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38. Higurashi When They Cry (21.5 points)
Nominated by: Wicklebee (0/5 remaining)

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Importance: 5
Fear: 8
Snake: 8.5

Wow, I was not expecting the level of visceral violence this series portrays so gruesomely. The design of the typically cute anime girls doing such unspeakable acts only makes everything seem that much worse, as if its the destruction of innocence happening right before your eyes. The Higurashi series is massive, consisting of everything from visual novels, manga volumes, anime series, OVAs, even a live-action television series. Each medium has its own way of delivering the violence, and I was also surprised how the deep the character backstories and motivations go. This is a very well-written series, especially the original VN, which even portrays the events more like a mystery than a straight up horror story. The protagonist, Keiichi Maebara, is affected by the town's paranoia and haunted by past regrets, and feels fleshed-out and clashes well against the game's otherwise full female cast. The VNs' haunting score makes the events seem all that much scarier too. Higurashi was a world that terrified and captivated me, and its also one I'm eager to return to very soon.
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