Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Kai official cover

Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Kai

When the Higurashi Cry: Kai

JPひぐらしのなく頃に解
AKAHigurashi: When They Cry – Kai • Higurashi no Naku Koro ni 2 • Higurashi no Naku Koro ni 2nd Series
FinishedTV AnimeSummer 200724 episodes25 min

Synopsis

Rika Furude has lived through June 1983 in Hinamizawa again and again, watching the same summer end in murder and catastrophe no matter what she changes. Unlike her friends, she remembers enough of each repeating world to understand that their happiness is temporary, yet the missing pieces behind the village's tragedies keep the true enemy beyond her reach.

A new cycle offers something Rika has almost lost: genuine hope. Keiichi, Rena, Mion, Shion, Satoko, and their allies begin overcoming the suspicions and divisions that once destroyed them, revealing the rules that govern Hinamizawa's fate. To escape the loop, they must uncover the forces behind the syndrome, the killings, and Rika's inevitable death, then trust one another strongly enough to challenge a future that has never allowed them to survive together.

SourceVisual Novel
Studio
Studio Deen
RatingR
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Opening themes

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  1. Naraku no Hana

    Shimamiya Eiko

Ending themes

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  1. Taishou.a

    anNina

Characters

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MainFurude Rika
Japanese voiceTamura Yukari
MainHanyuu
Japanese voiceHorie Yui
MainHoujou Satoko
Japanese voiceKanai Mika
MainMaebara Keiichi
Japanese voiceHoshi Souichirou
MainRyuuguu Rena
Japanese voiceNakahara Mai
MainSonozaki Mion
Japanese voiceYukino Satsuki
MainTakano Miyo
Japanese voicesItou MikiOno Fuyuka
SupportingAkane's Husband
Japanese voiceHirota Kousei
SupportingAkasaka Mamoru
Japanese voiceOno Daisuke
SupportingBernkastel Frederica
Japanese voiceTamura Yukari

Staff

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Original CreatorRyukishi07
Director · Episode Director · StoryboardKon Chiaki
Series Composition · ScriptKawase Toshifumi
ScriptDecouzon Mélanie
ScriptNakase Rika
Script · ScreenplayShimo Fumihiko
ScriptSuzuki Masashi
Character Design · Chief Animation Director · Animation DirectorSakai Kyuuta
MusicKawai Kenji
MusicYoshikawa Mei

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