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The Worst Episodes of Higurashi: When They Cry

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...
  1. 4.0/10(1 votes)

    #1 - The Floating Cotton Chapter - Part 1 - Jealousy

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    S1:E5

    Keiichi meets Mion's twin sister, Shion; the two are so identical that Keiichi can hardly tell the difference between them. It is also revealed that Mion has a crush on him.

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    Director:Son Seung-hui
  2. 4.0/10(1 votes)

    #2 - The Floating Cotton Chapter - Part 2 - Takano

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    S1:E6

    During Rika's ritual performance at the Watanagashi Festival, Shion whisks Keiichi away to sneak into the forbidden shrine warehouse, where Tomitake and his friend, Miyo Takano, are waiting. However, after learning about the other pair's fate, he starts to worry about his and Shion's safety.

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    Director:Son Seung-hui
  3. 4.0/10(1 votes)

    #3 - The Time Wasting Chapter - Part 1 - Hinamizawa

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    S1:E14

    Four years ago, during the dam incident, young police investigator Mamoru Akasaka comes to Hinamizawa to find leads to a child kidnapping. After hearing an enigmatic warning from a younger Rika, Mamoru becomes suspicious of some of the townsfolk.

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  4. 5.0/10(1 votes)

    #4 - The Floating Cotton Chapter - Part 3 - Lie

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    S1:E7

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

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    Director:Isao Takayama
  5. 6.0/10(1 votes)

    #5 - The Floating Cotton Chapter - Part 4 - Wish

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    S1:E8

    Keiichi and Rena suspect that Mion might be related to Rika and Satoko's disappearance, and confront her at her house. There, he learns from her about the burden she carries as the heir of the Sonozaki family, and tries to dissuade her to surrender herself without success.

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    Director:Yuji Hiraki
  6. 6.0/10(1 votes)

    #6 - The Cursed Murder Chapter - Part 1 - Elder Brother

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    S1:E9

    Keiichi's parents leave for Tokyo for a few days. Helped by Satoko and Rika, who makes dinner for him, Keiichi learns about Satoshi, Satoko's older brother, and his mysterious disappearance on the night of last year's Watanagashi.

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  8. 6.0/10(1 votes)

    #7 - The Cursed Murder Chapter - Part 2 - Bond

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    S1:E10

    Satoko is absent from school for a few days. After discovering that the cause of her absence is Teppei, her abusive uncle, who left Hinamizawa after his wife was murdered on the night of Watanagishi, but recently has returned, Keiichi decides to intervene.

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  9. 6.0/10(1 votes)

    #8 - The Cursed Murder Chapter - Part 3 - Boundary

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    S1:E11

    Keiichi comes to the resolution that he must kill Teppei. After brutally beating him to death with Satoshi's baseball bat, he buries the body, and on his way back home, Keiichi bumps into a suspiciously acting Takano.

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  10. 6.0/10(1 votes)

    #9 - The Cursed Murder Chapter - Part 4 - Something Lost

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    S1:E12

    Keiichi's mentality is shaken when his friends tells him that he was actually at the Watanagashi Festival with them and Satoko still bemoans her uncle's abuse, despite being sure about having him dead. His confusion grows when he tries to unsuccessfully find the truth.

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  11. 6.0/10(1 votes)

    #10 - The Cursed Murder Chapter - Part 5 - Apology

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    S1:E13

    Keiichi goes over to the Houjou residence to ascertain Teppei's existence and finds Satoko in need of clinical help. At the Furude Shrine, Keiichi discovers Rika's disemboweled body, and Satoko believes that Keiichi is the culprit and flees. After fruitlessly trying to convince her that he is not the murderer, disaster strikes the town of Hinamizawa.

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  12. 6.0/10(1 votes)

    #11 - The Time Wasting Chapter - Part 2 - Omen

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    S1:E15

    Akasaka and Oishi find the kidnappers' hideout and rescue the boy. After discovering that their efforts were in vain because the perpetrators' demand was already conceded, he realizes the real meaning behind Rika's words to him.

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  13. 6.0/10(1 votes)

    #12 - The Detective Chapter - Part 1 - First Love

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    S1:E16

    The events from Watanagashi-hen are retold from another point of view. Shion takes Mion's place in Hinamizawa and is lovestruck by Satoko's older brother, Satoshi, at their first meeting together. But after discovering about the trouble he spends to protect Satoko, Shion starts to loathe her.

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  14. 6.0/10(1 votes)

    #13 - The Detective Chapter - Part 2 - Distinction

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    S1:E17

    Satoshi apologizes to Shion (still pretending to be Mion), and asks her to care for Satoko during the Watanagashi Festival. That night, his aunt is murdered; in order to cover for Satoshi, Shion reveals that she is actually Mion's twin sister. After the police questions her, she is brought back to the Sonozaki main estate to answer to her grandmother for all the trouble she has caused.

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  15. 6.0/10(1 votes)

    #14 - The Detective Chapter - Part 3 - Demon's Blood

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    S1:E18

    Upon talking with Ōishi, Shion finds out Satoshi has gone missing and decides to investigate further into the mysterious murders over the past four years. One day at the library, Shion meets Takano, who tells her more on the history of Hinamizawa and its dark past. As the story skips one year to the present day, similarities between Keiichi and Satoshi brings back memories of Satoshi to Shion.

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    Director:Matsuo Asami
  16. 6.0/10(1 votes)

    #15 - The Detective Chapter - Part 4 - Retaliation

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    S1:E19

    Shion believes the Sonozaki family is connected to the acts of "demoning away" people in the village, especially that of Satoshi. She imprisons Mion in the dungeon and unintentionally kills her grandmother. Shion pretends to be Mion the next day and confronts Keiichi about the previous night's encounters, to which Keiichi still denies. Later, she finally discovers the ones responsible for Satoshi's disappearance.

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  17. 6.0/10(1 votes)

    #16 - The Detective Chapter - Part 5 - Cold Hands

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    S1:E20

    Shion has captured the village head and gets information about the town involving the previous murders and Satoshi. Later, Shion confronts Rika about the murders, leading to a confrontation between the two. Once night falls, the truth behind Rika and Satoko's disappearance at that night is revealed.

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    Director:Yuji Hiraki
  18. 6.0/10(1 votes)

    #17 - The Atonement Chapter - Part 1 - Happiness

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    S1:E22

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

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  19. 6.0/10(1 votes)

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

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    S1:E23

    Rena disposes of Rina and her lover Teppei, after discovering their plan to con her father. Discovered by her friends, she ends up getting support by them, and they help her hide the bodies, but during the night of the Watanagashi festival, she is interrogated by Oishi and wonders if he suspects of her.

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  20. 6.0/10(1 votes)

    #19 - The Atonement Chapter - Part 3 - File No. 34

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    S1:E24

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

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  21. 6.0/10(1 votes)

    #20 - The Atonement Chapter - Part 4 - Earth Invasion

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    S1:E25

    Keiichi tries to dissuade Rena, but is confronted by her with his own dark secrets. After confessing his past sin to his friends, he finds that he can recall events from Onikakushi-hen, even though they have no bearing on the current situation.

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  22. 6.0/10(1 votes)

    #21 - The Disaster Awakening Chapter - Part 1 - Tag

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    Back in June 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 yearly murders known as "Oyashiro-sama's Curse". However, he understands why his friends hid it from him and doesn't resent them for it. Regardless, this fails to reassure Rika, as she grows progressively depressed as the day of the Watanagashi Festival approaches.

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    Director:Chiaki Kon
  23. 6.0/10(1 votes)

    #22 - The Disaster Awakening Chapter - Part 2 - Powerlessness

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    S2:E3

    Satoko worries about Rika's depression and tries to confront her about it, but Rika continues to deny anything is wrong. In the middle of the night, Satoko is woken by Rika arguing with a mysterious voice, and telling her she will soon be murdered, and there is nothing that either of them can do.

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  24. 6.0/10(1 votes)

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

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    S2:E4

    The day of the Watanagashi Festival comes, and once again Rika fails to warn Tomitake of his imminent death. Later, Satoko is convinced that a mysterious man is following her and Rika around, even though no one else has noticed any such thing. Worried of Rika's safety, she sets traps around the house to alert her of any intruders, and when one is triggered, her fears are confirmed.

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  25. 6.0/10(1 votes)

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

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    S2:E5

    Much to Satoko's surprise, Rika hides her before letting her murderers take her away. After witnessing Rika's demise and the death of the remaining villagers, Satoko fights desperately for her life.

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  26. 6.0/10(1 votes)

    #25 - The Massacre Chapter - Part 4 - Negotiation

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    S2:E9

    The fight to save Satoko from her uncle's abuse continues, but they stumble on a dead end because she is reluctant to denounce him, for her own reasons. Rika realizes that despite their, she is the one who must take action.

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    Director:Makoto Sokuza
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Worst Episodes Summary

"The Floating Cotton Chapter - Part 1 - Jealousy" is the worst rated episode of "Higurashi: When They Cry". It scored 4/10 based on 1 votes. Directed by Son Seung-hui and written by Rika Nakase, it aired on 5/3/2006. This episode scored 0.0 points lower than the second lowest rated, "The Floating Cotton Chapter - Part 2 - Takano".