“Keiichi uncovers Hinamizawa's dark secrets while a mysterious observer tries to prevent tragedy in repeating timelines.”
Higurashi: When They Cry – Gou
ひぐらしのなく頃に業
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Synopsis
Keiichi uncovers Hinamizawa's dark secrets while a mysterious observer tries to prevent tragedy in repeating timelines.
Rika Furude and her group of friends live in the small mountain village of Hinamizawa; in June 1983, they welcome transfer student Keiichi Maebara into their ranks, making him the only boy in their group. After school, they have fun playing games and spending each day living their lives to the fullest. Despite this seemingly normal routine, Keiichi begins noticing strange behavior from his friends, who seem to be hiding the town's dark secrets from him. Elsewhere, a certain person watches these increasingly unsettling events unfold and remembers all the times that this, and other similar stories, have played out. Using that knowledge, this person decides to fix these broken worlds. However, when certain variables change, the individual is faced with a horrifying realization: they have no idea what to expect or how to stop the impending tragedy.
What people say
Community consensus
Derived from 109 sampled reviews
What 109 viewers settled on.
Polarized
σ 2.56 · split reception
5.4 pts
Recommenders 8.4 · others 3.0
↓ 1.41
Running avg · Nov 2020 → Dec 2024
- 7 “I doubt anyone filters to recent reviews but i'm writing this just in case. I know MAL and it's marketing makes it SEEM like a reboot to the Higurashi anime but to keep this short THIS IS NOT A...”
- 9 “So even though people say its a reboot, it is kind of a sequel to the original series by kind of i mean its technically necessary to see the original series to fully understand but not really. its...”
- 10 “Fuck Satoko. It was a fantastic continuation of the story, gives us more mystery, destroys our happy ending and leaves us itching our necks for more. I hope sotsu delivers. Brand new art style,...”
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- Format 24 × 23′ eps × min
- Total runtime 9h 12m all episodes
- Aired Oct 2020 – Mar 2021 Fall 2020
- Source Tv media type
- Rated R 17+ (violence & profanity)
- Ref. BS-16025 catalog
Produced by
- Frontier Works Producer
- Sotsu Producer
- MAGES. Producer
- Tokyo MX Producer
- Infinite Producer
- BS11 Producer
- Daiichi Shokai Producer
- Kadokawa Producer
- ELF-IN Producer
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- Funimation Licensor