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catsvrsdogscatswin · 2 years

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Higurashi Month 2022, Day 17: Memories

Rika took a deep breath, and carefully adjusted the hem of her black kimono one more time. Her –unique– status meant that this was a more difficult ceremony than normal, in no small part because she was supposed to be the priest and miko simultaneously. The Furude family’s lack of propagation had never really been a problem until now, and she wondered, distantly, who exactly had taken the role of priest when her mother and father were married.

Oh, well.

At least she had Hanyuu, who was still as flustered and fretful as ever, never mind the fact that she, too, had grown into a young woman. Hanyuu would be pulling double-duty today instead of Rika, as priest and miko simultaneously, leaving Rika clear to actually participate in the ceremony properly.

At the thought, she swallowed thickly and wiped her stiff black sleeve over her forehead. Nervousness curdled in her gut, and Rika glanced towards the full-length mirror again, obsessively adjusting her black kimono. She had faced down death hundreds of times, been locked in a perpetual loop of disaster and tragedy for a time beyond counting, and nothing, nothing, had ever shaken her so much as this.

Still, the bells were tolling for her, flute music filling the air as the procession began, and with another gulp and glance in the mirror, Rika picked up her baggy trousers and made her way out the front door, stepping outside and taking her place beside the bride.

An uchikake would probably have suited Satoko more, but she somehow managed to wear the shiromuku kimono like she had been born to it, the white fabric cascading around her body like water as she looked to Rika under her headdress and grinned proudly. She looked impossibly graceful, like a queen out of legend, and Rika’s heart bumped up into her throat as she slowly climbed the steps and faced her, her brain picking out irrelevant details, like how awe-inspiringly perfect Satoko’s red lipstick and white makeup was, how bright her grin and how the headdress circled her golden hair.

The ceremony was to be held at Oyashiro-sama’s shrine, of course, and the knot in Rika’s stomach twisted deeper as she followed her friends, playing the processional music with a competence that had been dearly bought over long months of practice. When they arrived, Keiichi, Rena, and the others sat behind the tables of sake and fruit that flanked the shrine itself, leaving Rika and Satoko to stand alone.

Hanyuu was standing in the shrine, on the right of the altar that Rika had been flayed upon so many times, the altar that now contained nothing but food offerings and two rings on a snowy white cloth. She was dressed in the same priestly robes Rika’s father had once worn, but all of Rika’s attention was torn from Hanyuu on the spot as she and Satoko turned to one another.

She stared at her bride in a haze, dimly hearing Hanyuu go through with the purification ceremony to begin the wedding, following the directions to bow numbly. Under the weight of all this silk, her heart was beating in her ears, and she almost couldn’t believe that this was happening. She had been the one to propose to Satoko, going down on one knee as the Westerners did in the garden of St. Lucia’s after their graduation, but even now, after months of gleeful preparation, she still couldn’t believe this was happening. She couldn’t believe that she had been so lucky, that the dice she had rolled again and again for centuries, showing only ones, had not only turned up their six face, but showed her faces that counted numbers in the dozens, in the hundreds. This was a miracle beyond all miracles, that she was standing here across from Satoko as Hanyuu recited their marriage ceremony.

A half-hysterical giggle fluttered in her chest as Hanyuu continued, calling upon the kami of this shrine, of Oyashiro-sama to bless this union. No one but her knew that Hanyuu was calling upon herself, serving triple duty now: not just as the priest and miko of the ceremony, but also as the god they called upon. Rika wondered, with a giddy sort of floating sensation that carried away her thoughts with it and scattered her logic to the wind, just how many roles Hanyuu could pull to fill this wedding. Could she also serve as a sponsor, too?

She bowed with the others again, and then it was time for the san-san-kudo.

As one, she and Satoko turned to Hanyuu, climbing the short steps into the shrine beside Hanyuu, who with a smoothness and expertise that reminded Rika that she, too, had been a shrine maiden one upon a time, drew the sake out for their wedding vows.

Rika took the small lacquered cup that Hanyuu handed to her with shaky fingers, but she raised it to her lips once, twice, and then on the third time she sipped carefully, draining the fragrant wine before handing it to Satoko. She, too, raised it three times, and even the sound of her sipping was enough to make Rika’s heart flutter with infatuation, remembering all the times Satoko had boisterously taken charge of their tea parties back at St. Lucia’s, wowing all the other students with her devil-may-care confidence and amazing practical knowledge of practically everything. A trap-master had to know how things worked, after all, and Rika’s love glowed fondly in her chest as she remembered how Satoko had formed a clique of her own devoted followers.

The next cup of sake was handed to Satoko first, and she raised it three times, drank, and then handed it back to Rika, who took the indirect kiss with delight. She wanted to make this ceremony perfect for Satoko, as perfectly perfect as anything she had ever done. Satoko deserved that much, after years of neglect and abuse in the village. Rika owed it to her to make their wedding perfect, the kind of romantic dream that wound send a maiden swooning.

The third and final cup was handed to her first, since Rika was taking the place of the groom in their ceremony, and Rika lifted it thrice, then swallowed the wine before handing it back to Satoko, her heart trembling and yet lifting in her chest as Satoko continued the ceremony to bind them together. How much more binding would it be, with an actual god to recite the ceremony for them and to stand in the place of the priest?

Rika didn’t really care about that. All she cared about was the fact that she and Satoko were finally tying themselves together in the way she had dreamed of for years.

With the drinking of the cups over, it was time for her vows, and Rika was tempted to clench her hands in the draping fabric of her robes, but she refrained. Hanyuu handed her the paper, but thanks to long weeks of memorization, Rika did not need to refer to it as she began to speak.

“We humbly speak before the Majestic and Sovereign deity, who is awe-inspiring and most highly revered-”

She brutally throttled down the urge to laugh like a cat at referring to Hanyuu in such a way.

“-We imitate the work of the deities who performed this in days of old. Under the auspices of the go-between Oryou Sonozaki,”

Competition to be the sponsor for this wedding had been fierce and near-bloody in Hinamizawa in the months leading up to the wedding, since neither Rika nor Satoko had any parents and thus the traditional position of the matchmaker (or their modern stand-in) was left completely open. Rika and Satoko had conceded to the Sonozaki head taking the role instead of Satoshi, their first choice, only because that allowed them to hold the rest of the ceremony completely alone with their friends.

“-who by grasping the middle of the majestic spear, bids the bride Hojo Satoko and groom Furude Rika make a wedding vow. This day has been designated for ritual. Due to its auspicious character we celebrate the wedding ceremony today. It is because the law of marriage is majestically carried out in front of the great deities that the proper deportment of ritual must follow. We make offerings of sacred food and sacred sake; a variety of tastes are here arranged and set before you.”

This, despite the fact that Rika knew a certain goddess would probably very much prefer cream puffs.

“Eat with delight, listen to the aroma of the offerings, enjoy, and so accept. The exchange of sake, three times drunk, shared and poured for each other. We do that because we are extending our congratulations to each other. The vow does not exhaust itself; the cup is never dry. The vows we articulate are intricately inlaid into our lives in this world and the next.”

Rika’s eyes shifted, inevitably drawn towards Satoko who looked at her like she was the moon and the stars together. Rika’s voice trembled slightly as she continued, speaking these words for Satoko and Satoko alone, feeling them drop from her lips heavy and shining as pearls, treading a ritual road that so many had taken before her.

“Growing old together, until our hair is long and white, we have been caused to be tied. So does our bond exist in the universe, just as the sun and moon exist in the heavens, just as the mountains and rivers exist on earth. Side by side, shoulder to shoulder, putting our home, the ie, in order, making it settled. Maintain the family gate as a dignified one.”

Her eyes were fixed on Satoko, and Rika could no more have looked away than she could look into the sun, but her perception widened, feeling Satoshi’s warm presence at the tables.

“The connection to the ancestors is to be continued and not neglected. The family name should flourish, be highly respected and widely known. Our children and grandchildren should continue forever, just as the fifty red oak trees, just as the eight mulberry bushes prosper and propagate. Thus we humbly and most respectfully speak.”

Satoko reached out, adding her name to the paper, and she and Rika grinned at each other over it. They then both turned, accepting the Tamagushi branch that Hanyuu handed it to them, decorated with cotton thread, and placed it on the altar amid the cups and plates. They backed away, then turned to face the altar again, bowing twice, clapping their hands twice, and then bowing one more time.

Rika, knowing Satoko’s propensity for mess and chaos, had not bothered to get anything but a silver wedding band, knowing that Satoko would inevitable scratch anything softer. The ring was inset with a simple blue sapphire, a gem that Rika had most carefully selected to match her hair color exactly. As she brought the ring out from her pocket, she saw that Satoko’s ring was just as simple, a delicate circlet of gold with a shimmering band of tiny rubies and diamonds set in a spiral around it.

They exchanged them with smiles, and Rika felt her new life slotting over her as she slid the metal band onto her finger.

With this, the wedding was more or less over. True, in other weddings and for other people, there was the ceremonial binding of the families as well, as Hanyuu led the rest of the club to drink from the sake and thus bond themselves together as one family, but for Rika and her friends, this was little more than a formality to something they already all knew. They were family. They had been family for hundreds of years, though only two of them knew it. The exchange of sake was nothing but ink on a paper, the legal acknowledgement of what they had been doing for years.

Hanyuu raised her hands, leading them all in one last bow to the gods of the shrine, and Rika supposed, for a moment, that this might be the first genuinely grateful and reverent bow she had performed since she was a child, since that dim and misty time before Hanyuu had thrown her into the maze of a looping world.

But then, this was a special occasion, and she smiled as she lifted her head, prepared to walk forward with Satoko to create new memories in this, the most wonderful portion of her life.

AN: Is gay marriage legal in Japan now, never mind when Satoko and Rika would be old enough for it? No, but hear me out- I do what I want. Also, I’m not Japanese or Shinto, so please forgive me for any errors I make in describing the wedding ceremony. I mean, even I’m pretty sure that you wouldn’t use the actual shrine altar for the ceremonial wedding altar, for one thing, but then again, Rika’s family are the ones that actually own the shrine and Hinamizawa is rural enough that I don’t think anyone would care.

#Higurashi Month #Higurashi Month 2020 #Higurashi no Naku Koro ni #Higurashi When They Cry #When They Cry

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bizarrequazar · 3 months

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“your top 15 favourite tv shows can say a lot about your personality!”

Thank you @wirwerdensiegen for tagging me!

I'm terrible at ranking things so I largely just went on the order that I remembered shows 😅

Word of Honor (2021)

Good Omens (2019-)

Tian Guan Ci Fu (2020-)

Neon Genesis Evangelion (1995-1996)

Higurashi no Naku Koro ni (2005-2007)

Hunter x Hunter (2011-2014)

Revolutionary Girl Utena (1997)

Houseki no Kuni (2017) (Studio Orange please give us a season 2)

Buzzfeed Unsolved (2016-2021) / Ghost Files (2022-)

Mob Psycho 100 (2016-2022)

Shouwa Genroku Rakugo Shinjuu (2016-2017)

Puppet History (2020-)

No.6 (2011) (I have such a love/hate relationship with this show)

Kids on the Slope (2012)

Berserk (1997-1998)

Tagging @danmeiljie @bowiesnippleantennae @jeriafterdark and anyone else who wants to!

#noisy stardust

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nipahnan · 3 months

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♡ welcome to my blog! ♡

anime, japan, jirai & everything that’s cute and creepy✩˚｡⋆

while my accounts main focus is pink & cute things, i would like to announce a trigger warning because i also share content that may show blood, alcohol consumption and other things associated with jirai and the horror/anime community! if you’re sensitive about any of these topics please leave my blog or just block me for your own safety. I don’t intend to harm anyone with some occasional posts that might have something triggering in them.

my name is nii and im a kawaii collector from germany that moved to japan in 2023. all content with #Nipahnan is my own. posts under #q&a are answers for asks you send me.

my fav vn and anime is higurashi no naku koro ni. im obsessed with rhythm games like project diva & taiko no tatsujin and i love going to thrift shops and arcades.◞♡

i call myself a jirai onna since 2020. i have BPD and highly connect to the jirai „lifestyle“ and feel like the term describes me well, while i also enjoy the clothing style that’s associated with jirai girls. nonetheless i have very split feelings about the term jirai kei itself as it’s as if i would call a persons clothing style „BPD style“ just because I connect their clothes to their mental illness. i truly feel like it shouldn’t be used when people can’t connect to anything associated with the origin of Jirai kei or BPD, yet i search and use the term to find people like me who I can connect and relate to. i dont want to larp on the mental health issues of japanese woman since i am a big advocate for better mental help in japan!

with that being said, please enjoy looking at my blog, ask me any questions that you might have and please follow if you like what you see! ♡

#Nipahnan #about me #Info Post #Jirai #BPD #actually jirai #lifestyle Jirai

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fandomtrumpshate · 1 year

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Counting down the hours - a numbers update!

Since the update yesterday evening, THIRTY more creators have signed up for another THIRTY EIGHT offers … including a signup for Goncharov, NINE new write-in fandoms, and FIVE more folks willing to work in any fandom.

Sherlock has managed to tie up fifth place in the listed fandoms, sharing the spot with Teen Wolf. And the tenth spot is now a 4-way tie between Merlin, Original Work, The Sandman, and The Witcher.

Under the cut is a list of the Unlisted Fandoms with just one write-in. A single sign up would bump them up the list. A handful of signups can completely shake things up.

Signups close TONIGHT at 11:59 PM Pacific.

1 A Series of Unfortunate Events 1 A Voice from Darkness (Podcast) 1 Ace Attorney 1 Alex Stern series - Leigh Bardugo 1 All The Wrong Questions 1 Animorphs 1 Be Kind My Neighbor 1 Bioshock 1&2 (only) 1 Blood of Youth 1 Blue Exorcist 1 Blue Lock 1 Bug Fables 1 Cabin Pressure 1 Call the Midwife 1 Cats the Musical 1 Charlie's Angels (2019 film) 1 Cherry Magic (TV) 1 Citizen Sleeper 1 Cobra Kai 1 Coco Pixar 1 Coffee Talk [Video Game] 1 Cosmere (Brandon Sanderson) 1 Crossover Chaos AU (multifandom crossover AU) 1 Cyberpunk: Edgerunners 1 Dead by Daylight 1 Dead Poets Society 1 Derry Girls 1 Dice Punks (podcast) 1 DMBJ/Grave Robber's Chronicles 1 Downton Abbey 1 Dr. STONE (anime/manga) 1 Dragon Ball Z 1 Dragonriders of Pern - Anne McCaffrey 1 Dungeons and Daddies 1 Eerie Indiana 1 Emma - Jane Austen 1 Fire Country 1 Firefly 1 For All Mankind 1 Glee 1 Grace and Frankie 1 Greys Anatomy 1 Grimm 1 Guardian/Zhen Hun 1 Gundam 1 Half-Life 1 Hello From The Hallowoods 1 Higurashi No Naku Koro Ni / Higurashi When They Cry 1 Hit the floor 1 House of the Dragon 1 How to Train Your Dragon (Movies) 1 Hudson & Rex 1 IDOLiSH7 1 Ikemen Vampire 1 Imperial Radch Series - Ann Leckie 1 Infinity Train 1 Jane Austen (any novel any pairing) 1 Jeeves - P. G. Wodehouse 1 Jojo's Bizarre Adventure 1 Jurassic Park 1 King of Scars Duology 1 Les Misérables 1 Los Simuladores 1 Love Between Fairy and Devil 1 Madre Solo Hay Dos 1 Miss Scarlet and The Duke 1 Mob Psycho 100 1 Monochrome Factor 1 Motorcity 1 Naomi Novik's books (Temeraire /Spinning Silver/Scholomance) 1 Obey Me! 1 One Last Stop 1 Outlast 1 Paper Girls (TV) 1 Parasol Protectorate 1 Peacemaker 1 Persuasion - Jane Austen 1 Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen 1 Prodigal Son 1 Psych 1 Qi Ye 1 Ranger's Apprentice 1 Ranma 1/2 1 Roseanne 1 RPF 1 Sable 1 Sanders Sides 1 Scooby Doo 1 Shameless (US) 1 Sidemen 1 Silicon Valley (TV) 1 Skins (UK) 1 Tamora Pierce works 1 Tangled the Series 1 Ted Lasso 1 Teen Titans (Animated Series) 1 Temple of the White Rat series by T. Kingfisher 1 The Ancient Magus Bride 1 The Boys 1 The Daevabad Trilogy 1 The Dark Pictures: House of Ashes 1 The Diviners (Libba Bray) 1 The Goblin Emperor - Katherine Addison 1 The King: Eternal Monarch 1 The L Word: Generation Q 1 The Legend of Drizzt 1 The Lion Hunters Series - Elizabeth Wein 1 The Man From U.N.C.L.E. (2015) 1 The Man From UNCLE (TV) 1 The Princess Weiyoung (Jinxiu Weiyang) 1 The Tarot Sequence - K.D. Edwards 1 The Terror (TV 2018) 1 The Vampire Diaries (TV) 1 The Wilds (TV 2020) 1 This Way Up 1 Timeless (2016 TV series) 1 Tortall - Tamora Pierce 1 Tower of God 1 Transformers 1 True Blood (TV) 1 Twilight 1 Twilight (All media types) 1 Until We Meet Again 1 UuultraC 1 Valorant 1 Velvet Goldmine (1998) 1 Vikings (TV) 1 Vorkosigan Saga - Lois McMaster Bujold 1 Warframe 1 White Collar 1 White Collar (2009-2014 TV series) 1 Whiteley Foster's Mansong 1 Xena: Warrior Princess 1 Yellowjackets (TV) 1 Yu-Gi-Oh!

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satoshi-mochida · 10 months

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Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Rei Gets 'Iro Tōtoshi-hen' Manga on June 20

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The July issue of Square Enix's Monthly Shonen Gangan magazine revealed on Monday that the Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Rei manga series will have a new manga titled Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Rei: Iro Tōtoshi-hen that will launch on Square Enix's Gangan Online manga website on June 20. Kei Natsumi, who will draw the new manga, posted a new illustration to celebrate the announcement on their Twitter account, and also noted that the manga is the "answer arc" for the earlier Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Rei manga.

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The manga is a sequel to two new manga in the Higurashi franchise titled Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Rei that launched in November 2021. Natsumi's Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Rei: Oni Okoshi-hen launched on Gangan Online, while Seigo Tokiya's Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Rei: Hoshi Watashi-hen launched in Square Enix's Monthly Big Gangan magazine. Oni Okoshi-hen ended in August 2022, while Hoshi Watashi-hen ended in September 2022. The second and final compiled book volumes for both manga shipped in November 2022.

Manga creator Tomato Akase launched a new manga titled Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Meguri (Higurashi: When They Cry – Meguri) in October 2021 on Kadokawa's Young Ace Up service. The manga is a new answer arc for the Higurashi: When They Cry – GOU series. The Higurashi: When They Cry – GOU anime premiered in October 2020, and the 24th and final episode aired in March 2021. Higurashi: When They Cry – SOTSU, the followup to the anime, premiered in July 2021 and aired for 15 episodes.

Asahi launched a new manga in the Higurashi franchise titled Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Oni in Futabasha's Monthly Action magazine in February 2022.

#Higurashi Reiwa #Higurashi Rei #Higurashi no Naku Koro Ni #Higurashi #07th Expansion #Ryukishi07 #Anime News Network

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pinkie-satan · 2 years

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Is it worth watching when they cry?

Should read the manga first or the anime?

Oh hi, didn't notice your ask, I'm so sorry 😭

There are 3 parts of When they cry series, Higurashi, Umineko and Ciconia.

Usually people start with Higurashi. Of course I would really recommend reading Higurashi no naku koro ni visual novel but it's very long and pacing can be kinda slow at the beginning. My introduction to Higurashi was 2006 anime and it may not be the best adaptation according to some but it is iconic and has an awesome soundtrack. The first anime (called just Higurashi no naku koro ni) is also known as question arc and the sequel (Higurashi no naku koro ni kai) covers answer arcs. There are manga versions of those arcs and they're very good! Then there are some extras, Higurashi no naku koro ni rei and Higurashi no naku koro ni kira which are a mix of good episodes and awful fanservice episodes. Aaand then we have 2020 sequels: Higurashi no naku koro ni gou and Higurashi no naku koro ni sotsu. They are emmm, different. There's ongoing manga adaptation of this part called Higurashi no naku koro ni gou and Higurashi no naku koro ni meguri and it's waaay better. There are also a lot of extra parts of Higurashi series (visual novel, anime and manga) like Kizuna, Outbreak, Reiwa, Oni and more. You have to check out the main parts before though. Higurashi is an amazing story and I really recommend it! Whether you choose manga, anime or vn, it's very good!

Then we have Umineko no naku koro ni. It also has question arcs and answer arcs (called chiru). And a lot of extra mini stories. There's an anime adaptation of the question arcs but it's kinda bad. I recommend reading the vn, it's an amazing experience. If you don't have time for vn, try the manga. It's hella good and it also has some additional content that vn doesn't have (especially 7th and 8th part). Umineko changed my life and I love it very very much. The best piece of media I ever discovered. 10/10

Finally there's Ciconia no naku koro ni. There's only visual novel and it's still not finished. I only read a little bit, I will finish it someday when I have time 😅

So yeah I really recommend checking When they cry out. That's the best thing that ever happened to me. Thank you so much for the ask ❤

#thanks for the ask!#have fun with wtc!

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clarajblogdsaa · 3 months

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Any clouds can get frightening, any tool can be useful!

My first introduction to design softwares was not through graphic design. Although I started to properly use them when I was in my first year of graphic design, I had been interested in those programs since I was a teen. Indeed, before knowing about graphic design, I tried digital painting and drawing in software like photoshop! It is then that I discovered a lot pre-made assets like half-tone brushes, cross-hatching brushes, tree brushes, flowers brushes and other downloadable contents made to save time. Those kinds of tools are primarily used for creating comics, especially mangas as the releasing schedule in the manga industry is very thigh.

Most titles are published regularly as one chapter per week. This crazy work pace requires well-thought work process to always be time as those chapters are released in weekly Manga's magazine. Often in a manga artist studio, the author only draws the storyboard and the characters in detail. The background, the lettering and the other ambiance effects are left to the assistants. All those digital tools are then used to fasten the drawing process in area where the artist style matter less.

At the beginning, most of those effects were visuals codes created by pioneers' manga artists like the famous flower pattern to depict a blooming love mostly popularized by mangaka’s like Ryoko Ikeda or Yumiko Igarashi. They become such a staple of mange style that they transform into pre-made tools. Their quality drawing-wise was less than their hand-drawn counterpart, yet their impact in the narration is less intact. In fact, manga and its codes rely a lot on exuberant symbols. Everything is exaggerated, feelings are overamplified and the action should seem bursting out of the page. In this kind of representation, all those pre-made assets do keep their aesthetical weight because of their own lack of subtlety. Their seeming blandness and standardise looks is overpowered by the loudness of their symbol as a visual code.

Extract from La rose de Versailles by Ryoko Ikeda

Flower brush from the software Medibang

Yet, since the 2000s and the democratisation of digital drawing, the opposite effect also rose up. Now pre-made assets created specifically for those softwares started to become huge visual codes in the manga aesthetic. This kind of case is interesting because instead of the previous example I had shared; those assets only come from those softwares and were not based on any previous well established drawn manga codes. They did not hold any symbolic power from previous manga artist’s work, and their looks could have not predicted the meaning they will get.

To illustrate this phenomenon, the case of the cloud filter in photoshop is symptomatic. This innocuous effect named Difference clouds is a filter that generate a cloud pattern with the two colours picked in the foreground colour picker and background colour picker. If use as intended, this filter create a robotic cloud pattern that would be difficult to use for any real photomontage of a cloudy sky. What truly made this filter unmistakable is the horror Japanese manga genre.

Indeed, if you choose to generate cloud with black and red, you will end up with this tense image. At first, this quick way to generate a tense background was popularized because of its easiness and rapidity as it only takes about two second to do it. Yet, the picture is still rough and can seem hard to use as is but was widely use and became a visual staple. Its own lack of subtlety and its harshness were the keys stylistic point of the image.

Pattern from the horror visual novel Higurashi no naku koro ni written by Ryukishi07, 2002-2006.

Pattern from the horror game OMORI by OMOCAT,2020.

Japanese horror medias that use this background are mainly horror manga game and digital comic, of the psychological horror sub-genre. In those work, as the reader, you follow the point of view of the protagonist and getting information like you were in its mind. This specific red and black background is a way to portray the internal turmoil, anxiety and confusion one can feel in a critical situation. This kind of procedural texture also looks like the style of pattern your brain produce when you close your eyes. So, in this case, the abrasive and loud nature of this pattern works in its favour as it helps to create tension and confusion into the reader. Even when artists had more time to create intricate and personalised backgrounds, this filter was already great enough to allude to such an abstract state of fear that it became a massive horror code in Japanese drawn medias!

In graphic design, we are often pushed to try repurposing tools and think outside the box. For me, this personal example helps me remember that any tools can be useful, no matter how bad it first looks. What truly matter is to understand its essence to explore what it has to offer!

4661 signs

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takizawakick · 4 months

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#Higurashi no Naku Koro ni #Higurashi 2020 #Houjou Satoko #Featherine Augustus Aurora #cap

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programaciontdt · 6 months

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PROGRAMACION TDT (PUFFYSTYLE TV Y RDJ SERIES)/(Noviembre 2023)

He aqui la programacion para el fin de semana en PuffyStyle Cinema (PUFFYSTYLE TV-PUFFYSTYLE TV HD)

SABADO 4:Robin Hood (1973)

DOMINGO 5:La oveja Shaun. La película

SABADO 11:Los increíbles

DOMINGO 12:La Cenicienta (1950)

SABADO 18:La dama y el vagabundo (1955)

DOMINGO 19:El planeta del tesoro (2002)

SABADO 25:El viaje de Chihiro

DOMINGO 26:Lilo & Stitch

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JUEVIN DE ESTRENOS (RDJ SERIES-RDJ SERIES HD)

-BIG MOUTH (T-1,T-2,T-3,T-4,T-5,T-6,T-7)

-PARADISE POLICE (T-1,T-2,T-3,T-4)

-SUPER DRAGS (T-1)

-TRAILER PARK BOYS (T-1,T-2)

-F IS FOR FAMILY (T-1,T-2,T-3,T-4,T-5)

-TUCA Y BERTIE (T-1)

-(DES)ENCANTO (T-1,T-2,T-3,T-4)

-HOOPS (T-1)

-BOJACK HORSEMAN (T-1,T-2,T-3,T-4.T-5,T-6)

-SEX EDUCATION (T-1,T-2,T-3)

-Animaladas (2021)/(T-1)

-Ultrasecretos (2021)/(T-1,T-2)

-Squid Game (2021)

-Chicago Party Aunt (2021)/(T-1,T-2)

Estrenos en Noviembre

-Higurashi no Naku Koro ni (2020) (6 Noviembre)

-Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Sotsu (2ªTemporada)/(6 Noviembre)

-Uchi no Kaisha no Chiisai Senpai no Hanashi (4 Noviembre)

-Lv1 Maou to One Room Yuusha (4 Noviembre)

-Big Mouth (7ªTemporada)/(4 Noviembre)

#anime overdrive #globetrotter media #hi hi puffy amiyumi #puffystyle #puffystyle entertainment #rdj #rdj series #tdt

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panamagreys · 2 years

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Steam umineko when they cry

#Steam umineko when they cry update#

#Steam umineko when they cry full#

#Steam umineko when they cry mods#

We’ll also be including new character artwork for this upcoming release! We plan to follow R07’s episodic release system with Umineko in order to to make it accessible with the new art as soon as possible, just as we have for Higurashi. This steam version features multi-language options, swap-able renewed character sprites, as well as the original BGMs and un-cut content.

#Steam umineko when they cry update#

We’ll be working with the team at Witch Hunt to update the translation for Umineko alongside this new, official release on our platform and Steam. This is the 2nd half of the Umineko When They Cry sound novel series, featuring episodes 5 through 8. Will you be able to piece together the real story of what happened that day by the climactic finale? Accompanied by a soundtrack worthy to deem this prose a ‘sound novel’ just by itself, this enticing tale is a must-read for anyone who enjoys thinking outside the box. What really happened on Rokkenjima that night?įans of Higurashi will already be familiar with Umineko’s unique manner of storytelling-over the span of eight different chapters the player will experience several different ways in which events of the murder may have played out. Umineko: When They Cry ( Umineko no Naku Koro ni. Still, could anyone in his family really have killed their own kin for the sake of riches? You know both the situation leading up to the incident and its tragic result, but the course of events is an enigma, and no one willing to share the whole truth. When the Seagulls Cry) is a Japanese djin softvisual novel series produced by 07th. Battler’s cousin Maria believes the golden witch Beatrice has returned and committed murder through magic, but Battler doesn’t believe in such a fantasy. However, that night, a disaster falls upon the Ushiromiya family, and they all begin to fear for their very lives. In Umineko, the player will join Battler, a scion of the wealthy Ushiromiya family, as he attends their annual reunion on the island of Rokkenjima for the first time in six years. We went ahead and updated it with a few more options, some are dark, some are more lighthearted, but there should be something that appeals to almost anyone, regardless of what genre you love best.Our next major announcement is Umineko When They Cry from 07th Expansion, creators of Higurashi When They Cry!

#Steam umineko when they cry full#

The following list is full of some of the best visual novels available on Steam. The main one is their method of storytelling, which couples gorgeous graphics with compelling writing and an interactive quality that appeals to fans of video games. Updated by Madison Lennon on April 5, 2020: Visual novels are extremely popular on Steam for many reasons. Here are some of the best visual novels you can get on Steam. On the other hand, there are some pretty interesting visual novels that either stay away from these tropes entirely or play with them in order to play on the player’s expectations. While this is a bit of a played out formula, it’s one that’s employed by a lot of classic visual novels. Lots of visual novels tend to be part interactive story while incorporating some dating sim mechanics as well.

#Steam umineko when they cry mods#

RELATED: The 10 Best Kenshi Mods That Improve The Game While there have been some issues with censorship of these titles on the platform, it’s still one of the only places to get these kinds of games unless you go right to the publisher. Speaking of, Steam carries a ton of localized and amateur visual novels. They’re very popular in their native Japan, and though still not a huge market over here, have been picking-up steam in recent years. Visual Novels are a pretty niche genre, at least for most Western markets.

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The Great Anime Rewatch of 2022 - Part X

Uchouten Kazoku seasons 1-2

First watched: 2013, original airdates Rewatched: July 2022

Original ratings: 8, 7 New ratings: 8, 7

I still can’t believe this was animated by PA Works. It’s kind of hard to specifically pinpoint the reasons why I like Uchouten Kazoku. The first and obvious answer is the titular family, who have great chemistry and genuine love for each other. The chaotic situations they find themselves in are entertaining and vibrant, and there is tension in the more dangerous scenario. Yasaburo is a likable and enjoyable protagonist, though it’s a shame they got rid of his gender fluidity after the first few episodes. There’s also Benten, who has such presence, bending most of the cast and the scenes to her will. She’s fascinating to watch.

The second season doesn’t quite do it for me in the way the first season does. I think that’s mainly due to a shift in focus from the Shimogamo’s and a darker tone. It introduces more characters and doesn’t necessarily excel at juggling them all. It also decided to get rid of the villains by way of a deus ex machina, so that wasn’t cool. It’s still got a lot of charm and heart, and the team poured their love into it. Someone else can talk about Uchouten Kazoku much better than I can. I’m really glad I revisited it.

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Mahou Shoujo Lyrical Nanoha Movie 1st & 2nd

First watched: 2013 Rewatched: July 2022

Original ratings: 8, 9 New ratings: 5, 7

I’ve got a lot of nostalgia with Nanoha. I was introduced to it back in 2007-2008 from a bunch of people on a forum. I always thought the mecha elements were super cool, and enjoyed he devices. I drew the characters so often I knew every detail of their designs from memory. In the interest of time (and better animation), I opted for the films. So how’d they do?

1st - The music is great. The pacing is wild. Precia still fucking sucks. In the end, I finished this movie without being entertained or engaged very much. If you take away the uniqueness of the sci-fi elements, then you’re left with a rather standard story that doesn’t do much for me anymore.

2nd - Holy shit this movie is two and a half hours long. Within the first ten minutes we’re already wasting time on recapping. But after that, this is more like it. I was much more invested. It got rid of the stupid masked man story element that I never liked in the original TV series, though it failed to make Zafira anything more than just a counterpart to Arf. The biggest downside is that my old love for the series never fully returned.

Seven Arcs continued to milk this franchise as recently as 2018. If they continue to do so, I may just have to sit it out from now on. However I’ll always appreciate Nanoha for launching Mizuki Nana into superstardom.

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Higurashi no Naku Koro Ni & Kai

First watched: circa 2008? Rewatched: July 2022

Original ratings: 8, 8 New ratings: 4, 5

I used to love Higurashi. When Gou was released in 2020, I was excited to watch, only to drop it at eight episodes. Was it the adaptation itself, or had my affection for the franchise dissipated?

The answer is: my affection for Higurashi dissipated. Completely. Turns out having poorly drawn and animated children make crazy faces, scream bloody murder, and mutilate each other isn’t scary anymore. If anything, the most unsettling thing about it is how the show revels in the torturous situations it puts its characters in. The comedy sections are terribly annoying and unfunny, too. Higurashi is comprised of two extremes with little to no middle ground. It doesn’t work for me.

Kai works much better for a few main reasons:

1. we now have a core objective. 2. there’s a middle ground between the horror and comedy. 3. instead of the question being “who will die and how?” it’s “will the party succeed?”

It doesn’t really do any of these things well enough for me to care. But Kai is much more watchable, and has a broader and more genuine emotional spectrum. Being a direct sequel, the same things I hate about the first season still plague Kai: most of the school life scenes, its dreadful sense of humor, and unintentionally hilarious/cringe worthy facial expressions.

Revisiting Higurashi was disappointing, but it was important in making me realize just how much my preferences in horror have evolved. If I want something that actually scares me, I’d reread The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman, or replay Nier: Automata, or reread Ito Junji’s Uzumaki- no no no nope not that last one, nope. I don’t think I can go there again. Just like how I will not touch the Higurashi franchise ever again.

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Only Yesterday

First watched: March 2012 Rewatched: July 2022

Original rating: 5 New rating: 5

English dub this time. (Does Dev Patel not have a standard American accent? His British sticks out like a sore thumb, and I don’t think his voice fits the character.)

I think I was too young when I first watched this. I can appreciate it more now, but it still doesn’t grip me the way some of Takahata’s other films do. I find the narration and dialogue focusing on processes and farming to be incredibly dull, and some of the scenes feel too long. Also, everyone in Taeko’s family treats her like absolute garbage, FOR WHAT? I’m surprised she didn’t grow up to be more damaged.

The final scene is absolutely beautiful, though. Takahata’s work is always focused and dedicated to the human life—how different people and experiences shape us, what they make us feel, and how we process those emotions. His films cover a broader emotional spectrum than most directors could dream of. I may not love Only Yesterday, but watching the physicality of these characters is such a masterclass in visual language. Show, don’t tell.

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Perfect Blue

First watched: October 2011 Rewatched: July 2022

Original rating: 9 New rating: 9

Perfect Blue is still unsettling and scary as it always has been. With the way idol culture and worship has only escalated since the rise of social media, this feels even more icky and relevant. I can’t imagine what Perfect Blue would’ve been like if had been made today, and if Kon would’ve survived.

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Summer Wars

First watched: August 2011 Rewatched: July 2022

Original rating: 8 New rating: 4

Since Summer War’s initial release in 2009, depictions of the internet and avatars is no longer a unique concept. By now it’s become rather tired, and several sub-genres are identified with the concept. But Summer Wars also revolves around a disgustingly large family with too many characters who simply exist for the sake of existing. It was an unfocused narrative that provided little to interest or entertain me. And the romance? Kill me.

Hosoda Mamoru’s work doesn’t nearly work for me in the way it does for a lot of other people. I absolutely abhor The Girl Who Leapt Through Time, and thought very little of Wolf Children. I remember nothing about Bakemono no Ko, but I have it rated as a 6. After watching Belle, which had the EXACT SAME OPENING SEQUENCE from Summer Wars, right down to a big ass whale, I think his problem is that he’s trying to do too much in his films. There’s so much extraneous, irrelevant nonsense that’s an absolute waste of the audience’s time. Things happen way too conveniently. The content of the film does not justify the length. Film is a medium where less tends to be more, and simplicity is often best. Hosoda Mamoru is a director with a vision, but he is not a competent storyteller. His work simply isn’t for me.

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Higurashi and how to make a memorable anime

Higurashi: When They Cry is a Japanese murder mystery series of Kinetic Novels made by 07th Expansion, released between 2002 and 2006 and later adapted into many anime and a manga.

An anime adaptation by Studio DEEN aired in 2006, adapting the firsts six arcs, with a sequel titled When They Cry: Kai, airing in 2007 and covering the last two arcs of the visual novel. Later, an OVA, entitled Higurashi no Naku Koro ni was released in 2009, adapted bonus arcs. The fourth installment, Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Kira is an OVA outside of continuity. After many years without Higurashi anime, another sequel anime made by Studio Passione titled Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Gou released in 2020, and another sequel, Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Sotsu premiered in 2021.

Certainly, there must be a reason as why this series is so beloved and got so many adaptations, and that is what I’m going to talk about next.

Higurashi is set in a rural Japanese village in the middle of nowhere called Hinamizawa, in the firsts arcs we follow Keiichi Maebara, an adolescent who moves from the city and is met with a seemingly peaceful life, playing with his friends, but he soon finds himself in the middle of strange revelations, conspiracies and murders, that then are told by other characters viewpoints, showing by little what went wrong.

Personally, I prefer the original novel over the adaptations, since I think that the extended length lets the writer to go more in depth into the minds of the characters, and the atmosphere created by ambient sounds, beautiful music, photographic backgrounds and amateurish drawings adds to something really unique, making me feel like I was there despite the obvious limited economic resources, but I get that most people don’t have the time needed to read it, so that’s why so many adaptations were made, to make people enjoy the series in a more accessible medium.

I do have problems with the first anime adaptation though, while I acknowledge that a 110 hour long visual novel is impossible to adapt into anime without losing a lot of details about the dialogues and thoughts of the characters, and that an adaptation shouldn’t be measured by the amount of content adapted, but by how good it works as a standalone piece, the anime still suffers from rough animation and direction that decimates the emotional impact of many scenes.

Despite all this, many have come to love the anime, despite how it looks, because of how good of a suspense story it is. Higurashi goes from a cute slice of life in a rural village to a very crazy murder mystery, with a lot of gore violence scenes, but always showing the viewer, little by little, with different perspectives, what is behind the madness, inviting them to solve the mystery behind everting and in the way teaching important lessons about friendship and trust.

Gael Pérez G.

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