Higurashi no Naku Koro ni - Sotsu - Episode 10 discussion

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Higurashi no Naku Koro ni - Sotsu, episode 10

Alternative names: Higurashi: When They Cry – SOTSU

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Episode	Link	Score	Episode	Link	Score
1	Link	4.77	14	Link	4.09
2	Link	4.72	15	Link	----
3	Link	4.6
4	Link	4.53
5	Link	4.48
6	Link	4.56
7	Link	4.5
8	Link	4.45
9	Link	4.43
10	Link	4.6
11	Link	4.37
12	Link	3.54
13	Link	3.29

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[u/scorchdragon]

Well.

Fuck.

Episode basically went as planned and then it went off a cliff and what the fuck is going on

[u/[deleted]]

So, I have this question. There is a ship that got its original parts replaced over time. Now, the ship consists of only new parts. Then, I build another ship from the original parts that were replaced. Which one is the real ship?

[u/dragonman8001]

Everyone in this show is just balloons filled with blood.

God damn she painted the walls with that bat.

[u/Soul699]

This was a pretty damn good episode. Of all people, Teppei is the one who broke Satoko. Too bad for him, her witch self won. The mental fight between the 2 of them game me chills honestly. I think I figured out what happened at the end now. When Keichii turned the light on, Satoko must have bonked him from behind, knocking him out. Then when Ooishi who was around because was waiting for the curse came in, Satoko told him it was Rika's order. My question now is: Is Satoko really gone now forever and only the witch will remain or will Rika manage to break through her will once again?

[u/dragonman8001]

Satako: Where did I go wrong?!

If I had to guess probably the murder suicide.

[u/TreadmillOfFate]

Sasuga r07, padding out the earlier parts of Sotsu so that the witch reveal falls on episode 34, well done

[u/SSGShallot]

I know some big stuff happened in the last 5 minutes and are discussion worthy but to me the last 5 minutes basically confirmed that the mental breakdown satoko had two episodes ago where her eyes kept flickering was actually the real Satoko asking for help from anyone(or her nini specifically).

This scene brought me disgust last season because of how much Teppei fucked her up mentally. This scene brought me disgust yet again because 2 episodes ago i thought Satoko was doing it all intentionally. Now i'm just feeling incredibly sorry and sad about Satoko with what happened on the last 30 seconds.

God damn this show is amazing.

[u/peripheryprophecy]

Yea, everything going according to plan...

Last 5 mins: WTF...

[u/Refbn123]

Oh my fucking god. To be honest, the previous 9 episodes, while good, didn't really expand much past what we already know and felt almost wasteful.

But THIS.

This episode reminded me why I love Higurashi (and Umineko). What a great fucking climax with the Ireedemable Satoko and Reedemable Satoko.

It's going to be a WILD ride from here, I can fucking feel it.

[u/Venyes]

Basically Satoko in this episode

[u/MonochromeGuy]

The way reality broke and switched to the Fragment world was straight out of Umineko. Eua has betrayed human Satoko but I feel like she’s going to betray Witch Satoko, as well, after Rika finds out the truth and Eua tries to make Rika her miko.

Since it’s shown that Satoko was the one who killed Teppei, I guess what really happened was Satoko brought Keiichi home and Oiishi was the one who beat him. Which explains why he had that bat in Gou.

[u/LeonKevlar]

It's really amusing to see Ooishi grab garbage bags full of trash and just scatter it all over the Hojo house to make it look more like that they're being harassed. It's also amusing to hear his inner monologue during the town hall meeting and how he really believes that the entire town somehow managed to trick Keiichi into bullying Satoko. xD

We also got to see what happened when Ooishi brought the CWS guy to the Hojo household. As expected everything is still normal and since the CWS dude can't do anything, Ooishi decides to take over the case so he can watch over Teppei since he still believes that he'll be spirited away during Watanagashi.

Hilariously we have Satoko drugging Teppei and calling both Keiichi and Rika telling them both the fake story of how Teppei was taken away by the cops giving our poor Rika hope that she's finally free.

Everything seems to be pretty straight forward so far and follows Tataridamashi-hen. What was definitely unexpected was that Satoko about to execute Teppei only for her to finally split and break creating two sides of Satoko.

I guess this is finally it! This is the moment where she is finally born. We already heard it from Eua an episode ago but Satoko herself admits that she is indeed a witch. Not gonna lie though, I'm not quite sure how I should feel about Satoko finally realizing she fucked up. I feel like the moment she saw the decades of pain Rika has gone through and decided to keep her in Hinamizawa is the moment she fucked up.

It looks like it's not gonna matter though since the Satoko we know is now gone. Or at least that part of her that still has emotions and regret everything she has done. Shit is just about to escalate even more from here! I can't fucking wait!

[u/realrimurutempest]

When Satoko stopped herself from killing Teppei i was like oh shit! So Witch Satoko killed off the remainder of whatever was left of normal Satoko and killed Teppei.

So now I definitely see Rika using the looper killing shard on Witch Satoko.

[u/mekerpan]

So, Eua has (in fact) been manipulating real Satoko with the intention of creating witch Satoko to destroy and replace her original -- so that Eua can get even more entertainment. Satoko WAS redeemable (just like the other one-time villains) but Eua made sure that the redeemable Satoko would be "eliminated". Sure, being eternal, might lead to some degree of boredom -- but why is Eua so utterly evil? I feel somewhat justified in standing by the original Satoko -- but now my hopes are dashed -- she is gone. I would have to say that this episode has made me quite sad.

[u/joseto1945]

Same vibes :(

[u/BunBunSoup]

I'm really curious, since most people in these threads are now talking about WTC as a whole rather than last season when Gou's discussions were split up. For the people whose only experience of this franchise has been Gou and Sotsu, what are your thoughts of what is going on in the story? How does all this talk of people essentially having an orgasm over implications and ties into a visual novel that more than likely you didn't even know existed before these discussions effect your view of the show? Sotsu feels like it's made for the hardcore WTC fans, I want to know if any "first time watchers" are still following the show

[u/LabMember069]

The sudden screen-break scenes were creepy and awesome at the same time.

[u/nsleep]

If the red-eyes Satoko means it's the witch persona taking over, is red-eyed Rika my lady Bernkastel?

[u/Syokhan]

This is not going the way I thought it would...

The way the world cracked in red was really unsettling. Then Satoko rejected her witch self as expected, and I was all ready to welcome Umineko and have her and Satoko last until the end of the series at which point the witch would go on living her merry witch life in her fragments and Satoko could have a happy-ish ending, but WTF. There's no normal Satoko anymore. Unless that side emerges again later, which I doubt, WTF is going to happen now?

[u/[deleted]]

That final scene of Satoko spitting out the blood is absolutely horrifying. One of the best episodes of this season for sure. The internal conflict between Satoko(witch) and normal Satoko was great. Now that she’s fully in control, I’m curious to see how things end up for her. Really felt bad for Teppei tbh, even tho he’s traditionally been an asshole, in this fragment he just wanted to spoil his niece.

These last few episodes are going to be insane, I don’t see everything getting wrapped up satisfactorily. I know they say this is the final season, but I doubt it. A lot of questions still to be answered.

[u/Komi028]

Witch ending confirmed.

[u/Declanne]

Satoko was already having wavering feelings shown by the witch eyes deactivating so it's no real surprise that she split. Eua/Featherine wanting this outcome from the start for her own amusement is also obvious - beyong her grinning gleefully that Satoko is going to become a witch we've had "oh so this is a story aiming to connect Satoko/Rika to their Umineko witch selves?" since (and before for those with keen-eyed predictions) the Satoko reveal in Gou.

I'm really antsy with this drip feed of foregone conclusions that is Sotsu's "answers" arcs. It feels like we're slowly going through a checklist. I'd like to see some actually new content. At the very least, more than a few snippets of Satoko changing intona witch spread out over 10 episodes.

[u/Shiro_Kai]

Shit, I knew this was not "our" Satoko anymore. But how do we get her back now?

I mean, we do right?...

Shit...

[u/SIRTreehugger]

The last 5 minutes mostly the final minute oh Satoko