Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Episode 16 - Meakashi-hen Sono Ichi – Hatsukoi

Other Names: Higurashi no Naku Koro ni, When the Cicadas Cry, The Moment the Cicadas Cry, ひぐらしのなく頃に, Higurashi: When They Cry, Higurashi: Das Onikakushi Kapitel, Cuando las Cigarras Lloran, Higurashi: Hinamizawa, Le Village Maudit

Episodes: 26 / 26

Genre: Horror, Mystery, Supernatural, Suspense, Gore, Psychological

Type: TV

Show Info: Higurashi no Naku Koro ni

Episode 16 Plot: The events from Watanagashi-hen are retold from Shion's point of view. For generations the Sonozaki family has murdered the younger of newborn twins as they are seen as bad luck. When Mion and Shion are born, they decide to send Shion away to boarding school. Shion escapes and returns to Hinamizawa with the help of her caretaker, Kasai. Shion, wanting to live on her own, pretends to be her sister and gets a job at their uncle's shop, with Kasai and Mion supporting the illusion. Shion learns about Oyashiro's curse from Mion and the mysterious deaths. Shion meets Satoshi, a classmate of Mion's, who mistakes her for Mion. Shion takes a liking to Satoshi. Satoshi is a member of the Hojou family, and his parents were victims of Oyashiro's curse for supporting the construction of a dam that would have flooded the town. Satoshi and his younger sister, Satoko, were taken in by their aunt and uncle after their parent's death. Their aunt and uncle resented them because the rest of the village shunned them for their parent's support of the dam. Shion goes to school in Mion's place to try to cheer up Satoshi. When she fails she takes out her anger on Satoko, who she sees as the root of Satoshi's problems and beats her up. Rika and Rena try to stop her until Satoshi finally comes in and shoves Shion out of the way. Shion learns Satoshi despises the Sonozaki family for having persecuted the Hojou family.