Keiichi Maebara has just moved to a seemingly peaceful new town. He’s making friends and generally enjoying his life until one day he learns of a grisly murder that took place in the little village. His friends won’t give him any details which only adds to Keiichi’s uneasiness. After learning at the town’s annual festival that a death has occurred on that night every year for the past four years, Keiichi is drawn into a web of intrigue to help unravel the mystery of these murders. Things only get more dangerous when he learns that some of his new friends may be involved!
HIGURASHI WHEN THEY CRY: Abducted by Demons Arc:
HIGURASHI WHEN THEY CRY: Cotton Drifting Arc:
HIGURASHI WHEN THEY CRY: Curse Killing Arc:
HIGURASHI WHEN THEY CRY: Time Killing Arc:
Higurashi WHEN THEY CRY Abducted by Demons Arc © Ryukishi07/07th Expansion © Karin Suzuragi / SQUARE ENIX
Higurashi WHEN THEY CRY Cotton Drifting Arc © Ryukishi07/07th Expansion © Yutori Houjyou / SQUARE ENIX
Higurashi WHEN THEY CRY Curse Killing Arc © Ryukishi07/07th Expansion © Jiro Suzuki / SQUARE ENIX
Higurashi WHEN THEY CRY Time Killing Arc © Ryukishi07/07th Expansion © Yoshiki Tonogai / SQUARE ENIX
HIGURASHI WHEN THEY CRY: Abducted by Demons Arc Volume 1
Series Volume 1
story by Ryukishi07, art by Karin Suzuragi
November 2008 | ISBN: 978-0-7595-2983-0 | $10.99 ($11.99) | 192 pages | 5”x 7.5″ | Older Teen
Life couldn’t be better for Keiichi Maebara. Sure, he’s moved to a sleepy, little town where nothing happens and high school consists of a one-room schoolhouse — but his new friends and fellow students are all cute girls! When he happens upon a story about a grisly local murder, however, his contentment turns to uneasiness as he finds himself drawn into a web of silent intrigue that involves his newfound friends…and threatens his very existence.
HIGURASHI WHEN THEY CRY: Abducted by Demons Arc Volume 2
Series Volume 2
story by Ryukishi07, art by Karin Suzuragi
February 2009 | ISBN: 978-0-7595-2984-7 | $10.99 ($11.99) | 240 pages | 5”x 7.5″ | Older Teen
Up until now, Keiichi’s been having the time of his life with his new friends in Hinamizawa. But when their good-natured pranks take a deadly turn, Keiichi grows more and more suspicious about their involvement with the so-called “Oyashiro-sama’s Curse.” Turning to Ooishi-san for reassurance only confirms Keiichi’s worst fears as dark secrets about Rena’s past are revealed. Is it just his imagination? Or do his friends really mean to kill him?
HIGURASHI WHEN THEY CRY: Cotton Drifting Arc Volume 1
Series Volume 3
story by Ryukishi07, art by Yutori Houjyou
May 2009 | ISBN: 978-0-7595-2985-4 | $10.99 ($11.99) | 208 pages | 5”x 7.5″ | Older Teen
You’ve already met Keiichi Maebara and his mischievous friends in the Abducted by Demons Arc. But Oyashiro-sama’s curse is poised to strike anew in Hinamizawa village. When Keiichi spots tomboy Mion working at a maid café, he can hardly believe his eyes! But it’s not Mion after all — it’s her identical twin sister, Shion. Keiichi’s never heard of this “twin sister” before and suspects it’s just another one of Mion’s pranks. But through Shion, Keiichi is able to see a quieter, more feminine side of his best friend, even if it is all an act. As Keiichi spends more time with Shion, however, Rena grows more accusatory…
HIGURASHI WHEN THEY CRY: Cotton Drifting Arc Volume 2
Series Volume 4
story by Ryukishi07, art by Yutori Houjyou
September 2009 | ISBN: 978-0-7595-2986-1 | $10.99 ($12.99) | 272 pages | 5”x 7.5″ | Older Teen
Twins Shion and Mion have Keiichi seeing double. But as he grows closer to Shion, their flirty friendship has Mion seeing red. When Shion and Keiichi trespass on sacred ground the night of the Cotton Drifting, a string of gruesome murders and disappearances follow. Are the legends of Oyashiro-sama’s curse true? Is there a demon in Hinamizawa?
HIGURASHI WHEN THEY CRY: Curse Killing Arc Volume 1
Series Volume 5
story by Ryukishi07, art by Jiro Suzuki
November 2009 | ISBN: 978-0-7595-2987-8 | $10.99 ($12.99) | 192 pages | 5”x 7.5″ | Older Teen
The dark mysteries of Hinamizawa village unfold anew in the Curse Killing Arc! After a short trip to the city, Keiichi Maebara returns to the small mountain hamlet where he is welcomed with a fresh batch of pranks from Satoko and the rest of his school friends. Satoko may be the youngest of the group, but she always puts on the biggest smile. Who knew her upbeat attitude masked a terrible tragedy — a year ago her older brother, her only family, vanished without a trace. Keiichi’s glad to step in and act as her big brother figure, but he can’t shake the nagging questions about her real brother’s disappearance. Transfer student? Teenage runaway? Or could it be…Oyashiro-sama’s curse?
HIGURASHI WHEN THEY CRY: Curse Killing Arc Volume 2
Series Volume 6
story by Ryukishi07, art by Jiro Suzuki
Coming February 2010 | ISBN: 978-0-7595-2988-5 | $10.99 ($12.99) | 192 pages | 5”x 7.5″ | Older Teen
Keiichi is relieved when Satoko returns to school after an unexplained three-day absence, but the little girl is not her usual cheery self. It seems her uncle has returned, and Satoko is once again at his mercy. Keiichi is furious at his friends’ reluctance to step in and help her, but until there’s definitive proof of her uncle’s abuses, there’s nothing they can do. Unwilling to accept inaction, Keiichi plots to end the abuse once and for all. On the night of the Cotton Drifting, blood will be spilled once more…
HIGURASHI WHEN THEY CRY: Time Killing Arc Volume 1
Series Volume 7
story by Ryukishi07, art by Yoshiki Tonogai
Coming June 2010 | ISBN: 978-0-316-08611-0 | $11.99 ($14.99) | 192 pages | 5”x 7.5″ | Older Teen
HIGURASHI WHEN THEY CRY: Time Killing Arc Volume 2
Series Volume 8
story by Ryukishi07, art by Yoshiki Tonogai
Coming August 2010 | ISBN: 978-0-316-09766-6 | $11.99 ($14.99) | 192 pages | 5”x 7.5″ | Older Teen
