Mars, a 12-year-old prince, is terrified of being assassinated. His meals are constantly being poisoned, so he lives on monster meat. Then one night, a beautiful red-haired woman appears and says to him, "You have potennnnnnnnnnnnntial. Become my apprentice." From a single misunderstanding, the boy becomes the most powerful king (even though he doesn't want to be)! **Original Web Novel :** [Syosetsu](https://ncode.syosetu.com/n3978hk/) **Original Light Novel :** [GCN Bunko](https://gcnovels.jp/special/gcnb/monsterniku/) **Original English Translation Light Novel :** Cross In F World **Original Manga :** [Hakusensha](https://www.hakusensha.co.jp/comicslist/76509/), [Young Animal](https://younganimal.com/series/97db2e5c29311)

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 Minagoroshi-hen, the mastermind of the murders was revealed. This time, all the pieces of the puzzle are in place. The last step for the characters to take is putting the pieces together in order to defeat the culprit, obtain the miracle, and break through the barrier of June 1983.

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. Tsumihoroboshi is the sixth in a series of manga following the different scenarios of the Higurashi games and the second that tries to answer questions raised in the previous scenarios. It focuses on Ryuuguu Rena's sudden distrust of her friends and answers some questions about the mystery surrounding Furude Rika.

The endless cycle of murders has been broken and Rika is finally able to settle down for a normal life with her friends. However, she is involved in a traffic accident and wakes up in a world where everything is different. A world where no one committed the sins that shaped them into the persons they are. It's up to Rika to discover the truth behind this world and whether or not it truly is perfect.

A string of high school students have all been mysteriously murdered by being burned to death upon where water was evidently present. Junior High student Shirogane, a PSI (Paranormal Special Investigator) officer, takes action to solve this bizarre phenomenon. Upon questioning possible suspect Kirisaki Kirio, she discovers that he has the ability of electrocution! What other things will Shirogane unravel while dealing with this case of murders?

Chiaki Nanami is the Ultimate Gamer, selected as one of Japan's most expert teens to attend the elite Hope's Peak High School. What could be nicer than for the semester to kick off with a class trip to the tropical resort of Jabberwock Island? And what could be more horrific than being told by the principal that now they're all trapped there, and the only way they can ever leave is to play a murder game! The rules are simple: to escape, you must not only kill a fellow student but get away with it, as the survivors will then cross-examine each other in a class courtroom. If they vote the wrong person guilty, the killer goes free, and the rest of them die! With no margin for error and high stakes, the Ultimate Gamer will need to use all her playing skills to suss out the secrets of Jabberwock Island and find the "true ending" for Nanami and her friends…survival and escape! (Source: Dark Horse)

Shun is the new kid in school, but he’s already managed to attract the attention of the school bully, who’s now making his life a living hell. It doesn’t seem like things could get any worse, until the night he finds himself and a group of his classmates inside a creepy, abandoned mansion known as the Jailhouse. They quickly start to hear strange sounds and see weird things, but everything escalates when they realize they can’t get out. Once they’re trapped inside, a blue, unnaturally large figure chases after them. Is it a new species? Or is it the ghost of their old classmate who died in an accident? Nobody knows, but one thing is for certain... If it catches them, they’re dead! The scariest game of tag in history begins! (Source: J-Novel)

A group of junior high school students are trapped in the western mansion known as "Jail House," rumored to be haunted by a blue humanoid monster. Splitting up to search for exits to escape the mansion, the students are now being stalked by the pursuing blue monster, going after their lives.

As regular high school students Taichi and Rin disappeared in a beam of light. When they came to, the two of them were already in a world of swords and magic. Finally getting away after experiencing an attack by monsters, following the suggestion of adventurers they headed on the path towards the guild. In the guild, the two of them found out that they possessed unbelievably powerful magic. Thus the regular high school students transformed into the strongest cheats.

Renapan / Batsukoishi-hen (れなぱん／罰恋し編) is a manga volume released as a limited gift to those who ordered both Eye Opening Arc Vol. 3 and Atonement Arc Vol. 3. The volume includes two different stories: a namesake adaptation of the Renapan minigame and a namesake adaptation of Batsukoishi-hen from Rei. It has not been released outside Japan.

Kataribanashi-hen is an anthology, illustrated by several artists. The stories are fanfictions, submitted for Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Awards.