Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Kai
- Release date: March 6 2024 2024
- Developer: 07th Expansion
- Genre: Anime
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Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Kai is a visual novel which chronicles the events surrounding Watanagashi festival in a small Japanese village called Hinamizawa in 1983, when Keiichi Maebara moved in as his new housemate and quickly entered a local school - quickly making friends before discovering strangenesses of local life and encountering paranormal encounters.
Users in When Cicadas Cry: Answers will simply observe events unfold without being able to change anything themselves. The novella takes the form of a kinetic narrative where users must flip between screens featuring anime-inspired artwork depicting anime-drawn characters with text message dialogue between them; users also will read about and participate in conversations involving its main protagonists - who become central figures within the tale itself.
Keiichi Maebara will guide us as he settles into an unfamiliar village and becomes involved in mysterious happenings that involve mysterious figures around. Gradually he finds himself embroiled in these happenings that add psychological pressure, horror and show us about an assassinated person and four missing individuals that our heroes investigate, while discovering otherworldly forces which seem intent on attacking his money and his home.