

Which explains a lot of her smug attitude when things start going SO right at the start. On top of that, the spiritual entity that has been the source of her ability to keep attempting to avoid her death is losing its power and Rika’s running out of chances. Next, this endless cycle of failure has lead to her feeling helpless and jaded about her ability to avoid what seems to be a destined fate. She knows a lot of the paths but not everything about them, nor the all important answer about who keeps killing her. I like that this imparts her with a certain knowledge but it also comes with caveats - as expected, Rika knows nothing of what happens after she died and in some of those arcs she is taken out far earlier than others. Well, it‘s back to the village and we’re finally exploring things from the perspective of Rika, who has been killed in every single arc thus far, but unlike the other characters (although this is changing slightly), she is well aware of every single time this has happened.


With time running out, a thin ray of hope appears, but trusting anything in Hinamizawa is the fastest way to get disappointed. For as long as she can remember she has been stuck in an endless cycle of death and despair that may take myriad paths, but the result is always the same - she dies in June, 1983. There are no happy endings in Hinamizawa and nobody knows that better than Rika Furude.
