I hope this helps someone out! So, if you're looking at this thinking "I kinda wanna get into Higurashi" I'll tell you right now, this is not the first arc. But, in my opinion, it's the best arc. Not that any of the other arcs are bad, neither is it that I'm a Shion fan, but something about the way that we got into her back story, and her perspective answered so many questions I never thought I would get the answer to. Also, I cried. My heart has died after reading Higurashi. I loved exploring the psycology of the characters, and this was the firstarc where I truly felt sorry for them. It kinda sucks, because it's really hard to blame someone in this arc for all the bad things that happen- idk what I'm saying anymore but I loved this arc.