Higurashi: When They Cry - NEW — Season 1

Aired 1 October 2020 • 24 min

Keiichi spends his day accompanying his friends. He, Mion and Rena are on a tour to the village. Afterwards, he retrieves the statue of a fast food restaurant mascot because Rena finds it 'cute'.

Aired 8 October 2020 • 24 min

Keiichi goes with Rena to retrieve the Colonel so she can take him home with her. Later, Keiichi and his friends have fun at the festival and watch Rika performing the ritual.

Aired 15 October 2020 • 24 min

Hinamizawa's darkest secrets begin to unfold as Keiichi talks with the local detective.

Aired 22 October 2020 • 24 min

Keiichi grows more suspicious of Rena. The next day at school, Rika encourages Keiichi to be brave. Keiichi feels guilty and tries to return to normal life. That same evening, his parents leave town for the night, leaving him alone, and Rena wants to come over to cook dinner for him.

Aired 29 October 2020 • 24 min

Keiichi and his friends attend a game competition at a Sonozaki family owned shop. As a consolation prize for the event money, the store owner gives dolls to everyone except Mion. Keiichi gives his to Mion as he sees no value in keeping it. Later, Keiichi and his father meet at the cosplay restaurant. There, Keiichi meets Shion and confuses her for Mion, due to similar appearances. She proclaims that she is actually Mion's twin sister. Keiichi believes she is Mion pretending to be effeminate.

Aired 5 November 2020 • 24 min

Keiichi learns about the yearly murders from Shion, Miyo, and Jiro. At the festival, Shion drags Keiichi away from Rika's dance and the two run into Miyo and Jiro, who are breaking into the ritual tool shed. They decide to go inside to look at it with Miyo.

Aired 12 November 2020 • 24 min

Inside the sacred shed Keiichi learns about the dark origins of the Hinamizawa village and the Festival. The day after he finds out that Miyo, Jiro, and the village mayor have gone missing.

Aired 19 November 2020 • 24 min

Rika has suddenly gone missing and Satoko coldly suspects Keiichi, who was the last one to talk with Rika, but Mion says that she saw Rika speaking with some men in construction uniforms. While looking for Rika, Mion pulls Keiichi away from a locked silo and indirectly informs Keiichi that Rika is trying to kill people and that she needs to put an end to string of murders occurring, which is being led by the Three Great Families.

Aired 26 November 2020 • 24 min

Keiichi makes a bet to the club that he can cook better than Satoko. The same night, he attempts to fry some vegetables but nearly burns down his own house. Rika and Satoko arrive to put out the fire and Satoko prepares her own dish. Rika explains to Keiichi that Satoko is taking a liking to cooking for him since it reminds her of when her older brother, Satoshi, used to wait for her meals.

Aired 3 December 2020 • 24 min

Keiichi learns more about Satoko's painful past, which causes him to care for her even more.

Aired 10 December 2020 • 24 min

After Satoko's panic attack, Keichi, the club, and the rest of the class are desperate to ensure her safety.

Aired 17 December 2020 • 24 min

Following Keiichi's lead, everyone head to the child guidance centre to try and save Satoko.

Aired 24 December 2020 • 24 min

To save Satoko, the village of Hinamizawa unite in protest at the child consultation centre.

Aired 7 January 2021 • 24 min

Rika receives a visit from Hanyuu and is told about an artefact, the holy sword Onigari-no-ryuuou.

Aired 14 January 2021 • 24 min

Rika makes a decision; Rika and the club members visit a toy store in Okinomiya.

Aired 21 January 2021 • 24 min

Mysterious goings-on disrupt life in a small town.

Aired 28 January 2021 • 24 min

Rika arrives in a world without tragedy, where she is free from Oyashiro-sama's curse.

Aired 4 February 2021 • 24 min

A year after escaping near death, Rika reminisces about Hinamizawa; Satoko receives some surprising news; Rika decides she wants to go to St. Lucia Academy.

Aired 11 February 2021 • 24 min

Rika tells Satoko about a dream she's been keeping secret for a long time; Satoko is confused.

Aired 18 February 2021 • 24 min

Rika gets the life she's longed for at St Lucia Academy, but Satoko struggles.

Aired 25 February 2021 • 24 min

Mysterious goings-on have disrupted life in a small town.

Aired 4 March 2021 • 24 min

Satoko no longer wants to suffer, and begins a lonely battle to realize her own dream.

Aired 11 March 2021 • 24 min

Satoko finds out that some non-looping people retain a fragment of memory from the loops she lived through. One of those people is her uncle Teppei.

Aired 18 March 2021 • 24 min

Satoko tries again by using Miyo, who now also retains memories from previous loops.