The anime adapts the third higurashi no naku koro ni light novel as well as saikoroshi hen and hirukowashi hen.

Anime higurashi no naku koro ni rei. Like the game rei covers the events after furude rika had finally escaped the meandering halls of fate breaking the cycle of repetition. Higurashi no naku koro ni rei has nothing to do with the other two seasons. A fan disc titled higurashi no naku koro ni rei was released on december 31 2006. A second fan disc titled higurashi no naku koro ni hō ひぐらしのなく頃に奉 when the cicadas cry.

Higurashi no naku koro ni rei ひぐらしのなく頃に礼 when they cry. Rei is the first higurashi no naku koro ni ova. Rei on myanimelist the internet s largest anime database. Gift was released on august 17 2014.

The first and fifth episodes are meant to be amusing while the second third and fourth episodes are meant to fill in some gaps in the story. Each chapter keeps the same cast of main characters and general premise but unfolds in a different manner. The infamous series of unexplainable murders in hinamizawa have been solved and the chains of fate have broken due to the efforts of rika furude and her friends.

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