About this series
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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Quick facts
First aired
2006
Seasons
2
Episodes
50
TMDB Rating
⭐ 7.7/10
Votes
230
Genre
Animation, Drama, Mystery
Status
Ended
Network
Kansai TV
Language
JA
Seasons & Episodes
S01E01
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 join their club. But while searching for treasure at a garb…
S01E02
The Hidden Demon Chapter - Part 2 - Secret
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, Ois…
S01E03
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 someone might be after his life.
S01E04
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 attempt to inject him with a mysterious drug. Keiichi murder…
S01E05
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 them. It is also revealed that Mion has a crush on him.
S01E06
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 shrine warehouse, where Tomitake and his friend, Miyo Takano, ar…
S01E07
The Floating Cotton Chapter - Part 3 - Lie
Keiichi asks Rika for help, but when she and Satoko disappear, he starts fearing for the worse.
S01E08
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. There, he learns from her about the burden she carries as the…
S01E09
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 about Satoshi, Satoko's older brother, and his mysterious disa…
S01E10
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 uncle, who left Hinamizawa after his wife was murdered on the ni…
S01E11
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 bat, he buries the body, and on his way back home, Keiichi bum…
S01E12
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 Satoko still bemoans her uncle's abuse, despite being sure a…
S01E13
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 the Furude Shrine, Keiichi discovers Rika's disemboweled bod…
S01E14
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 child kidnapping. After hearing an enigmatic warning from a…
S01E15
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 because the perpetrators' demand was already conceded, he reali…
S01E16
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 lovestruck by Satoko's older brother, Satoshi, at their first m…
S01E17
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 Festival. That night, his aunt is murdered; in order to cover for …
S01E18
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 mysterious murders over the past four years. One day at the library, S…
S01E19
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 Satoshi. She imprisons Mion in the dungeon and unintentiona…
S01E20
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. Later, Shion confronts Rika about the murders, leading to a conf…
S01E21
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 she quickly realizes that Oishi suspects her instead. When di…
S01E22
The Atonement Chapter - Part 1 - Happiness
Rena discover the true character of her father's girlfriend and grows a deep hatred for her.
S01E23
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, she ends up getting support by them, and they help her hide t…
S01E24
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.
S01E25
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 friends, he finds that he can recall events from Onikakushi…
S01E26
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 working together with the rest of the group, Keiichi manages to d…
Cast
mass murder
trauma
baseball bat
sadism
village
supernatural
murder
rampage
gore
psychological thriller
torture
fear
Questions about Higurashi: When They Cry
How many seasons does Higurashi: When They Cry have?
Higurashi: When They Cry has 2 seasons and 50 episodes total.
What genre is Higurashi: When They Cry?
Higurashi: When They Cry is a Animation, Drama, Mystery series.
Who stars in Higurashi: When They Cry?
The cast of Higurashi: When They Cry includes Soichiro Hoshi, Mai Nakahara, Satsuki Yukino, Mika Kanai, Yukari Tamura.
What is the TMDB rating for Higurashi: When They Cry?
Higurashi: When They Cry has a TMDB rating of 7.7/10 based on 230 votes.
