When Cicadas Cry

The original PC version
The ported version to PS2 and DS, 'Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Matsuri'

"Higurashi no Naku Koro ni" or "When Cicadas Cry" is a Japanese PC horror visual novel series that inspired four seasons of anime ( 'Higurashi no Naku Koro ni', 'Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Kai', 'Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Rei', and 'Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Kira'-- Kira is being aired now, commemorating the tenth anniversary of the series ), mangas, light novels, and video games for consoles Nintendo DS and Playstation 2 ( Titled ' Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Matsuri', containing the original arcs and bonus arcs in a new art style, and 'Higurashi no naku Koro ni Jan', which is a mahjong game following the storyline of the original visual novel ) and was created by Ryukishi 07 under the company o7th Expansion.

This is Maebara Keiichi, a high school student from the big city that just moved to the remote village Hinamizawa. He quickly encounters friends in the village, and they seem to be enjoying themselves so happily.

Until murders occur.

There's a legend called ' The Curse of Oyashiro-sama'. Basically, Oyashiro-sama is a deity worshipped in Hinamizawa. A god. Every year, on the day of Watanagashi festival ( The festival when a shrine maiden does the ritual of cutting futon so that cotton would pour out, and the villagers will take some cotton and float them in the river to soak bad things away from them ), a person will die and another person will go missing. The people who are cursed every year are commonly associated with defying Oyashiro-sama, angering him and leading him to curse them.
The year when Keiichi moved to Hinamizawa ( 1983 ), the curse occurred and after the death cause by the curse, various main characters of the show will slowly be paranoid and kill others when they have reached the limit. This will be repeated in arcs but different events will happen in the different arcs ( Arc 1 has A as the insane person. Arc 2 has B as the insane person). I have to warn you this show's content is only for mature audience ( even though I completely violated it myself...) and don't watch it if you can't stand gore.

... And I'm forced to go to bed. I'll continue in the next post. TTFN, Ta Ta For Now!