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• jvn = August 13, 2006
• evn =
• July 15, 2010 (Worldwide)
• fvn =
• May 25, 2012 (France)

• anime = October 8 - December 17, 2007
• manga = Japanese

• lnovel =
• November 2008

• platform =
• PC
• Nintendo DS
• PS Vita
• PlayStation 3
• Nintendo Switch

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Anime Episodes

• Chapter One: Miyo
• Chapter Two: Wriggling
• Chapter Three: The Beginning of the End
• Chapter Four: Plot
• Chapter Five: The Final Piece
• Chapter Six: Opening
• Chapter Seven: Trap
• Chapter Eight: 48 Hours
• Chapter Nine: Attack and Defense
• Chapter Ten: Bloody Battle
• Chapter Eleven: End

Disappearances and Deaths

Deaths

• Ōishi Kuraudo's Father: killed in an air raid at a plant in Nagoya during WWII.
• Tanashi Miyoko's Mother: died in a train accident while going on a shopping trip. In the anime adaptation, she died in a bus accident.
• Tanashi Takemitsu: died during an emergency surgery. In the anime adaptation, he is injured in a bus accident.
• Eriko: Violently punished for an escape attempt to "Yurigaoka, House of Love and Mercy" by being imprisoned in a hen house, covered with chicken feed, and left to be pecked to death by chickens.
• Irie Kyōsuke's Father: beaten to death after he picked a fight with dangerous people.
• Irie Kyōsuke's Mother: died of old age. She refused to be buried next to her husband due to his violent behavior towards her and despite the explanation that a head injury changed his behavior.
• Takano Hifumi: committed suicide by jumping from the rooftop of the hospital where he had been admitted. He suffered from psychological despair and dementia and took his life to avoid any further effects.
• Construction Manager: lynched on the night of the Watanagashi Festival of June 1979 by six of his employees. This was an act of self-defense after they were attacked by the deranged manager. His body was cut into six pieces: head, torso, right arm, left arm, right leg, and left leg.
• Dismemberment Leader: abducted by the Yamainu on the night of the Watanagashi Festival of June 1979. He had his brain dissected by Irie Kyōsuke and was kept barely alive for several months for experiments on the Hinamizawa Syndrome.
• Hōjō Satoko's Parents: killed by a deranged Satoko on the day of the Watanagashi Festival of June 1980 after they were pushed over a viewing point at Shirakawa park. The mother's body was never found.
• Furude Rika's Father: poisoned by the Yamainu at the Furude Shrine on the night of the Watanagashi Festival of June 1981. His death was made to look like acute heart failure.
• Furude Rika's Mother: had her brain dissected by Takano Miyo while she was still alive on the same night as her husband's death. In the manga adaptation, Takano mentions not using anesthesia during the dissection.
• Koizumi: died of an acute heart attack
• Hōjō Tamae: beaten to death with a baseball bat by Hōjō Satoshi on the night of the Watanagashi Festival of June 1982.

Question Arcs

Secret Ending