Alternative TitlesEnglish: When They Cry Synonyms: The Moment the Cicadas Cry Japanese: ひぐらしのなく頃に
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Type: TV
Episodes: 26
Status: Finished Airing
Aired: Apr 5, 2006 to Sep 27, 2006
Duration:
24 min. per episode Rating:
R - 17+ (violence & profanity)
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SynopsisAfter moving into the quiet town of Hinamizawa, Maebara Keiichi spends his days blissfully in school often playing games with his local friends. However, appearances can be deceiving. One fateful day, Keiichi stumbles upon news of a murder that had occurred in Hinamizawa. From this point on, horrific events unfold in front of Keiichi, as he soon learns his close friends may not be all that they seem. Based on the amateur mystery game by 7th Expansion, the story is told in a series of different scenarios. |
Related AnimeAdaptation: Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Onikakushi-hen, Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Tatarigoroshi-hen, Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Himatsubushi-hen, Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Kai Meakashi-hen, Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Kai Tsumihoroboshi-hen Sequel: Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Kai Side story: Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Special: Nekogoroshi-Hen
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Ceptryn
250 of 308 people found this review helpful
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26 of 26 episodes seen
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10 |
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Watching Higurshi is like locking a group of happy people in a test chamber, only coming back to find they've hacked each other into a bloody mess. Its horrific, its shocking, and yet a part of you, cannot help but wonder, how did it happen?
The curiosity takes over... and so you repeat the experiment, knowing full well that those cute looking teenagers you just sent are going to end up as bloody pulps. But hey, at least each time they die, you're one step closer to figuring out why they died, it's all good.
Higurashi essentially places you in the role of the scientist. It divides itself into several arcs, each of which begin exactly the same. A teenager moves into a remote countryside village, and befriends a group of sweet fangirls that could have come out right from a harem rom/com. Then, explicably, thing go wrong... very wrong.
The pacing is excellent, the suspence pulpable. You know terrible things are going to happen, but you don't know exactly what. Higurashi would appeal to two types of people. The maglomanics who cackle madly in seeing a happy community descend into the depth of oblivion, and the curious scientist who watched each arc with intense interest... for they want to know exact *why* everything goes wrong (though they can also cackle madly just a little).
The true draw of Higurashi is the mystery. The series will leave you guessing, postulating all manner of reasons why the sweetest girl in the class is now butchering every child in sight with a giant cleaver. Each experiment you run (arc you see) reveals a few more clues, and you formulate a new theory, only to find it shattered by another totally unexpected horror in the very same arc. The beauty of Higurashi is that a mystery of such grand scale, every detail is meticulous, and while every bloody event seems random at first, they all eventually fall into place
Not only are the characters are memorable, and filled with interesting secrets, and unlike school days, they're actually also extreme likeable. This is no small achievements, given that they're portrayed doing everything from ripping nails of off each other to nailing 9 year girls on a cross.
Higurashi is really the pinnacle of a dark mystery. You'll start off the mad scientist, watching those innocents in the test chamber with morbid curiosity. Yet, slowly, that morbid curiosity will be transformed into sympathy, and as you fall in love these victims, that initial curiosity will into turn a genuine desire to figure out whats going on so that they can be saved.
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As always, I welcome feedback!
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Llama_Guy
88 of 116 people found this review helpful
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26 of 26 episodes seen
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9 |
| Story |
9 |
| Animation |
8 |
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9 |
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This show is suspenseful, dramatic, creepy, confusing (in a good way), and it's got some good horror.
The storyline follows a small group of friends who live in a village called Hinamizawa. Not all seems be like it should be here, though...
The characters are pretty interesting, to say the least, and they're pretty well "built up". It's pretty obvious that they're a bit crazy at some point, depending on which story arc you're watching.
The story is pretty good, because it leaves you guessing all the time, and even though it may seem a bit confusing at first, don't be discouraged; you start to understand as you watch more of it.
The animation is pretty cool, but also kind of lame, especially their facial expressions at times. It's a pretty mediocre result, really.
All in all, this is a really good show, but it has its flaws. As long as you can tolerate some confusion and bloody murdering, you're gonna like this show.
To 'Not Helpful' voters (and you 'Helpful' voters too): Feedback greatly appreciated =)
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Both have dark/creepy subject matter, violence, and tend to start episodes happy so they can fake you out for the batshit crazy ending. Basically if you've seen Higurashi, you'll probably like Elfen Lied more than that. It doesn't quite work in reverse though, because Elfen Lied's plot is more cohesive than Higurashi's, so if you saw Elfen Lied first, Higurashi might not be your thing. Both are very enjoyable in their own ways though.
Horror, cute psycho girls.
Crazy females, Blood and violence, good story.
both have a similar cuteness meets brutality feel to them, EL is far more brutal, however Higurashi is far more frightening.
This series is brutal and cute in some aspect just like Elfen lied, however there are many twists and a creepiness to this anime. If you enjoy bloodshed, violence, cute anime girls (not as innocent as they look) and something to make you think, this is the anime for you!
Horror, Supernatural & a lot of bloodshed (neither recommended to be watched past midnight) *shiver*
Both of these series pull at your emotions at times, yet also include terribly violent acts committed by girls that aren't even adults. Basically, you get the blood and the tears in both of these series.
Both have incredibly cute girls who like to kill people. They also have main protagonists who have absolutely no idea what's going on.
They both keep you in suspense and their horror genre is awesome. It's pretty gorey.
Appearance is deceiving; deranged characters. Both involves gory serial murders. If you wish for a nightmare at night, watch Higurashi.
well its because their both horror anime and they have lots of blood and stuff in them..*i sugest not watching both with all lights out at night on halloween unless you watn bad dreams* and their both very good ^^
they are both with gory scenes and both guys got involved in all the fights and dramas and both are surrounded with girls.
Both animes have an interesting storyline full of blood and gore. ^^
Both have an extremely complex plot and theme, both are frightening (Higurashi moreso) both have epicly cute girls too ^_^, both are 10's in my book.
Blood... check!! Violence... check!!! Demon killer loli-type girls?? CHECK!!!
They're both scary Anime... Elfen Lied has more of a sci-fi feel and Higurashi has more of a supernatural feel... but they're two of the most violent Anime that you will ever see!!
Two great Anime... that aren't for squeamish people ^_^
Cute characters engaged in bloody acts of violence, torture and death: both Elfen Lied and Higurashi deal with children turned vicious killers and victims of sheer brutality. Yet these series, as disturbing as they get, have a message of hope amidst the chaos. Higurashi's plot is a challenge while Elfen Lied is more straight forward; both are inspired by hauntingly pervasive soundtracks and are not for the faint of heart.
Blood, cute girls and some more...
You must watch both series
They are both flipped out and both very good not really much to say besides both are 10/10 IMO
They both have plenty of violence and gore, which reminded me of the other. Although Higurashi has more of a creepy vibe to it rather than violence. They both have well developed characters that make you feel sympathic and disguested at the same time.
Both are very violent, and have children as the main characters. Personalities are pretty similar, and both can switch from very cute to very dark almost instantly.
Both are extremely violent and gorey
Blood drama and psyhology, horror. If you like to turn your brains on, you'll like it ;)
Although Higurashi leans more towards character tension, while Elfen Lied relies on shock value: Both are bloody, scary, and suspenseful.
Both series also have bipolar moments where they completely switch genres and look "innocent".
both of these great animes contain alot of blood and gore
Both shows seem to focus on the dramatic switch from sweet, likable characters to chaos and murder. These are both shows where the cast is shown throughout to be sweet and nice, as in any other normal anime, only to have terrible things happen in their lives. That particular duality is often hard to find, so if you enjoyed Elfen Lied, you'll likely enjoy Higurashi no Naku Koro ni.
Both anime are often scary. In both animes story is very mysterious and intresting.
While both appear to be a simple, moe/bishojo on the surface, they reveal rather complex stories very quickly. I suppose the violence/gore is what links the two in my mind and lead to this rec, but while Elfen typically gets the nod from the reviewers, I feel Higurashi is the more complex of the two by a wide margin. That, and creepy little girls never go out of fashion in Nihon... Most of you have given Elfen the time, now show Higurashi some love!
There's a lot of gore in both but beyond that there's a lot of psychological depth in each if you're into that.
cuteness VS killing. both very good but i recommend higurashi.
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This series is brutal and cute just like higurashi,Both are very violent,have children as the main characters and Both involves serial murders.
If you want to see more mysterious events and some confuse scenes, Higurashi is a must!
Both of these anime series Show Unexplained Mysteries and the ones involves are students who also goes into the same School aslo these anime series are both classfied as horror,Mystey,supense Thriler,for Those anime Fans Who like watching anime Series That will make them think as they watch each episode,will surely like anime Chaos Head because the anime chaos Head can offer the exciment Mystery and Horror they would like to see
Both Chaos Head and Higurashi focus on a young man's life being flipped upside when he discovers a murder. Takumi's paranoia reflects Keiichi's own during Onikakushi-hen. Both boys are also surrounded by girls who they have trouble trusting after their life-changing discoveries. The chains of deaths around them lead them to shrink from the people they were, seeing the murderous sides of the girls before them and then their sweeter sides in school. Both have the same genres and atmosphere around them.
Both are creepy, feature cute murdering girls, and have a lot of unexpected events. Both have the same feel.
Both have 1 guy with girls around him. Lots of blood and gore and unansered questions.
Both anime are about creepy girls killing people where the protagonist is paranoid and thinks they are trying to kill him. Similar feel except ChäoS;HEAd is set in a large city while Higurashi no Naku Koro ni is set in a rural village.
The entire series of Chaos;Head is basically a drawn out version of the "Onikakushi-hen" arc in Higurashi... just add superpowers.
Mysterious characters and an unexplained truth behind the psychotic and horrific events taking place...
Both base on game, Will make you think about stuff you'll never thought of, kinda same mood when they are at the major parts, and 1 guy alot of girls.
If you watch Higurashi no naku koro ni you would like to watch this,lots of goosebump in chaos head then in Higurashi no naku koro ni.
Both series promise murder and suspense, but where Chaos;Head fails to follow through, Higurashi delivers.
They both have a bunch of female chars and 1 main male char however the male char is the most important. Their are mysterious killings occuring and their is a cop trying to findout who is doing all the killings. Their is a supernatural sense to both of them. The male char is getting suspicious of all the female chars because the female chars give him an evil stare as if trying to kill him. Both contain blood and gore and evil lolis.
Paranoia, ilusions, misterious/suspicious girls, miths/urban legends.
Both have a male main character being stalked by a group of creepy girls.
If you liked one of these two then you'll definitely like the other one. Both are psychotic thrillers that will keep you hanging till the very end. Higurashi may be a bit more confusing but its still quite good. You'll enjoy both of them if you're a fan of horror, suspense, blood & gore. Plus a bit of supernatural in higurashi, but Chaos head has a bit more supernaturality
Both animes centered on a boy who sorrounded by a lot of beautiful girl. And also it's all about murder & mistery. Both of them adopted from Visual Novel.
A very interesting TVs, you can't understand everything fully to the end of it ^^
Full of blood and cute girls
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Opening Theme"Higurashi no Naku Koro ni" by Eiko Shimamiya
Ending Theme"Why,or why not" by Hiroyuki Oshima feat. Rekka Katakiri
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