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Higurashi No Naku Koro Ni – Trilogy

„When the cicadas cry“. I think many of you have heard this phrase. Someone knows her according to the anime series of the same name, and someone heard it purely by accident. One way or another, we all heard about this crazy one from the word from the word „Mad“ Series. About a distant village Hinamidzava and about the terrible events taking place there.
However, when you first see any art from this work, you do not understand “And what is crazy about her?“ „Children, game, summer, funny drawing“, It would seem that everything brings us an ordinary romantic story for children „But no …“

For the first time I, as possible, and many met the franchise „When the cicadas cry“ After watching the anime of the same name. Then I still did not know what this story about and, to be honest, was not eager to watch anime – I turned on only out of cultural interest. Needless to say, after watching the fourth series, my consciousness broke. Individual plot factors could not form in my head, countless questions arose. And the further I watched, the more crazy the story. And the more questions I had. Without answers, with facts that contradicted each other. Needless to say, I received an explanation of everything that happened only after I watched the entire second season. But oddly enough by this time I was already imbued with history, I fell in love with it. And I realized that this is really a great anime. Further spin-off’i and various OVA series I already watched with undisguised pleasure.

Having become interested in the franchise, https://bookmakersnotongamstop.co.uk/review/golden-genie/ I decided to find out on the basis of what the series was shot: it turned out that the original script was written not even in the form of manga or a row, which is traditionally for typical anime adaptations, at first there was a whole series of visual shortages. Unfortunately, at a time when I learned this, the Russian reader did not yet have the opportunity to read them. During this time, I re -read all the available manga and looked at two dramas when unexpectedly in Steam The first short story appeared „Higurashi when the Cry (Higurashi No Naku Koro Ni)“. It was available in English, but for me at that time it was no longer an obstacle.
At the moment I have finished reading three short stories Onikakushi/Watanagashi and Tatarigoroshi And I hasten to share my opinion about them. It is worth clarifying that exclusively my opinion is described here, it may not fully coincide with yours and this is good, because I am not trying to convince you of something. But only share his impressions of acquaintance with them.

Plot Onikakushi Starts hot summer 1983 year, on 58 year of era Sow. In a distant quiet village Hinamidzava, The family of a little -known artist is moving. His son Maybara Keichi He enters the local school and enters the club in which they are: Ryuga Rena – The girl adoring cute things, a representative of the ruling family in the village – Mion Sonozaki, Satoko Hojo – an orphan, masterfully placing traps and Furude Rick – which, looking at his young age is the main priestess of the local altar Furude. The club members after school play games and punish losers. A quiet life in the village goes on its own way, but she also protects her secrets. The Black Spring on the inhabitants reflected the war for the cancellation of the construction of the dam in the village several years ago, during which many people died. Every summer, the inhabitants of the village celebrate the festival Vatanagashi, By tradition, after which someone disappears without a trace every year.
This is a plot tie, each character appears in history necessarily has any connection with each event. The disclosure of these connections is dedicated to the novels. Four novels of questions and four subsequent novels of answers.
In the first short story Onikakushi – We will learn the whole terrible truth about the best friend Keichi, Ryugu Renna. In the second, Watanagashi – We become an eyewitness to the secrets of the family Slonozaki. In the third, Tatarigoroshi – Trying to save an orphan personally Hojo From domestic violence. In every new short story, new characters appear that reveal the plot on the other for the reader. With each new part, the story becomes more difficult and interesting. Now I can say that the best of the three is just the third. Since it is she who plays the most strongly with the reader’s feelings and lets the plot according to the scheme that excellent from the previous two games. In addition, it was in the third game that the plot approached its logical denouement, which is also not unimportant.

The narrative of each novel is carried out according to one principle. The first half of the plot we observe the ordinary cloudless life of the inhabitants of the village, in the middle of the story there is a strange, and maybe even a terrible event, after which the intensity of madness in the frame is heated and the closer to the finale, the more horror, violence and blood appear before the reader’s eyes. This approach makes the characters feel and begin to empathize with them genuinely.

There is nothing unusual in the gameplay plan. The reader simply leaf through the pages of the text, persist at any time, and between the chapters can read additional mini-heads „Tips“ giving tips for a plot unraveling. Their reading is not necessary, it can be completely focused only on the main plot, which saves time with repeated passage

Summing up the preliminary result, I can say that after reading the short story, I had exactly the same feelings as after watching the series. I fell in love with this story and I want to read it further. I like that with each new novel developers twist the plot more and more, introduce new characters, expand the local soundtrack (several new paths from the third part, I even download for a separate listening). If the following parts will improve further, bringing something new to the narrative, then I will be glad. In the meantime – play, read. If you like visual novels, then you will like it and „When They Cry“, if not, then this is one of the ways to join this genre.