Category Archives: Cartoons

Who Wants to be a Proxy?

Vincent, stumped

After a six-week hiatus, a new episode of Ergo Proxy has been translated into English. This one carries on with the recent trend of Proxy vs. Proxy battles to the death. As with Episode 14, Vincent’s opponent utilizes a rather unusual method of combat, putting our protagonist in a sitution in which he must reach 1,000,000 points in a quiz contest.

Higurashi no Naku Koro ni 16

Shion can't stand Satoko any more

The first of the “answer” arcs is supposedly retelling the Watanagashi story from a significantly-different perspective. We originally saw this story from the perspective of Keiichi in episodes 5-8. This time, it is from the perspective of Shion Sonozaki, who is in a far better position to know what’s going on. The story again resets to before Keiichi arrives in Hinamizawa, this time approximately one year before.
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Higurashi no Naku Koro ni 14 & 15

Akasaka conversing with Inspector Ooishi
Episodes 14 and 15 comprise a short “time wasting” arc that takes the focus away from Keiichi and his classmates, starting this time before the construction site murder in Hinamizawa and focusing on a young investigator from the PSIA investigating the abduction of a young boy. The change of pace here is palpable. From the previous 13 episodes, we have no reason to think that this protagonist is about to be slaughtered by a vengeful mountain spirit or murderous townsfolk, which provides a big shift in the tone of the story. This shift itself is a bit unsettling in the context of what came before it, but the “time wasting chapter” is more of a police drama than a creepy thriller.
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