The 58th year of Shouwa, early summer. It’s June, and the summer heat has arrived earlier than it does most years. By day there are crickets, and by night there are cicadas. We’re in Hinamizawa, a small village in the countryside.
There are fewer than two thousand people here. But every year, there is an event.
This event is a mysterious death. On a certain day in June, someone dies, and someone else goes missing. The series of deaths is connected to the upheaval surrounding the dam construction project. A murder case that was covered up is being reenacted. Is it a conspiracy? A coincidence? Or perhaps a curse? Someone who was supposed to be there isn’t.
Someone who wasn’t supposed to be there is. Someone who was alive last night is dead now. And someone who is here right now isn’t alive. So, there is no way to avert tragedy. There is no choice but to give up.
But don’t give up. Only you can stand up to this.
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That are the first 4 chapters and they are all included in the Higurashi – When They Cry ( Chapters 1-4 ) post on the download list. The ones called Higurashi When They Cry Hou and posted separately are actually the same 4 chapters but with a new translation and updated art.
After that comes Meakashi Ch.5, Tsumihoroboshi Ch.6, Minagoroshi Ch.7 and Matsuribayashi Ch.8. Sometimes soon they too will get a version with updated art so you can wait for it or just us a patch that adds the PS2 art which if you ask me is better then the new art. To get the PS2 art and music patch just google Higurashi tweak and look at the wiki page.
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