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{{about|the second story arc of Higurashi no Naku Koro ni|the festival of the same name|Watanagashi Festival}}{{italic title}}
{{Infobox arc
| title = Watanagashi-hen
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| image = [[File:Watanagashi.jpg|320px]]
| developer = [[07th Expansion]]
| publisher = 07th Expansion
| type = Question
| date =
| series = {{higurashi}}
| last = ''[[Onikakushi-hen]]''
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| next = ''[[Tatarigoroshi-hen]]''
}}
{{nihongo|'''''Watanagashi-hen'''''|綿流し編|Cotton Drifting Chapter}} is the second arc in the {{higurashi}} series. It is told from the perspective of [[Keiichi Maebara]] and follows a string of
== Plot ==
As things in the club become increasingly awkward,
One day, Keiichi and Shion visit the toy shop where Keiichi originally received the doll and Shion asks him to buy the same doll for her. In the shop, Keiichi is shocked to find Mion working there. Shion explains once again that she is Mion's twin sister,
At the Watanagashi Festival, the club meets up with [[Jirou Tomitake]], [[Miyo Takano]] and Shion. Shion and Takano tell Keiichi about the [[The curse of Oyashiro|gruesome past of the Watanagashi Festival]], much to Keiichi and Mion's dismay. During Rika's performance at the Festival, Shion pulls Keiichi aside to spy on Tomitake and Takano, who seem to be fiddling with the lock on a [[Saiguden|storage shed]] behind the temple. Shion and Keiichi eventually join Tomitake and Takano when they enter the storage shed and discover an array of old torture implements inside. While inside, Tomitake and Shion hear an increasingly loud noise reminiscent of a girl jumping on a wooden floor, though Keiichi and Takano appear unable to hear the noise.
Soon after leaving the shed and parting with Keiichi and Shion, Tomitake and Takano are found dead, seemingly killed under strange circumstances. Since the pattern for the Watangashi Festival thus far has been that one person dies and one person disappears, Keiichi and Shion come to the conclusion that the death of both Tomitake and Takano means that both Keiichi and Shion are destined to disappear.
Soon after, several people in the village go missing but Shion and Keiichi are strangely unharmed. Shion confides nightly with Keiichi over the phone about her worries regarding the disappearances. After [[Satoko Houjou]] and Rika disappear, Mion begins to act strangely around Keiichi. Keiichi later learns from Detective [[Kuraudo Ooishi]] that Shion disappeared the night after the Festival and realizes that the Shion he had been speaking to on the phone was, in fact, Mion.
Keiichi and Rena work out that Mion is the clear suspect in all the deaths and disappearances so far and, along with the police, confront Mion with their findings at the Sonozaki residence. During their conversation, Mion reveals the dark history of Hinamizawa and the Sonozaki family and confesses to all the murders and disappearances that have occurred. Before turning herself in, Mion requests that she have 30 minutes alone with Keiichi. However, Mion tricks Keiichi into following her into the Sonozaki torture chamber and reveals that Shion is still alive. Mion incapacitates Keiichi with the intention of torturing him in front of Shion. Rena, seeing through Mion's deception, called the police to enter the Sonozaki residence which cuts Mion's plans short. Mion escapes through a secret escape route deep within the torture chamber while Keiichi and Shion are rescued.
Shion is severely traumatized and, after a medical stay, begins to sleep in a different house each night due to her fear that Mion will return for her. Keiichi's family receives over $200,000 from the Sonozaki yakuza as both compensation and hush money and are eventually given a letter asking the family to leave Hinamizawa. Before the family departs, Keiichi sees Mion outside his house. Keiichi, determined to bring closure by giving her the doll he should've given her from the beginning, goes outside to see her. Mion stabs him in the stomach with a knife and runs off laughing. Keiichi is taken to a hospital and treated for his wounds where he meets Ooishi once again. Shion is revealed to have fallen to her death at her apartment, which Keiichi believes was an act of murder. Ooishi gives Keiichi [[Ooishi's closure|a bit of information about the case so far]] and departs. Keiichi then hallucinates an un-dead Mion attempting to torture him and dies in his hospital bed.
== Characters ==
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=== Outsiders ===
*[[Ooishi Kuraudo]]
*[[Jirou Tomitake]]
*[[Miyo Takano]]
=== Mentioned ===
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All deaths and disappearances are listed only as they are told in ''Watanagashi-hen'' and apply only for the individual arc, not the overall series.
=== Deaths ===
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*'''Kiichirou Kimiyoshi''', killed in the
*'''Rika Furude''', killed in the Sonozaki torture chamber. Her body was found in a well on June 23, 1983.
*'''Oryou Sonozaki''', thought to be ill in her home. Her corpse was found in a well on June 23, 1983.
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=== Disappearances ===
*'''Satoshi Houjou''', disappeared June 1982, one year before the story.
== Poem ==
{{enclose|
<poem>
{{align|center|I cannot quench your thirst
Because even if you yearn for the truth, you refuse to believe in it.
I cannot quench your thirst
Because no such truth exists that you are in anticipation for.
But I still want to quench your thirst
Because I am the one that put you into the desert.
}}
{{align|right|Frederica Bernkastel}}
</poem>
}}
== Media ==
=== Chapters ===
*01 (08). [[Chapter 1 (Watanagashi-hen)|Hinamizawa]]
*02 (09). [[Chapter 2 (Watanagashi-hen)|Angel Mort]]
*03 (10). [[Chapter 3 (Watanagashi-hen)|The Hinamizawa Damn Plan]]
*04 (11). [[Chapter 4 (Watanagashi-hen)|Angel Battle]]
*05 (12). [[Chapter 5 (Watanagashi-hen)|Cotton Drifting]]
*06 (13). [[Chapter 6 (Watanagashi-hen)|The Saiguden]]
*07 (14). [[Chapter 7 (Watanagashi-hen)|The Fifth Year's Curse]]
*08 (15). [[Chapter 8 (Watanagashi-hen)|Demoned Away]]
*09 (16). [[Chapter 9 (Watanagashi-hen)|Disappearance]]
*10 (17). [[Chapter 10 (Watanagashi-hen)|Phone Call]]
*11 (18). [[Chapter 11 (Watanagashi-hen)|Demon]]
*12 (19). [[Chapter 12 (Watanagashi-hen)|The Last Wish]]
=== Volumes ===
*01 (03). [[Volume 3 (Higurashi no Naku Koro ni)|''Watangashi-hen'': Volume 1]]
*02 (04). [[Volume 4 (Higurashi no Naku Koro ni)|''Watangashi-hen'': Volume 2]]
=== Episodes ===
*[[Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Episode 5|Chapter One: Jealousy]]
*[[Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Episode 6|Chapter Two: Takano]]
*[[Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Episode 7|Chapter Three: Lies]]
*[[Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Episode 8|Chapter Four: Wish]]
== See also ==
*[[Watanagashi-hen/TIPS|TIPS]]
*[[Watanagashi-hen/Truth|Truth]]
*{{meakashi}}
{{higurashi no naku koro ni}}
[[Category:Higurashi no Naku Koro ni]]
[[Category:Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Arcs]]
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