24 minSeason 2 • Episode 15
LatestRika begins punching Satoko, telling her that she could never live in a world without her.
New kid Keiichi Maebara is settling into his new home of peaceful Hinamizawa village. Making quick friends with the girls from his school, he's arrived in time for the big festival of the year. But something about this isolated town seems "off," and his feelings of dread continue to grow. With a gnawing fear that he's right, what dark secrets could this small community be hiding?
Writing
Visual novel source delivers intricate looping timelines.
Sound
OP song becomes sinister earworm; cicadas never stop.
Soichiro Hoshi
Keiichi Maebara (voice)
Mai Nakahara
Rena Ryuuguu (voice)
Satsuki Yukino
Mion Sonozaki / Shion Sonozaki (voice)
Mika Kanai
Satoko Houjou (voice)
Yukari Tamura
Rika Furude (voice)
Chafurin
Kuraudo Ooishi (voice)
Toru Okawa
Jirou Tomitake (voice)
Miki Ito
Miyo Takano (voice)
Toshihiko Seki
Kyousuke Irie (voice)
Yui Horie
Hanyū (voice)
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The 2020 'NEW' version adapts the visual novel's answer arcs with updated animation, not a straight remake of the 2006 anime.
Hinamizawa's curse draws from Oyashiro-sama legends and real Japanese rural isolation; the cicada sound is the iconic symbol of endless summer dread.
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