Reviews

Higurashi no Naku Koro Ni is an excellent psychological horror/mystery anime. It starts off looking like your typical Harem anime with one male protagonist surrounded by a cast of female characters, but boy does that image change. Your first clue is when you start hearing about the mystery of the Hinamizawa dam project that ended in a violent murder. Keiichi, the male protagonist begins to wonder about this murder, so he attempts to seek information from his friends Rena and Mion. He begins to question the credibility of his friends, because they seem to be hiding the dark truth from him. Eventually, Keiichi comes to the conclusion that he is going to have to prepare for one hell of a fight against his friends. I will leave it at that, because I don't want to spoil anything. To be honest, you will probably be wondering what the hell just happened after the first four episodes. Well, you might be a little confused throughout the first season, as you will get more and more pieces to the puzzle throughout the series. This season has a total of six chapters or arcs where you will see different versions of a similar story. As each chapter progresses you will obtain more and more clues to the crisis of Hinamizawa. The second season definitely has more of a central story line, and will explain everything that had you wondering in the first season. The problem is that Funimation has not dubbed the second season, and nobody really seems to know if they ever will. I really hope that Funimation will licence and dub the second season of Higurashi because it is a fantastic season that will really clear up any confusion that you might have had about the first season. Overall, I really recommended this series, that is if you can stomach animated blood, gore, torture, and violence.