# Where to Watch Higurashi: When They Cry

**Higurashi: When They Cry streams on Netflix, and it's one of anime's great slow-burn horror mysteries. A sleepy mountain village welcomes a new transfer student with open arms, but beneath the warmth of its yearly festival lies a cycle of paranoia, disappearances, and murder that keeps repeating in ways no one can explain.**

## Where to Watch

- [Netflix](https://www.netflix.com/title/70308793)

Netflix is the place to watch Higurashi, streaming it subbed and dubbed. Because the story is built on recurring arcs, having the whole series in one library makes it much easier to follow the threads from one loop to the next.

## Synopsis

Keiichi Maebara moves to the tiny rural village of Hinamizawa and quickly falls in with a tight circle of friends, spending lazy afternoons on games and small-town gossip. But something is deeply wrong beneath the idyllic surface. The village's annual festival is shadowed by a string of deaths and vanishings, and as Keiichi digs into the local legends, trust curdles into terror. Told through unsettling, looping arcs that dare you to piece together what's really happening, it's a mystery that rewards patience with genuine dread.

## Fast Facts

- **Format:** TV
- **Episodes:** 26
- **Premiered:** 2006
- **Studio:** studio deen co., ltd.
- **Score:** 7.6

## Watch Order

This is the original series, which lays out the mysteries, so start here. A direct sequel then delivers the answers, so you'll want to watch this first to feel their full impact.

- Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Kai — sequel
- Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Special: Nekogoroshi-hen — side\_story
- Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Kaku: Outbreak — side\_story

## If You Liked This

- **[Another](https://hozuna.com/anime/another)** — Another is a pure horror-mystery with the same creeping dread and a small community stalked by inexplicable death.
- **[The Future Diary](https://hozuna.com/anime/the-future-diary)** — The Future Diary matches Higurashi's paranoia and shocking violence with a deadly game where no one can be trusted.
- **[Steins;Gate](https://hozuna.com/anime/steins-gate)** — Steins;Gate shares the looping, reset-and-try-again structure, trading horror for gut-wrenching sci-fi tragedy.
- **[Attack on Titan Season 3 Part 2](https://hozuna.com/anime/attack-on-titan-season-3-part-2)** — 
- **[Chainsaw Man: Reze Arc](https://hozuna.com/anime/chainsaw-man-reze-arc)** — 
- **[Re:Zero Season 4](https://hozuna.com/anime/re-zero-season-4)** — 
- **[Kaguya-sama: Love Is War - Ultra Romantic](https://hozuna.com/anime/kaguya-sama-love-is-war-ultra-romantic)** — 
- **[The Apothecary Diaries](https://hozuna.com/anime/the-apothecary-diaries)** — 

## FAQ

### Where can I watch Higurashi: When They Cry?

Higurashi streams on Netflix, in both subbed and dubbed versions.

### How many episodes is Higurashi: When They Cry?

The original series is 26 episodes, followed by a sequel that resolves the mysteries.

### Do the arcs in Higurashi connect?

Yes. The series tells its story through repeating arcs that each reveal a new piece of the puzzle, so watching in order is essential.