| Higanbana no Saku Yoru ni | |
Cover of volume 1 of Higanbana no Saku Yoru ni, published by Fujimi Shobo, showing Higanbana. |
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| 彼岸花の咲く夜に | |
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| Genre | Fantasy, Horror |
| Manga | |
| Written by | Ryukishi07 |
| Illustrated by | Ichirō Tsunohazu |
| Published by | Fujimi Shobo |
| Demographic | Shōnen |
| Magazine | Monthly Dragon Age |
| Original run | May 2010 – ongoing |
| Volumes | 3 |
| Game | |
| Developer | 07th Expansion |
| Publisher | 07th Expansion |
| Genre | Dōjin soft, Visual novel |
| Platform | PC |
| Released | Dai-ichi Yoru - August 13, 2011 Dai-ni Yoru - December 31, 2011 |
Higanbana no Saku Yoru ni (彼岸花の咲く夜に, lit. On the Night the Red Spider Lily Blooms), subtitled The Unforgiving Flowers Blossom in the Dead of Night, is a Japanese manga written by Ryukishi07 of 07th Expansion and illustrated by Ichirō Tsunohazu. It began serialization in the May 2010 issue of Fujimi Shobo's Monthly Dragon Age magazine. 07th Expansion adapted the manga into an ongoing dōjin visual novel series starting with the first game released on August 13, 2011 at Comiket 80.
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Higanbana no Saku Yoru ni takes place in an unnamed school setting and is composed of numerous self-contained short stories, each told from the perspective of a student or staff member from the school. These stories feature bullying as a major overlying theme, as each story's protagonist is depicted as being either a victim of bullying or a bully themselves. Higanbana revolves around a series of urban legends caused by supernatural beings called yōkai, each of which claims ownership of a particular "mystery" and kills anyone who tries to investigate it. There are a total of seven "mysteries" at the start of the series, with numerous yōkai fighting each other in an ongoing turf war for ownership of these mysteries, which is granted to the seven yōkai who emerge victorious in the conflict. The stories' protagonists interact with at least one of the school's resident yōkai, who force the protagonists to deal with the consequences of their actions regarding bullying.
Higanbana no Saku Yoru ni's origin dates back to 2006 when Ryukishi07 started writing a serial light novel titled Gakkō Yōkai Kikō: Dai-hachi Kaidan Boshūchū (学校妖怪紀行 第八怪談募集中 lit. School Yōkai Travelogue: Recruiting the Eighth Kaidan), with illustrations by Nishieda. The novel first appeared in the third volume of Fujimi Shobo's Dragon Age Pure magazine on November 29, 2006.[1] Two more chapters were serialized in Dragon Age Pure before it was discontinued: chapter two in volume four sold on April 20, 2007 and chapter three in volume five sold on June 20, 2007. The novel was adapted into a manga illustrated by Rei Izumi titled Gakkō Yōkai Kikō: Yō (学校妖怪紀行 ～枼～).[2] A short preview of the manga appeared in the fifth volume of Dragon Age Pure, and was discontinued after the first chapter appeared in the sixth volume of Dragon Age Pure on August 20, 2007.
Higanbana no Saku Yoru ni began as a manga written by Ryukishi07 of 07th Expansion and illustrated by Ichirō Tsunohazu. The character designs were originally designed by Nishieda. The manga began serialization in the May 2010 issue of Fujimi Shobo's Monthly Dragon Age magazine.[3] The first tankōbon volume was released on November 9, 2010;[4] three volumes have been released as of September 9, 2011.[5] The fourth volume will be released on February 9, 2012.[6]
07th Expansion is producing dōjin visual novels based on the manga. The first game, titled Higanbana no Saku Yoru ni: Dai-ichi Yoru (彼岸花の咲く夜に 第一夜, lit. On the Night the Red Spider Lily Blooms: First Night), was released on August 13, 2011 at Comiket 80. Unlike 07th Expansion's previous game series Higurashi no Naku Koro ni and Umineko no Naku Koro ni, each Higanbana game contains about five or six novellas, with each game being about the same length as an Umineko game.[7]
A light novel written by Ryukishi07 with illustrations by Tsuitachi Sakuya titled Higanbana no Saku Yoru ni was published by Fujimi Shobo on December 20, 2011.[8]
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