Onikakushi-hen

Onikakushi-hen
Developer	07th Expansion
Publisher	07th Expansion
Arc Type	Question
Released	August 10, 2002
Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Chronology
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Onikakushi-hen (鬼隠し編, Spirited Away by the Demon Chapter) is the first arc in the Higurashi no Naku Koro ni series. It is told from the perspective of Keiichi Maebara, who grows increasingly paranoid and eventually violent as he believes more and more deeply that his friends are trying to kill him.

Characters

Villagers

• Keiichi Maebara
• Rena Ryuuga
• Mion Sonozaki
• Rika Furude
• Satoko Houjou

Outsiders

• Tomitake Jirou
• Takano Miyo
• Ooishi Kuraudo

Mentioned

• Satoshi Houjou
• Oyashiro-sama

Deaths and Disappearances

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

Deaths

• Tomitake Jirou, died of blood loss after clawing out his own throat June 19, 1983 on the night of the Watanagashi.
• Rena Ryuuga, beaten to death by Keiichi on June 25, 1983 in the Maebara house with Satoshi's old baseball bat.
• Mion Sonozaki, beaten to death by Keiichi on June 25, 1983 in the Maebara house with Satoshi's old baseball bat.
• Keiichi Maebara, died from blood loss on June 26, 1983 at the Irie Clinic after he clawed out his own throat in a telephone booth the night before.

Disapperances

• Satoshi Houjou, disappeared June 1982, one year before the story.
• Takano Miyo, disappeared on the night of the Watanagashi Festival on June 19, 1983.

Poem

Please do not deplore yourself. Even if the world does not forgive you, I will forgive you. Please do not deplore yourself. Even if you do not forgive the world, I will forgive you. So please tell me. What will it take for you, to forgive me? Frederica Bernkastel