Tataridamashi-hen Part 5 (祟騙し編 其の五 Tataridamashi-hen Sonogo, Curse-Deceiving Chapter Part 5) is the twelfth chapter of Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Gou and the final chapter in Tataridamashi-hen.
Summary[]
The club has fun at the Watanagashi Festival. Satoko holds on to Keiichi and says she'll make the most of things with her Nii-nii. Rika believes that she and her friends have truly gained those happy days back. Satoko tells Keiichi that she picked out her new outfit specially for today because she wanted him to be the first to see them. Keiichi gives her headpats.
Rika prepares for her ritual dance, believing that she can overcome her fated death. During the dance, a gunshot rings out, and Rika looks down to see a bullet wound in her abdomen. The crowd gasps in horror as Ooishi walks on stage, a smoking revolver aimed at Rika in one hand and a bloody metal bat in the other. Ooishi exclaims that Rika is behind Oyashiro-sama's curse. One of the stagehands tries to stop Ooishi but he gets shot in the head. The crowd scrambles to escape the scene, with Rena getting caught up in the flow. Keiichi tries to run and help Rika but Satoko stops him since it's too dangerous.
Ooishi scratches his neck and lifts Rika by the collar, interrogating her about the serial mysterious deaths. Rika has no idea what he's doing, and Mion and Shion try to stop Ooishi. However, Mion gets knocked to the side and Ooishi shoots her in the head, killing her. Shion is next to die. Rika cries and Keiichi is horrified. He breaks free from Satoko's grasp and runs to the stage, telling her to hide somewhere safe. Satoko hugs him, not wanting him to die as well. She doesn't want Nii-nii to leave her again. Keiichi says he'd never abandon Satoko and promises he’ll come back. Satoko clenches her fist.
Ooishi tries to choke Rika and demands to know everything about the curse. Keiichi jumps on stage and rams into Ooishi, knocking him down. The detective gets back up and grabs Keiichi's throat, convinced he's an accomplice to Rika. Rika attacks Ooishi with the ritual hoe and Keiichi uses this chance to kick him offstage. Rika collapses from blood loss. Keiichi puts Rika on his back and starts carrying her off as she wonders how this all happened.
Ooishi climbs back on stage and hits Keiichi in the head with his bat. He yells that he's had enough of giving Keiichi the spotlight and playing along with his charades. Rika reaches out in anguish as Keiichi gets hit repeatedly, his last thoughts being of Satoko.
Keiichi wakes up in a hospital, his parents by his side. A while later, Rena comes to visit Keiichi and breaks down crying. Keiichi asks her to explain what happened at the festival that night and what happened to everyone. Rena tearfully says that everyone is dead.
"Rika...?"
In a flashback to the festival, Rena watches as Ooishi beats Rika to death with his bat and demands to know her secrets. Satoko walks up behind Ooishi and says Rika's name with a blank stare in her eyes. Ooishi looks towards her as Rena calls for Satoko to stay back. Three gunshots ring out.
Rena tells Keiichi that she thought they worked so hard yet doesn't understand why she had to witness all of that. Keiichi realizes he failed to keep his promise to protect Satoko and starts crying as well, questioning what Rena saw that day.
Characters[]
- Satoko Houjou
- Keiichi Maebara
- Mion Sonozaki
- Shion Sonozaki
- Rena Ryuugu
- Rika Furude
- Kuraudo Ooishi
- Aiko Maebara
- Ichirou Maebara
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