Higurashi When They Cry: Demon Exposing Arc - Recommendations

• Vol: 2; Ch: 12
• 2007

The year is 1983 and the place is Hinamizawa, a sleepy countryside village far from the rest of civilization. Keiichi has just moved to the town with his parents and quickly makes new friends in Rena, Mion and a few other girls. But soon Keiichi discovers that there's a hidden, brutally violent and murderous past to Hinamizawa that its residents keep secretive to outsiders. The town's dark past and bloodshed play through once more, this time with the introduction of Shion, Mion's sister; and insights from Rika, a young girl who may know too much...

• Vol: 1
• 2008

When the minister of construction minister's grandson disappears amid protests against the dam project in Hinamizawa, detective Akasaka is sent from the Tokyo Police to investigate. Posing as a tourist, Akasaka becomes fast friends with Rika Furude, and the little girl almost makes him forget that he's on a mission to find a kidnapper! But the sightseeing tour takes a sudden turn when Rika delivers a grave warning: Leave Hinamizawa... before you come to regret it...

• Vol: 2
• 2008

The Curse Killing Arc...The Time Killing Arc...As each incarnation of the terrible events in Hinamizawa unfolds, Rika Furude must watch as her friends descend into madness and despair, knowing the only fate that awaits her is death. With the unique ability to see all of these worlds, Rika desperately searches for the common links between them that will help her stop the cycle and give her and her friends a happy future beyond June 1983. But with less than a month before the cotton drifting in her current life, will Rika be able to change destiny in time?

• Vol: 3
• 2008 - 2009

When her parents are killed in a terrible train accident, a young Miyo Takano is sent to live at an orphanage deep in the mountains. Little does she know that her parents' deaths are just the beginning of her hell, as the institution is run by a group of greedy, cruel men who care nothing for the grief-stricken girl. Subjected to abuses beyond imagining, Miyo and her roommates plan to escape, despite rumors of the terrible punishments that have befallen past runaways...

• Vol: 1; Ch: 7
• 2008 - 2009

• Vol: 2
• 2007 - 2008

The year is 1983 and the place is Hinamizawa, a sleepy countryside village far from the rest of civilization. Keiichi is a young man who enjoys hanging out with his friends Rika, Rena, Mion and others – especially the always-positive and kindhearted Satoko. Having been left alone after her parents died and her brother Satoshi disappeared, Satoko is left with little except her good spirits. While inadvertently discovering the secrets of Hinamizawa, Keiichi realizes that Satoko and her family are a part of the town’s dark history, and his friend herself may be in terrible danger...

• Vol: 7
• 2012 - 2018

• Vol: 3; Ch: 33
• 2006 - 2009

• Vol: 2
• 2007

The year is 1983 and the place is Hinamizawa, a sleepy countryside village far from the rest of civilization. Keiichi has just moved to the town with his parents and quickly makes new friends in Rena, Mion and a few other girls. But soon Keiichi discovers that there’s a hidden, brutally violent and murderous past to Hinamizawa that its residents keep secretive to outsiders. As he investigates the town’s troubled past, Keiichi begins to realize that those who are close to him may not be as they seem…

• Vol: 6; Ch: 26
• 2010 - 2012

Battler assumes control of the sixth game, wielding his new golden truth as he parries the logical blows of the detective-and-witch, Erika Furudo. For Battler, what began as a contest over the existence of magic has become a fight to revive the fiery, vibrant Beatrice of his early clashes on the game board. The logical loops and rules of the game were already complex, but now as the game master, Battler must quickly learn how to shape the events to his and Beatrice's ultimate ends without getting locked in a closed room by Erika, the Witch of Truth!