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REVIEW: When They Cry Blu-Ray

Chrno2 wrote:

I know seeing this is BD makes all the blood and gore all the more intense.

You know, at least from what i've seen in the first 3 arcs, there really isn't much blood and gore at all. There's one VERY significant exception in the third arc, but it seems like most of the violence is either implied or not directly shown, or at least not in graphic detail.

PS Am i the only one who's noticed that Mion is straight up packing heat in the 2nd and 3rd arcs, and no one draws attention to it, or mentions it in any way? If it was an intentional joke it would be hilarious.

Still deducting scores off of dubs for pronunciation "issues", Becs?

There is one thing that I found strange when watching this part of "When They Cry". I remember the english dub line that was given to Rika in the final episode and it really doesn't make all that much sense to me.

"Yes this is how it goes. And I will gladly play this game. During this month of June that never seems to end. For as long as I want."

But if I recall doesn't she end up dead by the time each arc is over? Why would she WANT for that to continue to happen? I mean by the second season she's doing everything in her power to PREVENT it from happening (and does so here as well). So I'm not exactly sure what was up with that. This line isn't in the sub version if I recall either. I remember when I first watched the series hearing that line and thinking that Rika was the one behind it all making everyone go through all this on purpose. Which is why when I watched the second season I was looking for that to be the case only to see it be the opposite. Idk that part of the dub just urks me is all.

While Fate may be a better franchise overall, up until Zero, When They Cry was by far and away more popular and influential here in the west.

And speaking of which - why no dub for the second season, Sentai? The franchise is huge and we've been waiting forever to have it on our shelf, so that clearly justifies the cost.

Familiar of Zero is another one in the same situation - Geneon licensed the first season of FoZ and we got a dub with that set when the DVDs came out in 2008, but the second and third seasons were never licensed by anyone in the US until Sentai picked them up in 2014/15, seven years after they aired, and they didn't go back and dub those seasons (nor season 4, which they already had).

I think what Higurashi does really well that I've yet to see another 'horror' anime do is the dread and paranoia that comes from such a setting. The first arc had me on the edge of my seat, and I stayed there during most of the run, except for a big part of the second season and the first season's end confrontation. Unfortunately once that dread, paranoia and mystery are gone, I find the show doesn't really hold itself well at all, but what can you do.