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It might trick the audience into thinking this is just a case of toying with your audience with unnecessary fluff for shock value, but it's not. Keiichi was a pretty happy guy with friends he loved, playful banter happens left and right and it's all so wholesome. Sure, in the visual novel the prologue doesn't let you think of it as anything but horror, but then you start to let your guard down. This results in a truly tragic first arc that is particularly upsetting for how normal and genuine the entire first half is in comparison to the rest, especially upon a second visit. It comprises everything that makes the manga, anime and visual novel so stupendous but if we take a step back it also has the job of introducing people to a new world with new characters and situations to get you to care about them. Onikakushi is overused as an example of sadness and horror in the series.For good reason.Luckily, the scene that follows turns it right around into a massive Heartwarming Moment.

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Rena's 'Believe me' as she stretches out her hands to Keiichi (right before he bludgeons her with a baseball bat) makes it heartbreakingly clear that the events leading to this end were a series of terrible mistakes.

Plenty, notably Keiichi remembering a past iteration of their 'Groundhog Day' Loop where he went insane and murdered Mion and Rena.

Tearjerkers for Higurashi: When They Cry. Per wiki policy, Spoilers Off applies here and all spoilers are unmarked.

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