Higurashi

ika seems like little more than a secondary character for much of the first half of Higurashi. As the story progresses, however, viewers learn that she is actually at the heart of most of the strange events, as her death is the trigger for the Great Hinamizawa Disaster and following incidents. Despite only being killed five times on-screen, dialogue eventually confirms that she has been killed once for every arc (excluding Matsuribayashi-hen and Miotsukushi-hen) and all other unseen worlds.
The villagers of Hinamizawa hold Rika in high esteem, as not only is she the only daughter of the Furude...

Infinite Corridor
Vocals: Tamura Yukari as Furude Rika
Lyrics: Ebata Ikuko
Composition: Ebata Ikuko
Arrangement: Oyama Yo

Even though spring is sublime and dreamy, it’s painful
I hide my determination in the depths of my chest and smile

I can see, I can see
The humiliation that I fully knew
The endless corridor
Continues, continues

Ah, the cry of the birds that ate the red fruit
Your mouth and your body
Are dyed by the color of sins…

The truth is always cruel
And I want to cover my ears and eyes
I believe that my song will reach you someday, hey
And let’s make the flowers of miracles bloom
On the dry ground...

Higurashi When They Cry (ひぐらしのなく頃に. When the Cicadas Cry), known simply as When They Cry for the North American release of the anime adaptation, is a Japanese murder mystery dōjin soft sound novel series produced by 07th Expansion. The games are built on the NScripter game engine and are playable on Microsoft Windows PCs. 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. While the first four games carried the overall title Higurashi no...

Hanyū was once known as the demon god of Onigafuchi (Hinamizawa) under her true name, Hainiryūn Ieasomūru Jieda. She travelled with her clan to the Onigafuchi Swamp and tried to coexist with the human villagers there, but the Furude priest refused to cooperate. However, Furude Riku, the heir to the Furude shrine and inventor of the nickname "Hanyū", fell in love with Hainiryūn and married her. They had a daughter named Furude Ōka, the first in a long lines of humans to carry demon blood. When the villagers of Onigafuchi became violent towards Hainiryūn's clan and could no longer tell...