When They Cry

Season 2 - When They Cry - Kai (24 Episodes)

2 Seasons 2007 TV-MA 24m 7.8

The story of a group of young friends and the mysterious events that occur in the rural village of Hinamizawa.

Higurashi no Naku Koro ni is a story of many chapters. It's about the town of Hinamizawa, and the people who live there, Rena Ryugu, Mion Sonozaki, Satoko Hojo, and Rika Furude, as well as friends, relatives, and visitors dealing with Lord Oyashiro's curse. Every year on the night of Watanagashi, people mysteriously disappear and are murdered which is rumored to be a curse, though it has yet to be proven. However, certain people don't believe it, especially with the odd behaviors of some of of the residents of Hinamizawa. This story is explained in many Question and Answer chapters.

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Season 2 Episodes:

Episode 1 Hajimari

1. Hajimari

Aired: Jul 6, 2007

Keiichi adapts to rural life in Hinamizawa by befriending cute classmates Ren...

Episode 2 Kakushigoto

2. Kakushigoto

Aired: Jul 13, 2007

The police ask Keiichi to be an informant after an acquaintance of his is fou...

Episode 3 Gishin

3. Gishin

Aired: Jul 20, 2007

Keiichi learns his classmates knew of his secret meeting with Oishi and disco...

Episode 4 Hizumi

4. Hizumi

Aired: Jul 27, 2007

Unnerved by Rena and Mion's menacing behavior, Keiichi begins to distance him...

Episode 5 Shitto

5. Shitto

Aired: Aug 3, 2007

Keiichi meets a pretty waitress who introduces herself as Shion - the younger...

Episode 6 Takano

6. Takano

Aired: Aug 10, 2007

After sneaking into a sacred shrine with Keiichi and Shion, Tomitake and Taka...

Episode 7 Uso

7. Uso

Aired: Aug 17, 2007

Keiichi indirectly confesses to Rika about sneaking into the forbidden shrine...

Episode 8 Negai

8. Negai

Aired: Aug 24, 2007

After Rena and Keiichi confront Mion about Rika and Satoko, chilling revelati...

Episode 9 Ani

9. Ani

Aired: Aug 31, 2007

Keiichi hears the odd circumstances surrounding Satoko's older brother, Satos...

Episode 10 Kizuna

10. Kizuna

Aired: Sep 7, 2007

Satoko's violent uncle Teppei is back in town, and she's been missing class. ...

Episode 11 Kyokai

11. Kyokai

Aired: Sep 14, 2007

In the aftermath of Satoko's traumatic breakdown, Keiichi decides extreme mea...

Episode 12 Shishimono

12. Shishimono

Aired: Sep 21, 2007

After strange encounters with Takano, Dr. Irie, and Inspector Oishi, Keiichi ...

Episode 13 Shazai

13. Shazai

Aired: Sep 28, 2007

Has everything been an illusion? When Keiichi heads to Teppei's house and fin...

Episode 14 Hinamizawa

14. Hinamizawa

Aired: Oct 5, 2007

The grandson of an official on the Hinamizawa dam project is abducted, and Ak...

Episode 15 Kizashi

15. Kizashi

Aired: Oct 16, 2007

Rika has a rather disturbing conversation with Akasaka, which he relates to O...

Episode 16 Hatsukoi

16. Hatsukoi

Aired: Oct 23, 2007

Time rewinds to episode five but from Shion's point of view, offering a look ...

Episode 17 Kejime

17. Kejime

Aired: Oct 30, 2007

When Shion is discovered to be living as Mion, she is taken to her family est...

Episode 18 Oni no Ketsumyaku

18. Oni no Ketsumyaku

Aired: Nov 5, 2007

Shion learns that Satoshi has disappeared and looks deeper into the murders t...

Episode 19 Shikaeshi

19. Shikaeshi

Aired: Nov 12, 2007

Shion is convinced that her own family is responsible in some way for the num...

Episode 20 Tsumetai te

20. Tsumetai te

Aired: Nov 19, 2007

Torturing the village leader for information regarding Satoshi only leads Shi...

Episode 21 Danzai

21. Danzai

Aired: Nov 26, 2007

Shion's madness reaches its peak and she falls deeper into its clutches despi...

Episode 22 Shiawase

22. Shiawase

Aired: Dec 3, 2007

At school, Rena's attitude brings smiles to everyone around her - but things ...

Episode 23 Kaeru tokoro

23. Kaeru tokoro

Aired: Dec 10, 2007

After Rena learns of Rina's plot to extort money from her father, a confronta...

Episode 24 34 gô bunsho

24. 34 gô bunsho

Aired: Dec 17, 2007

When Rena confides her tragic past to Takano, who seems to know the cause beh...

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Info about When They Cry

Current Status: Ended

Network: Kansai TV

Production Country: Japan

Genres: Drama, Thriller, Horror, Mystery, Animation

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