Higurashi no Naku Koro ni: Difference between revisions

''Higurashi no Naku Koro ni'' takes place during June 1983 in a fictional rural village called {{nihongo|Hinamizawa|雛見沢}} which is based on the village of [[Wikipedia:Shirakawa, Gifu (village)|Shirakawa, Gifu]], and has a population of approximately 2,000. The main character, [[Keiichi Maebara,]] moves to [[Hinamizawa]] and befriends his new classmates [[Rena RyuguRyuuguu]], [[Mion Sonozaki]], [[Rika Furude]], and [[Satoko Houjou]]. Keiichi joins their after-school club activities, which consist mostly of card and board games (and punishment games for the loser – usually him). Hinamizawa appears to be a normal, peaceful, rural village to Keiichi. However, the tranquility abruptly ends after the annual Watanagashi Festival, a celebration to commemorate and give thanks to the local god, [[Oyashiro]]. Keiichi learns that every year for the past four years, one person has been murdered and another has gone missing on the evening of the [[Watanagashi Festival]]. Keiichi himself soon becomes drawn into the strange events surrounding the Watanagashi Festival and Oyashiro. In each story arc, he or one of his friends becomes paranoid, and a crime is committed. Usually, the crime involves the murder of one of their own friends. While it seems impossible to tell their delusions apart from the mystery of Hinamizawa, slowly the truth is revealed.