Higurashi: When They Cry

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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...
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  1. 6.0/10(1 votes)

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

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    S2:E2

    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
  2. 6.0/10(1 votes)

    #2 - 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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  3. 6.0/10(1 votes)

    #3 - 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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  4. 6.0/10(1 votes)

    #4 - 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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  5. 6.0/10(1 votes)

    #5 - 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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  6. 6.0/10(1 votes)

    #6 - The Massacre Chapter - Part 7 - Hinamizawa Syndrome

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    S2:E12

    After getting a clue of the villain's betrayal, Rika tells her friends the truth behind the Hinamizawa Syndrome, and her connection with it. Meanwhile, the enemy moves on with their plan, eliminating any opposition.

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  8. 6.0/10(1 votes)

    #7 - The Festival Accompanying Chapter - Part 1 - Miyo

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    S2:E14

    Takano's past is revealed in disjointed flashbacks, some of them showing her harsh childhood, while others to the time when she became involved with researchers of the Hinamizawa Syndrome.

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  9. 6.0/10(1 votes)

    #8 - The Festival Accompanying Chapter - Part 2 - Wriggling

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    S2:E15

    Takano's story continues, including how she met her foster grandfather, and her determination to continue his work. A few years later, Takano and Hanyū have a very heated confrontation at Oyashiro-sama's shrine.

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    Director:Akira Iwanaga
  10. 6.0/10(1 votes)

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

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    S2:E16

    Hanyū watches silently and hopelessly as the cruel events occur during the dam incident, while she and Rika eagerly await the arrival of the one person who will be the key element to bring an end to the enemy's intentions.

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  11. 6.0/10(1 votes)

    #10 - The Festival Accompanying Chapter - Part 6 - Opening

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    S2:E19

    Hanyū is physically introduced into the world as a transfer student to the Hinamizawa school, but forgets her role. After a brief meeting with Takano and Tomitake, she remembers the past worlds and informs Rika about the enemy's intentions.

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    Director:Chiaki Kon
  12. 6.0/10(1 votes)

    #11 - The Festival Accompanying Chapter - Part 9 - Offense and Defense

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    S2:E22

    Finding that Tomitake is captured, Irie rushes to escape and ends up meeting with Shion and her bodyguard, Kasai, on their way to the Sonozaki Estate. However, by accepting their help, he ends up unintentionally revealing Rika's hideout to the enemy.

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  13. 6.0/10(1 votes)

    #12 - The Festival Accompanying Chapter - Part 10 - Bloody Battle

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    S2:E23

    Irie, Kasai, and Shion head to the clinic to rescue Tomitake. Irie finally unveils to Shion where Satoshi disappeared to and the others deal with the enemy assaulting the mountains on their location

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  14. 6.6/10(207 votes)

    #13 - The Hidden Demon Chapter - Part 1 - The Beginning

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    S1:E1

    Keiichi Maebara, a student who recently moved into the village of Hinamizawa, is invited by his new friends at school to join their club. But while searching for treasure at a garbage dump with Rena Ryugu, he discovers the village is not as peaceful as it seems.

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  15. 6.6/10(169 votes)

    #14 - 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
  16. 6.8/10(148 votes)

    #15 - 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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  17. 7.0/10(148 votes)

    #16 - 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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  18. 7.0/10(137 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. 7.1/10(156 votes)

    #18 - 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
  20. 7.2/10(135 votes)

    #19 - 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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  21. 7.2/10(130 votes)

    #20 - 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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  22. 7.3/10(183 votes)

    #21 - The Hidden Demon Chapter - Part 2 - Secret

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    The annual Watanagashi Festival finally starts, and everyone has fun feasting and playing games. However, in the following day, Keiichi is interrogated by chief police officer, Oishi, about a crime that occurred at the night of the festival, and he starts fearing the villagers might be involved in this and other similar incidents, like Oishi suspects.

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  23. 7.3/10(158 votes)

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

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

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    Director:Isao Takayama
  24. 7.4/10(135 votes)

    #23 - 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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  25. 7.4/10(140 votes)

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

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

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  26. 7.5/10(146 votes)

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

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    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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Worst Episodes Summary

"The Disaster Awakening Chapter - Part 1 - Tag" is the worst rated episode of "Higurashi: When They Cry". It scored 6/10 based on 1 votes. Directed by Chiaki Kon and written by Fumihiko Shimo, it aired on 7/13/2007. This episode scored 0.0 points lower than the second lowest rated, "The Disaster Awakening Chapter - Part 2 - Powerlessness".