

The detective then angrily asks Mion to tell him what she saw on the day of the gas disaster. Ōishi explains to Akasaka that Mion has been stuck in the past for 10 years and she still acts like her friends are still around. Mion survives the Great Hinamizawa Disaster and ends up in a hospital in a state of mental shock she got from all the horrible things happened to her. Akasaka and Ōishi visit her in 1993, 10 years after the events in Hinamizawa and Ōishi talks to her about the disaster, but Mion doesn't respond and starts to shuffle cards for the long dead Club members. This structure is somewhat similar to Tsumi horoboshi-hen and its epilogue TIP "The Devil's Script". Playing through Tarai mawashi-hen leads to the first ending, but completing Tsuki otoshi-hen unlocks a TIP that contains the second ending which follows on directly from the first. The ending of the anime arc Yaku samashi-hen contains very similar events, and it is likely the scene was adapted from Tarai mawashi-hen.Īs part of Matsuri's non-linear storyline, Tarai mawashi-hen arguably has two endings despite the arc itself being linear.

Tarai mawashi, literally "pass the basin around," is a Japanese idiom referring to someone avoiding a necessary but unpleasant task by passing the responsibility on to another, similar to the American English phrase "passing the buck." Sonozaki Shion is the villain of this chapter, while Sonozaki Mion, like in Watanagashi-hen and Meakashi-hen, becomes the victim. Unfortunately, this does not prevent tragedy from striking. After learning the secrets of Hinamizawa, Maebara Keiichi, instead of going crazy, decides to ignore everything and enjoy his peaceful school life. However, this chapter also contains elements from Wata nagashi-hen and Tatari goroshi-hen.

Tarai mawashi-hen (盥 回し編, Rota tion Chapter) is an arc found in Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Matsuri and most subsequent console ports.Īt first glance, this arc appears to be a re-telling of Oni kakushi-hen.
