WARNING: Looks like the Higurashi New marketed as a remake was bait all along. This is a sequel* to the original series https://trakt.tv/shows/when-they-cry-higurashi. Since it's based on a visual novel with different routes repeating events are expected which is why they were able to mislead with the premiere but the second episode reveals a twist of the series and references being set after the events of Higurashi. They also changed the title from "New" to "Gou" 業...
*What exactly it is we cannot say for sure right now but you are definitely not getting a fresh start.
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WARNING: Looks like the Higurashi New marketed as a remake was bait all along.
This is a sequel* to the original series https://trakt.tv/shows/when-they-cry-higurashi.
Since it's based on a visual novel with different routes repeating events are expected which is why they were able to mislead with the premiere but the second episode reveals a twist of the series and references being set after the events of Higurashi. They also changed the title from "New" to "Gou" 業...
*What exactly it is we cannot say for sure right now but you are definitely not getting a fresh start.