Episode
Higurashi: When They Cry: The Time Wasting Chapter - Part 2 - Omen
Overview
Akasaka and Oishi find the kidnappers' hideout and rescue the boy. After discovering that their efforts were in vain because the perpetrators' demand was already conceded, he realizes the real meaning behind Rika's words to him.
Details
- Series
- Higurashi: When They Cry
- Season
- Season 1
- Episode
- Episode 15
- Air date
- 2006-07-12
- Runtime
- 24 min
Episode context
The Time Wasting Chapter - Part 2 - Omen is Episode 15 in When They Cry of Higurashi: When They Cry. It aired on 2006-07-12. The runtime is 24 min.
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