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A [[SeriesMedia Franchise]] of linear [[Visual Novel|sound novels]], anime, console games, and manga by 07th Expansion, a doujin group that became famous with the series' first installment, ''[[Higurashi no Naku Koro ni]]''. ''When They Cry'' is broken up into a series of supernatural murder mysteries, which are further broken up into individual games, or arcs. These arcs are marked by [[Groundhog Day Loop|time starting over from a certain point]] with the dead members of the cast brought back to life for mysterious reasons.
 
The series is mapped out like this:
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* '''When They Cry 2: [[Higurashi no Naku Koro ni]] Kai''' (''When The Cicadas Cry: Solutions''). A direct continuation of the previous, which answers the many questions raised by it. Although some of these arcs appear in the first season of [[The Anime of the Game]], they are considered part of ''Kai'' in the games themselves. Keiichi is replaced by Rika as the main character, but as with ''Himatsubushi-hen'', some arcs are told by other characters.
** ''Tsukiotoshi-hen'' ("Exorcism chapter"). A PS2-exclusive arc that resembles ''Tatarigoroshi-hen'' in that Satoko's uncle Teppei is the main threat. Keiichi still takes matters into his own hands, but this time, he is accompanied by Shion and Rena, and all of them start to hallucinate afterward.
** ''Meakashi-hen'' ("Eye Opening chapter"). The "Shion arc". Shion relates her life story and why she is the way she is, culminating in a retelling of what really happened during ''Watanagashi-hen'' (although note that while this arc serves as a POV Sequel to ''Watanagashi-hen'', they are technically different--justdifferent—just nearly identical--timelinesidentical—timelines).
*** ''Utsutsukowashi-hen'' ("Reality Breaking chapter"). A manga-only chapter, and a prequel to ''Meakashi-hen''. When Shion is sent Off to boarding school, she investigates the murder of a teacher. Cancelled.
** ''Tsumihoroboshi-hen'' ("Atonement chapter"). The "Rena arc". Rena becomes incredibly paranoid and feels forced to kill, threaten and hide away in order to save the people she loves, but for the first time, others are able to get through to the victim of paranoia. This also reveals the truth about the events of ''Onikakushi-hen''. This arc acts as the end of the first season of the anime.
*** "Reunion". An anime-only episode, set years after ''Tsumihoroboshi-hen''. This raises many new theories about the Hinamizawa Disaster, only one of which is correct.
*** ''Yoigoshi-hen'' ("Overnight chapter"). A manga-only Alternate Universe to ''Tsumihoroboshi-hen''. Twenty-three years later, a new group--includinggroup—including a woman claiming to be Mion Sonozaki--meetsSonozaki—meets in Hinamizawa. This Chapter is appears in a third Higurashi DS-port game, with a new character added.
*** ''Tokihogushi-hen'' ("Untangling Chapter"). A DS-Port Prequel chapter that involves with Tomoe Minai in a case of Rena Ryugu 1982, one year prior to the event of the story.
** ''Yakusamashi-hen'' ("Disaster Awakening chapter"). An anime-only arc personally requested by the game's creator to fill in the plot holes left by the first season. Along with new character Hanyu, Rika hints at her true nature and why she is at the center of the mystery, and Satoko attempts to solve it on her own.
** ''Minagoroshi-hen'' ("Massacre chapter"). The "Rika Arc". Rika and Keiichi band together with the rest of the club, all having realized everything about the time loop and what they had done in the past. They do their best to get past the one hurdle that Rika has deemed impossible to beat--Satokobeat—Satoko's abusive uncle Teppei--butTeppei—but are stopped by the real murderer, who is revealed after having been hiding all this time.
** ''Matsuribayashi-hen'' ("Festival Music chapter"). The "Hanyu Arc". The real murderer's heartbreaking motivations are revealed. The club, plus Hanyu, the police and other adults of authority, mobilizes to save Hinamizawa once and for all.
** ''Miotsukushi-hen'' ("Canal Drying chapter"). A PS2-exclusive Alternate Universe ending arc in which Rika and Keiichi stand alone instead of with the others, as the Hate Plague goes into overdrive and the events of ''Watanagashi-hen'', ''Tatarigoroshi-hen'' and ''Tsumihoroboshi-hen'' hit them all at once. Several deviations occur from the ''Matsuribayashi-hen'' ending.
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** ''Turn of the golden witch''. The "Cousins Arc." The family is revealed to have a dark history related to black magic, and the relationships between George and Shannon, Jessica and Kanon, and Rosa and Maria are greatly focused on. Rosa is a central character to this arc's events.
** ''Banquet of the golden witch''. The "Eva Arc." A handful of new characters are introduced, and the pasts of Eva and Beatrice are expanded upon. Eva is the most prominent adult of the arc.
** ''Alliance of the golden witch''. The "Ange Arc." The future of 1998 is explored as the sole survivor of the Ushiromiya family, Ange, explores the nature of magic and witches.
*** ''Rondo of the Witch and Reasoning''. PS3 remake of the first four games by Alchemist. Keeping the original BGM, using the voice actors from the anime, and completely redoing art.
* '''When They Cry 4: Umineko no Naku Koro ni Chiru''' (''When The Seagulls Cry: Breakdown''). A direct continuation of the above, this delves deeper into the mysteries surrounding the family, where rather than outright answers, only subtle hints are given at first.
** ''End of the golden witch''. The "Natsuhi Arc." The game continues with somewhat new players, and the scope of the game changes when someone shipwrecks on the island before the murders. Natsuhi's past is explained and she is a featured character in the game's plotline.
** ''Dawn of the golden witch''. The "Shannon and Kanon Arc." A new game master takes up the helm and gives us a tale with some unexpected twists, focusing on the two cousin-servant couples and hinting at many of the game's biggest mysteries, complete with a return to 1998.
** ''Requiem of the golden witch''. The "Lion and Yasu Arc." Yet another new game master presents her personal perception of the "truth" of the game. The story is split between an alternate, "perfect" world where the tragedy does not happen (which focuses instead on Kinzo and Beatrice's backstories) and the game master's culprit theory proper. Features two new perspective characters, Willard H. Wright and Lion Ushiromiya.
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For examples and series-specific notes, please see ''[[Higurashi no Naku Koro ni]]'' and ''[[Umineko no Naku Koro ni]]''. Also see ''[[Higanbana no Saku Yoru ni]]'', a manga/visual novel penned by Ryukishi07, but so far has no relation to the main series games and ''[[Rose Guns Days]]'', an upcoming visual novel by 07th Expansion, but also unrelated to the main series games.
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* [[Adaptation Dye Job]]: Is more-or-less guaranteed to happen to at least one character in an adaptation.
* [[A Fate Worse Than Death]] - Pity the poor character who actually remembers all the different murders.
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* [[Anyone Can Die]] - Multiple times, in fact.
* [[Arc]] - The repetitions. The main games and anime are divided into "Question Arcs" and "Answer Arcs", each of the latter corresponding to one of the former but using different perspectives to solve various mysteries.
** In Umineko, the arcs are stated by [[Word of God]] to ''not'' be considered "Answer Arcs" and the [[Fan Nickname]] "Core Arcs" has quickly spread.
* [[Bad Future]] - Himatsubushi-hen, Yoigoshi-hen, and Onisarashi-hen and its spinoffs, as well as simply the endings for most of the other arcs for Higurashi. ''Alliance of the golden witch'' shows the future stemming from ''Banquet''.
* [[Badass Family]] - The Sonozakis and the Ushiromiyas, respectively.
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* [[Darker and Edgier]] - Umineko. Or [[Bloodier and Gorier]], at least.
* [[Determinator]] - Just about every last main character and at least one of the villains.
* [[Doing inIn the Wizard]]
* [[Earn Your Happy Ending]] - Ryukishi07 is fond of putting his characters through the wringer. This just makes it all the more worth it when the happy ending is finally achieved. {{spoiler|While this is played straight in Higurashi, not everyone gets their happy ending in Umineko, making it more [[Bittersweet Ending|bittersweet]].}}
* [[The Eighties]]
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* [[Groundhog Peggy Sue]]
* [[Immortal Immaturity]]
* [[Infant Immortality]] - [[Subverted Trope|Ahahahahaha...no]]. Just because you're a youngster, don't think for a ''second'' that your safety is guaranteed.
* [[Invisible to Normals]] - Hanyuu in Higurashi, and witches to... some extent in Umineko. It's confusing. They try to sum it up with Ange's remark that, "Without love, without sadness, you can't see magic," but it's still confusing.
* [[It Got Worse]]
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* [[Switched At Birth]]
* [[Third Person Person]]
* [[Took a Level Inin Badass]] -
* [[Trolling Creator]]: And the fans love him for it.
* [[Tsundere]]
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* [[Verbal Tic]]: Quite a few characters have this:
** ''Higurashi'' has Rika's "mii" (the sound a kitten makes) and "nipaa" (a Japanese onomatopoeia for smiling), as well as Hanyuu's "hau au au" whenever she gets scared or upset.
** ''Umineko'' has Maria's "uu-". This isn't just a random noise, however, since {{spoiler|Maria believes that it's a spell for happiness}}. It's also [[Deconstructed Trope|deconstructed]], since the sound of it irritates Rosa to the point that she'll [[Abusive Parents|hit Maria for saying it too much]], and it's one of the reasons why other children bully her.
* {{spoiler|[[Villain Based Franchise]]}}
* [[The Watcher]] - Actually, the same character in both (... maybe) - (Frederica) Bernkastel.
* [[Who Dunnit to Me?]]
* [[Yandere]]: {{spoiler|[[Punctuated! forFor! Emphasis!|Shion. Freaking. Sonozaki.]]}} That is all.{{context|reason=MOD: 'That is all' is not a sufficient description of how this trope applies to this character.}}
* [[You Can't Fight Fate]] - {{spoiler|Subverted.}}
 
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