This is it. This is where Higurashi reaches its full potential,and I immediately knew that I was experiencing a story with no equals. PEAK FICTION,you might say.
Chapter 3 tackles a lot of incredibly upsetting themes and events,treating them with the severity and incredible nuance that they deserved,never once playing them up for the sake of drama or understating them.
The tact shown here towards Satoko's story,and her constant fight to find happiness again with her nii-nii is pretty outstanding,thanks in part to Ryukishi's past as a social worker. His idea to write the abuse from the perspective of a powerless third party,cycling all day through the stages of grief,is just as every bit genius as it is emotionally devastating. Goddamn.
But Tatarigoroshi is so much more than that. It asks you if doing something you can never take back is worth it for the cause of helping your loved ones,or if what you're doing isn't motivated by selfish desires at all. Are you even the same person if you've managed to find the conviction to take a life? What life could possibly wait for you on the other side once you've done it?
Tatarigoroshi leaves you to soak in a lot of these questions and more,while you're still reeling from the most confusing,shocking and depressing ending Higurashi has yet to offer.
Years after completing it,it STILL has me gripped in everything it has to say and show,and that is the hallmark of a masterpiece to me.
Chapter 3 tackles a lot of incredibly upsetting themes and events,treating them with the severity and incredible nuance that they deserved,never once playing them up for the sake of drama or understating them.
The tact shown here towards Satoko's story,and her constant fight to find happiness again with her nii-nii is pretty outstanding,thanks in part to Ryukishi's past as a social worker. His idea to write the abuse from the perspective of a powerless third party,cycling all day through the stages of grief,is just as every bit genius as it is emotionally devastating. Goddamn.
But Tatarigoroshi is so much more than that. It asks you if doing something you can never take back is worth it for the cause of helping your loved ones,or if what you're doing isn't motivated by selfish desires at all. Are you even the same person if you've managed to find the conviction to take a life? What life could possibly wait for you on the other side once you've done it?
Tatarigoroshi leaves you to soak in a lot of these questions and more,while you're still reeling from the most confusing,shocking and depressing ending Higurashi has yet to offer.
Years after completing it,it STILL has me gripped in everything it has to say and show,and that is the hallmark of a masterpiece to me.