In Episode 4, titled ‘Cotton-Revealing Chapter, Part 1,’ Satoko and Eua spied on Rika and Hanyuu, while Hanyuu helped Rika remember what killed her.
Although Rika couldn’t remember all that, she did remember how Keiichi and Rena killed each other.
Later, around early June of 1983, Satoko used her uncle Teppei’s contact to buy a pistol and bullets. She had already learned how to use one at school from Mion.
In mid-June, Satoko and Rika headed to Okinomiya, where Mion, Keiichi, and Rena joined them. Satoko held a syringe in her hand, standing behind Mion while she was using the vending machine.
Later, the rest of the group members also came there, and the syringe was shown falling empty on the street.
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1. Episode 5 Preview & Speculation
The syringe that Satako was holding earlier was empty at the end, which makes me wonder if Satoko injected Mion with the Hinamizawa Syndrome or something else.
How exactly did Satoko pull it off without Mion or anyone else knowing is the real question here.
It is now pretty much confirmed that Satoko is the one who is killing everyone. She wasn’t there after Rika’s dance. Furthermore, Mion has been stated to be the most logical one.
The way she acts at the end of Watanagashi is to try to keep Keichii safe since she knows someone is killing her family.
Also, now we know how Satoko knows that Rika can remember the loop after Tataridamashi and changed her method from Nekodamashi onward. That’s because Satoko and Eua can spy on Rika and Hanyuu.
Why Satoko bought the pistol and who she plans to kill next is yet to be revealed, though. Hopefully, in the next episode!
2. Episode 5 Release Date
Episode 5 of the Higurashi: When They Cry – Sotsu (2021) anime, titled “Cotton-Revealing Chapter, Part 2”, has been released on Thursday, Jul 22, 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 5 of Higurashi: When They Cry – Sotsu will be released as per schedule. No such delay has been announced.
3. Episode 4 Recap
Rika wakes up in a different dimension when a purple-haired goddess, Hanyuu, appears in front of her. She cannot remember the last few hours before dying, and Hanyuu also cannot see her fragments.
So Hanyuu suggests discussing what she remembers to understand the situation better. Rika tells her that she thinks Keiichi and Rena killed each other under the impact of Hinamizawa Syndrome.
She blames herself for making Keiichi believe that he is fearful of Rena for nothing. But, Hanyuu tells Rika that they are now centuries away and assures her that someday she will create a miracle.
Meanwhile, Satoko watches through a fragment while Eua sits behind. Satoko comments that her neck still hurts from the knife, to which Eua replies that she can grant her memory loss. Satoko laughs it off and says that she is already grateful for the special power.
Eua tells Satoko that she will travel with Rika in the same fragment if she dies before her. Satoko looks at the fragment and says that Rika cannot do anything in the world where Satoko controls the curse.
On the morning of June 5, 1983, Rika wakes up after having a bad dream as Satoko prepares breakfast. On being asked, Rika says that she cannot remember the dream.
After Rika leaves, Satoko murmurs that Rika knows well how to use a knife, but she will find a more pleasant method next time. Satoko then heads to her uncle’s cottage in the forest and asks him to take her to a racing club. There, they bet on a horse and end up winning.
She convinces Teppei to drink as a celebration, despite the doctor prescribing him otherwise. While tripping, Teppei reveals that he has written down the contacts of his scary friends from the underworld in his address book.
Satoko uses one of his contacts to buy a pistol and bullets in exchange for the money she won at the horse club. In addition, Satoko had already learned how to use a pistol at school.
On June 12, 1983, Satoko and Rika head to Okinomiya, where Mion, Keiichi, and Rena join them. Satoko holds an injection, standing behind Mion as she uses the vending machine.
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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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