Higurashi Celebrates Watanagashi Day With a Top-Comment Ranking
On June 21, 2026, Dwango published a new anniversary roundup for Higurashi no Naku Koro ni and Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Kai just as the franchise’s annual Watanagashi Day observance came into view. The press release is not a sequel tease or a cast announcement. Instead, it is a retrospective built from NicoNico’s free marathon reruns: a scene ranking that shows which moments still pull the strongest reaction from viewers two decades after the TV anime first aired. The timing matters. The series is celebrating its 20th anniversary, and the current post uses a year of comment data to show that the show’s most infamous beats have not lost their power. For a franchise that has always lived on collective watching, the result is less a piece of trivia than a snapshot of how online fan culture keeps old episodes feeling immediate. What Was Announced The June 21 release from Dwango ranks the most-commented scenes from the 2025 free NicoNico broadcasts of the original series and Higura...