CaptainSlow

What I Liked: It's Higurashi, I guess?    

What I Didn't: Animation wasn't up to snuff - it wasn't quite as bad as the first series, but it wasn't great either. Plot sometimes relies too heavily on exposition when action would've been better suited. Usually movie science doesn't get to me but man, "Class-C Parasitic Brain Virus"? Really? So the Japanese government are trying to weaponise a "parasitic brain disorder" that 99% of the population already have… because… why? Christ, wouldn't dusting your enemies with LSD be quicker?!    

Final Verdict: If you want a great Higurashi side-story, this isn't it. What starts off as an intriguing, Stephen King-esque thriller quickly degrades into a hack-and-slash sideshow devoid of sense that seems to do its best to make the audience out to be violence-loving idiots. Or maybe that's just the Class-C Parasitic Brain Virus in me talking.