Detective Mamoru Akasaka is used to catching criminals and solving fast-paced cases in Tokyo, but he has never imagined that his job would send him to the quiet village of Hinamizawa. Disguised as a tourist, Akasaka decides to take in the sights, all while gathering information for his true mission: to find a kidnapped child.

The dam construction project in Hinamizawa threatens to decimate the village, and a group of villagers has kidnapped the grandson of the Minister of Construction, holding him ransom in exchange for the project's cancellation. Akasaka must find the boy before things get too out of hand, all while trying to keep his cover. Taking place a few years before the main storyline of Higurashi, Himatsubushi-hen follows Akasaka as he navigates a village where enemies abound. However, he finds a friend in a young girl named Rika Furude, who knows far more than she should about their present situation, and about what might happen next…

The story of Higurashi no Naku Koro ni is divided into a total of eight chapters: four "Question" arcs and four "Answer" arcs. Each chapter keeps the same main characters, but ends in a different way. However, each chapter gives valuable answers, hints, and clues to the previous one, while at the same time bringing forth even more mysteries.

In the village of Hinamizawa, Keiichi Maebara and his friends live their everyday lives peacefully and without incident. Having just moved to the town, Keiichi finds himself with no shortage of new friends. One of the youngest of this group, Satoko Houjou, plays many pranks on her friends and is always cheerful. But behind her smile lies a dark past, filled with personal heartache.

Despite all of the tragedy in her life, Satoko is still able to find happiness. Keiichi, who admires her resilient spirit, begins to think of himself as a brother figure and her protector. But when her uncle Teppei returns to town, Satoko begins showing signs of abuse. Keiichi longs to return his friend to her former happy self… so much so, that he starts to consider doing something drastic to keep her safe.

When Keiichi Maebara moved to the small village of Hinamizawa, he did not expect to make friends so quickly. Now Keiichi's days are spent having fun and playing games with his new companions, and his life couldn't be better. However, one day he sees one of his friends, the tomboyish Mion Sonozaki, working at a maid café. Deciding to tease her about it, his initial joking quickly turns to shock as the girl reveals that she is actually Mion's twin sister, Shion.

As luck would have it, both girls want to spend the annual Cotton Drifting Festival by Keiichi's side. But when Shion breaks the town's sacred rules and sneaks into a sealed shrine during the festival, dragging Keiichi along with her, things take a turn for the worse. Now, Keiichi and Shion find themselves in fear of being spirited away due to their mistake and must find a way to atone before it is too late.

The story of Higurashi no Naku Koro ni is divided into a total of eight chapters: four "Question" arcs and four "Answer" arcs. Each chapter keeps the same main characters, but ends in a different way. However, each chapter gives valuable answers, hints, and clues to the previous one, while at the same time bringing forth even more mysteries.

The question arcs are:

- 1. [Higurashi no Naku Koro ni - Onikakushi-hen](https://mangadex.org/title/8975)
- 2. [Higurashi no Naku Koro ni - Watanagashi-hen](https://mangadex.org/title/2523)
- 3. [Higurashi no Naku Koro ni - Tatarigoroshi-hen](https://mangadex.org/title/2524)
- 4. [Higurashi no Naku Koro ni - Himatsubushi-hen](https://mangadex.org/title/2525)

The answer arcs are:

- 5. [Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Kai - Meakashi-hen](https://mangadex.org/title/2539)
- 6. [Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Kai - Tsumihoroboshi-hen](https://mangadex.org/title/2540)
- 7. [Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Kai - Minagoroshi-hen](https://mangadex.org/title/2582)
- 8. [Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Kai - Matsuribayashi-hen](https://mangadex.org/title/2602)

The side story arcs are:

- [Higurashi no Naku Koro ni - Onisarashi-hen](https://mangadex.org/titlea/2607)
- [Higurashi no Naku Koro ni - Yoigoshi-hen](https://mangadex.org/title/2622)
- [Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Kai - Utsutsukowashi-hen](https://mangadex.org/title/2616)
- [Higurashi no Naku Koro ni - Hirukowashi-hen](https://mangadex.org/title/2771)
- [Higurashi no Naku Koro ni - Kokoroiyashi-hen](https://mangadex.org/title/19298)
- [Higurashi no Naku Koro ni - Kataribanashi-hen](https://mangadex.org/title/2773)
- [Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Rei - Saikoroshi-hen](https://mangadex.org/title/23402)
- [Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Jan](https://mangadex.org/title/2772)

Taisho, year 12 (1923). A tragedy in Hinamizawa village changes the fate of a girl and her friends. The turbulent early life of Oryou, head of the Sonozaki family, one of the Three Great Families, who would later be feared and known as Empress Sonozaki.
The missing link to the original "Higurashi no Naku Koro ni" is now revealed.

Part of the Umineko When They Cry franchise. This side-story takes place outside the main story.

The story expands on the use of the Purple Declaration introduced by Bernkastel in Twilight of the Golden Witch. The Red Truth still applies in this game even though there are lesser than usual games. Knox's rules are stated in red to show that it is valid in this game.

Life couldn’t be better for Keiichi Maebara. Sure, he’s moved to a sleepy, little town where nothing happens and high school consists of a one-room schoolhouse — but his new friends and fellow students are all cute girls! When he happens upon a story about a grisly local murder, however, his contentment turns to uneasiness as he finds himself drawn into a web of silent intrigue that involves his newfound friends…and threatens his very existence.

Everyone is searching for a reason.

1949, Post-war Tokyo-As the Japanese become more of a minority in their own homeland, they continue to place their hope for the future in Primavera's hands. Alan and Keith have returned from war to find Tokyo very different from the one of their memories. Both may be maintaining high spirits, but they struggle to find their reason to keep fighting for a better future without being held back by bitterness. Will Primavera hold the answer for Alan and Keith, as well as the Japanese people?

A young woman's desperate flight from her would-be captors leads her directly into the path of Madam Rose--or, more accurately, Madam Rose's car. While the accident has delivered the girl from her pursers, the impact has left her with no memory of who she is. Now in the care of the Primavera family, "Rapunzel" has found a new home with the Wild Dogs, a trio of former street urchins in Wayne's employ. Bit by bit, "Zel" discovers more about her former self as she settles in with her new friends, even as relations between the Japanese and Chinese in District 23 become increasingly tense...

The "academy love suspense" story is about a "love harem game" set in a real academy that was promised to a boring boy. However, in this harem scenario, the heroines will start a bloody battle.

It's July 2016, and the Tadamura family gathers in the Hirasaka village for the funeral of the grandmother and head of the family: the young man Yukito, his step-sister Yue, his father Masashi, his uncles Nobuteru and Tsunemasa, and his cousins Terumi and Teruya, all come to pay their last respects.

But on that evening, Yue witnesses an incomprehensible scene: the grandmother's dead body starts to move and disappears into the night! The morning after, the family wakes up in a strange world, seemingly cut off from reality, where two suns shine…

This chapter focuses mostly on Battler's sister Ange, and her life twelve years after the massacre on Rokkenjima. The existence of magic is heavily implied in this chapter. Many new characters make their debut, such as Siesta 00, Gaap, and a number of humans. (Wikipedia)

Fall 1986...in Rokkenjima, a private island owned by Kinz? Ushiromiya, eleven of his relatives arrive for a family reunion. He is dying and children want nothing more than to split the wealth he will leave behind. But as a storm traps them on the island, the riddle of Rokkenjima's legendary golden witch begins to take the lives of several people. Who can solve the riddle and gain the gold & the inheritance? Will the golden witch truly revive? The story is divided into episodes: four "Question" arcs. Each episode keeps the same main characters, but ends in a different way. However, each episode gives valuable answers, hints, and clues to the previous one, while at the same time bringing forth even more mysteries.The question arcs are: Legend of the golden witch, Turn of the golden witch, Banquet of the golden witch, and Alliance of the golden witch.