Higurashi no Naku Koro ni ( ひぐらしのなく頃に , Higurashi no Naku Koro ni lit. When Cicadas Cry ) is a Japanese murder mystery dōjin soft sound novel series based on the NScripter engine, produced by 07th Expansion . The series is focused on a group of young friends and the strange events that occur in the village that they live in.
The first game in the series, Onikakushi-hen , was released on August 10, 2002 and the eighth and final game in the original PC series, Matsuribayashi-hen , was released on August 13, 2006. In addition to the original series, new arcs have been created in manga form and in video games for the PlayStation 2 and Nintendo DS in order to expand upon the story further.
Playing through the first visual novel on my iPad. Yawn. It's an entertaining app, but so boring. I think I'll save the rest of the series for those long road trips.