Higurashi WHEN THEY CRY: Abducted by Demons Arc

After moving into the quiet town of Hinamizawa, Maebara Keiichi spends his days blissfully in school often playing games with his local friends. However, appearances can be deceiving. One fateful day, Keiichi stumbles upon news of a murder that had occurred in Hinamizawa. From this point on, horrific events unfold in front of Keiichi, as he soon learns his close friends may not be all that they seem. Based on the amateur mystery game by 7th Expansion, the story is told in a series of different scenarios. Onikakushi is the first in a series of manga following the different scenarios of the Higurashi games. It focuses on Maebara Keiichi's arrival to Hinamizawa.

In the recesses of mountain... there's a bus stop at outskirts of a village, it's called "Hinamizawa bus stop". Rika, a female high-school student, together with her junior, Mion visit this place. Twisted relationships that are concerned with the dam construction in Hinamizawa, and the stories of the curse of "Oyashiro-sama" that takes root in this area. What waiting for them is a tragedy, or else...? This manga adapts Hinamizawa Teiryūjo, the unreleased stage play that Ryukishi07 wrote and eventually tranformed into the Higurashi no Naku Koro ni game/anime/live-action franchise.

Taisho year 12 (1923). A tragedy occurring in Hinamizawa changes the fate of a lone girl and her friends. The turbulent early life of Oryou, head of the Sonozaki family, one of the Three Great Families, who would later be feared and known as Empress Sonozaki. A missing link connected to the original Higurashi story revealed now.

It’s an “Higurashi no Naku Koro ni” anthology series, released by Softgarage. The volumes contain the following chapters: **Volume 1: (2005/7/29)** **#Cover illustration**: Ikegami Akane 1. **#Illustration**: Azuma Yuki **Cherish: Anata wo Aishete** (Cherish〜あなたを愛して〜) by Majika 2. **#Illustration**: KAhara Nanami **"Shoseiki" no Nazo wo Abake!** (「諸世紀」の謎を暴け！) by Yotsuya Masamune 3. **#Illustration**: Uchimura Kaname **Hasami wa kami awazu, shikashi surudoku kirisaku** (鋏は咬み合わず、しかし鋭く切り裂く) by Yagami Keiichirou 4. **#Illustration**: Izumi Rei **Hito Oni** (人鬼) by Touya Rizuki 5, **#Illustration**: Nanami Ayame **Ooishi Keiji no Sousa Memo** (大石刑事の捜査メモ) by Moriyasu Hiroya **Volume 2: (2005/11/14)** **#Cover illustration**: Kyourin Takanae **#Illustration authors:** Takatori Umi, Takehito Mizuki, Mori Keiji, Amou Mari and Maruchan.. **Volume 3: (2006/2/15)** **#Cover illustration**: Azuma Yuki **#Illustration authors:** Izumi Rei, Uchimura Kaname, Nanami Ayame, Azuma Yuki Nanami Kahara. **Volume 4: (2006/5/25)** **#Cover illustration**: Kyourin Takanae **#Illustration authors:** Takatori Umi, Takehito Mizuki, Mori Keiji, Amou Mari and Maruchan.. **Volume 5: (2006/8/25)** **#Cover illustration**: Ikegami Akane **#Illustration authors:** Azuma Yuki, Uchimura Kaname, Kirishima Riona, Kahara Nanami and Suihei Kiki. **Volume 6: (2006/11/24)** **#Cover illustration**: Kyourin Takanae **#Illustration authors:** Takatori Umi, Takehito Mizuki, Mori Keiji, Amou Mari and Maruchan. **Volume 7: (2007/2/23)** **#Cover illustration**: Ikegami Akane **#Illustration authors:** Izumi Rei, Uchimura Kaname, Riona Kirishima, Kahara Nanami and Chiha Ayami.