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Encased by trees that are used to make grave markers, Sotoba is a village thought to be surrounded by death - a fact that soon literally becomes the case. One summer, a series of mysterious and untimely fatalities begins to plague the small rural town. With a higher than normal mortality rate for the time of year and each cause of passing remaining unknown, Toshio, the local doctor, and Seishin the temple’s vice chief monk become suspicious and take it upon themselves to investigate. However, as the deaths begin to pile up, more people begin to wonder just what is behind this sudden epidemic; could it have anything to do with the bizarre Kirishiki family that recently moved to the village?
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Maebara Keiichi, an ordinary high-school boy, has transferred to a new school in Hinamizawa, a small rural village. At the outset everything seems peaceful and Keiichi becomes friends with a nice group of schoolgirls with whom he spends many idle summer afternoons. Suddenly violence encroaches upon the blissful peace of the village and Keiichi becomes entangled in an endless cycle of fear and death. The inconsistent, but inevitable horrors of Hinamizawa are told and retold becoming an endless and inescapable nightmare of insanity. Will it end even if the mystery of Hinamizawa is solved?
First Shiki and Higurashi no naku koro ni had pretty similar structure a lot of murders happen without know the reason for keep emotion both of them success in that part, then a small and peaceful town in both of them. Higurashi adds to the main story comedy, shiki is pure "horror" and paranoid situations. In my opinion Higurashi is better (when Shiki finish i´ll know if that is totally true for now is true XD) but i think if you like one of them you like the other one
I started watching Shiki because of Higurashi no Naku Koro ni. I'm a huge fan of Higurashi. :] When I read a description for Shiki, it reminded me of it-- they both involve a string of murders occurring in small towns. The two series have similar atmospheres at times, and some characters are very similar. The daughter of the strange couple in Shiki looks and acts a lot like Rika Furude, one of Higurashi's main characters. Plus, both series have "color-coded" characters, as I like to say-- they have unique hair colors and styles that identify them. This is nothing good or bad, but it's just another peculiar similarity between the two series. ;D If you like either of the two, be sure to watch the other. (Let me also note that Higurashi is probably the much better series of the two, but we'll see how that assertion holds up as Shiki continues to air.)
Certainly there are similar themes in Higurashi and Shiki. A seemingly peaceful village turns into a living nightmare as the main character attempts to solve the mystery of seemingly random deaths from an unknown cause. Both have episodes structured around intensity and horror and often end with a cliffhanger. Higurashi seems to do this better than Shiki, but if you liked one, you'll likely enjoy the other.
For horror lovers there are a few must-watch shows. Higurashi no naku koro ni and Shiki two of them. Both shows are a great piece of candy for horror, suspense and mystery fans. If you like the bloody-tragedy-in-an-innocent-village theme then there's no time to waste. Go watch it NOW!
Mixing suspence, horor, and the unknown, these series do a great job at keeping the viewer on their seat. These series each leave the viewer guessing for a long time, and, after that, in awe and rooting for the characters.
Having a rather excellencent blend of horror and suspension both shows do a rather good job in getting the viewer interested quickly and keeping them interested throughout the entire series. While Higurashi is comprised of several multi-episode arcs with the series basically resetting after each arc and Shiki just having one large story with some episodes mainly focusing on one or two specific characters.
Higurashi and Shiki are both horror series that provide a vast amount of gore, yet also manage to develop a plot that becomes more complex with each passing episode. If you were a fan of one, I am sure you will be in for a pleasent suprise once you check out the other.
If you like Mystery/Gore then you will probably like Higurashi and Shiki. Both are filled with lots of suspence and great variety of ways to die...
Both Higurashi no Naku Koro ni and Shiki give me the impression that moving into a small isolated village is a pretty bad idea.First of all everyone knows each others business, second of all you have nothing to do... finally someone you know is bound to get murdered - atleast that gives you a mystery to solve I suppose
Both, Shiki and Higurashi no Naku Koro ni, take place in a small, isolated town in which mysterious deaths start to occur and the mystery is unraveled little by little. Both series also have this similar kind of dark, pressing atmosphere, even though it is relieved slightly by the means of comedy.
If you liked one, do yourself a favor and watch the other as well. You will soon find yourself unable to stop watching until the series is over.
Shiki and Higurashi have a lot in common:
1) complex and vivid storylines, with abundant mysteries and apparent plot holes
2) very mature ideas (more so in Shiki) which will make you change or at least ponder about your biases
3) well thought and well designed atmosphere, which will keep you on the edge of your chair
Higurashi no naku koro ni and Shiki are awesome anime of Mystery and Gore. Both anime have a enigmatic village that develops a mystery story and is the nightmare for the villagers. If you liked one of this you must watch the other
Higurashi and Shiki are both amazing psychological mystery thriller animes. Higurashi develops by following different characters throughout different arcs of the same timeframe, where Shiki develops over the course of a single timeline, but both of them leave you shaking in your seat waiting for what comes ahead. People going insane? Mass slaughter? Village Epidemic? If you've seen one, the other is a must.
Wioski bez sąsiadów. Tajemnica, dziwne zgony, których nie mozna normalnie wytłumaczyć, oraz dwaj nowo przybyli, nowi bohaterowie, - Natsuno i Keichii.
both shiki and higurashi are about a village that seems peaceful.both have characters that are easy to love.higurashi has more mystery to it. if you like one you'll like the other
Have you ever felt like the world would be a better place if certain people weren’t around? Such grim daydreams might occur when watching the dismal daily news, but on one fateful day, Yagami Light finds that these daydreams can become reality. By pure happenstance, he comes across a black notebook entitled "Death Note", whose text within states that whoever's name is written on its pages will die. With the aid of the death god Ryuk, Light takes it upon himself to rid the world of its corruption, ushering in a new era of purity one death at a time. But as Ryuk foretells, Light's actions will not go unchallenged...
Although the plot is entirely different, Death Note and Shiki are extremely similar in many ways. Both of them flesh out the two sides well enough so that you can't call any of them right or wrong. Both of them have main characters(Light in Death note and Toshio in Shiki) who don't stop at anything to achieve their goals and aren't afraid to make sacrifices or take underhanded measures. Not to mention these characters actually make the audience feel for the antagonists. Shiki has much more despair than Death note but both of them can get your heart racing
Both Shiki and Death Note examine the psychology of murderers. These are both incredibly dark series with a "grey-and-grey" mortality to them. Can either Light or L be called a hero? Are the shiki or humans in the wrong? Both series are a visual treat to boot. If you like morally ambiguous, psychological horror-thrillers, these series are both excellent choices.
1) Both will make you change sides, as you dig deeper into the thick plot
2) Both will have you wondering what is actually good and what is evil
3) Incredible main characters, with alot of depth and realism
Both of these anime involve a string of deaths that seem unsolvable at first. With a mixture of realism and the supernatural, the plots are complex and twisting. Both sides of the struggle are given detail that makes you wonder which side is "good".
Shiki is an anime about mysterious death occcuring in a village. Also, this anime is about what finding out is causing them, and putting an end to it. Death note is an anime about solving a mystery, too. Much like Death Note!
At first glance, Shiki looks a lot less sophisticated and grown up than Dance in the Vampire Bund, but the opposite is true. Shiki starts out slow, but steadily unfolds into the horror/vampire anime that it truly is. If you like DitVB, You'll love Shiki.
Each of these series focus around a vampire like existence and attempts to show their side of the story whilest they blend in with human society.
If you like Shiki, you'll love Dance in the Vampire Bund (and vice versa). Both have a scary and devious story, and both tell a unique tale of vampirism and humanity.
Probably the biggest similarity between the two is that it sort of revolves around vampires trying to find a place for them to call home and settle down at. While the vampires in Shiki take a much more violent approach to the matter than those in Dance in the Vampire Bund. Both do a rather good job in keeping things interesting especially if your a fan of vampires.
26 years ago, something terrible happened in a middle school’s third year classroom. A popular, talented student named Misaki suddenly died, and the ramifications of that incident have caused each third year class since then to live in fear. It is now 1998, and Kouchi Sakakibara has just transferred into the notorious classroom, curious about the mysterious secret that his peers are hiding from him. He’s drawn to one enigmatic girl named Mei Misaki, a quiet student who wears an eye patch and warns him about getting involved with her, and continues to seek her out against the pleas of his classmates. And that’s when people begin to violently die...
Both animes are about a small town where weird things happens and had a mistery aura that makes you want to watch them over and over again.
Shiki and Another both share the same type of overall dread for the viewer, but the scope and outcome of the overall plot are quite different. If you liked Another, give Shiki a watch.
Both Another and Shiki take place iin a sleepy, if somewhat homely, town that soon gives way to the chaos and paranoia flowing within everyone's psyche. Both Shiki and Another have mysterious girls whose presence proceed to psychologically bash everyone else's sanity in the head (metaphorically speaking) once they've dug their heels in and made a home in the sleepy town. Their existence causes a train-wreck, chain-reaction-like phenomenon that leaves many dead and others messed up from the sheer horror and unspeakable events that unfold. If you like psychological horror with a creepy, unnerving girl who seems to reek of death, then I recommend both ways.
For Kouta and Yuka, finding the bloody naked young girl on the beach would change their lives forever, for better or for worse. Unable to speak or function as a normal human being, she is named Nyuu by the duo, and taken into their home in an effort to save her. But what neither teenager knows is that this innocent young girl is actually a killing machine -- an experiment gone terribly wrong -- and it is only a matter of time before the murderer in her awakens again...
Shiki and Elfen Lied are two series that explore the concepts of human nature in extreamly simular fashion. Both series feature a supernatural species of human-like creatures who are considered enemies of humankind due to the violent acts they have commited towards normal human beings. Both anime series also offer moments of extreame violence and stomach-turning plot twists. If you loved one show, I'm sure you will love the other.
1) Both have extremely mature approaches to a lot of tabu ideas and biases people have
2) Both manage to ask the viewer the right question to make him doubt his own beliefs
3) Both are a masterpiece of the genre, combining thrilling storylines with incredible, realistic characters and exquisite music
Both Elfen Lied and Shiki feature young women/girls as catalysts for mass murder. There's bloodshed and violence in both, and some poor saps who get caught in the crossfire.
