Lenni Reviews: “Higurashi: When They Cry” vol 6 by Ryukishi07 and Jiro Suzuki

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When detective Ooishi comes sniffing around Satoko and her abusive uncle returns, Keiichi gets even more protective of her. As the abuse gets worse, Keiichi’s frustration with the futility of reporting to the authorities drives him to take matters in to his own hands.

This was an odd one. A little spoiler here but in this volume Keiichi’s anger results in people dying if he wishes them so and his arc this time ends because he wishes the entire town was gone. I read the notes in the back and there’s something about Keiichi didn’t find the key – whatever that is. According to my research, the series is divided into 4 question arcs and 4 answer arcs. Volumes 1-8 are the question ones and boy do I have a lot of questions! The art is amazing and the story is cool despite being confusing but it must be doing something right to keep me coming back to it for answers. 3 out of 5.

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Lenni Reviews: “Higurashi: When They Cry” vol 5 by Ryukishi07 and Jiro Suzuki

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After a trip, Keiichi returns to Hinamizawa, picking up right where he left off with his crazy collection of pranking friends. This time around, his friend – Satoko – is dealing with the disappearance of her brother; who has been missing for over a year. Seeing how sad she is, Keiichi decides to be a surrogate big bro to Satoko, who believes her brother will come back one day. But if Keiichi asks about Satoko’s brother, the villagers act very strange; saying it was Oyashiro-sama’s curse that demoned him away.

While I enjoyed the set up in this volume, it meandered a lot more than the previous setup volumes. I’ll be honest, I skimmed through the baseball portion. Other than the coach giving some backstory on Satoko’s family, there didn’t seem to be much point in it; just some filler. Overall, still a 3 out of 5.

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