Higurashi When They Cry: GOU Vol. 01

Higurashi When They Cry GOU Vol. 01

Life couldn’t be better for Keiichi Maebara. Sure, not much happens in the sleepy mountain village of Hinamizawa… but in the three short weeks since moving here, he’s already found some amazing new buddies—who are all cute girls! However, when he discovers hints of Hinamizawa’s violent history, his dear companions insist on keeping him in the dark. Keiichi can’t escape his growing unease—will it be enough to shake his faith in his best friends?

Biographical Notes:

Ryukishi07 leapt into the spotlight with HIGURASHI NO NAKU KORO NI which was originally conceived as a series of visual novels and later adapted into the popular manga and anime franchise.

Tomato Akase is a manga artist responsible for the Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Gou and Meguri manga.

Title Notes:

Higurashi When They Cry: GOU is the latest arc of the prolific manga series, an adaptation of the anime that aired throughout 2020 and 2021 and the latest Higurashi When They Cry manga to be released in English.

This was originally a video game that received an iconic anime adaptation that helped popularize horror anime and manga in the late 2000s.

It has gone through a renaissance in the past couple years due to new anime content airing in 2020 onwards.

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