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.

Higurashi.rar - 234.6 MB

190 comments

Zellrang15 Dec 2011Reply

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

Zellrang15 Dec 2011Reply

*the hell out of me

eragon2224 Dec 2011Reply

Hello,
can you please tell me were i can download the background and voice patches? i don´t see them anywere.

ren26 Dec 2011Reply

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 ;)

Anon29 Dec 2011Reply

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

Anon29 Dec 2011Reply

oh, but of course I love Higurashi anime, is my favorite anime but the VN is 10000 times better

xDarkness02 Aug 2012Reply

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...

MatsuoAkatsu19 Jan 2013Reply

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?

eragon01 Jan 2012Reply

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

VirusX24 Jan 2012Reply

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.

Datenshi26 Jan 2012Reply

Is there any MF/RS link you can update please =)
Thanks

Havok30 Jan 2012Reply

Stupid SOPA... Please update link!

JustAGuytryingtodownloadstuff05 Feb 2012Reply

^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.)

Hero Tanaka08 Feb 2012Reply

thanks for re-uploading them :D

JustAGuytryingToDownloadStuff08 Feb 2012Reply

Woohoo many thanks!!!

Rock2.114 Feb 2012Reply

does this version has any mini games or anything that u can actually chose?

Rock2.115 Feb 2012Reply

and nalso does this game have any event cg?
i'm only at the beginning but i didn't see any..

Keiichi16 Feb 2012Reply

Is this english or Japanese?

Yuumei16 Feb 2012Reply

admin... are there any cg patch on this? i mean.. the ps2 cg patch

Cyberworm09 Mar 2012Reply

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. :)

Mikz17 Mar 2012Reply

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 :P

gingin18 Mar 2012Reply

yo dawghz, get those other chapters fixed plx

utayo22 Mar 2012Reply

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.

Avenger24 Mar 2012Reply

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)

Cyberworm19 Apr 2012Reply

Thank you for posting the old links, they still seem to work. :)

Nancy21 Apr 2012Reply

Thanks very much! I was about to lose hope there XD

123430 Mar 2012Reply

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.

admin30 Mar 2012Reply

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.

123431 Mar 2012Reply

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!!

admin07 Apr 2012Reply

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.

123409 Apr 2012Reply

Thanks admin
<3 <3

123407 Apr 2012Reply

So people, any help?

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

Any solutions?

admin07 Apr 2012Reply

Yes, 4th chapter will show up once you finish first three.

123409 Apr 2012Reply

Thanks once again.

cryonics15 Apr 2012Reply

Hey admin just wanted to know when will chapters 5-8 be up? thanks ;]

zxasnm12516 Apr 2012Reply

They are up, the links are just wrong on the downloads page. Replace the 'â' with a hyphen in the URL, and the links work.

zxasnm12517 Apr 2012Reply

Not a hyphen, a '–'.

The Last Melody20 Apr 2012Reply

The links for the other chapters are dead ^_^

Duncan Idaho23 Apr 2012Reply

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

Duncan Idaho23 Apr 2012Reply

http://erogedownload.com/downloads/higurashi-%E2%80%93-when-they-cry-kai-meakashi/

http://erogedownload.com/downloads/higurashi-%E2%80%93-when-they-cry-kai-tsumihoroboshi/

http://erogedownload.com/downloads/higurashi-%E2%80%93-when-they-cry-kai-matsuribayashi/

http://erogedownload.com/downloads/higurashi-%E2%80%93-when-they-cry-kai-minagoroshi/

those are the download links for the other chapters, i found them to be fixed via google lol

ianmaru13 Jun 2012Reply

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 ^^

ianmaru13 Jun 2012Reply

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

Belnika27 Jun 2012Reply

is this for PC? thanks. BTW i'm new here.

Fiotok10 Jul 2012Reply

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?

Axyraandas19 Jul 2012Reply

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?

Devlogger11 Aug 2012Reply

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.

whispers199718 Aug 2012Reply

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...

whispers199718 Aug 2012Reply

lol sorry i JUST read some of the earlier comments.

Stuck07 Oct 2012Reply

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.