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Yoigoshi-hen (宵越し編 Beyond Midnight Chapter) is a Higurashi When They Cry extra arc. It began as a manga written by Ryukishi07 and illustrated by Mimori, and serialized in Square Enix's G-Fantasy magazine from July 2006 to August 2007. The arc was adapted to visual novel format in Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Kizuna Volume III and subsequent console ports under the same name.

Plot Summary[]

Main article: Yoigoshi/Summary

20 years after the Great Hinamizawa Disaster, the lockdown on Hinamizawa has finally been lifted. Many people visit the long-abandoned village harboring their own secrets, and when a corpse suddenly turns up, nobody is free from suspicion.

Promotion and Release[]

To advertise the manga's serialization, Ryukishi wrote new TIPS that were available on the Gangan Mobile app.[1]

Characters[]

Release History[]

Manga[]

Yoigoshi-hen was illustrated by Mimori and serialized in Square Enix's G-Fantasy magazine from July 2006 to August 2007, with the original draft written by Ryukishi07[2]. It was later collected into two volumes. Yen Press published them in English under the title "Beyond Midnight Arc".

  1. Yoigoshi-hen Manga Volume 1 (JP: January 27, 2007; EN: October 26, 2010)
  2. Yoigoshi-hen Manga Volume 2 (JP: August 27, 2007; EN: December 21, 2010)

Notably, the serialization between the time it did for Himatsubushi and Meakashi and this arc was later listed between them in Square Enix's official reading order.[3] Yen Press followed as such in the global numbering it gave to the volumes.

Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Kizuna[]

This arc was adapted into visual novel format in Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Kizuna Volume III, releasing on May 29, 2009 for the Nintendo DS.

CR Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Itadaki[]

This arc was included in the pachinko machine CR Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Itadaki released on December 19, 2013. It included animation clips in the art style of animation works by Studio DEEN.

Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Sui[]

This arc was included in Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Sui released on March 12, 2015 for the PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Vita.

Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Hou[]

Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Hou included this arc and was released on July 26, 2018 for the Nintendo Switch and January 24, 2019 for the PlayStation 4.

Adaptational Differences[]

The visual novel version of Yoigoshi has several differences from the manga version:

  • A new character Miyuki Sorimachi is included, featured in a new prologue and epilogue.
  • The manga centered on Otobe and was mostly from his perspective. In the visual novel version, Arakawa is the point-of-view character for most of the story.
  • Takumi, Yae and Arakawa have expanded character backstories.
  • Some story events are moved to TIPS.
  • Addition of choices with three possible bad endings.
  • In the manga, Keiichi was shown to be a victim of the school explosion. In the VN version, Keiichi survived both that and the Great Hinamizawa Disaster, and was interviewed by Arakawa's father in November 1983.

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