Review of Higurashi: When They Cry – Kai

June 1983 marks the fateful event in the quiet village of Hinamizawa. Can this predestined event be broken? When the doors of Higurashi naku koro ni closed, we are left with so many loop holes and questions that are left un answered. 1. Who is this Oyashiro-sama? 2. Why is there someone dying and disappearing every year at the night of the Watanagashi festival? Is this really a curse or someone else's doing? Higurashi naku koro ni kai, the second season explains most of the events in the first season. Unlike the first season, this is told mostly in the perspective of the shrine maiden Rika. Viewers will againget to see the different angles of the incidents once again and how it seems to keep repeating itself for many years. Rika, who now lives for the thousandth time in Hinamizawa, wishes for a miracle to happen in order to change the fate of not only the village but also her friends. But when she was about to give up all hope and succumb to fate, Maebara Keiichi and her friends try to help her out. But will it be enough to bend the will of destiny? There's only one way to find out.

This series sends us a message that we have different doors ahead of us each leading to a different outcome and it's up to us to decide which one to take. All in all, this thought provoking series gives a satisfying closure to this well-planned mystery thriller story.

The only question remaining is that will you be able to break through your fate?