
Kimiyoshi Natsumi is the main character of Onisarashi-hen, and the two Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Kizuna Arcs: Someutsushi-hen and Kagebōshi-hen.


Kimiyoshi Natsumi | Higurashi no Naku Koro Ni Wiki | Fandom Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Sui - When They Cry Wiki.Higurashi No Naku Koro Ni Matsuri OST - Akekurenai - YouTube.Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Matsuri: Hajisarashi-hen | Novel.《寒蝉泣鸣之时 祭》(Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Matsuri)日版.Kimiyoshi Natsumi | Higurashi no Naku Koro Ni Wiki | Fandom.Even though I didn't ultimately *love* the original, which is intriguing and compelling but a bit too intense in places for me, it is certainly much better than this one. I will say that the third episode was mainly horror/mystery and was much better than the first two, but no way I could keep listening to those squeaky voices. The animation is also more straightforward and less wild, and I found that rather dull and conventional. I wondered if it was just bad dubbing so I watched one episode with subtitles but they did the same thing in Japan. In the original there was more variety, with Rena's cutsiness balanced out by Mion's dryer delivery. One of the big annoyances of this series is the nails-on-chalkboard voices of the girls.

While the first two episodes of this remake are all cutesy games and banter with almost none of the mystery and horror, the original got going by episode 2, and the card game in episode one was genuinely entertaining, unlike the more elaborate games of this sequel. And I was really confused because what I saw was so bad and I thought, how could this be a classic? I watched three episodes before I realized my mistake, then watched the original, which is notably better.

I watched several episodes of this because I'd heard "When They Cry" was a great anime series and I actually didn't realize that this wasn't that show but a remake.
