SatoRika

SatoRika is the femslash ship between Satoko Houjou and Rika Furude from the Higurashi: When They Cry fandom.

Canon
Satoko is Rika's closest friend, and they have been living together since the death of Satoko's aunt. Satoko is usually the only one who can tell when Rika is upset, as well as the only one who is not fooled by her cute phrases that she uses to hide her true feelings. Like all of her friends, Rika tries to protect Satoko because she knows how much pain she has been through, especially since many villagers still shun Satoko for her parent's support of the dam project while at the same time they praise Rika at every opportunity.

In Higurashi Gou, Satoko is revealed to be the one who has kept Rika trapped in a timeloop after she managed to escape it. In the world of Matsuribayashi-hen, Satoko agrees to attend St. Lucia Academy with Rika. Though she hates studying and has no interest in the school, she wants to be together with Rika. The two of them study together and are both accepted into St. Lucia. Once they get there, however, they grow apart as Rika becomes immersed in high society. Satoko is unable to fit in with the other students and struggles to keep up her grades, so Rika decides to stop associating with Satoko. Satoko later creates a new timeline to undo what happened at St. Lucia. However, Rika betrays Satoko again in the new world. Satoko kills herself and Rika to reset the time loop back to 1983, and makes it her goal to keep Rika trapped in the loop until she gives up on leaving Hinamizawa. Satoko states that she loves Rika and is apparently possessive of her.

Fanon
Though there is some debate, Higurashi Gou and Sotsu have essentially confirmed that Satoko has romantic feelings for Rika. Many dislike the ship considering how unhealthy it became in the recent anime. As a result, most SatoRika fan content is based around canon divergence or AUs. Some fans still hold hope that their canon relationship can be salvaged somehow.

Fandom
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