User blog comment:SPARTAN 119/Higurashi no Naku Koro Ni cast vs Zombies/@comment-5795750-20130701081058

BG1's "Viruses Kill, not Zombify" Edge:

As much I as want the Higurashi cast to win, I think the Zombies will win out - sure they all have modern day weapons and Rika is smart but that's about it. As far I as can see, Shion and Mion are the only ones to know how to use the weapons in the armoury effectively (since it is their armoury) and can help Keiichi along but in this battle, logistics and conservation of bullets is key and I doubt Keiichi, Satoko, Rena and Rika know about that. Another key factor in this is endurance and speed - the Higurashi cast are about average speed and endurance whereas the zombies run real fast and can go on and on and on without tiring; I feel that sooner or later the Higurashi cast will be tired out and overwhelmed in the end - and also, with Satoko and Rika being the shortest, they might not be able to strike at the Zombie's head where the weak spot is. Lastly, Shion and Rena don't score high with regards to health - they are the late stages of the Hinamizawa Syndrome and since there is no C-130 to contain the symptoms, the symptoms are going to emerge and they end up killing themselves or one of their own accidentally. And one last thing, Rika may be intelligent but I bet she doesn't have a clue about how to beat the undead unless Hanyuu has had some run in with the undead herself.

So in the end, the Higurashi cast will be able to pick off some 10-group zombies with their weapons but in the end they will be turned into zombies themselves unless Hanyuu forcibly lets Rika die completely instead of being converted.