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Higurashi no Naku Koro ni (TV) Reviews
Higurashi no Naku Koro ni
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Title(s): Higurashi no Naku Koro ni
When They Cry - Higurashi
Cuando las cigarras lloran (Spanish)
Higurashi no Naku Koroni (Japanese)
Hinamizawa, le village maudit (French)
The Moment the Cicadas Cry
When Cicadas Cry
ひぐらしのなく頃に (Japanese)
쓰르라미 울 적에 (Korean)
Creator: Seventh Expansion
Genres: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Psychological, Thriller
Age Group: Mature (May contain sex, drugs, and extreme graphic violence)
Vintage: April 4, 2006
Status: Completed
Summary: On one hot summer day in 1983, a transfer student named Maebara Keiichi comes to a peaceful rural village in Hinamizawa. There, he befriends his classmates Rena, Mion, Rika, and Satoko. Accepted as a full-fledged member of the "club," Keiichi and the gang plays all sorts of activities ranging from card and board games to hide-and-seek. But just as Keiichi was beginning to be assimilated in simple rural life, he stumbles upon the dark history of Hinamizawa. As Keiichi dives deeper into the mystery, he finds that his new found friends may not be all what they claim to be.
Reviews
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Good 8 reviews
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Average 0 reviews
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Very Poor 2 reviews
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"Something New''
Written by Yukine on March 15, 2014 at 12:26 PM
Overall Rating
Good
Story: 4
Dialogue: 4
Animation: 4
Entertainment: 5
After seeking for an anime that will entertain me and give me something new I have finally found this anime. i have watched all of the seasons and I have to say I really enjoyed it, especially season two. People say that season 1 is bad, but the truth is that it is there for people to understand the story line and get a chance to know the characters better.
This season has many surprises and overall I personally think that this anime was very surprising, exciting and funny at times !!
0 out of 0 people found this review helpful.
Recommended for thriller fans
Written by cheapshoes3 on July 15, 2013 at 1:58 AM
Overall Rating
Good
Story: 5
Dialogue: 3
Animation: 3
Entertainment: 5
I watched this right after seeing Another (a great series for fans of this genre). Although it was rather slow(I really got into the series I think after the last few arcs) it was worth it in a sense, you'll get that how-the-hell-did-that-happen feeling on some of the first few episodes and get the oh-shit-so-that's-what-happened feeling on the last few.

If you have too much time on your hands you should try this.

P.S. the animation and the art gets better on the second season(and of course the CONCLUSIONS!), that's something to look forward (read more)
1 out of 1 people found this review helpful.
I agree with the person before me
Written by Kazuki444 on May 26, 2012 at 4:28 AM
Overall Rating
Very Poor
Story: 1
Dialogue: 1
Animation: 1
Entertainment: 1
This is just awful... no storyline at all seriously dont watch this crap and its supposed to be "horror" even though i laughed my way through it? There are so many better horror anime's out there even one made by the same author called Umineko no Naku Koro Ni which is actually really good. but Higurashi is just simple crap
3 out of 11 people found this review helpful.
Waste of time
Written by NaoiRhymesWithYaoi on May 26, 2012 at 4:20 AM
Overall Rating
Very Poor
Story: 1
Dialogue: 1
Animation: 1
Entertainment: 1
Why this anime is so liked i will never understand. The storyline keeps repeating itself all the time and it gets boring after the 4th episode,bad animation,annoying characters and it fails so hard at being scary. I did watch the whole first season of it but only because i really loved Keiichi i think he's an amazing character and is the only character i like in this anime but even so while watching i was hoping it would evantually turn better but no it just got worse and worse... I think Keiichi should get his own spin off show since he's just (read more)
5 out of 10 people found this review helpful.
Great anime
Written by Kinglone on May 23, 2012 at 3:04 PM
Overall Rating
Excellent
Story: 5
Dialogue: 4
Animation: 5
Entertainment: 5
This is a really good mystery type anime with a griping story, animation is great to problem with it. I have to say its probably in my 10 ten.
6 out of 9 people found this review helpful.
@Atsu_Tamura. This anime is best horror I've seen.
Written by DistanceReality on April 18, 2012 at 10:04 PM
Overall Rating
Excellent
Story: 5
Dialogue: 5
Animation: 4
Entertainment: 5
Mirai Nikki is really good, but it wasn't even that scary. Higurashi is a lot more scarier and mindfudging. To me Higurashi is the best horror anime I've seen even if it does mindfudge you. I mean little girls going psycho and killing other people? Disappearance of people and no one knows what's happening.

The animation is a little dodgy...I didn't like it at first, but you get use to it.
Entertainment is really enjoyable, you'll want more on every episode, wondering what is going on

:D Everything else is perfect. But yes, Higurashi is scarier (read more)
5 out of 5 people found this review helpful.
Good... but Creepy
Written by sadistfujifan on April 12, 2012 at 2:33 PM
Overall Rating
Good
Story: 5
Dialogue: 3
Animation: 5
Entertainment: 4
All-in-all, this was a really good series. It kept me on my toes all the time, making me feel like I have to watch the next episode right away. That suspenseful feeling is really thrilling. It did become slightly confusing because you skip around plots and time frames a lot, but it's really worth. Still, I'm never watching it again. It was so creepy, and I watched it alone... It made me jumpy for weeks. I couldn't stop watching it and its sequels, though, but like I said, I don't think I could watch it again, especially alone. If you have (read more)
5 out of 5 people found this review helpful.
Horrobly scary!
Written by Bouncer_911 on February 20, 2012 at 3:40 AM
Overall Rating
Excellent
Story: 5
Dialogue: 5
Animation: 5
Entertainment: 5
probably wasn't the greatest idea to watch this at night with al the lights off. at the end of each episode always comes the biggest scare. this is nothing compared to the series "Another"
4 out of 5 people found this review helpful.
WARNING
Written by SS4_Gin on January 11, 2012 at 5:32 AM
Overall Rating
Good
Story: 5
Dialogue: 4
Animation: 4
Entertainment: 4
This anime is good but at the same time is so confusing but the characters all fit into the story perfectly.
1 out of 3 people found this review helpful.
BEST ANIME EVER
Written by 22yippingdogs on November 28, 2011 at 10:30 PM
Overall Rating
Excellent
Story: 5
Dialogue: 5
Animation: 5
Entertainment: 5
This anime was 100% perfect it had amazing characters each with a intense story. it is a bloody awesome anime and i cant think of any anime i prefer.
4 out of 12 people found this review helpful.
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