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fandom.07th-expansion | # Violeta
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fandom.07th-expansion | # Violeta/Sprites
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fandom.07th-expansion | # Violetta
is a character appearing in "Vespio 2438".
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fandom.07th-expansion | # Violetta/Sprites
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fandom.07th-expansion | # Virgilia
, full name Publius Virgilia Maro , is the original "Beatrice" and previous Endless Witch before passing her title and powers to the Golden Witch Beatrice. She first appears in "Banquet of the Golden Witch".
Appearance.
Virgilia has long silver and gray hair that is very dignified, and usually respectfully keeps her eyes shut. She wears a black dress and a black hat adorned with dark red flowers.
Personality.
Virgilia speaks very respectfully and typically dislikes fooling around, however there are times where she will relish in combat and deceit.
Side content like "Angel of 17 Years East Shi-44a" and "Golden Fantasia" show Virgilia and Ange as being fujoshis.
Abilities.
Despite being a Finite Witch, Virgilia still is powerful enough to engage Beatrice in a magical duel and proves to be a formidable opponent, defeated only through trickery on Beatrice's part. In her duel against Beatrice, Virgilia is shown using magic to fly, teleport, creating shields of magic for defense, summoning the falling Tower of Babel to use a potent shield, summoning the divine hammer Mjölnir and divine spear Gungnir, and summoning the god Odin. Virgilia wields a simple and classic wooden wand, using it for her magic. She also has several Goat Butlers under her command. Like Beatrice, she can be an extremely cunning opponent.
In "Golden Fantasia", her move Magic Item Show has Virgilia deliver a series of strikes using knives, mirrors and candelabras.
Background.
Virgilia served as the magician at Beatrice's home and came into contact with her in the position of a servant. She taught Beatrice the Endless Magic and retired, believing that her pupil would also devote herself to providing happiness for people. Virgilia became nameless afterwards and used Kumasawa as a vessel, sealing her powers. She would then take the name of Virgilia after her duel with Beatrice.
From an anti-fantasy perspective, Virgilia is an imaginary friend created by Yasu and based off of Kumasawa, who was a mother figure for them.
Relationships.
Beatrice.
Virgilia is Beatrice's teacher and predecessor as the Golden and Endless Witch. Beatrice seems to greatly admire and respect Virgilia, referring to her as , and during their fight Beatrice praises Virgilia when she deflects Beatrice's attacks from the "Shoulder Towers". Though Beatrice isn't against insulting and mocking Virgilia when wanting to. Virgilia repeatedly states her disappointment with how Beatrice has chosen to use her powers as Endless Witch. When talking about Beatrice, Virgilia always calls Beatrice "that child/that girl", which somewhat emphasises the latter's childishness and their mother/daughter-like relationship.
Battler Ushiromiya.
Virgilia acts as Battler's advisor against the witch side starting in "Banquet of the Golden Witch". Though he remarks on the irony of getting a witch's help to deny witches, Battler takes Virgilia's advice to heart and is able to move forward with his reasoning. Even though Virgilia betrays Battler by revealing she was on Beato's side all along at the end of "Banquet", she still continues to give him advice in "End of the Golden Witch."
Role in the Story.
Banquet of the Golden Witch.
Virgilia is first introduced in the prologue, where she offers to teach a young Beatrice how to use the Endless Magic.
Once the game starts, Beatrice sets out to claim victims for the first twilight and discovers that Kumasawa was actually Virgilia. Virgilia shows disappointment that Beatrice is using her powers for murder and engages in a duel with her. After a fantastical fight, it seems like Virgilia has won and prepares to return Beatrice to her original form, however it is revealed that Beato had killed Virgilia before the fight even started, swiftly reviving her and pretending to fight. Virgilia soon dies and Beato heals her wounds.
Afterwards, Virgilia arrives in the Meta-World and helps Battler overcome his mental blocks, acting as an advisor for him. She teaches him about the concept of Schrodinger's Cat Box and helps him understand that there are magic explanations and realistic explanations for the murders on Rokkenjima.
At the very end of the chapter, it is revealed that Virgilia wasn't on Battler's side at all, rather tricking him in accordance with Beatrice's "North Wind and the Sun" strategy and almost gets Battler to sign his own demise at the Golden Land.
Alliance of the Golden Witch.
Virgilia is summoned by Kinzo along with Gaap, Ronove and the Chiester Sisters Imperial Guard Corps in order to assist with Beatrice's resurrection ceremony. Virgilia receives the task of watching the prisoners in Kuwadorian, who are to be victims of the subsequent twilights.
Virgilia summons several goats to act as guards which are soon taken away by Gaap. The prisoners use this opportunity to escape and a furious Virgilia tries to hunt them down. She summons several more Goats to engage in a boxing match with Krauss, but she is defeated when one of them falls upon her.
End of the Golden Witch.
Virgilia appears at the beginning of the chapterin the Golden Land's rose garden, where she combs a catatonic Beatrice's hair. She asks Battler to take back the game board from Bernkastel and Lambdadelta for Beatrice's sake, as Bern's anti-fantasy approach and Lambda's work as the new Game Master have disgraced her game.
After the appearance of the Eiserne Jungfrau and their first defeat, Battler returns to the Golden Land to find Dlanor A. Knox, who greets Virgilia as a friend rather than an enemy due to Virgilia's status as a witch. Virgilia is later forced to witness Beatrice's downfall after she struggles to prove Natsuhi Ushiromiya's innocence against Erika Furudo. She provides Battler with her final Red Truth that Natsuhi isn't the culprit, however it is not enough to prove her innocence.
She later reappears in the ???? scene along with Dlanor in the Golden Land after Battler's unsightly defeat, where they discuss the premise of the Knox Decalogue and Beatrice's motives. This prompts Battler to go back through the tale and solve all the puzzles with a mystery perspective and reach the truth of everything. After Battler resurrects as the new Endless Sorcerer and resumes his battle with Erika, Virgilia reappears alongside all the other fantasy characters who had previously been denied to defeat Erika's theory.
Other Appearances.
Golden Fantasia.
Virgilia is a playable character, having story modes with Beatrice, Ronove, Chiester 410, and Ange Ushiromiya.
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fandom.07th-expansion | # Virgilia/Gallery
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fandom.07th-expansion | # Virgilia/Sprites
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fandom.07th-expansion | # Virgilius
is a character that appears exclusively in "Last note of the Golden Witch". He is a cut character that was intended to appear in "Land of the Golden Witch" as a rival detective to Battler.
Profile.
"He'll go around throwing out thoroughly misleading theories, making Battler's own theories go further and further astray, and making him suffer for a long, long time. As Battler's rival, he has the power to patch together ruthless truths and circumstantial evidence as he wishes; to "define" the world with the deductions he makes."
"...a being who could have been born as a character."
Appearance.
Virgilius has short blue hair and wears a suit coat. The One-Winged Eagle is on his collar.
Personality.
Virgilius' personality is improvised since Beatrice hadn't yet defined his personality or speech patterns when Land was scrapped. Having a kansai dialect at first, Bernkastel rewrites him as a polite gentleman instead.
Background.
Virgilius was a rejected character who was intended to appear in "Land of the Golden Witch". When "Land" was scrapped, his name was given to Virgilia and his role to Furudo Erika.
Skills and Abilities.
It is suggested that Virgilius would have been able to use the Detective's Authority like Erika did. Not only that, Virgilius could change the world to match his theories, whether they were true or false.
Role in the Story.
Last Note of the Golden Witch.
Virgilius appears in the after-credits scene after being pulled from oblivion by Piece. The idea for "Land" was for Virgilius to become a rival to Battler and further beat him into submission after he had surrendered at the end of "Turn of the Golden Witch"". "Virgilius was also intended to play the role of The Man From 19 Years Ago"."
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fandom.07th-expansion | # Voice Actors
This is a page for listing the notable voice actors who have been involved with works related to Ryukishi07 and their roles.
A voice actor is considered notable if they have voiced at least two characters.
For lists of voice actors by series:
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fandom.07th-expansion | # Voice cast of Higurashi
This is a page for listing the voice actors for each character in .
| Voice cast of Higurashi |
fandom.07th-expansion | # Voice cast of Umineko
This is a page for listing the voice actors for each character in .
| Voice cast of Umineko |
fandom.07th-expansion | # Voyager
| Voyager |
fandom.07th-expansion | # WHEEL OF FORTUNE / Eiko Shimamiya
"For the song, please refer Unmei no Wa (song)"
"This album has two releases:"
=WHEEL OF FORTUNE / Eiko Shimamiya [Regular Edition]=
is a single album released for the series. It is composed by Kazuya Takase and Tomoyuki Nakazawa and performed by Eiko Shimamiya, who has performed many songs for the "Higurashi" franchise; which were featured in the anime and live action movie adaptations. The single was published by M:X and Frontier Works Inc. on Apr 16, 2008 and originally sold for 1260 JPY. Frontier Works Inc. was in charge of distribution alongside Geneon Entertainment.
The featured song Unmei no Wa is the opening theme for the 2008 live action movie Higurashi no Naku Koro ni, also known as Shrill Cries of Summer internationally. The B-side of the album is Diorama which is featured in the ending credits to the movie.
Tracklisting.
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This release was available for a limited period of time from the date of release. It included a DVD which contained the music video for Unmei no Wa.
Tracklisting.
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fandom.07th-expansion | # WHEN THEY CRY... THEME SONG COLLECTION
is a compilation album released for the series. It contains all the opening and ending themes of the following adaptations up to when the album was released—
Anime:
Live Action Movies:
The album was performed, composed and arranged by various artists' most notably by Eiko Shimamiya who has performed and written a vast majority of the songs. The album was published by M:X and Frontier Works Inc. on 4th February, 2015 and originally sold for 2700 JPY. Frontier Works Inc. was in charge of distribution alongside NBCUniversal Entertainment Japan LLC.
Tracklisting.
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fandom.07th-expansion | # WTC
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fandom.07th-expansion | # Wakaba Inoue
| Wakaba Inoue |
fandom.07th-expansion | # Wakana Inoue
is the main protagonist of "Kokorokuzushi".
Profile.
From Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Complete Analysis Book:
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A girl who lives in Hinamizawa.
She lost her parents in an accident and was adopted by Hirohumi Inoue, who claimed to be her distant relative, to live a modest life. She appears in front of Kajiwara, a detective searching for the missing magazine reporter Suzuyama.
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雛見沢に住む女のコ
事故で両親を失い、遠い親戚と名乗る猪上博文と養子縁組を結んで、慎ましい生活を送る。失踪した雑誌記者・鈴山を探す探偵・梶原私の目の前に現れた。
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fandom.07th-expansion | # Wang
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fandom.07th-expansion | # Wang Yuanhong
is a high-ranking member of the Golden Dragon Society who is called in to create jobs for Chinese people and placate his superiors. He first appears in Season 2.
Appearance.
Wang has black hair, a black goatee and wears glasses. He wears a white coat with a red dragon adorned on the flap over a black shirt.
Personality.
Wang is very cunning and manipulative, always planning things to end in his favor whenever possible. He has an obsession with clocks and time, believing that the amount of time a person has to live should be equivalent to how hard they work.
Background.
Wang is a member of the Golden Dragon Society who was friends with Meijiu and acted as a mentor to him, being referred by him as "honored brother." Wang later came to lead a faction of GDS members who preferred having a council of elders be in control rather than the former leader and his son Zilong. Wang then came to own the restaurant Millennium, which he also uses as his hideout.
Story.
"Season 2".
Wang is first introduced in 1948 at the end of Season 2, talking to Meijiu and planning to compete with Rose's Japanese labor union.
"Season 3".
Wang starts producing imitation soy sauce and selling it at low prices to counter Primavera's, hoping to turn Japanese consumers against them. He later has a meeting with Rose and tries convincing her to give some of the special offers windows to the GDS and lower the wages for Japanese workers to make Chinatown calm down.
When Rose rejects his demands, Wang employs Zel to assassinate her with poison, hoping that Richard will take her position and then accept his deal. Wang has Zel's father imprisoned in his restaurant as a hostage to coerce her. Wang also hoards cheap Japanese ingredients with the intent of releasing them on the market if Primavera continues to defy him.
Zel is unable to carry through with Rose's assassination and instead gains her help in rescuing her father. They formulate a plan where Rose goes to meet with Wang again as Zel and the Wandering Dogs infiltrate Wang's restaurant as the Wandering Cats; Wang has no idea what Zel actually looks like and is fooled by them. After they rescue Zel's father, Wang sees that Zel is actually his assassin after noticing her tattoo. Zel takes Wang hostage with a gun and after a standoff, Wang is freed from her grasp and starts conversing with Rose to begin his "economic attack."
Ultimately Wang's attack is foiled when Primavera's bodyguards destroy his warehouses of ingredients and he learns that the mafia groups he had hired were all bribed by Rose. Wang soon succumbs to the poison he intended to kill Rose with and is carried off to the hospital. Wang's final fate is not shown, however his absence creates a power vacuum within the GDS and allows Zilong to come into power.
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fandom.07th-expansion | # Wang Yuanhong/Image Gallery
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fandom.07th-expansion | # Wang Yuanhong/Sprites
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fandom.07th-expansion | # Wanya
The , also called wanyan or meowoof, is a recurring blob-like creature in Ryukishi07's works that appears to be his author avatar. The wanya is sometimes associated with a fictional video game titled or other similarly-named games and objects.
The wanya has also been referred to as "Namekuchi" and as a slug.
List of Appearances.
This list is sorted by chronological release date.
WanyaDora Gameplay and Features.
It can be surmised from scenes in "Ciconia" that WanyaDora focuses around collecting and trading resources and monsters, combining them to become stronger. Collecting hearts from friends and engaging in pvp are also main features. Monsters also have rarities, similar to gacha games. Convincing people to install the game presumably gives players bonuses.
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fandom.07th-expansion | # WanyaDora
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fandom.07th-expansion | # Wanyan
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fandom.07th-expansion | # Warcat
Warcat, officially designated The 0017th Aerial Augmented Infantry Squad, is a squad that belongs to the AOU.
Miyao and Jayden are the main attacking members while Gunhild provides support.
Profile.
"Attached to the AOU Combined Military Central HQThe 0017th Aerial Augmented Infantry Squad Warcat"
"Currently the strongest kette among all of the AOU's Aerial Augmented Infantry. After fierce battles against powerful rivals, they won their seats as representatives of the AOU at the International Battle Standard Festival. Their kette is composed of two Attackers and one Defender.They use the kuruma-gakari formation, which theoretically switches out Attackers for Defenders before they get tired, thereby ensuring that they're always able to carry out their mission with two active Attackers."
"However, in most cases, the Attackers Miyao and Jayden carry out their mission before they're hardly tired at all, so Gunhild — who's waiting in reserve — rarely has a chance to move up front. The fact that they're this powerful, yet still have a member in reserve, makes them a significant threat to kette in other factions."
"The way they can penetrate an enemy's defenses on their own, achieve air superiority in the skies over their target, attack a land-based target, and then offer air support to friendly forces...makes them more than a military unit, and practically superheroes."
Story.
Warcat is formally introduced in Chapter 2 at the International Battle Standard Festival. After the festival, they train with Grave Mole.
In Chapter 11, Warcat is sent into their first proper combat mission to destroy COU military vehicles stationed on the Glass Sea.
In Chapter 22, the COU continues to pursue occupation of the Glass Sea and starts building bases. Warcat is deployed once again to destroy them.
In Chapter 23, Warcat defends against the drone revolt.
In Chapter 25, Warcat heads into one last battle for the Glass Sea before the second global truce. Gunhild's Keropoyo starts a self-diagnostic and shuts down, making her unable to deploy her Rejection Shield with a cluster of missiles flying towards her. Gunhild is presumably killed.
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fandom.07th-expansion | # Warrior Princess March
was the eighteenth event in "Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Mei", and the second collaboration event. Additionally, it is the first event to feature playable characters outside of the main "Higurashi" franchise.
It is a collaboration event with the game Senki Zesshō Symphogear XD Unlimited that ran from May 21, 2021 until June 3, 2021. The SR card "Shénshòujìng" Miku Kohinata was available to those who completed the event story.
Plot Summary.
A meteor crashes down near Hinamizawa, and when the club goes to inspect it, they face monsters different than the tsukuyami they're familiar with. After being saved by the Symphogear users Hibiki, Chris, and Miku, they team up with them to investigate these strange phenomena.
Boosted Units.
The following units increased event-related drops when brought into battle. They are units associated with this event.
All following units have a rarity of SSR.
The following unit was a reward for completing the event and has a rarity of SR.
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fandom.07th-expansion | # Warrior Princess March/Summary
This is a plot summary for the Warrior Princess March event.
Main Event.
One day, Kazuho gets a call from Mion that a meteor has crashed down in Yagouchi, and they should check it out. Kazuho and the rest of the club investigate, where the police have cordoned off the crater and are trying to direct civilians away from it. Ooishi tells the group that he couldn’t see anything lying in the crater, so maybe somebody took the meteor away somehow. Miyuki takes notice of what appears to be a distortion in the sky in the distance, but thinks her mind’s playing tricks.
Just then, monsters appear. Kazuho and the club prepare their Role Cards to fight and get Ooishi to evacuate civilians. They soon discover that the monsters are completely immune to their attacks. Hanyuu thinks they aren’t tsukuyami at all. Rika is about to get attacked when three girls; Hibiki, Miku, and Chris; arrive and save her, transformed into their Symphogears. The girls sing and defeat the monsters as the club watches in awe. Hibiki says they’ve taken care of the Alca-Noise but Kazuho has no idea what that is. Chris figures they’re in a world where Noise don’t exist and that they need to report to S.O.N.G. soon. Miyuki is about to ask them about their powers when police cars start arriving. The three girls run away, not wanting to get into trouble in this world.
Kazuho gets pinged on her pager: a message from Tamura. She, Miyuki, and Nao leave the other club members to be questioned by police and go to a pay phone to speak with Tamura. Tamura is aware that new monsters have arrived and explains that their world has been connected to another one. That world has a messed up sense of time and space, so Tamura can’t tell if it’s in the past or the future. Regardless, if left unchecked then the “law of cause and effect” connecting the past to the future could be distorted and separated. Tamura says there’s a “factor” in Kazuho’s world that came from that one, and if they return it then the law of cause and effect will fix itself. Tamura is working to keep things from collapsing in her world and says they should deal with things on their side soon. Kazuho says their Role Cards don’t work on the monsters, but Tamura’s prepared something: Somewhere there is a charm that can copy other people’s abilities. Tamura suddenly cuts off the connection, much to Miyuki’s annoyance at the goddess not explaining anything else.
The trio goes to the Furude Shrine, thinking this charm will be in the ritual warehouse. They run into Hibiki, Chris, and Miku again, wearing school uniforms. The groups recognize each other from earlier, and Miyuki thanks them for saving their lives. Chris asks what the ritual warehouse is supposed to be, but Miyuki is defensive and suspicious. Hibiki says that Kazuho and everyone were using weapons similar to Armed Gear and Relics, and Kazuho has no idea what she’s talking about. Likewise, Hibiki’s group doesn’t know what Role Cards are.
Hibiki, Chris, and Miku introduce themselves. They’re Symphogear wearers, members of the United Nations organization S.O.N.G. which deals with problems across many parallel worlds. Miyuki says they’re like time or dimension police then. Chris is suspicious that Kazuho’s group believes them so easily, and Miyuki mentions how they’ve done a lot of amazing stuff too; Kazuho’s group recounts their own misadventures.
Her trust in the group increased, Chris explains that their mission is to find a clone of the Nephilim, an autonomous Relic that escaped into this world. Nao says the Nephilim were giants originating from the Old Testament, and Chris praises her knowledge while calling her “little one”, much to Nao’s chagrin. The Nephilim is essentially a giant monster; though Hibiki’s friends destroyed the Nephilim in their home world, an evil organization from another world gathered the remains and tried to clone it to create bio weapons. Hibiki’s comrades defeated them and were transporting the Nephilim core through space, but remnants of that organization attacked again and sent it flying into another world. Hibiki tracked the core to Kazuho’s world but found that the Nephilim moved somewhere else. Hibiki asks if there exists anything in this world similar to Relics, as the Nephilim must have been attracted to it. A scan of the area suggested that something might be in the ritual warehouse, but Miku does another scan and says there’s nothing in there. Chris thinks her equipment is faulty. Nao says there might be something in the junkyard and takes everyone there. The girls can’t believe anything would be hidden in this dump, but Nao says you never know.
Rena and the other club members appear, having finished with the police. Mion says some villagers saw Kazuho and the others heading to the junkyard with some unknown girls, so she saw fit to check up on them. She mentions how annoying Ootaka at the prefectural police was. Hibiki’s group introduces themselves again, and Miku warns of a huge energy signature. Suddenly, hordes of tsukuyami emerge from the trash heap. Kazuho and the club members fight them off, and another monster soon appears, larger than the rest.The group realizes that this is the Nephilim reawakened.
The girls transform into their Symphogears and lay into the Nephilim as the club watches in amazement. The girls’ attacks begin to take less effect, realizing that the Nephilim fused with a powerful Relic. The girls unite for an S2CA but it falls short, the Nephilim regenerating. They wish they had their other comrades with them when they all get knocked back. Kazuho helps Chris up and notices that she has Role Cards on her. Chris says she found them earlier and was meaning to ask about it. The cards start glowing, and Kazuho remembers what Tamura said earlier about the charm that could copy abilities. She gives a card each to Hibiki, Chris, and Miku, the cards developing pictures matching their respective Symphogears. Kazuho then tells Rena, Mion, and Hanyuu to take the cards, and they transform: Rena dons a replica of Hibiki’s armor Gungnir, Mion dons a replica of Chris’s Ichaival, and Hanyuu dons a replica of Miku’s Shenshoujing.
The six armored girls focus on a song and combine their power, allowing Hibiki enough power to use her "Garyū: Tokudai Gekisō" and destroy the Nephilim, vaporizing it. The rest of the tsukuyami are wiped out by the club members. Chris apologizes for always calling Nao “little one”. Miyuki asks Kazuho why she gave the cards to the three girls, and Kazuho says she isn’t confident in her own singing voice; Rena, Mion, and Hanyuu were what came to mind. Nao says Kazuho’s actually pretty good and likes her singing. Rena, Mion, and Hanyuu return to their original forms, but the Role Cards are still there. They could transform as much as they want, but Rika thinks they’ll disappear if the Symphogear girls return to their world.
The group chats amongst themselves, and Hibiki says that they were supposed to spend a week in this world but they resolved everything in 2 days. Hibiki says they should use the rest of this time for a vacation, but Miku says they need to worry about the Gjallarhorn gate that brought them to this world. It was located very high up, and Miyuki realizes that that was the distortion she saw earlier. Mion declares that if they transform with the Symphogear Role Cards again, that should give Hibiki’s group enough power to launch up there. Now that that’s decided, the group prepares to have fun in Hinamizawa for as long as possible. Kazuho gets a bad feeling, but brushes the thought aside.
Meanwhile, in the space between worlds, Tamura is struggling to keep Kazuho’s world, Hibiki’s world, and the Showa Hinamizawa world connected, beginning to get tired. Tamura complains that she can’t connect to the network in time and wants someone to take over, but figures that maybe this was deserved.
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fandom.07th-expansion | # Wata (disambiguation)
There are many pages with in the title. You may be looking for:
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fandom.07th-expansion | # Wataakashi
is the second arc in and the third arc in "Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Meguri".
Characters.
New characters
Returning characters
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fandom.07th-expansion | # Wataakashi-hen
| Wataakashi-hen |
fandom.07th-expansion | # Wataakashi-hen Manga Chapter 1
is the first chapter in "Wataakashi-hen" and the ninth chapter of "Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Meguri".
Summary.
Eua questions how Satoko can prove she has everything at her fingertips as the latter grabs a plateful of cookies. Satoko explains that since she can keep her memories when she loops, she can find anything so long as the world remains the way it does, and she obtains the right information even once.
In the next world, Satoko kills Rika by slitting her throat with a knife and then heads to the Irie Clinic. Takano walks through the keycard-locked basement, and Satoko sneaks past after her before it closes. Takano soon falls victim to a trap that puts a noose around her neck and hangs. Takano weakly acknowledges Satoko before dying. Satoko steals her keycard and door key, and finds a room full of guns. She then finds a code-locked briefcase and tries a code, but fails. Satoko then shoots herself in the head. Eua watches and notes how Satoko is much better than the cat at this.
Satoko repeats the process throughout many more worlds: she kills Rika, sneaks into the clinic, steals a gun, tries a briefcase code, and shoots herself when she fails, getting in some gun practice along the way. Finally, Satoko obtains some H173 and smirks. She now knows the clinic staff patterns, where the sleeping pills are, how to get a gun, and more. Eua sees Satoko's methods ad asks if she still remembers the most important thing, and Satoko affirms it: she must get rid of the Onigari-no-ryuuou, the sword that can kill loopers. If Rika gets her hands on it and kills her, Satoko's looping powers and life will disappear. Satoko is confident she can find it.
Back in the 1983 world, Rika and the club have finished the games tournament at the Okinomiya toy store and received their prizes. Rika thinks about how weird it is that she keeps looping without Hanyuu. Normally she gets killed after Watanagashi, but now she's been dying even before that. She can no longer remember how many times she's died and is starting to lose it, but she needs to keep going. Rika tells Keiichi to give his doll to Mion. Satoko watches the event unfold.
At the park, Mion is happy that Keiichi gave her the doll, thinking he was going to give it to Rena instead. Shion suddenly appears and surprises her, and Mion sees she plans to ask a favor to switch places at work. Shion notices the doll and grabs it, but Mion takes it back and says she can't have it. Shion starts teasing her about receiving it from Keiichi.
As the twins walk, Shion tells Mion all about her work process and what to do. Mion asks what kind of job this is and gets upset once Angel Mort comes into view. The scene cuts to an embarrassed Mion wearing the waitress uniform and realizing she's been had. Earlier, Shion took Mion's place in a club meeting in exchange for Mion returning the favor someday. Mion lets her hair down and gets to work anyway. She goes to serve a table only to find Keiichi there. The next day, Shion goes back to work and is swarmed by questions from her coworkers about Keiichi. She remembers how often Mion talked about Keiichi and gets a mischievous smile, and says he's just a classmate, much to everyone's disappointment. Shion thinks about how fun it'll be to tell Mion about this later, and wants to try flirting with Keiichi directly.
Later, Mion returns home wearing Shion's school uniform and hides in her bed. She dressed up as Shion and gave Keiichi a bento, so if she thanks him for the doll, then everything will be meaningless. He already saw her in the waitress uniform, which doesn't suit her at all. Mion thinks about how tomboyish she is and thinks that even Keiichi wishes she were male. She looks at the doll and at herself in the mirror, and thinks that the doll is for "Shion", not "Mion". Mion wishes she could be Shion so she could be honest in front of Keiichi and be more like a girl.
Mion hopes to someday tell Keiichi properly that Mion and Shion are the same. However, that day comes during Watanagashi preparations. Keiichi is confused at seeing the twins and asks if Mion was really the one he met at Angel Mort, was the one who brought him lunch, and saved him from those delinquents. Mion panics since he got it all correct and wonders if she should really tell him, but is too afraid and denies all of Keiichi's observations.
Shion then grabs Keiichi and starts teasing him, and Mion pulls her away. Shion then tells Keiichi to cover his ears and whispers to Mion that she understands how happy Mion was when she got the doll, but Shion likes Keiichi too, and so a strategy meeting is needed. Mion accepts and agrees to stay the night at Shion's apartment. Takano then appears and greets them.
At Shion's apartment, Shion does Mion's hair as they talk. Mion wonders if Keiichi will notice her shampoo, and Shion laughs and asks what she likes about Keiichi. Mion enjoys hanging out with Keiichi even though he's new to the club, and she's always looking forward to the next game when he's around. Shion says they'll always have fun when they're together. Mion wishes that she could always have fun with Keiichi and her other friends like they do now. Shion wishes her luck and says she can't always find the person she loves. Mion wonders where Satoshi went and then apologizes, but Shion says it's fine. She's sure Satoshi will come home eventually and is taking care of Satoko until he does.
Shion tells Mion that she needs to start showing Keiichi her girly side little by little, and go out with him in a cute outfit. Suddenly, the doorbell rings. Meanwhile, Rika drinks by herself and ponders about this world: she told Keiichi to give the doll to Mion, and she talked to Tomitake about the Bloodhounds. Shion and Satoko are also getting along, however this is the first time Satoko's gone to Shion's place to play. At the apartment, Satoko greets Shion. Mion asks what she's doing here, and Satoko is surprised to see that they both look like Shion. Satoko says she was worried about how overworked they looked, so she brought some snacks. The twins offer Satoko to stay the night, but she has to take a bath first. Satoko agrees. As they talk, Satoko pulls out her sleeping pills in secret and puts them in their drinks.
Satoko finishes taking a bath and returns to see Mion and Shion sleeping peacefully on the floor. She still can't tell which is which, but she smirks and says she'll find out who will become the demon when they wake up, and pulls out her H173.
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fandom.07th-expansion | # Wataakashi-hen Manga Chapter 2
is the second chapter in "Wataakashi-hen" and the tenth chapter of "Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Meguri".
Summary.
Satoko obtains the Onigari-no-ryuuou and tosses it into Onigafuchi Swamp. She notes that Rika doesn't even know about the sword, and is content that all her preparation time has given her the upper hand. Satoko goes off to enjoy the Watanagashi Festival, hoping to not lose again this year.
Mion talks with Shion over the phone, shortly after their sleepover. Mion says she left early since Oryou needed her to attend a committee meeting. Mion thanks Shion for everything she did, and Shion reminds her to act natural since she tends to go out of control. The twins remember their days as little kids when they could spend time together without hesitation. Mion praises Shion for being confident and wishes she could be more like her, and Shion in turn says she respects Mion a lot since she could never be a good family head. Mion invites Shion to hang out with the club at the festival and to sleep over at the Sonozaki main house that night. Shion says she'll do it if she feels like it.
Shion hangs up as Kasai arrives with food. Shion asks him to drive her to the festival, and Kasai hands her a taser for self-defense since Hinamizawa can be dangerous this time of year, and there's no guarantees nothing won't happen.
At the festival, the club is having fun. Rena obsesses over Rika's shrine maiden outfit and takes her away as Satoko chases them, leaving Mion and Keiichi behind. Mion looks around and wonders if Shion is coming at all. Keiichi apologizes to Mion about yesterday since he knows she was just trying to stop him from getting scared about the village incidents. Mion says to just forget about that creepy stuff and enjoy the festival. Keiichi remarks that he'd never seen Mion acting like that in front of Shion and figures they must be very close. Mion remembers a happy memory with Shion and says it's not quite like that.
The rest of the club returns. Rena asks Keiichi if there's something wrong but he denies it. Mion thinks Keiichi is still feeling uneasy and resolves to cheer him up. The club goes off to enjoy more of the festival. During Rika's festival dance, Mion sees Shion and Keiichi going off together and wonders about it. After the dance, Mion gets called to a village meeting and tells the other club members to wait; Rena, Rika, and Satoko note that Keiichi seems to have gotten lost.
At the village meeting, Mion hears from Kiichirou and the other elders that the ritual storehouse was trespassed into. A committee member on patrol saw Tomitake opening the storehouse door, and that there were four people in total trespassing. The committee becomes outraged, saying that the curse will surely befall them. Mion assumes Takano was the second person, and wonders if Shion and Keiichi are the other two since they went off into the direction of the storehouse. Mion hopes she's wrong about their involvement.
Mion meets up with Keiichi later that night and asks if he saw Shion, and he denies it. Mion thinks Shion told him to be quiet since she knew Mion would be in a bad mood. She then asks Keiichi if he saw Tomitake or Takano, and he denies that too; Mion is skeptical. Ooishi then appears and asks Keiichi the same thing. Mion worries that Keiichi really did trespass into the ritual storehouse, but the Sonozaki family can still cover for him. As Mion goes home, Shion reappears and greets her. Mion asks if she saw Keiichi earlier, but Shion lies that she didn't. Mion figures Ooishi was telling the truth and wonders why he'd come all the way here to say that, and decides to verify if the police got their hands on some info.
As Shion takes a shower, Mion confirms with someone over the phone that Tomitake and Takano have gone missing. The worried Mion then calls Keiichi's house and is told by his mom that he's home. Keiichi takes the phone and asks if Mion is calling him, but Mion undoes her hair and starts pretending to be Shion, thinking that there's a Shion inside her as well. The real Shion finishes her shower and listens from behind a corner and gets confused.
"Shion" asks Keiichi about the ritual storehouse break-in, but Keiichi lies that he never saw Tomitake or Takano. Mion is disappointed that he lied and thinks about what to do: she determines she needs to ensure Keiichi and Shion's safety, and wants to get them into her safe room before escaping to Okinomiya. Mion worries about convincing Keiichi however, and doesn't want to rely on the villagers.
Mion is resolute that Mion Sonozaki can protect both Keiichi and Shion, the boy she loves and her precious sister, but thinks that she is also Shion in voice, appearance, and mannerisms, and wonders just who she really is. Shion meanwhile seems to scratch her throat and has an identity crisis over who is the real Mion and who is the real Shion, and what their duties should be.
"Shion" worries that the curse is coming for her and Keiichi. Right as Mion and Keiichi are talking about the targets, Shion suddenly takes the phone and yells that Keiichi is worse off for breaking the Oyashiro-sama statue head. Shion scolds Keiichi as Mion worries she's being too harsh, and Shion then hangs up. Mion tries to calm her down and tells her about the saferoom and that she wants to protect both Shion and Keiichi, and Shion starts to remember "Meakashi"'s world: the nail-ripping, protecting Satoshi, killing Satoko, Mion imprisoned, stabbing Keiichi, and Mion falling down the well. Shion apologizes for being born and blaaks out.
One of the twins dies from hitting her head on a table corner as the other cries and wonders what happened. The surviving twin, "Mion", carries the other to the underground storehouse and reminisces on how happy she was when Keiichi gave her the doll. She remembers a time when they were kids, when she carried Shion on her back, and that they could always be together and switch places as twins until the day Mion got the tattoo. Mion suddenly collapses and caresses Shion's face, and wishes that they can be twins against in their next life.
Mion changes Shion's dirty clothes into her casual wear, and finally dumps her into the underground well. Mion wonders if she's really Mion or Shion, but declares that as "Mion" she will end Oyashiro-sama's curse. Mion soon kills Oryou and Kiichirou and disposes of them as well, wanting to protect Keiichi..
At school, Rika rants to Keiichi about his trespassing into the ritual storehouse and walks off. Despite that, Rika still thinks Keiichi has the willpower to overcome fate and wants to do whatever she can to avoid tragedy. Mion waits behind a corner and shocks Rika with her taser; Rika is surprised that it's Mion doing it. Mion drags Rika out of sight and says that the Three Families are giving out orders to carry out the curse, and chokes Rika to death to make her the final sacrifice.
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fandom.07th-expansion | # Wataakashi-hen Manga Chapter 3
is the third and final chapter in "Wataakashi-hen", and the eleventh chapter of "Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Meguri".
Summary.
Shion kills Rika and disposes of her body in a school septic tank, confident that she's killed everyone she needs to, and that things can go back to normal. Satoko goes home to find that Rika isn't home yet since her shoes aren't there, and begins to get concerned. Satoko wonders if Rika was hiding or was killed by Mion, but doesn't want to say for sure and doesn't want to die carelessly. She calls Mion's house and asks her to search for Rika, aiming to get her away from the Sonozaki main house so she can check the underground torture chamber. Shion promises to call Rena for help, and Satoko then calls Keiichi. She prepares her gun and a soy sauce bottle and heads out.
Satoko heads to the underground torture chamber and peers into the secret tunnel, but it's too dark to tell if Rika was really thrown down there. She considers asking Mion herself but realizes she can't trust someone showing terminal symptoms and risks getting killed. Satoko continues searching the underground chamber and thinks about the tunnel leading out to the mountains, meaning Rika could be hiding anywhere; Satoko decides if she can't find her, she'll have the police file a report and search everywhere in Hinamizawa.
Satoko then hears movement and hides, as she hasn't finished searching. Shion shows Keiichi into the underground safehouse, worrying that "they" have gotten to Satoko and wanting to properly tell Keiichi how she feels. Shion thanks Keiichi for the doll from the tournament and begins to say she loves him, but then recalls memories of Mion and Shion hanging out. Shion keeps thinking about Keiichi and how she wants to protect him until she dies, finally saying she loves Keiichi with a crazed look in her eyes.
Shion is interrupted by alarms coming from the security system, and she sees Satoko running around the torture chamber on the cameras. Satoko tries to leave the torture chamber, determining that Rika isn't in the Sonozaki basement, but is stopped by "Mion" calling out to her. Shion mentions how weird it is that Satoko disappeared after the phone call, and asks if she's also been cursed by Oyashiro-sama. Satoko holds up her bottle and claims she went to get some soy sauce, but then throws it to the ground since she knows it won't convince her. Shion raises her revolver and asks what she's really here for when Satoko draws her own gun and shoot her in the stomach.
Satoko walks up to Shion with her gun raised and demands to know where Rika is. Shion looks into her eyes and determines she's not really Satoko. They start fighting, lading to Shion pinning Satoko to the ground and aiming her revolver. Before she can shoot, she recalls Satoshi calling her on the phone a year ago and telling her to look out for Satoko. Shion falters, and starts crying as asks the girl on the ground to give Satoko back to her so she can fulfill her promise.
Realizing that she injected Shion, Satoko commends her strength and says that Satoshi isn't coming home, and thinks it's much happier now that she's accepted that. Satoko kicks herself away from her. Shion gets angry, believing that she really isn't Satoko but a demon since she's insulted Satoshi. The two raise their guns at each other, but Shion fires first and shoots Satoko in the head, killing her. Shion starts crying some more and recalls many memories of being with Satoko, clawing at her throat and finally killing herself. Shion laments that she failed to keep her promise again.
Satoko wakes up in surprise in the Sea of Fragments, and after seeing Eua, they both laugh. Eua reminds her that she would be unable to loop if she died before Rika, and Satoko realizes how lucky she was. Satoko peers into a Fragment and sees Rika's corpse in the septic tank. Satoko is pleased that all her planning went well until then, but is surprised that Shion's symptoms developed differently than in Rika's journey. Eua says that the more Satoko loops, the more the loops change, and that small variations and effects that cannot be undone are accumulating around her.
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fandom.07th-expansion | # Wataakashi-hen Part 1
is the fourth episode of and the first episode of Wataakashi.
Synopsis.
Japanese.
惨劇を回避するために圭一の背中を押したつもりでいた梨花は、圭一とレナが殺し合ったことを知り、絶望する。
それでも、惨劇の起こらない世界を信じて、梨花は前を向く。
English (Translated).
"Rika, who thought she had pushed Keiichi to avoid a tragedy, despairs when she finds out that Keiichi and Rena killed each other."
"Still, Rika looks forward, believing in a world where no tragedy will occur."
Plot Summary.
Prologue.
Rika wakes up in the Sea of Fragments after her suicide. Hanyuu materializes and says another tragedy must have occurred, and Rika gives a snide remark. Hanyuu asks if it were the Mountain Dogs or Takano who killed her, and Rika reminds her she can't remember anything leading up to her death. The only thing she remembers is running out of the classroom with the intent to kill herself. Hanyuu asks what happened in that world, as she can't view it or join Rika in her weakened state. Rika thinks Keiichi and Rena killed each other because of Hinamizawa Syndrome; she knew Keiichi was suspicious of Rena and thought her words would convince him it was fine, but she was wrong. Hanyuu says her centuries of scars won't disappear, and Rika is well aware of that. She won't give up just yet. Rika apologizes for being mean to Hanyuu, feeling better after talking to her. Hanyuu smiles and assures Rika she'll create another miracle like before.
Satoko watches the Fragment of Rika and Hanyuu speaking, commenting that it will take much more to break Rika's spirit. She caresses her neck, still feeling the pain from stabbing it. Eua says her own power is at full strength unlike "that failure", pointing her khakkara at a Fragment of Hanyuu, and offers to give Satoko memory loss if she desires. Satoko says it was just a complaint and that Eua's powers all she needs. Eua reminds her that Satoko will travel to the same Fragment as Rika's if the cat dies first.
Satoko is sure that Rika still thinks Takano is behind everything. In the previous Fragment, Keiichi seemed to succumb to the syndrome like he has many times in the past. Satoko professes that Rika's centuries of experience won't help when she controls the curse, her eyes glowing red. Eua wonders how Satoko will entertain her next.
First Half.
June 5, 1983. Rika wakes up and greets Satoko, who's chopping vegetables. Satoko comments on her appearance and Rika says she woke from a nightmare, but she doesn't remember what it was. Rika gives a halfhearted nipah and leaves. Satoko comments that it was no dream and says that Rika really knows how to use a knife. Satoko says she'd like to find a more pleasant method next time.
Satoko goes to Teppei's apartment and knocks on the door. Teppei starts yelling, thinking it's the landlady and apologizes when he sees it's Satoko. Teppei says he would've opened the door with a smile if he knew it was Satoko and gives a very sinister grin. Satoko accepts his apology and asks for a favor; she wants to go to a special place but they won't let her in by herself.
Satoko and Teppei go to watch a horse race. Teppei watches with excitement as Satoko dully watches. Teppei manages to win a massive amount of money from is horse bet and gives her niece a big hug, happy. Satoko says they should go home since her magic only works once. As they walk home, Teppei is still excited about his winnings.
Satoko comments on the mess in Teppei's apartment and gets him to help clean up. The living area is now spick and span. Teppei counts his money and offers to give Satoko more than half of it, and Satoko takes just a small amount for her. Teppei is reluctant, and Satoko says all she did was tell him of the horse she dreamed about. Satoko says they should celebrate with drinks, but Teppei says his doctor won't allow it. Satoko sees no harm in one drink.
That night, Teppei gets very drunk, shedding tears over Satoko being so nice when he was so mean. Satoko says it's alright, and Teppei promises to keep her safe. Satoko is still concerned about his scary friends, and Teppei says he's no longer associated with them. He still has their addresses in an address book, listed under fake names in case the police look through it. Teppei takes another drink and falls asleep. Satoko whispers in his ear, asking which friend she could go to to buy something really dangerous.
Satoko looks through the address book and finds a man named Kawauchi as Teppei continues to sleep. Satoko goes to Flower Road with a package and goes to an alley, where a car is parked. Satoko knocks on the window rhythmically, and the man inside lets her in. Kawauchi tells Satoko to go away, and Satoko reminds him she used the correct number of knocks so he let her in. Kawauchi says she ought to get away from whoever she's working for, and that deals only happen with people he trusts. Satoko reveals her package to be a stack of cash, and Kawauchi happily takes it. He won't ask anything about who she works for. The man gives Satoko a gun and bullets in exchange.
Second Half.
Kawauchi asks Satoko if her boss knows how to use the gun, and she affirms it. A flashback occurs to when Satoko was at school, where she asks Mion how to use a gun since she may know some things. Mion says she learned how to shoot from a foreign ex-soldier, and Satoko says she should learn how to use weapons for future club games. Mion shows interest in holding a water gun fight and then pulls a training gun out of her locker.
Outside, Satoko uses the model gun to shoot some cans and misses. Mion says the gun was made to have the same weight as a real gun. She takes the gun from Satoko, reloads it, and then shoots all the cans off the table. Satoko is impressed, and Mion reminds her that the key to getting better is lots of practice. Satoko continues practicing her sharpshooting skills in private in the woods. As the years pass, Satoko's aim improves, and she moves on from shooting cans to stacked rocks. Satoko loads her gun in the present day, surprising Kawauchi. The girl says she's well accustomed to handling firearms.The club members call Satoko in the morning to tell her to join a club game in Okinomiya. Rika meanwhile wakes up and changes the calendar to Sunday, June 12. At Da Vinci, Satoko and Rika join the club and many other kids in a games tournament. The tournament starts, with Rena, Rika, and Mion succeeding in their games with no problem. At the Concentration table, Satoko comments that she's played with everyone countless times, but the boys at her table don't understand. Satoko manages to get a flawless victory in Concentration. Keiichi is shocked that even Satoko managed to win quickly. Satoko and Mion go off for some tea together, a sinister shadow falling on Satoko. While Mion gets the drinks from the machine, Satoko prepares the H173 syringe, her eyes glowing red.
In the Sea of Fragments, Satoko comments to Eua that there aren't any worlds where Mion succumbed to paranoia. Eua affirms it since Hinamizawa Syndrome affects those who are distant from the queen carrier or experiencing mental stress. Mion is very logical despite her emotions, likely bolstered by her sense of duty as the next Sonozaki family head. Satoko wonders what would happen if Mion fell victim to Hinamizawa Syndrome.
After the tournament, Yoshirou gives prizes to everyone except Mion. Keiichi gets a doll, and Rika tells him to give it to Mion. Satoko watches on with a bored expression. Keiichi gives Mion the doll, and she happily hugs it. The empty H173 syringe is shown dropped near the drink machine.
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fandom.07th-expansion | # Wataakashi-hen Part 2
is the fifth episode of and the second episode of Wataakashi.
Synopsis.
Japanese.
大好きな圭一から人形を貰った魅音は、心ここにあらずな様子で、幸せな時間を過ごしていた。
しかし、バイト中に圭一が詩音と一緒にいる場面を目撃したことで、魅音の心は激しく揺れ動く。
English (Translated).
"Having been given a doll by her beloved Keiichi, Mion seems to be at peace with herself and is having a wonderful time."
"However, when she witnesses Keiichi with Shion during her part-time job, her heart is shaken."
Plot Summary.
Prologue.
June 12. At Angel Mort, Mion tells a fellow employee that she's off for the night. She goes outside, looks at the doll Keiichi gave her, and hugs it.
First Half.
June 14. Chie holds a curry competition at school. Keiichi says Chie really likes curry, and Mion tells him that curry is like Chie's life. Keiichi derides curry and says it all tastes the same, and Chie suddenly throws a spatula and ladle into the ground at his feet, smiling. Keiichi gets the hint.
Mion declares that this curry competition will be a club activity. Satoko, Rika, and Rena expect to do their best. Keiichi sees Mion effortlessly cut up a potato.
Keiichi tries to do his best as well. Satoko "trips" and knocks over Keiichi's curry pot, then dumps salt in Rena's pot. Mion tastes her own curry and sees it's too sweet, with Satoko mocking her since it's too late to fix it. Rika and Satoko give a saddened Keiichi headpats as he angrily yells Satoko's name.
Keiichi, Rena, and Mion walk home together, with Keiichi still hungry. Mion sees them off and says shes going to work. She goes home and greets her doll, then goes to the mirror and lets her hair down. Mion dresses up as Shion and goes to Keiichi's house with a bento set, letting herself in when Keiichi says the door's open. Satoko watches from behind the front gate, her eyes glowing red. The next day at school, June 15, Keiichi returns the empty bento boxes to Mion, who nervously takes them. Keiichi thanks Shion for bringing them over.
June 16. Mion wipes the windows at the toy store and looks at a similar doll in the window. She goes back inside as Keiichi and Shion walk down the street together, where Shion points out the doll and asks if Keiichi will buy it. Keiichi enters the store and asks to buy the doll, and when Mion goes out to help him, she's very surprised to see him with Shion.
Shion and Keiichi continue going on their "date". Keiichi looks back at Mion, and Shion says they shouldn't interrupt her work. Mion looks at the window where the doll was and cradles her neck before shedding tears.
At the Watanagashi Festival, Keiichi, Rena, and Mion go to look for Satoko and Rika. Meanwhile, Shion and Kasai drive. Shion says Kasai just needs to drop her off, and the bodyguard reminds her to be careful at the festival since Hinamizawa is dangerous at this time of year. Shion doesn't know why she would be demoned away, assuming it is real. Kasai asks how she'll return home, and Shion figures she'll spend the night at the Sonozaki main house. Shion tries to nap.
The festival crowd awaits the ritual dance. Mion asks where Keiichi is, and Satoko says he might be hanging out with Shion somewhere. Mion says that they'll miss the ritual dance, and Satoko insists that the two must be in a good spot. Mion touches her neck.
Tomitake and Takano break the lock to the ritual storehouse and ask Keiichi and Shion to come inside. Rika begins performing her dance. Mion scratches her neck.
Second Half.
After the cotton drifting, Tomitake and Takano run through the woods. Tomitake says the Mountain Dogs won't let them get away if what Takano said about the final operation is true. Takano says they can escape in her car if they go to the clinic, but Tomitake says there might be a tracker on it and his bike.
Meanwhile, Kiichirou drinks with some villagers when someone asks him to come along for a moment. Ooishi talks to some other villagers when Kiichirou appears and asks if another demoning away has happened. Ooishi says that 30 minutes ago, Tomitake and Takano stole one of the trucks parked at the grounds. Kiichirou is familiar with Tomitake but has no idea why he'd steal a car. Ooishi says the witnesses think they were in a hurry or were afraid of something, as they didn't even take their belongings. Ooishi thinks the two were scared out of the village by Oyashiro-sama's curse, which Kiichirou finds ridiculous. Ooishi says he's been hearing a lot of stories from other witnesses, especially regarding two others who were seen with Tomitake and Takano.
Shion goes to the Sonozaki estate where Kasai is waiting. He hands her a taser, warning that it's an off-market model. Shion thanks him for the gift but she doesn't think anybody could get into the estate because of the security system. Kasai tells her to take the taser just in case and drives off. Ooishi soon drives up in his car, asking to speak to Shion and Keiichi about Tomitake and Takano since they were the last people to see them.
Later, Shion calls Keiichi's house and asks if Mion bought his story. Keiichi talks, and Mion sneaks up behind Shion dressed in a yukata, eavesdropping. Shion mentions that there were four of them at the storehouse as Kiichirou and other villagers examine at the storehouse. Shion says Tomitake and Takano are being targeted by Oyashiro-sama's curse, and Keiichi angrily rambles at Shion.
Mion suddenly calls out Shion's name and appears behind her. Shion hangs up and is frightened by Mion's demeanor. Mion asks her to explain, thinking that she dragged Keiichi into this and made him a target of the curse. Mion thinks Keiichi is going to die because of Shion, and her sister gabs her taser and tries to run, however Mion grabs her ankle and trips her. Shion aims the taser at Mion and yells for her to stay back, trembling. Mion calmly sits in front of her and says that anything that happens to Keiichi will be her fault. Shion activates her taser, and Mion asks her to give Keiichi back to her and asks who might be after Keiichi; Kasai or someone else in the village might have told Shion, or maybe Oryou gave the order. Shion insists that she knows nothing.
Mion snatches away the taser and Shion tries to run again, but Mion shocks her and knocks her down. Shion tries to crawl away, but Mion tases her again and then straddles her. Shion sheds tears and asks her to stop, and Mion starts choking her. She doesn't want to do this, but someone has to end their old traditions. Shion struggles as Mion chokes her to death, wanting to take responsibility as the next Sonozaki family head to remove the evil from the village and protect Keiichi.
Mion asks Shion to help her and reveal everything she knows, but the girl has already died. Mion's disposition changes and when she realizes what she's done, she buries her head in her sister's chest and loudly cries and apologizes. Mion picks up the taser and tells Shion not to worry, as she'll see things through to the end for Keiichi.
Mion goes to where Oryou is sleeping and tases her. She says she's always wanted to ask her about the truth since Oryou claimed the Sonozakis had nothing to do with the curse.
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fandom.07th-expansion | # Wataakashi-hen Part 3
is the sixth episode of and the third and final episode of Wataakashi.
Synopsis.
Japanese.
オヤシロさまの祟りから圭一を守り抜くことを決意した魅音は、黒幕と信じ込む御三家のひとり、お魎を尋問するため園崎家の地下に監禁する。
しかし、その時すでにお魎の息はなく──。
English (Translated).
"Determined to protect Keiichi from Oyashiro-sama's curse, Mion imprisons Oryou, a member of the Three Families she believes to be the mastermind, in the basement of the Sonozaki house for questioning."
"However, Oryou is already dead..."
Plot Summary.
Prologue.
June 19. Mion carries the unconscious Oryou to the torture chamber and ties her to a cross. Mion apologizes for this but still asks Oryou if she's using the power of the Three Families to control Oyashiro-sama's curse. Oryou doesn't respond, and Mion checks her pulse and realizes that she's dead. Mion frets that she can't stop the curse and save Keiichi now that she accidentally killed her grandmother, but she realizes that there are still two other families.
Mion calls Kiichirou and asks him to come to the main house, as Oryou has something urgent they need to discuss. Kiichirou figures it has to do with the stolen car and agrees to visit. Mion awaits his visit, looking over Shion's corpse.
First Half.
Kiichirou awakens strapped to a chair, his lower half covered by a blanket. Mion greets him and the mayor asks just what is going on. Mion is relieved that they woke up this time, holding up Shion's taser and activating it a bit. A frightened Kiichirou asks why she's doing this, and Mion interrogates him regarding the Three Families using the curse to remove people who bother them or don't fit in to Hinamizawa. Kiichirou has no idea what she means, and Mion says Oryou was giving orders on curse targets as the head of the group. Mion confirms that the Kimiyoshis used to lead the Three Families before, and Kiichirou replies that it was before the war. Mion figures that the Kimiyoshis were pretending to follow Oryou's orders while using the curse for their own means.
Kiichirou insists that he knows nothing, and Mion says they removed three of Shion's fingernails last year for her wrongdoings. She uncovers the blanket to reveal Kiichirou's hands are attached to fingernail-ripping devices and asks how many it will take before the mayor spills everything. Kiichirou promises that he isn't hiding anything and struggles in his restraints. Mion says she really did like Kiichirou, but she has no choice. She wants to save Keiichi and stop the village from demoning him away. Kiichirou swears that he'll do everything in his power to help, but Mion tightens the restraints on the devices and cries, still regretting she has to do this. Mion apologizes and tears off one his nails, and the old mans creams in agony.
Some time passes and Mion is covered in blood, crying and realizing that Kiichirou wasn't controlling the curse. Kiichirou has been mutilated, his fingers and toes chopped off, nails rammed into his head, and hie eye and ear separated from his body. Mion says there's one family left.
June 20. Chie tells the class the mayor has been missing since yesterday, surprising Rika. Some kids think he was demoned away, but the curse hasn't happened yet. At recess, Rika talks to a sad Keiichi and asks if he did anything bad last night. Keiichi begins telling a story about kitties as Mion watches from behind a corner and eavesdrops. Keiichi tells his story and asks Rika what the other two kitties should do, and Rika's personality changes. Her voice gets deeper as she mocks Keiichi for telling her the same story she's heard in many other worlds and says that everything is finished. Mion is shocked by Rika's sudden change and believes she really is behind the curse.
Rika and Keiichi's talk is interrupted by Satoko kicking a ball over and asking Keiichi to join them. Rika goes back to normal and tells him to go. Keiichi joins Satoko's game, and Mion pops up behind Rika and surprises her. Mion says she's heartbroken and sheds tears, then grabs Rika and pulls her behind the school. Mion pins Rika to the wall and starts choking her to death, saying she was born into the Furude family so she must shoulder this burden. Rika begins losing strength and Mion apologizes, promising she'll join her once everything is over. Mion slings Rika's corpse over her shoulder, still wanting to protect Keiichi.
Class resumes and Chie notices that Rika hasn't returned. Satoko says Keiichi was the last person to see her, and Mion says she saw Rika talking to a construction worker behind the school. The class searches around the school for Rika. Keiichi tries to open the outhouse when Mion draws his attention away and asks him to check the roof. After he leaves, Mion carries Rika into the outhouse and drops her into the toilet. Rika doesn't go in all the way, and Mion stamps her head down with her foot. Seeing the girl fall inside, Mion quickly locks the door, thinking this will stall everyone involved with the curse and give her time to protect Keiichi.
While walking home, Rena asks what's wrong with Keiichi. Keiichi says everything is his fault and is about to explain when he notices some construction workers seemingly watching them. Keiichi walks ahead and Mion steals a glance at the workers as well.
Second Half.
In the torture chamber, Mion carries Shion's corpse to the well and drops it inside. Mion then calls Keiichi, who thinks she's Shion but realizes otherwise. Mion asks him to come over immediately.
Satoko begins to leave school and sees Chie finishing a talk with Kumagai. Satoko sees the police haven't found Rika yet, and they still have no leads. Chie assures her it will be okay and asks Satoko to go home so she can greet Rika with a big smile when she returns. Satoko 's face falls as she agrees, figuring that Rika will return and act like nothing happened. Some police dogs sniff around for Rika. Satoko's eyes turn red as she wishes for them to find Rika quickly, as her disappearance would be very bad for her. Satoko thinks it would be better to ask "her" directly.
Mion meets Keiichi at the water wheel and assuages his concerns, bringing him to the estate. Nearby, the construction workers from earlier, actually undercover police officers, report to Ooishi on the radio that Keiichi is following Mion towards the Sonozaki estate. Ooishi tells him to join other detectives near the area and continue surveillance. Kumagai asks Ooishi if he thinks the Sonozakis have to do with the mayor's disappearance. Ooishi says Kiichirou's family reported that Oryou called him to the house but he hasn't returned. The police couldn't meet with Oryou, and Mion claimed he went home after their talk. Kumagai thinks that if Mion were lying, then Kiichirou is still on the property and so they need to move in. Ooishi says it would cause more problems if they barged in there without a good reason, so they're staking out the place and preparing to go in if they hear even the slightest scream.
Mion welcomes Keiichi into the main house and later shows him to the torture chamber. The officers continue to watch over them. Meanwhile Satoko heads to her shack and pulls out the big soy sauce bottle as a bulletin advertising free soy sauce from the Sonozaki estate is shown. Mion locks Keiichi in the jail cell and expresses her gratitude that Keiichi treated her like a girl at the games tournament. Mion says she loves Keiichi and wants to protect him by ending their traditions, and then she gets an alert on the security system. Mion sees Satoko at the gate with her bottle and says "her minion's" arrived. Mion pulls out a gun and plants to meet her guest.
Mion greets Satoko at the gate and lets her inside. Satoko asks to have some soy sauce, and Mion remembers that Oryou sent out flyers. The detectives report this event, and Ooishi wonders why people keeping going in and nobody else comes out. He orders everyone to keep ready while he heads over there himself. Meanwhile, Keiichi breaks out of his cell and sees the undercover police on the cameras. He attempts to open the door to the saferoom.
Mion asks Satoko who told her to come here. Satoko reminds her of the notice, and Mion points out that she should be worried about Rika yet she came here anyway. Satoko says that Rika came out of hiding when Mion left, claiming she did it to scare everyone. Mion gets angry and scratches her neck, then asks again who sent Satoko. Satoko says Mion knows where Rika is then, and Mion draws her gun and aims it at her. Satoko remains calm and wants to know where Rika is, but Mion instead asks who's in charge of the curse. Satoko asks if Rika's still alive, and Mion gets fed up. A gunshot rings out and Satoko drops her bottle, however Satoko has actually drawn her own gun and shot Mion in the side.
Mion drops her gun and collapses in pain. Satoko asks where Rika is, and Mion tries to reach for her weapon but Satoko shoots her fingers off of her hand. Satoko says she's quite skilled with firearms and kicks Mion's gun away, thanking her for teaching her the skills in the first place. Mion insults her and Satoko kicks her over, then sticks the hot barrel of her gun to Mion's wound and asks again where Rika is. Mion cackles, saying that she choked Rika to death earlier and dropped her into the septic tank at school. Satoko thanks Mion and shoots her in the head, killing her. Since her account of Rika's death was so detailed, surely Mion really did it herself. Satoko says she'll see Rika again soon and shoots herself in the head.
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fandom.07th-expansion | # Watadamashi
is the second arc in and the namesake manga.
Characters.
New characters
Returning characters
Manga.
The manga version of Watadamashi contains four chapters and is included in the second volume.
| Watadamashi |
fandom.07th-expansion | # Watadamashi-hen
| Watadamashi-hen |
fandom.07th-expansion | # Watadamashi-hen Manga Chapter 1
is the fourth chapter of "Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Gou" and the first chapter in "Watadamashi-hen".
Summary.
June 12th, 1983. Keiichi and the club members play in a games tournament in Okinomiya. Keiichi struggles to find a lead in his group’s game as Rena, Satoko, and Rika effortlessly win their games. Mion comments on Keiichi’s apparent failure to take the game seriously. Keiichi gets serious and manages to win the game, but Mion says she needs to go to her part-time job and postpones the tournament. They’ll be continuing things at the Watanagashi Festival. The group decides to split so Rika can practice for the ritual dance. The shop owner comes out with gifts for everyone. Everyone except Mion receives a present, with Keiichi receiving a doll. He considers giving it to Mion but she might not like it, however Mion eyes the doll from the side. Rika pokes Keiichi and tells him that no matter who he gives it to, they can’t reject his feelings. Keiichi decides to give Mion the doll. She reluctantly takes it but seems to be very pleased with it.
Everyone goes home, and Keiichi stops at Angel Mort for lunch. Keiichi gets caught off guard by the risque outfits worn by the waitresses and runs into Mion, who apparently works there too. After an awkward pause, Keiichi realizes that he can use this chance to get revenge on Mion for prior punishments. Keiichi teases Mion a lot and makes her blush, saying that he never expected this side of her. Mion explains that she is actually Shion Sonozaki, Mion’s younger twin sister. Keiichi apologizes for teasing Shion and says that the uniform would never look good on Mion. Shion asks what he means by that when she’s called off by another waitress. Keiichi leaves, believing that Mion was just pretending to be a twin.
The next day, Keiichi goes home from school hungry, having skipped lunch. Shion follows him home and brings him a bento set, as thanks for the doll. Keiichi is confused since he gave Mion the doll, and Shion gets flustered while saying they share the same tastes as twins. Shion was happy to reward Keiichi on Mion’s behalf and soon leaves. Keiichi devours the bento.
The next day, Keiichi walks home with Rena and accidentally mentions Shion. Rena asks who that is and Keiichi explains that she’s Mion’s twin. Unlike Mion, Shion seems like a cute girl. Rena says Mion’s been in a good mood as of late and compliments her for her femininity. Rena says that though Mion is their club president, she too has a cutesy side. She hopes that out of all people, Keiichi will keep that in mind. Keiichi thinks that he would really like to get to know Mion and Shion better.
Keiichi heads to Angel Mort and gets lost in his daydreams, and ends up knocking over some bikes. The bikes' owners, a bunch of delinquents appear and start berating Keiichi when Shion appears and demands they let him go. When the punks show defiance, many villagers nearby drop what they’re doing and join Shion, intimidating the boys with their menacing presence.
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fandom.07th-expansion | # Watadamashi-hen Manga Chapter 2
is the fifth chapter of "Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Gou" and the second chapter in "Watadamashi-hen".
Summary.
At Angel Mort, Keiichi thanks Shion for saving him from those delinquents. He wonders what was up with the villagers acting so weird, and Shion explains that for the longest time, Hinamizawa’s villagers have had a sense of unity. Anyone’s enemy becomes everyone’s enemy. Those bonds of unity stemmed from the dam project started ten years ago, which was cancelled thanks to their combined efforts. Shion leaves to go to work and Keiichi says he owes her one, still calling her Mion.
Keiichi goes to the Furude Shrine to assist with festival preparations. Shion gives Keiichi some barley tea to help him cool off, and as he drinks it Mion appears holding two cups herself and screams in annoyance. Keiichi nervously looks between the two girls, realizing that Mion and Shion are truly separate people. Keiichi asks if back then, it was Mion who claimed to be Shion the first time he went to Angel Mort, and if it was also Mion who brought him the bento and saved him from those delinquents. Mion gets flustered as Shion giggles.
Tomitake and Miyo Takano arrive and Mion introduces them to Keiichi. Ooishi also shows up, with Mion getting shocked and a shadow falling over her face when he appears. Ooishi hopes things won’t get too complicated for this year’s Watanagashi, and Keiichi asks what he means when Mion suddenly asks him to go for a snack. They start to leave when Takano wonders aloud who will die and disappear this year, distracting Keiichi. Mion tells him to ignore her, never turning to look at him, but Keiichi stays behind.
Takano tells Keiichi about Oyashiro-sama's curse and the yearly deaths and disappearances that have occurred ever since the dam war ended, and speculates that there has to be a human force behind them. Keiichi yells that can't be true but then remembers the menacing air the villagers had when Shion gathered them earlier. Takano leaves Keiichi wondering if the villagers could really be planning the curse.
The festival begins. The club plays stall games and then goes to watch Rika’s ritual dance. During the dance, Shion appears and motions for Keiichi to come with her. They meet Tomitake and Takano in front of the ritual storehouse in the woods, where Takano plans to break inside and see what lies within. Keiichi and Shion follow as Tomitake stands guard. Inside the storehouse is a statue of Oyashiro-sama and many strange tools. Takano educates them about Hinamizawa’s past, their demon ancestors, and the purpose of the original Watanagashi. Takano is ecstatic as she goes on about the watanagashi being a ritual to tear out people's organs, and Keiichi imagines Rika doing the same thing during her ritual dance and gets creeped out.
Keiichi absentmindedly bumps into the Oyashiro-sama statue, causing its head to fall off. Takano giggles since he might be punished for that, and Tomitake enters the hall upon hearing the noise. They fix the head, which seems to have already been split in half before it fell. Keiichi puts it back atop the statue and sees a slot in the neck area, wondering if that was there to begin with.
The group leaves, and Shion tells Keiichi that if the curse passes then those four might be the victims because they trespassed in the storehouse. After Shion leaves, Keiichi ponders this as a pair of arms grab onto him from behind.
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fandom.07th-expansion | # Watadamashi-hen Manga Chapter 3
is the sixth chapter of "Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Gou" and the third chapter in "Watadamashi-hen".
Summary.
Rika happily says she’s found Keiichi after grabbing onto him. The other club members follow. Mion asks Keiichi if he met Shion at all today, and he denies it. She also asks if he saw Tomitake or Takano, and Keiichi denies that too, thinking he can’t let Mion know they trespassed into the ritual storehouse. Mion grabs Keiichi and says they need to do the cotton drifting, making Keiichi think of Takano's gruesome story.
At the river, Ooishi suddenly appears. Mion tries to ignore him but Ooishi tells Keiichi that Mion is part of the Sonozaki family, a yakuza group, and she can have people killed without leaving a trace. Keiichi defends Mion and says she would never do things like that. Ooishi then asks if Keiichi met Shion, Tomitake, or Takano that night. Keiichi denies it, wondering why Ooishi asked the same thing as Mion, and the detective replies he *knows* Keiichi met them earlier and walks off. Keiichi is horrified that someone saw the trespassing, and Mion says to just ignore everything he says. Mion gives a strange look in Ooishi's direction and says that she’ll always be on Keiichi’s side no matter what.
Keiichi goes home that night and gets a call from Shion, who asks if he saw Tomitake and Takano at all ever since they left the storehouse. Keiichi gets concerned since everyone was asking that question and asks why Shion wants to know. Shion says Tomitake and Takano have gone missing: Witnesses say they stole a vehicle from the festival parking lot and drove off in it. Shion believes they ran away because they knew they were in danger from the curse, and that she and Keiichi are next. Keiichi swears that he wasn’t interested in trespassing and never wanted to be involved. He blames Shion for dragging him into this and yells at her about how she’s going to make up for it when Shion suddenly hangs up.
The next day at school, the teacher Chie tells the class that Mayor Kimiyoshi has been missing since yesterday and that all the students should leave school in groups when they go home. Keiichi is confused since the mayor should have nothing to do with the trespassing. Rika also seems concerned. At lunch, Rika excuses herself and says she’ll go home since her stomach hurts. Keiichi gets up and begins to go after her when Mion stops him, saying that Rika will be fine but Mion is more worried about him. Keiichi thanks her for caring and goes after Rika.
Keiichi goes outside and calls out to Rika that they should walk home together when Rika starts cackling. Rika says that no matter what Keiichi did, this world is over. A strange glow appears in Rika’s eyes as she says that if Keiichi was a good boy and just watched her dance, then nothing would’ve happened. Keiichi is scared by her sudden change. Rika is very sure that Tomitake and Takano are already dead despite their corpses not being found, which may or may not be good for Keiichi. Rika goes back to normal and thanks Keiichi for looking out for her before walking off by herself. Keiichi wonders just what has been going on ever since the watanagashi.
Keiichi goes home and gets a call from a worried Satoko, who says that Rika never came home. She asks if Keiichi talked to Rika earlier, and Keiichi regrets that he didn't follow her. Keiichi joins Rena and Mion at Rika’s shack and asks where Satoko is. Rena explains that the front door was locked, and they haven’t gotten any responses no matter how long they call. Keiichi regrets getting the girls involved in the curse and yells into the house, but gets no response. Rena goes to the assembly hall to get the keys. Keiichi gets a ladder and climbs up to the second story window as Mion holds it in place. Mion says that nobody would ever put Rika in danger since she’s head of the Furude family, and when Keiichi asks what she means, a strange look appears in Mion's eyes as she says she has to end it.
Mion rambles that Rika is behind Oyashiro-sama’s curse and is going to kill someone using the Three Families, shaking the ladder and startling Keiichi. Mion swears she’s going to put an end to the curse, her ladder rumbling growing in intensity until Rena returns with the keys. Mion goes back to normal, and they soon find that nobody's inside. Mion says this will all end when the higurashi cry and asks Keiichi to come to her house since she wants to tell him something.
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fandom.07th-expansion | # Watadamashi-hen Manga Chapter 4
is the seventh chapter of "Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Gou" and the fourth and final chapter in "Watadamashi-hen".
Summary.
Keiichi follows Mion to the Sonozaki main house, aware that she must know what’s really going on. Mion puts on a kimono and tells Keiichi that Rika is gone. Rika is supposed to have very close ties with Oyashiro-sama, and that as the current head of the Furude family she has been chosen to be a sacrifice. Keiichi apologizes for trespassing into the ritual storehouse and bows his head in remorse. Mion says many people have taken offense to it, but assures Keiichi that his sin wasn’t what doomed Rika. Mion accepts his repentance and repeats that she’ll always be on Keiichi’s side.
Mion takes Keiichi to the underground torture chamber. Though it looks similar to the inside of the storehouse, Mion explains that none of these tools have seen actual use. Keiichi continues to believe in Mion as she takes him to a safe room, which has food, electricity, and a toilet. Mion then pushes Keiichi into a jail cell and locks it, asking if he remembers the game tournament and the doll. She was very happy when Keiichi acknowledged her as a girl and expresses her love for him. She promises to protect Keiichi and not let anyone kill him, saying that if it comes down to it then Keiichi can play the part of the victim and act like Mion forced him in there.
Keiichi asks what she plans to do, and Mion says she’s going to end Oyashiro-sama’s curse, explaining that the villagers’ sense of unity has become warped such that they antagonize anyone who opposes them. The Sonozaki family has always led the Three Families and enabled this tradition, and Mion believes it is her duty to end it. Keiichi says he wants to help when some rumbling noises are heard. Mion laughs, saying that someone’s minion decided to show up. She looks at the security system and pulls out a revolver, reminding Keiichi to pretend like he’s the victim.
Mion leaves and Keiichi starts ramming into the cell door, trying to get it open. When the door fails to open, he thinks about Mion and collapses crying. Keiichi is rescued by the police sometime after, with Ooishi saying they never would’ve found out about it without a nearby officer hearing a gunshot from the estate. Ooishi says they investigated the well inside the dungeon Keiichi was in and found the corpses of Oryou Sonozaki, Kiichirou Kimiyoshi, and Shion Sonozaki. At school, they found Rika’s corpse inside of the septic tank. Additionally, Satoko and Mion were found dead next to each other in the Sonozaki estate. Keiichi thinks about Mion supposedly saying that all these places were safe and wonders if Mion was really the one who killed them all.
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fandom.07th-expansion | # Watadamashi-hen Part 1
is the fifth episode of and the first episode of Watadamashi.
Synopsis.
Japanese.
昭和五十八年六月のある日、圭一は魅音とレナからの電話で興宮へ呼び出される。
部活の一環としてゲーム大会を楽しんだ圭一は、参加の謝礼として、意外なプレゼントを手にする。
English (Translated).
"One day in June 1983, Keiichi is summoned to Okinomiya by a phone call from his friends, Mion and Rena."
"Keiichi enjoys a game tournament as part of his club activities, and as a reward for his participation, he receives an unexpected gift."
Plot Summary.
Prologue.
June 12, 1983. Keiichi Maebara is awoken by a phone call from his friends Rena Ryuugu and Mion Sonozaki, who tell him to meet up at the usual spot. Keiichi voices his determination to kick their butts at another club game.
First Half.
Keiichi rides his bike to where Rena and Mion are waiting, and the three of them set off for the toy store "Da Vinci," where Satoko Houjou and Rika Furude are waiting alongside other kids. Keiichi is confused at the large crowd, and Mion tells him that the store holds game tournaments every now and then to attract customers; all those kids are part of the tournament. Keiichi eyes the crowd, itching to beat them all. Mion announces that there are 15 contestants total, so they'll be drawing numbers from a hat and splitting into groups. The club winds up getting split up, with Mion remarking that there's no way she'd let any club member get eliminated in the first round. The members voice their desire to win.
Keiichi is seated with two kids, who he notices are also students at their school. The kid with glasses introduces himself as Tomita, and the other kid as Okamura. Keiichi thinks to himself with a sly grin, believing he can beat these two with no effort. Mion calls for the games to begin and Keiichi's table starts, playing the Game of Life. Keiichi spins the dial and moves. Tomita makes a move and obtains money from the bank , much to Keiichi's surprise. Okamura makes a move and heads towards a good route, with Keiichi realizing that Life is luck based and despairing that he may not be able to win.
Other contestants suddenly voice surprise, with Satoko laughing in her victory at a card game. Keiichi is shocked to see she won already, and Mion walks up to her to be congratulated by Satoko; Keiichi is even more shocked that Mion also won fast. The two of them go off to get some tea, and Keiichi looks over at Rena's table where they're playing karuta. As soon as the prompt begins, Rena snatches up the matching card and presses it to her cheek, calling it kyute. She continues to rapidly snatch up cards, much to the surprise of the other players, and basks in their kyuteness. Keiichi is also surprised, as Rena is normally so composed during club games; the kyute designs non the cards must be a contributing factor.
Keiichi finally looks at Rika's table, where she succeeds in catching a fish and is praised and applauded by the other players. Rika catches another fish, and the other players continue fanboying over her. Tomita adjusts his glasses and tells Keiichi to move, calling him back to attention. Keiichi moves again and gets penalized for tax evasion. Rena comes over to see his progress, and Mion says he's the only club member to not have won yet. Rika asks how much money the other boys have, and a flustered Tomita and Okamura describe their winnings. Mion asks Keiichi how much he has now, and he complains that all he can do is focus on the roulette. Rena tells him not to give up and Rika gives him a headpat. Keiichi asks Mion what he can do to turn the game around and Mion becomes disappointed, taking on a serious tone and telling Keiichi that they all gave 100% yet Keiichi is barely trying; if he were doing his best, he would've won in the first 10 seconds. The group leaves, with Rena telling Mion she didn't need to be so mean.
Keiichi thinks on Mion's words and frets for a bit, and Okamura asks if they can continue the game. They continue sitting in silence and Tomita asks Keiichi if he wants to give up, and Keiichi suddenly says he's going to give his all. Tomita and Okamura recoil in shock, and Keiichi brings them close so he can make a deal: he wants to win. Okamura says he can't threaten them and Keiichi asks what they want the prize money for. They both want to buy games and snacks and Keiichi laughs, saying they need to dream bigger. The club members have to deal with penalties, the kind where the loser does whatever the inner says. Tomita asks what it has to do with them and Keiichi says he knows Tomita likes Satoko, causing the former to turn red. Keiichi also knows Okamura likes Rika, causing him to also turn red. Keiichi promises that if he wins, he can make Satoko wear a collar and follow Tomita all day and pretend to be his little sister. He promises to make Rika put on cat ears and let Okamura take her on a walk; both kids fall backwards with blood spurting out of their noses before embarrassedly struggling for answers. Keiichi tells them not to worry, as though his youth is limited he can help his younger classmates fulfill their dreams. Both kids hug him.
The tournament participants return, and Keiichi announces that he's won, with Tomita and Okamura agreeing. Mion is happy to hear that he's tried and Rena asks what they'll do now. Mion says there's bad news and apologizes as she has to go to her part-time job, much to Tomita and Okamura's surprise. Outside the store, Mion promises to make it up to the club when her uncle Yoshirou comes out saying the store's made a lot of profit that day, and so he's picked out special prizes for everyone. Mion asks where her prize is, and Yoshirou says he'll give her a big tip next time. Rika, Satoko and Rena take delight in their cute prizes when Keiichi pulls out his own prize: a doll. Mion says that's the last thing she'd expect Keiichi to want, saying everyone would think he's perverted if he took it home. Keiichi agrees, and Rika calls him forward to whisper in his ear. She says that as long as he's kind about it, he could give the doll to anyone and they'd accept it. Keiichi then hands the doll to Mion and says she can keep it; she gets flustered and refuses it, but Keiichi insists she take it. Mion finally takes the doll and smiles as she holds it tight.
June 13. Keiichi and his dad go to Angel Mort for lunch, with Keiichi commenting that the food is just like that at other restaurants. Keiichi's dad says they don't go there for the food and gestures towards the dining floor. Another customer asks for a refill and a waitress responds, her chest bouncing as she turns. Keiichi's dad watches the waitress walk by and chuckles, with Keiichi realizing why this place is infamous. Keiichi's dad starts blushing as he asks his son if he also likes the waitresses, and Keiichi smacks him with a paper fan. His dad goes to the bathroom and tells him to be honest with himself. A waitress gives Keiichi his dessert and apologizes for the wait. When he looks up to thank her, he sees that Mion is the waitress, though her hair is down. They look at each other for a bit and both recoil in surprise, with Keiichi wondering if that's really Mion. Mion turns away in embarrassment, and Keiichi asks her why she's working in a place like this. Mion says she's helping her uncle since he owns the restaurant, and Keiichi says she looks good in that outfit, prompting Mion to tell him not to stare so hard.
Keiichi continues flirting with her and complimenting her when Mion says he's wrong; she's actually Shion Sonozaki, Mion's twin sister Shion says people often confused her with her sister, and Keiichi then asks why she acted like they met before when they haven't. Shion says Mion talks about him a lot, which Keiichi doesn't find convincing. Regardless, Keiichi apologizes to Shion while saying that uniform wouldn't look good on Mion, but it looks good on her twin. Shion gets embarrassed and another waitress says she can take her break now. Shion bids farewell, happy she got to meet the infamous Keiichi. Keiichi apologizes one more time for his confusion. His dad returns and sees he's having a good time.
Second Half.
June 14. Keiichi, Rena and Mion walk home from school with Keiichi weary from skipping lunch. Earlier the school was holding a curry-making competition, with Chie looking very serious. Satoko had sabotaged everyone else's curry, yet Keiichi pulled through in the end. Keiichi says he'd feel better if he had something to eat, and Mion stops to say she's going to her job now. Keiichi says waitressing must be tough, causing Mion to look at him in surprise and Rena to get excited that she's a waitress and asking where she works. Mion says she's just helping her uncle and struggles for a response, saying she's helping Uncle Yoshirou from the game store. Keiichi remembers that Shion was the waitress, and apologizes for mixing them up again. Rena gets confused and Keiichi tells her about Mion's twin Shion: they look the same but they have different personalities. Mion affirms his description and Keiichi says Shion is really sweet unlike Mion, the latter deflating a bit. Rena says she never heard Mion mentioning a twin before, and she says Rena's never met her before. Mion finally runs off. Keiichi tells Rena to believe in her, and she wonders why Mion was acting to cute.
At home, Keiichi lies on his floor and wonders when his mom will come home to make dinner. He hears someone behind him and tells that the door's open, with Shion soon walking into his house and asking why he's on the floor. Keiichi gets up and asks why she's there: Shion heard from Mion that he skipped lunch and has brought him a bento set as thanks for the doll. Keiichi is surprised to see she brought food, and Shion says she was more than happy to bring Mion's gift to him. Keiichi takes the bento and Shion says shes going off to work now, asking him to take the empty container back to Mion when he finishes. Keiichi unwraps the bento in his kitchen and eyes the assortment of food. He wonders if Mion may have stuffed Tabasco sauce or mustard into it, but after one bite he starts devouring the entire thing.
The next day, June 15. Keiichi returns the empty bento to Mion and thanks her for the food. Mion gets embarrassed and takes the bento, blushing as everyone looks at her. Keiichi explains that Shion gave him food yesterday and he's returned the containers, even washing them beforehand. The other club members take notice with Satoko saying Mion maybe has a cold, and Rika says Satoko will eventually come down with a cold later, much to her confusion.
Later, Chie rests in her chair as the class reads to themselves. Mion asks Keiichi if he eats everything at lunch and Keiichi says it'd be rude not to. Mion compliments Keiichi for being a stand-up guy, so independent and polite. Rena agrees that he's nicer than he looks. Keiichi takes it as an insult and Mion yells that she's trying to point out that some people aren't what they look like. Keiichi fires back and Chie calls out to the two of them, asking why they're talking. She asks Mion to come to the front and bring her notebook. Mion begrudgingly goes up, and Rena tells Keiichi that some people are the opposite of how they look. Keiichi gets intrigued, and Rena says that Satoko used to be very needy and sweet until a while ago; Keiichi can hardly believe it. As Chie scolds Mion in the background, Rena imagines Rika growing up to be a beautiful woman someday and says that Mion is also girly deep down. Keiichi thinks Rena's just being bribed to say that, and she says that Mion works hard as the club leader but is really cute deep down. Keiichi thinks about Shion when she says this, and Rena hopes he won't forget that fact. Keiichi then asks if the same applies to Rena, and she replies by asking how Keiichi sees her. Rena looks at him intently, and Keiichi says the Rena Ryuugu he knows sometimes takes jokes a little too far but is caring and kind: a perfect girl. Rena is happy that Keiichi sees her that way, but Keiichi wonders to himself about the opposite being true.
After school, Mion apologizes to the club as she has work again, and Rika says she also has her own job: Watanagashi practice. Satoko remembers that it's happening this Sunday, and Keiichi asks what's going on. Rena says the Watanagashi Festival is held every year on a June Sunday at the shrine, and Rika's a shrine maiden performing a ritual dance. Keiichi comments on how weird the name is, and Rena says "Watanagashi" means "cotton drifting", as they take cotton from futons and send them down the river. Satoko and Rika leave, and Mion heads out herself.
Keiichi rides his bike to Angel Mort and thinks that Mion's a cute girl inside, parking his bike next to some motorcycles. He accidentally knocks over the motorcycles, and some angry delinquents come out. Keiichi apologizes but two of the hooligans are grabbing his shirt and getting up in his face. The third guy says the paint on their bikes' scratched, and the other two even angrier. Just then, Shion appears and tells the delinquents to get lost. The boys let go of Keiichi and show some defiance to her, and Keiichi calls her Mion and tells her to get away. Shion continues standing her ground against the delinquents, who come closer with more threats but they stop when they see other people watching them. Many townspeople have stopped what they're doing and are watching the delinquents intently, with the boys and Keiichi beginning to worry.
Soundtrack.
The opening, I believe what you said, is not played during this episode.
| Watadamashi-hen Part 1 |
fandom.07th-expansion | # Watadamashi-hen Part 2
is the sixth episode of and the second episode of Watadamashi.
Synopsis.
Japanese.
不良に絡まれた圭一を救ったのは、詩音と雛見沢の住人たちだった。
詩音は戸惑う圭一に、ダムの工事計画と闘い勝利した、雛見沢村に代々受け継がれる団結の歴史を話す。
English (Translated).
"It was Shion and the residents of Hinamizawa who saved Keiichi from being harassed by the delinquents."
"Shion tells a bewildered Keiichi about the history of unity in Hinamizawa village, a tradition passed down from generation to generation, in which the village fought the dam construction project and won."
Plot Summary.
Prologue.
Shion and the villagers continue surrounding and intimidating the delinquents as Keiichi watches in confusion. Just then, some police officers arrive with one of them, Kuraudo Ooishi asking what's going on. Shion says the delinquents were trying to extort money from her friend, and the three boys soon get rounded up into a squad car despite their protests. Ooishi checks on Keiichi to ensure he's fine and thanks Shion for the timely call. He says they were just heading back to the station when they got the call and took a little detour, with Shion thanking him back for his work. As the police drive off, Shion looks back at them angrily.
First Half.
At Angel Mort, Shion is dressed in her waitress outfit and Keiichi thanks her for helping him out back there, wanting to pay her back sometime. Shion says he should save "her" the next time she's in trouble, and Keiichi promises it. Shion hopes she'll get into trouble soon; Keiichi smiles at the thought and Shion starts poking his cheeks after seeing how happy he is, as that makes him the real Keiichi. Keiichi complains and says Shion should be working a shift right now, to which she replies that she told her manager Keiichi saved her and so he gets a treat. Keiichi asks if it's okay to lie like that, and Shion says not to worry.
Shion says Keiichi must've been scared when all those people started walking up, with Keiichi asking if they were all Hinamizawa villagers. Shion affirms it, saying that the villagers always count on each other and that attacking one person is like attacking everyone. She then explains that this spirit of unity to fight whatever threatens the village's future has always been present in Hinamizawa, going back several decades. Shion asks Keiichi if he's heard of the Hinamizawa Dam Project, which he heard got cancelled. Shion says it was due to the villagers uniting against it.
The dam would have flooded many villages, Hinamizawa included, and so the villagers protested. The protests got more intense and so the riot police got violent with protestors, much to Keiichi's shock. The villagers eventually went to court to call for the project to end, growing their support until finally the project was put on hold indefinitely. Keiichi finds it amazing that everyone could band together like that, with Shion saying the villagers surely gained a lot from overcoming that hardship. A waitress asks Shion to take over at the register, and Shion apologizes to Keiichi and gets up. Keiichi calls her Mion and thanks her again for everything, reaffirming his promise to make it up to her. Shion hopes he'll make good on it and bids farewell.At home, Keiichi is called by his mom to take a call from a Sonozaki. Thinking it's Mion, Keiichi says he's not up for club games at that hour but when the person on the other end gets confused Keiichi realizes it's Shion talking. Shion asks Keiichi if he likes desserts and tells him to come down to Angel Mort, as they need people to taste-test their dessert menu. Keiichi is interested but asks if it's really alright, with Shion telling him to come down the next day after school. They hang up, with Keiichi commenting on how much Shion is really doing for him.
The next day, June 16, Angel Mort has a banner hanging outside announcing a Dessert Festival with tables reserved for those with invitations. Shion welcomes Keiichi to Angel Mort with a dramatic flair and then whispers to him, asking if she can borrow him after work. Keiichi agrees, as he has nothing else going on that day. Keiichi is soon seated and starts stuffing his face with delicious desserts. A waitress brings him yet another platter, and as Keiichi gazes at it awestruck, they hear a commotion off to the side. A nerdy-looking customer is complaining that Shion spilled dessert on him. Shion apologizes and the man demands that she clean it up. Keiichi's waitress tells him that the man purposely tripped Shion by sticking his leg out, and there's not much they can do as they need to keep customers happy. The man wiggles his crotch around and awaits an embarrassed Shion to clean the dessert off of him, but before she can do that Keiichi steps in and yells at the man to get out. A thumping sound is heard as Shion stares at Keiichi. The customer and his friend get up, staring down at Keiichi and Shion and wanting to teach them a lesson. Keiichi moves to punch him, but he gets karate chopped away.Keiichi wakes up on a couch in the back room of the restaurant, with Shion relieved that he's awake. Keiichi remembers that he got beaten up, and Shion apologizes that he got hurt because of her. Keiichi apologizes instead, as he couldn't even win a fight he started. Shion is still happy that he came to help her. After her shift, Shion grabs Keiichi and goes on a walk with him through town. She reintroduces herself as Shion Sonozaki and says she's more refined and mature compared to her older twin being overbearing and rough. Mion's told Shion about a lot of things like the club and how Keiichi and Mion are always getting back at each other. As they window shop, Shion grabs Keiichi's arm and pulls him close but he jumps back in embarrassment. Shion says linking arms with a girl can't be that embarrassing, and Keiichi stammers before allowing her to take an arm. Shion grabs his arm again and smiles.
They walk some more and Shion says there are some soft parts of Mion she's not fond of. They get along well, but Shion still has a few problems with her, a shadow falling over her eyes as she says this. They soon come across the toy store, with Shion asking if Keiichi would buy her a doll if she asked for one. Keiichi says he would, as he still has to make it up to her for earlier. Shion points towards a doll similar to the one Keiichi gave Mion earlier, which Keiichi gets confused at. Shion wonders if he would buy that one even though it's expensive, and Keiichi says not to worry. They go into the store and Keiichi calls out that he wants to buy the doll in the window, and a female voice responds. The voice turns out to be Mion, and she and Keiichi get shocked at seeing each other. Mion is even more shocked to see Shion there as the latter peeks out and waves. Keiichi looks between the two in confusion.Shion has been saying from the beginning that she's Mion Sonozaki's younger twin sister, and she smugly says Keiichi shouldn't have been confused as he's been calling her by her real name the whole time. As Keiichi struggles to respond and Mion demands to know what's going on, Shion says she wanted to see what Mion's beloved Kei-chan was like. Keiichi asks Mion if she called her yesterday, but she has no idea what he means. Shion says she also gave Keiichi all those bentos earlier, and Mion is about to say that was "her" but stops herself as Shion comments how that's unlike her. Shion asks Keiichi if the twin distinction is clear now and asks Mion to wrap up the doll in the window.
Second Half.
June 18. Keiichi heads to the Furude shrine grounds and assists with setting up for the Watanagashi Festival. Keiichi rests after taking a drink and sees Rika practicing with a mochi hammer. Keiichi tells her to do her best, and Rika responds with the same as other villagers praying for Rika-chama's success. Keiichi sees Mion walking by later and they have small exchange.
In the afternoon, Keiichi sits down exhausted and a girl hands him a drink while commending his good work. Keiichi thanks Mion but then sees it's actually Shion helping him. Keiichi gets annoyed at messing up their names again and swigs down the tea, then immediately spits it out after hearing Mion's cry of anguish. Mion walks up holding two cups of tea and asks why Shion is hanging around again. Her twin says she's actually considerate and then asks why she's holding two cups; Mion fails to respond then says she's really thirsty and starts drinking both of them at onceMion voices her annoyance of Shion once more and a clicking sound is heard. The group looks up to see a man and a woman on the shrine steps, who Mion recognizes as Tomitake and Takano. Takano is surprised to see Shion there, saying she doesn't come there often. Tomitake recognizes Keiichi as the transfer student everyone's talking about, but the letter has no idea who Tomitake is. Tomitake says they've passed each other on the road a few times and introduces himself as a freelance photographer form Tokyo. Takano then asks if Keiichi knows who she is, but he replies negative. Mion says she's Miyo Takano and works at the clinic. Ooishi walks up soon after and is greeted by Takano, who asks if he's scoping things out for security tomorrow. The old detective laughs and then greets Tomitake, commenting on how much the photographer loves Hinamizawa. Ooishi leaves soon after and bids farewell. Shion calls out to him with hope that the police will be working hard this year and remarks that this Watanagashi should pass by without incident. Tomitake sees they're talking about Oyashiro-sama's curse.
Mion grabs Keiichi's hand and says she's hungry, wanting to go get snacks. Keiichi starts walking off with her but Takano then ponders out loud who will die and who will disappear this year, prompting Keiichi to stop in confusion. A shadow falls over Mion's eyes as she says it's a lame story and wants Keiichi to go with her now, her grip on his hand tightening. Shion says Mion hasn't told him about it yet and Keiichi wonders what's going on. Mion lets go of his hand and decides to go off alone, telling Keiichi there wont be any snacks left if he dawdles.The four are now the only ones left, with Takano asking Keiichi if he believes in curses. Tomitake then asks if he knows about the Hinamizawa Dam Project and says the villagers set up their base here at the shrine dedicated to Oyashiro-sama, wanting their guardian deity to bless them. It was all superstition until the curse happened.
Shions starts off by saying that the construction foreman for the project was murdered, with Keiichi shocked to hear it. Several people attacked him with pickaxes and dismembered his body, diposing of the pieces. One of the perpetrators got away with the right arm. Takano continues that the next year, it was a couple who supported the dam project that fell off of a cliff, and the wife's body was never found. The third year, the Shinto priest of the shrine suddenly died from unknown causes, and his wife disappeared after leaving a suicide note. The fourth year of the curse, or last year, the sister-in-law of the dam supporter from the second year was found beaten to death. All of these incidents happened on the night of the Watanagashi; people involved with the dam project were dying one by one, creating the phenomenon known as Oyashiro-sama's curse.
Asked what he thinks, Keiichi doesn't believe it could all be the work of a curse, but he understands the superstition. Takano wonders what it could be if it's not a curse and not a coincidence, thinking it makes more sense for a person to be behind the entire thing. Shion says there's proof the Hinamizawan people are involved with the curse, as one person dies and another disappears every year. Takano explains a legend that in Hinamizawa long ago, the villagers gave human sacrifices to Oyashiro-sama to quell his wrath: they would be wrapped in bamboo mats and thrown into the swamp, there they would sink and drown. In other words, someone is killed as part of Oyashiro-sama's curse, and another person is sacrificed to appease him. Keiichi realizes that this mastermind must be someone living in Hinamizawa. With the Watanagashi Festival happening tomorrow, Shion hopes the curse doesn't occur this year. Takano is looking forward to it however.Sunday, June 19. The festival is in full swing, with Rena amazed at how lively it is. Rika and Satoko show up, and Rena calls out to them. Rena haus over Rika's shrine maiden outfit as the others wish her luck for her big dance. Keiichi gets lost in the crowd later and heads to the dance site, but he's too far back and can't see anything. Shion then taps his shoulder and tells him to follow.
Shion and Keiichi head through a forest path away from the festival, with Keiichi wondering where they're going. Shion tells him to stay quiet, and they hide in a bush to see Tomitake and Takano at a storehouse. Keiichi wonders why Shion brought him here, as he thought they were going somewhere to see Rika's dance. Shions questions Keiichi's taste and Keiichi makes to leave, but Takano notices them and calls out to them as Tomitake jokes about the two being lovers. Shion asks what the two of them were doing, and Tomitake asks that they keep secret that they were breaking into the storehouse. Keiichi thinks he's trying to steal something from it but Tomitake says they just wanted to peek inside. Takano says the storehouse contains old ritual tools but is "forbidden": only members of the Furude family and a few others are allowed to enter, as outsiders would defile its sacred ground. Keiichi says they should stay out then, but Takano's curiosity is telling her to get inside and look around.Tomitake successfully removes the lock and Takano beckons Shion and Keiichi to join her. Shion wants to go in but Keiichi is still unsure about trespassing on holy ground. Shion says that because she's of the Sonozaki family, she knows what kind of tools are in there, and she wants Keiichi to see them. Shion stares at him and says he can leave if he gets bored, but the things inside should fascinate him. She insists Keiichi must be afraid of the curse but Keiichi says he isn't. Tomitake pulls out a cigarette and motions for the other to go inside, as he'll keep watch outside. He also says that young people like Keiichi might find the inside interesting, and Keiichi finally says he'll go in.
Keiichi and Shion walk towards the warehouse as Takano opens the door for them.
| Watadamashi-hen Part 2 |
fandom.07th-expansion | # Watadamashi-hen Part 3
is the seventh episode of and the third episode of Watadamashi.
Synopsis.
Japanese.
詩音に誘われて綿流しの奉納演舞を抜け出した圭一は、偶然出会った鷹野の提案で、不可侵の祭具殿に忍び込む。
そこで、圭一は雛見沢の恐ろしい伝承を聞かされる。
English (Translated).
"Invited by Shion, Keiichi sneaks away from the Watanagashi ceremony and enters the impenetrable ritual warehouse at the suggestion of Takano, whom he meets by chance."
"There, Keiichi is told of Hinamizawa's horrible legends."
Plot Summary.
Prologue.
Keiichi, Shion, and Takano enter the ritual warehouse. Keiichi turns on a light switch to Shion's surprise and illuminates the storehouse, revealing a statue.
First Half.
Shion turns off the light and reprimands Keiichi for it, as people outside the warehouse might notice it. Keiichi apologizes but Takano says it's fine, as everyone is focused on Rika's dance right now. She says the statue is of Oyashiro-sama, Hinamizawa's guardian deity. Shion says it's more ornate than the one at the shrine, and Takano comments on the large amount of tools located in the warehouse. Keiichi says they all look more like construction equipment instead of religious implements. Amused by his ignorance, Takano sets down her lantern and pulls out some documents, wanting to tell Keiichi of an old legend.
Long ago in the mountains, there was a deep swamp that was said to lead to Hell, being named Onigafuchi, or "Demon's Abyss" by the villagers living near it; Keiichi understands that that village was Hinamizawa. Keiichi comments on the ominous name, and Shion says it was renamed in the Meiji era. Takano continues, saying demons arose from the swamp one day and terrorized the villagers. The villagers tried to run but it was a futile attempt, and when all hope was lost Oyashiro-sama appeared to them. Keiichi thinks Oyashiro-sama got rid of all the demons, but Shion and Takano say the alternative happened instead: Oyashiro-sama is not violent, but rather benevolent. The demons refused to attack him, instead prostrating themselves before his radiance. Oyashiro-sama then bestowed them with human forms and allowed them to coexist with the villagers. As generations passed, the humans and demons' blood mixed, and they lived in secrecy in their village while being worshiped by those living at the bottom of the mountain.
Keiichi thinks it's a weird story, and Takano says that's when things get "really" interesting. The demons were actually man-eating demons, and so their half-demon offspring also had the same craving for human flesh. Onigafuchi's villagers would thus "demon away" humans from other villages. Keiichi asks what that means, and Takano says "demoning away", "onikakushi", means kidnapping; humans were kidnapped by the villagers ans sacrificed. Keiichi exclaims that it's no different than what the demons did earlier and asks what the kind Oyashiro-sama was doing during all of this. Takano explains that the god was well aware of these happenings, as he was the one that decided the sacrifices. After a sacrifice was obtained, the villagers would feast upon them in a practice that would be called "watanagashi." Keiichi notices that the Watanagashi is the name of the annual cotton-drifting festival, and Shion explains that "wata" can also mean "entrails." Keiichi realizes Watanagashi's other meaning: Entrail-drifting.
Takano says the modern Watanagashi Festival is just a summer festival, but long ago it was a gruesome night of feasting. Keiichi exclaims that she's lying, and Takano asks him to think about what the cotton from the futons, or the wata, represent. Keiichi yells they're just futons, beds for sleeping in, and she instead posits they represent entrails, asking what Rika's dance must mean. Keiichi thinks about Rika preparing her dance with the ceremonial hoe, and he shakes his head in denial. Shion motions for him to quiet down, and Keiichi looks at the other tools hanging in the shed. They are not tools for farming but for slicing people up, which Takano likens to cooking utensils.
Shion tells Takano to stop teasing Keiichi as he's still naive, and Takano apologizes as she thought boys like him would enjoy these kinds of stories. Sighing, Shion looks at the Oyashiro-sama statue and touches it, which causes the head to fall off and split in two, revealing a hollow inside. Keiichi calls her out for it and Shion swears she only touched it, and the warehouse doors open to reveal Tomitake. After assessing the situation, Tomitake puts the head back together and affirms Shion's claim that it was already broken. Takano returns the head atop the statue, the body seemingly containing a slot inside for putting something in. Shion lets out a sigh of relief. Takano figured that Tomitake got tired of waiting and came in to see, but he says everyone's already heading down to the river. Takano looks at her watch and asks the Tomitake to wait outside, as she wants to take pictures. Keiichi says he's had enough.
Outside the warehouse, Keiichi says he should've waited with Tomitake. The photographer asks if Takano was calm in there, as he expected her to get very excited when surrounded by all sorts of historical objects. Takano exits the warehouse with a sated curiosity, having found solid evidence to the legends she's heard so much about. Tomitake asks if she took anything out, and she says she wouldn't go "that" far. Tomitake replaces the lock and heads off to the river, as they need to see the cotton drifting in action. Keiichi thinks more about the entrail-drifting meaning.
The villagers are already lined up at the river, with Tomitake looking down from a viewing area and lamenting that he couldn't get any good pictures in. Takano says he can take some pictures of "her" and hugs his arm. Tomitake asks Shion and Keiichi if they want to come with them to the river, and Keiichi denies it. Takano wishes the two kids good night as she and Tomitake walk off.
Shion says her sister and her friends must be looking for Keiichi, so he needs to go. Shion figures that Mion will go ballistic on her if she knew she was hogging Keiichi all night, so she asks Keiichi to keep that night a secret. Keiichi doesn't like how awkward that sounds, and Shion says there's more to it: they can't let anyone know what they did and where they went. The wind blows, and Shion says Oyashiro-sama's curse may strike again tonight. Because their group trespassed onto sacred ground, those four are the most likely targets. Keiichi is taken aback by how serious Shion is, but she suddenly says she's kidding and laughs. Keiichi nervously laughs with her, thinking he's on edge because of Takano's stories. Shion takes her leave, not wanting to be there when Mion shows up.
Keiichi walks down the steps of the shrine and Rika calls out to him, jumping on him as Mion and Rena show up. Mion says they need to find Satoko now, with Rena happily saying thy were all split up. Rika asks if Keiichi watched her dance, and he nervously says she did a perfect job with no mistakes. Rena and Mion react when he says this, with Rika becoming despondent. Rena consoles her by saying that nobody thought it was a mistake, and a surprised Keiichi is asked by Mion if he drifted cotton at the river yet. Keiichi says he didn't, and Rena becomes shocked as he has to do it before it ends. Keiichi apologizes as it's his first Watanagashi, so he doesn't know of the rules. Mion grabs his hand and they walk off as Rena and Rika watch them.
After walking far enough from the others, Mion asks Keiichi if he's seen Shion at all. Keiichi comes up with an answer that he felt like he saw her in the crowd, but because they look so much alike it's hard to tell. Mion doesn't lend credence to that answer, as they wear different clothes and can't possibly look "that" similar. Mion then asks if he saw Takano or Tomitake; Keiichi chokes up and denies ever seeing them.
Second Half.
Keiichi finally heads to his home, where a parked car beeps its horn to get his attention. Detective Ooishi emerges from the car and apologizes for the interruption. Keiichi asks what he wants with a cold expression and Ooishi says he just wants to chat since he saw him walking by. He comments on how impressive it is that Keiichi has gotten so close to the Sonozaki girls, asking if he knows their dad is a yakuza; the Sonozaki yakuza family controls much of the area, and Mion and Shion's dead is the head. Ooishi takes Keiichi's confused look to mean he doesn't know, saying the Sonozaki main house even resembles a stereotypical yakuza mansion with its high fences, barbed wire and security cameras. Keiichi figures that Mion is next in line to become the head, and Ooishi says she could even kill anyone in broad daylight and get away with it. Keiichi exclaims that she would never do that, and Ooishi laughs. Keiichi doesn't care who Mion's family is as she's one of his best friends and moves to enter his house, but Ooishi grabs his shoulder and asks him to answer one question: did he see Jirou Tomitake or Miyo Takano that night?
Nervous yet again, Keiichi denies ever seeing them and asks why. Ooishi thinks he's having trouble remembering, and Keiichi affirms it. After a pause, Ooishi releases his shoulder and lets him go home. The detective also lets Keiichi know that he "did" see the two of them: Keiichi, Shion, and those two were having a good time at the stone steps. Keiichi is surprised, and Ooishi says he'll see him later.
Inside his room, Keiichi takes a late call from Shion, who asks if Mion believed his story. Keiichi got nervous when she realized he didn't watch Rika's dance, but she bought it. Shion congratulates him and then turns serious, asking him if he saw Takano or Tomitake after they split up. Keiichi angrily asks why she wants to know, as everyone's been wanting to know about those two. He asks if Shion's seen them and she says to calm down, explaining that Takano and Tomitake went missing. The Sonozaki family keeps a close watch on police activity, and police reports say the two of them went to the volunteer parking lot and stole one of the festival trucks, leaving behind their car and bicycle. The police say they left the village in a hurry, almost as though their lives were in danger.
Keiichi asks what that means, and Shion says maybe they were targeted by Oyashiro-sama's curse, and if so it was because they trespassed and beheaded the Oyashiro-sama statue. Keiichi takes this to mean he and Shion are next. Keiichi pleads that he never even wanted to look at the stuff in the warehouse and wanted to see Rika's dance, blaming Shion for dragging him in there. He asks why Shion is getting up in arms over trespassing on holy ground and Shion apologizes, not knowing this would happen. Keiichi demands to know what she plans to do about it, but Shion hangs up on him in the middle of his rant. Listening to the dial tone, Keiichi struggles to accept that the curse might really be coming for them and buries his head.
Monday, June 20. Keiichi waits at the usual spot for Rena to come, and she comments on how Keiichi's eyes look. Keiichi says he didn't get much sleep last night, and they start walking to school. They soon meet Mion, with Rena saying she also looks bad. Mion says she went to sleep at three, and Keiichi admonishes her for this. Rena figures it's because they still haven't found the mayor yet, and Keiichi asks what they mean.
During class, Chie explains that Mayor Kimiyoshi has been missing since yesterday. Some of the kids think he may have been demoned away, but the curse hasn't really happened yet. As Chie tells everyone to let an adult know if they find Kimiyoshi and reminds them to walk with a friend, Rika looks downtrodden. During recess later, a gloomy Keiichi sits alone and wonders why the mayor was the one to go missing, as he or Shion should've been the ones. Rika appears and pats his head, asking if he did anything bad last night. Keiichi asks Rika if he can tell her a story about kitties, saying that on the night of the festival four bad kitties went into a forbidden storehouse. There were many scary things inside, and the kitties heard they would be cursed; two of them are missing now, and Keiichi wants to know what the other kitties should do.
Rika laughs, her voice suddenly growing deeper as she says she didn't expect Keiichi to tell such a ridiculous story. Her eyes turn red, much to Keiichi's shock, and Rika assures him that he doesn't need to worry. No matter what Keiichi does, everything is over; Rika says herself, Keiichi, this year's curse and this world are all finished. She admonishes Keiichi, saying he should've watched her dance and should've known better than to go somewhere forbidden, especially on Watanagashi. Keiichi asks why she knows this but Rika cuts him off, expressing surprised that Tomitake's body hasn't been found yet; him and Takano are already dead but Shion should be alive, and Rika doesn't know if this bodes well for Keiichi.
Rika giggles some more and a ball rolls into Keiichi's leg, with Satoko's group running over. She asks Keiichi to join them for dodgeball instead of just sitting around. Keiichi is surprised and Rika goes back to her regular self, telling him to play with Satoko. Keiichi looks at her.
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fandom.07th-expansion | # Watadamashi-hen Part 4
is the eighth episode of and the fourth and final episode of Watadamashi.
Synopsis.
Japanese.
祭具殿に入ってしまったことを後悔する圭一は、鷹野や富竹のように自分も鬼隠しに遭うのではないかと怯える。
そんな中、村長に続いて新たな行方不明者が出てしまう。
English (Translated).
"Keiichi regrets that he has entered the ritual warehouse and is afraid that he, like Takano and Tomitake, will be demoned away."
"In the meantime, the village mayor is followed by a new missing person."
Plot Summary.
First Half.
Monday, June 20. Keiichi is walking up the steps at school when he sees Chie and asks if they found the mayor yet. Chie denies it, as they haven't heard any more news. Keiichi lowers his head and Chie assures him that he's fine and they should go back to class. The students are assembled for afternoon class but Chie notices that Rika hasn't come back from break. The students clamor with discussion and Satoko asks Keiichi if he was talking to Rika earlier, an interrogative look on her face. Keiichi confirms they talked, but he has no idea where she went after. Mion says she saw Rika talking to someone behind the school; it wasn't Keiichi, but rather someone who looked like a construction worker. Satoko says nobody like that is at their school. The other students begin to realize Rika has also disappeared.
The entire school searches around the grounds and calling out Rika's name. Keiichi comes upon an outhouse in the back and tries to open the door, showing confusion when it doesn't budge. Mion calls out to him and says she saw something on the roof, asking him to climb up a ladder and check. Keiichi climbs up but there's nothing up there, not even Rika. He calls down to Mion, who's holding the ladder steady and apologizes for her mistake. Keiichi becomes crestfallen and says Rika was acting weird earlier, wondering what happened to her.
Mion suddenly says she has to put an end to this and a confused Keiichi asks her to repeat that. Mion repeats what she said, a strange look appearing on her face and startling Keiichi. Mion ominously says that Rika is going to carry out Oyashiro-sama's curse and is the leader of one of the Three Families; she claims Rika is the mastermind behind it all. She starts rocking the ladder, much to Keiichi's horror, and continuously accuses Rika for causing the curse and says she's going to kill people, She believes Rika has been exploiting the Three Families, and Mion's expression intensifies as she swears she will put an end to the curse. The ladder becomes even more unsteady from her rage, and Keiichi struggles to hold on while questioning Mion's behavior. Chie finally arrives and calls out to them, and Mion stops her strange behavior while saying they haven't found anything. Chie says they're cancelling class for today and want the students to go home; the teachers will handle the search.
Keiichi, Mion and Rena are walking home when Keiichi suddenly stops and says everything is his fault. Rena asks why he thinks that and Keiichi is about to explain but he gets distracted from looking at some men up ahead. Keiichi changes his mind and continues walking. At home, Keiichi sits in the corner of his room and regrets ever going into the ritual warehouse. He blames Shion for making him go in but he realizes blaming her won't change anything. Just then, his phone starts ringing. After letting it ring for a while Keiichi picks up and hears what sounds like Shion, saying her name. He immediately stops and thinks back to Mion's strange expression earlier, realizing that she's the one calling. Mion says she wants Keiichi to come over to the Sonozaki mansion right away and meet her at the waterwheel.
Keiichi meets her at the requested area, where Mion's figured he wanted to tell her something. She knows how nervous he is and gives him a reassuring smile, wanting to talk at her place. Keiichi agrees. They soon walk off together and are seen reflected inside a car mirror.
The two walk by a "No Trespssing" sign, with Keiichi asking if the entire mountain is Sonozaki property. As Mion affirms it, they walk past high barbed-wire fences and security cameras. Inside the main house, Keiichi comments on how nice it must be to live in an old-fashioned house, with Mion saying it isn't since it gets cold in the winter. She wishes she had a modern house like Keiichi's though clearing snow off his roof will be tough. Keiichi is surprised to hear it snows a lot in Hinamizawa, with Mion saying the village is right in the middle of a snow country. They joke around some more and Mion soon goes off to prepare tea.
She comes back with tea and is now wearing a kimono, with Keiichi and her sitting quietly. Mion breaks the silence and asks Keiichi if he feels like someone is out to get him. She apologizes for trying to scare him when he asks a hypothetical, and then Keiichi says he wants to apologize to her. He confesses that during the Watanagashi Festival yesterday, he went into the ritual tool warehouse. He knew it was wrong, but he was curious. Keiichi bows his head to the ground and apologizes again, and Mion says she already knew; she knew he, Shion, Takano and Tomitake had trespassed into the warehouse. In fact, lots of people already know. Even though Keiichi was curious, Mion admonishes him and says there are many who want to see him punished. Keiichi knows it's too late, but he apologizes some more and asks for forgiveness. Mion walks over to him and asks him to look up, assuring him that she's on her side and to trust her. He wants to trust her, but after seeing Rika acting like a different person earlier he doesn't know who to trust. Mion consoles him, as he confessed his sin so she can definitely trust him. Keiichi finally agrees to trust her.
Keiichi asks why someone has to die on Watanagashi every year, and Mion explains that at first it was just a coincidence. Over time, people used Oyashiro-sama's curse as an excuse to kill people who defy the village so long as it's done on the night of Watanagashi. Keiichi can hardly believe such a thing would happen in this day and age, and Mion tells him to follow her.
Second Half.
Mion and Keiichi walk outside, with the former asking if he saw all those torture devices in the storehouse, the latter responding that they were really old tools. Mion opens a door to an underground area and explains that those tools were used long ago to uphold Onigafuchi's strict religious laws by torturing and killing those who defied them. As they walk past rows of jail cells, Keiichi wants to confirm that that was all in the past and not the present. Mion says it was, as the Watanagashi ritual was once overseen by the Three Families. After the Kimiyoshi and Furude families lost influence and times changed, carrying out the Watanagashi became difficult, so those torture tools were put away forever.
Mion and Keiichi walk down a set of stairs, with Mion explaining that the Sonozaki family built a torture chamber: the very chamber she and Keiichi are standing in now. Confirming Keiichi's suspicions, Mion says the chamber was built as a place where the Watanagashi could be carried out in secret and opens a set of doors to reveal torture devices hanging on the walls. These tools were like the ones in the warehouse but kept in good condition. There were also cushions for people to sit on. Even though it's 1983, times haven;t changed; Hinamizawa is still the demon village known as Onigafuchi, though Mion has no idea that anyone's ever actually used these tools they way they were supposed to. In any case, these tools are still here for the day that they will need to be used for real.
Keiichi follows Mion deeper into the chamber, where Mion shows him a safe room used by her uncle, the most secure place on the estate. The steel doors are thick, and not even bullets can pierce them. She opens the doors and shows off a jail cell filled with commodities, which Keiichi takes to mean someone could live here. Mion affirms it, as there's enough food and electricity for someone to live for an entire month. They walk past a monitor system where Mion tells Keiichi not to worry. Confused, Mion tells him she wants him to stay there for a while and opens the cell. Keiichi is still confused; he asks what they'll explain to his parents, and suddenly Mion pushes him into the jail cell and locks it with a key.
Keiichi goes up to the bars and demands to be let out. Mion says it has to be this way; so long as there are people who want to carry out the curse, she can't let Keiichi out. Keiichi still wants to know why, and Mion swears she will do something about it and wants him to stay safe until then. Keiichi pleads with her some more, saying he doesn't need to be locked up, and Mion keeps saying it's going to keep him safe. She even says that in the worse case scenario, Keiichi can just play the victim and claim that Mion locked him up.
Seeing the determined look on her face, Keiichi asks what she plans to do. Mion doesn't answer and instead says that for the longest time, anyone who's in trouble will be helped by others with the power to do so; this was the spirit of community that unites the village. During the dam war, this spirit of community changed to where people were now getting revenge on behalf of the village. It became warped to the point that Satoko's family has affected. The custom that encouraged people to help one another and spread happiness became one where they hurt one another, and the Three Families are responsible. Keiichi consoles her by saying it was all so long ago, but Mion says that as the "de facto" head of the Three Families, it is her job to end that custom for good. The Oyashiro-sama's curse phenomenon created by the Three Families has gone on for five years, and it's gone out of control; Mion swears that she will fix it. Keiichi still has no idea what Mion plans to do, but he wants to help her in any way he can. Mion asks if he remembers the game tournament and how he gave her the doll. He treated her like a girl and it made her happy, with Mion saying she loves Keiichi. The best way to protect him would be to end this custom.
Mion hears an alert on the nearby monitors and then checks the cameras, commenting that some minions have arrived. She decides to go greet them as Keiichi asks what's going on. Mion pulls a gun out of a drawer and stores it in her kimono as Keiichi looks on in shock. She says she might take a while and Keiichi pleads her to stop, saying to let the police take care of things. Mion says she doesn't trust cops, at least not the ones in the village. She asks Keiichi to claim being a victim should someone else find him here if she doesn't come back. Mion finally opens the steel doors and leaves, ignoring Keiichi's anguished cries to stop.
Keiichi yells out and then starts ramming into the cell door, busting it down after three strikes. He looks at the cameras to see several uniformed men surrounding the estate and swears. Going up to the big set of steel doors, Keiichi tries to open them to no avail. He then starts ramming his shoulder into it, trying to bust them down but he starts losing strength and hurts himself, his blood covering the door. Keiichi eventually passes out after one last charge.
Keiichi wakes up at night being carried on a stretcher and Ooishi calling out to him. Keiichi closes his eyes again, with several police cars surrounding the Sonozaki estate. Later in June at an unspecified date, Keiichi walks around Okinomiya and looks at a doll in a store window, a similar one to the doll he gave Mion. Ooishi calls out to him from his car, saying he stopped by the hospital earlier but was told Keiichi was discharged. They go sit on a park bench and where Keiichi says he's doing fine. Ooishi says that if a nearby detective hadn't heard that gunshot, they wouldn't have been able to find out about what happened with Mion, showing relief that they could rescue Keiichi at least. Upon hearing her name Keiichi begins to ask what happened with Mion but the detective tells him to calm down and listen a bit.
Ooishi asks if he knew about the well in the underground prison, and Keiichi denies ever seeing something like that. Ooishi tells him that at the bottom of that well, they found the bodies of Oryou Sonozaki, Kiichirou Kimiyoshi, and Shion Sonozaki. They also found skeletal remains over ten years old and belonging to three different victims, with Ooishi commenting on how dark Hinamizawa's underbelly is. He also says they found Rika: her gruesome corpse was floating in a septic tank at the school. Keiichi realizes that when he was searching for her earlier, he almost stumbled upon Rika's corpse. He then asks what happened to Mion, and Ooishi replies that Mion was found dead alongside Satoko inside a hallway in the Sonozaki mansion. Ooishi stands up, saying that the police has a whole mountain of stuff to look into now that so many dead bodies have piled up and may need to question Keiichi later. He also promises to inform Keiichi of any new developments and leaves, wishing him well.
Keiichi sits alone on the bench questioning Mion's promise that the prison was the safest place in Hinamizawa, even though Shion's corpse was found there. And when they were searching earlier for Rika, he almost stumbled upon her dead body in that outhouse. Keiichi despairs over the fact that it seems like Mion was the one responsible for everything. He wonders if Mion was really trying to protect him from a conspiracy or if something else was going on.
Soundtrack.
The opening, I believe what you said, is not played during this episode.
The ending, Kamisama no Syndrome, is also not played during this episode.
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fandom.07th-expansion | # Watanagashi
, also known as the Cotton Drifting Arc in the manga, is the second story arc and Question Arc of . It was released on December 29, 2002 at Comiket 63 and is followed by "Tatarigoroshi".
The original release of "Watanagashi" includes the previous chapter.
Introduction.
"Watanagashi""~The Most Possibilities~"
"How was your taste of life in Hinamizawa?A curse, or a conspiracy... I believe you have fully enjoyed everything and everyone seeming suspicious.Here at last. It is no surprise attack, but a real, direct incident. Please enjoy it."
"The difficulty is lower than Onikakushi, but is extremely vicious."
Plot Summary.
Keiichi Maebara enjoys life in Hinamizawa and has fun playing games with his friends at school. During a chance encounter he meets Shion Sonozaki, the supposed twin sister of Mion Sonozaki. Keiichi and Shion develop a friendship, and during the Watanagashi Festival they sneak into the ritual storehouse and learn about Hinamizawa's horrible past, soon setting off a chain of events and earning the wrath of Oyashiro-sama's curse.
Characters.
New characters
Returning characters
Release History.
Original Release (Comiket 63).
"Watanagashi" was first released for PC at Comiket 63 on December 29, 2002.
Comiket 64.
"Watanagashi" was rereleased with "Tatarigoroshi" at Comiket 64 on August 15, 2003.
Comiket 66.
"Watanagashi" was 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.
Second English Release.
MangaGamer retranslated this arc and released it individually on November 13, 2015. Changes include:
2020 Demo.
A new demo of "Onikakushi" and "Watanagashi" was released on July 15, 2020 for free download on 07th Expansion's demo page. Changes include:
Hou+.
"Watanagashi" was released with "Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Hou+" on January 28, 2022.
Ports.
"Watanagashi" has been featured in the following console games:
These ports add new character art, CGs, and voice acting. There is also some script changes made:
Adaptations.
Drama CD.
A drama CD adaptation of "Watanagashi" was released on December 22, 2005.
Manga.
The manga adaptation of "Watanagashi" was illustrated by Yutori Houjyou and serialized in Square Enix's Gangan Wing magazine from June 2005 to May 2006. It was later collected into two volumes, and then as a single omnibus volume. Yen Press published them in English under the title "Cotton Drifting Arc".
Anime (2006).
The 2006 Higurashi When They Cry anime by Studio DEEN adapted "Watanagashi" in Episodes 5 to 8.
Light Novel.
The original light novel adaptation of "Watanagashi" consists of two volumes. It was originally published by Kodansha and republished by Seikaisha.
Novel versions of "Watanagashi" intended for junior students were published by Futabasha, consisting of two volumes. Both volumes released on December 16, 2020.
Credits.
These are the credits as seen in the original Comiket release.
| Watanagashi |
fandom.07th-expansion | # Watanagashi-hen
| Watanagashi-hen |
fandom.07th-expansion | # Watanagashi-hen/TIPS
| Watanagashi-hen/TIPS |
fandom.07th-expansion | # Watanagashi-hen Manga Volume 1
Cotton Drifting Arc Vol. 1 is the first volume of Yutori Houjyou's manga adaptation of "Watanagashi" and the third overall volume of the manga adaptation of . The volume was released in English by Yen Press.
Publisher's Summary.
English.
"You've already met Keiichi Maebara and his mischievous friends in the Abducted by Demons Arc. But Oyashiro-sama's curse is poised to strike anew in Hinamizawa village. When Keiichi spots tomboy Mion working at a maid café, he can hardly believe his eyes! But it's not Mion after all - it's her identical twin sister, Shion. Keiichi's never heard of this "twin sister" before and suspects it's just another one of Mion's pranks. But through Shion, Keiichi is able to see a quieter, more feminine side of his best friend, even if it is all an act. As Keiichi spends more time with Shion, however, Rena grows more accusatory..."
Afterword.
Ryukishi07.
"Hello, I am Ryukishi07; I wrote the original story. I truly thank you for picking up "Higurashi WHEN THEY CRY: Cotton Drifting Arc" Volume One."
"The "Cotton Drifting Arc" is a story that focuses mainly on the leader of Keiichi's circle of friends, Mion. It's the second arc of all of the eight original arcs, and it's the one with the strongest lovey-dovey (laugh) elements. Please enjoy seeing the normally bad-mannered Mion as she moves around in confusion, blushing as she goes."
"The original depicts those parts in prose, but through Houjyou-sensei's power, they are now depicted in comic form, fanning the flames even more, and it turns into something big! Truly, thank you, Houjyou-sensei! I would love to see you keep drawing such an adorable Mion!"
"The "Cotton Drifting Arc" does have a lot of those sweet scenes, but at the same time, it holds a trap-like mysteriousness. In regards to the degree of difficulty for the "Cotton Drifting Arc" in the original, the catch copy was, "it has a lower degree of difficulty than the 'Abducted By Demons Arc,' but it is extremely vicious." Please enjoy the vicious traps to your heart's content."
| Watanagashi-hen Manga Volume 1 |
fandom.07th-expansion | # Watanagashi-hen Manga Volume 2
Cotton Drifting Arc Vol. 2 is the second volume of Yutori Houjyou's manga adaptation of "Watanagashi" and the fourth overall volume of the manga adaptation of . The volume was released in English by Yen Press.
Publisher's Summary.
English.
"Twins Shion and Mion have Keiichi seeing double. But as he grows closer to Shion, their flirty friendship has Mion seeing red. When Shion and Keiichi trespass on sacred ground the night of the Cotton Drifting, a string of gruesome murders and disappearances follow. Are the legends of Oyashiro-sama's curse true? Is there a demon in Hinamizawa?"
Afterword.
Ryukishi07.
Vicious Trap
"I wrote the "Cotton Drifting Arc" as the second story after the "Abducted by Demons Arc," and I wrote it with the emphasis on explaining the setting of Hinamizawa more deeply. It's also the story that best depicts the mood of detective novels from the good old days and, of the many "Higurashi" stories, is one of the creator's own favorites."
"Now then. As for the degree of difficulty of the "Cotton Drifting Arc," the creator has stated that "It's not as difficult as the 'Abducted by Demons Arc,' but it is extremely vicious," and essentially, it has the lowest degree of difficulty of all the "Higurashi WHEN THEY CRY" stories. But, as also stated, it has a vicious trap, and if it happens to get you, you're in danger of viciously falling into a pitfall. And the scary thing about this trap is that those who fall neatly into it may not realize that they've fallen into a trap."
"Please check to see if you were caught in the "Cotton Drifting Arc"'s answer story, the "Eye Opening Arc.""
"...If on the off-chance you happen to learn that you were neatly caught in the trap...congratulations, you enjoyed the "Cotton drifting arc" more than anyone (laugh)."
Yutori Houjyou.
"Hello. I'm Yutori Houjyou, in charge of the artwork.Thank you to everyone who has read this far. I am truly happy to be able to have encountered "Higurashi WHEN THEY CRY" and to be able to work on the manga version. The "Cotton Drifting Arc" is concluded, but "Higurashi" isn't over yet! I'm starting the answer arc, the "Eye Opening Arc"!! That person and that person and that person, who we only caught glimpses of in the "Cotton Drifting Arc," show up in the "Eye Opening Arc," a story with a rare flashback mixed in! I'm going to put all my energy into drawing this one too, so please enjoy it. Well then, let's meet in the "Eye Opening Arc!"
"Yutori Houjyou"
"Special ThanksRyukishi07-samaEditor-samaKashi Mochizuki-chanEko Shirayuki-chanHiromi Arase-chanKamura-chanMahiro Takana-chanEveryone who supported me"
| Watanagashi-hen Manga Volume 2 |
fandom.07th-expansion | # Watanagashi/CG
| Watanagashi/CG |
fandom.07th-expansion | # Watanagashi/Summary
This page aims to provide a summary of the chapters in "Watanagashi".
Song titles are in bold only when they are played for the first time.
Watanagashi Day 1.
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Watanagashi Day 2.
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Watanagashi Day 3.
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Watanagashi Day 4.
Background Music
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Watanagashi Day 5.
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Watanagashi Day 6.
Background Music
Watanagashi Day 7.
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Watanagashi Day 8.
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Watanagashi Day 9.
Background Music
Watanagashi Day 9-2.
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Watanagashi Day 10.
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Watanagashi Day 10-2.
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Watanagashi Day 10-3.
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Watanagashi Day 10-4.
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Watanagashi Day 11.
Background Music
Watanagashi Day 11-2.
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Watanagashi Day 12.
Background Music
Watanagashi Day 12-2.
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Watanagashi 12-3.
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Watanagashi Epilogue 1.
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Watanagashi Epilogue 2.
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fandom.07th-expansion | # Watanagashi/TIPS
This page aims to provide a summary of the TIPS featured in "Watanagashi".
Who's Mion's Uncle?
Mion tells the club she got called in to her part-time job at her uncle’s shop. Keiichi asks if the club is cancelled for the day and Mion says they can continue without her if they wish. Keiichi declines. Rika then tells Mion that the teacher is looking for the key to the gym storehouse. Mion checks her pockets for the key, thinking that she had returned it, but finds it there. Satoko then proclaims that she knew Mion had it, with Rika then claiming they both were right. Mion, annoyed, elbows Satoko and Rika and heads to the teachers’ lounge.
Keiichi then asks if Mion and Rika had heard about Mion’s job and tells them that she isn’t coming to the club. Rika and Satoko are disappointed. Keiichi notes to himself that Mion’s job doesn’t seem to have a regular schedule. Rika then says that she isn’t working at only one store, and that she has many uncles and relatives who run businesses and that she goes and helps them out as needed.
Rika remarks that some of the businesses are unsavory, mentioning a loanshark, to which Keiichi notes that that must be why Mion is so fussy about returning money she lends. Rika replies that she once forgot to pay Mion back and that Mion threatened to throw her into the red-light district, and that it would be the end of her. Satoko fails to understand the implication and says that sounds like a silly way to die. Rika and Keiichi pat Satoko and call her a good girl.
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Is There Really a Shion?
Keiichi asks Satoko if Mion has any siblings. Satoko responds that she may or may not, and that she has only met her grandmother before and suggests he ask Rika as she may know more. Satoko then waves to Rika and asks if she knows anything about Mion’s family. Rika, surprised, says Mion has a large family and that she doesn’t know everything about them. Keiichi then asks if she knows of Shion and if she exists. Rika responds that she does, saying Shion is Mion’s younger twin but that she hasn’t met her too many times.
Keiichi then says Shion may go to school in Okinomiya, with Satoko then saying she may live there, as Mion lives apart from her family with her grandmother. Mion then enters the conversation, embarrassed, and confirms she has a younger sister. Satoko says she would like to meet her and Mion responds she’s not cute at all and that she hasn’t seen her in quite a while.
Keiichi, however, still thinks to himself that Mion and Shion are the same person.
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An Introduction to Angel Mort.
This TIP is a review of Angel Mort taken from "The Victorious War Photograher’s Guide", April issue “Complete Conquest Analysis (Family Restaurant Chapter)”
The review notes that Angel Mort is famous but is located far from the center of human population. They're said to have the best desserts in town, but the guide is more interested in the uniforms of the waitresses. The writer then recommends the smoking areas. The tactics of the photographer to best optimize his chances at getting a photo are mentioned, but he fails to get a good shot. The text then notes that there is a giveaway of the Hunter’s photographs taken at the Angel Mort.
It Was Delicious.
Keiichi returns the bento box he received from Shion to Mion. Mion is confused at first but Keiichi explains. Mion then asks what Keiichi thought, and he tells her the two are alike and that the food was delicious.
Mion hears a clattering noise from inside the box and opens it to reveal a handful of candies. Keiichi, embarrassed, says his mother told him to do it. Mion says she will thank Shion for him, seeming somewhat hurt.
Rena, Satoko, and Rika enter, with the former two noticing Mion’s face; Rena says she looks cozy while Satoko suggests Mion must have a fever. Rika rubs Satoko’s head and says that she will soon catch fevers herself.
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Details of the Delinquent Three.
The scene opens in the police station with the delinquents protesting being detained. Ooishi tells Kumagai to let go of their arms and has them sit. Ooish tells them they haven’t been arrested and orders Kumagai to get drinks. Ooishi and the three drink the beer.
Ooishi then asks where they came from, saying they’re not local. The delinquents protest, then Ooishi notes that if they were local the residents of Hinamizawa wouldn’t have reacted; when one villager is bullied the whole village gets involved, and that if Hinamizawa residents give you a glare you’ll be demoned away. Ooishi thinks that if they had gotten there later, they may have found the men dead.
The delinquents answer that they got there by bike. Ooishi warns that if they go back they may be ganged up on, so he offers to collect them if they give him the license numbers. They refuse at first and argue they'll collect them anyway, but as they just drank the beer, Ooishi says he’ll have them arrested for drunk driving.
The delinquents are hesitant to give the numbers and claim they had just bought them and could not remember. Ooishi then commands Kumagai to go get the bikes and look up the numbers. The delinquents' faces drop and they try to leave but are surrounded by officers, revealing that they had stolen the bikes.
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It Hasn't Been a While.
A car arrives and picks up Shion and Keiichi and drives them into Hinamizawa. Keiichi asks Shion questions about her and Mion being twins, and Shion says they used to switch places frequently when they were younger and tricked people.
The car stops near Keiichi’s house and Kasai helps him get his bike out of the trunk. Kasai tells Keiichi he must be having difficulties because of Shion, but they will end soon so he must endure until then. Kasai says Shion like Mion is a kind person at heart. Shion says goodbye to Keiichi and the car drives off.
Characters Appearing
From the Scrapbook I.
<Oyashiro-sama’s Curse>
Details the history of Oyashiro-sama’s anger and its relation to Onigafuchi Village. A curse befalls the residents when he is angry; though it is rarely stated what the curse is, it is described that “All hell will break loose” and that all villagers will be killed.
The text highlights the similarities between other religions and their stories of the apocalypse. The conditions for inciting the curse are said to be likely the taboos of the village, and when Oyashiro-sama is angered by the violation of the taboo, they performed a sacrificial ritual.
From the Scrapbook II.
<The Human Sacrifice Ritual>
The text describes the sacrificial ritual, involving the drowning of sacrifices into Onigafuchi Swamp. The process was said to occur over three days and nights, with the process being highly symbolic of the ‘submerging’ of Oyashiro-sama’s anger.
The text argues that there must have been techniques to delay the bodies sinking. None of these are recorded, but it's suggested that logs could have been used to create a raft and that the sacrifice would be hung with ropes and sunk over time from scaffolding. The text then mentions that the ritual implements would possibly be honored and enshrined.
From the Scrapbook III.
<Implements Used For the Ritual>
The text gives background to ritual tools and notes that some are enshrined at the Furude Shrine and the property of the Three Families, but notes that they are decorative. The text states that many rituals were lost at the end of the Edo era. However, the text argues that the original implements must exist and are enshrined away from public view.
The text then suggests the implements are not far from the assembly hall or from the presence of people, and that a once well-locked door has been replaced with a cheap padlock and that an unidentified "he" may be able to do something about the lock. The author of the text writes that they will not give up and that the night where it becomes a blindspot to the villagers, Watanagashi, is approaching.
Festival's Around the Corner.
Komiyama, Kumagai, and other detectives are celebrating after the setting up of the festival and talk about getting a good night's rest before the festival tomorrow. The narrator then speaks the differences between those who attend the festival and those who set it up and prepare for it, and the difficulties the latter group can face.
Ooishi and the section chief then enter, and Ooishi congratulates the group for their work and tells them to be at ease. The detectives thank him. The narrator then speaks about Ooishi stating that he looks like an old man but that he was a real fighter in his youth, and that he is more dignified than the section chief.
Ooishi tells the detectives that they are expecting another incident like last year and that they must focus on preventing any crimes; it is best to assume that an incident will occur, and that someone will die and someone will go missing. Ooishi then states that it is important that it doesn’t go past the night of the festival and that they can pursue what does occur that night, and that they defeat the ghost of the curse.
Characters Appearing
From the Scrapbook IV.
<Watanagashi>
Text describing the history of Watanagashi festival. Details the history of the village capturing a sacrifice and dissecting and devouring them.
It's said to take place at intervals, but the rules determining the intervals are mysterious as the ceremony happened irregularly: some claim it has relation to astrological fortune-telling, but that is not convincing. The text also describes the story of half-man half-demon transcendents.
The text hypothesises that the ritual was a political event for the outlet of the isolated villagers in Onigafuchi, perhaps explaining why the ritual occurred irregularly.
From the Scrapbook V.
<The Alleged Importance of the Implements>
Text discussing the implements. It opens saying that the author has not discovered a concrete description of the implements, but that they were real and varied, with one source stating there were two hundred used in the Watanagashi alone. The author questions why there are so many, given they believe they were for dissection and restraining, and that tools usually evolve to meet a demand but stop advancing once they meet it.
The author then notes that the tools may have evolved and diversified for the sake of entertainment, hypothesising that the dissection of the human could be seen as entertainment and that the Three Families would invent new implements to keep spectators entertained. The author then notes excitedly that it isn’t long until the Watanagashi and that they will reveal the secrets of the instruments kept within the storehouse.
After the Festival.
The scene opens at the police station where tensions are strained late on the night of the festival. Kumagai and another person burst into the silent room, announcing to Ooishi that they received autopsy results and that they're is heading straight for the location of the burned body. Ooishi then tells Kumagai that the situation is complicated and that they are unable as of yet to determine the identity of the victim. Kumagai asks if the victim had been dismembered and Ooishi replies that the entire body had been burned and blackened, then discarded outside the prefecture.
Ooishi then states that Komiyama and some others are performing a raid on the local dentist, hoping that the teeth on the corpse match dental records. Kumagai then says that they did a good job finding the victim this year and wonders if others who had disappeared had been outside the prefecture too. Ooishi then questions why the culprit didn't bury the body or hide it more thoroughly, stating that the body had been cooked inside an oil drum and likely had been strangled before hand.
Kumagai then questions if they didn’t want someone to disappear this year. Ooishi notes that the culprit seemed to have wanted to draw attention. Ooishi then wonders if they were trying to send a warning or if they were trying to conceal the body by not placing it in Hinamizawa. Another detective then takes a phone call and tells Ooishi that Komiyama has called: they've matched the teeth to one on record at the dentist.
Characters Appearing
From the Scrapbook VI.
<The Significance of Watanagashi>
Notes that the festival is remarkable but also a source of entertainment, the author writing that it may be the dissonance between the egregiousness of the act and its value as entertainment and its relation to the belief in transcendence. The author then details sources that mention that even residents were scared of the ritual and that women and children would grow ill and that the ritual was obligatory viewin.
This problematises the view that the author previously had that the ritual was a way for the participants to make themselves feel and seem holier than outsiders. The author then hypothesises that the ritual served as a warning for the villagers to follow religious rules, specifically those created by those in power. The text ends by mentioning the Three Families with the author noting they won’t reach any further without investigating them.
From the Scrapbook VII.
<The Three Families>
Details the history of the three old families that came to rule Onigafuchi. The three families are composed of the Kimiyoshi family, the Furude family and the Sonozaki family, with the three still existing.
They are said to be those within which the demon blood is strongest. The Kimiyoshi family is said to have once held great power as the head of the Three Families, but no longer does, though the current mayor of the village is from the family (Kiichirou Kimiyoshi), with members of the family elected mayor each generation, seemingly as a remnant of the old system.
The Furude family are the centre of the village’s faith and guardians of the sole shrine, once seen to represent the voice of Oyashiro, but now has lost most of its power and only consists of the main house, with Rika being the only daughter remaining, there is a tradition of honouring the females of the family.
The Sonozaki family are said to have held a police-like role in the protection of the religious precepts of the village. Historically they were the weakest family, but currently are the most powerful, with the head of the family, Oryou, described as controlling the goings-on of the village.
Late-Night Phone Call.
Scene of a Kimiyoshi family member calling someone and asking if their ‘old man’ was visiting them at the moment, the man then apologises for calling so late and thanks the person on the other end of the line and hangs up. A woman can then be heard saying “No good.” while the Kimiyoshi relays worry about the old man not calling. The woman then asks if he has called everyone whom he plays Go with.
The phone rings and Mion can be heard asking if they had found the mayor. The man answers that they haven’t despite calling everyone. Mion replies that she hasn’t found him either and then tells the man that her Nana said to get the men of the village to search for him. The man protests, but Mion claims that they should be more cautious due to Watanagashi and if they cannot find him they should alert the police in the morning. The man then agrees to search and alert the police in the morning if he cannot be found.
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fandom.07th-expansion | # Watanagashi Festival
The Watanagashi Festival (綿流しのお祭り "Watanagashi no Omatsuri", Cotton-Drifting Festival), also referred to as simply the Watanagashi, is an annual festival held in Hinamizawa dedicated to their god Oyashiro-sama. The event takes place on June 19 in 1983.
Etymology.
Watanagashi means "cotton drifting", reflecting the purpose of the festival by sending cotton adrift in a river. However, as pointed out by Miyo Takano in Watanagashi-hen, "wata" (わた) is also a homonym for "intestines" when replaced with a different kanji character (腸). The term then changes to mean "gut-spilling" or "organ-drifting"; referencing the Watanagashi Festival's origins as a ritual ceremony involving sacrificing humans and tearing their entrails out.
Legends.
According to local accounts and research notes from Miyo Takano, the Watanagashi Festival originated in the distant past when Hinamizawa was known as Onigafuchi. It was believed that Onigafuchi's residents were descendants of demons, and as such they had periods of hunger that could only be sated by human flesh. Oyashiro-sama permitted them to go out to human villages and kidnap people, taking them back to Onigafuchi and ceremonially dissecting them before tearing them apart and feasting on the remains; this is how the Watanagashi, the "gut-spilling" got its name.
Various kinds of implements were devised to torture sacrifices in such a way as to keep them alive as long possible, something thought to be done as a form of entertainment for onlookers. Over 200 types of implements were created, with many of them stored in the Furude Shrine's ritual warehouse. Other sacrifices were used to calm Oyashiro-sama's wrath. They were wrapped in bamboo mats and submerged in the swamp, where they would drown and sink to the bottom over a course of three days. This was interpreted as the villagers submerging Oyashiro-sama's wrath itself.
The Three Families oversaw and performed the Watanagashi for years, but it is suggested that they also carried it out as a deterrent; they were the rulers of Onigafuchi and performed the sacrificial rituals to reinforce that they were in charge and to encourage villagers to follow the religion.
It is later mentioned that the torturous practices were merely carried out in order to reinforce the restrictions placed by Oyashiro-sama on the villagers by instilling fear in them and demonstrating the consequences they would face if they were to break the taboo.
Evolution.
Meiji Era.
It was said that due to the decline of the Kimiyoshi and Furude Families, the Watanagashi fell out of practice. During the end of the , the name and the meaning of the festival changed along with the name of the village. Watanagashi took on a more pleasant undertone, transforming into a festival celebrating the end of winter and thanksgiving towards cotton items like futons and padded cloaks for keeping the villagers safe over the years. The winters in Hinamizawa are said to be very harsh due to its location and the village receives plenty of snowfall, justifying the tradition. Mion mentions that the festival used to held during the winter and not during early summer back in those days. Most likely, from this point onwards, the festival began to gradually come into line with urban shinto and developed into the fun-filled festival that it became at the beginning of the series.
Before and during the Dam War of 1975.
Around the period of the dam war, the Watanagashi had degenerated, becoming a festival only in name. At the time when Akasaka visited Hinamizawa in 1978, the day of Watanagashi seemed to merely be an excuse for village council members to get together and have a drinking party while pretending they were hosting a festival. At this point, the Watanagashi is held every year on a certain Sunday in June, however it is unclear as to exactly when and how it had changed to a festival early in the summer.
Post-Dam War.
After the dam war ended in 1978, Hinamizawa's village council made reparations with the Japanese government and has since received plenty of funding, allowing them to grow and improve the festival. With the revitalized Watanagashi Festival sticking closer to its roots as a religious festival, villagers have been attending it every year in droves. However this was rumored to be out of fear of being cursed by Oyashiro-sama.. Regardless, the festival was well-received and served to solidify the unity amongst the villagers long after the dam war had ended.
1983.
By the year of 1983—the stage for the main story of Higurashi no Naku Koro ni—the Watanagashi had transformed into a splendid festival with the Furude Shrine becoming a sort of fairground, resembling that of a modern summer shrine matsuri. Even residents from Okinomiya and those of Hinamizawan heritage who lived at faraway places came all the way to attend the fesival and pay their respects to Oyashiro-sama.
Present-Day Traditions.
On the day of Watanagashi in 1983, many anticipated events and attractions are scheduled to take place. The following is a general outline of itinerary, but the nuances of how certain events take place may vary depending on the story arc in question.
Fireworks.
At exactly 10 AM, on the morning of Watanagashi, there will be fireworks to announce to the locals that the festivities are to take place on that day; much like track and field days at schools.
Food and Entertainment Stalls.
Summer matsuri-style are set up throughout the shrine grounds, where villagers can have fun eating vendor-made food and playing carnival games commonly seen at summer matsuri. The club members often hold a competitive eating contest at the stalls, where they visit the food stalls and see who can eat the most. The club members also frequent visit the shooting gallery in many arcs to see who can win the most valuable prize. In "Watanagashi", the club members hold a competition to see who can rope up the most customers at their respective stalls in the festival grounds by acting as sales assistants for food and entertainment stalls.
Refreshment Stalls.
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Entertainment Stalls.
Mentioned in the Story:
Ceremonial Dance.
is a ritual performed by the head caretaker of the shrine, dedicated to Oyashiro-sama. After the death of the Furude couple, this responsibility falls on Rika, as the final descendant of the Furude Family and Oyashiro-sama's miko.
Before the Watanagashi festival begins, villagers donate used futons and such items of the like filled with cotton to the Furude Shrine. These are used in a ritual at the end of the festival. The head Furude priest or priestess performs a traditional dance accompanied by festival music, similar to a , with a ceremonial agricultural hoe as a prop, and tears out the cotton from the collected futons as they sacrificially purify them.
Cotton-Drifting.
After the performance, the cotton is gathered up and passed out to attendants, who give a prayer of thanks to Oyashiro-sama and touch the cotton all over their bodies, absorbing the evil that possesses them. The cotton is finally set adrift in the stream adjacent to the shrine. All participants are to attend the ritual, which is the final and most important segment of the Watanagashi festival.. Participants often head home after this, or join the after-party at the assembly hall at the shrine hosted by the Sonozaki Family to drink and dine with fellow villagers.
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fandom.07th-expansion | # Watanagashi Light Novel Volume 1
is the first volume of the "Watanagashi" adaptation and the third volume overall of the light novel adaptation.
| Watanagashi Light Novel Volume 1 |
fandom.07th-expansion | # Watanagashi Light Novel Volume 2
is the second and final volume of the "Watanagashi" adaptation and the fourth volume overall of the light novel adaptation.
| Watanagashi Light Novel Volume 2 |
fandom.07th-expansion | # Wayne
| Wayne |
fandom.07th-expansion | # Wayne Uedera
is a bodyguard employed at Primavera. He has fierce loyalty towards Rose and will do whatever it takes to protect her.
Profile.
"That legendary advisor with a long saga was still a young man at the time.<br>He was originally a bouncer for Madam Rose. No, I'd rather call him a knight.<br>He was a juvenile delinquent who had no relatives and Rose picked him up. He felt obligated to her and thus devoted his life to her.<br>Nowadays, he seems like a dignified man, but back then it was the opposite.<br>He was like a skinny, stray dog that would go around biting everything in sight.<br>Leo and Wayne fought a lot, but he was probably the one I adored the most."
Appearance.
Wayne has brown hair tied into a ponytail with a purple braid. He wears a black jacket over a yellow hoodie and black finger-less gloves.
In 1948, he wears a white jacket over a black vest and purple shirt with a yellow scarf.
As an old man, Wayne has long hair and wears sunglasses with a white suit.
Personality.
Wayne is very impulsive, often charging headfirst into dangerous situations. He dedicates himself to protecting Rose due to his gratefulness towards her and dislikes people like Butler who make advances on her.
Background.
Wayne is a self-proclaimed rat, having been orphaned long before World War II when his parents died. He was sent to live with relatives in the countryside and was treated poorly, being fed scraps and beaten a lot. Wayne eventually had enough and stole money from them, making his way to Tokyo and becoming the leader of a group of younger orphans. Wayne taught them the necessary skills to survive as a rat, and he was later hired by Rose to work for Primavera.
Story.
"Season 1".
Wayne is first introduced in 1947 when he helps Rose get away from some thugs. He starts to make acquaintances with Leo and later helps rescue Claudia when she gets kidnapped by Alfred, getting captured himself.
When Alfred plans to blow up the club, Wayne, Leo and Cyrus travel around the city wrecking his various hideouts while trying to find him but don't come up with information. Wayne punches a box in frustration, which turns out to be an important clue to Alfred's whereabouts. Wayne and his group then invade the abandoned factory Alfred's hiding out at and defeat him.
After Caleb takes over City 23 and Rose refuses to join him, Rose starts to have regrets over her answer. She asks Wayne to drive her to GHQ to get Butler's help but they get attacked by Caleb's men, with Rose captured and tortured by Miguel. Rose is saved in the end but Wayne blames himself for failing to protect her and abandons the club.
Wayne later reunites with Leo and asks to be trained by him, wanting to become a better man to better protect Rose. Leo and Wayne then help Rose escape from Claudia's restaurant when Caleb's men attack and engage them in a shootout.
In the present day of 2012, Wayne is shown to still be alive and working as Advisor Uedera and is the Consigliere for Jeanne.
"Season 2".
Wayne is taken hostage by Miguel and gets beaten up for information on Rose's whereabouts, however Wayne doesn't budge. He later escapes with Claudia and rushes to help Rose when she's called to meet Miguel alone at the pier. A firefight ensues between Wayne and Miguel's men, and Wayne is presumably killed when a grenade blows up a car and makes wreckage fall on him.
Wayne actually survived and dove into the sea, being arrested by military police and soon released with Butler's help. He suddenly reappears as Rose prepares a final attack on Caleb, much to her dismay at believing she caused his death.
Rose's group finally attacks Caleb's hideout in the finale of 1947, and Wayne engages Miguel in a bloody fight and beats him.
In 1948, Wayne continues working as a bodyguard for Rose and becomes the leader of a new group called the Wild Dogs. After Zel is taken in, Wayne has Oliver, Charles and Nina show her around. When Rose enters talks with the GDS about forming a Japanese employment agency, Wayne puts out an order to stop fights between Japanese and Chinese people from breaking out, as they don't want to make the GDS look weak. The Wild Dogs then investigate and discover a backdoor employment agency operating in Chinatown and bring the evidence to Wayne. Impressed with their work, Wayne renames the Wild Dogs into the Wandering Dogs and allows them be bodyguards for Rose.
Wayne and the Wandering Dogs later escort Rose to a meeting with the Satomi Alliance regarding soy sauce distribution, and Wayne reunites with Caleb and Miguel, who had survived. Assassins later attack them at a bar, where Wayne helps protect Rose.
In 2012, Uedera is asked to give his side of Rose's story and starts talking about the Soy Sauce War.
"You know very well what a mad dog Wayne is now.<br>He really does a great job as a consultant to Harukaze.<br>He's a good grandfather now, with a grandson and a hobby in gardening.<br>You know what happened in those days, so you should be able to tell us a little about it."
"Season 3".
The Wandering Dogs discover that Wang is flooding the market with cheap soy sauce, and they relay this information to Wayne. To commend them for their work, he invites them to Rose's next Pasta Gathering. However, Zel turns out to be an assassin sent by Wang to kill Rose. Zel is unable to carry through with the assassination and runs off, and when Wayne hears of this he tells the other Wandering Dogs about it. Since Rose ordered him not to kill Zel, Wayne instead kicks her out of the Wandering Dogs and demands that she leave the city.
Despite being faced with someone who tried to kill the one he looks up to, Wayne eases up on Zel a little bit. He later takes Rose to Wang's restaurant for her final meeting with him as Zel and the rest of the Wandering Dogs sneak in to rescue Zel's father. Wayne has heard of their plan beforehand and offers some assistance to ensure it goes well.
Ever though the Wandering Dogs showed some excellent work, Wayne disbands them in the end; Zel and her father go into hiding in a distant country as Oliver, Charles and Nina return to the Wild Dogs.
In 1949, Wayne starts investigating a man named Davis Degawa, who's trying to oppose Primavera's plans for a citywide distribution association. He meets Alan and Keith, two assassins hired to take out Davis, and later escorts Richard to meet with Alfred to discuss his backing of Davis.
Rose goes to give a speech regarding the distribution association and Wayne acts as a bodyguard, soon having to fend off mysterious men that attack them. Rose gets gravely wounded and has to undergo surgery, and Wayne and Meryl resolve to do their best for her.
"Last Season".
"Ever since the attack, Wayne hadn't left Rose's side for a moment as her personal bodyguard.<br>I'm sure he was always keeping a mad dog's eye out for the possibility that the "mysterious assailant" who was targeting Madam Rose might extend his clutches to the far reaches of the city.<br>But what was most unfortunate for him was that his sense of smell failed to detect the true enemy.<br>The death of his compatriots, and "that incident" with the Wild Dog...<br>Even he was still young..."
Rose survives the operation and starts recovering, with Wayne acting as her bodyguard throughout 1950. While out in the city, Wayne reunites with Leo and the Wandering Dogs and meets Jeanne, who want to rescue Rose after realizing that Richard is purposefully keeping her hidden. Wayne decides to help them and then starts gearing up for a final battle with Primavera.
In 2012, Uedera explains more of his relationship with Jeanne and later acts as Julie's advisor when she starts preparing to become Primavera's new leader.
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fandom.07th-expansion | # Wayne Uedera/Image Gallery
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fandom.07th-expansion | # Weak Square
Weak Square is the eighth episode of the and the third episode of Turn of the Golden Witch.
Synopsis.
The second game reaches the first twilight as Battler and Beatrice start making their moves. However, Beatrice introduces some new tricks, both on and off the gameboard.
Plot Summary.
First Half.
The clock strikes 6:00 in the morning as Kinzo awakes, intrigued that he hasn't been chosen for a sacrifice. He laughs to himself as he wonders who Beatrice "did "choose.
The servants, Nanjo, and Rosa stand outside the chapel, looking at a magic circle drawn on the door; Shannon was guided there after finding a memo in the dining hall saying "chapel" on it. Rosa notices something else drawn on the door: a message saying "Happy Halloween for Maria". Genji says they can't get into the chapel because the doors and windows are locked, and the only key that can open it is missing. He also notes how Krauss, Eva, Rudolf, and their spouses have gone missing. Rosa then heads into the cousins' bedroom where they're still asleep, relieved that Maria is safe. She goes through Maria's purse and opens the letter Beatrice gave her; the key to the chapel is inside. Battler awakes, and Rosa tells him to stay there with the cousins. Rosa brings the chapel key back to the servants, and Genji recognizes it as such. Inside, they find the missing people, dead and seated at a table; their stomachs have been sliced open, and candy is stuffed inside them. Genji and Shannon go to tell Kinzo as the cousins arrive; they run to inspect the bodies of their dead parents as Nanjo tries to hold them back, wanting to preserve the crime scene.
Inside the metaworld, Battler chastises Beatrice for her twisted method of murder. Beatrice references the first game, where the first twilight victims had destroyed faces, leaving room for Battler to suspect one of them was alive. Such is not the case here; the victims of the second game are clearly identifiable, narrowing the list of suspects. Beatrice mocks Battler's desire to deny the witch while also avoiding suspecting one of the eighteen, cackling as they leave the metaworld.
Back on the gameboard, Battler demands to know who the culprit is, with Jessica accusing the 19th guest Beatrice; she runs out of the chapel as Kanon and Gohda follow her. As George cries over the loss of his parents, he notices that the pumpkin on the table has several gold bars in it; Maria laughs evilly behind them, waiting for Beatrice to take her to the Golden Land.
Jessica bangs on the door to the VIP room as Gohda tries to calm her down. Kanon gives Jessica a master key to unlock the room with, and they find a note on the table inside; Beatrice is nowhere to be seen. Jessica reads the letter and cries out in anger, reaffirming her belief that Beatrice is the culprit as she has another coughing fit. Kanon reads the note, which is just Beatrice making fun of the victims and mocking the survivors for thinking she'd just wait around for them. Kanon hands the note to Gohda as he brings Jessica back to her room.
Inside her room, Jessica takes her medication and calms down. Kanon decides to leave her alone, offering to wait outside her room for any orders when Beatrice suddenly appears. The witch berates Kanon for not understanding a woman's heart, citing it as the reason he's furniture. Beatrice then wishes to see what sort of power Kinzo's furniture has and summons a legion of goat servants. Dumbfounded, Jessica stares at the goats, who manifest magic swords. Kanon stands in front of Jessica, summoning his own sword; Jessica is even more surprised to see this as Kanon laments how he never wanted to show her. Beatrice compliments Kinzo's ability to create furniture as Kanon enters a fighting stance; the legion of goat servants start attacking him as the clock strikes 6:43.
Second Half.
In the parlor, the rest of the survivors are looking at Beatrice's note, taking it as confirmation that she is indeed the murderer. Nanjo notes how they found another letter in the chapel; it's a message from Beatrice, introducing herself as a witch and announcing her plan to take the gold back from Kinzo with interest. If the family solves the epitaph, she'll return everything; the family assume she's telling the truth because of the gold bars in the chapel.
Meanwhile, Kanon manages to fend off the goats and moves to attack Beatrice, who teleports out of the way. She insults Kanon, repeatedly calling him furniture when Jessica stands up; she believes Kanon is human with a will of his own since he was risking his life to defend her. Beatrice, excited by Jessica's acknowledgement of Kanon, chooses the two of them as sacrifices for the second twilight as the "two who are close". She then summons a demon much more powerful than the goats: Asmodeus of Lust, one of the Seven Stakes of Purgatory. Kanon moves to attack Asmodeus, who dodges all of his swings. She then transforms into a stake and begins rebounding off the walls of the room, too fast for Kanon to see.
Asmodeus finally gets into position to pierce Kanon in the back, only for Jessica to take the hit for him, as she'd predicted where Asmodeus would attack. Jessica faints, and Beatrice laughs at Kanon's failure to protect her, summoning another Stake: Satan of Wrath. As Kanon announces his resolve that he's no longer furniture, Satan talks about wanting to pierce him again; she then transforms into a stake like Asmodeus and stabs Kanon. As Jessica and Kanon lay dying, they reach out for each other; Jessica asks Kanon what his real name is, but she dies before he can say it. Kanon dies soon after, believing that he's finally become human. Beatrice laughs hysterically at this, planning to humiliate Kanon even in death by making his corpse disappear.
Inside the study, Genji and Shannon have informed Kinzo about the murders, asking what to do next. Kinzo decides to write a will, asking Shannon to prepare materials as Genji gets him a drink.
Back at the parlor, Gohda informs Rosa that the phone lines are down, meaning that the police's arrival will have to wait. Everyone else is talking about the murders, wondering why it was so horrible and why there was scribbling on the door; Maria informs them that the scribbling is a magic circle before getting hit by Rosa. Battler asks Maria to clarify, and she explains that the magic circle had a Hebrew phrase calling for a "sacrifice of thanksgiving". George deduces that the victims were sacrifices as Battler thinks about the other phrase on the door, "Happy Halloween for Maria"; he deduces that message was the reason Maria had the key to the chapel. Speaking of which, George questions how there was only one key to the chapel, yet the culprit could still open and lock it when it was inside of Maria's bag all day.
The metaworld begins again, and Beatrice asks Battler to explain this closed room murder. Battler doesn't have enough information and cites the Devil's Proof, thinking there's a duplicate key or hidden door. Beatrice then decides to add a new rule: "From now on, when I speak the truth, that sentence will be displayed in red letters." Beatrice introduces this rule so Battler can't weasel out of explanations from lack of evidence; everything said in red is the truth. Battler then asks her why she doesn't just say "these crimes were done with magic" in red; Beatrice wants to make this a fair game and make Battler submit completely. When asked about how the victims entered the chapel, Beatrice reveals that "regardless of whether they were dead or alive, those six people (Krauss, Rudolf, Eva, Hideyoshi, Kyrie, and Natsuhi) definitely entered through the door." Battler asks her for proof, and Beatrice supplements the red truth rule by adding that the red is absolute; it's a fact, and no evidence or proof needs to be shown. Beatrice then confirms that there is only one key to the chapel, and it's impossible to lock and unlock the door to the chapel without the key to the chapel.
Beatrice claims that the six entered the door with magic until Battler brings up Maria's key; the culprit must have given her a fake, switching it with the real key after the murder. Beatrice finds it ridiculous and confirms that "the object inside the envelope I (Beatrice) gave Maria really was the key to the chapel."
Battler then suggests that, until Rosa took the envelope out of Maria's bag, no one could touch it. Beatrice doesn't respond, and Battler uses this chance to expand his theory. He suggests that, before this morning, the culprit stole the envelope out of Maria's bag and unlocked the chapel, putting it back after the murder was done. Beatrice laughs and compliments his theory, going on to say that Battler still has to suspect one of his relatives if he wants to claim victory. She likens it to Battler strangling his own neck.
It's now 7:30 is the parlor, and the cousins are talking about Beatrice's goals; Maria says she's testing to see if they can solve the epitaph or not. Maria doesn't care about the gold and just wants to go to the Golden Land. Rosa soon arrives in the parlor, carrying a Winchester; she borrowed it from Kinzo, who wants to stay in the study. Rosa announces her desire to protect the survivors, her grip on the gun tightening.
Teaser.
Maria narrates the preview, wishing the viewer a Happy Halloween. She says Beatrice gave her all kinds of sweets, but they're sticky and not very tasty. Beato told her they were packed with iron and calcium, but they smell stinky too. Maria says the next episode title and laughs, wanting Battler to hold out his hands so she can give him a surprise.
Comparisons to Source Material.
This episode adapts the visual novel chapters "Halloween", "Jessica and Kanon", "New Rule", and "A Suspect".
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fandom.07th-expansion | # Wedding Bells on the Battlefield
was the twenty-sixth event in "Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Mei". It is the second part to a wedding-themed event celebrating the game's 1st year anniversary. It ran from September 10, 2021 until September 19, 2021.
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 | # Weekly Spa! October 28, 2008
| Weekly Spa! October 28, 2008 |
fandom.07th-expansion | # Weekly Spa! October 28, 2008 Interview
This is a translation of an interview between Ryukishi07 and writer Yuji Kohtari concerning 's supposed influence on real murder incidents. It was published in Weekly Spa! magazine on October 28, 2008, and had coverage and writing by Hidekuni Shida and photography by Tadashi Kikutake.
Translated by Omegabodega.
Interview.
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The Higurashi When They Cry writer refutes the “murder influence theory!”
The unprecedented hit work in the doujin world, Higurashi When They Cry. Concerning the rumors of this work having some relationship to juvenile crime, the writer Ryukishi07 refutes them and says, “it is an appeal to the foolishness of murder.” And yet, why do juvenile crimes without reason keep happening? Columnist Yuji Kohtari, who travels around investigating crime scenes and is serialized in this magazine, asks the writer directly.
In recent times, there is one game that attracts attention any time a bizarre murder committed by a boy or girl occurs; that being Higurashi When They Cry. A mystery novel game sold as a “doujin game” that can’t be found in so-called mass retailers and has sold a record 30,000 copies as of now. Manga, anime, novels, films…for a work that’s been expressed through various mediums, why is it considered the cause of murder? Yuji Kohtari, who has investigated these incidents for many years, presses on!
Kohtari: The reason I’ve been called here today is because I often hear about Higurashi When They Cry being talked about at crime scenes. In July 2007, when a girl in Kyoto committed murder with an axe, many points were raised about the similarities to Higurashi. As for the mother and child murder-arson incident in Hachinohe in January of this year, Higurashi was found in the boy culprit’s room.
Ryukishi07: Why is only Higurashi being confiscated?
Kohtari: Well, this is just my opinion, but I think news reporters don’t play Higurashi. In most cases, the police informally say, “this was found in that room.” And so they think, “Perhaps we ought to keep an eye on this.”
Ryukishi07: I see (laughs).
Kohtari: Ryukishi07-san, did you want to write about the internals of present-day children in Higurashi?
Ryukishi07: Rather than the internals of children, perhaps Higurashi’s theme is the opposition between communication and miscommunication. Higurashi is split into 4 chapters in the first part’s Question Arcs and 4 chapters in the second part’s Answer Arcs, 8 chapters total. Only the first part is actually recognized by the public as “children are trapped in darkness and cause tragic incidents”. For example, there’s a certain story in the first half with a very heavy theme of a friend being abused by her uncle.
The protagonist worries and anguishes all by himself, and as a result decides to become a murderer. The reader is left to think, “how do we break out of this tragic situation?” And so, in the answer arc of the latter half, the protagonist communicates with his surroundings and doesn’t commit a crime, and breaks out of this situation the correct way. I wrote about the process of resolving the problem of miscommunication in the first half by communication in the latter half.
Kohtari: Is this theme based on real experiences you’ve had?
Ryukishi07: I had a lot of experience from when I was originally a civil servant. I was responsible for a self-governing district, where I saw many scenes of communicating with local residents to solve problems. One problem surrounded a garbage dump, for example. Residents who didn’t pay town council fees threw away their garbage at a temporary dump that the town council appealed to the cleaning bureau to make. Everyone got angry and said, “People who don’t pay can’t throw away their garbage here!” But town council fees aren’t an obligation, nor do they have the right to stop people from dumping garbage. And so in that situation, it developed into the residents’ troubles. In such cases, people seem to think the government office would invoke their iron fist and forcibly solve the problem, but that’s not true. Everything is resolved through “discussion”. Or rather, they have a discussion with the local residents, which happens all the time. It’s an undeniable fact that Higurashi was born from experiences like these.
同人ゲーム業界における空前のヒット作『ひぐらしのなく頃に』。少年犯罪との関連性が取り沙汰される同作品について、作者の竜騎士07氏は「むしろ殺人の愚かさを訴えたものだ」と反論する。では、“理由なき"犯行に映る少年犯罪は、なぜ止まらないのか?本誌連載で事件の現場を取材して回るコラムニスト・神足裕司氏が作者を直撃した。
昨今、少年少女による猟奇殺人が起きるたびに注目される一つのゲームがある。それが、『ひぐらしのなく頃に』である。いわゆる量販店には並ばない"同人ゲーム"として発売され、シリーズ累計3万本の販売を記録したミステリーノベルゲームだ。マンガ、アニメ、小説、映画...さまざまな媒体で発表される本作は、なぜ殺人の原因とされるのか?事件の現場で長年取材する神足裕司氏が迫る!
神足: 今回なぜ僕が呼ばれたかというと、事件現場で『ひぐらしのなく頃に』の話を聞くことが多かったからなんですよ。‘07年9月、京都で少女が手斧を使って殺人を犯したときに『ひぐらし』との類似点が挙げられましたよね。今年1月の八戸の母子殺害放火事件では、犯人の少年の部屋から『ひぐらし』が見つかった。
竜騎士07: なぜ『ひぐらし』ばかりが取り上げられるんでしょう。
神足: まあ、これは僕なりの考えだけど、報道する記者は『ひぐらし』をプレイしているわけじゃないと思う。大抵の場合は、警察が非公式に「あの部屋にこれがあったよ」と言うわけです。だから、たぶんニラまれているんだと思う。
竜騎士07: なるほど(笑)。
神足: 竜騎士07さんは『ひぐらし』で、今の子供たちの内面を書きたかったんですか?
竜騎士07: 内面ということよりもむしろ、『ひぐらし』のテーマは、ディスコミュニケーションとコミュニケーションの対立、なんです。『ひぐらし』は全8話で前編の出題編4話と後編の解答編4話に分かれてまして、実は前編のみが世間で認知されているような「子供が闇に囚われて、悲惨な事件を起こす」というものなんです。例えば前編のある一話には、友人が叔父から虐待を受けているという非常にヘビーなテーマがある。主人公は一人で悶々と悩んで、その結果「殺人」に至るんです。読者は、この「悲惨な状況をいかに打破するか?」という答えを推理することになります。そして、後編の解答編では、主人公が周囲とコミュニケーションを取ることで、犯罪などではない、正しいやり方で状況を打破する。前編のディスコミュニケーションの状態を、後編のコミュニケーションで解決するという過程が書かれているわけです。
神足: このテーマは、竜騎士07さんの実体験に基づいているんですか?
竜騎士07: 自分はもともと公務員だったので、そのときの経験が大きかったですね。その中で地域自治を担当したことがあって、地域の住民の方とコミュニケーションを取りながら、問題を解決するシーンをたくさん見てきました。例えば、ゴミ捨て場問題一つとってもそう。町会が清掃局に働きかけてつくってもらった臨時ゴミ捨て場に、町会費を払ってない住民がゴミを捨てる。すると、みんな「払わない人間はここにゴミを捨てるな」と怒るわけです。でも、町会費は義務ではないし、ゴミを捨てるのを止める権利もない。で、住民トラブルに発展する、といった具合ですね。こういった場合、お役所というものは強権を発動して、無理やり問題を解決するもんだと思われがちですが、違います。すべて「話し合い」で解決するんですよ。というか、一事が万事、地域住民との話し合いです。『ひぐらし』が、こういった経験の中から生まれたことは紛れもない事実ですね。
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Unable To Understand Children’s SOS Signs.
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Kohtari: Reading Higurashi seems to explain the sudden murders committed by children recently. I believe it’s close to what children nowadays are thinking.
Ryukishi07: Ordinary, commonplace protagonists can certainly commit murder in Higurashi. But I didn’t intend to write about meaningless murders. I wrote a whole lot about how an ordinary student could reach the thought process of, “I have no choice but to kill” with a metal bat in hand.
Kohtari: I haven’t been able to understand the motive behind juvenile murder incidents for about 3 years. For example, the father murder case in Kawaguchi in July of this year. A girl made curry with her father for dinner, and then suddenly killed him in the middle of the night. With the motive being incredibly unclear, critics say she might have been sleepwalking.
Ryukishi07: Whenever a bizarre incident occurs, people follow a bizarre profile of the criminal and often say “I can’t understand the culprit”, but I believe that’s the first step to “refusing to think critically.” Before a culprit commits murder, I think they always give off an SOS sign. “I want somebody to stop me”, “I’m lonely”. I think the culprit behind the wrote on a cell phone site.
Kohtari: He was upset that he was being ignored, and so he made an appeal that said “I’m seriously saying it like this so that somebody can stop me.”
Ryukishi07: That’s a clear advance notice coinciding with SOS signs. But nobody realized it. That was the beginning of the tragedy. In the past, you might be able to confide your troubles to your parents. But now you write it in emails or the Internet. It’s an unknown space for parents.
Kohtari: Perhaps they’ll understand the motives only when you die.
Ryukishi07: Perhaps they won’t understand even if you die. If you don’t know the passwords to their blogs or to social network sites like mixi, only their owners are able to access them. Children use slang and the internet, and are clever at communicating. And so, it becomes difficult to pick up on children’s SOS signs. Perhaps their SOS signs are updated every time a new piece of media comes out. I don’t understand gyaru dialect and stuff at all (laughs). “JK, think about it carefully (jyoushikiteki ni kangaete)”; “KY, can’t read the situation (kuuki yomenai)”; we’re in an age where adults don’t understand when crime notices have been typed with lots of slang.
Kohtari: So JK doesn’t refer to high school girls (joushi kousei) anymore…
Ryukishi07: That’s wonderful, that old man feeling (laughs). Now that you mention it, I saw something written by a child consultation person in a magazine that if a child sets their phone to silent, it’s some kind of SOS signal. They said that perhaps the child is receiving harassing emails or phone calls. I think the child consultation person is truly alert.
Kohtari: Incidentally, if an old man’s cell phone goes silent, that’s a sign he’s having an affair (laughs).
Ryukishi07: I see, that’s something I haven’t studied enough (laughs).
読み取れない子供たちのSOSサイン
神足:『ひぐらし』を読んでいると、突発的に見える、最近の子供たちの殺人を説明できるような気がします。『ひぐらし』は、最近の子供が考えていることと近いと思うんです。
竜騎士07: 確かに『ひぐらし』では、どこにでもいる平凡な主人公が殺人を犯します。でも、私は意味のない殺人は書いていないつもりです。なぜ、普通の学生が金属バットを片手に「殺すしかない」という心理に至るのかを、相当厚く書いています。
神足: 3年ぐらいから、少年の殺人事件の理由がわからなくなってきたんですよ。例えば、今年7月の川口の父親殺害事件。お父さんと晩に、一緒にカレーを作っていた少女が、いきなり夜中にお父さんを殺してしまった。理由があまりにも不明だったんで、評論家たちは夢遊病ではないかと言ったんですけど。
竜騎士07: 異常な事件が起きるたびに、異常な犯人像を追って、「犯人が理解できない」と連呼しますが、私はそれは”思考停止”の第一歩だと思っています。犯人は殺人を犯す前に、必ずSOSサインを出していたと思うんです。「誰か止めてほしい」「僕は寂しい」って。確か、秋葉原の無差別殺人犯もケータイのサイトに書いていましたよね。
神足:「こんなに俺がめちゃくちゃなこと言ってるのに誰か止めろよ」と訴えるような内容で、無視されていることに憤慨していましたね。
竜騎士07:あれは明らかな犯行予告であると同時に彼のSOSサインだったわけです。でも、それが誰からも気づかれない。それが悲劇の始まりだったんです。昔だったら、親に悩みを打ち明けたかもしれない。だけど、今はメールやネットに書いてしまう。でも、親にとって、それは未知の空間なんですよ。
神足: 死んで初めて、理由がわかるのかもしれない。
竜騎士07: 死んでもわからないかもしれないですよ。ブログのパスワードもわからなければ、ミクシィみたいなSNSも、本人しかアクセスできないですから。子供は隠語やネットを使って、巧みにコミュニケーションしている。だから、子供のSOSサインを拾うことが、どんどん困難になっているんです。恐らく新しいメディアが登場するたびに、子供たちのSOSサインは更新されていく。ギャル語とか、もうわかりませんからね(笑)。「JK(常識的に考えて)」だの「KY(空気読めない)」だの、隠語連発で犯行予告を打たれても、大人はわからない時代になっているんです。
神足:「JK」はもう、女子高生のことではないんですね...。
竜騎士07: それ結構、オヤジ感覚ですよ(笑)。そういえば、雑誌で児童相談所の方が書いているのを見たんですけど、子供がケータイの着信をサイレントにしたら何らかのSOSサインだと。いじめのメールや電話を受けている可能性があるっていうんですね。さすが児童相談所の方は、敏感なんだなと思いました。
神足: ちなみに、オジサンのケータイがサイレントになったら、浮気をしているサインですよ(笑)。
竜騎士07: なるほど、それは勉強不足でした(笑)。
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Wanting To Convey That Murder Isn’t Worth It.
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Kohtari: Statistically, the amount of juvenile crime as a whole is decreasing each year. But I feel that the sadness increases with each and every crime.
Ryukishi07: Children today live under the uniform thought that “violence is wrong”, so they don’t know how to fight or how to use violence. So once you use violence, there is no “stopping point”. “Should I kill” or “Should I not kill”, we live in a world of 1s and 0s.
Kohtari: It’s digital, there’s no concept of a middle ground.
Ryukishi07: Right, there’s no middle ground for today’s children. But once you go out into the world, you realize that society is more grayer and more analog than you thought. Inbetween 0 and 1 there’s 0.1, 0.2…there’s many steps, and each step gives you various options. I want people to recognize the choice of “talk about it” before the choice of “die” or “kill”. Your parents, your friends, even the barkeeper is good. If you don’t have anyone to talk to, then the officer at the police box is good.
Kohtari: Surprisingly, you aren’t able to have important conversations with your parents.
Ryukishi07: That’s certainly the case. But I think the step of “talking to your parents” is much lower than the steps of “dying” or “killing”. For example, in the past when I thought, “Work is too strict, I’ll just die”, I said “If I’m going to die anyway, then I’ll use up all my savings!”, and tried to withdraw the million yen I had in the bank. But when I went in front of the ATM, I couldn’t even withdraw 1 yen (laughs). And so, before you die or kill, I want you to try the easier step, at least once. It’s pretty much something that can’t be overcome.
Kohtari: That’s true. People change with a little bit of “realism”. It has the same effect, even if experienced in fiction.
Ryukishi07: I agree. That’s why in the first part of Higurashi, I dared to write both very heavy and very sad murder scenes. You don’t just poke someone with a metal bat and then they die. If you attack them they’ll resist and run away, and depending on the situation they’ll even counterattack. It’s the antithesis to many works nowadays. There’s no way you can kill opponents stylishly and cool-like. Real murders are incredibly sad, the aftermath is ugly, and it’s not supposed to be cool. I wanted to convey that murder is muddy and isn’t worth it. Even if you kill, you leave behind a dead body. You’re left carrying that spilled blood forever like a cross. It’s a strong message that you shouldn’t think of murder as a game.
Kohtari: That’s very critical. That might not have been conveyed to police officers and the like who don’t actually play it.
Ryukishi07: If Higurashi showed villainous people getting killed in a stylish way like a professional assassin, and if everyday life afterwards was shown as though nothing had happened, then children who read it will misunderstand and go, “Ah, it’s okay to kill bad guys!” And so, it was necessary for Higurashi When They Cry to become a muddy, cruel work.
Kohtari: I see.
Ryukishi07: Don’t you often teach children, “Don’t cross the street at a red light”? In extreme cases, that’s already a thoughtless statement. They don’t properly explain what happens when you cross a red light, and so you don’t think about why crossing is wrong. Through Higurashi I wrote about the other side, of what happens when you cross that red light. It’s to convey the realism that “You will suffer like this and die.”
Kohtari: So in short, Higurashi When They Cry is a game that doesn’t “promote” murder, but instead is meant to “suppress” murder.
Ryukishi07: Exactly. Like I said a while ago, the world is gray. We don’t tell people to learn about that gray section through fighting. But people gain resistance and immunity by overcoming illnesses. And so, through Higurashi When They Cry, I want people to feel the kind of psychological and bodily pain that’s difficult to experience nowadays. From the bottom of my heart, I want the children of today to find that middle ground between 1 and 0.
殺人は割に合わないものだと伝えたい
神足: 統計的には年々、少年犯罪全体の量は減っているんです。けれど、一つずつの犯罪では、陰惨さが増している気がしますね。
竜騎士07: 今の子供は「暴力はいけない」っていう一律の考えの中で生きているから、喧嘩の仕方も、暴力の振るい方もわからないんです。だから一旦、暴力を振るったときに「ここでやめる」っていうのがない。「殺すか」それとも「殺さないか」という、「1」か「0」の世界で生きているんですよね。
神足: デジタル的で、中間の概念がない、と。
竜騎士07:そう、今の子供たちには中間がないんです。でも、社会に出ればわかるんですけど、世の中って思ったよりグレーで、アナログなんです。「0」と「1」の間には「0.1」「0.2」...といくつもの段階があって、そのそれぞれの段階で、いろんな選択肢を持てるはずです。「死ぬ」とか「殺す」っていう選択肢を思いつく前に、「相談する」っていう選択肢があることに気づいてほしい。それは、親でも友達でも、飲み屋のマスターでもいい。誰もいなきゃ、交番にいる警官でもいい。
神足: 意外と、親には大事な話ができなかったりするからね。
竜騎士07: そういう場合もありますね。でも、「死ぬ」「殺す」というステップよりも、「親に相談する」というステップのほうがよっぽど低いと思うんですよ。例えば、私は以前、仕事が辛くて死んでやる、と思ったときに「どうせ死ぬなら、貯金を使い果たしてから死んでやる!」と、銀行にあった100万円をすべて下ろそうとしたことがあります。でも、いざATMの前に行くと、1円も下ろせなかった(笑)。だから、「死ぬ」「殺す」の前に、もっと楽なステップを一度、試してみてほしい、と。結構、それも超えられないものなんですよ。
神足: 本当にそうですね。人間は、ちょっとした"リアル"で変わりますから。それは、たとえフィクションで経験しても同じ効果がある。
竜騎士07: そうなんです。だから私は『ひぐらし』の前編で、あえて殺人シーンはどれもすごく重く、とても陰惨に描いています。金属バット一発でポカッと叩いて死ぬわけじゃないんですよ。相手は叩かれたら抵抗して逃げるわけで、場合によっては反撃も受ける。これは、今の多くの作品に対するアンチテーゼでもあるんです。スタイリッシュでカッコよく、敵を殺せるわけがない。本当の殺人というのはもっと陰惨で、後腐れが悪くて、とてもカッコいいなんてものじゃない。殺人ってこんな泥臭くて割に合わないものなんだってことを伝えたかったんです。殺しても死体は残るんです。返り血も残るし、背負った十字架は永久に残る。殺人をゲームのように考えてほしくないという強いメッセージを込めているんですよ。
神足: すごく批評的ですね。それは、実際に遊んでいない警察の人とかには伝わらないかもしれない。
竜騎士07: もしも『ひぐらし』という作品が、悪人に見える人間を必殺仕事人のようにカッコよく殺して、その後も何事もなかったかのような日常を描いていたとしたら、それを読んだ子供たちは「ああ、イヤなヤツは殺していいんだ」と誤解しますよね。だから、『ひぐらしのなく頃に』という作品は残酷で泥臭い必要があったんです。
神足: なるほど。
竜騎士07: よく、子供に「赤信号を渡ってはいけませんよ」と教えるでしょう?極端な話をすれば、それがすでに思考停止なんです。「赤信号を渡ったらどうなるか」をきちんと説明しないから、「どうして渡ってはいけないのか」を考えることができない。なので、私はあえて『ひぐらし』を通して「赤信号を渡ったら」の向こう側を書いたんです。君はこんなにヒドい目にあって死ぬんだよ、とリアルに伝えるために。
神足: つまり、『ひぐらしのなく頃に』という作品は、殺人を"助長"するようなものではなく、むしろ殺人を"抑制"するためのゲームである、ということですね。
竜騎士07: そのとおりです。先ほども言ったように、世界はグレーなんです。そのグレーな部分を、「喧嘩で覚えろ」とは言いません。
でも、人間は病気を克服することで抵抗力、免疫がついてくる。だから、最近は経験しにくくなってしまった、そういった心の痛みや体の痛みを『ひぐらしのなく頃に』を通じて感じてもらいたいんです。今の子供たちに「0」と「1」の中間を知ってほしいと、私は心から願っています。
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| Weekly Spa! October 28, 2008 Interview |
fandom.07th-expansion | # Welcome to the Mirror World
is the third chapter of and the tenth chapter in the overall series.
Summary.
In the School Infirmary, Higanbana, being lazy and untidy, demands Marie to go and get her food; Marie protests, but in the end Marie reluctantly agrees to get her food. After Marie leaves, Kyou, the 5th ranked youkai of the school, comes to the infirmary asking for Marie in which leaves Higanbana confused. Kyou tracks down Marie, who is still looking for Higanbana's food, and asks for her help cleaning the mirrors. He explains that the mirror in the school lead to alternate worlds and each one of these world's mirrors must be kept clean by the many versions of himself. One alternate world has collected dirt on its side. Kyou grew concerned as one alternate world has collected dirt on its side, so he enlisted Marie's help with the promise of a Rice cake. The two then travel to the Mirror World.
Once in the mirror world, Marie expressed how the mirror world feels disorienting. She asks if there is an alternate versions of everyone, and Kyou confirms such assumptions. Both agree to split up to clean the mirrors of the alternate world. Marie first visits the Drama club room where Midori Kusunoki and the Black Tea Gentleman are discussing a play. Midori boast about her acting and wealth while The Black Tea Gentlemen responds sarcastically to her which puzzles Marie, as Midori was always bashful. She cleans the mirror in the Drama club room and moves to her bathroom. There she finds the Headmaster who acts nice to Marie and offers to help clean her bathroom, Marie agrees and they both clean the bathroom. After they are done, Marie thanks the Headmaster and he begs to be of help if there are more mirrors that she needs cleaning and offers to assist which confuses Marie even more. Next, Marie encounters Michiru Sakurada who is scoffing off other students of the idea of youkai or the supernatural and tries to explain the situations she is given with scientific reasoning.
Marie meets up with the original world's Kyou and he explains that in the mirror world, the color patterns of their clothing and personality is flipped and both agree to split off to clean the remaining mirrors. Next, she meets the mirror world counterparts of Higanbana and Sumire who were chatting together. Marie greets the two and both are startled and offer to help while arguing who would help Marie the most. In an effort to win Marie's praise, Higanbana and Sumire clean the mirrors around them, while Marie watches. Marie mumbles how the original world's Higanbana could be a bit better and the mirror worlds version overheard it and gets upset. After both of them finish cleaning the mirrors, Sakunoshin, who is drunk on sake, kicks and dirties the mirror that Higanbana and Sumire were cleaning. He remarks they should start cleaning up his mess while ignoring Marie. Seeing how different everyone's mirror world counterparts are, Marie wonders how her counterpart is like.
It is revealed that the mirrors are dirty because the mirror world's Kyou was tied up by Marie's mirror world counterpart. She had planned this in order to get the original world's Kyou to open the mirror gateway so she could slip through into the original world, and take control of it. Once in the original world, her Marie's counterpart, Gera Gera Marie, heads to the Infirmary to subjugate Higanbana. She storms into the Infirmary, but Higanbana, not noticing Marie's changed clothing, demands her food. Gera Gera Marie gets insulted by this and talks back to Higanbana who takes Marie's disobedience to her poorly and threatens to teach her a lesson. Higanbana boasts once again how she is The Third Ranked School Youkai, but Gera Gera Marie retorts saying she is The First Ranked School Youkai. It is revealed that in the mirror world, power is also reversed. After a brief fight Gera Gera Marie defeats Higanbana and threatens her to find her food. Higanbana, frightened, accepts and runs to get Mirror world Marie food. The original world's Kyou and Marie, alongside mirror world's Kyou, appear. With both Kyous' power, they banish her back to the mirror world. Higanbana returns to Marie: unaware that she is the original world's version. Marie uses the situation at hand to her advantage to make Higanbana treat her better.
| Welcome to the Mirror World |
fandom.07th-expansion | # Wetting Season
is the forty-ninth event in and the ninth collaboration event.
It is a collaboration with that ran from August 12, 2022 to September 1, 2022.
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.
| Wetting Season |
fandom.07th-expansion | # When They Cry
| When They Cry |
fandom.07th-expansion | # When They Cry (franchise)
is a media franchise produced by 07th Expansion consisting of visual novel games and adaptations thereof.
There are three series in the franchise as of now:
Notably, was stated to be part of the series. There are no similar official statements on "Harem Royale ~When the Game Ends~" and "Bakemonotachi ga Usobuku Koro ni" despite the similar naming pattern.
Recurring Themes and Concepts.
According to Ryukishi07, "the world-view of "When They Cry" is 'pieces moving on the gameboard and a player that observes them and tries to find out the rules of the game'. Each piece on a gameboard has its own winning conditions and moves by its own rules. These pieces meet, interfere with each other, some invisible from the first glance chemistry borns between them. By actions that these pieces take in those situations you can understand the rules, and that world-view is a fundamental rule of When They Cry."
He has mentioned in the past that "Higurashi" and "Umineko" take place in worlds that are very distant from each other, yet still connected. He also claimed, "the two works share a part of the same setting, and I have a huge unified world in my mind, but it’s just a framework in my brain, not something that is clearly depicted in the story."
See Ryukishi07#Themes for more information on the matter.
Because of the tendency for later works to refer to elements from earlier works, sometimes causing spoilers of various degrees, it is highly recommended to read the main "When They Cry" titles, or any work from 07th Expansion for that matter, in release order.
| When They Cry (franchise) |
fandom.07th-expansion | # When They Cry Art Record
| When They Cry Art Record |
fandom.07th-expansion | # When They Cry Records
is a music label that handles the releases of music from 07th Expansion's works on official websites such as Spotify and Apple Music.
| When They Cry Records |
fandom.07th-expansion | # White Wolf Kannon
White Wolf Kannon is a local deity who prowls Jōga, carrying out the god of the land's will to rid it of the regressed "wolves". She appears as a young girl wearing an elaborate white outfit and wolf-like mask. She is named after the bodhisattva .
| White Wolf Kannon |
fandom.07th-expansion | # Whose Tea Party
| Whose Tea Party |
fandom.07th-expansion | # Whose Tea Party?
is an extra arc in . It was first released on March 22, 2010.
English translation is by crystalweaver on livejournal.
Plot Summary.
Bernkastel is invited to a tea party hosted by Lambdadelta and Featherine, but traps abound.
Release History.
Original Release.
"Whose Tea Party?" was originally a text story released as a booklet at the "Mariage Sorciere" event on March 22, 2010.
Tsubasa.
"Whose Tea Party?" was adapted into visual novel format with "Umineko no Naku Koro ni Tsubasa", released physically at Comiket 79 on December 31, 2010.
The First and the Last Gift.
This arc was rereleased in "" on December 16, 2015.
Saku.
"Umineko no Naku Koro ni Saku" is a rerelease containing all previously-released "Umineko" content, which includes "Tsubasa" and thus this arc. "Saku" released on October 4, 2019.
Ports.
Symphony of Catbox and Dreams is a PS4 and Nintendo Switch port of "Umineko no Naku Koro ni Saku", which released on January 28, 2021.
Transcript.
Do you know of the tidings the wind brings...?
The wind is truly carrying them along, and whispering in our ears.
"How are you, Bernkastel? I am hosting a wonderful tea party. Please do participate."
Whose invitation is it?
But since she is inviting a witch, she surely must also be a witch herself.
"...How interesting. I'll go along with it, as long as it distracts me from my boredom for a short time."
She was guided by the wind.
What Bernkastel came to was a dense and gloomy forest.
"...If someone were killed in this forest. No matter how much they scream, no one would hear them. The perfect forest for a witch's tea party."
In the entrance to the forest, there was a large stump carved in the shape of a chair, as well as a small sign.
[Welcome to the witch's tea party. You surely must be tired from your long journey. Please, take a rest on this stump.]
Bernkastel stared at the stump of a chair, and then spoke.
"...Yeah, I get it. If I sit on this, I will be caught in a trap and bound by chains or something of the sort. A cherry pie or something will come falling from above, and I'll be made into a laughingstock. That must be the plan."
That was close, that was close. Bernkastel was nearly made into the tea party's entertainment instead of its guest.
She continued down the forest path. There, she found a raspberry thicket and a small table placed in front of it. Raspberry juice was placed on top of it.
[You must be thirsty. Please drink this.]
Bernkastel stared at the glass of juice, and then spoke.
"...Yeah, I get it. It must be poisoned, so when I drink this, my stomach will break down and I’ll be made into a laughingstock. That must be the plan."
That was close, that was close. Bernkastel had seen through another trap.
As she made her way through the forest, at all the places she went to, various traps awaited Bernkastel.
[Please eat this. It's a delicious akebia fruit.]
"...There's no way I would fall for that. It's obviously poisoned."
[Won't you play around a bit? Here is a fun swing entwined with ivy.]
"...There's no way I would fall for that. It's obviously a trap. I get it."
Eventually, in the deepest part of the forest, she encountered a house made out of candy.
[You have truly done well. Please knock and enter.]
"I wonder who the host of this ridiculous tea party is. I do hope they at least bestow me with a look at their face. ...Oh, that's right, this house might be a trap, too. I have to be careful."
Bernkastel hid her breathing and stealthily peeked inside the house...
Inside, Lambdadelta and Featherine were drinking tea and having a friendly chat.
"Bern will come."
"She has an even more deeply skeptical nature than a cat. She will suspect this is a trap and turn back on the way here."
It seemed as though the two of them were arguing over whether Bernkastel would come or not.
"Bern will certainly come. I swear it as the Witch of Certainty. And there's no way she'd be afraid of traps. Whether it's chairs or drinks or snacks. So that she'll enjoy this tea party in the forest, I've come up with plenty of plans to welcome her. Bern will enjoy herself, and make her way here."
"Let's see, I wonder about that...? I have known her well since she was a miko. She is far more clumsy, stupid, and easily frightened than you think. ...Her heart is not big enough to understand your plan."
"That was back when you were around, wasn't it...? She's different now. Ever since she started playing with me, she's become more open. She's different than she used to be."
"I wonder about that? No matter how much you feed it, a stray cat will never become attached. This tea party shall remain for the two of us alone."
"She'll come...! Bern will certainly come! The Witch of Certainty swears it!"
"She won't, she won't. She definitely will not come. I shall swear it as the Witch of Theater. *giggle*giggle*giggle*...!"
"She'll come! She's changed since she started playing with me...!"
Bern went back along the forest path at a quick pace. Was it because she had realized it was a trap and turned back...? It seemed like something different.
"...It's because Auaurora said I definitely wouldn't come. ...I feel like doing it out of spite. The last thing I'd want to do is what that bitch expects. ...Yeah, that's my only reason. I have absolutely no intention of doing it to honor Lambda's foolishness."
Bern muttered that to herself, but rapidly retraced her steps along the path. Since she intended to participate in the tea party, why was she going back...?
There, she came across the entrance of the forest. A stump of a chair and a small sign.
[Welcome to the witch's tea party. You surely must be tired from your long journey. Please, take a rest on this stump.]
"...Yeah, I really am exhausted from walking so much. I'll take you up on that offer."
Bern sat down on the stump chair. She had taken a very roundabout way of doing it, but still. ...It seemed she had finally participated in Lambdadelta's tea party.
"Ahahaha, aaahahaha! See, see? I caught Bern. I ce~rtainly knew I'd be able to catch her~☆"
"You, who I had thought were as deeply skeptical as a cat... To think you were caught by a trap of this level. ...You don't disappoi...no, you really don't let me get bored."
"...That's right, I really have changed. Thanks to Lambda, I've become incredibly stupid."
Bernkastel, on top of the stump chair, was wrapped in thick chains as a cheesecake came tumbling onto her head. It stuck on top of her head, almost like a hat.
A trap had been set so that this would happen to whoever sat on the stump.
"Did you enjoy it? My entertainment."
"...It was passable. If this had been a plum jam pie instead of a cheesecake, I would have given you a perfect score."
"Oh no, the cheesecake suits you perfectly. It truly matches well with your hair."
"...Natto and an okara jam bottle would probably suit your head best, Auaurora."
Now that Bernkastel had arrived, the fun, fun witches' tea party had finally begun.
| Whose Tea Party? |
fandom.07th-expansion | # Whose Tea Party?/CG
| Whose Tea Party?/CG |
fandom.07th-expansion | # Whose Tea Party?/Summary
Bernkastel receives an anonymous letter inviting her to a tea party. This person must be a witch since they’re inviting another witch. Bern arrives at a dense forest, finding a tree stump shaped like a chair and a note offering to take a rest on it. Bern thinks it must be a trap, something to bind her in chains and drop a pie onto her head. She ignores the stump and continues into the forest, finding a table with raspberry juice on it. Another note offers a drink, and Bern thinks it’s another trap to poison her. Bern continues throughout the forest some more, coming across more traps asking her to eat fruit or play on an ivy-laced swing.
Deep in the forest, Bern comes across a house made of candy, with a note on the door congratulating her for making it this far. Bern thinks the house itself may be another trap and peeks inside it, finding Lambdadelta and Featherine chatting and drinking tea. They were debating over whether or not Bern would come. Lambda prepared all sorts of traps in the forest to welcome her, hoping that Bern would enjoy herself and enter the house. Featherine thinks otherwise, saying that ever since she was a miko, Bern was very clumsy and easily frightened; Lambda says Bern has changed ever since she started playing with her.
The witches each swear upon their titles that Bern will or won’t come, but the Witch of Miracles goes back through the forest; Featherine said she wouldn’t come, so out of spite Bern wants to join, but also doesn’t want to humor Lambda’s foolishness. She returns to the entrance of the forest, back to the tree stump chair. She sits upon it and a trap springs; Lambda and Featherine check it out, surprised to see how easily Bern fell for a trap like that. Lambda asks if Bern joyed getting a cheesecake dropped in her head, but the witch snidely replies that she would’ve given a perfect score if it were plum jam pie. The story ends with the witches finally beginning their tea party.
Background Music: くるり [About Face]
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fandom.07th-expansion | # Why, or why not (Song)
| Why, or why not (Song) |
fandom.07th-expansion | # Why, or why not (song)
"For the album, please refer why, or why not / Rekka Katakiri"
Why, or why not is the ending for the Higurashi no Naku Koro ni (2006) anime adaptation. It was performed by Rekka Katakiri. A titular single featuring the full version was released on 28th June, 2006.
Video Releases.
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Lyrics.
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| Why, or why not (song) |
fandom.07th-expansion | # Why, or why not / Rekka Katakiri
| Why, or why not / Rekka Katakiri |
fandom.07th-expansion | # Why Are Closed Room Murders So Beautiful
| Why Are Closed Room Murders So Beautiful |
fandom.07th-expansion | # Why Are Closed Room Murders So Beautiful?
is a short story written by Ryukishi07 that was released on a special book service to coincide with the release of the first volume of the "Legend of the Golden Witch" manga. The story was published in November 2008.
The English translation was made by milkypink on AnimeSuki. Japanese transcript comes from the Japanese Umineko wiki.
English Transcript.
Closed-room murders that have mastered puzzle-like circumstances to supremacy reach even the level of art.
Detectives probably admire that sublimity.
And so they are permitted to observe closely.
This is certainly the greatest joy of closed-room murders.
Detectives with good perception may doubt my work but, the closed room is perfect.
There exists nothing to relate me to it.
However needless to say, closed room murders are inferior to undetected murders.
Closed room murders are visited by detectives, and are challenged.
Even though to me it is a perfect closed-room murder, should a detective's genius exceed my own, there are cases where that perfection is solved, and it collapses.
And yet, undiscovered murders are not visited by detectives. Because no one challenges them, they do not collapse.
...That is at a single glance, what seems to be the highest peak of "Murder Art". ("Art of Murder")
"Murder Art" is actually a phrase that can properly be said, I think.
Art is a level first reached when something is shown to people and they accept the value of it.
No matter how great a work, if criticism is feared and it is not announced, that work is absolutely not art.
If that is something that can also be said of murder art.
The event coming to light is absolute, so undetected is already out of the question.
Murders, must come to light.
Nevertheless, if a crime is impossible for anyone to commit, great admiration and the beauty of a closed room troubles the mind.
A right to challenge exists for them, and in spite of the possibility of making the closed room collapse having been given, they are frustrated.
So they probably all say it.
That, "This kind of closed room is impossible for a human."
At that time, for an instant, my existence as a being higher than humans is recognized by them.
The necessary method for making them recognize me as a witch is such that without fear, there is also no coercion.
That is only "beauty" "sublimity".
With closed room murders whose sublimity has mastered the highest peak of murder art, only when they feel it in the depths of their hearts, will they recognize me as a witch.
So I decorate the murders beautifully, and so they are brought to light.
According to murder art, to make them recognize me as a witch.
The curtain on this murder play has only just opened.
Dear readers, you probably will absolutely not recognize the murders from this point on as crimes of a witch.
You will probably come to decide that they are definitely the act of a human.
... kukkukkukku!
Unwillingly and disrespectfully that's what eeeveryone says! kukkukukukuku!
Things like, definitely will not yield, definitely will try to reason.
All saying valiant things.
I'm actually glad, how pleasant!
Such fellows rolling about, fainting in agony, attempting self-defense until the very end, all giving excuses, listening to that is something I'm really looking forward to...!
Anyhow, things like that there must be a hidden door somewhere, that there's a duplicate master key no one knows about.
Crush them.
That this murder play is "Serious Mystery", can't I promise??
Give it up.
This murder play is "After All Fantasy"!
Your game of playing detective is nothing more than a waste of time!
And yet still, even though I am before your eyes still, you advocates of human supremacy who are able to assert that this murder play is a mystery, welcome to my banquet!
To those human supremacy advocates who explain everything using humans and tricks, without being able to show respect to the multitude of existence of all miracles and noble beings that are non-human in this world, I heartfully welcome you!
When will you pledge to lick my shoes!
To have yielded so easily is boring.
Until the very end, you who will cling to the tiniest thing that makes it a mystery, in the sea of the beautiful murder art, will be made to nearly drown and suffer, and at that end of the end, I will make you lick my shoes!
Welcome, to my banquet.
The Golden Witch Beatrice welcomes you!
Ah, by the way, do you have a favorite color?
I'll receive you in a dress and shoes of that color.
To be made to choose the color of the shoes you lick, don't you think that's a stylish arrangement?
Kukkukukukuhhyahhyahahahaha...!!!
Japanese Transcript.
パズル的境地を究極まで極めた密室殺人は芸術の域にさえ達する。
その神々しさに探偵たちは感嘆するだろう。
そしてその様を間近で見ることが許される。
これこそが密室殺人最大の愉悦。
勘のいい探偵たちは私の仕事を疑うだろうが、密室は完璧。
私を関連付けるものは何も存在したりはない。
しかし言うに及ばず、密室殺人は非発覚殺人に劣る。
密室殺人は探偵が訪れ、挑む。
自分にとって完璧な密室殺人であっても、探偵が自分を超える天才であったなら、その完璧は解かれ、瓦解して しまうこともあるだろう。
だが、非発覚殺人は探偵は訪れない。誰も挑まないから、瓦解することはない。
…それは一見すると「殺人芸術」の最高峰に思える。
「殺人芸術」とは実によく言い得た言葉だと思う。
芸術は人に見せて評価を受け、初めてその域に達する。
どのような優れた作品も、批評を恐れて発表しないならば、その作品は断じて芸術ではないのであ る。
それが殺人芸術にも言えることならば。
事件の発覚は絶対であり、非発覚はもはや論外であることになる。
殺人は、発覚しなければならない。
にもかかわらず、誰もが不可能犯罪であると絶賛し、美しき密室に頭を悩ませる。
彼らには挑む権利があり、密室を瓦解させる可能性が与えられているにもかかわらず、彼らは挫折する。それを 私は間近で閲覧することが出来る。
そして彼らは口々に言うだろう。
「人間にこんな密室殺人は不可能だ。」、と。
その時こそ、私は人間以上の存在であると彼らによって認められる瞬間なのである。
私を魔女だと認めさせるのに必要な方法は、恐怖でなければ強要でもない。
それは「美しさ」「神々しさ」だけなのである。
殺人芸術の最高峰を極めた神々しき密室殺人に、心の底から屈した時にだけ、彼らは私のことを魔女だと認める のである。
だから私は殺人を美しく飾り、そしてそれを発覚させる。
殺人芸術によって、私を魔女だと認めさせる。
この殺人劇はまだ幕を開けたばかり。
読者諸兄は、おそらくこれから起こる殺人を、断じて魔女の犯罪とは認めないだろう。
絶対に人間の仕業だと決めてかかるだろう。
……くっくっくっく！
いやいや失敬みィんなそう言うんだよ！くっくくくくくく！
絶対に屈しないぞとか、絶対に推理してみせるぞとか。
口々勇ましいことを言うんだよ。
妾は実に嬉しい、微笑ましい！
そういう輩が転げまわって悶絶し、最後には自己弁護を図り、口々に言い訳するのを聞くのが本当に楽しみなの だ…！
どうせどこかに隠し扉があるはずだとか、誰も知らないマスターキーの複製があるんだとか。
挫けろよ。
この殺人劇が「本格ミステリー」だなんて、妾は約束できねェぜ？？
諦めろよ。
この殺人劇は「どうせファンタジー」！
そなたの推理ごっこなど時間の無駄に過ぎぬわ！
それでもなお、妾を眼前にしてもなお、この殺人劇をミステリーだと言い張れる人間至上主義者よ、ようこそ我 が宴へ！
この世に数多存在する全ての奇跡と人ならざる高貴な存在に敬意を示せず、全てを人間とトリックで説明する人 間至上主義者を妾は心より歓迎する！
そなたがいつ妾の靴を舐めることを誓うのか！
そう簡単に屈服されてもつまらない。
最後の最後まで、ミステリーなる矮小なものにしがみ付くそなたを、美しき殺人芸術の海で溺れ苦しませ、その 挙句の果てには妾の靴を舐めさせて見せようぞ！
ようこそ、我が宴へ。
黄金の魔女ベアトリーチェはそなたを歓迎する！
あぁ、ところでそなたは、好きな色はあるのか？
その色のドレスと靴でそなたを出迎えよう。
舐める靴の色を選ばせてやろうなんて、粋な計らいだとは思わんか？
くっくくくくくっひゃっひゃっははははははは…！！！
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fandom.07th-expansion | # Will
| Will |
fandom.07th-expansion | # Willard
| Willard |
fandom.07th-expansion | # Willard's Truth
| Willard's Truth |
fandom.07th-expansion | # Willard's Truths
At the climax of "Requiem of the Golden Witch", Clair and Willard have one final battle against each other after she finishes her story. Though Will was not the person she wanted to understand her, she accepts him to be the one that finally kills her. The battle consists of Will solving all four of Beatrice's games and her final question of "Who am I?". Willard's answers are all extremely vague and are mainly just extra hints for the reader to solve the murders on their own. The manga goes more in-depth however and shows Will's thoughts as he solves each murder which reveals the true way the murders were carried out.
This page documents the exact words from the games, the manga, and the light novel when applicable. For elaborations, please check the Solution page of each of the first four episodes.
Legend of the Golden Witch.
Mystery: First game, first twilight, six corpses in the garden shed.
"Illusions to illusions. ...The corpse that cannot return to earth returns to illusions."
Manga answer: Eva and Hideyoshi were bought off by the true culprit. The sixth body was a lie.
First game, second twilight. Two corpses are close in a closed room protected by a chain.
"Illusions to illusions. ...A chain of illusions can only trap illusions."
Manga answer: To provide a concocted story, the servants conspired from the start. The chain was never in place.
First game, fourth twilight. The old Head from the closed room study, confined in a scorching furnace.
"Illusions to illusions. ...Let the man of illusions go to where he belongs."
Manga answer: Before the game started, Kinzo was already dead.
First game, fifth twilight. The last moments of the sacrificed boy with a stake in his chest.
"Illusions to illusions. ...The witch and stake of illusions can pierce naught but illusions."
Manga answer: Nanjo checked the body, but he was a conspirator. Kanon's death was all an act.
First game, sixth, seventh, and eighth twilights. Three corpses lying in the closed room of the singing girl.
"Illusions to illusions. ...Illusions are the blind girl's song. Illusion of a closed room."
Manga answer: Maria's testimony matched what the culprit told her. The culprit had the key.
The light novel adds an additional section regarding Natsuhi's death. (Translated by Pteryon.)
First game, ninth twilight. Death of the noble woman who faced a duel with a gun in hand.
"Earth to earth. ...A melody of overlapping murderous intent. Only a single deadly bullet was fired."
Turn of the Golden Witch.
Second game, first twilight. The six with their stomachs split in the closed room chapel.
"Illusions to illusions. ...The gold truth locks the lock of illusions."
Manga answer: Rosa was bought off. All the servants and Nanjo are co-conspirators. The lock on the door was an agreed-upon story.
Second game, second twilight. The two who are close cannot even be close as corpses.
"Illusions to illusions. ...Illusions who have fulfilled their role do not even leave a corpse behind."
Manga answer: Kanon's body does not exist.
Second game, fourth, fifth, and sixth twilights. In Natsuhi's closed room, none are left alive.
"Earth to earth. ...No one would dispute that a coffin is a closed room."
Manga answer: Shannon killed Gohda, then George, and then committed suicide.
Second game, seventh and eighth twilights. The two sliced to death by the red-eyed illusion.
"Earth to earth. Illusions to illusions. ...No illusion can create a corpse."
Manga answer: The one who killed them was Genji.
Banquet of the Golden Witch.
Third game, first twilight. Six corpses connected by the linked closed rooms.
"Illusions to illusions. ...In the closed room ring, the end and the beginning overlap."
Manga answer: Shannon orchestrated a string of murders and locked rooms. The first body found in the string was false. When the coast was clear, Shannon became Kanon to falsify another death in the chapel.
Third game, second twilight. The corpses of mother and child lay together in the rose garden.
"Earth to earth. ...No falsehoods in their final moments as told."
Manga answer: Eva murdered Rosa. When Maria raised a fuss, she was strangled.
Third game, fourth, fifth, and sixth twilights. Three corpses lying in the mansion.
"Earth to earth. ...No falsehoods in their final moments as told."
Manga answer: Eva and Hideyoshi were bought off. They suspected Hideyoshi. In the mansion, he killed Rudolf and Kyrie. Kyrie did not die instantly. She killed Hideyoshi.
Third game, seventh and eighth twilights. The corpses of husband and wife lay exposed under the arbor.
"Earth to earth. ...The obvious culprit wields a mutable blade."
Manga answer: They were killed by Eva.
The light novel adds an additional section regarding Nanjo's death. (Translated by Pteryon.)
Third game, ninth twilight. The Golden Witch who attacked the pleading old doctor.
"Earth to earth. ...The true culprit who started moving again. It was impossible for the injured girl to observe their appearance."
Alliance of the Golden Witch.
Fourth game, first twilight. A massacring storm sweeps through the dining hall.
"Illusions to illusions. ...Tales woven by the gold truth return to illusions."
Manga answer: Every person apart from Battler was bought off. The "otherworldly beings" were a fiction agreed upon by the conspirators.
Fourth game, second twilight. The two youths face their trials and pass away together.
"Illusions to illusions. ...Tales woven by the gold truth return to illusions."
Manga answer: They were merely acting in accordance with the script.
Fourth game, fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh, and eighth twilights. None of the runaways are left alive.
"Earth to earth. Illusions to illusions. ...Silent corpses, adorned by fiction."
Manga answer: The demons and witches are all false testimony. The bodies say nothing.
Fourth game, ninth twilight. And none shall be left alive.
"Earth to earth. Illusions to illusions. ...When fiction is shut up inside a cat box, it becomes truth."
Manga answer: There are no survivors left to deny the witch's fantasy.
Final Question.
Who am I?
"Illusions...to illusions. ...The promised reaper lowers the curtains on the tale regardless of the witch's will."
Manga answer: That specter of death is me.
| Willard's Truths |
fandom.07th-expansion | # Willard H. Wright
is a former first-class archbishop and Chief Inquisitor of the SSVD, enforcing Van Dine's Commandments. He first appears in "Requiem of the Golden Witch""."
Appearance.
Will has short brown hair with a red streak running down along his bangs and a necklace around his neck. His clothing consists of a blue trenchcoat with light blue trim and a white shirt underneath, grayish-looking pants, and black boots. He also wears a purple sash (or scarf) wrapped around his waist with one end hanging beside his leg. A brown strap goes across his chest to his belt (maybe) that is sitting on top of the sash/scarf. A black band adorns his left arm.
Personality.
Although he appears gruff and quick to anger, Will is genuinely good-hearted and opts to be as lenient as possible during his investigations.
Abilities.
Similar to Dlanor, Will is a personification of the Twenty Rules for Writing Detective Stories and uses his powers to enforce the rules of the mystery genre. Will wields a black sword with which he can create red truths. Will can also slice apart fiction from reality and slice through possibilities, realities, truth, and fiction, which may take the form of meta-world-warping powers as shown in "Requiem"'s Tea Party, where he slices apart the scene of Kyrie about to shoot and kill Lion.
In Golden Fantasia, Will seems to be able to stop time as seen in his SP attack "Return Dust to Dust".
Background.
Will was an Inquisitor of the Great Court of Heaven and spent his time executing witches. Over time, however, he grew malcontent with SSVD's brutal standards and resigned from his position.
Role in the Story.
Willard was briefly alluded to in the TIPS for episode 5 as the leader of the SSVD and rumored to be more powerful than the Eiserne Jungfrau's current leader, Dlanor A. Knox.
"Requiem of the Golden Witch".
Will makes his first proper appearance, resolving a case taken and misunderstood by his old teammates of the SSVD. He saves the servant who was unfairly accused and then leaves immediately.
Will is then called by Bernkastel and goes to Rokkenjima to attend Beatrice's funeral. This Rokkenjima is a special world with many differences; namely, Battler does not attend the conference and Lion Ushiromiyaexists.
He is forced to accept the role of detective when Bern asks him to solve Beatrice's murder with Lion as his sidekick. The two start questioning the adults about the figure of Beatrice, later asking Kinzo himself about his version. They then interview the cousins, and Will gets closer and closer to Lion as the two start to know each other better.
Will then exposes his theory about the witch's death, giving his support to Lion when it is revealed that they are Beatrice II's child and not Natsuhi's. After that, he listens to Yasu's confession and frees Clair's soul to rest in peace after solving her riddles. With the end of the funeral, Will says goodbye to Lion and heads back home to his cat Diana.
In the Tea Party, he arrives just in the nick of time to save Lion from Bernkastel's revenge, who shows them the truth of Rokkenjima. Lion escapes after Will tells them that they are the last hope for Beatrice to have a happy ending. While fighting off Bern's army of cats, he loses an arm in the process and heads out with Lion to try and find a happy Kakera despite his injury.
It is suggested by the ???? scene that they are both killed by Bernkastel.
"Twilight of the Golden Witch".
It is revealed that he and Lion were saved by Lambdadelta and have become her pieces. They were brought with Lambda to the after-party that Battler held.
When the goats attack Rokkenjima, he and Dlanor fight against those who believe that the Rokkenjima Incident was caused by magic. After Rokkenjima is eaten by the goats, Will goes to the Golden Land with the others and fights against more goats, dying when the Golden Land is destroyed. He is then revived alongside everyone else by ANGE-Beatrice's magic.
In the Magic Ending, it's stated in a letter Erika received that Will started taking badminton lessons under Lion. He reappears with the other characters in the ????.
Other Appearances.
"Golden Fantasia".
Willard is a playable character, specializing in close-ranged sword attacks. His special ability is "SP Cancel", which lets him cancel special attacks into other attacks. He has story modes with Dlanor, Kanon, and Bernkastel.
| Willard H. Wright |
fandom.07th-expansion | # Willard H. Wright/Gallery
| Willard H. Wright/Gallery |
fandom.07th-expansion | # Willard H. Wright/Sprites
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fandom.07th-expansion | # Winchester M1984 Sawed off
| Winchester M1984 Sawed off |
fandom.07th-expansion | # Winchester Rifle
The Winchester Rifles are rifles that employ a lever action reloading mechanism. They have been specially modified for personal use by Kinzo. There are four rifles in total on Rokkenjima, and they come into possession of the cast members at several points in the story.
TIPS: Winchester M1894 Sawed off.
The following information is from the TIPS section of "Legend of the Golden Witch":
"A sawed-off custom version of a rifle manufactured during the golden age of Winchesters.This special model more than makes up for its shorter lethal range by its portability and old-time cool factor. It can even be fired as quickly as a pistol if one works the lever action skillfully enough. Furthermore, any true lover of old western dramas can't help but be attracted to the one-handed reload made possible by its characteristic level handle."
"To match with Kinzo's personal preferences, it was made to handle .45 Long Colt bullets.It holds 4+1 rounds."
Additional Information.
The "Twilight of the Golden Witch" manga goes into detail on the rifles in Kinzo's personal collection. All of his rifles are of different models, though they've been sawn off. This results in a reduction in accuracy and range in exchange for an increase in portability. Furthermore, one is able to dual wield these modified rifles and perform one-handed reloads provided they are sufficiently strong and skilled. The only characters in the story shown to be capable of this are Kinzo, Kyrie, and Sayo Yasuda (although Rosa also proves more than capable of firing and reload her rifle one-handed in "Golden Fantasia").
The four rifles are of the following models:
There are also blank ammunition rounds available on the island, and these are sometimes loaded by Sayo into rifles later taken by family members.
The Winchester rifles are represented in fantasy by the Chiesters, and the names of those seen on the gameboard follow the ammunition types available for the rifles.
| Winchester Rifle |
fandom.07th-expansion | # Winning Riot?!
was the thirty-ninth event in . It is a racing-themed event that ran from March 18th, 2022 until March 27, 2022. It marked the playable debut of Chisame Kurosawa.
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
Other Characters.
The following characters appear in the story without having a unit:
| Winning Riot?! |
fandom.07th-expansion | # Wisdom
are mysterious objects, mostly taking the form of geometric shapes and given numerical designations. Vier Dreissig and her subordinates dedicate their time to "translating" Wisdom and unlocking their secrets.
Known Wisdom.
19080630.
Featured in Phase 1, Chapter 12, it is "a small stellated truncated dodecahedron weighing 403 grams and made of a silver-colored metal that can probably be divided into 381 parts by 99.999% of humanity throughout recorded history." According to Seshat, Vier needs it to examine "The Third Missing-Link".
18721205.
A triakis icosahedron. It appears in Phase 1, Chapter 21 where Mario uses it to commit suicide through vaporization.
19940305.
Although not referred to as a Wisdom, it is listed here due to its similar numbering scheme. In Phase 1, Chapter 24, it refers to the 4D-printed totems that fall from Earth's orbit and land in the oceans, contaminating drinking water worldwide and wiping out ocean life.
| Wisdom |
fandom.07th-expansion | # Wish
| Wish |
fandom.07th-expansion | # Witch
is a term that indicates, from an imaginary point of view, a human being skilled in using magic who has ascended to a higher plane of existence and is therefore capable of existing outside the physical world. Witches represent a concept or an ideology particularly linked to their human version, which is capable of existing independently of the witch version.
Becoming a Witch.
Despite the word "witch" being associated with the female figure, any human being regardless of gender can become and be recognized as a witch. Having said that, the way in which someone can develop their witch side takes two perspectives: the fantasy one and the reality one.
Fantasy Perspective.
In the Meta-World and in the game boards, all the human beings involved can learn to use magic to a certain extent to develop particular skills capable of empowering them, but few can ascend to witch level. The methods by which this happens vary depending on the person and the mechanics involved:
Reality Perspective.
Some humans like Yasuda (Beatrice), Maria Ushiromiya (Lady MARIA) and, to some extent, Ange Ushiromiya (ANGE-Beatrice) can imagine being witches as a way to cope with their difficulties.
Others, like Chiyo Kumasawa (Virgilia) and Rosa Ushiromiya (The Black Witch), can be considered as witches by other people who believe in the existence of magic as an allusion to their significant role in their lives or to a specific side of their personality.
Finally, some human beings like Eva Ushiromiya (EVA-Beatrice), Ikuko Hachijo (Featherine Augustus Aurora) and Battler Ushiromiya/Tohya Hachijo (Lord BATTLER) can be considered as witches because of a certain significant influence or power that can affect the real world (such as the pure simple economic wealth used for obtaining everything one wants or the ability to create a series of stories based on events like the Rokkenjima Mass Murders).
Titles.
Not all witches are the same and/or practice the same magic as the others. In fact, each witch is cataloged based on the magic they use.
Known witches and sorcerers:
Voyager.
are special witches so powerful that they can travel between various domains, as well as visit the millions of worlds within in Sea of Fragments. All the witches that fall into this category are considered to be among the most powerful, and most of them were born or created like this rather than became one over time.
Known witches:
Creator.
are very uncommon witches of immeasurably divine powers with the power to literally create something from nothing ("create 1 from 0"). Many Voyagers have the potential to become Creators but for some reason they fear this possibility. Their magic is comparable to the powers of a god, and each of them is potentially capable of creating entire galaxies if they are well trained.
In Memoirs of the ΛΔ, Lambda describes Creators and gods as omniscient and almighty. With that they are freed from all restrictions, meaning they even lose the ground under their feet. Thus they also lose the meaning of existence, life and death and could vanish like mist.
Known witches:
Lady MARIA, is just an Enchanter. She has the potential to become a Creator after one thousand years of training.
| Witch |
fandom.07th-expansion | # Witch's Smoking Room
| Witch's Smoking Room |
fandom.07th-expansion | # Witch Guardian
In order for a Human to become a witch, another witch must sponsor them as their guardian and recommend them to the Senate. When the recommendation goes through, the Human is bestowed with power from their witch guardian and ascends.
If a witch stops being a guardian, then their pupil will cease to be a witch and transform back into a Human. Lambdadelta is the most prominent guardian in the series, being responsible for Beatrice and EVA-Beatrice's transformations.
| Witch Guardian |
fandom.07th-expansion | # Witch Hunt
Witch Hunt, known as The Witch Hunt in the "Umineko" credits, is a translation group responsible for the English fan-translations of and . They were also hired by MangaGamer for the official English release of "Umineko", which contains a full edit of their previous translation along with a port of the visual novel to the Ponscripter engine. They are currently working with 07th Expansion on the simultaneous English release of , and have expressed intent to translate .
The team was sent a letter by Ryukishi07 in recognition of their efforts during the fan-translation of "Umineko". Their name was also used by Ryukishi07 in "Alliance of the Golden Witch" as the name for the in-story organisation dedicated to researching the 1986 Rokkenjima Incident from an occult perspective.
Team Members.
Original Team (as on their website):
Official "Umineko When They Cry" release team (according to the credits):
| Witch Hunt |
fandom.07th-expansion | # Witch Hunter
| Witch Hunter |
fandom.07th-expansion | # Witch Hunter Mikami
, formerly known as , is a character who appears exclusively in the adaptation of A Certain Witch Hunter's Interview Tape featured in "Symphony of Catbox and Dreams".
Profile.
"In these days where many people have negative views of the Ushiromiya gold, he believes in the existence of it. He believes in learning the truth from people's "hearts". He loves his wife and watches, and seems to have a large collection of the latter."
Appearance.
Mikami has black hair and black glasses. He wears a black suit, tie and shoes.
Personality.
Mikami loves his wife. He has a favorable view of how Kinzo Ushiromiya obtained his gold and believes that "heart" is important to understanding people.
Role in the Story.
A Certain Witch Hunter's Interview Tape.
Mikami is interviewed by his old friend, where they discuss the legend of Kinzo's gold and whether or not it really existed, and how Kinzo could've obtained or fabricated it.
| Witch Hunter Mikami |
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