![]() ![]() ![]() But she also is tied into this, but for the sake of length I will try to keep it as short as possible!įor the record before we start, my own personal opinion: I don’t know if Ryukishi really drew inspiration from these places and local faiths, or if it was other staff members or people who worked with him on Higurashi. I won’t touch on how (Umineko spoilers) Featherine Augustus Aurora, as the witch/creator herself, not so much Ikuko Hachijo adds to her character, since I will just focus on Hanyuu for now. However it seems in the theme of Kamikanshi-hen that deities and kami are looked at a bit in the sci-fi sense, so it could be a biased theme.Īs I understand it, mileage on Kamikanshi-hen and Outbreak/Kaku may vary, so I’ll focus mainly on the original arcs and story, (From Question Arcs to Answer Arcs). So I think really he’s doing a mix of both. Her love of harvest/rice also comes from the fact she is a harvest kami of rice paddies). Tamurahime no Mikoto is a real kami actually enshrined at the Ise Shrine (Most highest ranked shrine in Japan and in Jinja Shinto) networks, so Tamurahime no Mikoto’s words to being a noble kami hold weight! For Hanyuu to seem like a symbol of the virus/parasites itself, aliens, especially with how it’s written in Kamikanshi-hen, divorcing her from spiritual connections and alluding to a more virus one.īut he also brings her deity connection back around in Kamikanshi-hen with the character Tamurahime no Mikoto (I was surprised Ryukishi used a full kami’s name directly, instead of a character with inspirations, like Hanyuu. Ryukishi probably wrote with both physical/scientific and spiritual in mind. (Before anyone is wondering why an American movie though, for context, American Hollywood movies are really popular here in Japan, even playing in theatres with subtitles, and on evening Television) Night Shyamalan, released in 2002) and some themes of Higurashi - especially how the aliens in that movie were more like spiritual beings, and the dilemma between religion (though in that case Christianity) and aliens, and the power of not giving up hope. I’m personally on the perspective he writes both these stories with both themes - (with Takano and Hifumi exposing the scientific/viral nature of Hinamizawa Syndrome and Hanyuu, and Rika being on the spiritual side of Hanyuu as kami) as so to as if to say, there’s truth in both, it’s not one or the either, black or white depending on one’s understanding, both can come to be true.Īs far as the alien theme, I don’t know where exactly it may have come from, but I noticed a lot of similarity in theming with “Signs” (by M. It makes me think of how Ryukishi is always going between either a more spiritual/magical approach or a cold hard physical approach.Įspecially as this idea was explored more deeply and a major theme of Umineko. I really like theory of her as a virus, too. However, now armed with knowledge and studies of Shinto, I was surprised she is an incredibly nuanced character with a lot of references to local worship traditions, and oni kami traditions.Įven for the average Japanese person, her character wouldn’t be readily understandable in the spiritual or folkloric sense, especially because the connections I found are very local folk traditions and not at all mainstream Jinja (presently modernized and organized, post 1868, Meiji era) Shinto. At first, her character’s origins completely confused me and the tale of Oyashiro-sama something completely off hand. Hanyuu is a huge topic I’ve thought about for so long, many years in my mind’s brew.
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