List of When They Cry episodes
Higurashi When They Cry is a Japanese anime television series based on Ryukishi07's visual novel series. The English titles for the first season are accorded to the names used by Funimation Entertainment. English titles in other seasons are not official.
When They Cry volume one DVD cover by Geneon.
The first season entitled Higurashi no Naku Koro ni (ひぐらしのなく頃に). It was produced by Studio Deen and directed by Chiaki Kon. It was released in English by Geneon and Funimation, under the title When They Cry – Higurashi no Naku Koro ni. The first season contains twenty six episodes and aired between April 4 and September 26, 2006 on a number of television networks, including Chiba TV, Kansai TV and Tokai TV. The story follows five friends solving the case about unexplained murders occurred for three years in the village. The series is divided into six chapters which are based on the first six chapters in the original visual novel series. The first chapter is Onikakushi-hen (episodes one to four), followed by Watanagashi-hen (episodes five to eight), and Tatarigoroshi-hen (episodes nine to thirteen). Next is Himatsubushi-hen (episodes fourteen and fifteen), the shortest of the story arcs. The last two chapters are Meakashi-hen (episodes sixteen to twenty-one) and Tsumihoroboshi-hen (episodes twenty-two through twenty-six).
The second season entitled When They Cry: Kai (ひぐらしのなく頃に解, Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Kai, lit When The Cicadas Cry: Solution). It was produced by the same team and contains twenty-four episodes. The series aired in Japan between July 6 and December 17, 2007 on several television networks, such as Sun TV, TV Kanagawa and TV Saitama. The story continues what is left unexplained in the first season over the course of three separate story arcs. The first story is an anime-original arc called Yakusamashi-hen, which is followed by the last two arcs from the original visual novel series: Minagoroshi-hen and Matsuribayashi-hen. On September 18, 2007, a sixteen-year-old girl killed her father with an axe in Kyoto, Japan. The similarities between Kai and the incident were too strong. In response, Tokai TV replaced episode twelve on September 21, 2007 with a cooking show.
The third season was released as an original video animation series, titled Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Rei. It has two arcs taken from the fan disc of the same name and another arc adapted from a light novel released with the PlayStation version. An extra episode, Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Gaiden Nekogoroshi-hen (The Cat Killing Chapter), was released in Japan for the first season. The original video animation film titled Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Kaku: Outbreak was adapted from the short story "Higurashi Outbreak".[1]
Series overview
| Seasons | Episodes | First airdate | Last airdate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| When They Cry | 26 | April 4, 2006 | September 26, 2006 | |
| Nekogoroshi-hen | 1 | August 2, 2007 | ||
| Kai | 24 | July 6, 2007 | December 17, 2007 | |
| Rei | 5 | February 25, 2009 | August 21, 2009 | |
| Kira | 4 | July 21, 2011 | January 25, 2012 | |
| Outbreak | 1 | August 15, 2013 | ||
| Total (61) | April 4, 2006 | August 15, 2013 | ||
When They Cry (2006)
| No. | Title[2] | Original airdate | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "The Beginning (Chapter: Spirited Away by the Demon, Part 1)" Transcription: "Onikakushi-hen Sono Ichi – Hajimari" (Japanese: 鬼隠し編 其ノ壱 ハジマリ) | April 4, 2006 | |
| In June 1983, Keiichi Maebara lives with his friends in the rural village of Hinamizawa. While searching for clues at the landfill, Keiichi learns from Jiro Tomitake about the past murders. He also learns about the dam construction proposed by the government five years earlier. The project met with protests and was withdrawn. When Keiichi asks Rena and Mion Sonozaki about any incidents relating to the project, they refuse to reply, which makes him suspicious. He gets even more suspicious as he and Rena discover the statue of Kenta, the parody of Colonel Sanders and Rena leaves to find a machete, he finds a newspaper article about the death of the manager. He learns that one of the killers is still at large. | |||
| 2 | "The Secret (Chapter: Spirited Away by the Demon, Part 2)" Transcription: "Onikakushi-hen Sono Ni – Kakushigoto" (Japanese: 鬼隠し編 其ノ弐 隠しごと) | April 11, 2006 | |
| During the annual festival, Keiichi is informed by Tomitake and Miyo Takano, about "Oyashiro's curse". A series of murders and disappearances has occurred on the night of the festival for the past four years and are all supposedly caused by the curse of the village's tutelary deity, Oyashiro. The next day, Keiichi meets Oishi Kurado, and learns that Tomitake committed suicide by damaging his throat and Takano disappeared. He becomes Oishi's informant. Keiichi notices changes in Rena and Mion's behavior and suspects them of hiding something from him. He too is accused of keeping secrets because of his ties to Oishi. Keiichi delves deeper into the history of the curse, learning that Satoko Hojo's brother, Satoshi, has been apparently transferred out of school in Hinamizawa. At that point, Keiichi realizes that Rena has been eavesdropping on him the whole time. | |||
| 3 | "Suspicion (Chapter: Spirited Away by the Demon, Part 3)" Transcription: "Onikakushi-hen Sono San – Gishin" (Japanese: 鬼隠し編 其ノ参 疑心) | April 18, 2006 | |
| Growing increasingly paranoid, Keiichi calls in sick for school to avoid his friends and delve deeper into the case. Oishi tells Keiichi that all victims of Oyashiro's curse are connected to his group of friends. That night, Keiichi discovers a sewing needle inside the box of ohagi, which Rena and Mion give. Fearing that they will watch him, Keiichi wields Satoshi's baseball bat, after returning to school the next day. His friends reveal that Satoshi had displayed similar paranoid behavior. | |||
| 4 | "Disturbance (Chapter: Spirited Away by the Demon, Part 4)" Transcription: "Onikakushi-hen Sono Yon – Yugami" (Japanese: 鬼隠し編 其ノ四 歪) | April 25, 2006 | |
| Rena pays Keiichi a visit and attempts to enter the house, but he becomes paranoid and forces her to leave. Distressed by behavior, Mion attempts to apologize to Keiichi, but he rebuffs her. After seeing Rena with a machete, Keiichi demands to know who caused all the murders and disappearances. Rena replies that it is all the work of Oyashiro. Keiichi escapes from Rena, but he is taken back home. When Rena and Mion uses the syringe, Keiichi kills them with the bat. He calls and tells Oishi that the murders were caused by Oyashiro. However, Keiichi kills himself by damaging his own throat, after knowing that Oyashiro is behind him. The next day, the police remove all evidence from Keiichi's house, including the syringe and the note hidden in a wall clock. | |||
| 5 | "Jealousy (Chapter: Cotton Drifting, Part 1)" Transcription: "Watanagashi-hen Sono Ichi – Shitto" (Japanese: 綿流し編 其ノ壱 嫉妬) | May 2, 2006 | |
| The timeline of the last four episodes has been reset. Keiichi meets Shion. He discovers that the sisters are in love with him. Keiichi wins a doll in a competitive game for Rena, implying to Mion that she is too masculine for it. Mion brushes it off, but is visibly upset. | |||
| 6 | "Takano (Chapter: Cotton Drifting, Part 2)" Transcription: "Watanagashi-hen Sono Ni – Takano" (Japanese: 綿流し編 其ノ弐 タカノ) | May 9, 2006 | |
| Keiichi learns about the curse. During Rika's ritual performance, Shion, Keiichi, Tomitake and Takano examine the ritual tool shed, and learn about the significance of the shrine. Her theory is that the villagers are continuing the tradition of sacrificing people to Oyashiro. Shion and Keiichi promise not to tell anyone. Keiichi becomes disturbed when he is questioned both by Mion, and Oishi about the whereabouts of Shion, Tomitake and Takano. Keiichi learns from Shion that Takano and Tomitake had the same deaths. Since they died from the curse, they are needed to calm Oyashiro. Keiichi reprimands Shion that he was irresponsible and demands to know how she intends to take responsibility. Shion becomes upset and hangs up the phone. | |||
| 7 | "Lies (Chapter: Cotton Drifting, Part 3)" Transcription: "Watanagashi-hen Sono San – Uso" (Japanese: 綿流し編 其ノ参 嘘) | May 16, 2006 | |
| Rika shows knowledge of Keiichi's actions and in a metaphorical conversation promises to help the 'little kitty cat who did something bad' on the night of the festival by making the 'big dogs' aware the 'kitty cat' had no bad intentions, and alludes to the fact that Mion is upset at Shion. She warns Keiichi that if the same 'dog' who bit the village leader tries to bite him, he should tell her. Keiichi learns that the village leader disappeared. Shion tells him that she confessed to the village leader about what they did. Shion thinks it is her fault that the Curse got him because he had promised to help them. Keiichi believes Rika is in danger. Keiichi, Rena and Mion go to Rika and Satoko's house, only to find them gone. Keiichi talks with Oishi. His account of the village leader's activities before disappearing contradict Shion's claim that she confessed. Shion disappeared after becoming psychotic. | |||
| 8 | "Wish (Chapter: Cotton Drifting, Part 4)" Transcription: "Watanagashi-hen Sono Yon – Negai" (Japanese: 綿流し編 其ノ四 願い) | May 23, 2006 | |
| Keiichi and Rena learn that Rika and Satoko disappeared. They confront Mion at her house because the police do not have enough probable cause for a search warrant. Mion admits that Rika and Satoko visit the house. She asks to have a private talk with Keiichi before the police arrest her, and she lures Keiichi to a torture chamber. He sees Shion in the dungeon, before Mion knocks him out. Mion prepares to torture Keiichi, but stops after Keiichi, believing Mion to be possessed by Oyashiro and begging Mion to spare Shion for the body. Mion asks whether he wants to be spared as well, which Keiichi says is irrelevant compared to Shion's safety. Mion hears a noise and assumes Rena brought the police and tasers Keiichi unconscious. Keiichi and Shion leave the torture chamber. Mion stabs Keiichi in the stomach. At the hospital, Keiichi learns that Shion fell to her death from the apartment. Oishi asks Keiichi if he was certain it was Mion who attacked him. He confirms it. Oishi reveals Mion died at the bottom of the well. According to the autopsy report, Takano died hours before she broke into shed. After Oishi leaves, Mion ambushes Keiichi. | |||
| 9 | "Older Brother (Chapter: Curse Killing, Part 1)" Transcription: "Tatarigoroshi-hen Sono Ichi – Ani" (Japanese: 祟殺し編 其の壱 兄) | May 30, 2006 | |
| Once again, the timeline of the last four episodes has been reset. Keiichi's parents leave for Tokyo for a few days. Helped by Satoko and Rika, who make dinner for him, Keiichi learns about Satoshi on the night of last year's festival. He decides to act as a surrogate brother to Satoko and investigate the case. | |||
| 10 | "Bond (Chapter: Curse Killing, Part 2)" Transcription: "Tatarigoroshi-hen Sono Ni – Kizuna" (Japanese: 祟殺し編 其の弐 キズナ) | June 6, 2006 | |
| While Satoko is absent from school for a few days, Keiichi discovers that she is abused by her uncle Teppei. He left the village after his wife was killed during the festival, and Teppei stays around town. | |||
| 11 | "Borderline (Chapter: Curse Killing, Part 3)" Transcription: "Tatarigoroshi-hen Sono San – Sakaime" (Japanese: 祟殺し編 其の参 境界) | June 13, 2006 | |
| Keiichi asks Mion to take Satoko to the festival. When she asks him why he tells her he has some things to do. Mion mentions that is exactly what Satoshi said before he disappeared. After learning that Satoshi killed his aunt, Keiichi does to Teppei using Satoshi's baseball bat and buries the body. While returning home, Keiichi sees Takano, who learns that he committed a crime. | |||
| 12 | "Lost Item (Chapter: Curse Killing, Part 4)" Transcription: "Tatarigoroshi-hen Sono Yon – Nakushimono" (Japanese: 祟殺し編 其の四 失しモノ) | June 20, 2006 | |
| Keiichi is shaken when his friends tell him that he was actually at the Watanagashi festival with them. Teppei is still abusing her, though Keiichi thought he had killed him. He goes to the Doctor's office, where he confesses the murder to Kyosuke Irie. Although he promises to help him, he overhears him talking to his assistant with preparations to put sedatives in the tea they were going to give him. Oishi forces Keiichi to dig a hole, only to find Teppei gone. | |||
| 13 | "Apology (Chapter: Curse Killing, Part 5)" Transcription: "Tatarigoroshi-hen Sono Go – Shazai" (Japanese: 祟殺し編 其の伍 謝罪) | June 27, 2006 | |
| Keiichi goes to the residence to ascertain Teppei's status and finds Satoko in the bath and in need of medical help. Keiichi takes Satoko to the clinic, but finds that Irie committed suicide and Oishi has disappeared from the village. Keiichi discovers Rika's disemboweled body at the shrine and Satoko believes that Keiichi is possessed by Oyashiro. Keiichi tries to forgive Satoko, but she pushes him off a bridge. The toxic gas from the swamp of Onigafuchi kills everyone in the village, before Keiichi survives the fall from the bridge. | |||
| 14 | "Hinamizawa (Chapter: Time Wasting, Part 1)" Transcription: "Himatsubushi-hen Sono Ichi – Hinamizawa" (Japanese: 暇潰し編 其の壱 ヒナミザワ) | July 4, 2006 | |
| Four years during the dam incident, Mamoru Akasaka investigates the kidnapping of Toshiki Inukai, the grandson of the dam's construction project manager. Oishi tells Akasaka about the Dam Project Opposition Committee and three leading families. As the village tourist, he meets Rika. She warns him to return to Tokyo, but collapses and commences to act normally afterward. A colleague of Oishi gives intel to Akasaka about the Dam Project Opposition Committee, headed by Oryō. They learn about the missing child and know that a novice police investigator was dispatched to the village. She has given orders to take care of him, if he begins to meddle too much into their affairs. The next day, Oishi informs Akasaka that they have found the wallet and other identification items of the missing child in a deserted village called Takatsudo and has agreed to accompany Akasaka. | |||
| 15 | "Sign (Chapter: Time Wasting, Part 2)" Transcription: "Himatsubushi-hen Sono Ni – Kizashi" (Japanese: 暇潰し編 其の弐 兆し) | July 11, 2006 | |
| Akasaka and Oishi find the kidnappers' hideout and rescue Toshiki, but Akasaka is shot. They discover that their efforts were in vain because the perpetrators' demands had already been met. Akasaka tries using the phones at the hospital and out on the streets but all the cords have been cut by someone. At a particular phone booth, he finds Rika and asks if she cut the cords. She replies that making a call would make him sad. She takes him to see the festival and an ominous Rika describes each death occurred in 1979 and that the last one will be her own murder. She suggests him to survive, but live a happy life. The evidence revealed Akasaka's wife died saving a child at the stairway. A few years later, Akasaka visits Oishi in his mother's birthplace, and reveals what Rika told him on the night several years ago. Oishi tells him that on the day of the great disaster, Rika was killed. Akasaka reveals that he has returned to find the truth about the curse. | |||
| 16 | "First Love (Chapter: Eye Opening, Part 1)" Transcription: "Meakashi-hen Sono Ichi – Hatsukoi" (Japanese: 目明し編 其の壱 初恋) | July 18, 2006 | |
| The events from Watanagashi-hen are retold from Shion's point of view. For generations, the Sonozaki family has murdered the younger of newborn twins. They unsuccessfully send Shion away, but she abandoned the boarding school. Wanting to live on her own, Shion acts like Mion and gets a job at their uncle's shop, with Kasai and Mion supporting the illusion. Shion learns about the incident. She meets Satoshi, who mistakes her for Mion. Shion takes a liking to Satoshi and learns that Satoko's parents were victims of the curse who worked at the dam. Satoshi and Satoko were taken in by their aunt and uncle. They resent them, because the rest of the village shunned them for their parents' support of the dam. Shion goes to school in Mion's place and cheers up with Satoshi. When Shion insults Satoko, Satoshi stops her. Shion learns that Satoshi despises the family for having persecuted the other one. | |||
| 17 | "Responsibility (Chapter: Eye Opening, Part 2)" Transcription: "Meakashi-hen Sono Ni – Kejime" (Japanese: 目明し編 其の弐 ケジメ) | July 25, 2006 | |
| After convincing Shion to care of Satoko, Satoshi kills his aunt with a baseball bat. Shion is suspicious that he is the culprit, but provides an alibi for him when Oishi questions him. In the process, she reveals that she is not her sister. The family finds her when Oishi examines her story, and she is taken back to their family estate to answer with her grandmother for the trouble she has caused. When Shion insults the family and proclaim her love, she gets by punished by the henchmen who de-nail three fingers on Shion's hand. Weeks later, Oishi tells Shion that Satoshi left the village and the drug addict is identified as the murderer. | |||
| 18 | "Oni's Blood Line (Chapter: Eye Opening, Part 3)" Transcription: "Meakashi-hen Sono San – Oni no Ketsumyaku" (Japanese: 目明し編 其の参 鬼の血脈) | August 1, 2006 | |
| Shion investigates further into the curse and the murders over the past four years. She meets Takano at the library who tells her more about the dark past. She explains that the villagers used to call Onigafuchi and that, according to the god's sacrifice ritual, for each victims, there must be an equivalent number of missing people, drowned in the bottomless marsh. This leads Shion to believe Satoshi's body might be there, sacrificed by her family, and she feels her demon awaken. After Shion's encounter with Takano, she is visited by Mion at her apartment where she learns that Mion de-nailed herself in the same spots Shion had, after she had left, because she did not want Shion to take the burden and deter Oryō from taking further actions against Shion and Satoshi. The story skips ahead one year to the present right before the festival. Keiichi regains memories of Satoshi to Shion. The story further skips forward to where Tomitake, Takano, Keiichi and Shion inspect the shrine. After the festival, Shion overhears Mion and Oryō discussing the events that have transpired over Takano and the investigation. | |||
| 19 | "Revenge (Chapter: Eye Opening, Part 4)" Transcription: "Meakashi-hen Sono Yon – Shikaeshi" (Japanese: 目明し編 其の四 仕返し) | August 8, 2006 | |
| Shion believes that her family is connected to the acts of "spiriting away" people in the village, especially in the case of Satoshi. She tasers and imprisons Mion in the dungeon, and unintentionally kills her grandmother after by sending her down a well used for corpse disposal with Mion, repeatedly accusing Mion of having been implicit in Satoshi's murder. Shion pretends to be Mion the next day and confronts Keiichi about the previous encounter, which Keiichi denies it. Shion attends a village council meeting and lures the village head to the estate. She tasers him after he reveals that her "Distinction" (when she had her fingernails removed) was so that Kasai, her uncle, and Shion herself would not be killed, confirming for the sisters and their grandmother did not have Satoshi 'forgiven'. | |||
| 20 | "Cold Hands (Chapter: Eye Opening, Part 5)" Transcription: "Meakashi-hen Sono Go – Tsumetai Te" (Japanese: 目明し編 其の伍 冷たい手) | August 15, 2006 | |
| Shion tortures the village head for information about the previous murders and Satoshi. Shion confronts Rika about the murders, leading to a confrontation between the two. Shion invites Rika to the house, where Rika commits suicide by stabbing herself repeatedly in the head, after Shion injects the syringe on her. Shion then invites Satoko. | |||
| 21 | "Condemnation (Chapter: Eye Opening, Part 6)" Transcription: "Meakashi-hen Sono Roku – Danzai" (Japanese: 目明し編 其の六 断罪) | August 22, 2006 | |
| Shion tricks the townspeople into identifying Keiichi as a suspect. She quickly realizes Oishi suspects her instead. She kills Satoko for holding captive as punishment for Mion. Then she remembers the day one of Satoshi's last requests was to keep Satoko safe. This drives her deeper into madness. The following day, Keiichi and Rena suspect Mion as Rika and Satoko's killer. Shion then lures Keiichi to the dungeon and prepares to torture him. Keiichi begs Shion, whom he believes is Mion possessed by Oyashiro, to spare the sisters, which makes Shion sad, and she tasers Keiichi. Shion frees Mion, switches clothes with her and takes her to the body disposal well, telling her that Satoshi's body is down there. Mion tells her that the Sonozaki family had nothing to do with the disappearance of Satoshi, and that their grandmother approved of her relationship with Satoshi, but Shion refuses to believe her. Shion tases Mion, making her fall to the well. She and Keiichi are rescued. Following the incident, Shion starts to hallucinate. She visits Keiichi and gravely wounds him. Shion hastily returns to her apartment and scales the side of the building, but falls to her death. As Shion imagines seeing Satoshi's face in the moon, she apologizes to him. | |||
| 22 | "Happiness (Chapter: Atonement, Part 1)" Transcription: "Tsumihoroboshi-hen Sono Ichi – Shiawase" (Japanese: 罪滅し編 其の壱 幸せ) | August 29, 2006 | |
| The timeline is reset yet again. The chapter starts off with Rena and Keiichi winning the water-gun competition. Mion, Satoko and Rika plan to work the day at the Angel Mort Cafe, after losing the game. There, Rena meets Rina Mamiya. Rena recalls the past about the divorce of her parents, because her mother planned to marry another man. Back home, Rena learns Rina has helped her dad completely redo the entire living room, discarding properties, including Kenta-kun, the mascot statue of a fast food restaurant chain, KCF that she and Keiichi found from the landfill. The next day at a cafe, Rina and Teppei Hojo steal money from the gang in order to save it for an upcoming marriage. | |||
| 23 | "Place to Return (Chapter: Atonement, Part 2)" Transcription: "Tsumihoroboshi-hen Sono Ni – Kaeru Tokoro" (Japanese: 罪滅し編 其の弐 還る処) | September 5, 2006 | |
| Rena goes through her father's checkbook and discovers he has recently charged a lot of money withdrawn from the account. After school, Rena returns to the landfill, where she blames Rina for making a plan. When Rina attempts to choke Rena, she kills her by slicing her stomach open with a glass shard and beating her with a metal pipe. That night, Rena discovers Teppei beating her father outside the house. Rena leads Teppei to the landfill, where she ambushes and kills him. The next day, Rena cuts their bodies into pieces and wraps them up in small packages. Her friends convince her to accept who she is. They dump the packages into a small cave in the woods. When Rena leaves, Mion tells the rest of them to forget the incident. As they attend the festival, Oishi glares them from above. | |||
| 24 | "Document 34 (Chapter: Atonement, Part 3)" Transcription: "Tsumihoroboshi-hen Sono San – Sanjūyon-gō Bunsho" (Japanese: 罪滅し編 其の参 34号文書) | September 12, 2006 | |
| While reading Takano's scrapbooks, Rena discovers that Oyashiro is worshiped by three families. The virus causes the victims to go berserk. It was proposed that Oyashiro was actually a doctor and the curse was a virus in the village for which he quarantined the village and used the people who died by the virus to make a vaccine which was inadvertently interpreted by villagers. In addition, since the altitude and temperature are very specific for the survival of the virus, the victims start to feel homesick when they leave there. The disease caused all the murders. Rena gets hunted down by people who will stop at nothing to keep the information. | |||
| 25 | "Earth Invasion (Chapter: Atonement, Part 4)" Transcription: "Tsumihoroboshi-hen Sono Yon – Chikyū Shinryaku" (Japanese: 罪滅し編 其の四 地球侵略) | September 19, 2006 | |
| Rena learns that Mion took the packages from where they hid, making her lose faith in her friends and causing her sanity to slip. Keiichi tries to stop Rena, but she confronts him with the dark secret. He confesses his past sin with paranoia in the first event to the girls. It is revealed that Mion uses a marker instead of the syringe. Rika reacts thunderstruck and later tells Keiichi nobody remembers the murder except her, and she forgives him. This strengthens his understanding of Rena's situation and he resolves to prevent such tragedies from occurring again. He apologizes to Mion, who is uncomfortable and baffled by it. | |||
| 26 | "Retake (Chapter: Atonement, Part 5)" Transcription: "Tsumihoroboshi-hen Sono Go – Riteiku" (Japanese: 罪滅し編 其の伍 リテイク) | September 26, 2006 | |
| Rena captures all students, and threatens to kill them with a homemade bomb planted on the school roof. However, Keiichi arrives in time to defuse it. He and Rena fight at the rooftop, until she gradually regains her sanity and cannot bring herself to kill him. She reconciles with her friends. Though the crisis has been averted, Oishi and Rika plan to save Takano. | |||
Higurashi no Naku Koro ni: Nekogoroshi-hen (2007)
| No. | Title | Original airdate | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 27 | "Cat Killing Chapter" Transcription: "Nekogoroshi-hen" (Japanese: 猫殺し編) | August 2, 2007 | |
| After losing a bet, Keiichi and his friends wander around town. They head to the abandoned village of Yagouchi, where they learn the mystery of a strange haunted quarry. | |||
When They Cry: Kai (2007)
| No. | No. | Title | Original airdate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 | 1 | "Reunion" Transcription: "Saikai" (Japanese: サイカイ) | July 6, 2007 | |
| Mamoru Akasaka, Oishi and the assistant visit the abandoned village in 2007. They learn about the Great Hinamizawa Disaster that decimated the town and the connection to Takano's File No. 34. The adult Rena survived the disaster, because she was detained at the police station during the incident. She shares with them the little knowledge she has about Rika's strange behavior shortly before the supposed "gas leak". Akasaka recalls his meeting with the young Rika. The episode is a direct epilogue of Tsumihoroboshi-hen. | ||||
| 29 | 2 | "Disaster Awakening Chapter One – Playing Tag" Transcription: "Yakusamashi-hen Sono Ichi – Onigokko" (Japanese: 厄醒し編 其の壱 鬼ごっこ) | July 13, 2007 | |
| Back in 1983, the club participates in a game of "zombie tag". On their way home, they run into Irie, Tomitake and Takano, who tell Keiichi about the past murders. He understands why his friends hid it from him and does not resent them for it. This fails to reassure Rika, and she grows progressively more depressed as the day of the festival approaches. In addition, Satoko utters a phrase spoken by Keiichi during the previous event. | ||||
| 30 | 3 | "Disaster Awakening Chapter Two – Powerless" Transcription: "Yakusamashi-hen Sono Ni – Muryoku" (Japanese: 厄醒し編 其の弐 無力) | July 20, 2007 | |
| Satoko attempts to help Rika, but she denies that anything is wrong. That night, Satoko discovers Rika arguing with a mysterious voice and telling her she will die, and that there is nothing that either of them can do. | ||||
| 31 | 4 | "Disaster Awakening Chapter Three – Pre-established Harmony" Transcription: "Yakusamashi-hen Sono San – Yotei Chōwa" (Japanese: 厄醒し編 其の参 予定調和) | July 27, 2007 | |
| During the festival, Rika fails to warn Tomitake of his imminent death. Satoko is convinced that a mysterious man is following her and Rika around. Worried of her safety, Satoko sets traps around the house to alert her of any intruders, and when one is triggered, her fears are confirmed. | ||||
| 32 | 5 | "Disaster Awakening Chapter Four – The Great Hinamizawa Disaster" Transcription: "Yakusamashi-hen Sono Yon – Hinamizawa Daisaigai" (Japanese: 厄醒し編 其の四 雛見沢大災害) | August 3, 2007 | |
| Rika hides Satoko in the house. After discovering Rika's body near the shrine, a traumatized Satoko flees and falls off from the bridge. She stumbles back into town in the aftermath of the Great Hinamizawa Disaster. Satoko suffers mental shock, after witnessing many deaths. Oishi tries to interrogate with the catatonic Satoko, relaying a cryptic message left by Rena with the motive behind the suspects. Satoko regains consciousness and finds a message, but the suspects kill her. | ||||
| 33 | 6 | "Massacre Chapter One – Rules of the Labyrinth" Transcription: "Minagoroshi-hen Sono Ichi – Meiro no Hōsoku" (Japanese: 皆殺し編 其の壱 迷路の法則) | August 10, 2007 | |
| Rika begins a new world with Hanyū. She is getting tired of seeing her friends commit the same acts that lead them to her mistake. Keiichi proves to her that people can change their fate if they want during the game tournament, by requesting to play a different game other than the card game played in Watanagashi-hen. He gives the doll to Mion instead of Rena, thereby avoiding hurting her feelings and potentially avoiding the tragedy that transpired in Meakashi-hen. Rika thinks that the world may be different and vows to fight one more time. | ||||
| 34 | 7 | "Massacre Chapter Two – How to Change Destiny" Transcription: "Minagoroshi-hen Sono Ni – Unmei no Kaekata" (Japanese: 皆殺し編 其の弐 運命の変え方) | August 17, 2007 | |
| Influenced by Keiichi's encouragement, and the fact her friends are starting to avoid doing the same mistakes by remembering glimpses of what they could have done, Rika decides to find a way to prevent her own ominous destiny. Notable changes in this world that Rika notices includes how Rena actually confided in Mion about the situation, between her dad and Rina rather than bear the burden of her situation by herself, how Oishi actually gets along with the others, and that Akasaka's wife and son avoided death after Rika had cautioned the latter several years back. | ||||
| 35 | 8 | "Massacre Chapter Three – Fluctuation" Transcription: "Minagoroshi-hen Sono San – Yuragi" (Japanese: 皆殺し編 其の参 揺らぎ) | August 24, 2007 | |
| Rika's plan is hindered by the appearance of Teppei, who is abusing Satoko. Keiichi and his friends find a way to release Satoko, but the government is reluctant to cooperate. | ||||
| 36 | 9 | "Massacre Chapter Four – Negotiation" Transcription: "Minagoroshi-hen Sono Yon – Kōshō" (Japanese: 皆殺し編 其の四 交渉) | August 31, 2007 | |
| The townspeople protest alongside the others to ignite government action in the case. Teppei attempts to destroy the properties from the room, if Satoko leaves the house. This continues to place the action at an impasse. Satoko returns to school, and shows evidence of abuse and trauma, before being taken to the clinic. After visiting there, Oishi advises Keiichi not to overextend the issue with the counselling office, informing them that the household is having the situation by the Child Counseling Center. During a meeting between the townspeople and the center, Rika realizes that she is having her responsibility. | ||||
| 37 | 10 | "Massacre Chapter Five – Confrontation" Transcription: "Minagoroshi-hen Sono Go – Taiketsu" (Japanese: 皆殺し編 其の伍 対決) | September 7, 2007 | |
| Keiichi and his friends visit Oryō. Keiichi struggles to take the council and make an appeal for the government. Citizens from Okinomiya and Hinamizawa protest in front of the center, calling for action from the director. The government succumbs to the pressure of everyone and the phone call is connected to the Hojo residence. Teppei attempts to steal the bank account book from the room. | ||||
| 38 | 11 | "Massacre Chapter Six – Strong Will" Transcription: "Minagoroshi-hen Sono Roku – Tsuyoi Ishi" (Japanese: 皆殺し編 其の六 強い意志) | September 14, 2007 | |
| Satoko talks to Keiichi and Rika on the phone, revealing the past about the abuse. Teppei is caught and arrested by the police, while Satoko reconciles with Rika. Knowing that Tomitake and Takano will die on the night in all of the other worlds she has been in, Rika enlists the help of Oishi and her friends to protect the two. Once they arrive safely at the clinic, it is revealed that Takano is the head of the clinic and Yamainu's security forces, who faked her death and killed Tomitake for the purpose of reigniting the curse. As the police investigate the case, Takano reflects on how "everything will fall" soon. | ||||
| 39 | 12 | "Massacre Chapter Seven – Hinamizawa Syndrome" Transcription: "Minagoroshi-hen Sono Nana – Hinamizawa Shōkōgun" (Japanese: 皆殺し編 其の七 雛見沢症候群) | September 25, 2007 | |
| Rika tells her friends the details of the Hinamizawa Syndrome, regarding how the disease whose symptoms show up when one tries to leave the village. Rika reveals that the clinic, was actually an establishment built to research the disease, or more specifically gather information on how to harness it as a biological weapon, sponsored by various bureaucratic connections collectively referred to as "Tokyo". The Yamainu are revealed to be a security force tasked with maintaining the secrecy of such an operation. Irie is revealed to be innocent in the matter and works at the institute, but his actual intentions were to find a cure for the syndrome rather than developing a biological weapon. Rika revealed that her family lineage has been referred to "Queen Carrier" that have suppressed the onset of symptoms of the syndrome, and thus she is targeted by the military. Her friends believe her without hesitation. The police are stationed, at Rika's request, around the residence to give her added protection. The military forces kill Oishi and his assistant at the radio tower. | ||||
| 40 | 13 | "Massacre Chapter Eight – Finale" Transcription: "Minagoroshi-hen Sono Hachi – Shūmatsu" (Japanese: 皆殺し編 其の八 終末) | October 1, 2007 | |
| Keiichi, Rena, Mion and Shion leave the house to the officers for the night. As Satoko sleeps, Rika talks with Hanyū about Rika's fate. Meanwhile, the military disables the guards at Rika's house and infiltrate the residence, but Rika and Satoko escape. They are cornered by the group in the forest at one point, but Mion, Shion, Rena and Keiichi come to rescue them when Rena had a suspicion that they watched them. The six of them failed to reach the household, after Takano killed the others. She brings and finally kills Rika at the shrine. The spirits of the group members along with Hanyū, meet and agree that Hanyuu too must have the will to break the cycle of death. Meanwhile, the villagers die succumbing to the gas, while an ecstatic Takano proclaims her ascension to godhood. | ||||
| 41 | 14 | "Festival Accompanying Chapter One – Miyo" Transcription: "Matsuribayashi-hen Sono Ichi – Miyo" (Japanese: 祭囃し編 其の壱 三四) | October 8, 2007 | |
| In a series of flashbacks, Takano's parents were killed in a bus accident and all of her relatives died in the war. Dr. Hifumi (Takano's foster grandfather) and his research piqued her interest in biological parasites when she was young. Takano and the others suffered verbal and physical abuse at the orphanage. After separating them, Takano escapes from the orphanage headmaster into the forest. Years later, Takano continues the research, working at the institute as second in command behind Irie. Takano meets Tomitake. Back in the past, Takano questions the god why she is suffering for her abnormal life. The flashback ends and Takano wakes up, apparently dreaming the entire time. Takano looks over the village and proclaims that her actions continues on with her grandfather's legacy. | ||||
| 42 | 15 | "Festival Accompanying Chapter Two – Wriggling" Transcription: "Matsuribayashi-hen Sono Ni – Ugomeki" (Japanese: 祭囃し編 其の弐 蠢き) | October 15, 2007 | |
| Takano manages to contact Hifumi at a phone booth, while escaping from the orphanage and pleading for help before the call ends. Takano was recaptured and returned to the orphanage, but she was soon taken in by Hifumi. Takano becomes an assistant for organizing the research on the syndrome in preparation for a presentation among peers of their colleague, Koizumi. Hifumi's research is rejected and even mocked by the intellectuals during the presentation, fueling young Takano's determination to continue his research and make her grandfather a "god". Takano later graduated with high honors and joined an intellectual society which could financially support her research. A few years later, Takano visits the shrine and confronts Hanyū, who is determined to challenge the fate of the village against the research. | ||||
| 43 | 16 | "Festival Accompanying Chapter Three – The Beginning of the End" Transcription: "Matsuribayashi-hen Sono San – Owari no Hajimari" (Japanese: 祭囃し編 其の参 終わりの始まり) | October 22, 2007 | |
| The events of the dam incident are shown, including when the Hojo family antagonized against the Sonozaki family and village residents. It is revealed that the dam construction manager was killed by employees when he sees them drinking after work and went on a rampage. Meanwhile, Takano and Irie had been researching the syndrome at the institute, but they needed a live specimen to prove the linkage between a parasite and the onset of the syndrome. They eventually utilized one of the construction workers (who were succumbed to psychosis) responsible for killing the construction manager as a live specimen. In another flashback, Satoshi discusses with Irie regarding how he wants Satoko to stay at the clinic longer than spending time their aunt, simultaneously lifting a burden off of himself. During all these events, Hanyū feels helpless and apologetic, but years later she and Rika eagerly await the arrival of the one person as the key to bring an end to the intention. | ||||
| 44 | 17 | "Festival Accompanying Chapter Four – Strategy" Transcription: "Matsuribayashi-hen Sono Yon – Bōryaku" (Japanese: 祭囃し編 其の四 謀略) | October 29, 2007 | |
| In order to save Satoko from being infected, Rika offers herself as a test subject for Irie and Takano's research, since Rika's status as a "Queen Carrier" and its suppression of the syndrome allows the drugs to be derived from her blood. Takano prepares a plan to cover up the gassing of Hinamizawa residents as a natural disaster. Oishi tells Irie that Satoko inadvertently killed her parents by pushing them off the cliff near the dam. While Rika was at the Institution, her parents objected to the continued use of Rika as a subject, and thus Takano utilized the curse to cover up the death of Rika's parents that year. The clinic faces closure since treatments had been developed by Irie to combat the syndrome, despite Takano's wishes to continue research for the sake of her late grandfather. Takano meets Nomura who claims that she can help her attain the goal. | ||||
| 45 | 18 | "Festival Accompanying Chapter Five – The Final Piece" Transcription: "Matsuribayashi-hen Sono Go – Saigo no Koma" (Japanese: 祭囃し編 其の伍 最後の駒) | November 5, 2007 | |
| Ichiro Maebara is seen overlooking an open plot of land in preparation of moving his family into the village, meeting Rika and Hanyū along the way. Rena's mother abandoned the family. After purchasing a giant teddy bear, Satoshi succumbs to the syndrome and is sent to the clinic, after realizing that he killed his aunt. Keiichi soon enters the school, as Rika and Hanyū look on, proclaiming that all the pieces have come together for the impending struggle against destiny. | ||||
| 46 | 19 | "Festival Accompanying Chapter Six – Opening" Transcription: "Matsuribayashi-hen Sono Roku – Makuake" (Japanese: 祭囃し編 其の六 幕開け) | November 12, 2007 | |
| Hanyū is introduced into the world as a transfer school student. She recalls Takano when she met her, and learns that her military forces are the culprits behind the attack. Hanyu tells this to Rika, who has seemingly lost her memories from Minagoroshi-hen. Hanyū also discloses her own backstory as a former god of the local land. Akasaka returns to the village to investigate Rika's clairvoyance and her connection to the curse, and recruits Oishi. Irie discloses "Emergency Manual #34" to Rika, which states that the sudden death of the "Queen Carrier" will lead to the gassing of the citizens before they can quickly succumb to the symptoms of syndrome. Rika tries to decode the reason why Takano would try to kill her and recruits her friends, by analogizing her situation to the plot of a manga she is writing. Mion suggests that opposing factions of a secret society may be contending for power. Meanwhile, Takano becomes the head member of a new research facility and reveals her plan to defeat Koizumi's faction. | ||||
| 47 | 20 | "Festival Accompanying Chapter Seven – Trap" Transcription: "Matsuribayashi-hen Sono Nana – Torappu" (Japanese: 祭囃し編 其の七 トラップ) | November 19, 2007 | |
| Rika, Oishi and Akasaka present Takano as the culprit to Irie and Tomitake, and eventually enlists the help of Tomitake to gather incriminating evidence in the shadows. Rika also asserts to Oishi that the Sonozaki family is not behind the annual murder mysteries. She later reveals to her friends the truth of her intended murder, and they manage to boost each other's morale to confront Takano's willpower together. Rika ponders that her experiences in past worlds were used after all, as it seems her friends have inherently learned from their past mistakes. Keiichi and Satoko devise a plan to fake Rika's death as an effort to debunk the validity of "Emergency Manual #34". Meanwhile, Dr. Irie is still skeptical of Takano's intentions, but his suspicions are confirmed when he visits Akasaka, who is stationed at Rika's house to appear as if Rika and Satoko are in the residence. Rika and her friends attempt to enlist the help of Oishi to make a police announcement, but Oishi is hesitant at first. Meanwhile, Tomitake learns of Takano's connection with Koizumi, and her monetary connections with the military. Irie and Oishi are surprised to learn that many of the village elders have laid down past conflicts and now preach peace with the Hojo family. Oishi enlists the help of his friends to carry out about Rika's future. | ||||
| 48 | 21 | "Festival Accompanying Chapter Eight – 48 Hours" Transcription: "Matsuribayashi-hen Sono Hachi – Yonjū-hachi Jikan" (Japanese: 祭囃し編 其の八 48時間) | November 26, 2007 | |
| Takano, oblivious of Tomitake and Irie's betrayal, continues on with her plan. Oishi confirms with Rika and her friends that the local precinct is on board with the announcement of Rika's death, set to be announced at dawn. The grand plan is named "Operation 48 Hours". The next day, Takano's military forces are sent into a scramble over the validity of the report. Meanwhile, Oishi and his associates deal with an organization spy, Otaka, who plans to come and investigate Rika's future. Okonogi realizes that they are being attacked by an organized plan. The group attempts to track down Tomitake, who they trace as a source of calls with the Investigation Bureau, to prevent a leakage of the operation. Otaka arrives at the precinct, claiming to have the backing of the councilor, but he is on-site and dispels such a claim. Meanwhile, Takano tries to make sense about Rika, becoming suspicious of Irie, and the group close in on Tomitake. | ||||
| 49 | 22 | "Festival Accompanying Chapter Nine – Offense and Defense" Transcription: "Matsuribayashi-hen Sono Kyū – Kōbō" (Japanese: 祭囃し編 其の九 攻防) | December 3, 2007 | |
| Tomitake is sent to the clinic. Irie sees this and escapes from there by car. The group follows Irie and he crashes down an embankment, but he ends up meeting Shion and Kasai. They end up unintentionally revealing Rika's hideout to the group by a transmitter hidden in the lab coat. As they arrive at the estate, Shion and Kasai fight the intruders. They pretend to be unconscious, allowing the others to hide in the tunnel. When the military threatens to drop Shion down there, Rika decides to surrender herself in exchange for their safety. Before Okonogi breaks the deal, Akasaka, disguised as one of the soldiers, saves Rika, attacking the rest and forcing them to leave. Keiichi and friends plan to strike back. In the midst of the formation of their counterattack, Irie tells Shion that Satoshi is alive at the clinic. | ||||
| 50 | 23 | "Festival Accompanying Chapter Ten – Bloody Battle" Transcription: "Matsuribayashi-hen Sono Jū – Kessen" (Japanese: 祭囃し編 其の拾 血戦) | December 10, 2007 | |
| Takano interrogates with Tomitake, but is informed about Rika and takes command of the group to capture the others. The soldiers move out en masse to the mountains around the Sonozaki estate where Rika and company are located, but Satoko set various traps at the mountainside. While Kasai and Akasaka infiltrate the underground clinic, Shion and Irie find Satoshi at the experimental cell. Despite his terminal condition, Irie vows to continue his research in order to save Satoshi. Irie tells Shion to keep Satoshi's condition a secret from everyone. The soldiers are sent into a state of disarray, when they hear a god-like voice over their radios apparently torturing them, revealed to be the impersonating voices of Hanyū and Keiichi. Takano attempts to rally the soldiers over the radio. Okonogi infroms the clinic has been infiltrated and Akasaka drives a van near a blockade on the road. | ||||
| 51 | 24 | "Festival Accompanying Chapter Eleven – End" Transcription: "Matsuribayashi-hen Sono Jūichi – Oshimai" (Japanese: 祭囃し編 其の拾壱 オシマイ) | December 17, 2007 | |
| Akasaka and Tomitake break through the road blockade and make it to the city, where they dispatched the Banken combat unit and convince the soldiers of Yamainu to surrender. After learning that Nomura used her as a scapegoat, Takano decides to surrender and is sent to the clinic for treatment. Keiichi and his friends attend the festival. After the credits, Frederica Bernkastel (the aggregate consciousness of all incarnations of Rika across the "restarts") changes the future by saving Takano and her parents. | ||||
Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Rei (2009)
| No. | No. | Title | Original airdate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 52 | 1 | "Embarrassment Chapter" Transcription: "Hajisarashi-hen" (Japanese: 羞晒し編) | February 25, 2009 | |
| After forgetting to pack his bathing suit and before entering the water park, Keiichi wears a pair of trunks for three hours, containing the magical ability to make women attracted to whoever writes their name. Mion hears from her uncle that Keiichi wrote his name on the suit and he will fall in love by himself. After most failed attempts, the girls convince Tomitake, Oishi and Irie to remove the suit from Keiichi. While the three fight for the suit, the naked Keiichi refuses to wear the spare one. | ||||
| 53 | 2 | "Dice Killing Chapter One" Transcription: "Saikoroshi-hen Sono Ichi" (Japanese: 賽殺し編 其の壱) | March 25, 2009 | |
| With the village reverted to normal, Rika spends a new life. While biking with her friends, Rika is apparently killed by an oncoming truck. She finds herself in the alternate timeline, without Keiichi, Takano, Irie and Hanyū. Her friends do not remember the events that occurred in the previous world. The dam project threatening to flood the town is still underway and none of the tragedies she witnessed countless times happened at all, meaning Satoshi and his parents are alive. For the first time in her story, Rika cannot return to her own timeline. | ||||
| 54 | 3 | "Dice Killing Chapter Two" Transcription: "Saikoroshi-hen Sono Ni" (Japanese: 賽殺し編 其の弐) | May 22, 2009 | |
| Rika makes contact with Hanyū, who tells her that for her to return to her old world, she must dispose a piece from the world that prevents Hanyū from entering the new one. This is what prevents Rika from reincarnating. If the piece turns out to be a person, for instance, she must kill that person. She discovers the item which would send her back to her own world. The next day, Rika reprimands Satoko for insulting her. Later, Rika experiences what life with a mother is like, and begins building a new friendship with Mion, Rena, Satoshi and Satoko. Rika now feels it is all a matter of deciding which world she would rather like to stay in, until her mother reveals to be the previous reincarnation of Oyashiro. | ||||
| 55 | 4 | "Dice Killing Chapter Three" Transcription: "Saikoroshi-hen Sono San" (Japanese: 賽殺し編 其の参) | June 16, 2009 | |
| Rika becomes torn between remaining in a world without sin and where everyone is living contently, or killing her mother and returning to her old world. She learns that she does not have time to act. Rika decides to fight for what she wants to live for. The next thing she knows, she awakens from a coma in her old world and happily reunites with her friends, the other world having apparently been a dream. Rika concludes that she killed her mother to regain consciousness. Unbeknownst to her, the dream was developed by Hanyū to teach Rika that people need to work past personal hardships in order to make life worth living. | ||||
| 56 | 5 | "Daybreak Chapter" Transcription: "Hirukowashi-hen" (Japanese: 昼壊し編) | August 21, 2009 | |
| Rena accidentally swallows the "Fuwazaru Magatama" at the picnic, when it fell from the sky and begins acting lovesick. Rika explains that the seal on the magatama was broken, and whoever possesses the red one will fall blindly in love with anyone holding the white counterpart. Everyone reasons that Rena must have swallowed the red magatama and sets out to stop her and find the white one. It winds up in the possession of Tomitake, Takano and Oishi, each of whom gradually come to accept her love under the curse. As Keiichi and Akasaka defeat Rena and Oishi in Mahjong. Oishi fumbles the magatama and Keiichi swallows it as well. Rika lifts the curse, before Keiichi can fall under the power and Rena returns to normal. Rena becomes grateful and expresses her feelings toward Keiichi, though she is not sure if it is part of the magatama. Tomitake and Takano are infatuated with Rena. | ||||
Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Kira (2011–2012)
| No. | No. | Title | Original airdate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 57 | 1 | "Penalty Loving Chapter" Transcription: "Batsukoishi-hen" (Japanese: 罰恋し編) | July 21, 2011 | |
| In a parody of the first season, Tomitake, Irie and Oishi play the punishment game with the girls, after Keiichi loses. He falls asleep while the girls speculate the game. Keiichi and Takano are nearly infected by the syndrome. When the girls threaten Keiichi, he wakes up and sees the men. | ||||
| 58 | 2 | "Demon Battling Chapter" Transcription: "Ayakashisenshi-hen" (Japanese: 妖戦し編) | September 22, 2011 | |
| In a parallel world, Rika and Satoko become magical girls. They oppose four generals of Tokyo Magika (Teppei, Takano, Okonogi and Nomura), in order to save everyone from the curse. | ||||
| 59 | 3 | "Affinity Chapter" Transcription: "Musubienishi-hen" (Japanese: 結縁し編) | November 23, 2011 | |
| A love rectangle between Keiichi and the girls ensues, with them competing for his affection through many methods. They decide to pick whom Keiichi will go on a date with, but he inadvertently picks Oryō. | ||||
| 60 | 4 | "Dream Appearing Chapter" Transcription: "Yumeutsushi-hen" (Japanese: 夢現し編) | January 25, 2012 | |
| A young Rika and Hanyū play a game of hide and seek, causing Rika to fall into a time paradox and being trapped in the future. Hanyū finds Rika and offers to help her. She remembers the time she disappeared while playing a game with her. Keiichi and his friends find a way to send little Rika back to where she belongs. Hanyu is reluctant at first, thinking back at how much suffering Rika has been through. Rika tells Hanyū she wants to return and does so. After sending her younger self back to the past, Rika and Hanyū return to the present day. | ||||
Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Kaku: Outbreak (2013)
| No. | No. | Title | Original airdate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 61 | 1 | "Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Kaku: Outbreak" Transcription: "Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Kaku: Autobureiku" (Japanese: ひぐらしのなく頃に拡 〜アウトブレイク〜) | August 15, 2013 | |
| An unknown virus has spread in wide regions and officials force quarantine around the regions. When security forces remove food and water from the village, the situation becomes abnormal and the locals blame the outsiders. Irie kills himself after a failed attempt to find a cure against the virus. Keiichi and his friends escape from the village, leaving Rika behind. | ||||
References
- General
- "Official website listing of TV episodes from When They Cry" (in Japanese). Studio Deen. Retrieved 2007-07-10.
- "Official website listing of TV episodes from When They Cry: Kai" (in Japanese). Studio Deen. Retrieved 2007-07-10.
- "Official website listing of OVA episodes from Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Rei" (in Japanese). Studio Deen. Retrieved 2011-12-13.
- "Official website listing of OVA episodes from Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Kira" (in Japanese). Studio Deen. Retrieved 2011-12-13.
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