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For examples and series-specific notes, please see ''[[Higurashi no Naku Koro Ni (Visual Novel)|Higurashi no Naku Koro Ni]]'' and ''[[Umineko no Naku Koro Ni (Visual Novel)|Umineko no Naku Koro Ni]]''. Also see ''[[Higanbana no Saku Yoru Ni (Manga)|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 (Visual Novel)|Rose Guns Days]]'', an upcoming visual novel by 07th Expansion, but also unrelated to the main series games.

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=== This series provides examples of: ===

* [[Adaptation Dye Job]]: Is more-or-less guaranteed to happen to at least one character in an adaptation.

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* [[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.

* [[Bland Name Product]]

* [[Bland-Name Product]]

* [[Cain and Abel]]

* [[Cassandra Truth]]

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* [[It Got Worse]]

* [[Jigsaw Puzzle Plot]]

* [[Kill Em All]] - This series is infamous for its abuse of this trope.

* [[Kill'Em All]] - This series is infamous for its abuse of this trope.

* [[Love Makes You Crazy]] - And when you have that, [[Love Makes You Evil]] too.

* [[Lucky Charms Title]] - The red "Na" in ''{{color|red|Na}}ku Koro ni'' is officially part of the title, as is the red "b" in ''Higurashi Day{{color|red|b}}reak'' and the red "C" in the franchise title, ''When They {{color|red|C}}ry''.

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* [[Never One Murder]] - Never EVER.

* [[Nice Hat]]: Rena from Higurashi and Kanon from Umineko both have nice berets. [[Shout Out|And nice cleavers.]]

* [[Off Model]] - The anime started off looking awful in the first season of ''Higurashi'', but [[Art Evolution]] has slowly taken place; ''Higurashi Kai'' and ''Rei'' have very pretty character work, and ''Umineko'' has settled into a happy medium between the characters and [[Scenery Porn|the backgrounds]]. The Umineko anime has had a few severely off-model scenes, but seems to be more consistent generally.

* [[Off-Model]] - The anime started off looking awful in the first season of ''Higurashi'', but [[Art Evolution]] has slowly taken place; ''Higurashi Kai'' and ''Rei'' have very pretty character work, and ''Umineko'' has settled into a happy medium between the characters and [[Scenery Porn|the backgrounds]]. The Umineko anime has had a few severely off-model scenes, but seems to be more consistent generally.

* [[One Side of the Story]]

* [[Painting the Fourth Wall]] - In Umineko, anything said in "Red text" is true. Don't ask me how the concept of red text makes any sense to people speaking out loud, but that's how even they refer to it. Blue text also eventually gets a special rule attached to it.

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* [[Psychological Horror]]

* [[Recurring Element]]: The two games have a supporting character, some themes, and being a [[Groundhog Day Loop]] [[All the Myriad Ways]] [[Mystery Fiction|murder mystery]] in common.

* [[Red Oni Blue Oni]]

* [[Red Oni, Blue Oni]]

* [[Religious Horror]]: Higurashi with Shintoism, and Umineko with Western occult lore in general while mainly focusing on Christianity.

* [[Self Made Orphan]]

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* {{spoiler|[[Villain Based Franchise]]}}

* [[The Watcher]] - Actually, the same character in both (... maybe) - (Frederica) Bernkastel.

* [[Who Dunnit to Me]]

* [[Who Dunnit to Me?]]

* [[Yandere]]: {{spoiler|[[Punctuated for Emphasis|Shion. Freaking. Sonozaki.]]}} That is all.

* [[You Can't Fight Fate]] - {{spoiler|Subverted.}}