Higurashi – When They Cry

Higurashi - When They Cry

Higurashi no Naku Koro ni takes place during June 1983, at a fictional rural village called Hinamizawa (based on the village of Shirakawa, Gifu, a World Heritage Site),which has a population of approximately 2,000. The main character, Keiichi Maebara, moves to Hinamizawa and befriends his new classmates Rena Ryuugu, Mion Sonozaki, Rika Furude, and Satoko Hojo. Keiichi joins their after-school club activities, which consist mostly of card and board games (and punishment games for the loser, usually him.) Hinamizawa appears to be a normal, peaceful, rural village to Keiichi. However, the tranquility abruptly ends after the annual Watanagashi Festival, a celebration to commemorate and give thanks to the local god, Oyashiro. Keiichi learns that every year for the past four years, one person has been murdered and another has gone missing on the day of the Watanagashi Festival. Keiichi himself soon becomes drawn into the strange events surrounding the Watanagashi Festival and Oyashiro. In each story arc, he or one of his friends become paranoid, and a crime is committed. Usually, the crime involves the murder of one of their own friends. While it seems impossible to tell their delusions apart from the mystery of Hinamizawa, slowly the truth is revealed.

191 thoughts on “Higurashi – When They Cry”

  2. Can you tell me which chapter does this version cover? I’ve got the version with first 3 chapters, should I download it?

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        1. I see, but why the fileserve keep say my IP is currently downloading something when I didn’t
          Is it my internet or the files problem? T_T

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  3. –> Wei Yan .. Fileserve and Fileshare(or so my memory says the name of the other one is) only allows ONE download .. so you’ll have to wait for the current download to finish before being allowed to do another one ..

    Umm anyone .. is this game good .. I’m searching for a case solving Eroge .. I’m hoping this game has that feature since the overview gave me that impression ..

    Thanks and Good Luck ^_^

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    1. its not an eroge, but its really good if you want to work up your brains.
      im in the middle of solving higurashi too, but i’ve finished Umineko no naku koro ni [its the second game developed by Ryu 07, after higurashi] and i must say i am extremely pleased with Umineko 😀

      really love it to bits. im very satisfied with higurashi so far.

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  4. is this even an ecchi game? or is it about psyco murderers and crap?
    im playing it and ive seen nothing eroge yet at all

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    1. This is the download you’re looking for.
      This bundle contains chapters 1-4: Onikakushi, Watanagashi, Tatarigoroshi and Himatsubushi.

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  7. thx for having this i loved this series since i saw the amazing anime version its too bad that some chapters are exclusive to other systems

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  8. i have a question… is there any chance to get the voice patch for this game? every link i find is dead or removed.
    Admin, if you got the voices for this game, could you please upload them?

    thank you 🙂

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  11. (Sorry for my bad english)

    Mmmm… The site where I downloaded the eight chapters is broken. And… Uh… Well, if I can’t find them quickly, I’ll upload the novels by myself. Just wait. What server do you want? I will include PS2 graphics and THE ORIGINAL, BEAUTIFUL AND AWESOME MUSIC. ASLKDJASD. Not the crappy replaced BGM.

    These novels are the best of the best. The Higurashi anime is so fucking shitty as adaptation. SO. FUCKING. SHITTY. But as anime, it’s very very good~

    PS: A warning to you all, people. If you download the novels with the PS2 graphic patch already patched, it would be very problematic and buggy in the later part of Onikakushi. Download the patch and patch the novel by yourselves. Sorry again for my english.

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  12. No, the voice version is for PS2. The texts of that version aren’t in english, only japanese. There are original arcs (from the PC game) that don’t appear in the PS2 version (the voiced ver.), so these arcs would be without voices if I put a voice patch in the original games (the translated ones). The Matsuribayashi arc, for example, is only in the original novels, so it has no voice patch.

    Also, the original arcs that appear in the voiced version have some differences with the PC version, so the voices would not… uh… match the text and the situation often. Desynchronization and shit, all the time. There is a voice patch, I remember it… But it’s so “green” and has the problems that I said.

    And this is a novel. A novel, not a game. This is for reading, like a book, but with AWESOME music (the original music, my version includes it), backgrounds, and character sprites. The voices would be annoying, not letting you hear the AWESOME music. Specially in Kai arcs. If you want voices, only imagine it. You have watched the anime, you can imagine the voices. I really suggest you to read it without voices.

    Sorry for explaining too hard, I did it for people that know nothing about sound novels, not for you ^^u

    About my uploads, I’m… What’s the word? Agh, my english is terrible. I’m… Ah. I haven’t time to upload the novels now, but I’ll do it this week, that for sure. Wait a little, okay? I don’t want anyone to download a buggy version or that stupid version with replaced music and ugly sprites that is everywhere.

    I’ll come here in few days. See you!

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    1. Ah, thank you for the answer 🙂

      It´s just that i like voiced games better than the unvoiced. it adds more to the feeling (for example Rena´s USO DA! I love it.. xD). I would play this game anyway even if it had no voices (actually i did start already 😛 almost completed onikakushi-hen). i was just curious because i saw videos on youtube which contained voices and read about a voice patch..
      I already have my version fully patched with the better Sprites, backround and BGM, so only the voice patch would be missing. But if it´s that bad, i dont want to use it^^.

      thanks 😀

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      1. Agh, I always fail to reply a comment. Alkajdsd.

        However, I hope you enjoy Onikakushi-hen! ^^

        You’ll be surprised with Watanagashi-hen. Specially in the talk of Rena and Keiichi with “Mion” in her mansion. The true past of Hinamizawa is something that they censored in the anime, for its CREEPY references to the war… It’s really interesting, with Mion’s grandfather and all. And this arc (like all of them) does a great work making the reader feel exactly like Keiichi. You really can forget that “Mion” is Shion while reading, It’s awesome.

        But Tatarigoroshi-hen is the fucking best in the novels. A true masterpiece~

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  13. Oh, I see ^^

    I’m reading Himatsubushi right now. Akasaka FTW! But all the Mahjong thing with Ooishi is awful, I don’t understand what are they talking about D:

    I’ll upload the novels anyway, there are friends that wants them. Well, I want them to know Higurashi, so to speak xD

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  14. So far , I’ve downloaded Meakashi-hen (Cuz its my favorite) I just recently downloaded Chapters 1-4 , But keep getting some strange message when I open it up to its main menu! I need help ! D:

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  15. You know? Now I really regretted watching anime first. As I think that anime is so kick ass, It couldn’t compared to either manga or sound novel. But I will recommended this to my aunt for sure. She’s a big fan for mystery novel and Higurashi is truly a masterpiece!

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  16. Well, I finally decided to try and play these.

    Thank you, this makes it much easier to obtain them when they’re all in one.

    Too bad the second half isn’t, but at least I have a place to get them.

    HURRAY FOR CONVENIENCE!

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  17. GEHH~~ I hate this VN, it scared the hell every time X3~~~ at that just make me CAN’T STOP READING IT~~~ HELP~~~ I WANNA SLEEP~~ X3

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  19. can anyone tell me is there any difference between higurashi vn and the anime adaptation? like a bit of difference in storyline and stuff?
    i already downloaded this,but i also have a lot vn’s on my list to read. so depending on you guys answer,ill either read it next or put it on hold for a while..
    anyways,for sure,ill play this eventually,its something i can i cannot miss afterall 😉

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    1. there’s a massive amount of differences, the anime is a terrible adaptation, Higurashi is by far my favorite VN, but man.. in comparison the anime was awful.. they changed, censored and summarized (extremely poorly) everything

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        1. compared to an anime or manga the VN is most likely MOAR AWESOME.
          That’s for F/SN, Higurashi and I believe 90% of all the other VNs…

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          1. I’m watching the anime (the first series, since I’m now reading Minagoroshi-hen, the 6th chapter), and I think it’s still useful to watch it alongside the Novel, having some “graphic” tips. For example, in Onikakushi episodes, the man in the car who tried to hit Keiichi, and the men who attacked him after he escaped from Rena were wearing the same uniform.
            Just a coincidence?

  20. Hello everyone,
    can someone please tell me where i can find the links for the higurashi voice and background patches?

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  21. Excellent. I’ve been looking for a download for these for a long time.

    I’d also like to make a note of Higanbana no Saku Yoru Ni, the next Visual Novel series made by Ryushiki07. Should you ever find a download for a translated version, please make sure to put it on here.

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  24. ^This.
    Also if anyone could give proper explanation or a good link to download EVERYTHING related to this game, i’d be very grateful.
    Such a lovely series. (And i’ve only watched 7 eps of the anime yet,nothing else.)

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  31. Admin, sorry to bother you, but it seems like the second quartet of the chapters was not reuploaded in the process, as it sends me to a 404 error page. I apologize if this is an error on my part, I simply can’t find them.

    I also thank you from the bottom of my heart for (re)uploading all these fantastic novels, you are a truly good person to collect them all in one place. Thank you so much. 🙂

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  32. Cant anyone know why cant I save the game O_o
    Everytime I save it , quit and return to , it disappears >”<
    Sorry for my bad English 😛

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  34. Mr admin, if you mind, can you re upload sound patch and ps2 cg patch? As we know that fs link is dead.

    Thanks before.

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  35. Ok since the other chapter links still lead to 404s, here are the urls to the working ones:
    higurashi-%e2%80%93-when-they-cry-kai-meakashi/
    higurashi-%e2%80%93-when-they-cry-kai-tsumihoroboshi/
    higurashi-%e2%80%93-when-they-cry-kai-Minagoroshi/
    higurashi-%e2%80%93-when-they-cry-kai-Matsuribayashi/

    (place after the downloads/ in the url)

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  36. Uh, thanks for the download links, but I have a problem.

    These are supposed to be chapter 1,2,3 and 4 , right?
    Now there are 2 links, part 1 and part 2.

    How do I install them?
    If I install part 1, the program runs and shows 3 scenarios.
    one is onikakushi, a second one whose name I dont remember and the one which it says is the shortest…. in this order.

    there is no fourth scenario. How do I get that. Unpacking part 2 just replaces some files which i assumed would lead to data loss of parts 1,2,3 but the game ran and still showed scenarios 1,2,3 only(I did not delete the files which were not replaced during unpacking though)

    So, finally could someone tell the proper way to install this, along with parts 4-8.(also in 4-8, will I have to install them all in different folders and copy the same cg and music etc files to each of them, or is there way to have all the parts together in one folder).

    Thanks and sorry for the long rant, specific doubts give specific answers.

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    1. Oh, don’t confuse “archive parts” with “story parts”. This download contains all 4 story arcs (you need to complete first 3 to unlock 4th), but since filehosts allow only files up to 200MB size, whole game was split into two parts. You need to download both of them to play the game, but once you do, you get all 4 arcs in game.

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      1. Thanks for the reply Admin , you rock!!

        So how do I extract the archives?
        Is it done if I extract only part 1. My confusion is that both part 1 and 2 have files which have the same name (maybe winrar shows the files of part 2 in part 1 also).

        And does part 4 not even show up in the selection screen intil i complete the other parts.

        What about parts 5-8.Are they installed separately?

        Big thanks for the reply Admin. You are probably the only admin in the world who always reply to comments!!

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        1. Parts 5-8 come as separate games each. I’ll add links for them later for users convinience. For now you can check out main “downloads” page for them.

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  37. So people, any help?

    I am gonna finish tatigoroshi and don’t wanna be stuck without the 4 th arc.

    Any solutions?

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    1. They are up, the links are just wrong on the downloads page. Replace the ‘–’ with a hyphen in the URL, and the links work.

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    1. The links are not dead, they are broken, it seems the website cant link me to the other four chapters properly :/

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  41. Guuyzz HELP PLEAASEE!!
    I’ve downloaded this game, but after I successfully extracted it, the game doesn’t work! It just keeps ‘not responding’. I’ve tried to play it on other laptop with different OS, but the outcome is still the same. What happened actually? Please is there anyone can help me? please respond, thanks ^^

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  42. Oh NVM, I figure it out after I read the older comments here.
    I didn’t know it has to be moved from the flash disk to PC first to get it work. :p

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  44. I am wondering if this is a problem with my extractor, and where I could get one that works.
    I can download the files fine, but when I try to extract them the part1 stops half way through and says it can’t be extacted and part2 won’t extract at all.

    I was also wondering if you need the original game to use this patch?

    Any help please?

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    1. Use WinRAR and Daemon Tools. WinRAR for the extractor, and Daemon Tools to mount the .iso file, which’ll show an autorun. No, you don’t need the original game, since I just installed it with no problems. They just add a few tracks to the BGM and improve the graphics. Nothing essential. Where is this patch, anyways?

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      1. WinRaR works, and so does 7Zip. You don’t need to mount or install anything at all though, as far as I can tell; it works for me just by running the “higurashi.exe” file.

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  45. do you get to make choices in this vn or do you just click enter and watch the story….? Also is the second arc scary in the vn??? I’m waiting for my download…. it’s taking forever…

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  47. So I downloaded the game, works, but I can’t get past the selection page. I hit Start and then these things pop up, I click yes but the last one I click yes but it just keeps popping up and I can’t get past it.

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  48. The grammar is so bad, it gets on my nerves. It’s as if it was Google Translated, but I know it’s difficult to translate a Visual Novel. I just really loved the anime, and was a bit disappointed in the grammar here. The font is also pretty irritating, and I hate how you can’t adjust the size or color. I enjoy reading the VN version, though, it’s OK.

    I like the mystery the most, but I was also a bit disappointed in the absence of cutscene art. I was kind of looking forward to at least a bit of gore/blood.

    It’s interesting, but I was definitely expecting more. The drawings are also annoying, but I don’t want to get the PS2 patch, because the character’s seem to really lack expression. I want to be able to see their emotions…without the oversized hands.

    I’m in the middle of the 2nd timeloop, and I’ve noticed the second arc seems to have more difference from the anime than the first one. It’s a lot more interesting to read.

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    1. The grammar is so bad, it gets on my nerves. It’s as if it was Google Translated, but I know it’s difficult to translate a Visual Novel, so I don’t want to be too bothered by it. I just really loved the anime, and was a bit disappointed in the grammar here. The font is also pretty irritating, and I hate how you can’t adjust the size or color. I enjoy reading the VN version, though, and it’s OK.

      I like the mystery the most, but I was also a bit disappointed in the absence of cutscene art. I was kind of looking forward to at least a bit of gore/blood.

      It’s interesting, but I was definitely expecting more. The sprites also irritate me, but I don’t want to get the PS2 patch, because the sprites seem to really lack expression. I want to be able to see their emotions…without the poor anatomy.

      I’m in the middle of the second timeloop, and I’ve noticed the second arc seems to have more difference from the anime than the first one. It’s a lot more interesting to read.

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  50. I seem to not be able to download the games,it says that I can’t since its over 200 MB and the site says i’m not allowed.

    Help please?

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