Holy eff'in crap! Lotsa information in these past 13 episodes. So much so in fact that I've been keeping notes so I can go back and try and make sense of scenes later. 4 and a half pages in fact, front and back.
Now comes the spoilers.
The fact that Rika is the center of the illness, or Hinamizawa Syndrome, is an interesting concept. Kill the shield, everyone goes berserk.
Symptoms of the Hinamizawa Syndrome (and examples of such):
- The victim becomes possessed with extreme paranoia
- They suffer from Visual and Auditory Hallucinations
- They act extremely violent towards others
- Stress leaves the victim more susceptible to paranoia and hallucinations
- People with "Level 5" symptoms are suppressed by being given an injection
This explains the first arc of the first season (arc= Onikakushi-hen), when Keiichi becomes extremely paranoid of his friends after finding out about the "Curse of Oyashiro-sama". It also explains why instead of seeing the marker in Mion's hand he saw a syringe, as well as the needle in the ohagi.
Also, the fact that Keiichi received a shot from Dr. Irie when his paranoia of the people of Hinamiza was rising at an extreme rate reveals that he was at "Level 5" or even past that, and the injection didn't take any affect, or only suppressed it for a little while. The fact that he immediately went and talked to Oishi afterwards possibly counter-acted the injection.
Also, this explains the flashback (I believe, Rena has) where Rika tries to give Rena an injection, but Rena refuses, and Rika decides to wait until the next Hinamizawa.
- Living in Hinamizawa prevents symptoms from occurring
- Leaving Hinamizawa triggers symptoms
If this theory is true, that also explains why Rika attempted to give Shion an injection during season 1 (arc= Meakashi-hen). Although it does not explain why Rika then commits suicide, other than to escape Shions torture.
It does explain why Shion became paranoid of her own family and the village leaders. If Shion was living outside of Hinamizawa from the time of her birth to the time when she came back, shouldn't she have gone a little cookoo and the illness surfaced while at her school? Or since she barely lived in Hinamizawa, would having coming back awakened the illness within her (thus causing the "At that moment, the demon within me was born" line)?
- Sometimes the symptoms settle down, but usually, the victim is not cured
- A complete cure has not been found
Either way, not everything has been explained or revealed yet.
- Is Hanyuu an incarnation of Oyashiro-sama?
- How did Rika get suck in an ever repeating Hinamizawa?
- What exactly are the men in grey after?
- Why is Dr. Irie commiting suicide?
- Why in the first arc of Kai, did the nurse not answer Satako's call for help/let her die/kill her?
- Who sniped Oiishi and Kuma?
I hope the end of Kai ties most, if not all, the lose ends presented in this fascinating series.
~Mii-chan
2 comments:
The reason Rika commited suicide in Meakahi-hen was because Shion injected Rika with the medicine, and since Rika is the "queen" the medicinde had a counter-effect, giving her Hinamizawa syndrome.
Ah, okay, that makes a lot more sense now. Thanks for the info OTO-chan! :)
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