Say It In Red | Episode 03: Higurashi Chapter 2: Watanagashi

This week, Sara and Runa continue spending peaceful days in Hinamizawa, discussing Higurashi no naku koro ni, Chapter 2: Watanagashi (2002). We pick right up where we left off in our last episode which of course means that everything is back to normal and we're back to just before the Summer of 1983 in Hinamizawa! This time we dig deep into the history of Hinamizawa's main families, the question of Who Was Phone, and the vital question of where I can get some soy sauce at like 9pm after the stores have all closed.

In the Watanagashi chapter, we see a different version of the Summer of 1983, one in which Keiichi sticks much more closely to his friends and rather than suspecting them of being involved in a criminal conspiracy or divine curse, he trusts them with all his heart. Unfortunately, Keiichi is still just a teenager and a tremendous Fool, so things once again go very badly for him. He inadvertently hurts Mion early on and then meets Mion's twin sister, Shion, who he strongly suspects is... literally just Mion with her hair down. For a while he isn't really sure what to make of "Shion" and her sudden appearances and he's convinced that this is just Mion taking on the role of an Imaginary twin sister to do things that she wouldn't otherwise be able to do, but... is that really the case, Keiichi?

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Content Warnings for this episode:

00:31:30 to 00:32:00: Mention of attempted sexual harrassment:

35:00 to 35:45: Gross Bathroom stuff, including but not limited to mentions of people getting sick due to a laxative and men being creepy about bathrooms.

00:51:00: Death/Murdered body mention

01:05:32: Cannibalism Mention

01:10:42: Torture/Finger Trauma

01:13:48: Stabbing

01:15:40: Neck Injury

01:16:34: Neck Injury Again

01:18:06 through 01:18:44: More Blood and Head Injury and Finger Trauma