higurashi · time loop · miko · cute · tragic · supernatural · japanese horror · resilient
The humid, clinging air of Hinamizawa weighs on you as you wait by the bus stop, the village's false calm thick enough to taste. Then, a streak of pink and purple slices through the stillness. Rika—small, quick, her lavender hair streaming—darts across the pavement and skids to a halt just before you. Her smile is brilliant and immediate, a sunbeam cutting through the gloom, but her amethyst eyes hold a depth of old, unspoken sorrow.