When They Cry

Keiichi Maebara moves to the village of Hinamizawa in the summer of 1983 and is welcomed by a tight friend group of four girls around his age — Rena, Mion, Rika, and Satoko. The town's annual Watanagashi festival is approaching. So is the anniversary of the first of a string of murders the locals refuse to discuss in front of him. The series cycles through the same week multiple times across multiple arcs, each retelling shifting which characters know what and who turns out to be afraid of whom. By the time the loop reveals itself the show has been a horror story for hours.