Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Sotsu

Anime with protagonists that aren't heroes nor are they anti heroes. They are straight up villains who do terrible things.

list of psychological, strange and experimental anime.

This list has a part 1: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/3795

One of the famous classic and popular seiyuus in Japan, and one of my main favorites. They formed a unit named, "Yamato Nadeshiko", in which they produced their singles. The two young maidens are actually best friends, affiliated to each other and at the same time, they are usually together in joining an anime. Their roles are best friends too! Is it just a coincidence? This is my collection of Yui Horie and Yukari Tamura's best joint animes!

Sequels that had a considerably worse reception than the first/previous seasons.

The most common causes is continuing a story that fans considered completed or a bad/rushed adaptation.

Not including reboots/remakes/alternative versions.
Not including airing seasons nor seasons from less than 2 seasons old after airing.
Not adding sequels that had a score higher than its direct prequel, no matter if its score is lower than the first season, for example:

S1: 8.5 S2: 7.4 S3: 7.6
In this case I won't add the third season.
Not adding inter-season OVAs either but adding sequel specials meant as finale.

This is NOT based on my personal opinion although I might leave it here but it won't have any influence on the scale.
This list is MAL's score-based.
With "best" season I refer to the season with the highest score.
Difference must be more than 0.50 points unless next season of a previous one that was put here has a lower score of more than 0.1

This interest stack aims to compile all available When They Cry anime titles on MyAnimeList ordered according to the release date of each title's respective first episode and to provide a watch order for those new to the series. There are two main titles that fit this criteria: Higurashi no Naku Koro ni (officially titled in English as "When They Cry") and Umineko no Naku Koro ni (officially titled in English as "Umineko: When They Cry"). Henceforth these titles will be referred to as simply Higurashi and Umineko respectively.


~~~~~AT A GLANCE~~~~~
There are two main titles: Higurashi and Umineko. In this watch guide, Higurashi will be split into two different series: The main series and the sequel series. The difference between these two series' is that the main series begins and concludes the original story as it was intended and the sequel series is simply a sequel to that story, taking place afterwards.

As for the watch order, it is strongly advised that anyone should start with Higurashi's main series. After that, they may watch Umineko and/or Higurashi's sequel series, in either order. Although one does not explicitly need to watch Higurashi at any point to watch Umineko, since Umineko frequently references Higurashi in ways that go further than simple fanservice (and since both series carry a strikingly similar appeal), I personally say that anyone interested in Umineko should first consider watching Higurashi's main series.

It is also worth noting that these titles were adapted from visual novels, and not always will people agree that the animes are even worth looking into at all. I however have seen both animes, read both mangas, and read both visual novels. My take is as follows:
In both the case of Higurashi and Umineko, the visual novels are best and the manga are great, too. Higurashi has a great anime adaptation while Umineko has a poor anime adaptation. So pick the adaptation you please, but it's best to avoid the anime adaptation of Umineko.


~~~~~WHAT YOU MUST KNOW~~~~~
Regarding Higurashi's Main Series:
-This begins and concludes the original story as it was intended.
-This is the first chronological series relative to all else.
-While I will list Rei as part of the main series, it does adapt a fandisc and is technically not necessary to watch, but it is a good idea to give it a watch before proceeding elsewhere.

Regarding Umineko:
-Umineko occurs in the same Universe as Higurashi, though it is best viewed as an independent series
-Umineko implicitly spoils Higurashi and references it multiple times so it is strongly advised to watch after Higurashi.
-You do not need to watch Higurashi to watch Umineko and neither do you need to watch Umineko to watch Higurashi.
-Umineko's anime adaptation only covers the first half of the series and thus has yet to receive a conclusion outside of other adapted media. It's visual novels and manga have been officially licensed in English and both are complete.

Regarding Higurashi's Sequel Series:
-Higurashi's sequel series begins after the main series with its own original, independent conflict.
-Despite popular misconceptions, the sequel series is indeed a sequel to the main series. You must have experienced the main series before experiencing the sequel series.
-The sequel series is not based on a visual novel or otherwise. Both the manga and anime were aired/published simultaneously.
-The sequel series is largely regarded as undesirable (a sentiment I share). You can just go ahead and skip this series altogether in the same way you might skip the new Star Wars trilogy. Alternatively, you may wish to check out the manga as it is to receive an original ending and has thus far garnered a more positive reception than its anime counterpart, though it has not concluded as of yet.

Regarding Additional Content:
-Additional content is content deemed unnecessary to watch.
-Additional content is not cannon within any non-additional content.
-Additional content is not cannon within any other additional content.


~~~~~WATCH ORDER WITHOUT ADDITIONAL CONTENT~~~~~
Higurashi's Main Series:
-Higurashi no Naku Koro ni
-Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Kai
-Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Rei

Umineko:
-Umineko no Naku Koro ni

Higurashi's Sequel Series:
-Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Gou
-Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Sotsu


~~~~~WATCH ORDER WITH ADDITIONAL CONTENT~~~~~
Higurashi's Main Series:
-Higurashi no Naku Koro ni
-Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Special: Nekogoroshi-hen
-Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Kai
-Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Kai Specials
-Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Rei
-Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Kira
-Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Kaku: Outbreak

Umineko:
-Umineko no Naku Koro ni
-Umineko no Naku Koro ni Specials

Higurashi's Sequel Series:
-Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Gou
-Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Sotsu



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characters that are hinted at to have romantic feelings, even sometimes saying "i love you" to another, yet still aren't canonically shown as a couple

All these anime's include very shippable characters who mostly have no other person in the anime you could possibly ship them with. This is a marketing ploy because this makes anime/ships very popular as well as being apart of the lgbtqia+ community is not openly embraced by any Asian media. A lot of these anime's has novels, manga chps, side manga, official art, and drama cds that are very suggestive or downright very gay. They have all have very suggestive scenes in the animes as well including op, ed, end credits that are very fruity.

disclaimer: Includes anime with non-canon couples, non canon lgbt but all animes are gay coded in a way that queer people recognize. Also most have anime with canon lgbtqia+ characters

(Keyword : shonen-ai, shounen-ai, BL, boys love, gay, gay-bait,
fujoshi, queer-bait, fudanshi, josei)

Series that do not stick to the 10-13 or 22-28 or 36-43 or 47-53 chapter rule. Not including longer anime nor OVA/ONAs nor less than 6 episodes.

if i had a nickle for every neon-girly-yuri-bait-edgy-poorly-adapted-"horror"-anime id have 6 nickles. which isnt alot but its weird it happened 6 times

(school-live is good imo)

Challenge: Can you watch all the following anime without losing brain cells?
Stay away!!! Reasons why they are bad or underwhelming: Bad animation, bad story, summary of previous seasons as whole episodes, bad endings, unrelated to source material, rushed plot or no continuation of previous plot. Every anime in this list suffers from at least one of the above problems.

Apenas uma lista de apostas com animes que eu acho que possam ser dublados futuramente em Português Brasileiro, seja por popularidade ou intuição minha.

Animes with the horror, paranormal and supernatural genres.

This stack is not my opinion just what have seen on the internet. There are probably some i missed

1. Higurashi no Naku Koro ni (2006)
2. Higurashi no Naku Koro ni: Nekogoroshi-hen (OVA, 2007)
3. Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Kai (2007)
4. Higurashi no Naku Koro ni: Rei (2009)
5. Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Kira (2011–12)
6. Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Kaku: Outbreak (OVA, 2013)
7. Higurashi: When They Cry – Gou (2020–21)
8. Higurashi: When They Cry – Sotsu (2021)

These are animes about 50 episodes or above only not below that.