Alternative Title: When They Cry: Higurashi

Studio Deen

Maebara Keiichi, an ordinary high-school boy, has transferred to a new school in Hinamizawa, a small rural village. At the outset everything seems peaceful and Keiichi becomes friends with a nice group of schoolgirls with whom he spends many idle summer afternoons. Suddenly violence encroaches upon the blissful peace of the village and Keiichi becomes entangled in an endless cycle of fear and death. The inconsistent, but inevitable horrors of Hinamizawa are told and retold becoming an endless and inescapable nightmare of insanity. Will it end even if the mystery of Hinamizawa is solved?

Tags: Horror, Mystery, Countryside, Curse, Psychological, School Life, Thriller, Based on a Visual Novel

Content Warning: Emotional Abuse, Explicit Violence, Mature Themes, Physical Abuse, Domestic Abuse