

In addition to the original series, new story arcs were created in manga form and in video games for the PlayStation 2 and Nintendo DS, in order to expand the story. A bonus fan disc called Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Rei was released on December 31, 2006. While the first four games carried the overall title Higurashi no Naku Koro ni and are considered the first entry in the When They Cry franchise, the next four games were produced under the title Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Kai and are considered the second entry. The first game in the series, Onikakushi-hen, was released on August 10, 2002, and the eighth and final game in the original PC series, Matsuribayashi-hen, was released on August 13, 2006. The games are built on the NScripter game engine and the Microsoft Windows operating system. The series focuses on a group of young friends living in the fictional rural village of Hinamizawa and the strange events that occur there in 1983. “When the Cicadas Cry”), known simply as When They Cry for the North American release of the anime adaptation before 2020, is a Japanese murder mystery dōjin soft visual novel series produced by 07th Expansion that comprises the first two entries of the When They Cry franchise. In the conclusion to the Higurashi story, warring fates and indomitable wills clash in this final confrontation in June of 1983.Higurashi When They Cry (Japanese: ひぐらしのなく頃に, Hepburn: Higurashi no Naku Koro ni, lit. However, her mission soon turns into a deadly obsession once she arrives in the village, as she is more than willing to prove the doctor's findings by any means necessary. When Hifumi's research on a mysterious disease in a mountain village is ridiculed, Miyoko makes it her life's work to prove that the disease truly exists. Hifumi Takano.Īdopted by Hifumi and finally free from her hell, Miyoko takes on a different identity to go along with her new life. But eventually, Miyoko manages to flee and receive aid from her father's mentor-a researcher named Dr. Sent to a secluded orphanage in the mountains, she is subjected to inhumane abuse at the hands of her caretakers escape is not an option since runaways are met with a fate far worse than death.

Miyoko Tanashi lived a charmed life with her parents, but after losing both of them in a devastating train accident, the life she knew was suddenly ripped away.
