When the cicadas cry

In the summer of Showa 58, the noisy cicadas during the day and the chorus of grasshoppers in the evening echoed in Hinamizawa, as if welcoming June, the early summer of this year. Hinamizawa is a remote place in the mountains far away from the city. In a village with a population of less than 2,000 people, Keiichi Maehara, a young man who moved from the city, recently arrived. Keiichi, who has a cheerful personality and is sociable, quickly integrated into the surrounding classmates at school. Lina, who has the best relationship and likes to take care of others, Meiyin, the chairman of the committee with leadership skills, Satoko, a junior student who is a master of dribbling, Rika, the daughter of the Furute Shrine who brings an incredible atmosphere... He and his friends live a trivial daily life, thinking that it will last forever. The memorial ceremony held every June - Mianliu, yes, that day should also be a happy day. However, after learning a mystery about Hinamizawa, everything changed... On the day of the memorial ceremony, tragedy happened again. Every year it is said that one person dies and one remains missing. What is the truth behind the series of strange deaths that started a few years ago? Who is the prisoner? Driven by curiosity, Keiichi stepped into the darkness of the village. From that day on, subtle but certainly noticeable changes took place in Keiichi's surroundings. Yes, everything is the same... Only the chirping of the grasshopper has not changed at all, heralding the arrival of early summer in Hinamizawa.