Higurashi: When They Cry: When They Cry
Episodes
The Hidden Demon Chapter - Part 1 - The Beginning
Apr 5, 2006 · 24 min
Keiichi Maebara, a student who recently moved into the village of Hinamizawa, is invited by his new friends at school to join their club. But while searching for treasure at a garb
The Hidden Demon Chapter - Part 2 - Secret
Apr 12, 2006 · 24 min
The annual Watanagashi Festival finally starts, and everyone has fun feasting and playing games. However, in the following day, Keiichi is interrogated by chief police officer, Ois
The Hidden Demon Chapter - Part 3 - Suspicion
Apr 19, 2006 · 24 min
Delving further into the mysteries surrounding the village, Keiichi's paranoia grows after he starts to suspect that someone might be after his life.
The Hidden Demon Chapter - Part 4 - Distortion
Apr 26, 2006 · 24 min
Keiichi's despair reaches its peak. After being captured and sedated, he wakes up restrained by Mion and Rena, and they attempt to inject him with a mysterious drug. Keiichi murder
The Floating Cotton Chapter - Part 1 - Jealousy
May 3, 2006 · 24 min
Keiichi meets Mion's twin sister, Shion; the two are so identical that Keiichi can hardly tell the difference between them. It is also revealed that Mion has a crush on him.
The Floating Cotton Chapter - Part 2 - Takano
May 10, 2006 · 24 min
During Rika's ritual performance at the Watanagashi Festival, Shion whisks Keiichi away to sneak into the forbidden shrine warehouse, where Tomitake and his friend, Miyo Takano, ar
The Floating Cotton Chapter - Part 3 - Lie
May 17, 2006 · 24 min
Keiichi asks Rika for help, but when she and Satoko disappear, he starts fearing for the worse.
The Floating Cotton Chapter - Part 4 - Wish
May 24, 2006 · 24 min
Keiichi and Rena suspect that Mion might be related to Rika and Satoko's disappearance, and confront her at her house. There, he learns from her about the burden she carries as the
The Cursed Murder Chapter - Part 1 - Elder Brother
May 31, 2006 · 24 min
Keiichi's parents leave for Tokyo for a few days. Helped by Satoko and Rika, who makes dinner for him, Keiichi learns about Satoshi, Satoko's older brother, and his mysterious disa
The Cursed Murder Chapter - Part 2 - Bond
Jun 7, 2006 · 24 min
Satoko is absent from school for a few days. After discovering that the cause of her absence is Teppei, her abusive uncle, who left Hinamizawa after his wife was murdered on the ni
The Cursed Murder Chapter - Part 3 - Boundary
Jun 14, 2006 · 24 min
Keiichi comes to the resolution that he must kill Teppei. After brutally beating him to death with Satoshi's baseball bat, he buries the body, and on his way back home, Keiichi bum
The Cursed Murder Chapter - Part 4 - Something Lost
Jun 21, 2006 · 24 min
Keiichi's mentality is shaken when his friends tells him that he was actually at the Watanagashi Festival with them and Satoko still bemoans her uncle's abuse, despite being sure a
The Cursed Murder Chapter - Part 5 - Apology
Jun 28, 2006 · 24 min
Keiichi goes over to the Houjou residence to ascertain Teppei's existence and finds Satoko in need of clinical help. At the Furude Shrine, Keiichi discovers Rika's disemboweled bod
The Time Wasting Chapter - Part 1 - Hinamizawa
Jul 5, 2006 · 24 min
Four years ago, during the dam incident, young police investigator Mamoru Akasaka comes to Hinamizawa to find leads to a child kidnapping. After hearing an enigmatic warning from a
The Time Wasting Chapter - Part 2 - Omen
Jul 12, 2006 · 24 min
Akasaka and Oishi find the kidnappers' hideout and rescue the boy. After discovering that their efforts were in vain because the perpetrators' demand was already conceded, he reali
The Detective Chapter - Part 1 - First Love
Jul 19, 2006 · 24 min
The events from Watanagashi-hen are retold from another point of view. Shion takes Mion's place in Hinamizawa and is lovestruck by Satoko's older brother, Satoshi, at their first m
The Detective Chapter - Part 2 - Distinction
Jul 26, 2006 · 24 min
Satoshi apologizes to Shion (still pretending to be Mion), and asks her to care for Satoko during the Watanagashi Festival. That night, his aunt is murdered; in order to cover for
The Detective Chapter - Part 3 - Demon's Blood
Aug 2, 2006 · 24 min
Upon talking with Ōishi, Shion finds out Satoshi has gone missing and decides to investigate further into the mysterious murders over the past four years. One day at the library, S
The Detective Chapter - Part 4 - Retaliation
Aug 9, 2006 · 24 min
Shion believes the Sonozaki family is connected to the acts of "demoning away" people in the village, especially that of Satoshi. She imprisons Mion in the dungeon and unintentiona
The Detective Chapter - Part 5 - Cold Hands
Aug 16, 2006 · 24 min
Shion has captured the village head and gets information about the town involving the previous murders and Satoshi. Later, Shion confronts Rika about the murders, leading to a conf
The Detective Chapter - Part 6 - Conviction
Aug 23, 2006 · 24 min
Shion tricks Keiichi in a phone call and later tricks the townsfolk in order to make Keiichi a murder suspect, however she quickly realizes that Oishi suspects her instead. When di
The Atonement Chapter - Part 1 - Happiness
Aug 30, 2006 · 24 min
Rena discover the true character of her father's girlfriend and grows a deep hatred for her.
The Atonement Chapter - Part 2 - A Place to Return to
Sep 6, 2006 · 24 min
Rena disposes of Rina and her lover Teppei, after discovering their plan to con her father. Discovered by her friends, she ends up getting support by them, and they help her hide t
The Atonement Chapter - Part 3 - File No. 34
Sep 13, 2006 · 24 min
While studying Takano's scrapbooks, Rena starts to unveil the the truth behind Oyashiro-sama and Hinamizawa's dark past.
The Atonement Chapter - Part 4 - Earth Invasion
Sep 20, 2006 · 24 min
Keiichi tries to dissuade Rena, but is confronted by her with his own dark secrets. After confessing his past sin to his friends, he finds that he can recall events from Onikakushi
The Atonement Chapter - Part 5 - Retake
Sep 27, 2006 · 24 min
Rena's madness reaches the peak to the point of taking all the school children hostage. With the police's help and working together with the rest of the group, Keiichi manages to d