Meakashi-hen
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| Meakashi-hen 目明し編 | |
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| Orignal VN Release Date | December 30, 2004 |
| Translated VN Release Date(s) | February 28, 2010 (Europe) |
| Anime Air Date(s) | July 18-August 22, 2006 |
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| Previous Arc | Himatsubushi-hen |
| Following Arc | Tsumihoroboshi-hen |
Meakashi-hen (目明し編, Eye Opening Chapter), is the first answer arc in Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Kai, released on December 30, 2004. It follows Himatsubushi-hen and precedes Tsumihoroboshi-hen. Meakashi-hen follows the life of Sonozaki Shion and her psychotic behavior caused by the loss of the person she loves, Hōjō Satoshi.
Plot
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Sonozaki Shion escapes from her private school to return to Hinamizawa. During her time there, she meets Satoshi, who protected her from a group of thugs. She also begins borrowing her twin sister Sonozaki Mion's identity, eventually taking over her life as her paranoia increases. This arc reveals that because Mion and Shion switched occasionally, Shion (Mion) was given the demon tattoo instead of Mion (Shion).
Chapter One: First LoveEdit
Chapter Two: SettlementEdit
Chapter Three: Demon's BloodEdit
Chapter Four: RetaliationEdit
Chapter Five: Cold HandsEdit
Chapter Six: ConvictionEdit
Disappearances and DeathsEdit
All deaths and disappearances are listed only as they are told in Meakashi-hen. Spoilers are only for the individual arc, not the overall series.
DisappearancesEdit
DeathsEdit
- Hojo Tamae, murdered on the night of the 1982 Watanagashi Festival by Satoshi.
- Tomitake Jirō, contracted the Hinamizawa Syndrome and scratched his throat out.
- Takano Miyo, found burnt to death in a barrel.
- Sonozaki Oryō, died when she was tazed and beaten by Shion, due to her old age.
- Furude Rika, repeatedly stabbed herself with a knife in the neck then tore her own throat open. (In the anime, she stabs herself in the side of her neck and bleeds to death).
- Hōjō Satoko, tied to a cross and stabbed repeatedly by Shion with a dagger.
- Sonozaki Mion, tazed by Shion, causing her to fall to her death down a well.
- Maebara Keiichi, stabbed in the stomach by Shion (disguised as Mion), then contracted a sudden case of the LV5 Hinamizawa Syndrome. He hallucinated and saw a bloodied Mion coming to torture him. Died a few seconds later from fatal heart attack.
- Kimiyoshi Kiichirou, hung by Shion.
- Sonozaki Shion, slips off the side of her apartment and falls onto a elevator platform, where she commits suicide by rolling herself onto the ground (in the anime, her shirt got caught on an "invisible nail" and she falls to her death).
- Tatsuyoshi Kasai, died in 2002 from lung cancer (according to the TIPS).
Question ArcEdit
See Watanagashi-hen.
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The little girl cried when she lost her marbles in the desert.
The little girl cried when she thought she might've lost them in the sea rather than the desert.
The little girl cried when she thought she might've lost them in the mountains than the sea. Frederica Bernkastel |
