“Rika relives June 1983 repeatedly, racing to prevent recurring tragedies and uncover Hinamizawa's mastermind.”
Higurashi WHEN THEY CRY: Massacre Arc
ひぐらしのなく頃に解 皆殺し編
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Synopsis
Rika relives June 1983 repeatedly, racing to prevent recurring tragedies and uncover Hinamizawa's mastermind.
In her young life, Rika Furude has witnessed unspeakable tragedy in her hometown of Hinamizawa; she has repeated the month of June in 1983 over and over again, each time ending in disaster. But in each world, the variables leading to tragedy are always different. As the summer resets again, Rika finds herself back in June of 1983 with even less time than usual to set things right. Minagoroshi-hen follows Rika's journey into yet another world, as she tries to fight against her own impending doom as well as that of her friends. However, as she and her friends solve one problem, another pops up in its place, as they inch ever closer towards the true identity of the mastermind behind the countless tragedies in Hinamizawa.
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Running avg · Jul 2015 → Mar 2025
- 10 “Note: I hate quantifying a manga scoring in multiple categories - story/characters/pacing etc - because to me that's just min-max type of scrutiny that dilutes the holism of the entire work. So,...”
- 10 “WARNING!! SPOILERS AHEAD!! I see that no one has yet to do a review for this particular incarnation of Ryukishi-sensei's Massacre arc from his Higurashi story. "Minagoroshi-hen" roughly translates...”
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A Manga Publication
- Format 25 × 6 ch × vol
- Total read 3h 20m approx
- Published Jun 2008 – Jun 2010
- Source Manga media type
- Ref. BS-M6549 catalog