Higurashi When They Cry: Eye Opening Arc, Vol. 2: Volume 12

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Boy, we are getting answers now. Confused on what was going on with Mion/Shion in the Cotton Drifting Arc, you will find out in this one. Wondering why Shion freaked out in the Saiguden? Yep, see what's up with her.This volume picks up a year before the main story where the last volume ended. Satoshi is suspected in the murder of his aunt. To give him an alibi, Shion claims to have been with him to Detective Oishi, forcing herself to reveal her true identity and drop her charade of pretending to be Mion. However, associating with Satoshi, whose family is hated by her powerful grandmother, lands Shion in trouble.Her family has a dark history. They have long been connected with the yakuza. To show her restitution for her actions, and to protect Satoshi from the Sonozaki's power, Shion proves her contrition by self-mutilation.She has to rip off three of her fingernails. It's painful to read. It's horrible to witness her going through such pain. But she loves Satoshi. She will endure it for him.But, as we know, Satoshi disappears. It doesn't matter that Shion offered up her pain to save him. It festers inside of her. She blames her family for his disappearance while trying to convince herself that he just ran away, a murderer on the run.And then we jump to the present story. Keiichi's arrival sends Shion's careful world into chaos and ushers us into the events we witnessed in the Cotton Drifting Arc from her perspective.This is a powerful volume. The fingernail scene is so hard to read. You can feel her pain. The artist captured it well. You see Shion dealing with her grief and this strange presence she feels. That extra footstep we've seen from others in this story.Is it Oyashiro? What is truly going on?This volume ends on such a dark note. We're about to find out just how involved the Sonozaki family is in what's going on. Are they the culprits, or have they merely been blamed for events outside their control.The story only gets better. The art is wonderful, capturing the emotion between the twins, the anger of Shion, and her pain. It is brought to life in such vivid ink.

Higurashi is one of my favorite manga of all time! This series is mysterious, creepy and even funny at times, but it never takes away from the story.

This is a gift for my sons upcoming birthday. He loves this manga series and the anime. Great read.

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I tore into this book as soon as it arrived in the mail & I have to say that so far this arc has been pretty good. There's really not much I can say review-wise, so I'll try to keep it simple.The artwork in this volume keeps up with the standard with the series, which is very high. I absolutely loved how well it showed the tension & frustration that Shion goes through as she begins her inevitable descent into madness. I really love how each volume & arc of the series shows a little something new about everything that's going on & reveals the true culprit's identity little by little.Since this particular part of the arc hasn't really been covered by the previous ones, people who might complain about the arcs being a little too monotonous will like the change of pace here. There's a few points where the story gets a little jumbled, but I can't help but feel like that's on purpose to deliberately make the reader feel disoriented. Much of the main gist of the story is the confusion that the characters feel, so I can understand where it would be important to draw the readers into that same feeling.This was a fine volume & I'm looking forward to seeing the next one wrap this particular arc up.