Riding off the end of Tatarigoroshi I was excited to play as Shion in the upcoming game, and was a bit confused looking at the list of chapters and seeing Himatsubushi up next. I was a bit sad to not be able to play as Shion but Himatsubushi was an interesting aside to the main Higurashi story that manages to reveal yet another layer of deeper workings behind the events of each game. As other reviewers pointed out the horror of the series is in viewing the shifting psychological states of the cast and the briefness and lack of viscera pretty much makes the events of the story very surface-level in comparison to prior entries in the series. As Rena points out in the after-party this is the final game in the first half of the series - referred to as the "Question Arcs", and with a large amount of the intrigue of the plot being due to the malleable subtext, there is a large risk in paying things off in too concrete a way as an "Answer Arc" may imply. But, I am very excited for Meakashi and have faith that everything will turn out alright.