Higurashi When They Cry
Video Game • 2006 • Horror
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Does the abused become the abuser?
National Domestic Violence Hotline (1-800-799-7233)
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Abuse
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Is someone stalked?
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sushi
While there is no actual stalking, there are many instances of the player being led to believe the main character is being stalked. This is not a minor element; there are many instances where horror is derived from the feeling of loss of safety and privacy.
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sushi
There are many, many instances of domestic violence, most notably an entire arc revolving around realistic depictions of child abuse.
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Is a woman brutalized for spectacle?
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SiRenfield
Debatedly. Might I also add rather young girls too?
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Is someone gaslighted?
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sushi
There are many depictions of a character being told things that go directly against what the character saw and experienced. The game actively works towards confusing the player, at times making it impossible to tell what's real and what isn't.
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sonozaki
Two of the main characters have dealt with child abuse, one is a teenager and one is a young child. One of the arcs focuses specifically on the abuse the young child goes through.
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Addiction
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Higurashi
Yes, technically. A lot of the plot is based on a drug/medicine. One character takes large doses, and a lot.
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Is there addiction?
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Higurashi
Yes, one of the main characters guardian is an alcholic. As well as a child who drinks quite a lot.
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Does someone abuse alcohol?
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Anonymous
Both an abusive guardian and a child abuse alcohol
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Animal
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Does a cat die?
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plushbunniez
Early on in one of the VN chapters a dead cat is found
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Are there bugs?
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sonozaki
The cry of the higurashi is used often to create tension in the game and anime and some higurashi are seen in the anime/manga. Other insect noises are used to create a sense of dread in the game.
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Assault
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Is there pedophilia?
61 supporters
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eeper
One character talks frequently about his attraction to one of the child characters.
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sushi
While there is no graphic depiction of sexual assault, there is a slight insinuation that a character in an abusive home situation could be sexually assaulted, though this is never confirmed.
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Bodily Harm
Is there shaving/cutting?
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Higurashi
A character is seen with rather deep scars, presumed to be self harm scars.
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Is there cannibalism?
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Higurashi
It isn't shown, but it is talked about and mentioned very frequently.
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Is someone burned alive?
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plushbunniez
We don't see it, but it's mentioned frequently
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Is there amputation?
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Higurashi
The true main character is dismembered and amputated.
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Does a head get squashed?
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Higurashi
Multiple characters have their heads beaten in so much, they are unrecognizable.
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Is there a hanging?
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Mayu34
In Chapter 5 one of the characters gets killed by hanging
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Is there finger/toe mutilation?
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sushi
Aside from the aforementioned nail-based mutilation, there is repeated discussion of methods of torture that involve finger mutilation, and there is a scene in which a character comes very close to being tortured in such a manner, though it does not actually happen.
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Is someone tortured?
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sushi
There are many scenes where characters discuss methods of torture used in the past in graphic detail, and many scenes in which characters do carry out some of these methods of torture.
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Does someone fall to their death?
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Ben Edgeworth
A character falls off a balcony and dies.
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Children
Is an infant abducted?
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nanitoX3
In himatsubushi, the plot is about the abduction of Inukai Toshiki, the grandson of a government official
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Does a kid die?
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Anonymous
There are a lot of deaths, almost always deaths of children and teens (at least onscreen)
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Is a minor sexualized?
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SiRenfield
Sadly multiple examples such as a 15 year old girl working at a restaurant with SUPER revealing uniforms and some rather uncomfortable scenes involving two girls that are barely ten that edges dangerously close into L*lic*n. There was in fact one example of child nudity (although to be fair not meant to sexual in context...I hope) in fact that was SO bad that it was censored in future releases of the same edition (mind you it was more the author regretting that decision to include the nudity in the first place, not because of any government intervention).
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Death
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Does a major character die?
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patchwork
multiple die throughout the story but every arc shows a different possibility with different characters surviving
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Disability
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Drugs/Alcohol
Does someone overdose?
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ardgery
in one of the arcs, a side character is presumed to have died by intentional overdose.
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Family
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Does a parent die?
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Higurashi
In almost all of the 'loops' one of the main character's mother and father die, or are assumed to be dead. Similarly, a sister and brother's parents fell off of a cliff.
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Does someone cheat?
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plushbunniez
In chapter 6, a character's mother cheats on her husband
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Does a family member die?
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patchwork
it varies by arc, so to prevent spoilers, it would be safest to go in assuming it could happen
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Fear
Are there jumpscares?
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Higurashi
While there are a lot of jumpscares, they are not cheap. Some of the jumpscares in HIgurashi truly frightened me.
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Is someone possessed?
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sushi
While there are no true posessions, there are many, many instances where the player is led to believe characters may be posessed by ghosts, spirits or demons.
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Are there ghosts?
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Higurashi
Yes and no, the main 'ghost' is actually a god, but she WAS once a human (kind of) and she WAS killed, so I'd say it depends on how you look at it.
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Does someone vomit?
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plushbunniez
One character does in chapter 3 of the VN, when having a panic attack
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Is there audio gore?
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JamesPalmer
sound effects like blood splatter and less obvious ones like something being hit. i think if you're sensitive to creepy noises you'll want to turn the audio down.
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Large-scale Violence
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Law Enforcement
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LGBTQ+
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Medical
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Are needles/syringes used?
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Anonymous
Many, many, many. It cannot be understated how many needles are used in this thing
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Is there a mental institution scene?
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sonozaki
There is in the visual novel and in the manga, though it is cut out in the anime.
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Does someone have cancer?
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Bird
One of the characters has liver cancer and dies from it.
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Mental Health
Does someone suffer from PTSD?
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w0rmytimes
One of the main characters suffers from PTSD due to domestic violence. She is also seen having a panic attack.
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Does someone have a mental illness?
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patchwork
no one is really outright diagnosed with any in canon, but it would be more effective to ask who isnt mentally ill in some way in higurashi. however, it isnt tastelessly done - it is just a little difficult to discuss in depth without spoiling some of the major themes and twists.
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Anonymous
A child commits suicide by stabbing themself in the neck repeatedly. Another character pulls off their own fingernails
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Is a mentally ill person violent?
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eeper
Most of the violence in this series is committed by characters suffering intense paranoia and insanity.
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ardgery
while there are actual deaths by suicide in the series, in one part a little girl is shown standing in the middle of a storm, asking god to kill her.
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Is reality unstable or unhinged?
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patchwork
it's hard to say yes or no for this one. the reality we see of higurashi is through the characters' eyes, and they are often under such extreme stress that they have trouble grasping said reality.
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Is there misophonia?
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pinkwill
Every chapter you play starts with the giggling of a baby, and there are some slightly painful noises such as a phone ringing.
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Does someone say "I'll kill myself"?
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (1-800-273-8255)
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Are there anxiety attacks?
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Lolaf
Many of the character become violently anxious both in the game(s) and anime, often when they feel they are threatened. It is often very visual.
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Higurashi
Wow, the person above me spoiled it. :( and that scene is a fun scare, too.
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Noxious
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Does a baby cry?
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pinkwill
No, but there's the sound of a baby giggling at every start of a chapter.
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Is there obscene language/gestures?
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ardgery
sexual language and jokes are present and there is swearing.
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Paranoia
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Pregnancy
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Does a pregnant person die?
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Puddang
A Pregnant woman falls down a staircase.
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Prejudice
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Are there "Man in a dress" jokes?
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w0rmytimes
The main character (male) is dressed in "feminine clothing" and dresses several times as punishment for losing in challenges and games. The rest of the cast finds this funny.
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Race
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Relationships
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Religious
Is religion discussed?
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SiRenfield
Shintoism is pretty prominent in the story
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Sex
Is there sexual content?
32 supporters
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sushi
There are many racy jokes amongst the teenage protagonists, but no actual sexual content.
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Is someone sexually objectified?
23 supporters
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ardgery
sorta? a teenage character in a revealing uniform is playfully mocked by a character who is the same age.
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Are there nude scenes?
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ardgery
in one scene a young girl is naked in a bath, but this isn’t done for a sexual purpose. she is put in a towel and nothing is actually shown aside from one weird sprite that was taken out of the later versions of the game.
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TheRealGuts
In one of the console-exclusive arcs for the visual novel, Kageboushi-hen, it is mentioned that the grandmother of one of the POV characters in this arc married her cousin when she was younger.
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Sexism
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Sickness
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Does someone have a chronic illness?
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ardgery
there is a fictional disease which multiple characters contract and one of which has to manage daily.
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Is there dementia/Alzheimer's?
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ardgery
an important background character contracts dementia shortly before the end of his life, but from my knowledge this is very briefly mentioned.
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Social
Is someone homeless?
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ardgery
a young girl is briefly shown to be without a living situation or any sort of guardian but this is resolved quickly.
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Spoiler
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Vehicular
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Is someone hit by a car?
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plushbunniez
Almost.
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Violence
Is there a nuclear explosion?
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sushi
While there are no nuclear explosions, there are allusions to a natural disaster that wipes out an entire town.
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Is there blood/gore?
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cheatcodeF
In the anime and manga there are frequent scenes of graphic bloody violence and death that occur on screen/on page. In the visual novel such gore is often described with the words overlaid on a page with blood spatter images.
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Does someone drown?
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ardgery
a mostly off-screen character is presumed to have drowned herself prior to when the main story takes place.
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Is there gun violence?
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Higurashi
A villain is implied to have shot a character in the head, and another shot the twins.
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