Review of Higurashi: When They Cry – Kai

An amazing anime that is a bit like Marmite in that you either love it or hate it. The story is at first purposefully confusing, however, as the anime progresses the story begins to make more sense, little by little in its own abstract way. The characters are pretty weak, namely only being different from the absolute anime steriotypes by the way they kill eachother off. Despite this you feel for the characters and they do develope slightly by the end of the anime. The content darkens as the series goes on. If you are planning on watching this for the slice of lifesegments look for another anime. The horror and unease surrounding each moment after a certain way through is huge. I personaly like anime that can scare me sometimes but if youre not like that then like I said, look away.

The art is magnificent. Not so much in quality but iin suitability. At first I was put off by the simplictic drawing but the art fitted so well with the content that I developed a temporary discrimination against non stylised anime in general.

I enjoyed the anime immensly and I can say without a doubt it is one of the few anime that has stuck in my head as a masterpiece.