Mina goro shi-hen (皆 殺 し編, Mass acre Chapter), is the answer.png.png arc for Tatarigoroshi-hen in Higurashi no Na ku Koro ni Kai. The game was released on December 30, 2005 as the third in the Higurashi no Na ku Koro ni Kai series. It is mostly told from the viewpoint of Furude Rika, and is the penultimate arc in the series. Minagoroshi-hen follows Tsumihoroboshi-hen (Yakusamashi-hen in the anime) and precedes Matsuribayashi-hen. The story answer.png.pngs more questions than just those in Tatarigoroshi-hen, and thanks to his determination, Maebara Keiichi saves Hōjō Satoko from her fate in that arc. It is the first arc in which the varied fates of June 1983 are changed, and in which the true murderer behind the plot is revealed.

The story begins with Furude Rika in an altered state of reality. Around her, various prisms float and circulate her. As she examines them, she mentions that they are "fragments" from the various Junes of 1983. Within the fragments are the memories from Onikaku-hen, Watanagashi-hen, Meakashi-hen and Tsumihoroboshi-hen. Rika then calls upon Hanyū, a mysterious goddess, saying that they are going to a new universe. Hanyū agrees, but tells Rika that there will be nothing she can do to change the outcomes of this new world. Rika acknowledges this, but half-heartedly.

The world they walk into appears to be similar to Wata naga shi-hen/Me aka shi-hen. The group along with Rika heads to the toy store in Okinomiya. The outcome of this event is the same as in  Wata naga shi-hen/Me aka shi-hen: Keiichi wins the doll. However instead of choosing Rena as in the previous worlds, he chooses Mion as the recipient. Rika and Hanyū stay back for a bit, and note that Keiichi saved them all from the disastrous outcome of  Wata naga shi-hen/Me aka shi-hen. Rika later catches up with the group hopeful that this will be a world where her friends will break free of their destinies. Hanyū is unsure, but does not want to discourage Rika.

Over the next few days Hōjō Satoko has been absent from school. Her friends find this suspicious, and Rika tells them that Satoko's abusive uncle, Hōjō Teppei, has returned to the town, causing Satoko to move back in with him. Upset by this, their teacher Chie Rumiko investigates. As it turns out, Satoko has a cold. However, she is being put to work and abused by Teppei. Chie tries to contact the Child Welfare Office, and a representative visits Hinamizawa.

However, efforts to help Satoko are stymied by Satoko's refusal to accuse Teppei along with a past false accusation against a previous step-father which creates a bureaucratic impass. Teppei also threatens to burn down Satoshi's room if she refuses to remain silent. Keiichi and the rest organize the citizens of Hinamizawa to come together to protest on her behalf. Keiichi even succeeds in convincing Sonozaki Oryō to relent on hatred of the Hōjō family. Nevertheless, Keiichi convinces Satoko that the village supports her, and she finally denounces Teppei.

In the midst of this apparent happy conclusion, the real powers behind the Great Hinamizawa Disaster become apparent.

Minagoroshi-hen TIPS.

All deaths and disappearances are listed only as they are told in Mina goro shi-hen. Spoilers are only for the individual arc, not the overall series.

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''I wanted to know the world that was outside of the well. So I tried hard to get out from the bottom of the well.''

''I wanted to know the world that was outside of the well. So I climbed up numerous of times despite falling down over and over again.''

''But then I realized it. The higher and higher I climb, the pain increases when I fall down again.''

''When my interest in the world outside of the well began to equal the amount of pain, That was when I finally realized the meaning of the story to Der Froschkönig.''

Frederica Bernkastel

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