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** [[They Wasted a Perfectly Good Plot]]: Upon release, it turns out the former opinion was more correct. The first episode was a [[Mind Screw]] of fanservice, and {{spoiler|Satoshi's reappearance}} was more of a pointless yaoi [[One-Scene Wonder]].

* [[Anvilicious]]: Above all else, the anime series' main theme and moral seems to be about the importance of having a good [[Abusive Parents|child protection program.]] The recurring theme of child abuse and the slogging bureaucratic "attempts" to fight (and in one memorable case, actively ''ignoring'' it) are the genesis of several slaughters {{spoiler|and the main tragedy itself.}}

** A bigger broken base is Higurashi Kira. Most of the fans are enraged that it is only pointless [[Fan Service]] lacking any plot, not any of the horror they wanted. Many others still love Kira because it's Higurashi

*** Since each episode focused [[Fan Service|on]] [[Ship Tease|very]] [[Parodied Trope|dif]][[Magical Girl|ferent]] [[Heartwarming Moments|elements]], it is very difficult to have one definite opinion about the whole OVA. Especially the at last episode is rather different from the first three, being more serious and closer to the feeling of the original. Cue discussions which of the episodes are good and which aren't.

* [[Complete Monster]]: Teppei Houjo for his abuse of Satako and Satoshi, Rina for trying to blackmail Rena's dad out of millions of yen, and trying to strangle her, and Takano for killing Rika and her friends and massacring almost 2,000 of her own villagers. Though, mostly it's the result of what the main man of the [[Orphanage of Fear]] did to her, and Nomura and Tokyo. Nomura for mostly [[Manipulative Bastard|tricked Takano into helping her]] and also helping to indirectly cause the GHD, all to close up a company. The Yamainu also count for being willing to murder innocent and helpless children and for backing up Takano with her genocidal plans, especially Okonogi for trying to convince Takano to kill herself.

* [[Crack Pairing]]: In Hirukowashi-hen Rena/Tomitake, [[Les Yay|Takano/Rena]], Ooishi/Rena (OVA Only), Irie/Rena (Game Only).

* [[Crowning Moment of Funny]] - At the first episode of the Tatarigoroshi-hen, Keiichi gets a phone call from Satoko about some kind of trouble. Thinking there's a big fight fight, he then speeds to school on his bike, brandishing a golf club, and gets ready to lay the smackdown... Only to find himself in the middle of a baseball match. All that she wanted was Keiichi to replace a player...

** A particularly notable CMOH comes towards the end of the first season, where {{spoiler|Keiichi and the rest of the club members give Rena a tender, heartfelt speech in the junk yard about how they are friends and will always be there for each other.}}. The notable part? {{spoiler|The speech takes place after they enter the junk yard and find Rena dismembering two (admittedly awful) people she killed. To top it off, this is followed by all of them disposing of the body parts together}}.

* [[Ensemble Darkhorse]] - Rena may be the most iconic character, the most commonly related to the show, and her popularity may dwarf the true protagonists', but she's truly relevant in only two chapters. Still, the creator seems to have taken this in stride; see [[Wolverine Publicity]].

** To be honest, she's a pretty crucial role in almost all the arcs/chapters. She's also the mascot of the series.

** If you're talking about Rika as the main character than Rika is pretty damn popular too. If you're talking about Keiichi then its to be expected, he's not a female character after all.

** Tomitake is one as well.

* [[Evil Is Sexy]]: {{spoiler|Miyo Takano}}

* [[Family-Unfriendly Aesop]] - "Stick by your friends, even if they've brutally murdered some adults and are now attempting to blow up the school."

** A more positive example that you don't see stated outright is that while you should certainly stick with your friends, it's okay to keep things from them that they don't need to know. Otherwise no one would be friends because they couldn't bear to tell others about the mistakes they've made.

* [[Fridge Logic]]: The secret ending for Matsuribayashi {{spoiler|where Takano never loses her parents}} would logically turn the story into a downer ending, though granted one with few to no deaths. It goes like this: {{spoiler|She never meets her grandfather and thus never tries to research Hinamizawa syndrome, thus she never sets up the clinic. The anti dam project group does not have the clinic's backing anymore and thus the village is submerged before Keiichi or Rena ever move in. Hinamizawa residents tend to get deranged outside of the village, though granted this would only happen to some individuals. Even if the dam project is halted, the disease is still there and people like Satoshi would get arrested. One of the group of friends would also probably go crazy since apart from the last two arcs one of them usually snaps.}}

* [[Funny Aneurysm Moment]]{{spoiler|/Foreshadowing}}: {{spoiler|In Watanagashi-hen (episode 5 of the anime), Mion explains that she's the nice, pleasant twin, whilst Shion is mean and nasty. Then in episode 8, we find out that it's the other way around (Mion is evil, Shion's the victim) and THEN in Meakashi-hen, we find out that Mion was right all along}}.

*** They're handlebars.

** U SODA?

* [[Moe]]: Rena, Rika and Satoko. Rika is well aware of that and uses her cuteness for her advantage numerous times. Hell, Rika even won the 2007 Saimoe Tournament for crying out loud.

* [[Moral Event Horizon]] - The Shion arc is a veritable [[Lensman Arms Race]] of inexcusable acts starting with {{spoiler|Onryu}} ordering the [[Cold-Blooded Torture]] of Shion in the "distinguishment scene" and culminating with the brutal murder of Satoko. Even more so, {{spoiler|Miyo}} in Minagoroshi-hen after she caps an 11 year old girl in the head after playing mind games with her (and after promising to spare her life before she executed another member of the [[True Companions|protagonist clique]] in front of the poor little girl's face).

* [[Never Live It Down]]: Rena. {{spoiler|The only arc in which she was ''truly'' crazy was Tsumihoroboshi-hen, what with the stalking and poisoning in Onikakushi-hen being hallucinated by Keiichi.}} In the other arcs, she's only mildy bipolar and not really all that psycho.

** Shion's usually a decent person, but {{spoiler|her [[Roaring Rampage of Revenge]] in Watanagashi-hen/Meakashi-hen was [[Nightmare Fuel|so horrifying even by the standards of the series]] that she will be forever known as "That [[Ax Crazy|psycho]] [[Yandere]] chick who [[Cold-Blooded Torture|tortured everyone to death]]."}}

* [[Tastes Like Diabetes]] - The beginning of each arc. [[It Got Worse|After that...]]

** A more straight, and even more sugary, example is Kokoroiyashi-hen. It has a [[Tear Jerker]] in it but then it goes straight back to the diabetes.

* [[The Untwist]] - {{spoiler|The manga arc ''Yoigoshi-hen'', which is in a Great Hinamizawa Disaster timeline, features a woman claiming to be Mion, but characters point out that Mion died 20 years ago, and "Mion" is shaken when she meets another major character who bears an uncanny resemblance to Satoshi. She even delivers a monologue that resembles Shion's speech in ''Watanagashi'' ("I'm the demon inside Mion!" etc. etc.). Yes, she's actually Shion. It's a bit different from ''Watanagashi'' though; Mion's ghost actually possesses Shion for most of the story.}}

** More generally, {{spoiler|the fact that Miyo Takano is the [[Big Bad]]. She was so suspicious from the start that various fans were sure there'd be some other explanation for it. Nope, as it turns out.}}