Onikakushi-hen 鬼隠し編
Information
Orignal VN Release Date	August 10, 2002
Translated VN Release Date(s)	December 15, 2009 (Europe) October 31, 2009 (France)
Anime Air Date(s)	April 4-25, 2006
Manga Release Date(s)	December 22, 2005 June 22, 2006 November 18, 2008 February 17, 2009
Live Action Release Date	May 10, 2008
Platform	PC PlayStation 2 Nintendo DS
Previous Arc	None
Following Arc	Watanagashi-hen

Onikakushi-hen (鬼隠し編, Spirited Away by the Demon Chapter) is the first arc in the Higurashi no Naku Koro ni series, released on August 10, 2002 and preceding Watanagashi-hen. It is told from the perspective of Maebara Keiichi, who grows increasingly paranoid and eventually violent as he believes more and more deeply that his friends are trying to kill him.

Plot Edit

Chapter One: The BeginningEdit

Chapter Two: The SecretEdit

Chapter Three: SuspicionEdit

Chapter Four: DisturbanceEdit

Disappearances and Deaths Edit

All deaths and disappearances are listed only as they are told in Onikakushi-hen. Spoilers are only for the individual arc, not the overall series.

DisappearancesEdit

• Hōjō Satoshi
• Takano Miyo

DeathsEdit

• Tomitake Jirō, killed himself by scratching his throat with his nails and bleeding to death.
• Ryūgū Rena, beaten to death in Keiichi's room by Keiichi with Satoshi's old baseball bat.
• Sonozaki Mion, killed by Keiichi at the same time as Rena.
• Maebara Keiichi, killed himself by clawing out his own throat.

Live Action Edit

The 2008 movie Higurashi no Naku Koro ni is based off Onikakushi-hen. In the movie Keiichi goes into the Saiguden with Takano and Tomitake like in Watanagashi-hen. This seems to be why Mion and Rena are trying to kill him. See the trailer here.

Answer ArcEdit

See Tsumihoroboshi-hen

Please do not deplore yourself. Even if the world does not forgive you, I will forgive you. Please do not deplore yourself. Even if you do not forgive the world, I will forgive you. So please tell me. What will it take for you, to forgive me? Frederica Bernkastel