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Rika thinks that this will make her even with Satoko [[HopeSpot so they can rekindle their friendship and stop the looping for good]]. But then Satoko proclaims that IveComeTooFar or accuses Rika of being too untrustworthy hiding her true fatalist personality from everyone including her, killing her again. We find out that Rika was stalling Satoko by revealing her powers so she could stab her with the Onigari-no-Ryuuuou shard, which Satoko then picks up and (post-credits) gives to her mysterious benefactor aka [[spoiler:Hantwo/not-Featherine]], who proceeds to start the new phase of her plan, commencing ''Gou'' Season 2.

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* Jossed. [[spoiler:Satoko kills Rika [[MurderSuicide with a]] [[FallingChandelierOfDoombfalling chandelier]] in Episode 21.

[[WMG:Satoko and Rika becoming students at St. Lucia is what triggers everything, because [[spoiler: Hachijo Ikuko]] is a teacher there? .]]
This is how we get not only Bernkastel, but also Lambdadelta? With both Satoko and Rika being loopers it ties with both Bernkastel and Lambda having their origin in loopers, Lambda even mentioning her greatest fear is waking up and finding she's back in a loop at one point.

[[WMG:Satoko and Rika becoming students at St. Lucia is what triggers everything.]]
What if Hachijo Ikuko is a teacher at St. Lucia and this is how we get not only Bernkastel, but also Lambdadelta? With both Satoko and Rika being loopers it ties with both Bernkastel and Lambda having their origin in loopers, Lambda even mentioning her greatest fear is waking up and finding she's back in a loop at one point.

Given how ''Gou'' had noticeably changed events from the first anime, it could be very likely that Takano being the mastermind won't be repeated here and rather someone else will be the suspect. [[spoiler: Very likely confirmed.]]

*** Akane goes L5 and kills Oryou, Mion, Rika, and everyone at the Sonozaki home.

*** Rika asks why for the change of heart, Takano responds that she doesn't think she would understand.

*** Satoko has memories of at least one other loop, meaning she is the second looper.

** Mion has the keys to the outhouse.
** Takano and Tomitake disappear from Hinamizawa after the festival because Takano feels guilt over her plans to kill Rika and her friends. They take the Yamainu with them.
** Rika asks why for the change of heart, Takano responds that she doesn't think she would understand.
** The Banken raid Irie Clinic to prevent the Yamainu from staging a mutiny and to wrap up loose ends after Takano pulls out. This is why the clinic was closed in earlier arcs. In the meantime, Banken are sent by Tomitake to watch over Rika at her house until the raid is done and one of them directly tells Rika this.
** The vial that can cause L5 instantly is missing from Irie's clinic.
** Satoko has memories of at least one other loop, meaning she is the second looper.

** [[spoiler: Very likely confirmed; Satoko remembers the trap in Episode 17 from a previous loop and points a gun at Rika.]]
** [[spoiler: One dose is also missing from the H173 syringes, which causes Hinamizawa syndrome L5. It is likely that Satoko injected the chemical onto any person she would use to kill everyone.]]

** Partially Jossed, but also partially true. Tamura was indeed a LawfulEvil bad guy. [[spoiler: Une was evil too, more specifically ChaoticEvil]]. Rika was forced to due something drastic, [[spoiler: defeating both but didn't become a demon]].

Given how ''Gou'' had noticeably changed events from the first anime, it could be very likely that Takano being the mastermind won't be repeated here and rather someone else will be the suspect.

[[WMG: Bernkastel is manipulating Satako]]
Related to BOTH the Satako Culprit Theory and Bernkastel Mastermind Theory. Basically, Bernkastel got drawn to a DespairEventHorizon by Satako and or the village in 1988 like a vulture to carrion. She granted Satako’s wish (likely, I don’t want to be alone) in the most sadistic way imaginable. Then to inflict further torment, Bernkastel pulled similar manipulation on Satako that she did to Ange. Bernkastel also actively acts on the board, explaining the truly bizzare out of character moments in episodes 14 and 15.

** Takano and Tomitake disappear from Hinamizawa because Takano feels guilt over her plans to kill Rika and her friends. They take the Yamainu with them.

** Rika and Satoko died together at Rika's house and their bodies were found by someone. They were both killed with the same knife with multiple stabs to their necks. The police believe it was either a murder or a suicide. It is doubted by Mion and the police that it was a suicide and believe it was likely something such as a robbery gone wrong. Keep in mind that it was Keiichi's knife, not Rena's.

** Satoko was at the Sonozaki residence for an unknown reason where she was killed in a murder-suicide by Mion.

** Oishi and the Child Protective Service agent go to apprehend Teppei but we do not get to see the results, only heard it from off-hand by Satoko.

[[WMG: Bernkastel is the mastermind of the Gou scenario]]

Remember, R7 was very clear regarding Bernkastel’s origins stemming from Higurashi Rei.

This means that by the time the new scenario of Higurashi Gou was triggered, [[spoiler: Bernkastel was already born]].

The OP showed Featherine in a shadow. Wherever Featherine is, Bernkastel is not far behind.

While Featherine these days is like a passive observer, Bernkastel
is much more active.

Bernkastel’s motive in all this: Petty and cruel revenge against her proverbial [[spoiler: [[VideoGame/KingdomHeartsBirthBySleep "Ventus” figure]]]] for purging her from Rika’s mind. Recall that the relationship between Rika and Bernkastel is like the connection between [[spoiler: Ventus and Vanitas]] with Bernkastel being [[spoiler: Vanitas]].

[[WMG: Higurashi Gou may firmly connect Higurashi with [[VisualNovel/UminekoWhenTheyCry Umineko]].]]
So I'm sure by now anybody who has been following the 2020 anime is aware that this is not a straight remake. Between episode 2 starting with [[spoiler:teen Rika having to go back to June 1983 and a non-physical Hanyuu fading out of existence among the kakera]] and the fact that instead of Onikakushi-hen, we're starting with the totally new Onidamashi-hen (Demon Decieving arc). But aside from all the obvious differences within the story, there's also the intro. The new intro [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=soQjR5_GHXI]] includes brief flashes of what may be either Hanyuu or Featherine Augustus Aurora at 0:46, as well as what appears to be Rokkenjima Manor at 1:17. The speculation about Featherine comes from a difference in the appearance of the horns and hair, which granted is in sillhouette.

So, could we about to get confirmation of what exactly happened to Hinamizawa in the meta world? The creation of Frederica Bernkastel beyond the brief scene at the end of Saikoroshi-hen? Is this all misdirection and misinterpretation? Who can really say? FWIW, [[spoiler:teen Rika in episode 2 was wearing a uniform from St. Lucia Academy, the school that both Shion Sonozaki and Ange Ushiromiya went to.]] And in 1986, Rika would be somewhere around 13-15....

[[WMG: Miyo Takano [[NotMeThisTime is not the killer]] in ''Gou'']]
Given how ''Gou'' had noticeably changed events from the first anime, it could be very likely that Takano being the mastermind won't be repeated here and rather someone else will be the suspect.

[[WMG: Gou is [[VisualNovel/UminekoWhenTheyCry Bernkastel's]] origin story.]]
As mentioned above, there's some clear links to Umineko.[[labelnote:spoiler]]The silhouette that is implied to be Featherine who's Bern's miko, and what may be the Rokkenjima Chapel or St. Lucia which Shion, teen Rika, and Ange atteneded at.[[/labelnote]] This season may finally tell us how Bernkastel came to be and how she ended up on Umineko's gameboard, as well as her relationship with [[spoiler:Featherine]].

[[WMG: Hanyu is to [[VisualNovel/UminekoWhenTheyCry Featherine]] as Furudo Erika is to Bernkastel]]
Hanyu has been long-thought to be connected to Featherine, obviously, but there is a chance she's just a double with her own independent will placed down in Hinamizawa as a piece to influence the game, much like Erika was. Maybe not directly Featherine herself, but possibly another servant modeled after her.

** Satoko was at the Sonozaki residence for some reason where she was killed in a murder-suicide by Mion.

** Keiichi was invited by Satoko to her home where he was apparently attacked by Teppei, Keiichi retaliates in self-defense and goes unconscious.

** Rika and Satoko died together at Rika's house and their bodies were found by someone. They were both killed with the same knife with multiple stabs to their necks. The police believe it was either a murder or a suicide. It is doubted by Mion and the police that it was a suicide and believe it was likely something such as a robbery gone wrong.

** Teppei's hand is in a strange position after Keiichi "kills" him. It's also the hand that would've had his watch, but it's missing. If Teppei had raised his hand to protect his head from something, it could’ve broken his watch, which would’ve then been stuck on the time it was broken, i.e. when Teppei was ''actually'' killed. Satoko could've removed it because of this.

[[WMG:In the first ''Gou'' arc, Rena died or was knocked unconscious when she hit her head against the table.]]