Keiichi Maebara, a newcomer to the village of Hinamizawa, finds himself welcomed into the school's orbit by his newfound friends. An invitation to join their club leads him to a treasure hunt at the local refuse site, where an unsettling tr…

The Watanagashi Festival commenced, bringing with it the usual joy of shared meals and lively games. But the revelry ended abruptly for Keiichi. The following day, Chief Oishi of the police summoned him for questioning regarding a crime com…

The deeper Keiichi explored the village’s secrets, the more a creeping paranoia took hold. He began to suspect he was being watched, that someone harbored a deadly intent toward him.

Despair crested within Keiichi. Following capture and sedation, he awoke to find himself bound, Mion and Rena looming over him, poised to administer an unknown substance. He fought against his restraints, a surge of desperate violence erupt…

Keiichi encounters Shion, Mion’s twin sister, and is struck by their uncanny resemblance. The sisters are virtually indistinguishable, a detail that leaves Keiichi bewildered. It comes to light that Mion harbors a secret affection for him.

As Rika performed her ritual during the Watanagashi Festival, Shion swiftly guided Keiichi away, intending to slip into the restricted shrine warehouse. There, Tomitake and his companion, Miyo Takano, awaited them. But upon hearing of the o…

Keiichi sought Rika's assistance, yet as she and Satoko vanished from view, a chilling apprehension began to grip him. He found himself consumed by a growing dread, imagining the worst possible outcome.

Keiichi and Rena harbor a suspicion that Mion holds a connection to the vanishing of Rika and Satoko, and seek her out at her home. There, she reveals the weight of expectation she bears as the inheritor of the Sonozaki family, and Keiichi …

With his parents away in Tokyo for a few days, Keiichi finds himself assisted by Satoko and Rika. Rika prepares a meal for him, and as they share it, Keiichi learns about Satoshi, Satoko’s older brother, and the perplexing circumstances sur…

Satoko has been away from school for several days. When Keiichi learns the reason for her absence – that it stems from Teppei, her abusive uncle – he understands the truth: Teppei fled Hinamizawa after his wife’s murder on the night of Wata…

The decision settled within Keiichi with chilling finality: he had to kill Teppei. He delivered a brutal beating, using Satoshi’s baseball bat, until Teppei was dead. Afterward, Keiichi buried the body. On his return, a figure he knew as Ta…

A tremor runs through Keiichi’s composure when his friends recount the Watanagashi Festival, insisting he was there with them. The familiar ache of Satoko’s grief over her uncle’s abuse returns, a poignant counterpoint to her unwavering con…

Keiichi made his way to the Houjou residence, seeking confirmation of Teppei’s whereabouts, only to find Satoko in a state demanding professional care. Later, at the Furude Shrine, Keiichi discovered Rika's body, brutally disemboweled. Accu…

Four years had passed since the dam incident, and young police investigator Mamoru Akasaka arrived in Hinamizawa seeking clues to a child abduction. Following an unsettling warning from a younger Rika, Mamoru found himself increasingly susp…

Akasaka and Oishi located the kidnappers' hideout and freed the boy. Yet, upon learning that the perpetrators had already achieved their objective, he understood the true weight of Rika’s words to him.

The narrative of the Watanagashi arc is presented anew, filtered through a different perspective. Shion assumes Mion’s role in Hinamizawa and, upon their initial encounter, is immediately captivated by Satoko’s older brother, Satoshi. Howev…

Satoshi offered a hesitant apology to Shion, still maintaining the guise of Mion, and asked that she look after Satoko during the Watanagashi Festival. That night, his aunt was found murdered. To shield Satoshi, Shion confessed the truth: s…

After speaking with Ōishi, Shion learns that Satoshi has vanished and resolves to delve deeper into the unsettling murders that have plagued Hinamizawa for the past four years. While at the library one afternoon, she encounters Takano, who …

Shion suspects a link between the Sonozaki family and the village’s history of exorcism, particularly concerning Satoshi. She imprisons Mion within the dungeon, inadvertently causing her grandmother's death. The following day, Shion assumes…

Shion secured the village head, extracting details about the town's history of murders and the involvement of Satoshi. Later, confronting Rika about the killings, Shion ignited a tense exchange between them. As night descended, the truth su…

Over a phone call, Shion manipulates Keiichi, and subsequently deceives the townspeople to frame him for murder. However, she soon finds herself the object of Oishi’s suspicion. Exposed by Rena and Keiichi, Shion leads Keiichi away and inca…

Rena came to understand the true nature of her father’s companion, and with that understanding, a profound hatred took root within her.

Rena dealt with Rina and her lover Teppei after learning of their scheme to deceive her father. Found out by her companions, she found solace in their support; they aided her in concealing the bodies. Yet, during the night of the Watanagash…

As Rena delved into Takano’s scrapbooks, she began to piece together the truth of Oyashiro-sama and Hinamizawa’s shadowed history.

Keiichi attempted to dissuade Rena, but she met his efforts with a stark unveiling of her own hidden burdens. Following his confession of a past transgression to his friends, he discovered an unexpected effect: fragments of memories from th…

Rena's descent into madness culminated in the hostage-taking of the entire student body. With the assistance of the police and the combined efforts of the group, Keiichi managed to disarm a homemade bomb Rena had planted on the school rooft…