History Trivia / HigurashiWhenTheyCry

* NoDubForYou: After years of [[KeepCirculatingTheTapes being stuck in limbo]], the anime was eventually picked up by Creator/SentaiFilmworks, who ended up giving this treatment to ''Kai'' and ''Rei''. [[HistoryRepeats Just like with]] ''LightNovel/TheFamiliarOfZero''. This may have to do with the show's lackluster sales for Geneon and FUNimation, along with the its buzz dying down considerably in the years that followed.

* NoDubForYou: After years of [[KeepCirculatingTheTapes being stuck in limbo]], the anime was eventually picked up by Creator/SentaiFilmworks, who ended up giving it this treatment. [[HistoryRepeats Just like with]] ''LightNovel/TheFamiliarOfZero''.

* ShoutOut: Rena's WeaponOfChoice makes an appearance in ''VideoGame/DisgaeaDimension2''. The series (possibly Umineko as well) gets referenced in the episode 7 preview.

** Shion's other nick name is "''That psycho {{Yandere}} chick who tortures everyone''".

* NoExportForYou: The DS and [=PS2=] games (and thus all the original arcs in them) never made it out of Japan.
** Neither did the "Cat-Killing Arc", which was not included in Geneon's DVD release of the anime.
** Some of the manga-only side stories remain untranslated, though the main series has been translated in full.

* NoDubForYou: After years of [[KeepCirculatingTheTapes being stuck in limbo]], the anime was eventually picked up by Creator/SentaiFilmworks, who ended up giving it this treatment. [[HistoryRepeats Just like with]] TheFamiliarOfZero.

** Kyousuke Irie is sometimes known as "Pedodoctor", for his general played-for-laughs {{Lolicon}} attitude.

* TheDanza: Miyuki Sorimachi, whose name is taken from her voice actress, Creator/MiyukiSawashiro.

* TheyJustDidntCare: Arguably the case with [[Creator/SentaiFilmworks Sentai's]] release of ''Kai'', ''Rei'', and the [=OVAs=] in 2016 — they all lack the English dub present on the first season despite the franchise being considered something of a cult classic (albeit not the most financially successful one).

* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: Definitely the case for the anime. Creator/{{Geneon}} licensed the first season and dubbed it (with [[Creator/BangZoomEntertainment BangZoom!]]), but had only released its first half by the time they went belly-up in late 2007. They later partnered up with Creator/{{Funimation}} to finish it, as part of their wider deal to handle several "orphaned" shows. A complete set of the entire first season came out in 2009, but sales were low, so when Geneon's license expired, Funimation stated they would not renew the rights themselves (something they did do for better-performing ex-Geneon shows), and any further seasons were out of the question. This means that unless some other company rescues it, the only way to legally see the series is by tracking down the old Geneon discs on the secondhand market.
** There is hope though. Sentai Filmworks rescued Anime/RozenMaiden (which Funimation also distributed for Geneon), and had the English dub finished with the original Bang Zoom! voice cast. Since Rozen's fate was nearly identical to Higurashi's, there is speculation that Higurashi may be rescued after all.
** It has. Sentai recently announced that it has acquired the rights to Kai and Rei as well as the original first season of the show). Unfortunately, the other 2 seasons lack a dub...

** Neither did any of the anime aside from the first season, at least not officially until 2016. Unfortunately, these 2 seasons are sub-only.
** Some of the manga-only side stories remain untranslated.

* TheyJustDidntCare: Despite being considered a cult classic with a decent fan-base (despite not exactly being financially successful), when Creator/SentaiFilmworks released the other season and its [=OVAs=] in 2016, they did not include an English dub for them, despite the first season already having a dub.

--> I seek but one thing: will I gain a timely rescue, or a time of death.\\

--> The first time,I think to myself, Well it's only this once.\\

* TheyJustDidntCare: Despite being considered a cult classic with a decent fan-base (despite not exactly being financially successful), when Creator/SentaiFilmworks released the other 2 seasons in 2016, they did not include an English dub for them, despite the first season already having a dub.

** It has. Sentai recently announced that it has acquired the rights to Kai and Rei as well as the original first season of the show). Only time will tell if it receives a dub...

** Neither did any of the anime aside from the first season, at least not officially.

* NoExportForYou: The DS and PS2 games (and thus all the original arcs in them) never made it out of Japan.

* HeyItsThatVoice:
** [[Creator/GrantGeorge Keiichi]] is the [[VideoGame/Disgaea2CursedMemories Dark Hero]], and he's bashing his buddies brains in. Alternately, he's [[Creator/SoichiroHoshi Kira]] [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamSEED Yamato]], who decided to move to the countryside for some [[{{Irony}} peace and quiet]].
--> '''Keiichi''': "Rika-chan, to us men, terms like "Fate" and "[[Anime/MobileSuitGundamSEEDDestiny Destiny]]" hold quite a special meaning."
** [[Creator/MelaLee Rena]] is also [[VideoGame/{{BlazBlue}} Rachel Alucard]]
** [[Creator/MeganHollingshead Shmion]] is the [[VideoGame/{{DawnOfWar}} Eldar Autrach from Retribution]] and [[Manga/{{Bleach}} Rangiku]]
*** She's also [[Anime/{{Pokemon}} Officer Jenny and Nurse Joy]], as well as [[Anime/{{Yugioh}} Mai Valentine]].
** [[Creator/KarenStrassman Takano]] is also [[VideoGame/{{Persona4}} Izanami]].
** It's [[Franchise/{{Disgaea}} Lah]][[Creator/BarbaraGoodson arl]]. Wait, why is he ordering people's finger nails torn off?
** [[Creator/RebeccaForstadt Rika]] is [[Anime/CodeGeass Nunnally Lamperouge]].

* TropePantheon: Keiichi's in the House of Leadership, Rena's in the House of Emotion, Mion and Shion are in the House of Mentalism, Satoko's in the House of Craft, and Rika's in the House of Personality.

--> '''Keiichi''': "Rika-chan, to us men, terms like "Fate" and "[[MobileSuitGundamSEEDDestiny Destiny]]" hold quite a special meaning."

!Poems by Frederica Bernkastel ([=MangaGamer=] Translation):

[[folder:Onikakushi-hen:]]
--> Don't be sad.\\
The world may not forgive you, but I forgive you.

--> Don't be sad.\\
You may not forgive the world, but I forgive you.

--> Tell me.\\
What must I do to earn your forgiveness?

[[folder:Watanagashi-hen]]
--> I can't satisfy you.\\
Because what you want is the truth.

--> I can't satisfy you.\\
Because the truth you want doesn't exist.

--> But I still want to satisfy you.\\
Because it's all my fault.

[[folder:Tatarigoroshi-hen]]
--> The frog in the well was happy.\\
Because he wasn't interested in the outside world.

--> The frog in the well was happy.\\
Because he didn't have anything to do with the outside world.

--> And you were happy, too.\\
Because you didn't know what happened outside the well.

[[folder:Himatsubushi-hen]]
--> Who's the suspect?\\
The story is about finding that out, right?

--> Who's the suspect?\\
Do you know what the suspect did in the first place?

--> Who's the suspect?\\
Who's the suspect that's going to kill me?

[[folder:Meakashi-hen]]
--> She dropped her beads in the sand. So the girl cried.\\
For one hundred years, she searched the sands.

--> They might be in the ocean, not in the sand. So the girl cried.\\
For one hundred years, she searched to ocean.

--> They might be in the mountains, not the ocean. So the girl cried.\\
[[{{Foreshadowing}} How many years will pass before the girl wonders if she really dropped them?]]

[[folder:Tsumihoroboshi-hen]]
--> The first time, I would try harder to avoid\\
the inevitable tragedy.

--> The second time, I would be disgusted by\\
the inevitable tragedy.

--> The third time, my disgust would turn to anguish.\\
The seventh time, I'd be laughing by then.

[[folder:Minagoroshi-hen]]

--> I wanted to know what's outside the well.\\
So I tried to claw my way up from there.

--> I wanted to know what's outside the well.\\
So I continued to climb even when I fell and injured myself.

--> I finally realize.\\
The higher I climb, the more pain I feel when I fall.

--> When my curiosity toward the world and my pain became equal...\\
I finally understood the meaning of the frog in the well.

--> Please tell me what happened this night.\\
This is like [[UsefulNotes/SchrodingersCat a box with a cat inside.]]

--> Please tell me what happened this night.\\
I don't even know if the cat is alive or dead inside the box.

--> Please tell me what happened this night.\\
The cat in the box is dead.

--> What's outside the well?\\
Is it worth fighting for?

--> What's outside the well?\\
Is it worth getting hurt for?

--> What's outside the well?\\
I'm going to fight and get hurt to find out.

--> I'm sure what's waiting is a beautiful world.\\
Even if I get to the bottom of the well again.

--> The key to the new world is my willingness to get out of here.\\
Even if I get out or not,\\
I will eventually get to the new world...

[[folder:Matsuribayashi-hen]]

--> Everyone is entitled to happiness.\\
The difficult part is accepting that.

--> Everyone is entitled to happiness.\\
The difficult part is fulfilling that.

--> I, too, am entitled to happiness.\\
The difficult part is working out a compromise.

--> Because from now on,\\
I'm going to live a much, much happier life.

--> I'm not going to compromise with just this.\\
We'll retrieve all the happiness we missed.

--> 100 years worth for me.\\
1000 years worth for you.

!Poems by Frederica Bernkastel ([=Yen Press=] Manga Translation):

[[folder:Abducted By Demons Arc:]]
[[AC:Onikakushi-hen A]]

--> Please don't be sad.\\
Even if the world doesn't forgive you, I will forgive you.

--> Please don't be sad.\\
Even if you don't forgive the world, I will forgive you.

--> So please tell me.\\
What should I do so that you'll forgive me?

[[AC:Onikakushi-hen B]]

--> Do you know wherein lies the sin?\\
It wasn't in partaking of the fruit of the tree.

--> Do you know wherein lies the sin?\\
It wasn't lending an ear to the serpent's enticements.

--> Do you still not know wherein lies the sin?\\
Therein lies your sin.

[[folder:Cotton Drifting Arc]]
--> I cannot quench your thirst.\\
Because you who want the truth will not acknowledge it.

--> I cannot quench your thirst.\\
Because the truth you hope for doesn't exist.

--> Even so, I want to quench your thirst.\\
Because I am the one who left you in the desert.

[[folder:Curse Killing Arc]]
--> I was the most unhappy.\\
Because I knew that this maze had no exit.

--> He was the next most unhappy.\\
Because he didn't know that this maze had no exit.

--> The other masses weren't unhappy.\\
Because they didn't even know that they were in a maze.

[[folder:Time Killing Arc]]
[[AC:Himatsubushi-hen A]][[labelnote:†]] In this poem, Bernkastel wonders if she will gain a ''kishi'' (きし) – a knight (騎士) or a bank (岸) – that will save her, or the opposite, a ''shiki'' (しき), time of death.[[/labelnote]]

--> What is it that I seek?\\
Perhaps a knight from a far-off land.

--> What is it that I seek?\\
Perhaps a bank to help me crawl out of the eternal swamp.

--> I seek but one thing: will I gain a timely rescue, or a time of death.\\

[[AC:Himatsubushi-hen B]]

--> Who is the culprit you ask?\\
Obviously the point of this story is to find that out

--> Who is the suspect, you ask?\\
Do you even know what crime is?

--> Who is the culprit?\\
Who is the culprit who will kill me!?

[[folder:Eye Opening Arc]]
--> "I dropped her beads in the sand", the girl cried.\\
The girl searched the desert for a hundred years.

--> "Maybe I didn't drop them in the desert, but in the ocean", the girl wept.\\
The girl searched the seafloor for a hundred years.

--> "Maybe I didn't drop them in the ocean, but in the mountains", the girl wept.\\
[[{{Foreshadowing}} How many years will it be before the girl questions whether she really dropped them at all?]]

[[folder:Atonement Arc]]
--> The first time,I think to myself, Well it's only this once.\\
The tragedy I couldn't avoid.

--> The second time, I am shocked that it happened again.\\
The tragedy I couldn't avoid.

--> The third time, it goes beyond shock to agony.\\
Once it reaches seven, it starts to become a comedy

[[folder:Massacre Arc]]

--> I wished to know the world outside the well.\\
So I crawled up from the bottom of the well.

--> I wished to know the world outside the well.\\
So I climbed on, no matter how many times I slipped and fell hard on my back.

--> But I realized.\\
The more I climb, the farther I fall, and the more it hurts.

--> When my interest in the outside world matched the pain in my whole body.\\
I finally understood the words of the Frog Prince.

--> Please tell me what happened on this night.\\
If I must describe it, I'd have to say it's like [[UsefulNotes/SchrodingersCat a box with a cat tucked inside.]]

--> Please tell me what happened on this night.\\
As long as it's possible, no one knows if the cat in the box is alive or dead.

--> Please tell me what happened on this night.\\
The cat in the box was dead.

--> What kind of world waits outside the well?\\
Is it worth the suffering that I must pay to find out?

--> What kind of world waits outside the well?\\
Is it alluring enough to risk falling again and again to get there?

--> What kind of world waits outside the well?\\
I will try to find out and enjoy the pain of my falls.

--> After all of that, it's sure to be a wonderful world..\\
Even if it turns out to be the bottom of the well.

--> The resolve to see the world outside of the well is the key to a new world.\\
Whether I escape the well or not,\\
I know I'll make it to a new world...

[[folder:Festival Accompanying Arc]]

--> Everyone has the right to live in happiness.\\
The hard part is accepting it.

--> Everyone has the right to live in happiness.\\
The hard part is acting on it.

--> Even I have the right to live in happiness.\\
The hard part is the compromise.

--> We will take back all the happiness\\
from then till now.

--> A hundred years of happiness for me.\\
And a thousand years for you.

[[folder:Dice Killing Arc]]
[[AC:Saikoroshi-hen A]]

--> Bread fell down from heaven.\\
Some lamented loudly that the bread was not meat.

--> Meat fell down from heaven.\\
Some lamented loudly that they preferred the bread.

--> God came down from the heaven.\\
He will make water fall down for a time\\
until everyone knows what will make them happy.

[[AC:Saikoroshi-hen B]]

--> Long, long ago\\
in the days when gods appeared to men...

--> Bread fell down from heaven.\\
Some lamented loudly that the bread was not meat.

--> Meat fell down from heaven.\\
Some lamented loudly that they preferred the bread.

--> God came down from the heaven.\\
He will make water fall down for a time\\
until everyone knows what will make them happy.

--> Rain fell down from heaven.\\
Everyone lamented loudly that their clothing became wet.

--> Flames fell down from heaven.\\
Everyone lamented loudly that their houses had been burned.

--> God came down from heaven.\\
He will make nothing fall from heaven\\
until everyone knows what will make them happy.

--> Nothing fell down from heaven.\\
Some lamented loudly that God had forsaken them.

--> All manners of things fell down from heaven.\\
Some lamented loudly that God should be more selective in what he sent.

--> Boulders rained down from heaven.\\
Now the lamentations finally ceased.

--> Rain fell down from heaven.\\
Passing travelers expressed their gratitude.

--> "God, we thank thee for the unexpected weather.\\
Now we can carry on our long journey and enjoy the break from the monotony."

--> God saw them off without a word.

--> As it should be. Gods and dice are best when silent.

[[/folder]]

* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: Geneon licensed and had the thing dubbed (with Bang Zoom!). When Geneon stopped its DVD operations, it had only released a couple volumes of ''Higurashi'' before they partnered with Creator/FUNimation to finish their releases. When Geneon's license expired, so did Creator/FUNimation's. The show sold decently, but not enough for Creator/FUNimation to dub or release any further seasons.
** There is hope though. Sentai Filmworks recently rescued RozenMaiden (which Creator/FUNimation also distributed for Geneon), and had the English dub finished with the original Bang Zoom! voice cast. Since Rozen's fate was nearly identical to Higurashi's, there is speculation that Higurashi may be rescued afterall.
** Sentai also recently rescued ''LightNovel/TheFamiliarOfZero'', and it will be released on DVD, with no dub. That's gonna be more hope for Higurashi.

[[folder:Onikakushi-hen:]]

[[folder:Watanagashi-hen]]

[[folder:Tatarigoroshi-hen]]

[[folder:Himatsubushi-hen]]
[[AC:Himatsubushi-hen A]][[labelnote:*]] In this poem Bernkastel wonders if she will gain a ''kishi'' (きし) - a knight (騎士) or a bank (岸)- that will save her, or the opposite, a ''shiki'' (しき), time of death.[[/labelnote]]

[[folder:Meakashi-hen]]

[[folder:Tsumihoroboshi-hen]]

[[folder:Minagoroshi-hen]]

[[folder:Matsuribayashi-hen]]

[[folder:Saikoroshi-hen]]

[[/folder]]

** [[Creator/MeganHollingshead Shmion]] is the [[VideoGame/{{DawnOfWar}} Eldar Autrach from Retribution]] and [[Manga/{{Bleach}} Yoruichi]]

* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: Geneon licensed and had the thing dubbed (with Bang Zoom!). When Geneon stopped its DVD operations, it had only released a couple volumes of ''Higurashi'' before they partnered with FUNimation to finish their releases. When Geneon's license expired, so did FUNimation's. The show sold decently, but not enough for FUNimation to dub or release any further seasons.
** There is hope though. Sentai Filmworks recently rescued RozenMaiden (which FUNimation also distributed for Geneon), and had the English dub finished with the original Bang Zoom! voice cast. Since Rozen's fate was nearly identical to Higurashi's, there is speculation that Higurashi may be rescued afterall.

** Sentai also recently rescued ZeroNoTsukaima, and it will be released on DVD, with no dub. That's gonna be more hope for Higurashi.

** [[MeganHollingshead Shmion]] is the [[VideoGame/{{DawnOfWar}} Eldar Autrach from Retribution]] and [[Manga/{{Bleach}} Yoruichi]]

* TalkingToHimself: Creator/SatsukiYukino voices both the Sonozaki twins in the original Japanese, and MeganHollingshead does the same for the English dub of the anime.