Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Kai

Visual Novel·
#56 most popular
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Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Kai
2004/12/30
Characters1,426,348
Word count616,515
Unique words
25,556
Unique kanji
2,509
Avg. sentence21.3
Difficulty Hard
Dialogue36.3%
Routes4
Duration
102 h
Rating
88 %

Hinamizawa, a small, seemingly idyllic rural village in Japan, circa 1983. The village is known for its annual Watanagashi Festival, which honors the local deity, Oyashiro-sama. "Higurashi no Naku Koro ni - Kai" continues the story from "Higurashi no Naku Koro ni" and focuses on providing answers and resolutions to the mysteries and questions raised in the first series. The narrative delves deeper into the true nature of the events in Hinamizawa, revealing hidden truths and the real cause behind the series of tragedies. Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Kai is the second set of stories, the "Answer" arcs, comprising: -Meakashi -Tsumihoroboshi -Minagoroshi -Matsuribayashi

Genres
Horror
Mystery
Romance
Thriller
Tags
School Club
Murder Mystery
Summer
Shouwa Era
Curse
Episodic
Denpa
Police
Female Protagonist
School
Detective
Orphan
Philosophy
Yakuza
Miko
Male Protagonist
Food
Baseball
Mahjong
SourcesVNDB

Japanese study overview

Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Kai is a Japanese visual novel of 1,426,348 characters, with 25,556 unique words and 2,509 different kanji. Its difficulty rating on Jiten is hard, 3.4 out of 5. The full vocabulary list ranks all 25,556 words by how often they appear, and you can study them on Jiten or download them as an Anki deck.

Chapter 5 - Meakashi

Characters278,116
Word count120,223
Unique words
11,126
Unique kanji
1,997
Avg. sentence20.3
Difficulty Average
Dialogue29.1%
Duration
20 h

Chapter 6 - Tsumihoroboshi

Characters309,650
Word count133,350
Unique words
11,806
Unique kanji
2,035
Avg. sentence21.2
Difficulty Average
Dialogue35.1%
Duration
22 h

Chapter 7 - Minagoroshi

Characters363,319
Word count157,177
Unique words
12,357
Unique kanji
2,032
Avg. sentence21.1
Difficulty Average
Dialogue45.8%
Duration
26 h

Chapter 8 - Matsuribayashi

Characters475,263
Word count205,765
Unique words
15,424
Unique kanji
2,230
Avg. sentence22.2
Difficulty Average
Dialogue35.2%
Duration
34 h

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Vocabulary highlights

Here are some of the words that appear most often in this media, as well as a sample of its rarer vocabulary.

See the full vocabulary list (25,556 words)