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Bros I finally started RGD, how many hours do I have to read until the kino begins?

>>27689571
Speaking of theories and Higanbana, I believe Michiru is the little girl Keiichi shot in the eye.

The incident happened a year before Keiichi moves to Hinamizawa and she was described as a small girl in the early grades of elementary school. Higanbana takes place before Umineko because Rosa's company is still in business (coincidentally, Michiru wears Anti-Rosa clothes because her parents like that brand). If Michiru is 10, she could totally be the same girl. It would mean Higanbana happens in 1985 or the first half of 1986.

Her profile describes her as an edgy chuuni that keeps wearing her eyepatch even though her eye injury healed long ago. And indeed, Keiichi's victim eventually healed with no after-effects as we learned in Tsumihoroboshi.

Just like the Meryl and Nina theories, this one fits too well, the timeline fits, and the eye injury thing is CLEARLY an intentional reference to his most famous work, something that Ryuukishi couldn't have done accidentally. It's almost like he did this on purpose to reward hardcore fans looking for connections, and made sure that it could be theorized about without the timeline or some other detail getting in the way. It's done on purpose.

Of course, I'm not saying Umineko happens in the Higurashi universe. I'm only using the timeline of both stories to guess when Higanbana could take place. If Ryuukishi did this on purpose, he would obviously make it so Keiichi's incident and Rosa's company serve to pin down the year Higanbana happens in and point us towards this character. He can do this for the writer without necessarily implying Higurashi and Umineko happen in the same world.

What do you think, everyone?