Matsuribayashi-hen
| Matsuribayashi-hen | |||
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| Developer | 07th Expansion | ||
| Publisher | 07th Expansion | ||
| Arc Type | Answer | ||
| Released | December 30, 2005 (INCORRECT) | ||
| Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Chronology | |||
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Matsuribayashi-hen (NIHONGOOOO, The Nip Chapter) is the eighth arc of the Higurashi no Naku Koro ni series as well as the fourth and final arc of Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Kai. 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.
| Title | POV | Prerequisites |
| Operation Dam Construction Withdrawal | Miyo Takano | |
| Irie Kyousuke | Kyousuke Irie | |
| Tomitake Jirou | Jirou Tomitake | |
| Houjou Satoshi | Satoshi Houjou | |
| Houjou Satoko | Satoko Houjou | |
| Explanatory meeting | Hanyuu | |
| A murder with a dismembered body | Third person | Explanatory meeting |
| The old guy | Kuraudo Ooishi | A murder with a dismembered body |
| The Houjou siblings | Kyousuke Irie | Explanatory meeting Houjou Satoko |
| Irie's background | Kyousuke Irie | Irie Kyousuke |
| Furude Rika | Rika Furude | Explanatory meeting |
| Sonozaki Mion | Mion Sonozaki | Furude Rika |
| The first sacrifice | Kyousuke Irie | A murder with a dismembered body |
| The second sacrifice | Kyousuke Irie | A murder with a dismembered body The Houjou siblings |
| The suffering of a big brother | Kyousuke Irie | Sonozaki Mion The second sacrifice |
| Requesting assistance of queen | Third person | |
| The quarry at Yagouchi | Miyo Takano | Requesting assistance of queen |
Characters
Villagers
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 Matsuribayashi-hen and apply only for the individual arc, not the overall series.
Deaths
Disappearances
Poem
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.