#higurashi no naku koro ni hou

[satoshi-mochida]

Visual Novel ‘Higurashi When They Cry Hou+’ Gets November Release on PC

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MangaGamer announced they will publish the 07th Expansion-developed visual novel Higurashi When They Cry Hou+ on PC via Steam and MangaGamer on November 9, 2023.

Pre-orders for the game are currently open. Higurashi When They Cry Hou+ is a sound novel. In this interactive novel, the harmonious blend of music, backgrounds, and characters constructs a vivid world where the player assumes the role of the protagonist. The user experiences the story from the protagonist’s perspective, enabling them to laugh, cry, get angry, and immerse themselves in the narrative.

The shadow of Hinamizawa’s tragic past has finally lifted, releasing those ensnared by its harrowing mysteries back in June 1983. However, the tale of Hinamizawa remains unfinished, with many uncharted worlds yet to be explored.

Higurashi When They Cry Hou+ marks the concluding chapter of the Higurashi When They Cry Hou series, offering four new chapters to the narrative.

Higurashi When They Cry Outbreak: Keiichi and his companions confront a fresh tragedy, this time involving a peculiar virus and the ensuing panic. The bizarre events continue. Higurashi When They Cry Kamikashimashi Chapter: The tragedy extends its grip to Okonomiya, with no apparent end in sight. The question lingers: who is orchestrating these events, and what’s their purpose? Can it be halted? The narrative of Higurashi Outbreak reaches its resolution here. Hinamizawa Bus Stop: Higurashi When They Cry Origin: A visit to Hinamizawa in a somewhat unconventional fragment. This fragment serves as the origin of what would later evolve into Higurashi When They Cry. Higurashi When They Cry Mehagashi Chapter (Hou+ Additional Scenario): A looming tragedy threatens not only humanity but the entire galaxy. Keiichi Maebara stands at the center of this impending catastrophe. He must transcend the confines of girls’ swimsuits to safeguard the universe. However, can Keiichi, in solitude, overcome the challenges posed by the club members?

We’ll keep you updated on future announcements from this publisher.

[lunartearsss]

Yesterday, I finished Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Hou+, and with that I'm officially done with the series unless I decide to do the console arcs someday but prob not. Started for my own mini Halloween celebration. Hinamizawa Bus Stop was a decent spooky story, Outbreak was kinda fun, Kamikashimashi was... something. Mehagashi was awful. The 2022 After Party was really sweet. Really something for everyone here(?) I've got mountains of issues with Higurashi, but I still love the series all the same. Probably gonna start my Umineko reread within the next year. There is something quite bittersweet about this being the final celebration of Higurashi (to an extent lol) and being optimistic about the future to come. It's been 5 years since Ciconia Phase 1 released, and with no news in sight (and various random Ryukishi07 projects being announced), it makes the future of the series look... bleak.

[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.

[freyalise]

steam autumn sale 2023 recommendations

buy some games!!! here's what I've been enjoying

chrono ark: you might be saying "kara, a deckbuilder roguelike? how uninspired!" what about a deckbuilder roguelike that has the same sort of vibe as library of ruina? [$12.99 35% off]

against the storm: this is easily one of my favorite roguelites of all time. it's a city builder that cuts out all the points where your city is running itself and ends up being one of the most deeply stressful and exhilarating experiences I've had in games, much less roguelites in general. leaves early access on december 8th, but the price is not expected to increase from its baseline of $30USD. [$19.49 35% off]

guild wars 2: a unique MMORPG that stuck around from sheer persistence, managing to stay in my heart after a decade+ even after a certain other popular MMORPG broke my heart forever. the base game is free to play, and the expansions are on a steep discount during the steam sale (and other places, if you don't want to deal with steam) [heart of thorns + path of fire $7.49 75% off, end of dragons $14.99 50% off, elder dragon saga complete $49.67 50% off, secrets of the obscure -0% $24.99]

higurashi when they cry hou - higurashi no naku koro ni: It's Just Good Literature. get the 07th mod for voice acting and console sprites [chapters aside from hou+ range from free to $5.39, 10% to 50% off]

other visual novels: umineko [question arcs $14.99 -40%, answer arcs $17.99 -40%] the house in fata morgana [$16.24 -35%] wonderful everyday down the rabbit-hole [$20.99 -30%] please be happy [$14.99 -25%]

nioh 2 - the complete edition: it's the best soulslike. i apologize for nothing [$29.99 -40%]

gunfire reborn: it's furry roguelite borderlands from chinese dev duoyi games. it's just pure fun [$14.99 -25%, dlcs are also on sale]

the legend of heroes: trails series: you thought i was going to get through a recommendation list without shilling for nihon falcom? LOL YOU THOUGHT [there's nine games in this series bruh just search for it] personal fave ys viii: lacrimosa of dana is also on sale for $13.99 -65% off.

witch on the holy night / mahoutsukai no yoru: Bro Listen ‼ Mahoutsukai no Yoru Drops on Steam December 13th ‼ [presumably $40, releases december 13th, 2023. available on switch and ps4]

[villapaitapeli]

Well, that sure was Mehagashi-hen, a fanservice arc included in the visual novel Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Hou+, available for PC

[bitchoftruth]

higurashi gou ep 21

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Sayaka Ohara (Beatrice of “Umineko”), and Kyouko Namekawa (Kasumi Hotoda of “Higurashi”) will join Ryukishi07 in his September 10th presentation, where they will discuss Ryukishi’s three titles published by Entergram. 

[lemonthepotato]

Neurodivergent Rena pfps! (2002 sprites because we stan the home brew look?)

Credit is appreciated but not needed <3 (seriously tho who actually credits pfps if u do ur such a sweetheart cuz omg couldn’t be me <3)

Also the song witchcraft by pendulum fits the kira op well

[hirukowashi]

[satoshi-mochida]

Higurashi When They Cry Hou for PS4, Switch – DLC ‘Higurashi When They Cry Origin’ announced

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Entergram has announced “Higurashi When They Cry Origin“—new downloadable content for the PlayStation 4 and Switch versions of Higurashi When They Cry Hou. It will launch on June 22 in Japan for 3,410 yen.

Here is an overview of the content, via the official website:

Origin Mode – A new mode that changes the the scenario to the same single-episode structure as the original games, with re-recorded dialogue to bring the presentation closer to the original games.

Implemented a Feature to Switch Between Character Portrait Artwork – Switch beween character portrait artwork in Origin Mode. You can switch between PC Mode (featuring character portraits illustrated by Ryukishi07) and CS Mode (featuring character portraits from the console release) in the game’s settings.

New Opening Movie for Higurashi When They Cry Origin – Includes a new opening movie for Higurashi When They Cry Origin. The movie will also use either the PC Mode or CS Mode character portraits according to your settings.

Bonus Scenario “Mehagashi” Included with Full Voice-Overs – The bonus scenario “Mehagashi,” which was included with Higurashi When They Cry Hou+ for PC, appears on consoles for the first time with full voice-overs. (Only CS Mode can be used for this scenario.)

Entergram also announced that Higurashi When They Cry Hou for PlayStation 4 and Switch have shipped over 300,000 units.

Watch the new opening movie below.

Opening Movie

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Higurashi no Naku Koro Ni Hou - Miotsukushi-hen Opening

[HD 60FPS]

[8bitsupervillain]

Higurashi When They Cry Hou Ch. 3 Tatarigoroshi pt. 7

You know, there's something that I was forced to remind myself of during Chapter 6 of Tatarigoroshi here. It was also something I kept forgetting during my time with Umineko, but it's really more applicable here. I forget that Keiichi Maebara is himself a child. Much like how I kept forgetting that Battler is only 18 or 19, and Ange is 15 or so. I keep forgetting the protagonist of these series are in fact teenagers. So I'll rail against the character because I forget that this is a literal child, and maybe I should relax a smidge.

Before diving into that however I want to mention briefly that I took a quick peek at the manga version of Higurashi. Not too terribly far into the manga, just the adaptations of Onikakushi, and Watanagashi (also a brief glimpse into one of the later arcs, but that's only because I misread the title). I don't think I'll really go back and skim the chapters going forward, but it is interesting seeing some of the scenes recontextualized in manga form. Another Higurashi fan @felixcloud6288 has an interesting thread where they're going through the manga. The manga is interesting because it cuts a lot of the filler out of the visual novel and is a more streamlined interpretation of events (including introducing characters who haven't made an actual appearance in the VN yet).

Also you get stuff like this:

Which is just fun to see.

In the TIPS section after chapter five there's a brief interlude where Shion and Irie have a small chat about Shion being the manager of the baseball team, and what a cad Satoshi is for abandoning his girlfriend to mysteriously vanish a year ago. Then there's the police discussing the murder from the start of the chapter. This woman seems to have been brutally murdered, theoretically by the Sonozaki group, for having stolen millions of yen from the organization. And the woman's lover is Teppei Houjou who seems to have run back to Hinamizawa.

I don't know Keiichi, this is three times it's happened. Sure it seems like it's just a wild coincidence, but you always seem to say something that just makes the world flip the switch into weirdo horror time. Eventually you have to realize the common X factor is you buddy.

I read part of the chapter two manga, so I do have some thoughts about what that unpleasant load might be.

I think this is in reference to when she went off her trolley and smashed up those windows and also her classmates. The fun times ending overnight bit, not the living life to the fullest. Although who's to say, maybe being a violent psychopath is great fun?

Trade Offer. They receive: their ball back. Keiichi receives: nap times in class.

After this last moment of lighthearted fun detective Ooishi shows up to try to find Satoko. This leads to a whole lot of back and forth about how Keiichi is instantly distrustful of Ooishi, and how Ooishi seems a lot more physically violent this time around. Irie eventually intervenes and tells Keiichi about how the townsfolk have a general dislike and distrust of Ooishi. Irie then brings up and confides in Keiichi an idea that was brought up once, in the TIPS section of chapter one: that Ooishi is viewed as an emissary of Oyashiro who picks the person who is to be cursed this year.

Is this technically a title card? I know that the Higurashi no Naku Koro Ni screens show up a lot, but would the white screen Tatarigoroshi technically be the title card showing up roughly seven hours into the chapter? I assume these are written by Rika, because I assume the one she wants to protect is Satoko. No one else really comes to mind for wanting the best for Satoko other than Rika. And that she is willing to do whatever it takes to protect her. After all Rika and Satoko have a very similar life circumstance that would bring them together closer than anyone else in Hinamizawa. I also assume the person behind these screens is Rika because of the ones from Watanagashi talks about how she unintentionally drove people who were on edge deeper into fear (paraphrasing). Given how Rika acts in the upcoming section I can't help but believe that she's the one who destroyed the day-to-day life she wanted to protect. The why of it I haven't quite shook out yet.

Satoko's uncle left Hinamizawa a year ago. Doesn't that fly in the face of Rena's earlier arguments that Satoshi got taken because he "was planning to abandon Hinamizawa"? If their uncle Teppen was able to leave and have nothing bad happen to him her manic argument that Satoshi got swept away by the curse just falls apart. Unless Oyashiro's curse is now classist. This does also call into question the idea that Mion is a hatchet man for the cult, if she views Tepig Houjou as a useless social parasite who preys upon Satoko why not use him as one of the Watanagashi victims?

Also, I apologize in advance if this offends, given the insinuations Rena and Mion made about how her uncle is abusive I was suddenly reminded of a small throwaway line from chapter 2. During one of their games Mion and Satoko gave an answer to some quiz thing that Keiichi mentions was basically just old men drinking and carousing. Is there some small implication that Taipei Houjou is not only physical and emotionally abusive, but also potentially sexually abusive as well? If that's the case, and Satoshi was more defensive of Satoko than previously implied why then does Mion seem so keen to accept the notion that Satoshi just ran away? Or is she really just trying to mentally shield herself from the idea that Satoko, and the cult of Oyashiro had something to do with his disappearance. In chapter 2 she tells Keiichi that she thinks Satoko is cursed, and that people related to her die. Is she just trying to use Satoko's cursed nature as an excuse why Satoshi "transferred" and not her useless parasitic uncle? Or is it part of some hitherto unknown idea that maybe Mion thinks uncle Houjou used Satoko to kill Satoshi, or use her alleged curse nature to quell any rumor that he had anything to do with it?

This does raise some questions about the idea of the curse of Oyashiro. I think there's a deeper motive for the killings and disappearances than just "they were proponents of the Hinamizawa Dam project." With the first two, the dam project manager, and Satoko's parents they were obviously chosen for their association with the project. But after that it gets a bit hinky. There's a line in the tips in chapter two that the person researching Watanagashi thinks that the chosen sacrifices were chosen due to political reasons. Initially I thought that was silly, but thinking a bit more about it the fact that the Furude patriarch and his wife were chosen supports this idea. After all, they were part of triumverate that rules Hinamizawa, so why would Oyashiro choose them to be sacrifices? Unless it's not Oyashiro who chooses the sacrifices. The Kimiyoshi's or the Sonozakis could have claimed it was the will of Oyashiro and sacrificed the Furudes in an effort to get someone more easily manipulated for their schemes. Someone, a young child for instance, who they could theoretically control more easily than an old priest. Thinking more about it they haven't really explained how or why people get chosen for Watanagashi. It's pretty easy to assume that it's just a sinister cabal pulling the strings of a bunch of country bumpkins. Until you remember that one of the people who leads Hinamizawa is Rika, who is friends and lives with the surviving relative of a past Watanagashi sacrifice. Rika would probably be fully aware of the living situation Satoko and Satoshi were in, and as such wouldn't you know it Oyashiro says the aunt has to be one of the sacrifices. The other sacrifice I'm willing to bet was supposed to be the uncle Teppei Houjou, but when some "unknown deviant" beat the aunt to death he went into hiding, and the cult decided they just needed A Houjou so Satoshi would probably be alright. Unless it was an elaborate con, and were trying to scare Satoshi into revealing the hiding place of Teppei. But eventually he "transferred" away and they decided it was close enough and washed their hands of the affair.

Keiichi is very clearly out of his depth here. It gets extremely infuriating shortly.

Rika is very strongly putting out the vibe of she really doesn't want to be involved with this conversation. Especially with how unhinged Keiichi gets.

I have never so strongly wanted to have someone just fucking deck a character as hard as I wanted someone to hit Keiichi here. He goes from zero to piece of shit annoying so fast it was making me wish I could hit this bastard. He's being so self-righteous it's astonishing, and I can't help but give kudos to Mion for just taking it. She would be well within her rights to just swing at the guy.

I once again adore Rena. She might have some severe issues, but I love her ability to just call out people for their bullshit. Last chapter when she called out Mion for killing people, and Keiichi for being a hypocritical jackass in this one. I am extremely glad that she exists to cut through the noise and point out how utterly unfair Keiichi is being here.

I would not be surprised if someone got Keiichi to commit a murder for them by just feeding him a line about how "if they were true friends he'd do it" or something along those lines. Based on some of his extremely emotional reactions you wouldn't even have to do that much, you could just sigh exaggeratedly and he'd guilt trip himself into doing it for you.

Anyway, Keiichi's off to pay a visit to Satoko's house to see if he could muster up some courage to expose the uncle as the vile abuser he clearly must be. Only to lose his nerve around the house. Which is when Irie and Satoko show up.

Whereupon Keiichi is incensed and outraged that Teppei sent the small child out to buy booze and cigarettes while he drunkenly plays with his friends. It goes on a while. Irie and Keiichi leave Satoko to her miserable fate for now and have a conversation in Irie's car about how Keiichi's youthful idealism is basically worthless in the bureaucratic society they live in. And here I was forcefully reminded that Keiichi is only fourteen or so. He is, in fact, a child, and I really need to keep that in mind when I get annoyed with his actions in this series. I forget that he's not an adult and does make rash decisions and let his emotions get the better of him. Not that adults don't do that too, but it's more common in younger people. Not that this gives him a free pass mind you. I don't think I'm being too unreasonable if I point out that I think he's being a horses ass and making bad decisions.

Can you tell which parts were written hours apart?

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Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Hou Visual Novel Shows Off New Scenarios

  The Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Hou visual novel showed off its opening last month, so now it's time for a deeper look. The When They Cry series officially makes the leap to Switch in Japan on July 26, so check out a new trailer focusing on some of the additional scenarios below. 

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Joseph Luster is the Games and Web editor at Otaku USA Magazine. You can read his webcomic, BIG DUMB FIGHTING IDIOTS at subhumanzoids. Follow him on Twitter @Moldilox.

By: news+feed@crunchyroll.com

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Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Hou (EG THE BEST) For PS4 & Switch Now Up For Pre-order https://www.play-asia.com/blog/2020/07/23/higurashi-no-naku-koro-ni-hou-eg-the-best-for-ps4-switch-now-up-for-pre-order/#utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=higurashi-no-naku-koro-ni-hou-eg-the-best-for-ps4-switch-now-up-for-pre-order?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=higurashi-no-naku-koro-ni-hou-eg-the-best-for-ps4-switch-now-up-for-pre-order

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“Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Hou” (the EnterGram Best ver.) will be released for the Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 4 on August 27th, 2020!

According to their website, there is no change in content compared to the previously released version... other than the price, which is now 3,980￥, a significant decrease from before.