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}}{{italic title}}{{nihongo|'''''Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Mei'''''|ひぐらしのなく頃に 命|When the Cicadas Cry Life}} is a mobile game developed by Smile Ax and published by D-Techno. The game's release coincidescoincided with the [[Higurashirelease noof Naku Koro ni (2020)|new ''Higurashi no Naku Koro ni'' anime]]{{gou}}, sharing the same character design. The opening theme "[[frustration]]" will bewas composed by Chiyomaru Shikura and performed by Ayane. The game was released in Japan on September 3, 2020.<ref>{{cite tweet|user=higurashi_mei|number=1300344373280780288|title=ひぐらしのなく頃に 命 サービス開始日決定！|date=31 August 2020}}</ref>

After reconvening with Satoko, Kazuho reveals that she, Miyuki, and Nao are from 1993. The group heads to the [[dam construction site]] in search of a fragment that Tamurahime no Mikoto claims will allow them to return to the future. They are then attacked by Rena and Nao reveals that Rena is her aforementioned half-sister. After defeating Rena, the group realize that Rika is responsible for the infection of the tsukuyami. When the group confronts Rika, whoshe claims that she induced the mass attacks because of her cyclical torment in Hinamizawa; even though she escaped in {{matsuribayashi}}, monsters appeared a few monstersmonths afterwards and slaughtered the villagers. Discouraged from traveling to another fragment, Rika opted to destroy the village herself insteadrather ofthan continuing to live in it. She fuses with a tsukuyami version of [[Hanyuu]] and attacks.

Rika is defeated and vanishes. The real Hanyuu appears and claims that the Rika they fought was a false copy of her. Hanyuu gives Kazuho a [[w:magatama|magatama]] and tell them to use it to leave as the tsukuyami will devour the world. The characters from 1983 act as decoys for the incoming tsukuyami as Kazuho, Miyuki, and Nao escape to a portal in the [[Saiguden]]. Miyuki and Nao awaken in 1998, in an alternate version of Hinamizawa that had been flooded after the [[Dam War]]. Kazuho awakens in a different version of 1983 and finds a newspaper regarding the "final Watanagashi festival."

''Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Mei'' is a [[w:gacha game|''gacha'' game]], wherewherein players spend in-game currency to roll for character units with various outfits and arrange them into a party. Battles are automatic, requiring players to have a strong enough party to defeat each enemy before time runs out. Over time, a gauge for each unit fills that can be used to unleash a special attack.