Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Rei: Saikoroshi-hen
ひぐらしのなく頃に礼 ～賽殺し編～
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Rika awakens in an alternate peaceful Hinamizawa, facing a dilemma about happiness and home after the main story.
Saikoroshi-hen serves as a reflective epilogue to the main story, set two months after the events of Matsuribayashi-hen in August 1983. After a sudden accident, Rika finds herself awakening in an unfamiliar world where Hinamizawa appears peaceful and idyllic - a place where past tragedies seem to have been erased and familiar faces lead different lives. In this alternate reality, the village faces an uncertain future, and Rika must navigate a life where the bonds she once cherished may never have formed. As she explores this strange new world, she is confronted with a profound dilemma that challenges her understanding of happiness, sacrifice, and what truly defines home.
Saikoroshi-hen is an epilogue of Matsuribayashi-hen which takes place two months later, in August 1983. Rika is run over by a truck and wakes up in a totally different world, where none of the tragic events of the main series ever happened: Keiichi is not in Hinamizawa, Rena's parents did not divorce, the dam project was resolved smoothly, Satoshi did not run away, and neither Satoko nor Rika's parents died. However the club never formed, meaning Rika has no friends, she gets bullied by Satoko, Hanyū is absent, Rika is not revered as the reincarnation of Oyashiro and the village will soon be submerged underwater. Rika has to choose between staying in that world or killing her own mother, which will enable her to leave that sinless world.
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