Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Meguri (Higurashi When They Cry: Meguri)

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Synonyms: Higurashi: When They Cry – Meguri

Japanese: ひぐらしのなく頃に巡

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Type: Manga

Volumes: 5

Chapters: 19

Status: Finished

Published: Oct 15, 2021 to Jan 26, 2024

Genres: Horror, Mystery, Supernatural, Suspense

Themes: Gore, Psychological

Serialization: Young Ace UP

Authors: Ryukishi07 (Story), Akase, Tomato (Art)

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Score: 7.41¹ (scored by 772 users)

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Ranked: #3877²

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Popularity: #9825

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Higurashi When They Cry? Meguri

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For a long time, Rika Furude never considered a life outside of the mountain village of Hinamizawa; spending every day with her friends seemed like it would be the best outcome she could ever hope for. However, a desire begins to stir in Rika's heart—one that she also wants her best friend, Satoko Houjou, to realize with her. Rika wishes to go to St. Lucia Academy, a prestigious school for well-to-do young ladies, something that is in direct contrast to the crying cicadas and rural nature of Hinamizawa. Satoko is hesitant, as she has never cared about studying, but after years of practice exams, both girls start their new lives at St. Lucia.

Rika's poise and graceful demeanor helps her fit in immediately at the new school, while Satoko struggles immensely. However, she was never really interested in adjusting—as long as she had Rika by her side. But when Rika befriends a group of refined young ladies, Satoko begins to feel isolated. Soon, her grades start to suffer, and the gap between the two friends continually widens until Satoko is at her breaking point. Left in a pit of despair, Satoko's desperation soon turns into something much darker, leading her to do the unthinkable.

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Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Meguri was published in English as Higurashi When They Cry: Meguri by Yen Press from January 23, 2024, to July 22, 2025.

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Jul 28, 2023

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Preliminary (16/19 eps)

OK, let's go. You're a fan of When They Cry, right? And decided to watch Gou/Sotsu thinking it would be a good experience. And then you felt that Sotsu gave very bad answers to Gou's problems, maybe because of Passione's budget limitation in the number of episodes, or because of bad choices in the characterization (or rather, mischaracterization) of all the characters.

And then you arrived here. And sees Akase Tomato simply solving everything satisfactorily. From delving into the original story to avoid the flaws of the animated Gou/Sotsu ensuring you recognize the characters (making tragedies much more painful while recreating expectations in an infinitely superior ...

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Higurashi Meguri is a manga exclusive series of arc which is the alternative answer arc for Higurashi Gou compared to the Anime only sequel series Higurashi Sotsu. It is by far the more accepted and liked version of the Answer Arcs for Higurashi Gou's Question Arcs due to Sotsu's general unpopularity, poor execution and not to mention the unfortunate character assassination of Satoko Houjou which hurts the first two seasons of Higurashi, as it kills the otherwise optimistic and good ending of the story while killing any sorts of closure Ryukishi07 had for Matsuribayashi (Festival Accompanying Arc). However, Meguri remedies this and provides a more ... enjoyable and far more closer experience to the original few arcs of Higurashi, while still giving you answers for Gou. This means that it is not necessary to endure Sotsu to begin or enjoy Meguri, this is a major upside to save you either a few hours and/or your enjoyment of the original 8 arcs and Gou.

Sotsu and Meguri share similar plot points and are quite similar, however it isn't an exact copy of Gou like Sotsu (granted it was from the perspective of Satoko/The Victim of Hinamizawa Syndrome). And because of this fresher take, I have to say I prefer Meguri overall compared to Sotsu because of the aforementioned newer story. Along with Meguri cutting out a lot of repeated scenes that Sotsu dragged you through an example of this being Satoko and Rika's time in St. Lucia's Academy which definitely could've been cut from Sotsu and saved a decent amount of time, which was featured to an extent in all of the Arcs in Sotsu.
Most of the arcs aren't necessarily notable on their own, besides the final arc Akarigurashi which is a major shake up and shows a less insane ending that Sotsu delivered. That being the Shounen battle between Rika and Satoko being replaced with a far more realistic ending which fits in far more with the original ending of Higurashi. I am at a loss of words at how to even begin to compare these two endings as they are so far separated in any sort of metric, but just take my word that the ending for Meguri while feeling a bit out of the blue is better than the far stranger and immersion breaking ending of Sotsu.

On the contrary, I do feel the size of Meguri is a contentious part of the manga as it can pretty much be binge read in less than an hour without engagement lost which means it doesn't really let you linger in it like the first two seasons of the Anime, the longer scrolls of the Manga adaption or the massive size of the original VNs. However, I would rather a shorter story like what we got compared to the more grueling length of Sotsu.

As of writing this review, I cannot say how the final chapter of the manga will end, I am very happy in the way that it is looking to conclude, but judging from how short the chapters are and the amount revealed already I am extremely happy with how this turned out.

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Well, akarigurashi is really really good, one hell of a solution for the whole gou/sotsu/ problem, but overall its still a pointless spin off to a problem that shouldn't be there to begin with.

I still hate how satoko became some crazy yandere bitch that is just not what she would do, she's rika best friend and the last person that would kill her.

Everything else is the exact same as the anime, so i wouldn't raise the score more than this, it doesnt change enough to make it worth an 8 or a 9, the original story is still perfect and there was no need ...

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