Rosa and Eva solve the epitaph by themselves later and find the gold room, where they discuss their suspicion of Nanjo and think he lied about confirming the six dead. They think Nanjo was part of a plan by Kinzo to get them to solve the epitaph.
Rosa and Maria are found dead outside in the rose garden. Nanjo confirms that the former was killed by being stabbed in the medulla oblongata by the fence and the latter was strangled to death. Kyrie says she originally suspected Nanjo to be an accomplice as part of an act by Kinzo, as the closed room chain could not have been created without it being faked. Nanjo admits that due to his age, he may make a misdiagnosis but he would never mistakenly confirm someone's death. He later gives an alibi that he was on the second floor the entire time, as everyone saw him go up; he could not have killed Rosa or Maria, let alone jump from the second story.
Eva's headaches grow worse and she collapses, with Nanjo trying to help her up but she stops him. Rudolf, Kyrie and Hideyoshi are found dead in the mansion later and Nanjo confirms their deaths. The survivors return to the guesthouse with Nanjo and George going to the second floor. George suddenly disappears later, and the only feasible way he could have left the second floor without anyone seeing him is if he opened a window and someone else locked it behind him. Nanjo is one of the few people who could do it, which he swears that he did no such thing. The doctor blames the witch Beatrice for making George disappear but Battler denies the thought.
After seeing that Krauss and Natsuhi have also disappeared, the survivors leave the guesthouse and find their corpses in the arbor, with Nanjo confirming they were strangled with something like a rope. They then enter the mansion and find the numbers "07151129" written on the parlor door, with Nanjo having no memory of them being there when they checked that morning. He thinks the number may be part of a magic square, some kind of ward created by numberplay. Battler recognizes 0715 as July 15, his birthday, and Nanjo struggles to assign the other half with anyone else; it's not Kinzo's or Genji's birthdays. After opening the parlor and finding George's corpse, Nanjo confirms he too is dead.
Jessica accuses Eva of being the culprit and they bicker, with Nanjo trying to break them up. He assures that neither person is responsible for any murders and that the witch is the one behind it all. Jessica is then accidentally blinded when Eva's gun discharges, and Nanjo brings her to the servant room to treat her. After putting a bandage around her eyes and calming her down, Nanjo checks in the hallway and is met by EVA-Beatrice, who threatens to kill him. Nanjo pleads for his life and that he has a sick grandchild, but the new witch kills him by ramming her staff into his forehead. EVA plays with the doctor's corpse for a while and then leaves it for Battler and Eva to find when they check the servants room.
During meta-world-Battler's debate with EVA-Beatrice, the witch confirms that Nanjo is dead with red, and that neither Battler, Jessica, nor Eva could have killed him in any way. Nanjo's death is also stated to be a homicide, that he locked eyes with a human and was killed.
Alliance of the Golden Witch.
Nanjo and the adults sit around the dining hall where Kinzo admonishes his children for failing to create anything substantial as his successors. Nanjo defends the family and says that, though Kinzo may be a genius, he is being harsh in expecting the family to reach his level. He tells Kinzo that his grandchildren can carry on his legacy, prompting him to ask the adults if their kids really are special.
Kinzo soon summons several witches and demons, claiming sacrifices for Beatrice's resurrection ceremony. Nanjo attempts to escape the dining hall but Gaap sends him and several other people (Krauss, Kyrie, Shannon, and Kanon) into an underground prison using her portals. He and the prisoners try to make sense of their situation, with Nanjo thinking that instead of being dropped into pits they must have been knocked out by blowdarts. Kinzo and his cohorts soon arrive to greet the prisoners, with Nanjo shocked to hear that they're actually underneath Kuwadorian, which he's been shown in the past.
A scene of Ange's journey in 1998 describes that Nanjo's corpse was never found after the Rokkenjima Mass Murders.
Kinzo plans to use the prisoners as sacrifices and test the grandchildren to see how worthy they are, and Nanjo tries talking him out of it. They are left alone with goats guarding the cell, and Virgilia places a magic mirror to let them watch Jessica and George take their tests. After Gaap steals the goat guards to help her and leaves the cell unattended, the group breaks out and tries to escape, with Nanjo providing directions on where to go. Virgilia catches up to them and blocks their way with a powerful goat. As Krauss and the goat duel, Nanjo and the other prisoners provide some color commentary. The goat is defeated and Nanjo commends his strength.
The group manages to escape the prison and reaches above ground, but Nanjo is soon killed by the Chiesters when their golden thread flies through his head. In the Tea Party, Battler examines his corpse: half of the doctor's head was destroyed, with a demon stake lying next to him.
Later in the Tea Party, Battler debates Beatrice and posits that an unknown 18th person X can be used to commit all of the murders, including Nanjo's murder in the third game. After the 18th person X is denied and it is stated there are no more than 17 humans on the island, Battler changes his theories: for the first game, he suggests that Nanjo, Genji and Kumasawa shot and killed each other after it is stated that Nanjo's murder was a homicide, and that Maria didn't kill him. For the second game, Battler claims that, though Kanon's death was confirmed in red, Nanjo and Kumasawa were killed by someone disguised as Kanon, or someone who inherited Kanon's name.
For the third game, Battler theorizes that someone faked their death earlier, killed Nanjo, and then died before EVA-Beatrice confirmed their deaths in red. This final theory creates a massive stake to impale Beatrice.
In the ???, Lambdadelta corrects some of Battler's theories in red. She says that in the first game, Nanjo is not a killer. She also says that nobody else can go by Kanon's name.
End of the Golden Witch.
In 1984 Kinzo dies and Nanjo examines his corpse inside the study, confirming that he is indeed dead. Natsuhi and Krauss struggle with this sudden turn of events, with Nanjo and Genji asked to take care of legal and funeral arrangements. Because Kinzo didn't die in a hospital, Nanjo says that an autopsy of Kinzo's corpse will need to be performed, depending.
After a short break, Nanjo is called back to the study where Natsuhi announces that they will instead be keeping Kinzo's death a secret and pretending as though he is still alive, with the intent of revealing his death later when the necessary arrangements are made. Nanjo objects, as an autopsy will definitely confirm the patriarch's time of death. He eventually agrees to play along when Krauss proposes they get rid of Kinzo by making him "disappear" and reporting him as missing.
Once the game begins in 1986, Nanjo tends to the outsider Erika Furudo when she washes up on the island and reports that she's in good health. During Battler's narration Nanjo's location is confirmed to be inside the parlor by him.
During a meeting in the dining hall a mysterious letter is found at the door placed by an unknown person. Nanjo is excluded from the list of suspects since he was in the guesthouse at that time. Later, Nanjo, Gohda and Erika have a late chat in the guesthouse lobby. Nanjo soon retires to his room and sleeps.
The next morning, Jessica, Maria, George, and Rosa are found dead inside of the cousin room on the guesthouse's second floor. Nanjo examines them and confirms their deaths, much to Eva's distress. Erika asks Nanjo about his examination results, which he readily gives to her. Nanjo also confirms that Genji was killed in the same way. He steps in between Eva and Kyrie when the latter is blamed for George's death. After finding bloodstains in Krauss' room when the man himself is not present, Natsuhi storms off to the guesthouse to look at Jessica's corpse and Nanjo tries to stop her, fearing the culprit is nearby.
The survivors try to get Kinzo's attention and knock on the study door, and Nanjo tries to dissuade them by citing Kinzo's bad mood as a reason to not enter. Rudolf climbs through the study window from a ladder and lets everyone else inside the study, where Kinzo is nowhere to be seen. Nanjo plays along with Natsuhi's lie that Kinzo decided to get up at night and walk around the mansion, but nobody buys it. He continues to defend her when Erika pries into Natsuhi, claiming all sorts of nonsense to explain why Kinzo isn't in the study.
Erika reexamines the letter's placement with the help of red truths, where it is confirmed that Nanjo existed outside the mansion at that time.
After facing another round of accusation, Natsuhi gets fed up and leaves to somewhere else, and Nanjo tries to stop her once more. Hideyoshi's body is eventually found inside of a guest room, with Nanjo confirming his death.
During the Court of Illusions, Nanjo introduces himself and takes his spot in the jury. He testifies that he was with Erika in the guesthouse from 24:00 to 3:00 AM before going to sleep in his room. Red truth confirms he never left his room until the next morning, meaning he could not have killed the cousins. Furthermore, Erika sealed his room with duct tape when he went to sleep, which was unbroken until he woke up and left in the morning.
On the game board Erika obtains Natsuhi's diary and reads from it that she felt like a hostage to the Ushiromiya family when she was married to Krauss, with Nanjo and Kumasawa corroborating it. Eva soon explodes at Natsuhi after she is accused as the murderer, and Nanjo tries to calm her.
The game is ultimately suspended, with Nanjo's status confirmed as alive.
Dawn of the Golden Witch.
On the game board Nanjo converses with Erika and the rest of family over a cheese puzzle, showing awe when Battler and Erika present an alternate explanation to it.
After the first twilight, the survivors are rounded up into different rooms in the guest house, with Nanjo inside the next room over with Hideyoshi, George, Shannon, Kumasawa, and Erika. Their locations are confirmed in red later when Erika debates over BATTLER's escape later.
The game is ultimately suspended, with Nanjo's status confirmed as alive.
Requiem of the Golden Witch.
Will and Lion interview Kinzo about his meeting of Beatrice, where it is revealed that during World War II Nanjo tended to Beatrice Castiglioni's wounds when she and Kinzo escaped from the Japanese base on Rokkenjima. He was told to keep their presence a secret and was given a gold bar as collateral. Though Nanjo was reluctant, using his English knowledge he overheard part of their conversations and concluded they were good people. He tended to Beatrice for a time and then an Ushiromiya family representative came to take her to Odawara to live in an unused villa away from his real family. Nanjo then talks about Kuwadorian Beatrice's birth and how the One-Winged Eagle crest was created.
Maria is interviewed for her relationship with Beatrice, and she explains that though the witch was weak at first she regained some magical power and could appear in front of several people, including Nanjo. Nanjo and the servants would visit Maria and Beatrice's tea parties and talked with them at times.
During Clair's story, Nanjo explains that after the baby Yasuda was thrown off of the cliff, Nanjo performed a secret examination and saw they survived, but they were gravely injured. Nanjo also reveals his knowledge of Kinzo raping his daughter and says he tried to guide Kinzo's conscience to the right place.
Yasu eventually solves the epitaph and is taken to meet Kinzo, where Nanjo introduces them. Greatly enthused by the survival of his child, Kinzo dies and falls over, with Nanjo confirming his death. Nanjo and the other servants talk with Yasu about the gold and of Kuwadorian. On Yasu's request, Nanjo agrees to keep secret the fact that the epitaph was solved and that Yasu is the new family head.
In the Tea Party, Nanjo's fate is unknown.
Twilight of the Golden Witch.
Nanjo helps Kinzo to get dressed for the Halloween party hosted on the island. During the quiz tournament, Nanjo gives Ange a riddle related to ambulances and awarding a medal when she answers correctly. When Ange falls asleep after the festivities, Nanjo gives her some parting words and hopes she will live to the fullest in her future. Once the illusions join the party, Nanjo converses with Will and others over mystery novels.
Bernkastel arrives and plays a game with Battler and Beatrice where Nanjo dies on the seventh twilight.
Once the goats begin attacking and devouring the island, Nanjo along with the other Humans retreat to the Golden Land and are killed when it crumbles. They are later revived by Ange during her final encounter with Bern.
In the manga, the "Confession of the Golden Witch" chapters reveal that Nanjo played an accomplice to Yasu's murders in her various games, believing they were all part of a murder-mystery play. Being a doctor, nobody is able to question him when he declares people dead. His murder in "Banquet of the Golden Witch" is also shown to have been performed by Shannon, who faked her death earlier.
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fandom.07th-expansion | # Terumi Tadamura
is one of the main protagonists of "Hotarubi no Tomoru Koro ni ". She's the older sister of Teruya Tadamura and the daughter of Nobuteru Tadamura.
Profile.
"Nobuteru's eldest daughter and Yukito's cousin. She is a cheerful woman who is enrolled in a theater company with the aim of becoming an actress. She is 26 years old."
Appearance.
Terumi has blonde hair worn up in a bun. She often wears shorts.
Personality.
Terumi is selfish and rude, frequently complaining about things and insulting others. She doesn't mind using up the family's supplies for her own benefit. However, Terumi does have some concern for protecting her unborn child despite her prior misgivings about it.
Background.
Terumi is the older sister of Teruya and the daugter of Nobuteru. She has dreams of becoming an actress. It is revealed that Terumi became pregnant by an unnamed man and debated keeping the baby, as it could ruin her actress plans.
Story.
Hotarubi no Tomoru Koro ni.
Terumi meets Masashi's family when they arrive at Grandmother's house. While taking a bath that night she hears Yue crying outside and comments that Yue needs to learn to stand up for herself. The next morning, the family is shocked to find that Grandmother's body is missing and there are two suns outside. Terumi cooks leftovers for lunch and finds that the ingredients all spoiled.
Terumi prepares to take another bath despite everyone reminding her to conserve water and supplies. She notices a swarm of flies outside the bathroom window and is confused as to why they're not coming in.
Takano rescues the Tadamura brothers from wild dogs and explains some things about Hell to the group. Terumi later explains that Nobuteru never stopped at Hirasaka's entrance to wash their hands. Later, Nobuteru succumbs to his injuries from the dog attack and dies. A tearful Terumi holds his hand and prays at his grave later.
When Yukito and Teruya prepare to go get more supplies, Terumi insults Yukito by calling him a shut-in and claiming he's happy about being transported to another world where he can power-trip. Yukito slaps her and Teruya tries to intervene.
The next time Yukito and Teruya go out, Terumi joins them so she can visit Nobuteru's grave again. However, they find his grave empty and dug up, with what look like giant footprints near it. Terumi walks into the woods to look for Nobuteru and is attacked by a demon (which is actually Grandmother's corpse revived as a datsueba). The demon rips off Terumi's clothes and she stabs it with a stick before running off. She regroups with Yukito and Teruya and tells them about what happened. The woods suddenly catch on fire and chase the group, who run back to the house.
The group gathers in Nobuteru's car and ask Terumi to drive. While carrying out supplies, Terumi sees Grandmother's face in the shadows and walks up to her crying before getting attacked again, realizing that Grandmother has become a demon. The others arrive to fight off the demon, and they rush into the car. Terumi reluctantly starts the car to get away from the giant demon that just crushed Grandmother.
The group drives to an abandoned house (which Takano was recently living in) and find Chiharu tied up there. Terumi tends to the injured Masashi and Tsunemasa, the latter refusing to eat or drink. Later, Terumi and Yue go outside to find supplies. Yue says that if only one of them were to survive, she'd prefer it be Terumi. Terumi apologizes for her earlier outburst where she insulted Yukito and for acting so selfish. Yue promises to give Terumi her share of dinner later.
The women take Chiharu and Tsunemasa out for some fresh air, and Tsunemasa suddenly runs off. Terumi follows him and is horrified to see Tsunemasa eating feces from a toilet in an abandoned house before he runs off again. Terumi goes back with Yue to find Chiharu, who was watching several naked people fighting and killing each other. Chiharu suddenly revives the corpses and sics them after the family.
The group returns home and later turn Chiharu back to normal by dragging her back inside under the protection of the charm. Terumi explains what happened with Tsunemasa, and Teruya says it may have a connection with mythological Hell since some deceased are only able to eat waste and feces. At dinner, Yue lies about eating and gives Terumi her share, but Terumi insists that they'll eat half. Terumi also apologizes to Yukito for what she said to him earlier.
Demons begin to attack the house since Chiharu destroyed the protective charm. The group escapes to the Hirasaka Community Center. After resting for a while, the group is joined by Takano and find a picture book titled "Tales of Hell", which accurately describes what Hell is like and how they can escape by going to Hell's Cauldron and praying for their deceased parents. Terumi at first is reluctant but starts preparing waist armor, hoping it will offer protection against the demons.
After reaching Hell's Cauldron, they discover Nobuteru buried in a mountain alongside Masashi and Tsunemasa. The group prays for them and summon fireflies, however it's not enough. Terumi remembers a childhood memory of Nobuteru wishing to raise a happy family, causing a massive amount of fireflies to appear. Nobuteru's voice rings out that he's pleased, and the brothers disappear.
Back at the center, Terumi reveals that she's pregnant. She considered getting rid of the baby since it meant she couldn't pursue her acting dreams, but remembering Nobuteru's dream and pondering the importance of family made her change her mind. Later, Terumi writes down her experiences in a notebook titled "When the Fireflies Glow", coincidentally matching Takano's own.
When the group heads back to the living world, they watch as Yue purifies a demonic Takano and resolves to stay behind in Hell to pray for the damned souls. A year later, Terumi has given birth to a daughter named Umika. She and Teruya reunite with Yukito, the three of them having become better people than before.
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fandom.07th-expansion | # Teruya Tadamura
is one of the main protagonists of "Hotarubi no Tomoru Koro ni ". He's the younger brother of Terumi Tadamura and the son of Nobuteru Tadamura.
Profile.
"The oldest son of Nobuteru and younger brother of Terumi. He's a jobless freelancer, and at 24 years old, he likes to play games and spends his days slacking off."
Appearance.
Teruya has short orange hair. He wears a collared shirt some times and a tank top in others.
Personality.
Teruya is mature and stoic, keeping a cool head at all times and rarely showing sadness. He likes to play video games, especially WanyaDora.
Background.
Terumi is the younger brother of Terumi and the son of Nobuteru. As a child, he took Grandmother's warnings about Hell seriously and behaved himself. Teruya is very knowledgeable about Buddhism. When Teruya's family visits Hirasaka in 2016, they skip washing their hands at the village entrance and are sent to Hell with the rest of the Tadamuras.
Role in the Story.
Hotarubi no Tomoru Koro ni.
Teruya is introduced when Yue and Yukito's family arrives at Grandmother's house. The next morning, the whole family is shocked to discover they've traveled to another world when it's strangely quiet in Hirasaka. As the family searches for supplies and struggles to survive, Teruya relays his knowledge of Buddhism and compares some of their situations to its mythology.
When Nobuteru passes away, Teruya watches in concerned silence as his sister cries. They bury him outside the next day. When Terumi and Yukito have an argument resulting in Yukito slapping her, Teruya intervenes. While filling up water bottles together, Teruya consoles Yukito and tells him to ignore what his sister said.
Teruya, Yukito, and Terumi go out to retrieve more supplies and pay a visit to Nobuteru's grave only to find it's mysteriously empty. Terumi goes off by herself to find him and is attacked by a datsueba (transformed from Grandmother's corpse). Yukito and Teruya retrieve Terumi when she escapes the woods and return home.
When Tsunemasa's condition worsens and the mist river begins filling the house, the group is attacked by Grandmother again. They drive off and come across another safehouse (formerly lived-in by Takano) where they discover Chiharu Nakamura tied up under a trapdoor.
They discover a map in the safehouse with locations of wells and other supply stores. While exploring them, Teruya and Yukito come across a pile of corpses, with Teruya deducing the number of heads matches the number of beds found in their safehouse. The guys agree to keep the corpses secret for now.
The next day, Teruya and Yukito go scavenging again when Tsunemasa eats all their food. After Terumi explains that the crazed Tsunemasa was eating feces, Teruya determines he's practically dead since some deceased in Hell can only eat human waste. Later, Chiharu is taken out of the house and revives the pile of corpses to fight each other, soon turning into a demon herself. The group brings her back inside the house under the protection of the charm and unknowingly destroy it.
The group decides to set off for the Hirasaka Community Center since it should have more supplies. At night, demons begin to attack the house since the charm was destroyed, and a demonic Chiharu starts chasing the group when they run. They eventually make it to the community center and collapse in relief.
Takano rejoins the group and reveals that everything about Hell has been recorded in a picture book, and they must go to Hell's Cauldron and pray for their parents to escape. Teruya points out that Takano is still using an old film camera but dismisses the thought. Teruya later finds a newspaper article with a photo of Chiharu's famly, proving they lived in Hirasaka before going to Hell.
At Hell's Cauldron, the group finds their deceased family members buried in a mountain. Teruya promises to stop playing games so much and get a real job. After everyone prays, they return to the community center and prepare for the journey home.
When the group heads back to the living world, they watch as Yue purifies a demonic Takano and resolves to stay behind in Hell to pray for the damned souls. A year later, Teruya and Terumi reunite with Yukito, the three of them having become better people than before.
| Teruya Tadamura |
fandom.07th-expansion | # Tetsuro Okonogi
| Tetsuro Okonogi |
fandom.07th-expansion | # Tetsurou Okonogi
Tetsurou Okonogi could refer to:
| Tetsurou Okonogi |
fandom.07th-expansion | # Tetsurou Okonogi (Ciconia)
, from AOU Japan, is a captain in charge of the AOU's Gauntlet Knight squads.
Profile.
"From AOU Japan "
"A Training Instructor at the AOU Combined Military Central HQ Aerial Augmented Infantry Strengthening Division "
"The generation born before Infant PP Instruction has extremely low P3 levels and is unable to control Gauntlets. He's a person of the old era, who dreamed of becoming a warrior of peace, entered the military, and honed his skills with sweat both on his body and in his heart. So, he had a hard time accepting that the main characters in the next era of warfare would be brats with top-secret machines on their left arms, who only needed natural-born instincts and not a whole lot of hard work. "
"He has enough knowledge of the Aerial Augmented Infantry to serve as an instructor. However, there's no denying that his inability to use a Gauntlet gives him an inferiority complex when training young students. "
Appearance.
Okonogi has black hair tied back into a ponytail and a device inside his ear. He also wears a gray army uniform.
Personality.
As an army instructor, Okonogi is very harsh and brutal, yelling at Gauntlet Knights during training and pushing them to work hard. He also uses physical discipline by karate chopping people, usually on Chloe.
Despite his harsh demeanor, he places a lot of faith in his soldiers.
Special Abilities.
Aerial Augmented Infantry Characteristics (A)
"He may be from a generation before Infant PP Instruction, but he does possess Aerial Augmented Infantry aptitude. In the future, if the P3 levels required to use a Gauntlet ever shrink drastically, maybe even Okonogl will be able to fly through the sky someday..."
Okonogl Chop (B)
"He can infuse slacking off students with fighting spirit using only a single chop to the head. This move can also fix broken electrical appliances."
Story.
Okonogi is first introduced in the prologue, where he watches a Gauntlet Knight propaganda video and criticizes it since Gauntlet Knight technology was still theoretical. As the story progresses, Okonogi continues to train the AOU Gauntlet Knight squads and hypes them up when they start getting deployed for actual combat.
In Chapter 25, militaries worldwide start to appoint analysts to watch Gauntlet Knight squads after suspecting them of intentionally sabotaging missions. Okonogi opens communication with Warcat and tells them that he has faith that they'd never do that, but he is suddenly cut off. He continues to criticize the analysts for telling the kid soldiers what to do and is eventually disconnected from the chat room entirely.
The Data Fragments show more of Okonogi's interactions with his subordinates.
| Tetsurou Okonogi (Ciconia) |
fandom.07th-expansion | # Tetsurou Okonogi (Ciconia)/Gallery
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fandom.07th-expansion | # Tetsurou Okonogi (Ciconia)/Sprites
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fandom.07th-expansion | # Tetsurou Okonogi (Higurashi)
, also known as , is the chief of the Mountain Dogs, a secret counterintelligence force allied with the Irie Clinic that masquerade as gardeners. He and his squad have been present behind the scenes of the story, though Okonogi is first properly introduced in "Matsuribayashi".
Profile.
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"President of Okonogi Gardening.<br>Occasionally, he can be seen doing some pruning at the Hinamizawa Branch School.<br>You would think he was just a landscaper, but he has a keen eye for detail."
"He's not a bad person at heart, but he has a tough face and is often whined about by the younger students at school."
"A gardener named Okonogi. He goes in and out of the Hinamizawa Branch School."
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Appearance.
Okonogi has green hair tied into a ponytail and is always seen wearing a beige uniform over a white shirt and yellow tie. During briefing meetings he wears a green military uniform.
Personality.
Okonogi used to have a Tokyo accent but spending time in Hinamizawa and getting to blend in with its villagers has given him a matching dialect.
Okonogi longs for combat and regrets that the kidnapping incident was the last time he got to fight. When he fought Ooishi and Akasaka he even wanted to kill them, but orders from his superiors meant he couldn't do that. Okonogi continued to train in the hopes he would someday have a fight that would satisfy him. His desire for battle is such that he will even disregard orders if it means he'll get to see the full extent of someone's skills.
Okonogi's weakness is in his dismissal of martial arts due to the systematic way people learn them, and as such he underestimates their practitioners.
Background.
Okonogi is a member of the Japanese Self-Defense Force with experience in combat training. He joined the secret organization Tokyo and became the head of the Mountain Dogs under the codename Phoenix 1, working with Miyo Takano and the Irie Institute with the job of keeping Hinamizawa Syndrome's existence secret from the public while capturing any terminal patients they find. The Mountain Dogs have a front company set up called Okonogi Gardeners that acts as their main base; they regularly do actual gardening around Hinamizawa to help them blend in.
In 1978 the government began plans in Hinamizawa to build a dam, which caused unrest among the villagers. Tokyo planned to forcibly cancel the project by having the Minister of Construction's son kidnapped, which the Mountain Dogs took care of. Okonogi and another member played the part of unaffiliated criminals and hid out with the Minister's son Toshiki Inugai in an abandoned house in the outskirts of the village. They began to face complications when Toshiki started complaining of abdominal pain, forcing them to call a doctor. Unbeknownst to them Toshiki was faking his predicament and knew he could pull it off since he had scars from a prior surgery. The police meanwhile investigated the kidnapping incident and sent Kuraudo Ooishi and Mamoru Akasaka to the kid's rescue. Okonogi fought them off and even wounded Akasaka by shooting him in the shoulder, though instead of finishing them off he abandoned the kid and ran away as part of his orders.
The kidnapping incident was successful in making the Minister of Construction cancel the dam project. The next year, in 1979, the Mountain Dogs captured the culprit behind the dam construction foreman's murder, as he was a terminal patient. In 1980, they covered up the deaths of Satoko Houjou's parents, who were killed by her when she pushed them off of a cliff. This similarity with the previous year's incident created the phenomenon known as Oyashiro-sama's curse. In 1981, the Mountain Dogs killed Rika Furude's parents and covered them up as yet more victims of the curse; Rika's father was poisoned while Rika's mother was kept inside the clinic and dissected, with her disappearance covered up as a suicide. In 1982 the Mountain Dogs are implied to have also covered up for Satoshi Houjou when he murdered his aunt and came down with terminal symptoms not long after.
Relationships.
Mamoru Akasaka.
Okonogi and Akasaka first met in 1978 when the latter was investigating the kidnapping incident, though to Akasaka he was just a criminal. Okonogi never thought too highly of him and wanted to kill him when they fought, but he wasn't allowed to as part of his orders.
When Okonogi re-encounters a Mountain Dog-disguised Akasaka in 1983, even in his confusion Okonogi recognized Akasaka's excellent physique and thought about recruiting him. Seeing how much Akasaka had grown in five years, Okonogi immediately decides he wants to fight him fairly but underestimates his karate prowess. After being thoroughly wrecked by Akasaka, Okonogi becomes determined to take revenge.
Mion Sonozaki.
Though Okonogi and Mion never interact until the end of "Matsuribayashi", Okonogi was greatly impressed by her commanding skills as the club was always one step ahead of the Mountain Dogs in the endgame. When Okonogi finally meets Mion in person and spars with her, he compliments her skill and thinks she's much superior to her in every way.
Role in the Story.
In many arcs, Okonogi and the Mountain Dogs assist Takano in carrying out the Great Hinamizawa Disaster.
Himatsubushi.
Unbeknownst to the reader, Okonogi was one of the kidnappers of the Minister of Construction's grandson. He fights with Akasaka and shoots him in the shoulder, soon running away and leaving the kid behind.
Tsumihoroboshi.
The Okonogi Gardeners do work around the village.
In the 2006 anime, a gardener that resembles Okonogi is seen in Document 34. He is voiced by Gen Nakano and simply listed as in the credits.
Minagoroshi.
The Mountain Dogs begin increased protection of Rika when she explains to the clinic that she's afraid of someone out to kill her. Okonogi is mentioned later when Takano plans to meet with him to concoct a plan for saving Satoko from her uncle, however Rika warns them that a decision must be made now.
On the night of the Watanagashi Festival, Okonogi and the rest of the Mountain Dogs betray Tomitake when Takano reveals her plan to wipe out Hinamizawa. Okonogi and other Dogs tackle Tomitake and knock him out, with Okonogi ordered to increase observation on Rika and Irie due to how she predicted hers and Tomitake's deaths. Rika is unaware of their goals however and asks Okonogi what they plan to do after hearing that Takano has died, with Okonogi promising that he'll continue protecting her. Rika repeats what Ooishi told her of Takano not actually being dead and that she may be the culprit, and Okonogi rebukes her.
A few days later, Rika stays home from school and Okonogi calls her house to check on her, who tells him that she has a cold. Okonogi tells her that Tokyo's been investigating Tomitake and Takano's deaths and lies that Irie is the culprit behind them. As Okonogi hangs up, Rika contemplates this revelation and decides that it doesn't make sense.
After seeing that Rika has called officers from the Okinomiya police department to come to her house, Okonogi and the Mountain Dogs realize that Rika's losing trust in them. They begin carrying out Takano's plan anyway, with a group being sent to sabotage communications into and out of the village. This group is noticed by Ooishi and Kumagai, and they lie that they're part of Okonogi Electrics. Meanwhile, Okonogi orders another group to enter Rika's house and capture her after dealing with the officers situated inside. Rika and the rest of club however start to escape, but Okonogi and the rest of the Mountain Dogs capture them.
Matsuribayashi.
The Connecting Fragments section shows Okonogi and the Mountain Dogs' involvement with Oyashiro-sama's curse.
Takano calls Okonogi and tells the Dogs to begin observing Rika, moving up their schedule. He sends a team to begin sabotaging telephone communications in the village and later takes a call from Nomura. When asked by Irie, Okonogi says they're observing Rika for the event that someone will kill her for the fifth year of the curse.
The plan is disrupted when the Dogs get a report that Rika was confirmed dead by Okinomiya PD; they assumed Rika was sick inside her house as said by Irie and saw no other change in her situation. Okonogi doesn't want to invade her house unless Major Takano orders it, but he sends more observers. After learning that the Watanagashi Festival is coincidentally starting up that night, Okonogi starts to become aware they're facing a smart enemy. He also realizes that Tomitake betrayed them and sends Dogs to check his hotel room.
Knowing that Takano's plan is going off the rails, Okonogi tries to keep things under control and sends orders to find who Tomitake's reporting to. He also learns the Bloodhounds were given a standby order, meaning they were ready to show up and cause trouble.
Okonogi finally orders the Skylark squad to capture Tomitake after finding his address. Irie meanwhile tries to escape the clinic by car and Okonogi gives an order to get him off the road by shooting his tires. The Mountain Dogs then invade the Sonozaki residence where the club is hiding and break into the underground chamber using explosives, planning to disguise the explosion noise by syncing it with the Watanagashi fireworks. The Mountain Dogs succeed in retrieving Rika and bring her outside, where Okonogi speaks to her. He prepares for Rika to get knocked out through injection, but then he and his group see Akasaka disguised as a Mountain Dog. Akasaka dispatches the other Dogs and Okonogi realizes that he's the same man he fought in the kidnapping incident years ago. Okonogi tells the other Dogs to stand down so he can fight Akasaka one-on-one, but he underestimates him and winds up defeated in spirit when Akasaka proves superior. Okonogi and the Dogs soon retreat.
Tomitake is captured and kept in the clinic while the Mountain Dogs plan a new form of attack: they will ambush the club at the mountain connected to the Sonozaki chamber's secret tunnel before they can get to Okinomiya. As a massive group of Mountain Dogs are sent to the mountain, they all start falling victim to Satoko's traps, with Okonogi hearing their cries of anguish over the radio. After hearing that another club group has helped Tomitake escape the clinic, Okonogi begins to realize that their defeat is at hand. Okonogi and his Phoenix group finally head to the mountain themselves, where Okonogi commends Mion for her commanding skill. Ignoring Takano's orders to subdue them, Okonogi once again disarms himself and tells everyone to stand back, soon fighting Mion one-to-one. Mion successfully defeats Okonogi and throws him to the ground several times. After being impressed by Mion's skills, Okonogi runs off into the woods when the Bloodhounds start coming down.
He runs into Takano and tells her of the situation, then announces to the other Mountain Dogs that they are to disarm and surrender themselves to the Bloodhounds. Okonogi tells Takano that nobody in Tokyo ever actually cared about her queen carrier theory, they just wanted to see how many people would believe it. Now that her plan is in shambles, Okonogi hands Takano a gun loaded with a single bullet and tells her to commit suicide, as Tokyo is going to blame her for their defeat either way. Takano refuses to do it, and then Okonogi points his own gun at her while explaining that Nomura was the one who really set her up. Okonogi then fires a warning shot, which alerts the Bloodhounds to their position. As Takano runs away, the Mountain Dogs are finally arrested.
The credits show that Okonogi has been very cooperative with the incident's investigation and caused the disciplinary committee to be open to bargaining with him. Some suspicion is raised regarding his background but this is seemingly cleared up.
Other Appearances.
Nekodamashi-hen.
In the repeated June 1983 scenario, Okonogi and the Mountain Dogs are arrested by the Bloodhounds in many subsequent worlds due to Takano's change of heart.
Kagurashi-hen.
Years after the events of "Matsuribayashi", in 1987, Okonogi and Skylark 13 are seen boarding an airplane, with Okonogi having an apparent look of determination.
| Tetsurou Okonogi (Higurashi) |
fandom.07th-expansion | # Tetsurou Okonogi (Higurashi)/Gallery
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fandom.07th-expansion | # Tetsurou Okonogi (Umineko)
is the president of the Ushiromiya Group, taking the position after Eva's death. He first appears in "Alliance of the Golden Witch""."
Appearance.
Okonogi has dark green hair tied into a ponytail and wears gold earrings. He wears an entirely red suit and pants with a yellow tie and black shoes.
Personality.
Okonogi tends to see things from a more compassionate view when compared to Ange. However, he may have a manipulative side to him, as seen in "Twilight of the Golden Witch".
Background.
Okonogi runs a company, Okonogi Foods, that has had business with the Ushiromiya Family, including Hideyoshi's company.
Role in the Story.
Turn of the Golden Witch.
The president of Okonogi Foods who looked after George Ushiromiya is mentioned when Eva's family visits Rokkenjima privately at one point before the 1986 family conference. It is unclear if the person in question is Tetsurou Okonogi.
Alliance of the Golden Witch.
Okonogi is first properly introduced. In 1998, he tells Ange that her hatred of Eva prevents her from fully understanding what happened on Rokkenjima, because "without love, the truth cannot be seen." He allows Ange to escape as Kasumi Sumadera attempts to capture her and arranges for Juuza Amakusa to act as her bodyguard.
Dawn of the Golden Witch.
In the Tea Party, Okonogi calls Amakusa and orders him to assassinate Kasumi, giving him information about the Sumadera family head allowing it and that Kasumi and her men are going to Rokkenjima. He also tells Amakusa to be clever about "that" and talks about Ange, lamenting that she's become a liability since she's no longer playing the part of a secluded lady. Okonogi says this is for the sake of "world peace".
Twilight of the Golden Witch.
In the Trick Ending, during the boat ride to Rokkenjima, Ange tells Amakusa about her suspicions that Okonogi sold her out to the Sumaderas since Kasumi's men invaded Okonogi's building at the same time Ange was there, and that Okonogi wants both Ange and the Sumaderas indebted to him. Ange concludes that Okonogi hired Amakusa to kill her and Kasumi on Rokkenjima, allowing the Ushiromiya group to be stable and the Sumadera family to get rid of Kasumi's faction.
In the Magic Ending, Okonogi assumes full control of the Ushiromiya Group after Ange passes it on to him. Okonogi bids farewell to Ange, aware of her abandoning her name.
Other Appearances.
07th Theater 2.
Ange challenges the world and stops Caleb and Miguel from harassing Primavera by paying them off. Okonogi is alongside her during the deal.
07th Party 7 Booklet.
Okonogi and his similarly-named comrades appear, worrying about getting voted to first place in the popularity poll and suffering a punishment game since they appear in several works.
| Tetsurou Okonogi (Umineko) |
fandom.07th-expansion | # Tetsurou Okonogi (Umineko)/Gallery
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fandom.07th-expansion | # Tetsurou Okonogi (Umineko)/Sprites
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fandom.07th-expansion | # Tetsuya Kumagai
| Tetsuya Kumagai |
fandom.07th-expansion | # Thalaatha Saif
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fandom.07th-expansion | # Thalathat Suyuf
The Holy 0901st Aerial Augmented Infantry Squad, or Thalathat Suyuf (formerly known as Thalaatha Saif), is a Gauntlet Knight squad from the Abrahamic Brother Nations"."
Thalthat Suyuf is formed around Naima, the ABN's top ace. Stanisław and Naomi support and subdue Naima with sedatives as the situation calls for it.
Profile.
"Attached to the ABN Peace DepartmentThe Holy 0901st Aerial Augmented Infantry SquadThalathat Suyuf"
"A kette formed around Naima, the ABN's mysterious trump card. This is another one-man ace style team, like the COU's Baibao Squad.Their kette is composed of one Attacker and two Responders, or possibly one Attacker and two Supporters.Stanisław and Naomi change how they support Naima depending on the situation.Until recently, Naima was assigned to an experimental division, and her very existence was covered by a veil. She first became known when she was chosen as a representative for the International Battle Standard Festival. This probably means that, as a research subject, she had reached a level of completion that made it worth betting the honor of the faction on her at the Festival."
"Will Aerial Augmented Infantry battles be won with numbers, or will individual geniuses be able to dominate? Thalathat Suyuf holds the answer to that question."
Story.
In Chapter 2, Thalathat Suyuf is introduced during the International Battle Standard Festival. They later join the It's a Wrap Public Bath.
In Chapters 11 and 12, Thalathat Suyuf leads a mission to rescue a captured Leader of Peace from an ACR military convoy.
In Chapter 18, the squad adopts the Order of the Public Bath's motto of "don't die, don't kill" and engages ACR forces led by Squad 601 above the Mediterranean Sea.
In Chapter 22, Thalathat Suyuf further holds to Miyao's ideals and attempt to fix missions by making them intentionally fail. They and other squads blame their failures on malfunctions in their targeting software, which is unilaterally taken as truth by their superiors.
In Chapter 23, they defend against the drone revolt.
In Chapter 25, analysts are appointed to not only Thalathat Suyuf but to Gauntlet Knight squads worldwide after it is determined that the trend of failed missions is intentional sabotage.
| Thalathat Suyuf |
fandom.07th-expansion | # Thank You Party
| Thank You Party |
fandom.07th-expansion | # Thanks / you -Sotsugyou-
"For the song, please refer You -Sotsugyou-"
is a album commemorating the 20th anniversary of the series. Much of the album consists of remixes of old songs. It will be released on October 15, 2022. The album also contains remixes of some memorable tracks from and some unused tracks for by dai.
Video Releases.
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Tracklisting.
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| Thanks / you -Sotsugyou- |
fandom.07th-expansion | # The 07th Public Bath Event Begins!
is a story written by Ryukishi07 for the 07th Public Bath 2022 event and released on October 1, 2022. It centers on characters from and gathering together to run their own shops during the 07th Public Bath. An official English translation was done by Uminetta and made available for free download on the 07th Public Bath's website.
Plot Summary.
The 07th Public Bath, a web-based event where people can sell things, has finally begun. It’s not limited to Japan however, and allows people all over the world to join. Keropoyo introduces himself as part of the preparatory committee and goes around to inspect the various circles. Since this was a virtual space from the Ciconia world, characters from the Higurashi and Umineko worlds could participate as well.
Keropoyo’s first visit is to a circle where the Seven Stakes of Purgatory are hyping up Beatrice’s new book. They assume it’ll be about Beatrice and Battler’s married life, with a long line of goats gathered to purchase it. Keropoyo invokes his privilege as part of the committee to see what the book is about, only to find Beatrice wearing a sign saying “I am an idiot witch who spent her entire time playing games and slacked off with her manuscript.” Battler chastises Beato for not showing him anything, and she explains that so many new games came out over the summer and she was busy playing them. Battler is still annoyed since she kept lying about her progress on the manuscript, and so she’ll be publicly shamed like this.
Keropoyo moves on to a circle owned by Keiichi and Kameda. Keiichi is publishing a book containing 100 of his best moe speeches, which Kameda believes will become the Bible for a new world. The next circle is run by Maria, who’s selling Sakutarou merchandise. She’s especially proud of an oversized Sakutarou that’s made out of fiber used in bulletproof vests, so it can withstand being stabbed or torn apart. Keropoyo sees the Witch of Origins gave Sakutarou the strongest body she could so as to never lose him again.
Jessica runs her own circle to publish a music album as Krauss and Natsuhi dote on her. Another circle is being run by George’s family, with Eva worrying if George can handle customers. Hideyoshi offers to teach some techniques. Keropoyo comments on how close ciconia-born families really are.
Keropoyo visits Rena’s circle next, where she’s selling a lot of kyute things made from recycled materials. Rena states her belief that the form an object takes after being reborn should be because of a private discussion between the person and the item, and compares it to a wedding.
At Will’s circle, he’s publishing a book about foreign exchange techniques. Lion gets on his case for dumping all his money into FX after retiring from the Great Court of Heaven. Clair takes an interest however, and Lion tries to dissuade her. Will is confident that he and Clair can become millionaires from FX, and Lion then produces a butt-pinching device to make him shut up.
Keropoyo meets Satoko and Rika at their circle, who are doing St. Lucia costume cosplays. Tomitake takes a lot of pictures of them. The girls produce a bucket of red paint and splash it all over themselves, and then pull out a cardboard chandelier to lie under.
Keropoyo visits the Angel of 17 Years circle. Ange and Virgilia argue over the content of their books, with much of their conversation censored by Keropoyo’s filters. Mammon shows up to help. Meanwhile, Mion and Shion are selling body pillows of themselves and argue over their pricing and attractiveness.
Erika is selling a book about chopsticks etiquette. Dlanor says she prefers a fork and knife and shows off by poking several beans in midair with a fork. Erika asks Dlanor to throw some beans her way and does the exact same trick, but then shows that each of the beans have been molded to look like dice.
Miyao, Jayden, and Gunhild observe the event, and say that they would also join if they didn’t have the International Battle Standard Festival. They talk about music and “Vokyaloid”; Miyao makes fun of Jayden for having bishoujo anime ringtones, and Gunhild mentions a rumor that some voice accessories interfere with Keropoyo and make him glitch out. If you defy Keropoyo, he’ll send info about your favorite voices to all your friends. Keropoyo reminds Jayden that he’s sent several warnings about installations and that he’d send error logs to high-ranked friends as backup. Miyao says Jayden’s favorite voice is one where a cutesy voices wakes him up in the morning, much to Jayden’s terror. Meow says she’ll remember that, and Jayden pleads with Keropoyo to erase both of the Mitakes’ memories.
During all this, Miyao was cosplaying as Rena, Jayden was Beatrice, and Gunhild was wearing an Angel Mort costume. Keropoyo announces that the 07th Public Bath has begun and asks the readers to enjoy themselves.
| The 07th Public Bath Event Begins! |
fandom.07th-expansion | # The Beginning
is the first episode of the and the beginning of Onikakushi.
Synopsis.
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"At the time, the cries of the higurashi were unbelievably loud,
And now that I think about it,
They may have been trying to tell me
Of everything that was about to begin...
Of everything that would happen..."
...The year of Shouwa 58, early in the summer.
Amidst the isolated village known as Hinamizawa, Keiichi Maebara spends his days uneventfully.
Having just transferred in from a metropolis, he becomes a part of a tight-knit group of friends—comprising of Rena, who accompanies him to school every morning, and Mion, Satoko, and Rika, who paint the town red with a determined approach towards games, and starts to build a happy life for himself.
On one such day, after a coincidental encounter with a cameraman, he becomes privy to a mysterious death which took place at that very village...
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『あの時うるさい程に鳴いていたひぐらしは、
今にして思えば、
これから始まる全ての事を
教えようとしていたのかもしれない…
これからおこる全ての事を…』
…昭和58年初夏。
山奥の寒村・雛見沢村にて、前原圭一はごくありふれた毎日を過ごしていた。
都会から引っ越してきたばかりの圭一だったが、毎朝一緒に登校してくれるレナや、ゲームに真剣に興じる魅音・沙都子・梨花ら仲良しグループのおかげで、楽しい日常を築き始めていた。
そんなある日、圭一は偶然会ったカメラマンの男性から、村にまつわる怪死事件の存在を知る…
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Plot Summary.
First Half.
June 1983. A boy beats a girl to death with a baseball bat, spraying blood all over the room. Another girl is shown dead on the ground.
Keiichi Maebara wakes up and eats breakfast. As he prepares to leave, his mom asks him to thank Rena for the pickles. Keiichi heads out and narrates that it's been one month since he moved to Hinamizawa. He meets Rena Ryuugu at their usual meetup spot and walks with her to school. As they make small talk, Keiichi thanks her for the pickles. They soon meet another girl Mion Sonozaki ahead. Mion jokes that it's been a long time since she last saw Keiichi, and he says he was only gone two days for a funeral.
At school, Keiichi narrates that their school is small, and has mixed ages and grades, about fifteen students total. There's only one teacher. Keiichi sometimes teaches Rena and Mion in her place.
The principal rings the bell for break to begin. Rena and Mion praise Keiichi for his teaching, much to his tiredness. Rena asks if he has plans tomorrow, and Mion mentions Keiichi still doesn't know his way around the village. Rena says they'll show him around Hinamizawa on a walk. Keiichi is excited to go out with Rena alone tomorrow, much to Mion's chagrin.
Rena and Mion show Keiichi the Furude Shrine and explain there will be a festival held there during the next break. Rena puts out a picnic blanket and spreads out her bentos. Two girls then appear, who Keiichi recognizes as Satoko Houjou and Rika Furude; two of his other classmates and underclassmen. Satoko asks why they're spreading out a picnic blanket on someone's front yard, and Keiichi angrily states the shrine is public. Rika voices agreement, and she and Satoko join the picnic.
Later that day, Mion heads home and separates from Rena and Keiichi. Keiichi says he had a lot of fun and doesn't feel like going home yet, so Rena asks him to come with her somewhere close by. They head to a garbage dump, which Keiichi is confused by. Rena happily says this place is actually a treasure hunting spot and goes down to inspect a new mountain. Keiichi tries to follow and trips, and Rena tells him to stay there while she explores.
As Keiichi relaxes, he sees a cameraman suddenly appear and gets up. The man apologizes for scaring him and introduces himself as Tomitake, a freelance photographer who sometimes comes to Hinamizawa. Rena calls out to Keiichi and says she's almost finished. Tomitake asks what she's doing, and Keiichi jokes that she's checking out a corpse she chopped up. Tomitake's expression turns grim as he ominously mentions it was a horrible crime, and they still haven't found one of the arms. Keiichi becomes shocked when he hears this.
Rena climbs back up the mountain, and Tomitake bids farewell. Keiichi is still shocked by Tomitake's message, and Rena snaps him out of it. Rena says she found a Kenta-kun doll in the garbage and wants to take it home. Keiichi says she can take it home just fine, but Rena says it's trapped under a pile of junk. Keiichi promises to help her dig it out as thanks for the lunch.
As Rena gushes over the thought of taking Kenta-kun home, Keiichi asks if any incidents happened there in the past. Rena says she heard they were building a dam but doesn't know much else. Keiichi then asks if something happened during construction, like an accident, and Rena suddenly says she doesn't know; she was living somewhere else until last year. A shadow falls on Rena's face as she says she doesn't know much about what happened before then.
Second Half.
The next day, school ends. Mion announces that they'll be inviting Keiichi into their club. Rena, Satoko, and Rika agree to bring him in. Keiichi asks what the club is anyway, and Rika simply explains they play games. The club explain what all of the club rules are, and Mion decides they'll play Old Maid as the induction game. As a punishment game, first place can give last place orders.
Keiichi notices how worn out the cards are and wonders if the other members have memorized what each card is using them, and is shocked to see the answer on everyone's faces. Keiichi rises to the challenge anyway.
Keiichi loses several rounds. Rena says they should do an easier game, but Mion is sure he can take it. Mion pulls a card from Keiichi's hand confident of what it is, but is shocked when it's different. She realizes that Keiichi made new marks on the cards to trick her, and Keiichi laughs at his success. However, Keiichi is still in last place, and the club members hold him in place as Mion procures a marker and draws on his face.
Keiichi and Mion walk home and talk about Rena finding the Kenta-kun doll. Keiichi asks about the dam site and if anything happened there in the past, and Mion explains the government tried to evict Hinamizawa and build a dam. The villagers fought back and saved their home, with the village leader and several powerful people negotiating with the government and getting the plans withdrawn. Keiichi asks if there were any violent crimes like assault or murder because of it, and Mion suddenly stops walking and says there weren't any. Keiichi is surprised, and Mion becomes cheery again as she bids farewell and reminds him not to wash the marker off his face until he gets home.
At the garbage dump, Rena is working hard to dig out Kenta-kun but is getting nowhere. Keiichi shows up to offer his help. He sees where he;s buried and says they might need an axe to get him out, and Rena gets an idea and leaves. Keiichi searches around the dump and finds a stack of magazines, with Tomitake's words echoing in his mind. He finds an article talking about the murder of a Hinamizawa dam worker and how several people chopped his body into pieces, with one of the perpetrators missing. Keiichi thinks about what Rena and Mion said earlier and is shocked to learn an incident really did happen.
Keiichi narrates that the higurashi were probably a warning of the events to come. Rena walks along carrying an axe and with a smile on her face.
Comparisons to Source Material.
This episode adapts Days 1 to 3 of the visual novel.
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fandom.07th-expansion | # The Beginning of the End
UraHigu.
A bunch of warnings: "no drinking", "no smoking", "pass the test correctly". Then we see a definition of the word "shimen soka", which means "being surrounded by enemies, without hope of salvation. Having been rejected, isolated", a sample sentence "my friends had a picnic and did not invite me", and a quote from Higurashi anime director Chiaki Kon "loneliness is a bit lonely".
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fandom.07th-expansion | # The Boys' Portrait
is the fourth chapter of and the eleventh chapter in the overall series.
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fandom.07th-expansion | # The Chiester Sisters Imperial Guard Corps
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fandom.07th-expansion | # The Club
is a games club at the Hinamizawa Branch School led by Mion Sonozaki.
Overview.
Club members participate in various competitive activities, where the loser(s) has to undergo any penalty dictated beforehand or by the winner(s) without complaints.
These penalty games may range from trivial requests such as shopping for someone else's groceries in their stead to downright embarrassing or horrifying demands; such as pulling a prank on the school staff members or sporting embarrassing outfits on the walk back home from school. The fear of receiving a terrible penalty game or the allure in bestowing one onto other members motivates them to become desperate to not lose or inspired to aim for victory. They often resort to all available means including underhanded tactics to turn the games in their favor.
At times, the club bands together as a team to defeat a common enemy, such as the Okinomiya Titans; combining their individual strengths and compensating for the others' weaknesses in order to win. However, even such a scenario may warrant a penalty for any member who didn't prove to be useful enough as a part of the team.
The club usually partakes in indoor games but also don't shy away from outdoor activities. Any sort of situation, no matter how trivial or serious, can spark the urge to turn it into a club activity based on the whim of the members.
Rules.
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The rules of the club permit and encourage the use of underhanded tactics in order to secure victory. Such tactics include but are not limited to: secret agreements, memorization of card markings, and preparation of resources beforehand. Cheating however should not be blatant, and a club member with solid evidence is allowed to call out another club member for cheating, which disqualifies the latter.
Note that rules 4 to 6 have not been mentioned as of yet. The rules themselves don't seem to be properly codified and seem as if they were made up on the spot, at least in their wording.
Members.
Club members are required to be residents of Hinamizawa, although there are exceptions where temporary members may be recruited on a whim. Mion makes new members participate in one of the activities with the established members as an initiation ritual for the new member to prove themselves—where the odds stacked against the inexperienced candidate. She skips over this requirement for Tomitake in "Onikakushi" and also recognizes him as an honorary citizen of Hinamizawa so that he can join their club activities during the Watanagashi Festival.
Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Mei.
Other people may also participate or be indirectly involved in the club activities, as is the case with many club activities that take place during school hours. They however may not officially participate or benefit from the penalty games that the club plays. The assistance and favors from non-club members is often used by the club members in order to turn the tide of the game in their favor.
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fandom.07th-expansion | # The Coveted Tarantula
is one of the nine songs in the ROKKENJIMA in LOVE album.
It is Maria Ushiromiya's image song.
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fandom.07th-expansion | # The Demon's Script
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fandom.07th-expansion | # The End Of The World
The End Of The World is part of the soundtrack for Umineko no Naku Koro ni Chiru. The track was composed and arranged by xaki. The renditions of the track which contain vocals were performed by Zakuro Motoki and the lyrics were written by sunny. The track was first inserted in Requiem of the Golden Witch.
Later, The End Of The World , the original off-vocal track featured in the game was first published in the album Wonderful World released on 30th December, 2009 with the aforementioned title. The album also featured three other renditions of the track.
The game version of "The End of The World" was once again included in Umineko no Naku Koro ni xaki works "xwerk", simply labeled "The End of The World" on 31th December, 2010. Other renditions of the track were featured in the subsequent "Akoustika" arrange albums.
In 2019, "Last note of the Golden Witch" from Umineko no Naku Koro ni Saku featured a track titled Last World, which is a rendition of "The End of The World" with extra sound effects and different lyrics.
Renditions.
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fandom.07th-expansion | # The Fifth Year of Innocence
was the thirty-second event in . It is a Christmas event that ran from December 15, 2021 until December 24, 2021.
Plot Summary.
Rika Furude and Satoko Houjou spend their high school days in St. Lucia Academy. When Rika learns that Satoko has run away from school, she sets out to find her and bring her back before it's too late.
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
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fandom.07th-expansion | # The Fifth Year of Innocence/Summary
This is a summary of the The Fifth Year of Innocence event.
Main Event.
In December 1987, a teenage Rika boards a train and reminisces on watching TV train specials with Satoko at dinnertime when they were younger. Rika sits down and worriedly looks at the photo of Satoko she brought with her, wondering why she did what she did.
The scene jumps back to a few hours before Rika boarded the train. One of Rika’s classmates tells her that the student council president wants to see her in the courtyard. Rika ponders the strangeness of the president sending a messenger for her rather than talking to her directly, but chooses to go. The classmate tells her to be careful, as the president is disliked by the teachers and so most students avoid her. Rika says she'll just listen to what she needs and come right back.
Rika goes to the courtyard, where only the president is sitting on a bench. Rika puts on a fake smile as she talks to her; she could never tell when the president is being genuine or sarcastic, and so she can't smile back at her. She doesn’t remember her real name, but she felt like she was always her “natural enemy”.
The president calls back to the day they first met, where she asked Rika to become her right-hand man if she won the student council election. Rika says she never would’ve joined no matter how the president approached her, since she would lose time spent with Satoko. The president shrugs, and Rika notes her annoyance at how the president seems to treat everything like a play. The president goes on about how satisfying it was to see her opponents lamenting their defeat, and seems to read Rika’s mind in wondering how someone like her got to become president. Rika was worried about meeting the president because of her reputation: she cuts classes, talks down to everyone, and always causes trouble. The president says it was no problem to earn so many votes in such a small environment, and praises Rika for being unwavering when she prepares herself.
Rika figures the president is asking her to join the council again and declines, but the president brings up Satoko and asks her to listen some more. Rika says Satoko’s roommate told her she’d be skipping school since she caught a cold. Rika was planning to bring her snacks after lunch. The president asks if there was any trouble between them, drawing a reaction from Rika. Rika thinks there was indeed a time when she was unable to cheer up Satoko when she was suffering the most, and a rift could’ve opened between them, but that was just a future Rika imagined. At the start, Satoko didn’t fit in with St. Lucia, yet she did her best to adapt and stay with Rika. Rika figures this is about grades and asserts that Satoko’s been improving since she no longer has to go to remedial classes. The president tells her to calm down and suddenly hands her a can of coffee. Rika is confused since she’s never seen canned coffee on the school grounds, but takes it anyway.
The president finally explains that Satoko escaped from school. The shocked Rika can’t understand why she would do that, as they still had a good friendship and read magazines together and talked about movies, so there’s no reason for Satoko to suddenly run away. As proof, the president says a supplier saw someone like Satoko at the station. No one else has seen her since her roommate was in remedial classes. The president says that if Satoko’s escape comes to light, she may get sent to remedial classes again, sent to the disciplinary chamber, or even forced into voluntary withdrawal. All they need to do is get Satoko back before the nightly roll call, and everything will be fine. She assures Rika that any eyewitnesses are keeping quiet, and that she told the supplier that Satoko put in a report. The president then gives Rika a train ticket and a map, as it’s highly likely Satoko took a bullet train to Tokyo. She also tells Rika about a secret path in the St. Lucia rear garden that will let her escape school; only the president knows about that path. Rika asks why she’s helping her, but the president dodges the question and says time is running out. She plans to ask Rika about joining the student council some other time. Rika takes the items and leaves.
On the Tokyo train, Rika wonders what she’ll do once she gets there. She has no idea where in Tokyo Satoko went or why, and thinks back to earlier conversations. Yesterday, they received a fashion magazine from Shion, and so Rika and Satoko secretly read it together in the library. They talked about fashion and movies, but Rika couldn’t remember anything else. She pulls out a photo of her and Satoko and reminisces, and an adult Mion suddenly appears, surprised to be riding the same train as Rika. Mion explains she’s going to Tokyo for some errands, and is on break since college exams are over. She asks why Rika is out and can tell she's having trouble, and asks her to explain it. However, Rika is worried that if Mion learned Satoko escaped, she’ll tell Shion. When Satoko planned to go to St. Lucia, Shion was incredibly against it and told Satoko she could leave and come back to Hinamizawa at any time. If Shion found out, she’d take Satoko back under her protection. Mion then sees the picture Rika has and takes a look at it: a picture of Rika and Satoko during the winter, their last one before they left Hinamizawa. Mion asks if Satoko pulled “that” out again, and Rika asks what she means. Mion clarifies it’s the fox- carf, the Christmas present Rika traded to her, and points to the picture; Satoko was wearing it in there. Rika finally realizes where Satoko’s going.
The scene flashes back to December 1983. The club is having a private Christmas party at Angel Mort, as thanks for helping during the Angel Mort Christmas Fair. As the club eats and talks among themselves, Kazuho asks why the majority of the waitresses in Okinomiya got rounded up by that store in Gogura. Mion explains that a Japanese dessert set in the Gogura Angel Mort was so popular that it sold out in a day. The Okinmiya location had to send some workers there due to the extremely high demand.
After everyone eats, Mion announces she brought presents for everyone. Her uncle Yoshiroh, the Angel Mort manager was out in Tokyo and got gifts for the club as thanks. Mion says everything came already wrapped, so they have no idea what’s inside them. Everyone opens their gifts: Nao gets a candle, Kazuho gets a purse, Miyuki gets socks, Rena gets a music box, Mion gets a handkerchief, Shion gets perfume, and Hanyuu gets a bowl with konpeitou.
Satoko opens her gift and freezes, then quickly hides it before asking Rika to open hers. Rika gets a scarf shaped like a fox tail. Rika and Kazuho ask Satoko about her gift, and she reveals she got gloves. A sad Rika explains that Satoko already bought gloves earlier, and these new ones are too big. Satoko tries to act happy, and Rika offers to swap gifts. Satoko doesn’t want to since Rika looked so happy with the scarf, but Rika insists. Kazuho says the gifts were already randomly wrapped, and so fate just played a prank on them; maybe Satoko was supposed to get the scarf all along. Satoko agrees, and Rika puts the scarf on her as Satoko slides the gloves onto Rika’s hands. Kazuho admires this moment and is suddenly sent flying as Rena enters Kyute Mode.
Back in the present, Satoko leaves a department store and comments on the huge crowd. She prepares to head back to the dorms when Rika and Mion run up to her. Satoko is surprised to see them here, and Rika explains she heard from the president about Satoko’s escape, looking at her bag and declaring it’s a scarf. Mion says that when she and Satoko called the store long ago, they were told it was a Christmas exclusive scarf. When Rika arrived at Tokyo Station, she called the store and was told it would be resold starting that day, so she rushed to the store to find Satoko.
Rika is thankful for meeting up with Satoko and stopping themselves from going different paths. Satoko apologizes, as she took the fashion magazine to her room and saw the scarf was being resold, and thought to leave the school without telling anybody. Rika wonders why Satoko would even buy a replacement scarf, and Satoko reveals the scarf is the same as the one Rika gave her four years ago, and figures that Rika must’ve wanted one herself; Satoko wanted to match with Rika someday. Rika hugs her and tells her to be more careful, as she didn’t know what would happen if Satoko got into an accident. Satoko apologizes again and hugs her back.
Mion points out the time, and Rika and Satoko realize that the roll call is coming up. Mion says she’ll prepare a car next to St. Lucia, and the girls should be able to make it in time after they leave the station. Rika and Satoko thank her for the help and worry about the suddenness of it, but Mion says she suddenly asked them to help Angel Mort years ago, so it’s all fine. Satoko mentions she’ll cause trouble with her senior for this, and Rika asks what she means. Satoko says she’s talking about the student council president and wonders why Rika didn’t know.
Later, on a certain day in December 1987, Rika and Satoko help decorate for the student council Christmas party while wearing revealing Santa outfits, as payback for the president helping them. The president herself shows up, and Rika asks why she kept quiet about helping Satoko study and being acquainted with her. Satoko calms her down and says the teachers would be watching over her even more if they knew she was familiar with the president. The president says she intends to deepen her friendship with Rika. Rika also asks about the president’s casual manner of speech right now, and she says this is actually her natural speech pattern; people say the president sounds condescending when she talks to them, and she wants to fix that.
Rika asks why the president didn’t stop Satoko from leaving St. Lucia if she knew about it all along, but the president ignores her and responds that Rika still left the academy without actual permission, and so the Santa outfits are a way to repay her for all the expenses she took. The president also says she fixed the hole in the fence herself since other people found out about it. Rika realizes that the president herself made that hole in the first place. The president doesn’t confirm it, but she says the hole being fixed is for the best, and does admit to using Satoko’s punishment game stories as inspiration for the outfits. Rika worries about their private Christmas party being made public, but the president says some teachers already know. She lectures Rika about how information is important, and with enough intel about your opponents, you can achieve anything you want; the president enjoys preparing for mutual destruction and watching them flinch. The president alludes to creating a weakness in Rika by tempting her to leave the academy without permission, and Satoko tells her to stop acting like the bad guy. She knows the president isn’t really as bad as people say, but she needs to stop saying misinterpretable things. The president responds that Satoko should’ve talked with her about making a safer escape plan; St. Lucia will approve any request to leave so long as they believe it’s for entrance exam studies. Satoko doesn’t like the idea since she’d have to get a good grade on her finals.
Satoko goes to untangle some tinsel decorations. Right before Rika offers to help, the president grabs Rika’s attention and asks if she feels lonely and how she feels about having her best friend stolen, drinking some canned coffee as she says it. The president claims Satoko’s grades improved due to her own efforts, and that the president just encouraged her by giving her feedback and confidence. By giving Satoko a sense of accomplishment after completing small tasks, she was able to improve. St. Lucia has a bad system, one where students don’t feel like their efforts amount to anything since they don’t understand anything. In the end, the president gave Satoko the confidence she needed to worry about Rika’s Christmas present. Rika begins to agree with what she’s saying, thinking that she was only “there” for Satoko but never actually did anything to help her. However, the president says Rika being by Satoko’s side really did help her.
They then talk about how miraculous it was for the president to get elected. The president wanted to change the school and somehow got a high number of votes; even Rika voted for her, as she also wanted to see change. However, the president is graduating in a year, so all of her effort may reset to the beginning when she leaves. The president concludes by hoping that someone in the future will remember what she did and continue her task, and that God may be the one to see it. This causes Rika to think about Hanyuu. The president seems to guess what she’s thinking and says she now has enough topics to put in her letter this week, with Rika confused as to who she’s sending it to.
Satoko finishes unwrapping the tinsel and announces her success, interrupting Rika and the president’s talk. The president asks her to reconsider joining the student council, but Satoko refuses. The president says she wants both Rika and Satoko to join the council, thinking it will be livelier. Satoko says she’ll think about it then; the president becomes happy since this is the first time she got a positive response, and makes a strange “yupui” laugh, confusing Rika.
The president still wants Rika and Satoko to attend the student council party, and asks them to finish all the decorations soon. Rika sees she still can’t come to like the president and thinks of her as being like Shion with her persuasion skills. Satoko sighs and says she was really surprised when Rika and Mion showed up earlier. Satoko thinks Mion and Rika riding the exact same train can be considered a miracle, and Rika agrees; this ultimately wouldn’t have happened without Shion sending that magazine and encouraging Satoko to get the scarf. Rika asks Satoko if they should talk to the president for help and go out together so they can enjoy their matching scarves. Satoko gladly accepts.
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fandom.07th-expansion | # The Final Piece
UraHigu: Recreational and utility.
Rika and Hanyuu run across the fields, laughing. Then we see Akasaka running behind them, with a caption "it's my job".
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fandom.07th-expansion | # The First and The Last Gift
| The First and The Last Gift |
fandom.07th-expansion | # The First and the Last Gift
is a short story included in the book "". It features Bernkastel sending a new gameboard to Lambdadelta and is a prologue to the manga "Hotarubi no Tomoru Koro ni".
Original translation sourced from here. Archived version:
Transcript.
“Oh, this takes me back… And it felt like just yesterday that I’d been playing around with Bern, too. I wonder when this much time passed. Oh well, whatever. I’m super thick paper. Rather than dwelling on memories of the past, I certainly, certainly have more fun tearing the wrapping off the chocolate called the future.”
Lambdadelta welcomed a rare guest.
It was one of the black cats that served under Bernkastel. It had come a long way, carrying a beautiful envelope in its mouth.
“Uh huh, you’ve got it. That letter of yours is addressed to me; I’m none other than the Witch of Certainty, Lambda-chan-sama. Thanks for coming all this way, little kitty. Which would you like as your reward: chocolate senbei or chocolate arare? Oh, you don’t want anything? Hmm, that so.”
Cats can’t eat chocolate. The black hat hung its head apologetically.
“Still, I never thought I’d see the day when that girl sent me a letter. I wonder what’s gotten into her. Maybe she was on the very verge of death by boredom, and writing a letter was the only idea she could come up with? …No, that would never happen with her. I get it now. She wants to bully me in a new game of hers, doesn’t she?”
With a nasty smile on her face, Lambdadelta tapped the black cat on the nose. Of course, there was no way that the cat who delivered the letter could know what its contents were.
When Lambdadelta opened the envelope, a sparkling Fragment came rolling out in addition to the letter itself.
“My, my. Now here’s something interesting.”
Indeed, this was a Fragment—the crystallization of a single world, extracted from among the myriad of multicolored universes in existence. Heheh, I wonder what kind of world this Fragment contains. It has a pretty unique radiance to it.
“Not a bad idea, coming from her. Now then, let me take a look at this letter…”
“Look who’s talking. …I see now. You got lonely because I stopped paying attention to you for awhile, didn’t you? Heheheh, Bern is so cute.”
“Aa~h!! I can’t believe you missed me this much! Heheheh, I love you, too, Bern♪ Alrighty, what’s next? How am I supposed to play around with this Fragment?”
“Hmm… In other words, whether you have to drink mud, or whether you have every limb ripped from your body and end up crawling the ground like a worm, you just have to make it out alive in the end? Those kinds of games are my specialty, you know. It’s not like you don’t already know that. …If she’s throwing down the gauntlet in spite of that, I guess this really is a written challenge, after all. Oh, she is just the cutest thing.”
The letter ended there.
After reading that, there was nothing left but to take her up on the challenge. It had been awhile since Lambdadelta had played around with a game board of substance. Since Bernkastel had gone out of her way to pass it along, it was sure to be an entertaining one.
Lambdadelta touched the Fragment.
The moment she did, an array of constellations was suspended in the air, pivoting around the Fragment and forming a miniature galaxy.
“…Oh, now this is nostalgic. So the stage is set in the Japanese countryside. Reminds me of Hinamizawa. …Though, it looks like this place is more desolate than Hinamizawa ever was. …Right then, time to pick my piece. Which one should I choose?”
Lambdadelta held out a hand, and white, black, blue, and red pieces in various shapes and sizes, reminiscent of chess, appeared in the air.
“Which one would be best? …Hmm…”
To participate in a game within a Fragment, you first must send in a piece. In other words, this was much like the character select screen of a video game.
After folding her arms and giving it some deep thought, she eventually settled on a black piece.
She wasn’t sure of the situation, but if the point of the game was to survive, she figured her best option would be a sturdy, clever all-rounder with a strong desire to live.
“…In which case, it’s gotta be this piece. Let’s go, my other self.”
She plucked the piece out of midair, then tossed it into the galaxy.
As soon as she did, an infinite number of dazzling lights scattered about, and within a moment, the world was completely buried in a sea of stars.
Within those bright lights, Lambdadelta’s consciousness was sucked away…
Across from the Six Jizo, There was a small basin for washing hands. That was the entrance to the village.
I stopped my motorcycle there. I was anxious to enjoy the scenery down to the very soles of my feet.
The hue of the mountains was interwoven with the thick green of the trees. Come sunset, it was sure to cycle through various other shades and colors, creating a feast for the eyes. Although the sun was beating down strongly, there was something cool and refreshing about the air.
Nice scenery, and nice air.
Oh, whoops, that’s right. You’re not supposed to say that sort of thing aloud. It’s rude to the people who live in the country.
…Or wait, maybe it is alright. After all, if I can’t say that, I’m not allowed to enter.
And so, I dared to put it into words.
“Nice scenery. Nice air. …Hehehe.”
I put down my backpack for a moment and took out my prized research notebook. I’d been researching this village for a long time, but this would be the first time I’d actually set foot inside it.
I’d been studying the village, but I never went to visit it? If you think about it normally, it doesn’t make much sense. It’s the same sort of foolishness as trying to envision what a cake tastes like just from reading the recipe.
Still. …If you simply eat a cake, you can learn what it tastes like. You can make a record of it, too. But what if it weren’t a cake, but some strange, sludgy mystery item? There would be no telling if it was even edible, let alone what it tastes like. No, worse than that, it’d practically be emitting a skull-shaped cloud of smoke.
If it were some unidentifiable item… you’d save eating it for the very last step, wouldn’t you?
That was the reason.
That was why only now, for the very first time, I had finally come to this village.
After performing sufficient research and preparations… I would finally get a taste of this mystery item…
Oh, right, it’s about time I introduce “myself.”
My name is Miyoko Takano. I’m a carefree, freewheeling occult researcher and traveler. A lovely bachelorette who enjoys researching any and all legends that have a whiff of the occult, originating from the many different regions of Japan.
I’m of the age where, typically, I’d be expected to be a working woman. However, it seems I was born lucky.
My grandfather left behind a tremendous fortune when he passed away. He specifically named me in his will, and entrusted me with a large enough sum of money to buy a mansion anywhere in Japan. Thanks to that, my life is different from the average person. I don’t have to earn my own living expenses, whittling away my life doing things I don’t want to just for the sake of staying alive. I can devote the entirety of my existence to my life’s work.
See? If that’s not being born lucky, then what is? Hehehe.
Though… It’s likely I wasn’t really born with that luck.
“I’ve had it since I collected these.”
I took something wrapped in a handkerchief out of my breast pocket and cradled it against my chest. I gently opened up the handkerchief, showing a glimpse of several miniature country flags. …They were the twenty flags I had collected from kid’s meals as a child. My own special lucky charm, and the only one of its kind.
That’s why everything will certainly turn out okay in the end. I will certainly, certainly reach my goal.
…Right then. Shall I give you a brief sightseeing tour?
To that side, you can see the village’s entrance, marked by the six Jizos. The “rules” of this village come into effect starting there.
The first one involves this hand-washing basin.
Yes. As you can see, it’s just like the temizuya you’ll often see around shrines. Naturally, the etiquette is quite similar, as well. You scoop up water with the ladle and cleanse the impurities from your hands.
In olden times, this area was a revered as a holy ground—a snowy mountain where ascetics would come seclude themselves. The guardians of said holy ground eventually decided to build a village here, and that’s
how this place came to be. According to legend, all the current villagers are the descendants of those guardians. The older villagers take that responsibility seriously, and to ensure that they don’t carry any impurities onto these grounds—or perhaps to ensure they themselves are not impure—they live by strict rules.
But even that strict lifestyle of theirs, said to have continued for hundreds of years, couldn’t remain untouched by the radical changes that came with the Showa period. The younger villagers, who learned about life in the outside world through television or school, found the strict precepts to be a mere nuisance. Even without the rules, there was nothing to keep youngsters tied down to a village way out in the sticks, so far in the middle of nowhere.
With no way to prevent the younger generation’s exodus, the village suffered heavy depopulation after World War II. By the end of it, the elderly villagers were the only ones left. And even their numbers continue to slowly dwindle as they die off from old age.
The population keeps decreasing, with no hopes of drawing in new blood.
Of course, with the way country life has been romanticized in recent years, there must be a fair share of whimsical people looking to move out to a backwater like this. However… this is a village that belongs to the descendants of the guardians of a holy land. It’s absolutely no place for a weak-willed urbanite that came along after tiring of city life, looking to take it easy and do some farming. It would be too difficult for an outsider to uphold every single one of the village’s rules.
Fortunately, the rules themselves aren’t all that unusual, and they aren’t especially difficult to understand.
What is difficult to understand is the intolerant attitude of the villagers, who will ostracize anyone who fails to obey the rules down to the letter.
The very first of those rules has to do with this hand-washing basin. So as to avoid bringing impurities into the village, everyone must cleanse their hands here upon entry.
That by itself isn’t so hard to understand.
The problem is how strictly the village enforces it, no matter what the situation.
As you can see, this is right in the middle of the road that leads into the village. Any rational person could see how inconvenient it would be to park your car here and get out just to wash your hands. It would be even worse during times when it’s snowing or raining, or when you’re exhausted and just want to get home.
And yet, the villagers won’t let you skip out on that troublesome task even once.
Whenever someone new moves into the village, the elders will watch over them to make sure they don’t break any rules.
And if they do something wrong? They’re ostracized. Or, no, perhaps it would be more accurate to say that they go under a full assault. They bombard the poor newcomer with all sorts of harassment, until they finally succeed in driving them out of the village.
People vital to the village, like doctors, are no exception. There are no doctors residing in the village, but every now and then, a brave one will come make a visit. Of course, the villagers always welcome them with open arms, and they’ll helpfully go over the rules with them beforehand.
…But the moment they break even one of those rules, the villager’s attitudes will do a complete 180, and they’ll commence their full-frontal attack. That’s why not a single doctor has ever settled down in the village.
Unsurprisingly, this vicious treatment seems to soften a bit when directed towards family and friends. It seems the former children of the village were able to get off with no more than a severe scolding. Of course, although it may have been “softer” in comparison, it was still much harsher than your typical spanking. There are some elders in the village who still have scars left over from when they were disciplined.
In other words, there’s no getting out of the punishment, but they at least won’t exile their own from the village.
Unlike outsiders, the villagers are all, in theory, the descendants of those guardians of the sacred ground. They must believe that they’re all fundamentally capable of reform.
After hearing all that, it’s easy to imagine this as a horrifying village, ruled by fear and precepts, but the villagers who live there now don’t see it that way. To them, the rules are as natural as breathing, and the way things should be. As such, they don’t consider it suffocating in the least, instead simply following along with the rules as part of everyday life.
You could say it’s similar to how you must always take off your shoes at the entrance to someone’s home. If you’re Japanese, that’s just the norm. You won’t find a single Japanese person who finds that “rule” to be oppressive. There aren’t any Japanese people who feel reluctant to say “itadakimasu” before a meal, nor are there any who will refuse to say “thank you” after someone does them a favor. Those rules of theirs, which seem horribly unreasonable by our standards, are just an extremely typical part of daily life to the village elders.
So in the eyes of the people who live here, stopping your car at the entrance and washing your hands upon returning to the village is the norm, and something that absolutely must be done.
The villagers themselves are a given, but other people who drop by the village, like mailmen or government officials, aren’t allowed to skip out on it, either.
That’s just how the rules are. Anyone who questions that wouldn’t be able to get by here.
Fortunately enough, most of the rules don’t become relevant unless you do start living here. If you don’t enter a house, you don’t have to worry about taking off your shoes; if you don’t eat, there’s no reason to say “itadakimasu”; if you don’t let other people take care of things for you, you don’t have to say “thank you”… It’s like that.
When it comes to a homeless traveler like me, there are hardly any rules that can apply outside of the one surrounding this hand-washing basin. In a sense, perhaps you could consider that the single show of mercy from a village hard on outsiders.
However, in my view, it’s simply in the village’s blind spot.
Whimsical travelers aren’t expected to be wandering into this village in the first place. While the scenery and atmosphere here, deep in the mountains, may be more stunning than the average town, there are many far more breathtaking locations in Japan.
There are no scenic views or tourist spots here. Nobody visits this place except for the villagers; it’s a dead end, with nothing but mountains behind it.
Knowing all that, the least a traveler like me can do is obey the simple rule of washing my hands and show this land the respect it deserves. That’s what any normal traveler would do.
I picked up the ladle and scooped up some water.
“I’m awfully sorry.”
…I’m not any normal traveler.
The ladle fell out of Takano’s hands.
It didn’t just fall on its own. She dropped it.
The ladle hit the ground with a loud enough clatter to startle even the object itself, rolling across the earth. That sound rang out loud and clear.
…It was loud enough that if anyone had been standing watch to make sure an outsider didn’t break the rules, there was no way they could have missed it.
But Takano merely laughed. She gave a crisp laugh, just as if that display of rudeness had been the proper thing to do. She had intentionally thrown that ladle, meant to cleanse away filth and impurities, onto the ground…
“I do hope this will suffice as a greeting. …Hehehe.”
Takano straddled her motorcycle once more.
It was doubtful that she would be able to stay with any of the locals, but there were sure to be some empty houses inside the depopulated village. Takano had brought along all the equipment she would need for camping, so as long as she could find shelter from the evening dew, she wouldn’t need anything else.
“…Well then. I wonder when they’ll be coming. I can hardly wait.”
Takano’s bold smile was hidden underneath her full-face helmet.
Her motorcycle took off, and she disappeared into the village…
Chiharu Nakamura had moved to the village the previous year, immediately after graduating high school.
As far as why I moved here… well, I’m not particularly keen on explaining it. Most people would just give me a dubious look if I told them the real reason.
Both my parents are predisposed to depression. They were always searching for some kind of crutch, hoping they would one day be shown
the path to something they could believe in. As such, it’s probably no surprise that they came to put fortune-tellers and psychics on some sort of pedestal.
Before long, they were putting all their stock in one particular fortune-teller. Often attending the seminar he hosted, they would take to heart all his fortunes about how their current job wasn’t good for them or there were bad vibes surrounding their family life, and they started purchasing shady objects like spiritual urns in bulk. By the end of it all, they even believed in the prophecy that it was their true destiny to live out a simple life doing farming in the far-off country, free of all ties and obligations.
I don’t know why the fortune-teller picked out this village in particular. I’m willing to bet that he hung a map on his wall, threw a dart, and went with wherever it landed. Either way, I know for a fact that his prophecy is what convinced them to move here.
Thanks to that, the five of us Nakamuras (me, my parents, and my two older brothers) moved out to this strange, empty village.
My brothers haven’t been bothered by it in the least.
My eldest brother is still stuck in a deep depression due to severe bullying he faced in middle school. For the record, it was when my parents were trying to figure out what to do about that that they first turned to fortune-telling. For that reason, my oldest brother has just as much blind faith in the prophecy as my parents do.
The younger of my two brothers was another victim of bullying. While he didn’t fall into a depression, he came out of it a pretty bitter person, so he was more than happy to start living like a hermit out in the middle of nowhere.
So, of course, there wasn’t a whole lot I could say as the odd person out.
…Really, there’s probably a part of me that gets easily depressed, just like the rest of my family. So I must have felt tired of living in the city, or bored of ordinary life… or I thought I’d be able to get a fresh start in a remote village… so I left the decision up to everyone else, hoping it would lead to some sort of change in my life.
And so, our family packed up and moved out to this village. We moved to this strange, stifling village, steeped in restrictions and with a rule for everything.
The elders of the village are incredibly narrow-minded and unaccommodating. As such, you can’t break any of the rules where one of the villagers might see. Whenever one of the rules is about to slip your mind, there’s always someone watching, ready to chew you out at the top
of their lungs.
They expect regular worship before the Jizo statue or the miniature shrine, help carrying out certain rituals, and all sorts of other things. I’m not from around here, so it would be nice if they’d explain things a little more patiently, but they don’t seem to care. They just berate me as if I’m the one lacking common sense.
That’s why 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, you have to make sure that you constantly honor the spirits of your ancestors and never offend
the gods or the Buddha, all based on the religious beliefs of the village. It’s no wonder that the younger villagers never come back after they leave for the city.
I completely intend to do as the Romans do here. But every now and then, I just happen to forget tiny little rules (actually, it would be more accurate to just call it “etiquette,” in this case), no harm intended. The villagers used to nag me to death whenever they saw that happen, but once I started ignoring them, they eventually stopped saying
anything.
I’m perfectly fine with being ostracized. It’s not like I moved here for the sake of mingling with the villagers. I only ended up here because of a prophecy my parents heard.
My family doesn’t seem to have any problems with this stifling, tiring, and strange village. They’ve always been happier having their lives dictated by divine forces or whatever in the first place. I guess it’s easier on them when what they have to do is clearly laid out in front of them, no matter how harsh it may be. The thing that my family has the hardest time with is being expected to respond to someone else’s circumstances or mood on the fly.
Of course, they’re just playing along on the surface. They don’t genuinely revere the gods or anyone’s ancestors. After all, what they really worship is that sun god of destiny that Mr. Soothsaying Guru always went on about, the great Yada-Yada-So-And-So.
Just like that, we slowly adapted to life in this suffocating village, and soon enough, a year had passed…
“…Mm…? What…? What time is it…?”
“Come on, wake up! You’ve gotta get up, Chiharu, it’s incredible! Just look…!”
I glanced at the clock, and it wasn’t even 6 AM yet. It seemed my brother was making a fuss after looking out at the sunrise.
…I’ll admit that the New Year’s sunrise is worth seeing, but if it’s any other day of the year, I couldn’t care less.
I tried to go back to sleep, but my brother wouldn’t give it a rest. I felt like complaining to my mom, but unfortunately, she had left for a three-day, two-night hot springs vacation with a friend just the previous day.
Whatever. I’ll get up. I gave in, knowing my oldest brother didn’t have much capacity for picking up on other people’s feelings.
“Yaaaawn. …What’s so incredible…?”
When I came over to look, I saw my dad and my other brother both staring up at the freshly risen morning sun, using their hands to shield
their eyes.
…What? Is it a solar eclipse or something? But there’s no reason to wake me up this early for that…
…Huh?
“…Huh?!”
I was dumbstruck. I stared directly at where the sun sat in the sky, letting it burn itself into my eyes.
However, there was more than just one sun burned into the backs of my eyelids…
“There’s… t… two suns…”
Almost like a pair of eyes, two suns were lined up across from each other in the sky.
Is this… even possible…?! I can’t believe it. I’ve never heard of a phenomenon like this… Is it some kind of mirage? But if I remember right, mirages usually distort an image vertically… …I’ve never heard of one… that goes sideways…
While we were staring out the window in amazement, our neighbor caught sight of us.
Our next door neighbor is Suzuki-san, an old man living together with his son. They moved here around the same time we did. The reason they moved was just about the same, too. In other words, we’re both victims of the same fortune-teller.
“Hey there, g’morning to you, Nakamura-san…! Well… isn’t this a strange sight…!”
“Good morning… I really… wonder what this is all about…”
There was no way we could know that.
The Nakamura household and the Suzuki household—a total of six people—looked up at the two suns in awe, without a care for protecting our eyes…
“…Now isn’t this an interesting sight.”
Takano, too, was staring out at the double sunrise through a pair of sunglasses. However, neither surprise nor alarm was reflected in her expression.
There was only fearless admiration.
Admiration of her own strong luck, which never ceased to amaze even her.
“This saves me the trouble of loitering around for however many days.”
In a worst case scenario, she had expected to spend several weeks killing time in this boring village, but it had only taken her one night to bear witness to it.
Takano double-checked her belongings and gathered them all together. The contents of her luggage were more than enough to get her stopped by a police officer, with everything ranging from a large knife to a shotgun designed for hunting.
Her adventure had already begun back when she started making her preparations. Thus, she had arranged for every bit of equipment she was able to obtain and carry within Japan. Of course, she had also packed plenty of tools to satisfy her sense of intellectual curiosity, like cameras, notebooks, and research files.
However, her motorcycle had stopped working. The engine wouldn’t start. No matter how she coaxed it, it wouldn’t give the slightest response.
It suddenly broke down, even though it had been driving so smoothly just the other day? There was something clearly unnatural about it.
“…So you want me to do the rest of the journey on my own feet, hm? Hehe.”
Now, where to begin? I suppose a little exploring comes first. Takano began a leisurely walk down the road. If only it weren’t for the shotgun she had strapped to her back, it might have looked like a lovely stroll under the morning sun.
The village was unbelievably quiet. There was the sound of the wind rustling tree branches… but beyond that, there wasn’t a single noise created by another living being. It was unthinkable not to hear so much as a bird chirping so deep in the mountains.
As such… people’s voices carried very clearly.
Takano heard someone screaming in a shrill tone. The voice was steadily drawing closer. Without the slightest flinch in her bold expression, she readied her shotgun.
The voice belonged to a girl. She was walking along, shouting, “Is there anyone here?” over and over.
Anyone would assume that she was human. A frail, 100% human young girl.
However, the “game” had already begun.
And so, in accordance with the rules of the game, Takano chose to show herself. She jumped out from the bushes, pointing her gun and confronting the approaching figure.
As a perfectly natural result, the girl was incredibly startled.
“Eek…!”
“Good morning. Isn’t it a lovely morning with two suns shining down?”
“W-W-What is this, what’s going on…?! …I-I’m sorry, I’m sorry, please forgive me…!”
The girl seemed to think that she had stumbled onto some sort of forbidden ground in the village, and that’s why she was being threatened with a gun.
The sight of the frightened girl falling on her backside was quite gratifying, so I satisfied myself with that and lowered my gun.
“What’s your name?”
“N-Nakamura. I’m Chiharu Nakamura. Um, I-I just moved here last year…!”
“Aha, I see… My condolences.”
Takano grinned, having come to some sort of understanding. Chiharu didn’t have a clue what was going on, but she relaxed a little after the other woman lowered her gun, slowly getting back up on her feet.
And once she was able to get a good look at Takano’s appearance, she realized she wasn’t someone from the village.
“Um… Who are you…?”
“Miyoko Takano. You can just call me Miyoko, Chiharu.”
“M-Miyoko-san, you’re… haaah… I’m so glad. I really thought… there wasn’t anyone else left…”
“What do you mean?”
“W-Well… Our neighbors are all gone. All the houses except for ours and Suzuki-san’s are empty…! They left their front doors wide open, too, so we were wondering if they all went off somewhere…”
“Who is Suzuki-san?”
“U-Uh, he’s someone who moved here at the same time as us, about a year ago. He’s an old man living with his son…”
“I see. So there’s no sign of anyone besides your two families, hm?”
There were many early risers among the village elders. Knowing that, there should have been gatherings of people looking up at the two suns, legitimately thunderstruck. And yet, it had quickly become apparent that there was no one else around. Every house was completely deserted, and all the villagers had disappeared when no one was looking… Once they noticed that, the two families had started searching around the village to see if anyone else was still there.
“You probably aren’t going to find anyone else.”
“…Where… did they all go…? …I wonder if this is some kind of event. Maybe they’re off holding a festival somewhere, and we just don’t know about it…”
“But as far as I know, this village doesn’t hold any festivals like that.”
“Is… that so?”
“They’re probably in the mountains.”
“The mountains?”
“Don’t worry about it. Besides, whether you go searching for them or not, they’re going to come to us sooner or later.”
Chiharu was completely thrown for a loop. Still, she could see that Takano was keeping her cool despite the situation.
“Um… Would you like to come back to our house? In times like this, I think it’s best to stick together…”
“…That’s true. I suppose any help would be welcome.”
Takano preferred working alone, but she figured there was no harm in meeting Chiharu’s family. Knowing what was about to happen… she would need all the help she could get.
“T-Then, let’s go. …It’s this way.”
“Oh, wait just a moment.”
Takano took out her notebook and started moving her pen across the page.
“‘Day one, early morning. Met with the first villager, Chiharu Nakamura.’ There.”
After that, she closed the notebook, then paused with her pen in midair as she tried to think of something to write on the cover.
“I saw some fireflies out last night.”
“On some nights, you can see really pretty fireflies in the village…”
“They really were pretty. The way the dim green lights danced about was simply beautiful.”
…That’s it. Fireflies. Firefly lights.
Takano’s pen glided over the cover of the notebook. That was the title.
When the Fireflies Glow.
| The First and the Last Gift |
fandom.07th-expansion | # The Goat Butlers
| The Goat Butlers |
fandom.07th-expansion | # The Great Hinamizawa Disaster (episode)
UraHigu.
Rika squashes Mion's breasts while saying "I won't lose".
| The Great Hinamizawa Disaster (episode) |
fandom.07th-expansion | # The Inhuman Teacher
is a short story that was released as a booklet at the "Higurashi no Tsudoi 7" event on November 20, 2011.
Plot Summary.
The protagonist, an unnamed teacher, reminisces on the state of education in Japan and how teachers trying to be fair by teaching students equally doesn’t work. Some students are slower than others, and it results in bullies being created. The protagonist swore to become a fair teacher, and so got a job as one. He eventually met a girl named Emi Himuro, who was very nice and calm, but was also incredibly slow and bad at learning, and got bad grades because of it. Many teachers gave up on Emi in the past, and so the protagonist made it his mission to take care of her. Even Emi’s parents didn’t seem to care about her grades and only ever talked about her personality and disposition.
The protagonist started giving Emi after-school study sessions, and soon her grades improved. He felt it was time to stop after-school lessons and asks Emi to start learning by herself, however Emi is saddened and asks to keep doing them. The protagonist is concerned that she won't have time to play with her friends, but Emi says she doesn't have any since everyone thinks she’s dumb, and her parents don’t even have time to play with her. Taking pity, the protagonist decides to continue after-school lessons.
Because of the lessons, Emi seemed genuinely happy and could finally enjoy school, making the protagonist proud to be a teacher. One day, the vice principal invites the protagonist to have some tea with him. The protagonist notes how unusually young the VP was, and how he had excellent skills in making black tea. The VP mentions that the protagonist has been doing a lot of teaching lately, and he takes this to mean the VP wants to talk about Emi. The protagonist insists he’s not doing anything wrong, while the VP voices his belief that he won’t do anything bad. He still thinks the protagonist is favoriting Emi and reminds him that he needs to treat all of his students equally.
At their next session, the protagonist asks Emi if she’s ready to stop lessons again, but Emi gets sad and thinks he hates her now. She says that all of her friends, teachers, and parents don’t like her because she’s dumb, and she’s afraid of being abandoned now that she has good grades. The protagonist decides to ignore what the VP said and reinforces his belief to help kids like Emi, and promises to keep doing lessons with her. As Emi starts crying from happiness, the protagonist thinks she was afraid of him leaving her after opening her heart to him. Emi hugs her teacher and he reciprocates, not wanting to leave her alone unless she tells him she doesn’t need help anymore.
Still worrying about the vice principal’s warning, the protagonist and Emi move their lessons to the social studies reference room, as hardly anyone uses it anymore. Emi brings the protagonist some cookies as he narrates that he got a box of cakes from her parents as thanks for helping her. Emi’s grades continued to improve, and were now at the same level as the rest of the class. One day, Emi says she wants to marry the protagonist when she grows up, and the protagonist reciprocates since he believes she’s playing around. Once they promise to marry, Emi asks if they can kiss to prove it. They do so, and the protagonist starts struggling with his feelings towards her. He decides that they will marry when Emi becomes an adult, and has many immoral thoughts that night.
However, the protagonist’s hopes are dashed when he learns that Emi got hit by a truck and has been sent to the hospital in critical condition. He’s refused to meet her when he visits, and can only give condolences to Emi’s parents. The protagonist goes back to school and cries into the night, with the vice principal meeting him and asking him to lighten up. The VP reminds the protagonist that he’s still the teacher for the rest of his class, and that as a teacher he is inhuman; sometimes teachers need to be cruel in order to see their students fairly. The VP expects the protagonist to come back to school tomorrow and carry on with his teaching duties like nothing ever happened, but the protagonist angrily refuses and insists he’s human. The VP says nothing more and disappears.
Wandering the night school in sadness and still worrying about Emi, the protagonist starts calling out for youkai to help him, as he should also be an inhuman existence as a teacher. He comes across a large mirror at the foot of some stairs and continues pleading for help, and is suddenly met by Kyou. Kyou says he decided to answer since the protagonist was too noisy, and offers to save Emi in exchange for half of his soul. The protagonist agrees, and after Kyou takes his pay, he gets a strange feeling, as if there was a fist-shaped hole inside his chest.
The next day, the protagonist takes a day off from school pretending to have a fever and learns from Emi’s parents that her surgery was a success, and she’s slowly recovering. Later, the protagonist is finally able to visit Emi in the hospital, having visited her every day according to her mother. The protagonist sticks to their promise of getting married, and says he wouldn’t be a good husband if he didn’t visit his wife. Emi is elated. They kiss again, where it’s revealed the protagonist’s real name is Kanamori. Kanamori thinks that Kyou must have taken the good half of his soul, while Emi’s soul still has her good half. He thinks that a bad teacher who doesn’t treat kids equally is no longer a teacher, and ominously cackles.
| The Inhuman Teacher |
fandom.07th-expansion | # The Inhuman Teacher/Transcript
"Dashed lines represent page breaks."
| The Inhuman Teacher/Transcript |
fandom.07th-expansion | # The Lunar Festival
is the first chapter of and the eighth chapter in the overall series.
Summary.
On the occasion of a full moon, youkai may hold a truce for an event known as the Lunar Festival. This night is the night of a full moon. The full moon's mysterious powers help invigorate the school youkai and soothe them. Worrying about appearances, Marie is trying to change into a different attire with no avail. She finds out that youkai have a spirit anchor that serves as the basis for their appearance. These spirit anchors are usually physical objects. Higanbana's is the western doll in the School Infirmary, while Marie's is the clothes she last wore before she died. Higanbana leaves Marie, to prepare for the festival. With Higanbana now gone she uses her all her spiritual energy to change her outfit only to be nude after this attempt. She notes that she hasn't had the chance to meet the other school youkai. After Marie attempts changing her attire she ponders upon what Higanbana and Sumire would wear. After concluding her wonderment, she finally succeeds in changing to her sister's high school uniform and runs quickly to the rooftop where she is amazed by the Sakura trees coming from the underworld and full moon. No one notices her entrance except Higanbana, who comments on the clothes she is wearing. They meet the Nurse and Sakunoshin, who are drinking together. Marie feels self-conscious about her outfit, which results in Higanbana and Sakunoshin cheering her up.
| The Lunar Festival |
fandom.07th-expansion | # The Man From 19 Years Ago
is a character who appears in "End of the Golden Witch. "He claims to be Natsuhi's child that she abandoned 19 years ago, threatening her with phone calls and plotting revenge against her.
Appearance.
The Man is not given an appearance in the original visual novel, as he only ever talks over the phone. Even though he is said to be male, Natsuhi notes that The Man's voice sounds androgynous.
His appearance in the manga is faceless and featureless, presumably a design choice made to avoid revealing who The Man really is.
Personality.
The Man shows contempt towards Natsuhi for abandoning him so long ago, taking delight in threatening and taunting her by calling her "Mother".
Background.
19 years ago, Natsuhi was struggling to get pregnant and produce a successor to become the next Ushiromiya family head. Kinzo had given Natsuhi a baby to adopt and take care of, and Natsuhi felt that she was being disgraced like this.
While taking a walk with the baby and a servant, Natsuhi gave the baby to the servant and then pushed them both off of a cliff. Natsuhi believed that both of them had died and kept this a secret. In this gameboard created by Lambdadelta, the baby survives and grows up with nothing but hate for Natsuhi.
Role in the Story.
End of the Golden Witch.
The Man calls Natsuhi privately and threatens her to do several things, otherwise he will reveal her sin. On the night of October 4th, he directs her to pick up a clock containing a card with Natsuhi's favorite season printed on it, which is revealed to be autumn. Natsuhi is then ordered to stay in her room all night and not leave until he calls back in the morning.
The next morning, Natsuhi is awakened by The Man's calls, and she learns that several people have been murdered; Natsuhi staying in her room all night means she does not have an alibi and is a likely suspect.
Later, The Man orders Natsuhi to go into a guestroom and hide in the closet. As Natsuhi ponders her circumstances, she realizes that the only person she told her favorite season to was Shannon.
In the ???? Battler makes a theory to disprove Erika's Natsuhi culprit theory and posits that "he" was actually the caller.
Twilight of the Golden Witch (manga).
During the hide and seek game, Beatrice implies that she was the caller.
Later on, Erika has a rematch with Battler concerning the fifth game. She suggests that Battler was playing the part of The Man from 19 Years Ago and was bought off by the main culprit, following a scenario arranged with the other adults but unaware that said culprit really intended to kill people. Battler counters this theory with red truth that, on October 5th, none of the 18 named people on the island were the caller. Erika strikes back with the suggestion that the caller was actually Yasuda, the only person on the island to have multiple names.
Last note of the Golden Witch.
In the after-credits scene, Virgilius is summoned to talk about his scrapped roles for the series, where it's shown he was supposed to play the part of The Man.
| The Man From 19 Years Ago |
fandom.07th-expansion | # The Mysterious Tale of Joga Town
The Mysterious Tale of Joga Town is the twelfth and final episode of the "Okamikakushi" animation.
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fandom.07th-expansion | # The Princess' Lie
is the third chapter of .
In this chapter, a girl named Midori Kusunoki is the popular girl in her class. Everyone called her Princess Midori and she was admired by the girls at school and Midori was well respected. Her classmates were bulling each other and Midori tells both of them to not bully in front of her. Then she realized that every time she looked at Nozomi Kawada, she will feel pain somewhere in her arm. In the drama club, she originally wanted to play as a witch but until The Black Tea Gentleman granted her wish, she wanted to play as the princess. Her head was empty from the stuff that happened before and the crowd kept cheering her on. Black Tea Gentleman tells her that she has to remember her wish. Will Midori have this wish forever?
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fandom.07th-expansion | # The Protagonist is a Piece
is a song released in Ciconia Gikyoku 2.
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fandom.07th-expansion | # The Revelation
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fandom.07th-expansion | # The Revelation of Saint Ioannis
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fandom.07th-expansion | # The Revelation of Saint Ioánnis
is an ancient document described by Seshat and Toujirou as a prophecy for how the world ends.
History.
The Revelation was the 27th book in a series of canonical scriptures as described by the Muratorian Canon, and by the time the Council of Carthage met, the Revelation had been deemed non-canon and thus removed. However, the Revelation had also been "deleted" from history, with an unknown person or organization trying to bring about the prophecy described within. The Order of Prometheus is attempting to stop them.
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fandom.07th-expansion | # The Rokkenjima Mass Murders
, also known as The Eighteen Killings of Rokkenjima and The Witch's Legend Serial Murders, refers to the massacre of the Ushiromiya family and the people on Rokkenjima during October 4 and 5 of 1986. These events vary throughout the series in the form of games but they end up having similar results.
The Official Story.
During the Ushiromiya family conference, it is believed that a massacre took place. This was supported by the fact that everyone did not return and there is evidence that there was a huge explosion that took place. It is believed that the motive behind the murders was the fight over the gold that Kinzo Ushiromiya possessed. The case was not solved and several years later two message bottles were found that details the events that transpired. However, the problem was that the order of murders that took place were different, adding more to the mystery of the incident as well as adding interest to the public. The only thing that was certain was that both messages were signed with Maria Ushiromiya's name and both had the same handwriting, meaning that both were written by the same person. Later on a piece of Maria Ushiromiya's jaw was found as a result of the police investigation. Other parts of her body weren't found and neither of the relatives as well and it was hopeless to think that anybody that attended the family conference was still alive. Despite the contradictions, interviews with servants from Rokkenjima confirm that the author knew the mansion and its inhabitants in considerable detail. The only known survivor was Eva Ushiromiya believed to have been the culprit.
Forgeries and Popular Theories.
The discovery of the message bottle forgeries written by Yasu, sparked public interest. Some believed that it was a mystery, while some believed it was caused by magic. Others simply believed that they were only massacred. Due to its popularity, people began to make their own theories in the form of forgeries.
A loose-knit group, known as the Witch Hunt, attempts to put together the bits and pieces of information in order to determine the truth about Rokkenjima. A number of them write their own forgeries, with varying quality. A series of forgeries are released on the internet by a person calling themself "Itouikukuro Reigonamu". These contain details not released by the police or the Ushiromiya family. In addition, there have also been forgeries about Erika Furudo as having been involved in the incident, having fallen from a cruise boat in the waters near Rokkenjima.
As Eva was the only known survivor, the Eva Culprit Theory became the most popular. It was due to the fact that at the time it was the explanation that made most sense. However, after her death, Ange ended up inheriting all of the Ushiromiya family's assets that Eva inherited and the wealth she has built with it with the gold that she got with her. This made other people start the Rudolf's Family Culprit theory, as well as Battler Culprit theory. This was also found reasonable, because on the day of the family conference, they only brought Battler with them not Ange, giving the idea that Battler was brought to assist in the murders. Aside from the aforementioned theories, there also existed the George's Family culprit, which had George as one of the culprits.
Kyrie and Rudolf were indeed the culprits, as revealed later in "The Book of Single Truth". It is because of this that Eva refused to tell Ange the truth of her parents being murderers, even on her deathbed.
"The Book of the Single Truth".
, otherwise known as "Eva's Diary", was a diary written by Eva that supposedly contains the truth of what happened on Rokkenjima on 4th and 5th of October. The exact contents were unknown and were even censored when one of the goats said what was in it. Whatever was in it contained a truth that Ange was not able to accept. The only clues available to its contents in the sound novels are scenes depicting the arrival of Rokkenjima via boat; Beatrice's portrait; Eva, Rudolf, and Hideyoshi; master keys; the epitaph being solved and the discovery of the gold; Shannon in her room; and blood, indicating murder.
However, the contents of the diary were officially revealed in the manga adaption of "Twilight of the Golden Witch". It reveals that the truth presented by Bernkastel to Ange in "Requiem of the Golden Witch" was the truth.
Events.
The family conference had begun on Rokkenjima on October 4th. During dinner the family was presented with Beatrice's challenge of solving the epitaph. The adults were successful in solving it and discovered the gold room where Yasuda was waiting for them with four rifles that she admits she was going to use to murder them. She gives them the card with some of the gold already converted to useable money and reveals to them the bomb: 900 Tons of unexploded World War II ordanance and fuel underneath Rokkenjima wired to an antique clock that would destroy Rokkenjima at 12:00 AM if the switch was turned on. The meeting in the gold room quickly turned into a scuffle between the adults with them taking up rifles against each other. The first causality was an accidental discharge from Eva's gun into Natsuhi's eye. The fighting continues and Krauss is murdered as well. The remaining attempt to come up with a plan to hide the bodies. Rosa comes up with a plan which states that Eva and Hideyoshi confess to the police their guilt for the deaths of Krauss and Natsuhi, but she is shot by Kyrie. Kyrie and Rudolf decide to put a plan in motion so that they can hide all the bodies by blowing up the island and escaping to Kuwadorian with Battler if they can rope him into their plan. They begin by murdering the remaining adults and shooting Sayo as well. Kyrie and Rudolf then begin the mass murders. Rudolf is shown murdering George and Kyrie is shown murdering Jessica. Besides this no other murders committed by Kyrie and Rudolf are shown and are only talked about by Kyrie saying she used a knife to murder everyone in the Guest House which included Maria and the servants. Eva survived Kyrie's attempted murder as the bullet only scathed the side of her head. She then leaves the room to stop them. She meets Rudolf in front of the Chapel and kills him after knowing he murdered George. She then has a final meeting with Kyrie in the Rose Garden and the two have a final stand-off against each other. Kyrie's bullet once again barely misses Eva and Eva finally ends Kyrie's life.
Eva then escapes to Kuwadorian, the only place safe from the bomb's blast radius. It is shown in the manga that Battler finds Rudolf's body at the Chapel, and discovers the lion statue pointing towards the direction of the hidden gold. He enters the secret gold room and finds all the adults dead; where he saw Sayo (dressed as Beatrice). She brings Battler to the underground submarine area to shelter from the typhoon and was asked by Battler if Sayo was the "Beatrice" on the portrait. When she spoke, Battler recognized her voice, (who was Shannon), and confessed that she was Sayo Yasuda, who was Shannon, Kanon, and at the same time, Beatrice. She told Battler that she waited for him for the whole time and her plans about killing everyone including him and Sayo herself, but forgave her anyway since it was only an attempt and the ones who really did the massacre were Rudolf and Kyrie. He understands that Sayo was also in pain, and told her that if he have solved the epitaph, he would have saved her. In the morning, she told Battler to escape the island using the motor boat, and was asked by Battler why she isn't coming with him. Sayo, (acting like Beatrice), says that she was the master of the Golden Land so she cannot leave. She insisted Battler to hurry up because she might bring up a storm again if she was in bad mood. Just when she thought that Battler is already leaving, he suddenly carried Sayo and told her that he'll take her as a souvenir from the Golden Land and is gonna kidnap her which made Sayo lost in words and cried. While they are on the boat, he told Battler to close his eyes because she would kiss him. The moment she did it, the embarrased Battler opened his eyes but was slapped by Sayo, telling her that he has no delicacy and to continue to close his eyes. The last kiss was on his earlobe, which made Battler extremely embarrassed, but didn't open his eyes because he knows that Sayo will get angry. When he opened his eyes again, Sayo was no longer there. She throws herself into the sea with a gold ingot tied to her foot to weigh her down. Battler tries to save her, but washes up onto shore instead. Beatrice thus gives her life to keep the cat box of her life closed.
Aftermath.
Battler then wanders the mountains of Nijima till he is found on the road by Ikuko Hachijo. He suffered amnesia because he was hit by a car. When he was asked about his name, he doesn't know but he only remembers the number 18, which Ikuko though that it was his age. So she gave him the name "Tohya", (which means eighteen) until he remember who he is and was taken care by Ikuko for a long time. It is also implied that only he survived and Beatrice's fate is left unknown though she did most likely die in her suicide attempt.
Eva was another survivor and was later found by the police in the Kuwadorian mansion, which is located two kilometers from the main mansion and where the explosion took place. It is also stated in the novels that she had gold bars with her as well. When asked by the police of the events that took place she refused to speak and as a result, was believed by the public to have been the culprit. She also adopts Ange Ushiromiya, the only member that was unable to attend the family conference that year. Later on, various talk shows, magazines, and even Ange slander her as the culprit. Despite her refusal to reveal the truth even to her niece, she decides nevertheless to write it in a diary.
In 1998, after Eva's death, her diary was later found by a nurse in the hospital. Ikuko comes into possession of Eva's diary, and calls a press conference to open it and finally determine the true events of Rokkenjima. She has a change of heart at the last second, feeling that opening the diary would be disgraceful to the dead. Interest in Rokkenjima does not die out, but undergoes a decline and never again reaches the same level of interest.
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