It may look cutesy and all outside but pretty messed up on the inside. The town of Hinamizawa where madness never ends. A group of friends will experience a never ending summer with different outcomes for you to find out. Murder, Genocide, Torture and conspiracy in a rural area. What causes the incidents? That is for you to find out . But first let's look at where all the madness are taking place 
Higurashi: When They Cry takes place in the fictional village of Hinamizawa in June 1983. Shortly before then, the main character, Keiichi Maebara, moves to the village and befriends classmates Mion Sonozaki, her twin sister Shion, Rena Ryugu, Rika Furude and Satoko Hojo. Keiichi soon learns of the village's annual Watanagashi Festival, a celebration to commemorate and give thanks to the local deity Oyashiro. Hinamizawa initially seems calm and peaceful, But there is evil hiding in this place. People in the village have been killed or have disappeared on the evening of the festival. These crimes remain unsolved and have been named the "Oyashiro Curse" by the local populace. This curse will be uncovered inch by inch as you go through the series.
That's the setting now lets go and meet our Main cast
Keiichi Maebara
This is our Main guy Keiichi. He looks like a harem protag at first( Which he is) But he is alot more than that... Birthdate: April 13, 1967 He is the son of a famous and extremely wealthy artist, and recently moved to Hinamizawa after an array of unfortunate and awful events in his hometown. As a charismatic, lively attitude, and his talented tongue allow him to quickly fit in the town and make new friends, and also win some club activities. Keiichi often receives the butt of the jokes in the club's activities from which he was the correct answer to some games they play, to wearing embarrassing costumes whenever he loses punishment games.
Keiichi has brown hair with dark blue eyes and is described as charismatic to others.During his school days, he wears a red shirt under a white one, black pants, a belt and red shoes. However, during his free days, he wears a black sleeveless shirt under a short red one, green shorts with a blue belt and shoes.
Rena Ryuuguu
Age: 15–16Birthdate: July 28, 1967Height: 161 cm (5'3")Hobbies: collecting cute things, obsessing over cute things, treasure hunting
She is very kind and takes care of Keiichi whenever possible, but is also naïve and is usually subject to light teasing by Keiichi, it is hinted later in the series that she loves him. She is distinguished by her obsession with things she perceives as adorable calling them kaaii, a slurred form of kawaii, meaning "cute"), which are usually moekko characters or items she finds while scouring the local dump. Generally, these things are not considered cute by others.
She also utters the phrase hau when excited or flustered, and has a habit of repeating phrases at the ends of her sentences, most famously "kana? kana??" ("I wonder, I wonder?").
Every now and then, she goes treasure hunting in the town's trash heap, searching for 'cute' things to collect, and whenever she sees something that grabs her attention, she proclaims, "I wanna take it home!" (Omochikaerī) and proceeds to try and do so, becoming virtually unstoppable during these intervals.
When in "Take it Home" mode, she comically becomes stronger and faster. Despite this disarming trait, Rena is shown to be amazingly observant and perceptive about the things around her.
According to Mion, while Rena might seem cute herself, people should be careful not to anger her as she becomes quite scary when angered. And Yes She can murder just about anyone specially when she's holding something "Big and sharp". She may look Dere dere but who knows what may be hidden underneath?
Satoko Houjou
Birthday: June 24
Height: 137 cm
Age: 11
Satoko is a younger classmate in Keiichi's school. She has a distinctive style of speech, ending all of her sentences with 'wa' which, at times, is grammatically incorrect. In spite of her young age, she is quite clever in setting up traps, and likes to practice on Keiichi.
Too short? Yes But divulging in her character is crucial to the plot so you need to uncover it yourself.
Age: About 10 or 11
Birthday: August 21 (Leo)
Height: 137 cm
She is a younger classmate in Keiichi's school, and is in the same grade level as Satoko. Naturally, she is great friends with her, as they live together in the same house. She is revered by the villagers as the heir of the local shrine, and plays the role of a miko in the annual Watanagashi Festival. She has been the head of the Furude house since her parents died, but rarely attends town meetings due to her young age. While she does not speak a lot, she likes to say nonsense words such as "mi~" and "nipa~" and often ends her sentences with "-nano desu," which inflame Rena's passion for cute things. She also likes to describe events using sound effects, such as "The cat was going 'nya nya' and 'scritch scritch'" or saying "Clap! Clap! Clap!" when clapping her hands. Despite her young appearance, she seems to be quite fond of wine, as well as kimchi. The wine she drinks is hinted to be Bernkastel vintage. Rika is one cute bundle of joy watching the anime without her is not the same. But like all the cast she is hiding something beneath that smile.
Age: 16-17
Birthdate:February 11, 1966
Mion is the oldest kid in Keiichi's class. As the elder, she is the class president and everyone looks up to her as the leader. Her social skills are on par with Keiichi, whom she highly respects as a friend and rival (though it is later shown that she has a crush on him).
She acts like a tomboy, and calls herself oji-san (meaning old man), but has a hidden girlish side. She is next in line to be the head of the Sonozaki household, one of the Three Families which holds tremendous influence in Hinamizawa. She is often seen with a holstered airsoft gun, even though she is never seen using it.
Mion also serves as leader of the after-school club consisting entirely of the main characters. She organizes a variety of strategy-based games for the members to play with penalties for any losers. Penalties usually involve wearing embarrassing or frilly outfits on the way home. Each game she organizes involves bending the general rules or using questionable and crude methods to win such as playing cards with a marked deck or using feminine wiles to discourage opposition.
Oh here's also her twin who joins the main cast later in the series. Good thing they don't dress the same because. The character model looks exactly the same.
Age: 16-17
Birthday: July 10, 1966
Shion is Mion's identical twin sister, who currently resides in Okinomiya. In spite of their different personalities, she and Mion often switch places, and it can be difficult to distinguish between them
he was sent by the Sonozaki family to a private boarding school, but escaped and returned to live near her hometown, where she lives with Kasai. In spite of all this, she and Mion maintain a close relationship. In most of the arcs, she is at a different school from the other main characters, and therefore appears less frequently.
She works as a waitress at the Angel-Mort restaurant and is the manager's assistant for the Hinamizawa Fighters little league team. She is often seen carrying a taser, and also wears yellow ribbon in her hair. She is also shown to be good with guns. And this girl is someone you don't wanna mess with, Along with her twin sis.
Final thoughts on Higurashi.
While Watching this series, I find it horrifying, Seriously. But curiosity takes over because you wanna know why. Why has it come to this? Why did this happen? Why did everyone go full-on murder machine? Those are the questions that I had in mind while watching it. Animation is VERY dated but mixes perfectly with the tone of the anime. Characters are very interesting and has a dedicated arc for each of them. If I will give a score... It will be 8 out of ten. Its a must watch specially if you're a fan of horror, thriller and violence. It has lots of episodes so you won;t run out as soon as you start watching it. And this will be my first entry for my anime spotlight. If you like it leave a comment and follow my blog so more people will get to read. Thank you very much. And Keithunder out leaving you this meme with Rena.
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