Watanagashi-hen

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Higurashi no Naku Koro ni ~Watanagashi-hen~
Watanagashi-hen cover
Developer(s) Flag of Japan 07th Expansion
Publisher(s) Flag of Japan 07th Expansion
Platform(s) Microsoft Windows
Release date December 29, 2002
Genre(s) Dōjin, Visual novel
Mode(s) Single player
System requirements OS: Windows Vista/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

Watanagashi-hen (綿流し編 Cotton Drifting Chapter?) is the title of the second game of the Higurashi no Naku Koro ni series and additionally is the second game of the "question" arc, spanning a total of four games. It was first released on December 29, 2002 at Comiket 63. Later, a manga was adapted from this part of the story. Finally, in the anime series, Watanagashi-hen spans episodes five through eight of the first season.

[edit] Plot

By this chapter, the player should have an overall detail of how life in Hinamizawa is like. If the first game Onikakushi-hen was the appetizer, Watanagashi-hen is the start of the main dish. Once again, the turn of events occurs from the end of the Watanagashi Festival after the new character and Mion's twin sister Shion Sonozaki makes her first appearance. Mion Sonozaki is portrayed as being the villain in this chapter.

[edit] Manga

The Watanagashi-hen manga illustrated by Yutori Hōjō was first serialized in the Japanese manga magazine Monthly Gangan WING. Later, the individual chapters were collected into two bound volumes published by Square Enix.
Watanagashi-hen Vol. 1 Watanagashi-hen Vol. 2
Vol. 1: ISBN 978-4-7575-1591-8
Vol. 2: ISBN 978-4-7575-1710-3

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