In Episode 2, Rena got blood on her hands after murdering Rina Mamiya, in rage that her father spent a lot of money on her. She believed it to be the only way to save her family from falling apart.
Satoko watched Rena killing Rina from a distance and decided that she would let her get away with it if Rena convinced Reka to stay in Hinamizawa.
The following day, Keiichi followed Rena to the dump and got his hand on a magazine discussing the recent murders in Hinamizawa. Rena tried to kill him as she was convinced that he knew everything, but that didn’t work out.
Later, she was questioned by a police officer about Rina’s murder. Will Rena manage to get away with the murder? Let’s find out!
We bring you the latest episode updates for this anime.
1. Episode 3 Preview & Speculation
If Rena follows Satoko’s deal to convince Rika into staying in Hinamizawa, it’s clear that it will go completely opposite to her plans. However, what exactly Satoko wants to achieve here is still unclear.
It seems like Rika is simply pretending not to remember the confrontation she had with Satoko in Gou. It was hinted so by Rika’s absence when Rena was about to kill Keiichi in the dump.
Further, with the name of this arc, ‘Oniakashi-hen,’ it looks like we’re going to go through all the first season’s arcs through Satoko’s point of view until we catch up to the present time.
Let’s wait for the upcoming episodes for things to get clearer!
2. Episode 3 Release Date
Episode 3 of the Higurashi: When They Cry – Sotsu (2021) anime, titled “Demon-Revealing Chapter, Part 3”, has been released on Thursday, Jul 08, 2021.
Since this anime runs on a weekly schedule, new episode releases are seven days apart.
I. Is Higurashi: When They Cry – Sotsu (2021) on Break This Week?
Episode 3 of Higurashi: When They Cry – Sotsu will be released as per schedule. No such delay has been announced.
3. Episode 2 Recap
Rena buys some tools at a local hardware store while saying, ‘I have to work harder’ in a very creepy way. The following day, Rena prepares breakfast when her father asks her about the bags.
Rena replies she bought those tools to fix a cute statue that she found at a dump.
Before heading to the school, she takes the bag to her hideout at the Dam Construction Site.
As soon as the school finishes, Rena rushes to a convenience store and buys some trash bags, a saw, odor repellant, and more. She takes them to her hideout and returns home.
However, at the door she is greeted by a lady named Rina Mamiya, who introduces herself as her father’s friend. Rena requests her help looking for treasure and then takes Rina to her hideout at the dump.
After reaching the dump, Rena asks Rina to stay away from her hideout, but Rina ignores that and comes inside when it starts raining. After they talk for some time, Rena starts to strangle her, saying that she is doing what needs to be done to save her family.
Rina somehow manages to get out of the hideout but is followed by Rena. Rina screams out loud, requesting not to be killed, but Rena murders her with a large and sharp saw.
Meanwhile, Satoko watches all this from a distance. She murmurs that if Rena convinces Reka to stay in Hinamizawa, she will let her stay happily in that world and then leaves.
Rena continues to cut Rina’s body into pieces and puts them in the trash bags that she bought earlier. The following day after finishing school, she again comes to her hideout to dispose of Rina’s body.
However, Keiichi follows her. He tells Rena that he came to help her get the statue out of the dump. Rena believes that Keiichi saw her hiding the body parts and freaks out. So, she decides to murder Keiichi as well.
Meanwhile, Keiichi reads a piece of newspaper which talks about the murder of a woman at the same construction site he is at. Rena’s plan to murder Keiichi somehow doesn’t work, and they both go back home.
While walking back home, Rena is stopped by Ooishi, a police officer, who questions her about Rina’s disappearance. Rena answers very cleverly to escape any kind of suspicion he might have on her. In the end, Rena watches Ooishi drive off in anger.
4. Where to Watch Higurashi: When They Cry – Sotsu
5. About Higurashi: When They Cry
Higurashi: When They Cry is a Japanese murder mystery dōjin soft visual novel series produced by 07th Expansion that comprises the first two entries of the When They Cry franchise. The series focuses on a group of young friends living in the fictional rural village of Hinamizawa and the strange events that occur there in 1983.
Keiichi Maebara has just moved to the quiet little village of Hinamizawa in the summer of 1983 and quickly becomes inseparable friends with schoolmates Rena Ryuuguu, Mion Sonozaki, Satoko Houjou, and Rika Furude.
However, darkness lurks underneath the seemingly idyllic life they lead.
When madness and paranoia begin taking root in Keiichi’s heart, he will stumble straight into the mysteries at work in Higurashi no Naku Koro ni, a story that is told across multiple arcs.
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