超ヒロイン戦記 - Super Heroine Chronicle/Flow Chart/Episode 16: Higurashi no naku koro ni... (Meru Route)

Episode 16: Higurashi When they Cry...

[Bird noises]

Rem: That's the sound of a hornbill......? If we're still in Japan, that means it's early summer in the month of June.

Rem: At any rate, let's go out to the main road.

Aria:.........

Lingyin: What's the matter, Aria? Isn't your face all pale?

Aria: I don't know.....I don't feels good.

Rem: That's not good. Aria why don't you get some rest. We'll find out what's going on around here.

Aria:......Sure. Go for it

[The group leaves]

Aria: What's wrong with me.....?It's not just a bad feeling, it's a strange dream, a horrible dream that's burned into my brain.....

Aria: It happened here in Hinamizawa. Wait, Did I just say "Hinamizawa"? I don't even know where this is.........?

Aria: What's going on? I don't understand.....

Rika: It's a good day.

Aria: I think I've seen you before?

Rika: Would you like to go for a little walk? I'm sure we can talk about something that will make you feel better Aria.

Aira: Huh.....How do you know my name?

Rika: Nipaih*. Let's go.

[Aria follows Rika to the school]

Aria: The school is empty.

Rika: We all have the day off. Everyone is preparing for the festival.

Aria: I see.....

Rika: Aria, do you recognise this school?

Aria: I feel like I do...

Rika:......

Rika: Aria, there is no such thing as an impossible memory.

Rika: If Aria remembers something, it's because it really happened.

Aria: Really, there was....?

Rika: If not here, then in another world.....

Rika: Aria, I am going to tell you something. Please listen carefully.

[Rika explains things to Aria]

Rika: "Onigakushi", "The Dam Affair", "Inside the Ritual Hall", "Scratching at the throat", "Mion and Shion", "The Abuse of Satsuko" and "The Cotton Drift festival".

Rika: Aria, do you remember what I just told you about?

Aria: .....But it's my first time here. But I've never been here before and I remember everything as if I had dreamt it.

Rika: I'm sure it's true.

Aria: Why are you laughing? It's not funny at all.

Rika: There are changes happening in Hinamizawa that have never happened before. Even Oyashiro is surprised.

Aria: Do you worship Oyashiro?

Rika: We shouldn't afraid of Oyashiro. That's what the priestess of the old shrine says, It's true.

Rika: That's right, your a priestess. I've seen all sorts of strange things, but Oyashiro is a.....

Rika: Do you have any faith in the future......Surely there is still something missing to create a definitive change.

Aria: Honestly, I don't believe anything you just said. The whole thing is unbelievable.

Aria: As you told me earlier. I have seen some terrible things here in Hinamizawa because I have memories of seeing them.

Rika: Mii.....

Aria: But it's not just about that. There are people who have helped me, and people who want to help me.

Aria: So, tell me Rika. What do you want me to do? You know, don't you?

Rika: I don't know that yet. Maybe it will always be a mystery to me.........

Aria: The three words I hate and they are "I can't", "I'm tired" and "It's too much work". Don't rule out the possibility, just do it!

Rika: Don't rule out the possibility?

Aria: I don't trust people who can't do that, If you can't then I don't want to work together.

Rika:.....I understand. Please lend me your help.

Aria: Alright. So, what should I do?

Rika: There is a place that I've always been suspicious of, but it's too dangerous to go near it by myself.

Rika: Please go there, I want you to find out what's there.

Aria: Well, in that case, you're in luck. Leave it to me!

Aria: I'll tell everyone and we'll go right away!

[Battle map]

Episode 16 Higurashi When they Cry...

Meru: Wow, there's a lot of familiar lovelies here. There's so many of them!

Rem: There are also some dream demon. Dr.Shinigami is definitely hiding somewhere near here. Don't let you guard down!

Lingyin: Well done Aria, you found them fast. As expected of a Butei!

Aria: I didn't find this myself. There's someone here anyway. we need to find out who it is!

Victory: Defeat all enemies. Defeat: All allies defeated.

[Deploy, then more enemies spawn]

Riko: Come on, come one! Do you best Holmes!

Claude: More of them are coming out?

Lingyin: Why are they all?!?

Riko: I'm sorry, but we're in a situation where we can't afford to lose. We'll just have to outnumber them!

Aria: Tch!

[Rena, Mion, Shion, Satoko, and Rika appear]

???: whoa, whoa, whoa ! !

???: It's so sweet! It's so sweet, it's like a 3 o'clock snack!

Riko: Who!?

Rika: Aria!!

Rena: We're here to help you!

Aria: You guys!?

Shion: Are they the ones Rika is talking about? Are they the enemy lurking in Hinamizawa?

Rika: That's right.

Rika: What, do you mean you were aware of it!? There was never any hint of that!

Satoko: Everything has to be done without being discovered. That's what it says at the beginning of the Art of War!

Rena: You've done a great job, Rika.

Rika: No, it's thanks to all of you. Nipaih*

Lingyin: By the way, can you guys fight?

Mion: Led by the next head of the Sonozaki family, Sonozaki Mion. Please don't underestimate our club members!

Satoko: Let's show them the fruits of our labour!

Rem: Looks like the tides are turning? Come on everyone, We're pushing them back!

[Defeat a few enemies and Riko appears]

Riko: So boring! Why should Riko have to protect such a boring countryside?

Aria: Riko!?

Riko: What is it? Why am I here Holems? Even if you survive you won't find out.

Aria: Yes, you've never worked a day in your life, It's not by chance that you came to a place where you have been left to your own devices

Riko: .....Riko's been bored for ages. Let's make it a big one Holmes!

[More enemies spawn]

Claude: There's so many of them.....

Rem: In other words, this is all she's got!

Lingyin: Now that we know, we can't back down!.....But these numbers are a bit of a nuisance.

[Kill a couple more enemies]

Mion: What is this it!?

Sakoto: I'd like to win this game!

???: How about this?

Rem: That voice!?

[Dr.Shinigami appears with some dream demons, followed by Yase with some yokai]

Dr.Shinigami: Don't say you forgot about me?

Rem: So you've shown yourself! Dr.Shinigami!

Yase:.... Wait, Koto isn't here! That's not what you told me!

Dr.Shinigami: Why don't you just capture them and make them tell you where she is.

Yase:......Right, I understand.

Riko: What are you doing here? I didn't hear you!!

Dr.Shinigam & Yase: Silence!

Riko: Tsk!

Lingyin: What's the plan? Are we just going to keep going at it?

Aria: We can't leave now!

Rika: It's the only way for us to all get out of this alive, we can't run now!

Mion: We know what we're doing! We can't just leave you like this! We've got a lot of work to do, all of us!

Rena: I don't want to lose, I guess!

Victory: Defeat Dr.Shinigami. Defeat: All allies defeated.

[Defeat Dr.Shinigami]

I think you're just about at your limit?

Aria: Limits? We're about to feed you to the fishes along with the breadcrumbs

Rem: But that's not the way it should be!

[Light engulfs the party]

Meru: huh?

Aria: No way, Is it trying to protect them!?

Rika: The gears are moving....?

[Stage end]

Mion: Is everyone Ok?

Satoko: I'm fine.....but, what happened to us?

Rena: Isn't this Himamizawa? I wonder?

Shion: What about the enemy? Are they not following us?

Aria: I think we are safe here, although It's hard to say for sure.

Rika:.......

Aria: Didn't Rika tell you about us? We're from another world.

Rika: Yes........but it's still a surprise.

Aria: You know, your the one whose been telling me all these crazy stories, but you didn't believe me?

Riko: No, Its not that. It's the fact that I'm no longer in Hinamizawa that's the most suprising thing.

Satoko: Speaking of which, what happened to the Cotton Drift festival?

Rena: Since Rika's dissapeared, wont there be a big fuss about now? I wonder?

Mion: I don't know if this is enough for my grandmother to get mad at me, but we can't really do much about this right now.

Shion: Can you explain the situation?

Aria: Ah, uh, hey slacker over there! I'll leave it to you!

Claude: Eh, m m m me?

[Claude explains about DOKOKA and everything else]

Mion: Hmmm, you've been across many worlds, haven't you....

Shion: It's like a fairy tale isn't it Mion.

Mion: Wel;, we have no choice but to believe it, since this isn't Hinamizawa.

Satoko: You just going to believe them that easily?

Mion: Haha, my uncle is not very good at studying, you know.

Rena: How do we get back? I wonder?

Rem: That's what we're trying to find. So I think it's good for everyone from Hinamizawa to work together with us.

Lingyin: I want to thank them for helping us!

Rika:......

Rena: Haaaa, Rika looks very happy. Did something good happen? I wonder?

Rika: I don't know.

Rika: (Not that there's anything wrong with that.)

Satoko: So, who were the guys who fought you earlier? What kind of bad people are they?

Shion: They were hiding away in Hinamizawa, were they plotting something bad?

Mion: I think it's safe to say that they're the enemy of our club members!

Rena: We're in such a mess! We have to solve the mystery, don't we?

Satoko: Mion, I propose to increase the number of active club members!

Mion: That's the deal! That's why we're here. So, I'd like to invite all of you to join our club as new members and participate in the club activites.

Aria:.......eh?

Satoko & Rena & Rika: Come on!

Lingyin: Club activities???

Meru: Wow! It's just like school!

Rika: This also includes Shion!

Shion: Me too?

Rem: Club life sounds so nostalgic!

Aria: (How old are you, anyway?)

Rika: (A feeling Hinamizawa did not have. We need something to help us move forward. Something to make a difference, for now.)

Aria: Hey Rika, Is this what you wanted?

Rika: Huh?

Rika: Nipaih*

[Back in Hinamizawa]

Dr.Shinigami: I thought that if I could lure Rem to Hinamizawa that something might change. If so, I wonder what I can do....

Dr.Shinigami: We may have to change our approach a little.

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