Higurashi no Naku Koro ni
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1 / 2- 1EP 1
Keiichi Maebara arrives in Hinamizawa and meets Rena, Mion, Satoko, and Rika.
Apr 5, 2006Keiichi Maebara relocates to the rural village of Hinamizawa, where he befriends Rena Ryuugu, Mion Sonozaki, Satoko Hojo, and Rika Furude and joins their after-school club. The peaceful atmosphere shifts when Keiichi learns from Tomitake about a past murder and a government-proposed dam project from five years earlier that was withdrawn following protests. Suspicion grows when Rena and Mion refuse to discuss incidents related to the project. Keiichi becomes further alarmed upon discovering a newspaper article detailing the dismemberment of the dam project manager, noting that one of the killers remains at large.
- 2EP 2
The Secret: Spirited Away by the Demon, Part 2
Apr 12, 2006During the Watanagashi festival, Keiichi learns from Tomitake and Takano about Oyashiro's curse, which allegedly caused four years of murders. The next day, police detective Oishi informs Keiichi that Tomitake committed suicide and Takano is missing. Keiichi becomes Oishi's informant and suspects Rena and Mion of hiding secrets. He investigates the curse's history with Oishi, discovering that one victim was Satoshi, a boy who transferred out before Keiichi arrived. Keiichi realizes Rena has been eavesdropping on him throughout this investigation.
- 3EP 3
Keiichi's paranoia deepens as he suspects his friends are involved in Hinamizawa's mysteries.
Apr 19, 2006Feeling increasingly paranoid, Keiichi stays home from school to investigate the secrets of Hinamizawa. Oishi takes him to Angel Mort for lunch and reveals that all victims of Oyashiro's curse are linked to Keiichi's friend group. That evening, Rena and Mion visit Keiichi, presenting a box of ohagi as part of a club activity; one piece contains a needle. Convinced they are targeting him, Keiichi becomes convinced of their hostility. The following day, he arms himself with Satoshi's baseball bat upon returning to school. His friends then disclose that Satoshi had exhibited similar paranoid behavior prior to his disappearance, adding to Keiichi's growing fear and suspicion of those around him.
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Keiichi's paranoia escalates as he kills Rena and Mion before taking his own life.
Apr 26, 2006Rena visits Keiichi with dinner but acts strangely, claiming she watched him inside his home. Keiichi slams the door on her hand, and later coldly rejects Mion’s apology for hiding secrets about Hinamizawa. He is then followed by Rena wielding a machete and demands to know who caused the murders. She blames Oyashiro. Keiichi escapes her pursuit but is knocked out by a mysterious group of men. Upon waking in his room, he is attacked by Rena and Mion, who try to inject him. In self-defense, Keiichi beats both girls to death using Satoshi's bat. He calls Oishi to claim Oyashiro caused the crimes, then claws out his own throat, believing Oyashiro is responsible. The next day, police discover Keiichi’s dead body along with those of Rena and Mion. They determine Keiichi killed the girls and retrieve a syringe from a wall clock.
- 5EP 5
Keiichi learns of Mion's twin Shion and their shared feelings for him
May 3, 2006Keiichi discovers that Mion has an identical twin sister named Shion. He also learns that both Mion and Shion have a crush on him. During a competitive game, Keiichi wins a doll and gives it to Rena, implying to Mion that she is too masculine for the toy. Mion awkwardly brushes off the comment but appears visibly upset by the interaction.
- 6EP 6
Keiichi discovers the Watanagashi ritual shrine and questions the village's sacrificial traditions.
May 10, 2006Keiichi learns about the Oyashiro curse while Rika performs at the Watanagashi festival. Shion secretly takes him to the ritual tool shed, where Tomitake and Miyo Takano are present. They discover numerous torture instruments inside. Takano explains that the shrine is central to the festival and theorizes that Hinamizawa villagers sacrifice people to Oyashiro. Keiichi and Shion agree to keep their intrusion secret. However, Keiichi grows uneasy when Mion and Detective Oishi question him about his whereabouts with Shion, Tomitake, and Takano. He later learns from Shion that Takano was found burned to death and Tomitake committed suicide by clawing out his throat. This news causes Keiichi to worry about the safety of both Shion and himself.
- 7EP 7
Rika’s cryptic warnings and Shion’s confession lead to missing persons and a terrifying phone call.
May 17, 2006Rika reveals she knows Keiichi’s actions during the festival, offering to protect the "little kitty cat" by alerting the "big dogs" to his lack of malice. She hints at Mion’s anger toward Shion and warns Keiichi about the "dog" who bit the village leader. That night, the village leader disappears. Shion admits to confessing her role to the leader, believing Oyashiro’s Curse struck him because he promised to help. Fearing for Rika’s safety, Keiichi, Rena, and Mion visit their home only to find both girls missing. Keiichi speaks with Detective Oishi, whose account of the leader’s final hours contradicts Shion’s story. Shion has been absent since the festival. She calls Keiichi, who confronts her about her true identity, hearing only maniacal laughter before the line goes dead.
- 8EP 8
Keiichi confronts Mion regarding disappearances, leading to a torture chamber encounter and tragic revelations.
May 24, 2006Keiichi and Rena suspect Mion is responsible for Rika and Satoko's disappearance and report this to detective Oishi. Lacking probable cause for a warrant, they confront Mion at her home. She admits Rika and Satoko visited the night they vanished and requests a private moment with Keiichi before arrest, luring him into a dungeon where he encounters Shion. Mion intends to torture Keiichi but hesitates when he begs for Shion's safety, mistakenly believing she is possessed by Oyashiro. After hearing a noise, Mion tasers Keiichi and escapes. Keiichi and Shion are rescued, but Mion later stabs Keiichi in the stomach. He learns Shion fell to her death from her apartment. Detective Oishi confirms Mion Sonozaki attacked him and reveals Mion's body was found dead in a well. Oishi also states Miyo Takano died 24 hours before the festival fire. After Oishi departs, Mion appears and presumably kills Keiichi.
- 9EP 9
Keiichi investigates Satoshi's disappearance after his parents leave for Tokyo
May 31, 2006With his parents traveling to Tokyo for several days, Keiichi receives assistance from Satoko and Rika, who prepare his meals. During this time, he learns about Satoshi, Satoko’s older brother, and the mysterious circumstances surrounding his disappearance during the previous year's Watanagashi festival. Moved by the story, Keiichi resolves to take on the role of a surrogate brother for Satoko. He simultaneously commits to uncovering the truth behind Satoshi's vanishing, aiming to provide closure and support to his friend while navigating the local legends associated with the festival.
- 10EP 10
Keiichi Intervenes When Satoko Is Absent Due to Abusive Uncle Teppei
Jun 7, 2006Satoko misses several school days, prompting Keiichi to investigate the cause. He learns that her abusive uncle, Teppei, is responsible for her absence. Teppei had previously left Hinamizawa after his wife was murdered during the previous year's Watanagashi festival. He has recently returned to the town. Keiichi takes action to intervene in the situation involving Satoko and her uncle. This narrative continues the Curse Killing arc, specifically focusing on the second part of the chapter. The events highlight the return of Teppei and the subsequent impact on Satoko's life, leading to Keiichi's direct involvement in resolving the conflict.
- 11EP 11
Keiichi resolves to kill Teppei and buries the body after a fatal confrontation.
Jun 14, 2006Keiichi determines that he must kill Teppei. He asks Mion to take Satoko to the Watanagashi festival, claiming he has things to do when she inquires. Mion notes that Satoshi said and did the same before he disappeared. Keiichi concludes that Satoshi must have killed his aunt to protect Satoko and decides he must do the same. He beats Teppei to death with Satoshi's baseball bat and buries the body. On his way back home, Keiichi bumps into Takano, who appears to know of the murder he committed when she asks him if he buried the body.
- 12EP 12
Keiichi learns he attended Watanagashi and confronts Satoko's uncle's abuse and a buried body.
Jun 21, 2006Keiichi is disturbed to discover he attended the Watanagashi festival with his friends. He learns Satoko’s uncle is still abusing her, despite Keiichi’s belief that he killed him. Keiichi visits the Doctor’s office and confesses the murder to Coach Irie. Irie promises assistance, but Keiichi overhears him instructing his assistant to sedate him via tea. Keiichi escapes to verify the body’s location. Oishi finds him there and compels him to continue digging. Keiichi becomes confused when the body is missing from the grave.
- 13EP 13
Keiichi investigates the Hojo residence and discovers Rika's body before Satoko attacks him.
Jun 28, 2006Keiichi visits the Hojo residence to check on Teppei and finds Satoko needing medical attention. He transports her to the clinic, only to learn that Coach Irie has died by suicide and Oishi is missing. Satoko asks to retrieve clothes from Rika's house. At the Furude Shrine, Keiichi finds Rika's mutilated corpse. Satoko accuses Keiichi of being possessed by Oyashiro and pushes him off a bridge. Desperate, Keiichi wishes for the village to perish. Poisonous volcanic gas from the Onigafushi swamp erupts, killing everyone in Hinamizawa. Keiichi survives the fall and the gas leak, becoming the sole survivor of the disaster.
- 14EP 14
Mamoru Akasaka investigates a kidnapping in Hinamizawa four years after the dam incident.
Jul 5, 2006Four years ago, young police investigator Mamoru Akasaka arrived in Hinamizawa to investigate the kidnapping of Toshiki Inukai, the grandson of the dam's construction project. He met Oishi, who explained the Dam Project Opposition Committee and the three leading families of Hinamizawa. Disguising himself as a tourist, Akasaka encountered the younger Rika Furude. At the Furude Shrine, Rika mysteriously warned him to return to Tokyo before collapsing and resuming normal behavior. Oishi’s colleague provided intelligence that the committee, led by Sonozaki family head Oryou, had abducted the child. They also dispatched a novice investigator from Tokyo with orders to handle Akasaka if he interfered too much. The next day, Oishi informed Akasaka that the missing child’s wallet and identification were found in the deserted village of Takatsudo, and he agreed to accompany Akasaka there.
- 15EP 15
Akasaka learns of the Watanagashi curse and the fate of Rika from the past.
Jul 12, 2006Akasaka and Oishi rescue a kidnapped boy, but Akasaka is shot during the operation. They realize the kidnappers' demands were already satisfied. Akasaka finds phone lines cut and encounters Rika, who reveals the annual deaths linked to the Watanagashi Festival starting in Shouwa Year 54 (1979). She expresses a desire to live happily. It is later revealed that Akasaka's wife died on the day of the festival after giving birth. Years later, Akasaka visits the retired Oishi in his mother's hometown. He recounts Rika's warnings, and Oishi shares that during the Hinamizawa disaster, Rika was found naked at the Furude shrine with her organs removed after being drugged. Akasaka has returned to uncover the truth behind the Shrine God's curse.
- 16EP 16
Shion recounts her past in Hinamizawa, revealing her secret identity and complex relationships.
Jul 19, 2006This narrative retells Watanagashi-hen events through Shion’s perspective, detailing how she escaped the Sonozaki family’s tradition of killing twin infants. With caretaker Kasai’s help, she returned to Hinamizawa and assumed her sister Mion’s identity to work at their uncle’s shop. Shion discovers the truth about Oyashiro’s curse and the mysterious deaths affecting the town. She meets Satoshi Hojou, a classmate who mistakes her for Mion, and develops feelings for him. Satoshi’s parents died due to the curse after supporting a dam project, leaving him and his sister Satoko to be raised by resentful relatives who faced village ostracization. Attempting to cheer Satoshi up, Shion attends school in Mion’s place. When her efforts fail, she violently attacks Satoko, blaming her for Satoshi’s suffering. Rika and Rena intervene, but Satoshi ultimately pushes Shion aside, revealing his deep hatred for the Sonozaki family’s persecution of the Hojou lineage.
- 17EP 17
Satoshi apologizes to Shion and asks her to care for Satoko during the Watanagashi festival.
Jul 26, 2006Satoshi apologizes to Shion, who is pretending to be Mion, and asks her to care for Satoko during the Watanagashi festival. He presumably murders his aunt for abusing Satoko. Shion suspects Satoshi but provides him an alibi when Detective Oishi questions him, revealing she is Mion’s twin sister. Her family finds her and takes her to their estate to face her grandmother. In the underground torture chamber, Shion insults the family by proclaiming her love for Satoshi. Mion orders her to ask for forgiveness to spare Kasai and their uncle. Shion submits and attempts to de-nail herself but can only remove her left pinky nail. Sonozaki henchmen de-nail the rest of her left ring and middle finger nails. The next day, Oishi meets Shion at a toy store, learns Satoshi got the toy for Satoko, and takes her in for questioning. He explains Satoshi went missing and they caught the aunt’s murderer, a cocaine addict.
- 18EP 18
Shion Investigates Hinamizawa's Dark Past and Satoshi's Disappearance
Aug 2, 2006Shion discovers Satoshi is missing and investigates recent murders, meeting Takano at the library. Takano reveals Hinamizawa was once Onigafuchi, where the Shrine God's Sacrifice Ritual requires victims to sink into the marsh, leading Shion to suspect Satoshi is there. Later, Mion visits Shion, revealing she removed her own nails to share the burden. The narrative jumps one year to the Wataganashi Festival, where Keiichi reminds Shion of Satoshi. Subsequently, Shion, Keiichi, Takano, and Tomitake enter the shrine. After the festivities, Shion overhears Mion and her grandmother discussing Takano and the police investigations, uncovering more about the town's troubling history.
- 19EP 19
Shion's Vengeance Leads to Tragedy and Deception in the Village
Aug 9, 2006Shion suspects the Sonozaki family of abducting villagers, particularly Satoshi, and attacks Mion with a taser, imprisoning her in the dungeon. She accidentally kills her grandmother with the same device and discards the body in a disposal well while accusing Mion of Satoshi's murder. The next day, Shion impersonates Mion to confront Keiichi, who denies involvement. She then attends a village council meeting, lures the village head to the estate, and captures him. His confession reveals that Shion endured pain to protect Kasai, her uncle, and herself, confirming that Mion and her grandmother were responsible for Satoshi's death.
- 20EP 20
Shion tortures the village head and confronts Rika, who is sprayed with pepper spray before being tasered and injected.
Aug 16, 2006Shion interrogates the village head regarding past murders and Satoshi. She then confronts Rika, who arrives with an empty soy sauce bottle. Rika attempts to defend herself by spraying Shion with pepper spray, but Shion retaliates by tasing Rika and injecting her with the syringe Rika had brought. Following this assault, Shion threatens to torture Rika further. In response, Rika commits suicide by repeatedly stabbing herself in the head. Afterward, Shion invites Satoko to her house. The episode details the violent confrontation between Shion and Rika, resulting in Rika's death and Shion's subsequent interaction with Satoko.
- 21EP 21
Shion's descent into madness leads to murder, betrayal, and a fatal fall after hallucinating Satoshi's face.
Aug 23, 2006Shion deceives Keiichi and frames him for murder, but realizes Oishi suspects her. She kills captive Satoko, horrified by Satoshi’s request to protect her. Luring Keiichi to the dungeon, she tases him after he begs for mercy. Shion then takes Mion to a disposal well, claiming Satoshi is dead there. Despite Mion’s assurance that their grandmother approved their relationship, Shion tases Mion again, swaps clothes, and pushes her into the well. After being rescued, Shion hallucinates and attacks Keiichi. She climbs her apartment building, slips, and falls to her death. As she plummets, she sees Satoshi’s face in the moon and apologizes before hitting the ground.
- 22EP 22
Happiness Chapter Atonement Part 1 Water Gun Battle and Dark Secrets
Aug 30, 2006The group engages in a water-gun battle where Keiichi and Rena tie, forcing Mion, Satoko, and Rika to work at Angel Mort Cafe. There, Rena meets her father’s new partner, Rina. Later, Rena visits an abandoned motor-home, recalling a traumatic childhood memory when her mother announced her pregnancy with another man’s child. Upon returning home, Rena discovers Rina has renovated the living room, discarding items like Kentak-kun. The following day, Rena overhears Rina with Houjou Teppei and learns from Shion and Kasai that they practice the Badger Game, a blackmail scheme. Realizing Rina intends to extort her father, Rena begins plotting her revenge against them.
- 23EP 23
Rena confronts Rina and Teppei at the landfill, leading to their deaths and a secret kept by friends.
Sep 6, 2006Rena investigates her father’s finances and discovers suspicious withdrawals. She visits Rina at a landfill, where Rina reveals her pregnancy and plans with Teppei. Rena exposes their scheme, causing Rina to attack her. Rena defends herself by killing Rina with a pipe and hides the body in a fridge. Later, Rena lures Teppei to the same location and decapitates him with a large blade. Rina’s accomplices discover the dismembered remains but choose to protect Rena. They agree to keep the incident secret and assist in disposing of the bodies in a wooded cave. Mion instructs the group to forget the event entirely. The episode concludes at the Watanagashi festival, where Oishi watches the group with suspicion from the background.
- 24EP 24
Rena uncovers the nonexistence of Oyashiro and the viral nature of the village murders.
Sep 13, 2006While examining Takano's scrapbooks, Rena learns that Oyashiro, the deity revered by the Three Families governing the village, is a fabrication. She identifies the root cause of the violence as a virus that induces berserk behavior in its victims. The narrative explains that specific altitude and temperature conditions are required for the virus to survive, which also accounts for the intense homesickness experienced by those leaving Hinamizawa. This pathogen is responsible for all the murders in the area. Consequently, Rena becomes the target of a relentless pursuit by individuals determined to conceal this dangerous truth at any cost.
Frequently asked questions
- How many episodes does Higurashi no Naku Koro ni have?
- Higurashi no Naku Koro ni has 26 episodes.
- When did Higurashi no Naku Koro ni come out?
- Higurashi no Naku Koro ni came out in 2006.
- Which studio made Higurashi no Naku Koro ni?
- Higurashi no Naku Koro ni was produced by Studio DEEN.
- Who directed Higurashi no Naku Koro ni?
- Higurashi no Naku Koro ni was directed by Chiaki Kon.
- Is Higurashi no Naku Koro ni finished?
- Current status of Higurashi no Naku Koro ni: Finished.