信じられますか

I thought the ending of Higurashi No Naku Koro Ni was rushed, and overall dissappointing. While I considered much of the series highly enjoyable, I found it difficult to place a rating for this on my Animelist. I couldn’t ignore the fact that there were TONS of things left unexplained, and that while some of them may be figured out, I’d say the majority of them are not things you would know unless you read the TIPS on animesuki, or played the original game. How then, shall I rate such an anime? Can I fault the original material for having an incomplete adaptation? (I didn’t for The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya) Is incompleteness just another way to tell a story, but if so, why am I left feeling unsatified?

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