We left off Higurashi Gou with Rika discovering a sword remnant she can use to kill herself and resolving to save Hinamizawa within five loops. In quick succession we watch Rika begin and end these new loops, with her deaths only growing more brutal and tragic each time. In the final loop, she awakens in her home… Continue reading Higurashi When They Cry – Gou Episode 15 & 16 Review
As if the last episode wasn’t traumatic enough, Higurashi‘s first episode of 2021 is a real punch in the gut. Previously, we only had a brief yet harrowing description of the massacre at the Watangashi Festival but this episode showcases, in vivid detail, Oishi’s rampage. During the rampage, Rika is brutally beaten to death and… Continue reading Higurashi When They Cry – Gou Episode 14 Review
Swindler, Courier and the Children crawl out of the wreckage of the once revered Shinkansen. While the Children are unscathed, Swinder and Courier have significant injuries of their own. Knowing she’ll just slow them down, Swindler asks Courier to take the Children to the ‘safe place’ Hacker gave her the co-ordinates to while she stays… Continue reading Akudama Drive Episode 12 Review (Final)
Goddamnit. I really though they had it in the bag. Ok, I’m getting ahead of myself, let’s start from the beginning. Hinamizawa village comes together to protest in front of the CWS, it seems everyone is town has turned up in support of Satoko. But, unfortunately the law is again not on their side as… Continue reading Higurashi When They Cry – Gou Episode 13 Review
This week’s episode opened up with one of Higurashi‘s biggest no-nos – someone (presumably Teppei) messed up Oyashiro-sama’s shrine. This leads to some of the Hinamizawa villagers thinking that the Hojos will be this year’s victims of curse, although let’s be honest, they were always on the list. On the other side of town, Keiichi continues… Continue reading Higurashi When They Cry – Gou Episode 12 Review
The dust settles after the riots and mayhem of episode ten and we head…right back to the beginning? But we’re not the only ones confused! Swindler and Courier are trapped in a simulation, repeating moments of their lives and that fateful day at the Takoyaki Stand. They almost loose loose themselves if not for the… Continue reading Akudama Drive Episode 11 Review: War Games
The full extent of Satoko’s abuse becomes shockingly clear, along with the group’s inability to do anything to stop it. After enlisting the help of their teacher and the Child Protective Services, Shion makes a startling suggestion – to murder Satoko’s uncle. The rest of the group refuse to go along with it, and instead… Continue reading Higurashi When They Cry – Gou Episode 10 & 11 Review
Kansai threatens to tear itself apart as the anti-Akudama protests reach fever pitch. On the quieter side of town, Courier and Swindler race to catch up to the Executioners holding Brother prisoner. But they’re not the only ones on the move, Hoodlum and Doctor are following close behind. All three groups face off back where… Continue reading Akudama Drive Episode 10 Review: Babel
Kansai descends into chaos as vigilante justice runs rampant and the crowds grow increasingly fearful of the still at large S-rank Akudama. With the police and executioner forces distracted, Courier, Swindler and Sister head to the executioner headquarters to try and save Brother. But it’s not the headquarters security they need to worry about when… Continue reading Akudama Drive Episode 9 Review: The Shining
With a new arc, comes a new person of interest and for the next four epiosdes it seems we’ll be focusing on the sweet and sour Satoko Hojo. As with the beginning of the last two arcs, this new Curse-Deceiving Chapter opens with a rather light hearted episode. Keiichi is challenged by the group to… Continue reading Higurashi When They Cry – Gou Episode 9 Review
