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</PRE> </noinclude>Tsubamegaeshi-hen (燕返し編, Swallow Counter Chapter) is a manga only arc and part of the Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Jan series. The story is told from the viewpoint of Maebara Keiichi who plays mahjong with the club and slowly succumbs to the Hinamizawa Syndrome as he finds out more about the dark side of Hinamizawa.
Just like in every other world, the Hinamizawa School club plays games after the classes are over. In this world, Keiichi requests that the club play mahjong. During the mahjong games where he always loses, Keiichi becomes more and more stressed which twists his perception of the events, and he starts to show the symptoms of the Hinamizawa Syndrome. Irie Kyōsuke notices the changes and starts to treat him with the C-120 medicine which prevents the sequence of Onikakushi-hen. However, Keiichi befriends various people through mahjong: Takano Miyo, Ōishi Kuraudo and Akasaka Mamoru. They reveal the history of Onigafuchi and the series of mysterious deaths which worsen his condition. After discovering the deaths of Takano Miyo and Tomitake Jirō on the night of the Watanagashi Festival, Keiichi reaches the Level 5 stage of the Hinamizawa Syndrome which initiates the tragic events of Tsubamegaeshi-hen.
All deaths and disappearances are listed only as they are told in Tsubamegaeshi-hen. Spoilers are only for the individual arc, not the overall series.
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