Say It In Red | Episode 04: Higurashi Chapter 3: Tatarigoroshi

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Sara and Runa once again continue their time in Hinamizawa, enjoying the peaceful days shared by Keiichi and his friends in Higurashi no naku koro ni, chapter 3: Tatarigoroshi (2003). Once again we return to the late spring of 1983 with everyone alive, at least for the moment, for round three of our attempt at uncovering Hinamizawa's mysteries! Now, with the information we've gathered from the first two episode, we can start to answer some of the Big Questions: Why does Tomitake keep dying the same way every episode? Is Oyashiro-sama's curse real? Can you win a baseball game when all your brought with you was a golf club?
The Tatarigoroshi chapter follows Satoko closely and spends a lot of time developing the warm, surrogate sibling sort of relationship between her and Keiichi. As Keiichi learns more about the painful circumstances of Satoko's life, he becomes more and more determined to protect this small gremlin who he cares for as a younger sister.
Even if that means sometimes he has to face the torment of slandering the noble institution of Curry in front of Chie-sensei.
Even if it means letting Satoko tease him and set up traps that catch him off guard.
Even if it means plotting the perfect murder to erase Satoko's uncle from existence.
A general content warning for this episode: Child Abuse comes up in a lot of different forms in our discussion and it comes up even more intensely in the game itself so please take care as you read!
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Content Warnings for this episode:
00:02:45: Description of a corpse including finger trauma, disembowelment, decomposition, and extreme torture
00:41:20 to 00:42:00: Discussion of child physical abuse
00:56:40 to 00:58:25: Vomiting, panic attack, PTSD response due to child abuse, mention of child sexual abuse
1:09:30 to 1:10:30: A Murder happens with a baseball bat
01:32:55 to 1:33:25: Depictions of the results of child abuse
01:33:45 and 01:36:10: Apparent suicide mention
02:09:20 to 02:15:30: Discussion of a child abuser's role in the events of the game
02:17:20: Suicide mention