His arc is "Onikakushi-hen." ("Spirited away by the demon" in the dub) Eventually, he is even able to recall some of the events of the past repetitions, which helps inspire Rika to defeat fate. His charisma and remarkable talent for speechmaking allow him to easily make new friends and become popular in the village.Įarly in the story, in Onikakushi-hen and Tatarigoroshi-hen, he is the one affected by the paranoia and driven to commit murder however, the inner strength and unshaking belief in his friends he acquires in the other arcs are one of the keys to solving the mystery.
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The son of a famous artist, his family recently moved to Hinamizawa after an unfortunate event involving him in their hometown, where he was the perpetrator of a series of crimes involving shooting young girls with his model gun. Keiichi Maebara is the main protagonist in the "question" arcs. Protagonists " Magician of Words" Keiichi Maebara Voiced by: Soichiro Hoshi (JP), Grant George (EN)
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Before making a single edit, Tropedia EXPECTS our site policy and manual of style to be followed.Note: If played backwards, the inclusion of the word Nigerarenai (逃げられない, " you cannot escape") is easily audible this was later addressed in Shimamiya's second single, “ Naraku no Hana” Track List Īll lyrics are written by Eiko Shimamiya. Composition wise, it is written in the key of E Minor. The title track was used as the opening theme for the first season of the anime series Higurashi When They Cry, and was also used as the ending theme of the first episode of Higurashi: When They Cry – Gou. It has sold an approximate total of 35,000 copies and stayed in the charts for 26 weeks making this Eiko's most selling and longest charting single to date. Released on and reached #18 in the Oricon weekly charts. “ Higurashi no Naku Koro Ni” ( ひぐらしのなく頃に, When the cicadas cry) is the first single of Eiko Shimamiya under I've Sound and Geneon Entertainment label. Tomoyuki Nakazawa, Kazuya Takase, Eiko Shimamiya 2006 single by Eiko Shimamiya "Higurashi no Naku Koro Ni"