About “Higurashi: When They Cry – GOU” in a few words:

Higurashi: When They Cry – GOU is a psychological horror anime series that follows the story of a group of friends living in a small village, Hinamizawa, where mysterious and violent events occur during the annual Watanagashi Festival. As the story unfolds, the dark secrets and hidden agendas of the characters are gradually revealed, leading to shocking twists and turns. The series explores themes of paranoia, mental illness, and the consequences of choice, with a focus on character development and intricate storytelling.

Meet the characters from Higurashi: When They Cry – GOU

Mion Sonozaki

Mion is the bossy tomboy of Hinamizawa who runs the gang like it’s her personal kingdom — she bikes around, cracks orders like jokes, and somehow makes being in charge look effortless (not that it always is). She’s loud, mischievous, and deeply proud of her family duty as Sonozaki heir, and then she’ll surprise you by noticing tiny feelings everyone else missed, which is both sweet and a little intimidating. She swears she hates frills but will protect a single faded ribbon like it’s a relic (okay maybe two ribbons), and she teases people mercilessly while being genuinely protective. Honestly, she’s warm, sharp, messy, and impossible to ignore — the kind of person who’ll drag you into trouble and then bail you out with a smirk.

Rena Ryuuguu

Rena is sugar on the surface and razor-sharp underneath — eternally obsessed with “cute” things, always ready with a shy “I love you” or a goofy smile, and then capable of flipping into an eerie, single-minded protectiveness. She collects odd little keepsakes (guilty of hoarding lost things) and cries over the smallest treasures, which is adorable until it isn’t. She’s loyal and fierce in defense of friends, but also kind of haunting in those quiet moments where she stares off like she remembers bad things. Little weird detail: she talks to her plastic bag sometimes (comfort habit? ritual? who knows), which makes her lovable and slightly uncanny at once.

Rika Furude

Rika is that tiny shrine maiden who somehow balances being an exhausted prophet and a playful child, and it wrecks you in the best possible way. She’ll hum a nursery rhyme one second and drop a line about fate or looping timelines like it’s no big deal, which is both adorable and devastating. Rika carries the weight of Hinamizawa on her small shoulders and is quietly brave in ways that hit you later, when you realize how much she’s seen. Also she has oddly specific snack preferences (jelly, maybe?) and will silently judge your tea choice, because of course she will — tiny, ancient, and emotionally unignorable.

Satoko Houjou

Satoko is a pint-sized tornado of pranks, survival instincts, and emotional landmines — she builds traps for fun and then keeps a drawer full of stuffed animals for the mornings she can’t breathe. She’s stubborn, cunning, and can be sweetly childish one minute and ruthlessly strategic the next, which makes her both tragic and electrifying. She loves fireworks (dramatic flair alert) and has this clingy-but-defensive vibe that makes you want to hug and immediately apologize. Satoko is equal parts heartbreak and spark: tiny, fierce, damaged, and absolutely unforgettable.

Keiichi Maebara

Keiichi is loud, impulsive, and the kind of teenager who thinks he’s unraveling a huge conspiracy when he’s mostly just making things worse (classic protagonist energy). He wants to be leader, protector, detective — and he’ll charge into danger with a half-cocked plan and then complain about it later. He’s got this weird combo of bravery and cowardice: he can be heroic in a panic and whiney in the quiet, which is honestly very human and very annoying (in a good way). Also he vibes with a baseball bat and too many theories, talks to himself, and gets ridiculously attached to his own ideas — you love him and want to smack him at the same time.

Shion Sonozaki

Shion is Mion’s twin but turned up to eleven — more venom, more drama, more eyeliner, and this dramatic jealousy that fuels everything she does. She’s sharp, sarcastic, and will defend the people she loves with an almost brutal loyalty, while tenderly baking a cake the next day (yes really), which is both cute and wildly unsettling. She swings between petulant teen energy and genuinely cold cleverness, making her unpredictable and electric. Twin tension is literally her aesthetic: adores Mion, competes with her, and will clap back in ways that leave you reeling (sometimes theatrically, sometimes dangerously).