Matsuribayashi-hen

Matsuribayashi-hen (NIHONGOOOO) is the eighth arc of the series as well as the fourth and final arc of. It is told from a variety of perspectives due to its unusual style of story progression.

Plot
Matsuribayashi-hen opens at the an orphange and follows four girls, Eriko, Tomomi, Kikuko, and Miyoko as they attempt to escape from the facility and seek refuge in the Yurigaoka House of Love and Mercy. During the escape, Miyoko stumbles across a phone booth and uses it to call Hifumi Takano and begs him to help her. Shortly afterwards, Miyoko is found by orphanage workers and is returned to the facility. She quickly realizes that the other three girls had been captured as well and all four of them are tortured for their disobedience. Hifumi eventually shows up at the orphanage and rescues Miyoko. Hifumi adopts her and Miyoko takes the name Miyo Takano.

After this prologue, Ryukishi07 speaks directly to the reader who is then taken to the "Connecting pieces" screen. In the "Connecting pieces" screen, the reader goes through several specific TIPS scenarios, some of which are immediately available to read and others can only be read after a certain other one is read. Below are all of the connecting pieces and their prerequisites.

Villagers

 * Hanyuu

Outsiders

 * Miyo Takano
 * Eriko
 * Tomomi
 * Kikuko
 * Jirou Tomitake
 * Kyousuke Irie

Mentioned

 * Hifumi Takano
 * Koizumi
 * Haruyama
 * Mochizuki

Deaths and Disappearances
All deaths and disappearances are listed only as they are told in  and apply only for the individual arc, not the overall series.

Trivia

 * Matsuribayashi-hen is the chapter with the greatest number of different perspectives in Higurashi no Naku Koro ni. Among them are Miyo Takano, Kyousuke Irie, Jirou Tomitake, Hanyuu.