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Wata aka shi-hen (綿明し編, Cotton-Revealing Chapter) is the second arc of Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Sotsu, which serves as an answer.png.png arc to Watadamashi-hen. The arc is told from Hōjō Satoko's and, for the first time in the series' history, Sonozaki Mion's point of view.

Plot

Coming soon!

Anime Episodes

Manga Adaption

Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Meguri (ひぐらしのなく頃に巡, When the Cicadas Cry: Tour) is the currently ongoing Tomato Akase's manga reconstruction of anime series which promises differences. These will be described in that main article.

Disappearances and Deaths

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

Deaths

Sonozaki Shion, strangled to death on June 19, after the Watanagashi Festival by a maddened Mion who got injected by Satoko with H-173. Her body was dumped into the underground torture chamber's well the next day.
Sonozaki Oryō, tazed by Mion on June 19 and died form a heart attack. Her body was later thrown into the same well.
Kimiyoshi Kiichirō, tortured to death on the night of June 19 in Sonozaki Underground Tool House by Mion. His fingernails and eyes got ripped out, then his fingers, toes, ears got sawed off. He most likely died when Mion hammered nails into his head. His body was also dumped into the well.
Furude Rika, strangled to death on the 20th of June by Mion behind the Hinamizawa School's building. Her body was later dumped into the school's outhouse toilet
Sonozaki Mion, shot in the stomach, then the head on June 20 by Satoko with a Tokarev at the Sonozaki main house.
Hōjō Satoko, after murdering Mion, she shot herself in the head with the same pistol.

Question Arc

Higurashi no <span >Na</span>ku Koro ni	Oni<span >kaku</span>shi-hen • Wata<span style="color:red;">naga</span>shi-hen • Tatari<span style="color:red;">goro</span>shi-hen • Hima<span style="color:red;">tsubu</span>shi-hen Me<span style="color:red;">aka</span>shi-hen • Tsumi<span style="color:red;">horobo</span>shi-hen • Neko<span style="color:red;">goro</span>shi-hen
Higurashi no <span >Na</span>ku ni Kai	Yaku<span >sama</span>shi-hen • Mina<span style="color:red;">goro</span>shi-hen • Matsuri<span style="color:red;">baya</span>shi-hen
Higurashi no <span >Na</span>ku ni Rei	Haji<span >sara</span>shi-hen • Sai<span style="color:red;">koro</span>shi-hen • Hiru<span style="color:red;">kowa</span>shi-hen
Higurashi no <span >Na</span>ku ni Kira	Batsu<span >koi</span>shi-hen • Ayakashi<span style="color:red;">sen</span>shi-hen • Musubi<span style="color:red;">eni</span>shi-hen • Yume<span style="color:red;">utsu</span>shi-hen
Higurashi no <span >Na</span>ku Koro ni Kaku	Higurashi Outbreak
Higurashi no <span >Na</span>ku Koro ni Gō	Oni<span >dama</span>shi-hen • Wata<span style="color:red;">dama</span>shi-hen • Tatari<span style="color:red;">dama</span>shi-hen • Neko<span style="color:red;">dama</span>shi-hen • Sato<span style="color:red;">kowa</span>shi-hen
Higurashi no <span >Na</span>ku Koro ni Sotsu	Oni<span >aka</span>shi-hen • Wata<span style="color:red;">aka</span>shi-hen • Tatari<span style="color:red;">aka</span>shi-hen • Kagu<span style="color:red;">ra</span>shi-hen

See Watadamashi-hen

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