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>>15626031
>to be pure bastards down to a character.
Without love it cannot be seen. There is much more to their characters than simply being greedy fucks.

>>15626037

The HS is not the reason they went insane. Ryukishi explains it at the end of the manga. Tragedy happened simply because they didn't talk. The HS does not make everyone insane automatically, but only if they persue random accusations and don't talk to anyone.
If K1 doesn't give a shit about the murders, ep 1 doesn't happen.
If Shion would talk about her burden, ep 3-5 wouldn't have happened.
If Rena had talked to Mion about her family problems, ep 6 wouldn't have happened.

Tragedy is the plot device, not the HS.
What I also love about Higurashi is that it's not as though X made everyone randomly insane, but you were given a first person narration of their drive into madness. You had a direct process of thought from K1 finding out about the murders to killing his friends. From Shion leaving her school to killing her sister. From Rena playing with K1 to them fighting on the rooftop.
Were any of their actions completely irrational? At the end point, it completely was, but not the process of getting there.
The road to hell, etc etc. It's only when you're in hell do you realize the actions you've done.

Though there could never be a good explanation for Tenpei's death. I'm sure there's some scientific accuracy about people scratching their throat from paranoia but I don't know about it.

>>13063103
There's a sense of melancholy nostalgia and sadness that I just can't put my finger on.

You can really just picture Rena sitting in her little car among the junkpile as the rain falls outside.