


Full of twists, turns, and unpleasant surprises, after watching this, you won't be able to close an eyelid for some time.

They'll be cute and bouncy for one moment, then murderous and psychotic the next. Yes, you'll have to deal with four creepy girls instead of one like a normal horror film would. With a cast of memorable and lively characters, you won't be able to watch this anime only once. If the blood won't get to you, the emotional tension will. What's best of all is the horror, both physical and psychological. There are four "question" arcs, consisting of four different viewpoints of the fateful Hinamizawa festival and two "answer" arcs (in the anime), which will reveal what went wrong in two of the question arcs. You'll be pulled, dragged, and unwillingly shoved into a head-spinning mystery that you wished never surfaced in the first place, fighting for your life against people you trusted, and digging through graves and lies in order to survive. The songs 'SideEffect' and 'Ascension' were used as the opening themes to the PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Vita versions of Higurashi no Naku Koro ni entitled Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Sui, while 'Hitotsu no Inochi' was used as the grand ending theme of the same game. But once you get into the meat of it, things aren't looking so rosy. SideEffect is a single by Kanako It, Ayane and Emi Uema. Higurashi was first brought into the world in the form several PC games, with the covers designed to look quite disarming so any person would think that this series was harmless. But, of course, there's always something horribly wrong. Higurashi no Naku Koro ni starts off in a quiet, peaceful little village that looks quite ordinary and amiable to anyone.
