Higurashi: When They Cry
Higurashi: When They Cry

Higurashi: When They Cry

2006 2 Seasons 50 Episodes ⭐ 7.7 Animation Drama Mystery

After moving into the quiet town of Hinamizawa, Maebara Keiichi spends his days blissfully in school often playing games with his local friends. However, appearances can be deceiving. One fateful day, Keiichi stumbles upon news of a murder that had occurred in Hinamizawa. From this point on, horrific events unfold in front of Keiichi, as he soon learns his close friends may not be all that they seem.

After moving into the quiet town of Hinamizawa, Maebara Keiichi spends his days blissfully in school often playing games with his local friends. However, appearances can be deceiving. One fateful day, Keiichi stumbles upon news of a murder that had occurred in Hinamizawa. From this point on, horrific events unfold in front of Keiichi, as he soon learns his close friends may not be all that they seem.

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Seasons & Episodes

EP 1

The Hidden Demon Chapter - Part 1 - The Beginning

Keiichi Maebara, a student who recently moved into the village of Hinamizawa, is invited by his new friends at school to

EP 2

The Hidden Demon Chapter - Part 2 - Secret

The annual Watanagashi Festival finally starts, and everyone has fun feasting and playing games. However, in the followi

EP 3

The Hidden Demon Chapter - Part 3 - Suspicion

Delving further into the mysteries surrounding the village, Keiichi's paranoia grows after he starts to suspect that som

EP 4

The Hidden Demon Chapter - Part 4 - Distortion

Keiichi's despair reaches its peak. After being captured and sedated, he wakes up restrained by Mion and Rena, and they

EP 5

The Floating Cotton Chapter - Part 1 - Jealousy

Keiichi meets Mion's twin sister, Shion; the two are so identical that Keiichi can hardly tell the difference between th

EP 6

The Floating Cotton Chapter - Part 2 - Takano

During Rika's ritual performance at the Watanagashi Festival, Shion whisks Keiichi away to sneak into the forbidden shri

EP 7

The Floating Cotton Chapter - Part 3 - Lie

Keiichi asks Rika for help, but when she and Satoko disappear, he starts fearing for the worse.

EP 8

The Floating Cotton Chapter - Part 4 - Wish

Keiichi and Rena suspect that Mion might be related to Rika and Satoko's disappearance, and confront her at her house. T

EP 9

The Cursed Murder Chapter - Part 1 - Elder Brother

Keiichi's parents leave for Tokyo for a few days. Helped by Satoko and Rika, who makes dinner for him, Keiichi learns ab

EP 10

The Cursed Murder Chapter - Part 2 - Bond

Satoko is absent from school for a few days. After discovering that the cause of her absence is Teppei, her abusive uncl

EP 11

The Cursed Murder Chapter - Part 3 - Boundary

Keiichi comes to the resolution that he must kill Teppei. After brutally beating him to death with Satoshi's baseball ba

EP 12

The Cursed Murder Chapter - Part 4 - Something Lost

Keiichi's mentality is shaken when his friends tells him that he was actually at the Watanagashi Festival with them and

EP 13

The Cursed Murder Chapter - Part 5 - Apology

Keiichi goes over to the Houjou residence to ascertain Teppei's existence and finds Satoko in need of clinical help. At

EP 14

The Time Wasting Chapter - Part 1 - Hinamizawa

Four years ago, during the dam incident, young police investigator Mamoru Akasaka comes to Hinamizawa to find leads to a

EP 15

The Time Wasting Chapter - Part 2 - Omen

Akasaka and Oishi find the kidnappers' hideout and rescue the boy. After discovering that their efforts were in vain bec

EP 16

The Detective Chapter - Part 1 - First Love

The events from Watanagashi-hen are retold from another point of view. Shion takes Mion's place in Hinamizawa and is lov

EP 17

The Detective Chapter - Part 2 - Distinction

Satoshi apologizes to Shion (still pretending to be Mion), and asks her to care for Satoko during the Watanagashi Festiv

EP 18

The Detective Chapter - Part 3 - Demon's Blood

Upon talking with Ōishi, Shion finds out Satoshi has gone missing and decides to investigate further into the mysteriou

EP 19

The Detective Chapter - Part 4 - Retaliation

Shion believes the Sonozaki family is connected to the acts of "demoning away" people in the village, especially that of

EP 20

The Detective Chapter - Part 5 - Cold Hands

Shion has captured the village head and gets information about the town involving the previous murders and Satoshi. Late

EP 21

The Detective Chapter - Part 6 - Conviction

Shion tricks Keiichi in a phone call and later tricks the townsfolk in order to make Keiichi a murder suspect, however s

EP 22

The Atonement Chapter - Part 1 - Happiness

Rena discover the true character of her father's girlfriend and grows a deep hatred for her.

EP 23

The Atonement Chapter - Part 2 - A Place to Return to

Rena disposes of Rina and her lover Teppei, after discovering their plan to con her father. Discovered by her friends, s

EP 24

The Atonement Chapter - Part 3 - File No. 34

While studying Takano's scrapbooks, Rena starts to unveil the the truth behind Oyashiro-sama and Hinamizawa's dark past.

EP 25

The Atonement Chapter - Part 4 - Earth Invasion

Keiichi tries to dissuade Rena, but is confronted by her with his own dark secrets. After confessing his past sin to his

EP 26

The Atonement Chapter - Part 5 - Retake

Rena's madness reaches the peak to the point of taking all the school children hostage. With the police's help and worki

EP 1

Reunion

Mamoru Akasaka, with an assistant, visits the abandoned town of Hinamizawa in the year 2007, and meets with Officer Oish

EP 2

The Disaster Awakening Chapter - Part 1 - Tag

Back in June 1983, the club participates in a game of "zombie tag". On their way home, they run into Irie, Tomitake, and

EP 3

The Disaster Awakening Chapter - Part 2 - Powerlessness

Satoko worries about Rika's depression and tries to confront her about it, but Rika continues to deny anything is wrong.

EP 4

The Disaster Awakening Chapter - Part 3 - Pre-established Harmony

The day of the Watanagashi Festival comes, and once again Rika fails to warn Tomitake of his imminent death. Later, Sato

EP 5

The Disaster Awakening Chapter - Part 4 - The Great Hinamizawa Disaster

Much to Satoko's surprise, Rika hides her before letting her murderers take her away. After witnessing Rika's demise and

EP 6

The Massacre Chapter - Part 1 - Law of the Labyrinth

Rika begins a new world with Hanyū, but is getting tired of seeing her friends commit the same acts that lead them to t

EP 7

The Massacre Chapter - Part 2 - How to Change Destiny

Influenced by Keiichi's encouragement, and the fact her friends are starting to avoid doing the same mistakes again by r

EP 8

The Massacre Chapter - Part 3 - Fluctuation

Rika's plans are hindered by the appearance of Teppei, who much like in "Tatarigoroshi-hen", begins to abuse Satoko. Kei

EP 9

The Massacre Chapter - Part 4 - Negotiation

The fight to save Satoko from her uncle's abuse continues, but they stumble on a dead end because she is reluctant to de

EP 10

The Massacre Chapter - Part 5 - Confrontation

Keiichi's struggle to help Satoko forces him to confront the village elders, even the leader of the Sonozaki family. As

EP 11

The Massacre Chapter - Part 6 - A Strong Will

At last, Rika persuades Satoko to ask for help and she is freed from Teppei. However, just when the village seemed to be

EP 12

The Massacre Chapter - Part 7 - Hinamizawa Syndrome

After getting a clue of the villain's betrayal, Rika tells her friends the truth behind the Hinamizawa Syndrome, and her

EP 13

The Massacre Chapter - Part 8 - Finale

One after another, Rika's friends are killed while trying to protect her. Takano dissects Rika, but does so without anes

EP 14

The Festival Accompanying Chapter - Part 1 - Miyo

Takano's past is revealed in disjointed flashbacks, some of them showing her harsh childhood, while others to the time w

EP 15

The Festival Accompanying Chapter - Part 2 - Wriggling

Takano's story continues, including how she met her foster grandfather, and her determination to continue his work. A fe

EP 16

The Festival Accompanying Chapter - Part 3 - The Beginning of the End

Hanyū watches silently and hopelessly as the cruel events occur during the dam incident, while she and Rika eagerly awa

EP 17

The Festival Accompanying Chapter - Part 4 - Strategy

In order to save Satoko, who is terminally infected with the Hinamizawa Syndrome, Rika offers herself as a test subject

EP 18

The Festival Accompanying Chapter - Part 5 - The Final Piece

More details about Satoshi's past are revealed, including the reason for his disappearance. Rika and Hanyū make their f

EP 19

The Festival Accompanying Chapter - Part 6 - Opening

Hanyū is physically introduced into the world as a transfer student to the Hinamizawa school, but forgets her role. Aft

EP 20

The Festival Accompanying Chapter - Part 7 - Trap

Rika gather her allies and start to make plans, while obtaining more information about the enemy and those supporting th

EP 21

The Festival Accompanying Chapter - Part 8 - 48 Hours

False information regarding Rika is spread by Oishi's group at the precinct, leaving the villain's crew in disarray, and

EP 22

The Festival Accompanying Chapter - Part 9 - Offense and Defense

Finding that Tomitake is captured, Irie rushes to escape and ends up meeting with Shion and her bodyguard, Kasai, on the

EP 23

The Festival Accompanying Chapter - Part 10 - Bloody Battle

Irie, Kasai, and Shion head to the clinic to rescue Tomitake. Irie finally unveils to Shion where Satoshi disappeared to

EP 24

The Festival Accompanying Chapter - Part 11 - End

The rest of the Yamainu concede defeat, but Takano is unwilling to surrender. After learning Nomura in Tokyo planned to

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