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Hinamizawa Bus Stop (雛見沢停留所 Hinamizawa Teiryūjo) is the prototype version of Higurashi When They Cry. It has had many official releases in various formats.
Per site rules, this page considers the visual novel adaptation introduced in Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Hou as the primary source.
Plot Summary[]
- Main article: Hinamizawa Bus Stop/Summary
Two students living in Hinamizawa, Rika Furude and Mion Sonozaki, rest at a bus stop during a rainy day and wait for the bus to arrive. Some employees soon join them, who are working on a project that will build a dam in Hinamizawa but result in the village's destruction. As the group makes their acquaintances, they talk about a phenomenon related to the strange deaths of dam project employees, the "curse of Oyashiro-sama."
Characters[]
Development History[]
The copy of the script that came as a bonus with online orders of Higurashi Hou
Hinamizawa Bus Stop was first written in approximately 2000.[1] It was one of many stage plays Ryukishi07 wrote and submitted to a theater company, but it was rejected. Only two copies of the original script existed: one sent to the company and another given to a theater friend.[2] The story was about an hour long and horror-focused; it centered around two characters, Rika Furude and Mion Sonozaki, that hung out at a bus stop in the rain.
When Ryukishi's brother Yatazakura gave him the idea to make a novel game, Ryukishi took the original Hinamizawa Bus Stop script and made many changes into the Higurashi story known today, with one of the most notable differences being Rika becoming younger than her prototype version and Mion becoming older.[3] Another character Arakawa who appeared in the play had his role reused for Jirou Tomitake in the final Higurashi story proper. The manga-exclusive arc Yoigoshi-hen additionally had a plot inspired by Hinamizawa Bus Stop and reused the Arakawa surname for the character Ryuunosuke Arakawa.[4]
Release History, Adaptations, and Ports[]
Manga[]
- Main article: Hinamizawa Bus Stop (manga)
The manga adaptation of Hinamizawa Bus Stop was illustrated by Tomozo and serialized in Square Enix's Big Gangan magazine from October 2011 to July 2012. It was later collected into a single volume.
PC[]
Hinamizawa Bus Stop was released in visual novel format in Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Hou on August 17, 2014. People who bought copies of Hou on the website Toranoana could get a physical copy of the original, unmodified Hinamizawa Bus Stop script.[5]
Stage Play[]
- Main article: Hinamizawa Bus Stop (stage play)
A stage play adaptation of the script was produced by Shingidan in 2015.
Console[]
- Main article: Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Hou (console)
Hinamizawa Bus Stop released as part of Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Hou (console) on July 26th, 2018 for the Nintendo Switch and January 24th, 2019 for the PlayStation4. The console version of Hinamizawa Bus Stop featured voice acting, CGs, and new character art done by Tomozo.
Gallery[]
References[]
- ↑ Production Journal entry on October 16, 2007: "Because, to begin with, Higurashi no Naku Koro ni was a theater script called "Hinamizawa Bus Stop", which I wrote with the assumption that it would be performed by a real person on stage. I wrote "Hinamizawa Bus Stop" about seven years ago, I think."
- ↑ Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Matsuri Official Complete Guide
- ↑ 07th Expansion Toratsu Interview
- ↑ Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Matsuri Official Complete Guide Special Interview
- ↑ According to this Japanese Yahoo Answers post (archived original store link currently unavailable)
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