wow that like
solved a lot of questions that the anime didn’t cover. no wonder all the game players were mad. I at least wanted to know what was up with the demon tattoo.

I guess that explains when Shion was like “I don’t even know who I am anymore”.

I’m gonna have to rewatch that library scene again

SPOILER

Shion was actually born as Mion, and Mion was born as Shion.

Since “Mion” (that is, the Shion that we know) is the rightful heir to the Sonozaki family, she was favored over “Shion” (the Mion that we know) ever since they were little.

“Mion” and “Shion” disliked the different treatments they got: they’re the same person, so why should one be treated different from the other?

That’s why they began swapping identities so they could both enjoy the privileges that “Mion” has. Sometimes Mion would become Shion, and Shion would become Mion. In a way, both of them are Mion, and both of them are Shion.

However, one day, while “Shion” was pretending to be Mion, she was taken away and was given the demon tattoo which marked her as the next head of the Sonozaki family.

… Starting from that day, “Shion” lost her identity as Shion, and became Mion. “Mion” lost her identity as Mion, and became Shion.

That’s why Mion has always felt bad towards Shion for stealing her identity, because it was Shion (the original Mion) who should’ve been chosen as the next head of the Sonozaki family, not her.

When Shion locked Mion up inside the underground jail cell, they finally reverted back to their original identities, hence the “onee” from Mion.

You can also see Shion referring to Mion as “Shion” in the final TIPs as well.

Now you know the true meanings behind Mion and Shion’s coversation inside the library!

END SPOLER

I found that quite interesting. It is too bad that they left it out. D;

Yea I remember seeing the star on Satoshi but I don’t know why. I gruesomely recalled the guts and the nails in hand. The nails were a giveaway for Mion, but it’s the star that sorta had me confused but perhaps you’re right it was Rika.

>>The only bizarro thing is how the hell she survived the fall is beyond me.

Shion dumped too many dead bodies into the well. That’s one possibility how Mion survived the fall. Corpses make excellent shock adsorbers.

Satoshi’s remains appear to be a work of art. I’m thinking that there was more than one person involved. The red star (which looks like its on his chest, not stomach since he was already gutted) is probably a trademark death symbol. There’s a possibility that Rika was behind it too though, since she is able to perform watanagashi.

Anyway, the part where Shion ‘broke water’ cracked me up. It seemed as if she was having an orgasm…I can’t take Shion seriously anymore after this episode.

Lydia> Wait how was Rena involved? you mean the gutting? I know the nails was the Mion thing and Satoko coulda needled him (I couldn’t tell i didn’t rewatch that nastyness XD) Maybe he did run away and got killed etc. I kept thinking that cliff that shion thought Satoshi was down in, is where they threw his body and like the bottom of the cliff floats over to where his body was found.

Fubared> I think I’m gonna just keep watching the anime with the “what you don’t know cant hurt you” in mind. Most likely if I read the forums, I will probably be just as pissed as the others and it’ll ruin the show for me

Satoko truly believes that Satoshi ran away. At the beginning of the Tsumihoroboshi arc, they show Satoshi’s corpse totally mutilated. It displays evidence that Rena, Rika, and Mion were involved. That is, if you look at the wounds and relate them to their corresponding characters.

What if Satoshi DID run away, but was discovered by Rena, Rika, and Mion? Or he could have been inflicted with death-causing wounds and then thrown into the well. This would explain why he was floating in the water.

Hm. =_=;

Remember the info from Onikakushi-hen: What you see…may not be true.