FREE HIGURASHI WHEN THEY CRY: ATONEMENT ARC V. 2 PDF Ryukishi07,Karin Suzuragi | 176 pages | 23 Dec 2011 | Little, Brown & Company | 9780316123853 | English | New York, United States List of When They Cry episodes - Wikipedia Higurashi Daybreak fighting game. The series focuses on a group of young friends living in the fictional rural village of Hinamizawa and the strange events that occur there in The games are built on the NScripter game engine and the Microsoft Windows operating system. The first game in the series, Onikakushi-henwas released on August 10,and the eighth and final game in the original PC series, Matsuribayashi-henwas released on August 13, While the first four games carried the overall title Higurashi no Naku Koro ni and are considered the first entry Higurashi When They Cry: Atonement Arc v. 2 the When They Cry franchise, the next four games were produced under the title Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Kai and are considered the second entry. In addition to the original series, new story arcs were created in manga form and in video games for the PlayStation 2 and Nintendo DSin order to expand the story. Novelizations of the game series were released by Kodansha Box Higurashi When They Cry: Atonement Arc v. 2 August and March A manga series adapted from the games began with eight different manga artists working separately on one to three of the multiple story arcs and were published by Square Enix and Kadokawa Shoten. Following the manga's release in Japan, two anime television series were produced by Studio Deen in and ; a third anime adaptation was released as an original video animation OVA series in The first anime series was licensed by Geneon Entertainment in English inbut the license expired in Sentai Filmworks has since licensed both anime seasons and the OVAs. A live-action film adaptation of the series, directed by Ataru Oikawapremiered in Japanese theaters in Maywith a sequel released in May A six- episode live-action television series adaptation premiered in Japan in Mayand a four-episode sequel premiered in November A new anime television series by Passione premiered in October after being delayed. Higurashi When They Cry is a "sound novel", a variation of visual novel devoid of interactivity. At this point, the player is invited to save the gameas well as read "tips" that reveal details of the game's setting that were not present in the main story. The tips may also encourage the player to deduce the reasoning behind the narrative's mysterious events. Each question arc is a self-contained story taking place in an alternate reality, while each answer arc is based within the same scenario as a certain question arc, and help the player formulate a more accurate vision of the events of the pertaining question arc. Each chapter is assigned a "difficulty rating" that indicates the complexity of the mystery. In addition, the player can access a feature entitled the "Staff Room", in which writer Ryukishi07 discusses and examines the chapter. Keiichi soon learns of the village's annual Watanagashi Festival, a celebration to commemorate and give thanks to the local deity Oyashiro. Hinamizawa initially seems calm and peaceful, but shortly before the festival, Keiichi learns that for four consecutive years, people in the village have been killed or have disappeared on the evening of the festival. These crimes remain unsolved and have been named the "Oyashiro Curse" by the local populace. In most chapters, Keiichi attempts to investigate the Oyashiro Curse, only for him or one of his friends to become paranoid and commit a crime, often the murder of someone within his circle. A few days after the festival, Rika's body is found in the family shrine dedicated to Oyashiro, and on the same day, a cataclysmic release of swamp gas wipes out the village's population. The answer arcs reveal that each of the preceding arcs were alternate realities in which Rika tried to prevent her own death. As a priestess of the Furude Shrine, Rika can communicate with the spirit Hanyu, who served as the prototype for Oyashiro and is the ancestress of the Furude clan. After Rika dies, Hanyu transfers her to another reality so that she may change her circumstance. Rika retains her memory of all past realities with the exception of the final minutes of her life, which prevents her from determining the cause of her fate. In the chapters Minagoroshi-hen and Matsuribayashi-henit is revealed that Miyo, who is studying a local endemic parasitic disease in the village, is responsible for some of the previous crimes, and is using the Oyashiro Curse as a cover. The disease manifests in those who move a distance away from the "Infection Queen", who releases a pheromone that prevents the aggravation of the villagers' condition. Infected persons gradually lose sanity and eventually kill themselves by tearing their throat out. The women of Higurashi When They Cry: Atonement Arc v. 2 Furude clan have all acted as Infection Queens, and Rika is the sole remaining representative of her clan after the death of her parents. Miyo kills Rika in each reality to unleash the disease and vindicate the work of her adoptive grandfather, who was mocked and shamed by the scientific community for his thesis about the disease. After several Higurashi When They Cry: Atonement Arc v. 2 loops, Keiichi becomes aware of them in a handful of flashbacks and subconsciously remembers several of his past loops, which allows him to avoid several critical points where various characters would be murdered or driven insane, and the group of friends nearly manages to outwit Miyo. In the final loop, the group asks Hanyu to join them, and the spirit manages to manifest a physical body. With her assistance, they manage to stay alive long enough to prevent Miyo's plan. Hanyu travels back to the past to save Miyo and her father, and to prevent their psychotic drive from forming. In the Higurashi games, there are several story arcsthe original eight of which are referred to as either question arcs or answer arcs. The answer arcs generally recapitulate the events of the corresponding question arc, but from a different perspective, using the change of protagonist to solve various mysteries and come to a different conclusion. Each of the eight original games for the PC represented separate arcs of the overall storyline. Apart from the main question and answer relationship, the story of the arcs are not directly connected, although a multitude of parallels exist which allow the observant reader to gain extra insight into the mystery. These first four games of the series were meant to give the player a sense of the world where the story takes place Higurashi When They Cry: Atonement Arc v. 2 introduce the mysterious circumstances surrounding the village of Hinamizawa. Since there are no concrete answers given to the questions that the story presents in these arcs, the question arcs allow the player to form his or her own opinions about the events taking place in the village. Each question arc game contains all of the previous question arcs. The last four games released in the series, were, in contrast to the question arcs, meant to answer all of the questions presented in the first half of the series. These arcs can be considered the "solutions" of the previous arcs. Each answer arc game contains all of the previous answer arcs. Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Rei was released on December 31, These side stories are original chapters serialized in manga form which supplement the games and partially continue the story. The series is the first visual novel series produced by 07th Expansion. Programming was worked on by Yatazakura, who worked on the main structure, 4U who worked on the intermission and Tips, and BT who worked on the mini games. The games were designed using the game engine NScripter. Ryukishi07 wrote in how he was influenced by Key 's works during the planning of Higurashi no Naku Koro ni. He figured that the secret was due to how the stories would start with ordinary, enjoyable days, but then a sudden Higurashi When They Cry: Atonement Arc v. 2 would happen to lead the player to cry due to the shock value. He used a similar model for the basis of Higurashi but instead of leading the player to cry, Ryukishi07 wanted to scare the player with the addition of horror elements. In this way, Ryukishi07 wished to be in some way associated with Key who he described as a "masterpiece maker. Hinamizawa Bus Stop he had written a few years before the first Higurashi game was released. Ryukishi07 had decided "early on to design the story so that the truth comes to light by looking at several overlapping stories," though he originally planned to release it as a single game due to initially believing he could finish the story in a single year. The word higurashi is the name of a kind of cicada. The first game of the Higurashi: When They Cry visual novel series, titled Onikakushi-henwas released on August 10, The second game Watanagashi-hen was released on December 29, The third game Tatarigoroshi-hen was released on August 15, The fourth game Himatsubushi-hen was released on August 13, The first four games are part of the Higurashi When They Cry: Atonement Arc v. 2 arcs, and the following four games, under the title Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Kaiare part of the answer arcs. The fifth game Meakashi-hen was released on December 30, The sixth game Tsumihoroboshi-hen was released on August 14, The seventh game Minagoroshi-hen was released on December 30, The eighth game Matsuribayashi-hen was released on August 13, Each of the chapters give valuable answers, hints, and clues as to the mysteries of the previous installment while at the same time bringing forth even more mysteries.