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A Guide to Higurashi's Bonus Arcs
🕑 Added 2021-04-04 20:00:20 +0000 UTCGood evening everyone!
I am delighted to finally present you with A Guide to Higurashi's Bonus Arcs, yet another stupidly long video from yours truly.
I can't believe it's finally done! I think it's fair to say this ended up being a much bigger project than I anticipated--I am now laughing at me of two months ago who somehow thought that I'd be able to get this thing to under 30 minutes (I'm impressed I managed under an hour). It's been a lot of work, but I think it's paid off and I hope I was able to make the video as fun and engaging as it aims to be concise and informative. There were lots of challenges throughout the process of making this, but comparing it to the last guide video I did, I think it's clear how far I've come and so that makes me proud to see.
I'm still finishing up one last thing I'll be adding to the description in the next few hours (ways to access these arcs) and I'll be trying to add closed captions tomorrow before the video goes live for everyone, but if not by then, then definitely within the next few days. I had hoped to have them ready before putting the video up on here, but considering how long this has taken, I also wanted to get it to you all as soon as possible, so apologies for that and I'll aim to have closed captions up from the second you all get access to videos in the future.
I'm sure there's a lot more I could and would say but I'm frankly too tired to think, so for now I'll leave you with the video and the promise that we'll talk again soon! I look forward to seeing you all in the comments either here or on YouTube as I think there's lots to discuss with this one. I sincerely hope you all enjoy the video and I'll be back very soon.
(P.S. Look at all those pretty chapters! I feel like a real YouTuber now!)
Comments
Bess
Thank you so much for this comment ;__; It's really reassuring to hear the video structure worked and that it didn't get boring! You're exactly right that Higurashi's unique timeline creates an opportunity for these arcs to contribute to the idea of an increasingly 3D world and experience, or at least an interesting discussion about what it means to conclude a series, over their just being a bunch of bonus content. Writing this script was as much of a ride for me as the video probably is to watch, so I hadn't actually put my finger on that overarching idea until you pointed it out. Needless to say, I would love to read/watch that essay if you ever do write it!
Bess
I don't know if I'll feel up to the task but it would be nice to talk about it some more!
Gareth Green
I hope you will do a detailed breakdown of Gou/Sotsu when it’s done.
