When MangaGamer set out on re-releasing the Higurashi When They Cry series they said it would take a while. The total retranslation indeed took years. Higurashi When They Cry Hou Ch.1 launched way back in 2015. Five years later weve finally reached the end of the original Higurashi When They Cry series.
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