Meakashi-hen

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Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Kai ~Meakashi-hen~
Meakashi-hen cover
Developer(s) Flag of Japan 07th Expansion
Publisher(s) Flag of Japan07th Expansion
Release date(s) December 30, 2004
Genre(s) Doujin, Visual novel
Mode(s) Single player
Platform(s) PC
System requirements OS: Windows XP/2000/Me/98, 400 MHz Pentium II, 128 MB RAM, 8x CD-ROM Drive, 400 MB of HDD space, DirectSound, DirectX 8.0a or higher, 640x480 Full color display

Meakashi-hen (目明し編 Eye Opening Chapter?) is the title of the fifth game of the Higurashi no Naku Koro ni series and additionally is the first game of the "answer" arc, spanning a total of four games. It was first released on December 30, 2004 at Comiket 67. Later, a manga was adapted from this part of the story. Finally, in the anime series, Meakashi-hen spans episodes 16-21.

[edit] Plot

Answer to Watanagashi-hen. It is practically the same as Watanagashi-hen, however this story is told from Shion Sonozaki's perspective, which allows the player to understand the mysteries of that chapter. While this story helps answer many questions posed by Watanagashi-hen, it still leaves some mysteries unsolved.

[edit] Manga

The Meakashi-hen manga illustrated by Yutori Hōjō which began serialization in the Japanese manga magazine Monthly Gangan WING in August 2006. Later, the individual chapters will be collected into two tankōbon published by Square Enix. Vol. 1: ISBN 978-4-7575-1928-1

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Series: Anime episodes | Characters | Higurashi Daybreak
Question arcs: Onikakushi-hen | Watanagashi-hen | Tatarigoroshi-hen | Himatsubushi-hen
Answer arcs: Meakashi-hen | Tsumihoroboshi-hen | Minagoroshi-hen | Matsuribayashi-hen
Other: Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Rei | Soundtracks
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