After moving into the quiet town of Hinamizawa, Maebara Keiichi spends his days blissfully in school often playing games with his local friends. However, appearances can be deceiving. One fateful day, Keiichi stumbles upon news of a murder that had occurred in Hinamizawa. From this point on, horrific events unfold in front of Keiichi, as he soon learns his close friends may not be all that they seem.
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- Seasons
- 2
- Episodes aired
- 50
- Latest aired
- S02E24
- Total runtime
- 20h
Timeline when each season aired
- Season 1 April 2006 – September 2006 26 episodes
- Season 2 July 2007 – December 2007 24 episodes
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S02E01 Reunion
July 6 · 24min find the promo
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Mamoru Akasaka, with an assistant, visits the abandoned town of Hinamizawa in the year 2007, and meets with Officer Oishi. They still wonder about the Great Hinamizawa Disaster that decimated the town and the connection to Miyo Takano's File No. 34. Rena shares with them the little knowledge she has about Rika's strange behavior, shortly before the supposed "gas leak", and Akasaka recalls his meeting with the young Rika as well.
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S02E02 The Disaster Awakening Chapter - Part 1 - Tag
July 13 · 24min find the promo
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Back in June 1983, the club participates in a game of "zombie tag". On their way home, they run into Irie, Tomitake, and Takano, who tell Keiichi about the yearly murders known as "Oyashiro-sama's Curse". However, he understands why his friends hid it from him and doesn't resent them for it. Regardless, this fails to reassure Rika, as she grows progressively depressed as the day of the Watanagashi Festival approaches.
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S02E03 The Disaster Awakening Chapter - Part 2 - Powerlessness
July 20 · 24min find the promo
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Satoko worries about Rika's depression and tries to confront her about it, but Rika continues to deny anything is wrong. In the middle of the night, Satoko is woken by Rika arguing with a mysterious voice, and telling her she will soon be murdered, and there is nothing that either of them can do.
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S02E04 The Disaster Awakening Chapter - Part 3 - Pre-established Harmony
July 27 · 24min find the promo
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The day of the Watanagashi Festival comes, and once again Rika fails to warn Tomitake of his imminent death. Later, Satoko is convinced that a mysterious man is following her and Rika around, even though no one else has noticed any such thing. Worried of Rika's safety, she sets traps around the house to alert her of any intruders, and when one is triggered, her fears are confirmed.
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S02E05 The Disaster Awakening Chapter - Part 4 - The Great Hinamizawa Disaster
August 3 · 24min find the promo
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Much to Satoko's surprise, Rika hides her before letting her murderers take her away. After witnessing Rika's demise and the death of the remaining villagers, Satoko fights desperately for her life.
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S02E06 The Massacre Chapter - Part 1 - Law of the Labyrinth
August 10 · 24min find the promo
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Rika begins a new world with Hanyū, but is getting tired of seeing her friends commit the same acts that lead them to terrible mistakes, until Keiichi proves to her that people can change their destinies if they want.
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S02E07 The Massacre Chapter - Part 2 - How to Change Destiny
August 17 · 24min find the promo
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Influenced by Keiichi's encouragement, and the fact her friends are starting to avoid doing the same mistakes again by remembering glimpses of what they could have done, Rika decides to find a way to prevent her ominous destiny by herself.
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S02E08 The Massacre Chapter - Part 3 - Fluctuation
August 24 · 24min find the promo
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Rika's plans are hindered by the appearance of Teppei, who much like in "Tatarigoroshi-hen", begins to abuse Satoko. Keiichi and the rest of the gang decide to find a way to release her from his clutches, but the government is reluctant to cooperate.
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S02E09 The Massacre Chapter - Part 4 - Negotiation
August 31 · 24min find the promo
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The fight to save Satoko from her uncle's abuse continues, but they stumble on a dead end because she is reluctant to denounce him, for her own reasons. Rika realizes that despite their, she is the one who must take action.
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S02E10 The Massacre Chapter - Part 5 - Confrontation
September 7 · 24min find the promo
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Keiichi's struggle to help Satoko forces him to confront the village elders, even the leader of the Sonozaki family. As the government succumbs to the pressure of Keiichi and his allies', Satoko's condition is also at its limit.
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S02E11 The Massacre Chapter - Part 6 - A Strong Will
September 14 · 24min find the promo
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At last, Rika persuades Satoko to ask for help and she is freed from Teppei. However, just when the village seemed to be relieved from its eternal cycle of hatred and death, the real enemies start to act, just like they did in previous worlds.
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S02E12 The Massacre Chapter - Part 7 - Hinamizawa Syndrome
September 21 · 24min find the promo
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After getting a clue of the villain's betrayal, Rika tells her friends the truth behind the Hinamizawa Syndrome, and her connection with it. Meanwhile, the enemy moves on with their plan, eliminating any opposition.
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S02E13 The Massacre Chapter - Part 8 - Finale
September 28 · 24min find the promo
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One after another, Rika's friends are killed while trying to protect her. Takano dissects Rika, but does so without anesthesia, as requested by the latter in an attempt to carve the identity of the culprit behind all the Hinamizawa murders in her mind and prevent the events from this and past worlds from repeating themselves. The villagers are rounded up at the school and gassed to death, while an ecstatic Takano proclaims her ascension to godhood.
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S02E14 The Festival Accompanying Chapter - Part 1 - Miyo
October 5 · 24min find the promo
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Takano's past is revealed in disjointed flashbacks, some of them showing her harsh childhood, while others to the time when she became involved with researchers of the Hinamizawa Syndrome.
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S02E15 The Festival Accompanying Chapter - Part 2 - Wriggling
October 16 · 24min find the promo
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Takano's story continues, including how she met her foster grandfather, and her determination to continue his work. A few years later, Takano and Hanyū have a very heated confrontation at Oyashiro-sama's shrine.
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S02E16 The Festival Accompanying Chapter - Part 3 - The Beginning of the End
October 23 · 24min find the promo
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Hanyū watches silently and hopelessly as the cruel events occur during the dam incident, while she and Rika eagerly await the arrival of the one person who will be the key element to bring an end to the enemy's intentions.
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S02E17 The Festival Accompanying Chapter - Part 4 - Strategy
October 30 · 24min find the promo
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In order to save Satoko, who is terminally infected with the Hinamizawa Syndrome, Rika offers herself as a test subject for Irie and Takano's research. More light is shed into the deaths of Satoko and Rika's parents, and its involvement with the legend of Oyashiro-sama's curse.
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S02E18 The Festival Accompanying Chapter - Part 5 - The Final Piece
November 6 · 24min find the promo
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More details about Satoshi's past are revealed, including the reason for his disappearance. Rika and Hanyū make their final preparations for the impending struggle against destiny.
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S02E19 The Festival Accompanying Chapter - Part 6 - Opening
November 13 · 24min find the promo
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Hanyū is physically introduced into the world as a transfer student to the Hinamizawa school, but forgets her role. After a brief meeting with Takano and Tomitake, she remembers the past worlds and informs Rika about the enemy's intentions.
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S02E20 The Festival Accompanying Chapter - Part 7 - Trap
November 20 · 24min find the promo
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Rika gather her allies and start to make plans, while obtaining more information about the enemy and those supporting their ambitions.
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S02E21 The Festival Accompanying Chapter - Part 8 - 48 Hours
November 27 · 24min find the promo
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False information regarding Rika is spread by Oishi's group at the precinct, leaving the villain's crew in disarray, and racing against time to prevent their plans from being foiled.
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S02E22 The Festival Accompanying Chapter - Part 9 - Offense and Defense
December 4 · 24min find the promo
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Finding that Tomitake is captured, Irie rushes to escape and ends up meeting with Shion and her bodyguard, Kasai, on their way to the Sonozaki Estate. However, by accepting their help, he ends up unintentionally revealing Rika's hideout to the enemy.
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S02E23 The Festival Accompanying Chapter - Part 10 - Bloody Battle
December 11 · 24min find the promo
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Irie, Kasai, and Shion head to the clinic to rescue Tomitake. Irie finally unveils to Shion where Satoshi disappeared to and the others deal with the enemy assaulting the mountains on their location
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S02E24 The Festival Accompanying Chapter - Part 11 - End
December 18 · 24min find the promo
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The rest of the Yamainu concede defeat, but Takano is unwilling to surrender. After learning Nomura in Tokyo planned to use her as a scapegoat, she flees into the mountains and has a final confrontation with Rika's group. In the end, the Banken comes to arrest her, but Tomitake, pitying her and seeing how she had been infected with the Hinamizawa Syndrome, takes her into the the Irie Clinic for treatment. At the end, Rika and her friends Hanyū, Keiichi, Rena, Satoko, Mion, and Shion, attend the festival.