“Newcomer Keiichi uncovers Hinamizawa's annual curse and suspects his friends of involvement in the mysterious deaths.”
Higurashi no Naku Koro ni - Dai 1-wa: Onikakushi-hen
ひぐらしのなく頃に 第一話~鬼隠し編~
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Newcomer Keiichi uncovers Hinamizawa's annual curse and suspects his friends of involvement in the mysterious deaths.
After recently moving to the rural village called Hinamizawa, Maebara Keiichi joins a club and makes new friends. He soon learns about the village's dark secret, Oyashiro-sama's curse, where one person dies, and one person disappears every year, and he also learns that his friends might be behind it...
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A Light novel Publication
- Format 2 vol ch × vol
- Published Aug 2007 – Sep 2007
- Source Light novel media type
- Ref. BS-M29561 catalog