#Higurashi no Naku Koro in Rei

[connan-l]

You know I'm actually very bitter they decided to give Rena a son instead of a daughter in Higurashi Reiwa.

I've talked a little about this before, but Rena's relationship with femininity and internalized misogyny is one of the most compelling aspects of her character to me. I’m not really sure if it was something that was entirely intended by Ryukishi, however Tsumihoroboshi still put a lot of focus on her perception of women and gender expectations particularly through her relationship to her mother and Rina; of having to perform femininity and incarnate the image of a perfect cute school girl if she wants to be truly happy and dismissing every parts of her that doens’t fit that image, all that in a way that definitely adds a very interesting layer to her character.

So the idea of her having to confront and challenge those deeply engrained ideas and prejudices once she’s an adult to raise her own daughter, especialy as a divorcee single mother, has sooo much cool potential. That would a lot more interesting and makes for a good conclusion to her character/arc too. Like sure you can make an argument there could be some stuff to do regarding this with her having a boy too, but I genuinely don’t think it’d be to the same extent.

(”But then Girl!Kihiro and Keitarou would have been way too much like the og Keiichi & Rena’s relationship--” well yeah, maybe then we could’ve given these kids actual proper personalities. Maybe we could’ve even had Keitarou be a girl too! Win-win) Also looking it up, even if it depends on the spelling of course it seems that ‘Kihiro’ is more common as a female given name, and I’m just aghhh, Ryukishi why! (There’s even this spelling I’ve seen with the characters ‘ki 希’ (hope) and ‘niji 虹’ (rainbow) (contrary to Kihiro’s actual spelling which is just ‘希比呂’ and the last two characters don’t mean much of anything) and it’s such a pretty name/meaning ;_; Let Kihiro be a girl with that name, come on--) 

(The only way I’d like the current canon would be if Kihiro is actually a trans girl buuuut I heavily doubt it dsgfdds)

Also, a bit unrelated but on the topic of Rena, I’m surprised so many people seems to have taken Rena divorcing and ending up as a single parent as a bad or mean-spirited thing, which... I mean, I can see why, but actually reading the manga I don’t think that’s the case at all?

Like, first of all divorce is not necessarily a bad thing! It can be, and yes in Rena’s case it was actively traumatic for her, but in Reiwa we’re explicitely told by Kihiro that it was a good and healthy thing for their family and that it actually improved things. They’re still in contact with the ex-husband/father and seems to have an okay relationship with him, and although we haven’t seen much of their family life Rena seems to be genuinely happy and at peace with her situation?

There’s a lot I dislike about Reiwa, but (at least for now, of course it could still change later on) Rena divorcing is really not one of them. Instead of seeing it as mean-spirited I genuinely think it feels more like Rena actually... reclaiming something bad that hurt her deeply in her childhood and turning into something positive, if that makes sense? The situation is very different from the one with her own parents, and yeah, I honestly like that. I’m hoping that imply she also maybe came to make peace with her fraught relationship with her mom and reached out to her half-sister too. (I also really like single mom Rena to be honest, especially given she’s the only one of the group who doesn’t conform to the Traditional Nuclear Family thing the others have going on, but that’s a personal preference here lol)

(....Even if yeah she still should have had a daughter I’m sorry--)

[let-it-ripperoni]

Would like to remind y'all I also love Higurashi. She's doing her biggest, happiest "Nippaahh!!". Rika deserves the world.

[cantheywinthehungergames]

Satoko Hojo, the teen one in Higurashi Gou (the only ver of her within the age range). has a talent for traps and pranks. restriction: no time looping

Name: Satoko Hojo

Age: 12-17 (pulled from certain media in the Higurashi series)

Restrictions: No use of time looping abilities (I never saw anything of the sort reading the wiki so I'm trusting the asker)

[magnusthehorseman]

[gabbyp09]

[satoshi-mochida]

Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Rei Gets 'Iro Tōtoshi-hen' Manga on June 20

Anime News Network Source

The July issue of Square Enix's Monthly Shonen Gangan magazine revealed on Monday that the Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Rei manga series will have a new manga titled Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Rei: Iro Tōtoshi-hen that will launch on Square Enix's Gangan Online manga website on June 20. Kei Natsumi, who will draw the new manga, posted a new illustration to celebrate the announcement on their Twitter account, and also noted that the manga is the "answer arc" for the earlier Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Rei manga.

[Twitter Link]

The manga is a sequel to two new manga in the Higurashi franchise titled Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Rei that launched in November 2021. Natsumi's Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Rei: Oni Okoshi-hen launched on Gangan Online, while Seigo Tokiya's Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Rei: Hoshi Watashi-hen launched in Square Enix's Monthly Big Gangan magazine. Oni Okoshi-hen ended in August 2022, while Hoshi Watashi-hen ended in September 2022. The second and final compiled book volumes for both manga shipped in November 2022.

Manga creator Tomato Akase launched a new manga titled Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Meguri (Higurashi: When They Cry – Meguri) in October 2021 on Kadokawa's Young Ace Up service. The manga is a new answer arc for the Higurashi: When They Cry – GOU series. The Higurashi: When They Cry – GOU anime premiered in October 2020, and the 24th and final episode aired in March 2021. Higurashi: When They Cry – SOTSU, the followup to the anime, premiered in July 2021 and aired for 15 episodes.

Asahi launched a new manga in the Higurashi franchise titled Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Oni in Futabasha's Monthly Action magazine in February 2022.

[aleksandr1507]

Keiichi and Shion :3

[lambdadeltaa]

at this point i would give a blood tribute for higurashi rei to be updated

[aleksandr1507]

When the Ponies Cry and Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Kai Opening🔥

[magnusthehorseman]

Frederica Bernkastel is born

[weeblmaodotcom]

[Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Rei] without context , Meme by Weeblmao.com

[parallelvortexamv]

Higurashi no Naku Koro ni- Rena Lies!! AMV

Ryuugu Rena [竜宮レナ] tribute video Sequences from this video span Higurashi no Naku Koro ni, Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Kai, & a little bit of Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Rei. The majority of the video is taken from the Tsumihoroboshi-hen/ Atonement Chapter. Higurashi no Naku Koro ni

[nopanamaman]

will we ever get yura dad content or will he be absent like he was for yura's upbringing

I have a short story/mini-arc idea that would involve him in a minor way. However, he won't be showing up in the main story, we don't need that bitch there.

The short story would take major inspo from The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya and the Saikoroshi arc of Higurashi no Naku Koro Ni Rei. The only problem is that I have no clue how to integrate it into the canon timeline.

Still, if I ever figure it out, I'll probably do it in a comic format!

[aleksandr1507]

Rika Cat :3 and Satoko Cat :3

[satoshi-mochida]

Higurashi and Umineko Official USB Physical Editions Announced for July 2024

From Noisy Pixel

Publisher MangaGamer has announced that two new physical editions of Higurashi When They Cry Hou+ and Umineko When They Cry are available for pre-order via their online store.

These USB hard copy versions of both compiled visual novel stories cost $49.95 each and are planned to be shipped on July 5, 2024. Both packages contain bonus content, too.

The Higurashi When They Cry Hou+ USB hard copy edition features all eight chapters of the story, Rei, and Hou+, alongside multi-OS support, dual-language support with English and Japanese, switchable art styles, the original BGM, uncut content, a digital Steam key of all chapters, and double-sided collectible card-like Steam key cards.

The Umineko When They Cry USB hard copy edition features all eight chapters of the story, multi-OS support, dual-language support with English and Japanese, switchable art styles, the original BGM, uncut content, and a digital Steam key of all chapters.

You can view the Higurashi When They Cry Hou+ and Umineko When They Cry USB hard copy editions below:

The When They Cry series is 07th Expansion’s leading franchise, though they have also worked on Rose Guns Days, and their main creator/writer, Ryukishi07, has worked on scripts for various other games. For instance, Ryukishi07 is currently working on Silent Hill f with Konami, and he has contributed to Visual Arts/Key titles such as Loopers and Rewrite (doing Lucia’s route).

The first When They Cry game series is Higurashi, released episodically from 2002 to 2006. The visual novels were adapted into anime, manga, and other media, giving them wide recognition for their horror themes and strong mystery ambiance. The series was continued through multiple extra chapters, new stories, and games over time, having even received an original anime called Higurashi no Naku Koro Ni GOU in 2020 and 2021

[8bitsupervillain]

I'm only including the chapters I've gone through. So if you're preferred chapter is 7, 8, or any of the stuff from Rei and Hou +... I don't know, post it in the comments? Or a manga exclusive chapter or whatever.