Thoughts on Comics: Onisarashi-hen and Yoigoshi-hen

I got really bored today and decided that I'd peek at some scanlations of Higurashi no Naku Koro ni manga side stories.

I wasn't sure what I was expecting and I rather enjoyed it. Onisarashi-hen (Demon Exposing Chapter) and Yoigoshi-hen (Overnight Chapter) don't effect the timeline of the main storyarc. Onisarashi-hen appears to be set in the same world as Tatarigoroshi-hen and Himatsubushi-hen (Curse Killing and Time Wasting Chapters), but is set after the events of those arcs and focuses on characters who aren't directly related to the main plot. Yoigoshi-hen is a "What If" story that takes the ending to Tsumihoroboshi-hen (Atonement Chapter) and assumes that the main characters lost the battle at the school.

In terms of storytelling, Onisarashi-hen is closer to more traditional horror plotting, as seen in the first half of the main storyline, while Yoigoshi-hen is more akin to something out of Amazing Stories - think of a dark, fantastic-but-not-pure-fantasy stories.

( Ranting and raving about Onisarashi-hen )

I think that were Onisarashi-hen struggled is that it took itself too seriously. Meanwhile, Yoigoshi-hen seems to be more focused on having fun.

( Ranting and raving about Yoigoshi-hen )

Interesting reading, in any case. The art is, sadly, all over the place, but that's par for the course with this series.

Hmm. Amazon is Strange?

Hey, urufudo! Did you order your Lucky Star starter set through Amazon.ca? Because I placed my preorder for the normal Volume One and MST3K: The Movie through there and IT HASN'T SHIPPED! They don't even have it in on-hand stock!

I'm heartbroken! (Not really. More pissed off. DUDE, I preordered. ::sadface::)

But there's a package waiting for me up at the post office! Just my cute little commuter pass case (kinda justified because I wanted something lighter than my wallet to carry in the open) and my keychain thingie (not justified at all).