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* Troll: Lots of them, with [[spoiler: Bernkastel]] taking the cake.
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* Troll: {{Troll}}: Lots of them, with [[spoiler: Bernkastel]] taking the cake.
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** ''Ayakashisenshi-hen'' (''Demon Battling chapter''). Rika and Satoko find themselves in another alternate reality where Rika is a MagicalGirl. Unfortunately, everyone are slowly becoming brainwashed minions of '''Tokyo Magika'''.
** ''Musubienishi-hen'' (''Affinity chapter''). Keiichi gets caught in a LoveTriangle with Mion, Rena and Shion.
** ''Yumeutsushi-hen'' (''Dream Appearing chapter''). A young Rika ends up being transported to the present day and the club tries to find a way to send her back.
** ''Musubienishi-hen'' (''Affinity chapter''). Keiichi gets caught in a LoveTriangle with Mion, Rena and Shion.
** ''Yumeutsushi-hen'' (''Dream Appearing chapter''). A young Rika ends up being transported to the present day and the club tries to find a way to send her back.
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** ''Ayakashisenshi-hen'' (''Demon ("Demon Battling chapter'').chapter"). Rika and Satoko find themselves in another alternate reality where Rika is a MagicalGirl. Unfortunately, everyone are slowly becoming brainwashed minions of '''Tokyo Magika'''.
"Tokyo Magika".
** ''Musubienishi-hen''(''Affinity chapter'').("Affinity chapter"). Keiichi gets caught in a LoveTriangle with Mion, Rena and Shion.
** ''Yumeutsushi-hen''(''Dream ("Dream Appearing chapter'').chapter"). A young Rika ends up being transported to the present day and the club tries to find a way to send her back.
** ''Musubienishi-hen''
** ''Yumeutsushi-hen''
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** ''Ayakashisenshi-hen'' (''Demon Battling chapter''). Rika and Satoko find themselves in another alternate reality where Rika is a MagicalGirl. Unfortunately, everyone are slowly becoming brainwashed minions of '''Tokyo Magika'''.
** ''Musubienishi-hen'' (''Affinity chapter''). Keiichi gets caught in a LoveTriangle with Mion, Rena and Shion.
** ''Yumeutsushi-hen'' (''Dream Appearing chapter''). A young Rika ends up being transported to the present day and the club tries to find a way to send her back.
** ''Musubienishi-hen'' (''Affinity chapter''). Keiichi gets caught in a LoveTriangle with Mion, Rena and Shion.
** ''Yumeutsushi-hen'' (''Dream Appearing chapter''). A young Rika ends up being transported to the present day and the club tries to find a way to send her back.
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For examples and series-specific notes, please see ''VisualNovel/HigurashiNoNakuKoroNi'' and ''VisualNovel/UminekoNoNakuKoroNi''. Also see ''Manga/HiganbanaNoSakuYoruNi'', a manga/visual novel penned by Ryukishi07, but so far has no relation to the main series games and ''VisualNovel/RoseGunsDays'', a visual novel by 07th Expansion, but also unrelated to the main series games.
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For examples and series-specific notes, please see ''VisualNovel/HigurashiNoNakuKoroNi'' and ''VisualNovel/UminekoNoNakuKoroNi''. Also see ''Manga/HiganbanaNoSakuYoruNi'', a manga/visual novel penned by Ryukishi07, but so far has no relation to the main series games and ''VisualNovel/RoseGunsDays'', a visual novel by 07th Expansion, but also unrelated neither of which are related to the main series games.
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For examples and series-specific notes, please see ''VisualNovel/HigurashiNoNakuKoroNi'' and ''VisualNovel/UminekoNoNakuKoroNi''. Also see ''Manga/HiganbanaNoSakuYoruNi'', a manga/visual novel penned by Ryukishi07, but so far has no relation to the main series games and ''VisualNovel/RoseGunsDays'', an upcoming visual novel by 07th Expansion, but also unrelated to the main series games.
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For examples and series-specific notes, please see ''VisualNovel/HigurashiNoNakuKoroNi'' and ''VisualNovel/UminekoNoNakuKoroNi''. Also see ''Manga/HiganbanaNoSakuYoruNi'', a manga/visual novel penned by Ryukishi07, but so far has no relation to the main series games and ''VisualNovel/RoseGunsDays'', an upcoming a visual novel by 07th Expansion, but also unrelated to the main series games.
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* InvisibleToNormals - Hanyuu in Higurashi, and witches to... some extent in Umineko. It's confusing. They try to sum it up with Ange's remark that, "Without love, without sadness, you can't see magic," but it's still confusing.
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* InvisibleToNormals - Hanyuu in Higurashi, and witches to... and other magical beings to some extent in Umineko. It's confusing. They try to sum it up with Ange's remark that, "Without love, without sadness, you can't see magic," but it's still confusing.Umineko [[spoiler:since from an anti-fantasy perspective, many of them are [[ImaginaryFriend Imaginary Friends]]]].
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* BadFuture - Himatsubushi-hen, Yoigoshi-hen, and Onisarashi-hen and its spinoffs, as well as simply the endings for most of the other arcs for Higurashi. ''Alliance of the golden witch'' shows the future stemming from ''Banquet''.
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* BadFuture - Himatsubushi-hen, Yoigoshi-hen, and Onisarashi-hen and its spinoffs, as well as simply the endings for most of the other arcs for Higurashi. ''Alliance of the golden witch'' shows the future stemming from ''Banquet''. [[spoiler:While the bad futures shown in Higurashi are merely hypothetical, the future in Umineko is, in fact, what will happen.]]
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A SeriesFranchise of linear [[VisualNovel sound novels]], anime, console games, and manga by 07th Expansion, a doujin group that became famous with the series' first installment, ''VisualNovel/HigurashiNoNakuKoroNi''. ''When They Cry'' is broken up into a series of supernatural murder mysteries, which are further broken up into individual games, or arcs. These arcs are marked by [[GroundhogDayLoop time starting over from a certain point]] with the dead members of the cast brought back to life for mysterious reasons.
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He wanted to scare them.
So began ''When They Cry''. This is a SeriesFranchise of linear [[VisualNovel sound novels]], anime, console games, and manga by 07th Expansion, a doujin group that became famous with the series' first installment, ''VisualNovel/HigurashiNoNakuKoroNi''. ''When They Cry'' is broken up into a series of supernatural murder mysteries, which are further broken up into individual games,
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*** "Reunion". An anime-only episode, set years after ''Tsumihoroboshi-hen''. This raises many new theories about the Hinamizawa Disaster, only one of which is correct.
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*** "Reunion". An anime-only episode, set years after ''Tsumihoroboshi-hen''. This raises many new theories about the Hinamizawa Disaster, only one of which is correct. Similar to a certain TIP in the Visual Novel.
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* TrollingCreator: And the fans love him for it.
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* TrollingCreator: And the fans love him for it. Then again, his trolling is closer to Mion's brand of "trolling" (good spirited screwing with people for harmless amusement).
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* Troll: Lots of them, with [[spoiler: Bernkastel]] taking the cake.
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* '''Umineko no Naku Koro ni Tsubasa''' (''When The Seagulls Cry: Wings''). A fandisc containing [[AllThereInTheManual extra short stories]] (TIPS), released alongside ''Twilight''.
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* '''Umineko no Naku Koro ni Tsubasa''' (''When The Seagulls Cry: Wings''). A fandisc containing [[AllThereInTheManual extra short stories]] stories (TIPS), released alongside ''Twilight''.
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** ''Twilight of the golden witch''. The "Battler Arc." The final arc, in which Battler and Beatrice create a special last game in order to help Ange reach the truth. Features the return of virtually the whole Cast Herd, the first appearance of six-year-old Ange, yet another new text color, and MultipleEndings.
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** ''Twilight of the golden witch''. The "Battler Arc." The final arc, in which Battler and Beatrice create a special last game in order to help Ange reach the truth. Features the return of virtually the whole Cast Herd, the first appearance of six-year-old Ange, yet another new text color, and MultipleEndings.Multiple Endings.
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** ''Twilight of the golden witch''. The "Battler Arc." The final arc, in which Battler and Beatrice create a special last game in order to help Ange reach the truth. Features the return of virtually the whole CastHerd, the first appearance of six-year-old Ange, yet another new text color, and MultipleEndings.
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** ''Twilight of the golden witch''. The "Battler Arc." The final arc, in which Battler and Beatrice create a special last game in order to help Ange reach the truth. Features the return of virtually the whole CastHerd, Cast Herd, the first appearance of six-year-old Ange, yet another new text color, and MultipleEndings.
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** ''Hajisarashi-hen'' ("Shame Exposing chapter"). Keiichi obtains a charmed swimsuit that is said to turn the wearer into a Chick Magnet. While at a public pool the girls learn that it will actually turn him into a narcissist, and a race against time begins to relieve him of his trunks before he completely loses interest in the opposite sex forever! Naturally, HilarityEnsues.
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** ''Hajisarashi-hen'' ("Shame Exposing chapter"). Keiichi obtains a charmed swimsuit that is said to turn the wearer into a Chick Magnet. While at a public pool the girls learn that it will actually turn him into a narcissist, and a race against time begins to relieve him of his trunks before he completely loses interest in the opposite sex forever! Naturally, HilarityEnsues.Hilarity Ensues.
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** ''Hajisarashi-hen'' ("Shame Exposing chapter"). Keiichi obtains a charmed swimsuit that is said to turn the wearer into a ChickMagnet.Chick Magnet. While at a public pool the girls learn that it will actually turn him into a narcissist, and a race against time begins to relieve him of his trunks before he completely loses interest in the opposite sex forever! Naturally, HilarityEnsues.
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** ''Kuradashi-hen'' ("Delivery chapter"). Everything that couldn't be fit into the games, manga, adaptations or TIPS is [[AllThereInTheManual all right here]].
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** ''Kuradashi-hen'' ("Delivery chapter"). Everything that couldn't be fit into the games, manga, adaptations or TIPS is [[AllThereInTheManual all right here]].here.
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** ''Hirukowashi-hen'' ("Daybreak chapter"), also known as ''Higurashi Daybreak''. A fanmade fighting game that [[WordOfDante ascended to canon]]. Rika finds a pair of magatama that will make anyone fall in love, the whole town begins to squabble over them, and Rena accidentally swallows one.
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** ''Hirukowashi-hen'' ("Daybreak chapter"), also known as ''Higurashi Daybreak''. A fanmade fighting game that [[WordOfDante ascended to canon]].canon. Rika finds a pair of magatama that will make anyone fall in love, the whole town begins to squabble over them, and Rena accidentally swallows one.
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I guess I should explain what I\'m doing. I\'m de-Wiki Wording several tropes because I\'ve turned thjis page into an index, and the tropes don\'t belong in the index along with the works.
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** ''Saikoroshi-hen'' ("Dice Killing chapter"). The epilogue. Rika falls into a coma and wakes up in a Wonderful Life scenario, only instead of wishing herself out, she's wished out the DysfunctionJunction of the cast. What didn't kill them, though, once removed, appears to have made them horrible, miserable, selfish people.
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** ''Saikoroshi-hen'' ("Dice Killing chapter"). The epilogue. Rika falls into a coma and wakes up in a Wonderful Life scenario, only instead of wishing herself out, she's wished out the DysfunctionJunction Dysfunction Junction of the cast. What didn't kill them, though, once removed, appears to have made them horrible, miserable, selfish people.
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** ''Saikoroshi-hen'' ("Dice Killing chapter"). The epilogue. Rika falls into a coma and wakes up in a WonderfulLife scenario, only instead of wishing herself out, she's wished out the DysfunctionJunction of the cast. What didn't kill them, though, once removed, appears to have made them horrible, miserable, selfish people.
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** ''Saikoroshi-hen'' ("Dice Killing chapter"). The epilogue. Rika falls into a coma and wakes up in a WonderfulLife Wonderful Life scenario, only instead of wishing herself out, she's wished out the DysfunctionJunction of the cast. What didn't kill them, though, once removed, appears to have made them horrible, miserable, selfish people.
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** ''Miotsukushi-hen'' ("Canal Drying chapter"). A [=PS2=]-exclusive Alternate Universe ending arc in which Rika and Keiichi stand alone instead of with the others, as the HatePlague goes into overdrive and the events of ''Watanagashi-hen'', ''Tatarigoroshi-hen'' and ''Tsumihoroboshi-hen'' hit them all at once. Several deviations occur from the ''Matsuribayashi-hen'' ending.
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** ''Miotsukushi-hen'' ("Canal Drying chapter"). A [=PS2=]-exclusive Alternate Universe ending arc in which Rika and Keiichi stand alone instead of with the others, as the HatePlague Hate Plague goes into overdrive and the events of ''Watanagashi-hen'', ''Tatarigoroshi-hen'' and ''Tsumihoroboshi-hen'' hit them all at once. Several deviations occur from the ''Matsuribayashi-hen'' ending.
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** ''Miotsukushi-hen'' ("Canal Drying chapter"). A [=PS2=]-exclusive AlternateUniverse ending arc in which Rika and Keiichi stand alone instead of with the others, as the HatePlague goes into overdrive and the events of ''Watanagashi-hen'', ''Tatarigoroshi-hen'' and ''Tsumihoroboshi-hen'' hit them all at once. Several deviations occur from the ''Matsuribayashi-hen'' ending.
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** ''Miotsukushi-hen'' ("Canal Drying chapter"). A [=PS2=]-exclusive AlternateUniverse Alternate Universe ending arc in which Rika and Keiichi stand alone instead of with the others, as the HatePlague goes into overdrive and the events of ''Watanagashi-hen'', ''Tatarigoroshi-hen'' and ''Tsumihoroboshi-hen'' hit them all at once. Several deviations occur from the ''Matsuribayashi-hen'' ending.
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*** ''Yoigoshi-hen'' ("Overnight chapter"). A manga-only [[/index]]AlternateUniverse[[index]] to ''Tsumihoroboshi-hen''. Twenty-three years later, a new group--including a woman claiming to be Mion Sonozaki--meets in Hinamizawa. This Chapter is appears in a third Higurashi DS-port game, with a new character added.
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*** ''Yoigoshi-hen'' ("Overnight chapter"). A manga-only [[/index]]AlternateUniverse[[index]] Alternate Universe to ''Tsumihoroboshi-hen''. Twenty-three years later, a new group--including a woman claiming to be Mion Sonozaki--meets in Hinamizawa. This Chapter is appears in a third Higurashi DS-port game, with a new character added.
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*** ''Yoigoshi-hen'' ("Overnight chapter"). A manga-only AlternateUniverse to ''Tsumihoroboshi-hen''. Twenty-three years later, a new group--including a woman claiming to be Mion Sonozaki--meets in Hinamizawa. This Chapter is appears in a third Higurashi DS-port game, with a new character added.
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*** ''Yoigoshi-hen'' ("Overnight chapter"). A manga-only AlternateUniverse [[/index]]AlternateUniverse[[index]] to ''Tsumihoroboshi-hen''. Twenty-three years later, a new group--including a woman claiming to be Mion Sonozaki--meets in Hinamizawa. This Chapter is appears in a third Higurashi DS-port game, with a new character added.
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*** ''Utsutsukowashi-hen'' ("Reality Breaking chapter"). A manga-only chapter, and a prequel to ''Meakashi-hen''. When Shion is sent Off to boarding school, she investigates the murder of a teacher. [[NoEnding Cancelled.]]
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*** ''Utsutsukowashi-hen'' ("Reality Breaking chapter"). A manga-only chapter, and a prequel to ''Meakashi-hen''. When Shion is sent OffToBoardingSchool, she investigates the murder of a teacher. [[NoEnding Cancelled.]]
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*** ''Utsutsukowashi-hen'' ("Reality Breaking chapter"). A manga-only chapter, and a prequel to ''Meakashi-hen''. When Shion is sent OffToBoardingSchool, Off to boarding school, she investigates the murder of a teacher. [[NoEnding Cancelled.]]
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** ''Meakashi-hen'' ("Eye Opening chapter"). The "Shion arc". Shion relates her life story and why she is the way she is, culminating in a retelling of what really happened during ''Watanagashi-hen'' (although note that while this arc serves as a POVSequel to ''Watanagashi-hen'', they are technically different--just nearly identical--timelines).
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** ''Meakashi-hen'' ("Eye Opening chapter"). The "Shion arc". Shion relates her life story and why she is the way she is, culminating in a retelling of what really happened during ''Watanagashi-hen'' (although note that while this arc serves as a POVSequel POV Sequel to ''Watanagashi-hen'', they are technically different--just nearly identical--timelines).
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** ''Tatarigoroshi-hen'' ("Curse Killing chapter"). The "Satoko arc". Satoko's [[EvilUncle abusive uncle]] makes everyone's life miserable when he comes to Hinamizawa, but Keiichi discovers something even worse in the shrine.
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The series is mapped out like this:
[[folder:When They Cry 1 & 2: Higurashi no Naku Koro ni]]
* '''When They Cry: VisualNovel/HigurashiNoNakuKoroNi''' (''When The Cicadas Cry''). Hinamizawa, a small village in TheEighties is plagued by a curse in which, every year, one villager is found murdered and another is never seen again. Keiichi Maebara, the new kid in town, begins to uncover the secrets of the village and is driven further into fear and paranoia as he watches his new friends succumb to madness. This year, it looks as if the whole village is marked for death...
** ''Onikakushi-hen'' ("Spirited Away by the Demon chapter"). The "Keiichi arc". Keiichi moves into Hinamizawa and suspects Rena and Mion of involvement with the murders after he finds that they've been lying to him about the village's past.
** ''Watanagashi-hen'' ("Cotton-Drifting chaper"). The "Mion arc". Mion's twin sister Shion comes to town under mysterious circumstances, and the theory that the murders are committed by demonic possession becomes likely.
*** ''Taraimawashi-hen'' ("Rotation chapter"). A [=PS2=]-exclusive version of the game combining ''Watanagashi-hen'' with ''Onikakushi-hen''. It is designed to show what happens if Keiichi doesn't get involved in the mysteries of Hinamizawa.
** ''Tatarigoroshi-hen'' ("Curse Killing chapter"). The "Satoko arc". Satoko's [[EvilUncle abusive uncle]] makes everyone's life miserable when he comes to Hinamizawa, but Keiichi discovers something even worse in the shrine.
** ''Himatsubushi-hen'' ("Time Killing chapter"). The "Akasaka Arc". A flashback arc. Police investigator Mamoru Akasaka relates the events of a kidnapping five years ago in Hinamizawa, and the mysterious actions of Rika Furude.
** ''Onisarashi-hen'' ("Demon Exposing chapter"). A manga-only chapter. In a timeline where the Great Hinamizawa Disaster occurred, a young girl named Natsumi's life is still ruined despite moving away from Hinamizawa before the massacre.
*** ''Someutsushi-hen'' ("Stain Following chapter"). An adaptation of Onisarashi-hen to the DS system. A new character, a police officer named Tomoe Minai, is introduced. Features a different ending to that of ''Onisarashi-hen''.
*** ''KagebÅshi-hen'' ("Silhouette chapter"). The retelling of Someutsushi-hen from Minai's point of view in the same style as ''Watanagashi-hen'' was retold. Features yet another ending different to that of ''Onisarashi'' and ''Someutsushi''.
* '''When They Cry 2: VisualNovel/HigurashiNoNakuKoroNi Kai''' (''When The Cicadas Cry: Solutions''). A direct continuation of the previous, which answers the many questions raised by it. Although some of these arcs appear in the first season of TheAnimeOfTheGame, they are considered part of ''Kai'' in the games themselves. Keiichi is replaced by Rika as the main character, but as with ''Himatsubushi-hen'', some arcs are told by other characters.
** ''Tsukiotoshi-hen'' ("Exorcism chapter"). A [=PS2=]-exclusive arc that resembles ''Tatarigoroshi-hen'' in that Satoko's uncle Teppei is the main threat. Keiichi still takes matters into his own hands, but this time, he is accompanied by Shion and Rena, and all of them start to hallucinate afterward.
** ''Meakashi-hen'' ("Eye Opening chapter"). The "Shion arc". Shion relates her life story and why she is the way she is, culminating in a retelling of what really happened during ''Watanagashi-hen'' (although note that while this arc serves as a POVSequel to ''Watanagashi-hen'', they are technically different--just nearly identical--timelines).
*** ''Utsutsukowashi-hen'' ("Reality Breaking chapter"). A manga-only chapter, and a prequel to ''Meakashi-hen''. When Shion is sent OffToBoardingSchool, she investigates the murder of a teacher. [[NoEnding Cancelled.]]
** ''Tsumihoroboshi-hen'' ("Atonement chapter"). The "Rena arc". Rena becomes incredibly paranoid and feels forced to kill, threaten and hide away in order to save the people she loves, but for the first time, others are able to get through to the victim of paranoia. This also reveals the truth about the events of ''Onikakushi-hen''. This arc acts as the end of the first season of the anime.
*** "Reunion". An anime-only episode, set years after ''Tsumihoroboshi-hen''. This raises many new theories about the Hinamizawa Disaster, only one of which is correct.
*** ''Yoigoshi-hen'' ("Overnight chapter"). A manga-only AlternateUniverse to ''Tsumihoroboshi-hen''. Twenty-three years later, a new group--including a woman claiming to be Mion Sonozaki--meets in Hinamizawa. This Chapter is appears in a third Higurashi DS-port game, with a new character added.
*** ''Tokihogushi-hen'' ("Untangling Chapter"). A DS-Port Prequel chapter that involves with Tomoe Minai in a case of Rena Ryugu 1982, one year prior to the event of the story.
** ''Yakusamashi-hen'' ("Disaster Awakening chapter"). An anime-only arc personally requested by the game's creator to fill in the plot holes left by the first season. Along with new character Hanyu, Rika hints at her true nature and why she is at the center of the mystery, and Satoko attempts to solve it on her own.
** ''Minagoroshi-hen'' ("Massacre chapter"). The "Rika Arc". Rika and Keiichi band together with the rest of the club, all having realized everything about the time loop and what they had done in the past. They do their best to get past the one hurdle that Rika has deemed impossible to beat--Satoko's abusive uncle Teppei--but are stopped by the real murderer, who is revealed after having been hiding all this time.
** ''Matsuribayashi-hen'' ("Festival Music chapter"). The "Hanyu Arc". The real murderer's heartbreaking motivations are revealed. The club, plus Hanyu, the police and other adults of authority, mobilizes to save Hinamizawa once and for all.
** ''Miotsukushi-hen'' ("Canal Drying chapter"). A [=PS2=]-exclusive AlternateUniverse ending arc in which Rika and Keiichi stand alone instead of with the others, as the HatePlague goes into overdrive and the events of ''Watanagashi-hen'', ''Tatarigoroshi-hen'' and ''Tsumihoroboshi-hen'' hit them all at once. Several deviations occur from the ''Matsuribayashi-hen'' ending.
*** A DS-Port render of ''Miotsukushi-hen'' adds the conclusion of Tomoe Minai's story, that continues from ''Tokihogushi-hen''.
** ''Kokoroiyashi-hen'' ("Heart Healing chapter"). A manga-only chapter. The club goes on vacation and attempts to heal after the horrors they've seen and participated in.
* '''Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Rei'''. Extra arcs that may or may not be canon. In the anime, this is a bonus OVA.
** ''Saikoroshi-hen'' ("Dice Killing chapter"). The epilogue. Rika falls into a coma and wakes up in a WonderfulLife scenario, only instead of wishing herself out, she's wished out the DysfunctionJunction of the cast. What didn't kill them, though, once removed, appears to have made them horrible, miserable, selfish people.
*** ''Kotohogushi-hen'' ("Congratulating Chapter"). The DS-Port original chapter that revolves around Hanyuu's past life in Onigafuchi, along with her husband, Riku Furude, and their child, Ouka.
** ''Batsukoishi-hen'' ("Penalty Loving"), also known as ''Otsukaresama-kai''. A gag story set in the after-school club. This was once included as part of ''Kai'', but was considered too lighthearted and silly. In the anime, this arc is replaced with Hajisarashi-hen.
** ''Hirukowashi-hen'' ("Daybreak chapter"), also known as ''Higurashi Daybreak''. A fanmade fighting game that [[WordOfDante ascended to canon]]. Rika finds a pair of magatama that will make anyone fall in love, the whole town begins to squabble over them, and Rena accidentally swallows one.
* '''VisualNovel/HigurashiNoNakuKoroNi light novels'''. Similar to ''Rei'', these are bonus arcs that stand in a group rather than fitting into ''1'' or ''Kai''.
** ''Nekogoroshi-hen'' ("Cat Killing chapter"). Mion relates the story of a murdered friend. This was also made into a bonus OVA between the release of the first and second seasons.
** ''Kuradashi-hen'' ("Delivery chapter"). Everything that couldn't be fit into the games, manga, adaptations or TIPS is [[AllThereInTheManual all right here]].
** ''Hajisarashi-hen'' ("Shame Exposing chapter"). Keiichi obtains a charmed swimsuit that is said to turn the wearer into a ChickMagnet. While at a public pool the girls learn that it will actually turn him into a narcissist, and a race against time begins to relieve him of his trunks before he completely loses interest in the opposite sex forever! Naturally, HilarityEnsues.
* '''Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Kira'''. More extra arcs that are probably not canon. An anime OVA that contains Batsukoishi-hen and three all-new episodes. Notable for being much more lighthearted and silly than the other even ''Rei'' and containing very high amounts of fanservice.
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[[folder:When They Cry 3 & 4: Umineko no Naku Koro ni]]
* '''When They Cry 3: VisualNovel/UminekoNoNakuKoroNi''' (''When The Seagulls Cry''). Unlike ''Higurashi'', ''Umineko'' features a cast of eighteen people on the island of Rokkenjima, and the time loops only last two days, increasing the sense of urgency. An old man living in a mansion is near death, and all the relatives have convened to discuss his will. Battler Ushiromiya, one of these relatives, insists that the legends of a cruel and insane witch are only stories, and is determined to find the real cause of the murders. ''Higurashi'' and ''Umineko'' are mostly unrelated, save for one character which seems to tie the two verses together.
** ''Legend of the golden witch''. The "Beatrice Arc." Like ''Onikakushi-hen'', this is an introduction to the setting and to the legend of the witch Beatrice. A sorority of witches, each with her own motivations, begins to give Battler cryptic clues. Natsuhi is the prominent adult character of the arc.
** ''Turn of the golden witch''. The "Cousins Arc." The family is revealed to have a dark history related to black magic, and the relationships between George and Shannon, Jessica and Kanon, and Rosa and Maria are greatly focused on. Rosa is a central character to this arc's events.
** ''Banquet of the golden witch''. The "Eva Arc." A handful of new characters are introduced, and the pasts of Eva and Beatrice are expanded upon. Eva is the most prominent adult of the arc.
** ''Alliance of the golden witch''. The "Ange Arc." The future of 1998 is explored as the sole survivor of the Ushiromiya family, Ange, explores the nature of magic and witches.
*** ''Rondo of the Witch and Reasoning''. [=PS3=] remake of the first four games by Alchemist. Keeping the original [=BGM=], using the voice actors from the anime, and completely redoing art.
* '''When They Cry 4: Umineko no Naku Koro ni Chiru''' (''When The Seagulls Cry: Breakdown''). A direct continuation of the above, this delves deeper into the mysteries surrounding the family, where rather than outright answers, only subtle hints are given at first.
** ''End of the golden witch''. The "Natsuhi Arc." The game continues with somewhat new players, and the scope of the game changes when someone shipwrecks on the island before the murders. Natsuhi's past is explained and she is a featured character in the game's plotline.
** ''Dawn of the golden witch''. The "Shannon and Kanon Arc." A new game master takes up the helm and gives us a tale with some unexpected twists, focusing on the two cousin-servant couples and hinting at many of the game's biggest mysteries, complete with a return to 1998.
** ''Requiem of the golden witch''. The "Lion and Yasu Arc." Yet another new game master presents her personal perception of the "truth" of the game. The story is split between an alternate, "perfect" world where the tragedy does not happen (which focuses instead on Kinzo and Beatrice's backstories) and the game master's culprit theory proper. Features two new perspective characters, Willard H. Wright and Lion Ushiromiya.
** ''Twilight of the golden witch''. The "Battler Arc." The final arc, in which Battler and Beatrice create a special last game in order to help Ange reach the truth. Features the return of virtually the whole CastHerd, the first appearance of six-year-old Ange, yet another new text color, and MultipleEndings.
*** ''Nocturne of the Truth and Illusions''. Gives the ''Chiru'' arcs the same [=PS3=] treatment that ''Rondo'' gave the first four arcs.
* '''Umineko no Naku Koro ni Tsubasa''' (''When The Seagulls Cry: Wings''). A fandisc containing [[AllThereInTheManual extra short stories]] (TIPS), released alongside ''Twilight''.
** '''Umineko no Naku Koro ni Hane''' (''When the Seagulls Cry: Feathers''). A fandisc containing two TIPS that were not in ''Tsubasa'', released alongside ''Ougon Musoukyoku Cross''
* '''Ougon Musoukyoku''' (''Golden Fantasia''). A PC fighting game featuring the Umineko cast similar to the aforementioned ''Higurashi Daybreak'' and games like ''Melty Blood.'' Released at the 2010 winter Comiket.
** Recently announced for an Xbox 360 port, [[http://www.siliconera.com/2011/04/19/ougon-musou-kyoku-x-finds-gold-on-xbox-360/ Ougon Musoukyoku X]], featuring Jessica, George, and Rosa as additional characters.
** A third expansion, ''Ougon Musoukyoku CROSS'', was released December 31, 2011, which, in addition to the characters added in X, also adds in three new characters (Erika, Dlanor and a culprit version of Battler), plus three other characters (Will, Bernkastel, Lambdadelta) which are set to be unlocked with another expansion on Spring 2012.
* Alongside ''Nocturne of Truth and Illusions'' and ''Ougon Musoukyoku CROSS'' is a booklet entitled ''Our Confession'', which confirms the answers to several of the riddles presented in the main story proper.
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For examples and series-specific notes, please see ''VisualNovel/HigurashiNoNakuKoroNi'' and ''VisualNovel/UminekoNoNakuKoroNi''. Also see ''Manga/HiganbanaNoSakuYoruNi'', a manga/visual novel penned by Ryukishi07, but so far has no relation to the main series games and ''VisualNovel/RoseGunsDays'', an upcoming visual novel by 07th Expansion, but also unrelated to the main series games.
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!!This series provides examples of:
* AdaptationDyeJob: Is more-or-less guaranteed to happen to at least one character in an adaptation.
* AFateWorseThanDeath - Pity the poor character who actually remembers all the different murders.
* AbusiveParents - Satoko's EvilUncle and Rosa both qualify pretty well for this trope, as does Shmion's Abusive Grandparent, Oryou.
* AllThereInTheManual - The TIPS as well as different arcs that are unique to one medium only.
* AlternateUniverse
* AnyoneCanDie - Multiple times, in fact.
* {{Arc}} - The repetitions. The main games and anime are divided into "Question Arcs" and "Answer Arcs", each of the latter corresponding to one of the former but using different perspectives to solve various mysteries.
** In Umineko, the arcs are stated by WordOfGod to ''not'' be considered "Answer Arcs" and the FanNickname "Core Arcs" has quickly spread.
* BadFuture - Himatsubushi-hen, Yoigoshi-hen, and Onisarashi-hen and its spinoffs, as well as simply the endings for most of the other arcs for Higurashi. ''Alliance of the golden witch'' shows the future stemming from ''Banquet''.
* BadassFamily - The Sonozakis and the Ushiromiyas, respectively.
* BlandNameProduct
* CainAndAbel
* CassandraTruth
* CashCowFranchise - Rapidly approaching this status. Higurashi alone is still churning out merchandise, from console ports to a new anime series, even though the series ended a couple of years ago. And there's every indication that Umineko will soon follow in its footsteps.
* CreepyChild - Rika and Maria
* CruelAndUnusualDeath
* CuteAndPsycho - As a general rule, the [[DeliberatelyCuteChild cuter the girl]], [[BewareTheNiceOnes the more disturbing]] TheReveal is going to be.
* DarkerAndEdgier - Umineko. Or BloodierAndGorier, at least.
* {{Determinator}} - Just about every last main character and at least one of the villains.
* DoingInTheWizard
* EarnYourHappyEnding - Ryukishi07 is fond of putting his characters through the wringer. This just makes it all the more worth it when the happy ending is finally achieved. [[spoiler:While this is played straight in Higurashi, not everyone gets their happy ending in Umineko, making it more [[BittersweetEnding bittersweet]].]]
* TheEighties
* [[spoiler: EnemyWithout: Bernkastel is one to Rika Furude.]]
* EpilogueLetter - Always in the first arc.
* {{Expy}} - Most notably, Lambdadelta and Bernkastel, two of the witches in Umineko, are both different versions of characters from Higurashi. Higurashi's own notable one is Chie-sensei, who is a {{Homage}} to [[{{Nasuverse}} Ciel]].
** Rika Furude gets ''two'' expies in Umineko as of EP 5. In fact, Higurashi Expies seem to run so rampant in the cast that [[spoiler:Featherine Augustus Aurora]] of EP 6 is already regarded as one of Hanyuu, [[spoiler: despite having only horns and a vaguely-connected name in common]].
*** [[spoiler: There's more to it than that. She has the same exact style of speech as Hanyuu does in God-mode, and Beatrice even mispronounced her name as "Augusauau."]]
* FailureIsTheOnlyOption - ''When They Cry'' has an interesting tendency to [[spoiler:invert this]].
* FallenHero - [[spoiler: Whatever is carried over from Rika Furude (the actual main character of Higurashi) to the Witch Bernkastel (actual antagonist of Umineko)]]
** More likey [[spoiler: what you would get if you took all the suffering of thousands of cycles of death and didn't carry over the single final "happy end" memories. [[EnemyWithout It explains.....quite a bit.]]]]
* [[spoiler:FalseProtagonist - Subverted in Umineko, as Battler is aware that he's had his status taken from him and is actively trying to regain it.]]
* FutureBadass
* {{Gorn}}
* GoryDiscretionShot
* GoOutWithASmile
* GroundhogPeggySue
* ImmortalImmaturity
* InfantImmortality - [[SubvertedTrope Ahahahahaha...no]]. Just because you're a youngster, don't think for a ''second'' that your safety is guaranteed.
* InvisibleToNormals - Hanyuu in Higurashi, and witches to... some extent in Umineko. It's confusing. They try to sum it up with Ange's remark that, "Without love, without sadness, you can't see magic," but it's still confusing.
* ItGotWorse
* JigsawPuzzlePlot
* KillEmAll - This series is infamous for its abuse of this trope.
* LoveMakesYouCrazy - And when you have that, LoveMakesYouEvil too.
* LuckyCharmsTitle - The red "Na" in ''[[color:red:Na]]ku Koro ni'' is officially part of the title, as is the red "b" in ''Higurashi Day[[color:red:b]]reak'' and the red "C" in the franchise title, ''When They [[color:red:C]]ry''.
* {{Meido}}
* MindScrew
** MindScrewdriver - ''Kai'' in relation to the first season of ''Higurashi''.
*** One thing that still appears to be unresolved are the EpilepticTrees: [[spoiler:Rika Furude may or may not be Frederica Bernkastel and ''Umineko'' is now being [[HijackedByGanon Hijacked By Rika]]]].
*** Similarly, ''Chiru'' in relation to the Umineko Question Arcs. Although by a lesser degree.
* MistakenForMurderer
* MultipleEndings
* NeverOneMurder - Never EVER.
* NiceHat: Rena from Higurashi and Kanon from Umineko both have nice berets. [[ShoutOut And nice cleavers.]]
* OffModel - The anime started off looking awful in the first season of ''Higurashi'', but ArtEvolution has slowly taken place; ''Higurashi Kai'' and ''Rei'' have very pretty character work, and ''Umineko'' has settled into a happy medium between the characters and [[SceneryPorn the backgrounds]]. The Umineko anime has had a few severely off-model scenes, but seems to be more consistent generally.
* OneSideOfTheStory
* PaintingTheFourthWall - In Umineko, anything said in "Red text" is true. Don't ask me how the concept of red text makes any sense to people speaking out loud, but that's how even they refer to it. Blue text also eventually gets a special rule attached to it.
** In the anime, when red or blue text is being used it appears in front of the person speaking.
* ParentWithNewParamour
* PeggySue
* PsychologicalHorror
* RecurringElement: The two games have a supporting character, some themes, and being a GroundhogDayLoop AllTheMyriadWays [[MysteryFiction murder mystery]] in common.
* RedOniBlueOni
* ReligiousHorror: Higurashi with Shintoism, and Umineko with Western occult lore in general while mainly focusing on Christianity.
* SelfMadeOrphan
* SetRightWhatOnceWentWrong
* [[spoiler:SilentScapegoat - Hanyuu/Oyashiro-sama, Beatrice and Eva Ushiromiya.]]
* SlidingScaleOfComedyAndHorror - The series draws on both sides.
* SlidingScaleOfFateVsFreeWill - Type 2.
* SlidingScaleOfIdealismVsCynicism - Draws from both sides of the scale. Higurashi is quite idealistic, Umineko less so.
* StoryToGameplayRatio - The original computer games' is 1:0. They're more or less...well, novels; the only trait that could merit calling these "games" is the fact that they happen to be software. The video game console ports and installments add the ''slightest'' bit of gameplay to decide what path you're stuck on for that reading and in the second and third games in the DS remakes, [[MultipleEndings determine your ending in some arcs]].
* SwitchedAtBirth
* ThirdPersonPerson
* TookALevelInBadass -
* TrollingCreator: And the fans love him for it.
* {{Tsundere}}
* UnreliableNarrator - Used and sort of inverted. Anything the main character sees with his own eyes, (as in, is narrated in first person) is the gospel truth. Anything presented with red text is the gospel truth. Anything that does not fall into one of those two categories may or may not be true, and in fact may not even be such than the statement "That scene really happened that way" is true ''or'' false.
** The above is Umineko only, in Higurashi [[spoiler:this is used a lot in the question arcs, simply put, in any of the first 3 novels, from the point where it begins to get weird or scary, it means the main character is hallucinating, being fooled, or anything of the like]].
** The golden rule for the games is pretty much don't trust anything you see/read/hear until you go through the answer arc (Higurashi) or until something is confirmed that you can trust it (Umineko)
* VerbalTic: Quite a few characters have this:
** ''Higurashi'' has Rika's "mii" (the sound a kitten makes) and "nipaa" (a Japanese onomatopoeia for smiling), as well as Hanyuu's "hau au au" whenever she gets scared or upset.
** ''Umineko'' has Maria's "uu-". This isn't just a random noise, however, since [[spoiler:Maria believes that it's a spell for happiness]]. It's also [[DeconstructedTrope deconstructed]], since the sound of it irritates Rosa to the point that she'll [[AbusiveParents hit Maria for saying it too much]], and it's one of the reasons why other children bully her.
* [[spoiler:VillainBasedFranchise]]
* TheWatcher - Actually, the same character in both (... maybe) - (Frederica) Bernkastel.
* WhodunnitToMe
* {{Yandere}}: [[spoiler:[[PunctuatedForEmphasis Shion. Freaking. Sonozaki.]]]] That is all.
* YouCantFightFate - [[spoiler: Subverted.]]
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The series is mapped out like this:
[[folder:When They Cry 1 & 2: Higurashi no Naku Koro ni]]
* '''When They Cry: VisualNovel/HigurashiNoNakuKoroNi''' (''When The Cicadas Cry''). Hinamizawa, a small village in TheEighties is plagued by a curse in which, every year, one villager is found murdered and another is never seen again. Keiichi Maebara, the new kid in town, begins to uncover the secrets of the village and is driven further into fear and paranoia as he watches his new friends succumb to madness. This year, it looks as if the whole village is marked for death...
** ''Onikakushi-hen'' ("Spirited Away by the Demon chapter"). The "Keiichi arc". Keiichi moves into Hinamizawa and suspects Rena and Mion of involvement with the murders after he finds that they've been lying to him about the village's past.
** ''Watanagashi-hen'' ("Cotton-Drifting chaper"). The "Mion arc". Mion's twin sister Shion comes to town under mysterious circumstances, and the theory that the murders are committed by demonic possession becomes likely.
*** ''Taraimawashi-hen'' ("Rotation chapter"). A [=PS2=]-exclusive version of the game combining ''Watanagashi-hen'' with ''Onikakushi-hen''. It is designed to show what happens if Keiichi doesn't get involved in the mysteries of Hinamizawa.
** ''Tatarigoroshi-hen'' ("Curse Killing chapter"). The "Satoko arc". Satoko's [[EvilUncle abusive uncle]] makes everyone's life miserable when he comes to Hinamizawa, but Keiichi discovers something even worse in the shrine.
** ''Himatsubushi-hen'' ("Time Killing chapter"). The "Akasaka Arc". A flashback arc. Police investigator Mamoru Akasaka relates the events of a kidnapping five years ago in Hinamizawa, and the mysterious actions of Rika Furude.
** ''Onisarashi-hen'' ("Demon Exposing chapter"). A manga-only chapter. In a timeline where the Great Hinamizawa Disaster occurred, a young girl named Natsumi's life is still ruined despite moving away from Hinamizawa before the massacre.
*** ''Someutsushi-hen'' ("Stain Following chapter"). An adaptation of Onisarashi-hen to the DS system. A new character, a police officer named Tomoe Minai, is introduced. Features a different ending to that of ''Onisarashi-hen''.
*** ''KagebÅshi-hen'' ("Silhouette chapter"). The retelling of Someutsushi-hen from Minai's point of view in the same style as ''Watanagashi-hen'' was retold. Features yet another ending different to that of ''Onisarashi'' and ''Someutsushi''.
* '''When They Cry 2: VisualNovel/HigurashiNoNakuKoroNi Kai''' (''When The Cicadas Cry: Solutions''). A direct continuation of the previous, which answers the many questions raised by it. Although some of these arcs appear in the first season of TheAnimeOfTheGame, they are considered part of ''Kai'' in the games themselves. Keiichi is replaced by Rika as the main character, but as with ''Himatsubushi-hen'', some arcs are told by other characters.
** ''Tsukiotoshi-hen'' ("Exorcism chapter"). A [=PS2=]-exclusive arc that resembles ''Tatarigoroshi-hen'' in that Satoko's uncle Teppei is the main threat. Keiichi still takes matters into his own hands, but this time, he is accompanied by Shion and Rena, and all of them start to hallucinate afterward.
** ''Meakashi-hen'' ("Eye Opening chapter"). The "Shion arc". Shion relates her life story and why she is the way she is, culminating in a retelling of what really happened during ''Watanagashi-hen'' (although note that while this arc serves as a POVSequel to ''Watanagashi-hen'', they are technically different--just nearly identical--timelines).
*** ''Utsutsukowashi-hen'' ("Reality Breaking chapter"). A manga-only chapter, and a prequel to ''Meakashi-hen''. When Shion is sent OffToBoardingSchool, she investigates the murder of a teacher. [[NoEnding Cancelled.]]
** ''Tsumihoroboshi-hen'' ("Atonement chapter"). The "Rena arc". Rena becomes incredibly paranoid and feels forced to kill, threaten and hide away in order to save the people she loves, but for the first time, others are able to get through to the victim of paranoia. This also reveals the truth about the events of ''Onikakushi-hen''. This arc acts as the end of the first season of the anime.
*** "Reunion". An anime-only episode, set years after ''Tsumihoroboshi-hen''. This raises many new theories about the Hinamizawa Disaster, only one of which is correct.
*** ''Yoigoshi-hen'' ("Overnight chapter"). A manga-only AlternateUniverse to ''Tsumihoroboshi-hen''. Twenty-three years later, a new group--including a woman claiming to be Mion Sonozaki--meets in Hinamizawa. This Chapter is appears in a third Higurashi DS-port game, with a new character added.
*** ''Tokihogushi-hen'' ("Untangling Chapter"). A DS-Port Prequel chapter that involves with Tomoe Minai in a case of Rena Ryugu 1982, one year prior to the event of the story.
** ''Yakusamashi-hen'' ("Disaster Awakening chapter"). An anime-only arc personally requested by the game's creator to fill in the plot holes left by the first season. Along with new character Hanyu, Rika hints at her true nature and why she is at the center of the mystery, and Satoko attempts to solve it on her own.
** ''Minagoroshi-hen'' ("Massacre chapter"). The "Rika Arc". Rika and Keiichi band together with the rest of the club, all having realized everything about the time loop and what they had done in the past. They do their best to get past the one hurdle that Rika has deemed impossible to beat--Satoko's abusive uncle Teppei--but are stopped by the real murderer, who is revealed after having been hiding all this time.
** ''Matsuribayashi-hen'' ("Festival Music chapter"). The "Hanyu Arc". The real murderer's heartbreaking motivations are revealed. The club, plus Hanyu, the police and other adults of authority, mobilizes to save Hinamizawa once and for all.
** ''Miotsukushi-hen'' ("Canal Drying chapter"). A [=PS2=]-exclusive AlternateUniverse ending arc in which Rika and Keiichi stand alone instead of with the others, as the HatePlague goes into overdrive and the events of ''Watanagashi-hen'', ''Tatarigoroshi-hen'' and ''Tsumihoroboshi-hen'' hit them all at once. Several deviations occur from the ''Matsuribayashi-hen'' ending.
*** A DS-Port render of ''Miotsukushi-hen'' adds the conclusion of Tomoe Minai's story, that continues from ''Tokihogushi-hen''.
** ''Kokoroiyashi-hen'' ("Heart Healing chapter"). A manga-only chapter. The club goes on vacation and attempts to heal after the horrors they've seen and participated in.
* '''Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Rei'''. Extra arcs that may or may not be canon. In the anime, this is a bonus OVA.
** ''Saikoroshi-hen'' ("Dice Killing chapter"). The epilogue. Rika falls into a coma and wakes up in a WonderfulLife scenario, only instead of wishing herself out, she's wished out the DysfunctionJunction of the cast. What didn't kill them, though, once removed, appears to have made them horrible, miserable, selfish people.
*** ''Kotohogushi-hen'' ("Congratulating Chapter"). The DS-Port original chapter that revolves around Hanyuu's past life in Onigafuchi, along with her husband, Riku Furude, and their child, Ouka.
** ''Batsukoishi-hen'' ("Penalty Loving"), also known as ''Otsukaresama-kai''. A gag story set in the after-school club. This was once included as part of ''Kai'', but was considered too lighthearted and silly. In the anime, this arc is replaced with Hajisarashi-hen.
** ''Hirukowashi-hen'' ("Daybreak chapter"), also known as ''Higurashi Daybreak''. A fanmade fighting game that [[WordOfDante ascended to canon]]. Rika finds a pair of magatama that will make anyone fall in love, the whole town begins to squabble over them, and Rena accidentally swallows one.
* '''VisualNovel/HigurashiNoNakuKoroNi light novels'''. Similar to ''Rei'', these are bonus arcs that stand in a group rather than fitting into ''1'' or ''Kai''.
** ''Nekogoroshi-hen'' ("Cat Killing chapter"). Mion relates the story of a murdered friend. This was also made into a bonus OVA between the release of the first and second seasons.
** ''Kuradashi-hen'' ("Delivery chapter"). Everything that couldn't be fit into the games, manga, adaptations or TIPS is [[AllThereInTheManual all right here]].
** ''Hajisarashi-hen'' ("Shame Exposing chapter"). Keiichi obtains a charmed swimsuit that is said to turn the wearer into a ChickMagnet. While at a public pool the girls learn that it will actually turn him into a narcissist, and a race against time begins to relieve him of his trunks before he completely loses interest in the opposite sex forever! Naturally, HilarityEnsues.
* '''Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Kira'''. More extra arcs that are probably not canon. An anime OVA that contains Batsukoishi-hen and three all-new episodes. Notable for being much more lighthearted and silly than the other even ''Rei'' and containing very high amounts of fanservice.
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[[folder:When They Cry 3 & 4: Umineko no Naku Koro ni]]
* '''When They Cry 3: VisualNovel/UminekoNoNakuKoroNi''' (''When The Seagulls Cry''). Unlike ''Higurashi'', ''Umineko'' features a cast of eighteen people on the island of Rokkenjima, and the time loops only last two days, increasing the sense of urgency. An old man living in a mansion is near death, and all the relatives have convened to discuss his will. Battler Ushiromiya, one of these relatives, insists that the legends of a cruel and insane witch are only stories, and is determined to find the real cause of the murders. ''Higurashi'' and ''Umineko'' are mostly unrelated, save for one character which seems to tie the two verses together.
** ''Legend of the golden witch''. The "Beatrice Arc." Like ''Onikakushi-hen'', this is an introduction to the setting and to the legend of the witch Beatrice. A sorority of witches, each with her own motivations, begins to give Battler cryptic clues. Natsuhi is the prominent adult character of the arc.
** ''Turn of the golden witch''. The "Cousins Arc." The family is revealed to have a dark history related to black magic, and the relationships between George and Shannon, Jessica and Kanon, and Rosa and Maria are greatly focused on. Rosa is a central character to this arc's events.
** ''Banquet of the golden witch''. The "Eva Arc." A handful of new characters are introduced, and the pasts of Eva and Beatrice are expanded upon. Eva is the most prominent adult of the arc.
** ''Alliance of the golden witch''. The "Ange Arc." The future of 1998 is explored as the sole survivor of the Ushiromiya family, Ange, explores the nature of magic and witches.
*** ''Rondo of the Witch and Reasoning''. [=PS3=] remake of the first four games by Alchemist. Keeping the original [=BGM=], using the voice actors from the anime, and completely redoing art.
* '''When They Cry 4: Umineko no Naku Koro ni Chiru''' (''When The Seagulls Cry: Breakdown''). A direct continuation of the above, this delves deeper into the mysteries surrounding the family, where rather than outright answers, only subtle hints are given at first.
** ''End of the golden witch''. The "Natsuhi Arc." The game continues with somewhat new players, and the scope of the game changes when someone shipwrecks on the island before the murders. Natsuhi's past is explained and she is a featured character in the game's plotline.
** ''Dawn of the golden witch''. The "Shannon and Kanon Arc." A new game master takes up the helm and gives us a tale with some unexpected twists, focusing on the two cousin-servant couples and hinting at many of the game's biggest mysteries, complete with a return to 1998.
** ''Requiem of the golden witch''. The "Lion and Yasu Arc." Yet another new game master presents her personal perception of the "truth" of the game. The story is split between an alternate, "perfect" world where the tragedy does not happen (which focuses instead on Kinzo and Beatrice's backstories) and the game master's culprit theory proper. Features two new perspective characters, Willard H. Wright and Lion Ushiromiya.
** ''Twilight of the golden witch''. The "Battler Arc." The final arc, in which Battler and Beatrice create a special last game in order to help Ange reach the truth. Features the return of virtually the whole CastHerd, the first appearance of six-year-old Ange, yet another new text color, and MultipleEndings.
*** ''Nocturne of the Truth and Illusions''. Gives the ''Chiru'' arcs the same [=PS3=] treatment that ''Rondo'' gave the first four arcs.
* '''Umineko no Naku Koro ni Tsubasa''' (''When The Seagulls Cry: Wings''). A fandisc containing [[AllThereInTheManual extra short stories]] (TIPS), released alongside ''Twilight''.
** '''Umineko no Naku Koro ni Hane''' (''When the Seagulls Cry: Feathers''). A fandisc containing two TIPS that were not in ''Tsubasa'', released alongside ''Ougon Musoukyoku Cross''
* '''Ougon Musoukyoku''' (''Golden Fantasia''). A PC fighting game featuring the Umineko cast similar to the aforementioned ''Higurashi Daybreak'' and games like ''Melty Blood.'' Released at the 2010 winter Comiket.
** Recently announced for an Xbox 360 port, [[http://www.siliconera.com/2011/04/19/ougon-musou-kyoku-x-finds-gold-on-xbox-360/ Ougon Musoukyoku X]], featuring Jessica, George, and Rosa as additional characters.
** A third expansion, ''Ougon Musoukyoku CROSS'', was released December 31, 2011, which, in addition to the characters added in X, also adds in three new characters (Erika, Dlanor and a culprit version of Battler), plus three other characters (Will, Bernkastel, Lambdadelta) which are set to be unlocked with another expansion on Spring 2012.
* Alongside ''Nocturne of Truth and Illusions'' and ''Ougon Musoukyoku CROSS'' is a booklet entitled ''Our Confession'', which confirms the answers to several of the riddles presented in the main story proper.
[[/folder]]
For examples and series-specific notes, please see ''VisualNovel/HigurashiNoNakuKoroNi'' and ''VisualNovel/UminekoNoNakuKoroNi''. Also see ''Manga/HiganbanaNoSakuYoruNi'', a manga/visual novel penned by Ryukishi07, but so far has no relation to the main series games and ''VisualNovel/RoseGunsDays'', an upcoming visual novel by 07th Expansion, but also unrelated to the main series games.
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!!This series provides examples of:
* AdaptationDyeJob: Is more-or-less guaranteed to happen to at least one character in an adaptation.
* AFateWorseThanDeath - Pity the poor character who actually remembers all the different murders.
* AbusiveParents - Satoko's EvilUncle and Rosa both qualify pretty well for this trope, as does Shmion's Abusive Grandparent, Oryou.
* AllThereInTheManual - The TIPS as well as different arcs that are unique to one medium only.
* AlternateUniverse
* AnyoneCanDie - Multiple times, in fact.
* {{Arc}} - The repetitions. The main games and anime are divided into "Question Arcs" and "Answer Arcs", each of the latter corresponding to one of the former but using different perspectives to solve various mysteries.
** In Umineko, the arcs are stated by WordOfGod to ''not'' be considered "Answer Arcs" and the FanNickname "Core Arcs" has quickly spread.
* BadFuture - Himatsubushi-hen, Yoigoshi-hen, and Onisarashi-hen and its spinoffs, as well as simply the endings for most of the other arcs for Higurashi. ''Alliance of the golden witch'' shows the future stemming from ''Banquet''.
* BadassFamily - The Sonozakis and the Ushiromiyas, respectively.
* BlandNameProduct
* CainAndAbel
* CassandraTruth
* CashCowFranchise - Rapidly approaching this status. Higurashi alone is still churning out merchandise, from console ports to a new anime series, even though the series ended a couple of years ago. And there's every indication that Umineko will soon follow in its footsteps.
* CreepyChild - Rika and Maria
* CruelAndUnusualDeath
* CuteAndPsycho - As a general rule, the [[DeliberatelyCuteChild cuter the girl]], [[BewareTheNiceOnes the more disturbing]] TheReveal is going to be.
* DarkerAndEdgier - Umineko. Or BloodierAndGorier, at least.
* {{Determinator}} - Just about every last main character and at least one of the villains.
* DoingInTheWizard
* EarnYourHappyEnding - Ryukishi07 is fond of putting his characters through the wringer. This just makes it all the more worth it when the happy ending is finally achieved. [[spoiler:While this is played straight in Higurashi, not everyone gets their happy ending in Umineko, making it more [[BittersweetEnding bittersweet]].]]
* TheEighties
* [[spoiler: EnemyWithout: Bernkastel is one to Rika Furude.]]
* EpilogueLetter - Always in the first arc.
* {{Expy}} - Most notably, Lambdadelta and Bernkastel, two of the witches in Umineko, are both different versions of characters from Higurashi. Higurashi's own notable one is Chie-sensei, who is a {{Homage}} to [[{{Nasuverse}} Ciel]].
** Rika Furude gets ''two'' expies in Umineko as of EP 5. In fact, Higurashi Expies seem to run so rampant in the cast that [[spoiler:Featherine Augustus Aurora]] of EP 6 is already regarded as one of Hanyuu, [[spoiler: despite having only horns and a vaguely-connected name in common]].
*** [[spoiler: There's more to it than that. She has the same exact style of speech as Hanyuu does in God-mode, and Beatrice even mispronounced her name as "Augusauau."]]
* FailureIsTheOnlyOption - ''When They Cry'' has an interesting tendency to [[spoiler:invert this]].
* FallenHero - [[spoiler: Whatever is carried over from Rika Furude (the actual main character of Higurashi) to the Witch Bernkastel (actual antagonist of Umineko)]]
** More likey [[spoiler: what you would get if you took all the suffering of thousands of cycles of death and didn't carry over the single final "happy end" memories. [[EnemyWithout It explains.....quite a bit.]]]]
* [[spoiler:FalseProtagonist - Subverted in Umineko, as Battler is aware that he's had his status taken from him and is actively trying to regain it.]]
* FutureBadass
* {{Gorn}}
* GoryDiscretionShot
* GoOutWithASmile
* GroundhogPeggySue
* ImmortalImmaturity
* InfantImmortality - [[SubvertedTrope Ahahahahaha...no]]. Just because you're a youngster, don't think for a ''second'' that your safety is guaranteed.
* InvisibleToNormals - Hanyuu in Higurashi, and witches to... some extent in Umineko. It's confusing. They try to sum it up with Ange's remark that, "Without love, without sadness, you can't see magic," but it's still confusing.
* ItGotWorse
* JigsawPuzzlePlot
* KillEmAll - This series is infamous for its abuse of this trope.
* LoveMakesYouCrazy - And when you have that, LoveMakesYouEvil too.
* LuckyCharmsTitle - The red "Na" in ''[[color:red:Na]]ku Koro ni'' is officially part of the title, as is the red "b" in ''Higurashi Day[[color:red:b]]reak'' and the red "C" in the franchise title, ''When They [[color:red:C]]ry''.
* {{Meido}}
* MindScrew
** MindScrewdriver - ''Kai'' in relation to the first season of ''Higurashi''.
*** One thing that still appears to be unresolved are the EpilepticTrees: [[spoiler:Rika Furude may or may not be Frederica Bernkastel and ''Umineko'' is now being [[HijackedByGanon Hijacked By Rika]]]].
*** Similarly, ''Chiru'' in relation to the Umineko Question Arcs. Although by a lesser degree.
* MistakenForMurderer
* MultipleEndings
* NeverOneMurder - Never EVER.
* NiceHat: Rena from Higurashi and Kanon from Umineko both have nice berets. [[ShoutOut And nice cleavers.]]
* OffModel - The anime started off looking awful in the first season of ''Higurashi'', but ArtEvolution has slowly taken place; ''Higurashi Kai'' and ''Rei'' have very pretty character work, and ''Umineko'' has settled into a happy medium between the characters and [[SceneryPorn the backgrounds]]. The Umineko anime has had a few severely off-model scenes, but seems to be more consistent generally.
* OneSideOfTheStory
* PaintingTheFourthWall - In Umineko, anything said in "Red text" is true. Don't ask me how the concept of red text makes any sense to people speaking out loud, but that's how even they refer to it. Blue text also eventually gets a special rule attached to it.
** In the anime, when red or blue text is being used it appears in front of the person speaking.
* ParentWithNewParamour
* PeggySue
* PsychologicalHorror
* RecurringElement: The two games have a supporting character, some themes, and being a GroundhogDayLoop AllTheMyriadWays [[MysteryFiction murder mystery]] in common.
* RedOniBlueOni
* ReligiousHorror: Higurashi with Shintoism, and Umineko with Western occult lore in general while mainly focusing on Christianity.
* SelfMadeOrphan
* SetRightWhatOnceWentWrong
* [[spoiler:SilentScapegoat - Hanyuu/Oyashiro-sama, Beatrice and Eva Ushiromiya.]]
* SlidingScaleOfComedyAndHorror - The series draws on both sides.
* SlidingScaleOfFateVsFreeWill - Type 2.
* SlidingScaleOfIdealismVsCynicism - Draws from both sides of the scale. Higurashi is quite idealistic, Umineko less so.
* StoryToGameplayRatio - The original computer games' is 1:0. They're more or less...well, novels; the only trait that could merit calling these "games" is the fact that they happen to be software. The video game console ports and installments add the ''slightest'' bit of gameplay to decide what path you're stuck on for that reading and in the second and third games in the DS remakes, [[MultipleEndings determine your ending in some arcs]].
* SwitchedAtBirth
* ThirdPersonPerson
* TookALevelInBadass -
* TrollingCreator: And the fans love him for it.
* {{Tsundere}}
* UnreliableNarrator - Used and sort of inverted. Anything the main character sees with his own eyes, (as in, is narrated in first person) is the gospel truth. Anything presented with red text is the gospel truth. Anything that does not fall into one of those two categories may or may not be true, and in fact may not even be such than the statement "That scene really happened that way" is true ''or'' false.
** The above is Umineko only, in Higurashi [[spoiler:this is used a lot in the question arcs, simply put, in any of the first 3 novels, from the point where it begins to get weird or scary, it means the main character is hallucinating, being fooled, or anything of the like]].
** The golden rule for the games is pretty much don't trust anything you see/read/hear until you go through the answer arc (Higurashi) or until something is confirmed that you can trust it (Umineko)
* VerbalTic: Quite a few characters have this:
** ''Higurashi'' has Rika's "mii" (the sound a kitten makes) and "nipaa" (a Japanese onomatopoeia for smiling), as well as Hanyuu's "hau au au" whenever she gets scared or upset.
** ''Umineko'' has Maria's "uu-". This isn't just a random noise, however, since [[spoiler:Maria believes that it's a spell for happiness]]. It's also [[DeconstructedTrope deconstructed]], since the sound of it irritates Rosa to the point that she'll [[AbusiveParents hit Maria for saying it too much]], and it's one of the reasons why other children bully her.
* [[spoiler:VillainBasedFranchise]]
* TheWatcher - Actually, the same character in both (... maybe) - (Frederica) Bernkastel.
* WhodunnitToMe
* {{Yandere}}: [[spoiler:[[PunctuatedForEmphasis Shion. Freaking. Sonozaki.]]]] That is all.
* YouCantFightFate - [[spoiler: Subverted.]]
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