Anime :: Higurashi No Naku Koro Ni (When Cicadas Cry)

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6 Aug 06, 23:28

Title : Higurashi no Naku Koro ni - When Cicadas Cry
Official Site : http://www.oyashirosama.com/web/
Episodes : 26
Year Published : 2006 April - Sept in Japan

Higurashi no Naku Koro ni takes place during June 1983, at a fictional rural village called Hinamizawa (based on the village of Shirakawa, Gifu, a World Heritage Site), which has a population of approximately 2000. The main character Keiichi Maebara transfers to this school and befriends his classmates Rena Ryugu, Mion Sonozaki, Rika Furude, and Satoko Houjou.

Keiichi joins their after-school club activities which include playing cards, going out into the woods, playing hide-and-seek; a reminder of the good old days where children played outside until dark rather than being holed up inside their homes playing video games.

However, the fun abruptly ends after the annual Watanagashi Festival, a local festivity to commemorate and give thanks to the local god named Oyashiro-sama.

For the past four years, one person is murdered and another goes missing never to be seen again each year on the day of the Watanagashi Festival.

Who is behind all of this? Is there someone behind this at all?
Or is there really something supernatural at work?
What dark secrets does Hinamizawa hide?