The complete journey / 07th Expansion
Eight arcs, one bloody June
The core sound novels from 07th Expansion, first released in 2002 and later expanded for console. Read across question and answer arcs, they unpick a cycle of deaths in rural Hinamizawa.
One series. Every step.
In release order. Select a game below.
Game 1 of 25
01 of 25
On a certain day in June, someone dies, and someone else goes missing. The series of deaths is connected to the upheaval surrounding the dam construction project. A murder case that was covered up is being reenacted. Is it a conspiracy? A coincidence? Or perhaps a curse?
Before you press start
Order matters more here than in almost any other series. Start with Onikakushi and follow the chapter numbers, since each arc depends on what came before. Chapters 7 and 8 finish the story. Save fan disc material and console extras until the end.
More than the main path
There is little to play in the usual sense. Higurashi gives you text, music and a growing pile of contradictions, then trusts you to find the pattern. The early arcs ask who is lying, the later ones show why it keeps happening, and the payoff depends on reading them in order.
Worth getting lost in
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Entries
On a certain day in June, someone dies, and someone else goes missing. The series of deaths is connected to the upheaval surrounding the dam construction project. A murder case that was covered up is being reenacted. Is it a conspiracy? A coincidence? Or perhaps a curse?
Keiichi wins a game tournament and gives his prize, a doll, to Rena stating that Mion will not be interested in such girly things, though Mion is actually rather hurt that Keiichi thinks about her that way, though she pretends not to mind.
When the credits roll
Satoko's uncle Teppei returns to Hinamizawa to take custody of Satoko and resume an abusive relationship with her, where he treats her like a slave while demanding money from her. Keiichi cannot accept this stalemate, and he makes it his personal mission to rescue Satoko.
