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?
