Ryukishi07

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  • Bibliography:
    67 Books
  • First Book:
    November 2008
  • Latest Book:
    March 2025
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Book List in Order: 67 titles

  • Higurashi When They Cry: Abducted by Demons Arc, Vol. 1

    Keiichi Maebara has just moved to the very small town of Hinamizawa. ?He's making friends and generally enjoying his life, until one day, when he learns of a grisly murder that took place in the little village. ?His friends won't tell him any of the ...

  • Higurashi When They Cry: Abducted by Demons Arc, Vol. 2

    Up until now, Keiichi's been having the time of his life with his new friends in Hinamizawa. But when their good-natured pranks take a deadly turn, Keiichi grows more and more suspicious about their involvement with the so-called 'Oyashiro-sama's Cur...

  • Higurashi When They Cry: Cotton Drifting Arc, Vol. 1

    "You''ve already met Keiichi Maebara and his mischievous friends in the Abducted by Demons Arc. But Oyashiro-sama''s curse is poised to strike anew in Hinamizawa village. When Keiichi spots tomboy Mion working at a maid café, he can hardly believe hi...

  • Higurashi When They Cry: Cotton Drifting Arc, Vol. 2

    Twins Shion and Mion have Keiichi seeing double. But as he grows closer to Shion, their flirty friendship has Mion seeing red. When Shion and Keiichi trespass on sacred ground the night of the Cotton Drifting, a string of gruesome murders and disappe...

  • Higurashi When They Cry: Curse Killing Arc, Vol. 1

    The dark mysteries of HinamizawaVillage unfold anew in the CURSE KILLING ARC! After a short trip to the city, Keiichi Maebara returns to the small mountain hamlet where he is welcomed with a fresh batch of pranks from Satoko and the rest of his schoo...

  • Higurashi When They Cry: Curse Killing Arc, Vol. 2

    Keiichi is relieved when Satoko returns to school after an unexplained three-day absence, but the little girl is not her usual cheery self. It seems her uncle has returned, and Satoko is once again at his mercy. Keiichi is furious at his friends' rel...

  • Higurashi When They Cry: Time Killing Arc, Vol. 1

    When the minister of construction minister's grandson disappears amid protests against the dam project in Hinamizawa, detective Akasaka is sent from the Tokyo Police to investigate. Posing as a tourist, Akasaka becomes fast friends with Rika Furude, ...

  • Higurashi When They Cry: Time Killing Arc, Vol. 2

    Following a lead on the kidnapping of the construction minister's grandson, Officers Ooishi and Akasaka spot a secluded outpost station that shows signs of recent traffic. A little poking around brings them face to face with the boy's abductors, and ...

  • Higurashi When They Cry: Beyond Midnight Arc, Vol. 1

    In the twenty years since the Hinamizawa disaster, the small village has become a literal ghost town. Terrible rumors about the mysterious gas leak that claimed hundreds of lives have kept even the most curious at bay. But on this night, fate has led...



  • Higurashi When They Cry: Beyond Midnight Arc, Vol. 2

    With Mion's name clearly printed among the names of those killed in Hinamizawa twenty years ago, suspicion for the murder falls on her. But Mion isn't the only one whose story doesn't quite add up. How did the killer know Otobe's was the only phone w...

  • Higurashi When They Cry: Eye Opening Arc, Vol. 1

    "After a year at boarding school, Shion Sonozaki flees the oppressive institution and secretly returns to her hometown in the mountains, telling only her twin sister Mion of her arrival. Though the Sonozaki family has kept the sisters apart to preven...

  • Higurashi When They Cry: Eye Opening Arc, Vol. 2

    The long-awaited 'answer arc' to the Higurashi WHEN THEY CRY Cotton Drifting Arc: Unable to provide an alibi for the night of the Cotton Drifting, Satoshi becomes the prime suspect for the murder of his aunt! As her friend is hauled away by the polic...

  • Higurashi When They Cry: Demon Exposing Arc

    It's been almost a year since Natsumi and her family moved from the town of Onigafuchi. Her grandmother, a native of Hinamizawa village, fears that they will be cursed for abandoning the mountains, but Natsumi has never been happier, making new frien...

  • Higurashi When They Cry: Eye Opening Arc, Vol. 3

    "One year after his disappearance, the police are no closer to finding Satoshi or solving his aunt''s murder, and Shion is quickly running out of patience. Dressing alternately as ""Shion"" and ""Mion,"" she positions herself as close to Keiichi as p...

  • Higurashi When They Cry: Eye Opening Arc, Vol. 4

    The demon of the Sonozaki family has found fertile soil in Shion's soul, and her fury rages out of control as she targets the last of those who are guilty of paining her beloved Satoshi. But how far is she willing to go? Will any torture or punishmen...

  • Higurashi When They Cry: Atonement Arc, Vol. 1

    Rena Ryugu has made a lot of great friends since returning to Hinamizawa a year ago. But the happiness of playing with her classmates can hardly make up for the sadness she feels at home. Her father's new lover spends more and more time at their hous...

  • Higurashi When They Cry: Atonement Arc, Vol. 2

    Rena has taken extreme measures to protect her and her father's happiness, but such drastic actions have terrible consequences. When her friends learn of her crimes, they feel no revulsion toward Rena, but rather a sense of regret that they hadn't be...

  • Higurashi When They Cry: Atonement Arc, Vol. 3

    Based on the evidence detailed in Takano's notebook, Rena believes she's uncovered the truth behind Oyashiro-sama's curse and the mysterious deaths in Hinamizawa! But though Rena's theory fits perfectly with Hinamizawa's dark history, it is difficult...

  • Higurashi When They Cry: Atonement Arc, Vol. 4

    Driven out of her mind by the murderous plot exposed in Takano's scrapbook, Rena is on the run from the police and her friends. When Officer Ooishi confronts Mion about the Sonozaki family's invovement in the murder conspiracy, Mion reveals a number ...



  • Higurashi When They Cry: Massacre Arc, Vol. 1

    The Curse Killing Arc... The Time Killing Arc... As each incarnation of the terrible events in Hinamizawa unfolds, Rika Furude must watch as her friends descend into madness and despair, knowing the only fate that awaits her is death. With the unique...

  • Legend of the Golden Witch, Vol. 1

    Each year, the Ushiromiya family gathers at the secluded mansion of its patriarch, the elderly Kinzo. It has been six years since Battler joined his cousins at the annual event, but their happy reunion is overshadowed by worsening weather and an eeri...

  • Higurashi When They Cry: Massacre Arc, Vol. 2

    Keiichi's appeals to the Child Consultation Center receive an outpouring of support from his classmates and teachers, but still the authorities refuse to intercede. Hinamizawa is a village controlled by three powerful families, and without the suppor...

  • Umineko WHEN THEY CRY Episode 1: Legend of the Golden Witch, Vol. 2

    Six people are dead, and Battler and his remaining relatives slowly come around to addressing the terrifying reality of their situation: Either one of their number is a murderer, or there is a nineteenth person on the island who wants the Ushiromiya ...

  • Higurashi When They Cry: Massacre Arc, Vol. 3

    Watching the people of Hinamizawa rally together to liberate her friend Satoko gives Rika hope that she too can defy fate and curb her tragic demise. But when the bodies of Takano and Tomitake are discovered, Rika fears her chance is slipping away. N...

  • Umineko WHEN THEY CRY Episode 2: Turn of the Golden Witch, Vol. 1

    With help from the witch Beatrice, Shannon has enjoyed a budding romance with George Ushiromiya, her master's eldest grandson. As a servant of the Ushiromiya estate, Shannon is little more than furniture, but since her bargain with Beatrice, Shannon ...

  • Higurashi When They Cry: Festival Accompanying Arc, Vol. 1

    "In the final ""answer arc"" of theNew York Timesbestselling series, the final pieces of the mystery in Hinamizawa fall into place!

    When her parents are killed in a terrible train accident, a young Miyo Takano is sent to live at an orphanage d...

  • Umineko WHEN THEY CRY Episode 2: Turn of the Golden Witch, Vol. 2

    "With the six sacrifices of the first night claimed, Beatrice, the Golden Witch, turns her attention to selecting the sacrifices for the second night: the ""Two Who Are Close."" As the corpses begin to pile up, Battler struggles to disprove that the ...

  • Higurashi When They Cry: Festival Accompanying Arc, Vol. 2

    Through Miyo Takano's efforts, the research on Hinamizawa Syndrome has won the support her grandfather never received. But Dr. Irie has glimpsed the madness that drives Takano to achieve results by any means, and his loyalties are challenged when he ...

  • Higurashi When They Cry: Festival Accompanying Arc, Vol. 3

    After endless cycles of tragedy, Rika at last finds herself in an incarnation where she knows the true culprit behind her murder. But with only a week before the Cotton Drifting Festival - and her demise - she and Hanyu are going to have to work fast...



  • Umineko WHEN THEY CRY Episode 3: Banquet of the Golden Witch, Vol. 1


    Time holds little meaning for Beatrice the Millennial Witch. Replaying the events leading up to the Golden Banquet again and again only gives her more opportunity to play with her new favorite toy, Battler Ushiromiya. The boy''s will to resist th...

  • Higurashi When They Cry: Festival Accompanying Arc, Vol. 4

    At last, after countless failures, Rika has exposed Takano's mad plot to destroy the village of Hinamizawa for the sake of her and her grandfather's research. Barricading herself in Irie Clinic, Takano draws her allies in close even as Rika and her f...

  • Umineko WHEN THEY CRY Episode 3: Banquet of the Golden Witch, Vol. 2

    Determined to secure a place of respect within the Ushiromiya family, Eva stretches her wits to their limit and successfully solves Beatrice's riddle! There is more than enough gold in the family fortune to ease everyone's financial woes, but Eva has...

  • Umineko WHEN THEY CRY Episode 4: Alliance of the Golden Witch, Vol. 1

    Twelve years after her loved ones were brutally murdered at the annual family meeting, Ange Ushiromiya, now eighteen, is the sole heir of the Ushiromiya family. Ostracized by her peers, Ange seeks companionship in the pages of a diary left behind by ...

  • Umineko WHEN THEY CRY Episode 4: Alliance of the Golden Witch, Vol. 2

    The appearance of Gretel has strengthened Battler's resolve to face off against Beatrice once again. Both players have become more skillful tacticians over the course of time, and Battler's new 'blue truth' ability, along with Gretel's support, will ...

  • Higurashi When They Cry: Dice Killing Arc

    Over the course of a hundred years, Rika relived her brutal murder over and over again through countless fragments before finding the world where she could live in peace. But even without the threat of certain death hanging over her head, this world ...

  • Umineko WHEN THEY CRY Episode 4: Alliance of the Golden Witch, Vol. 3

    One by one, the attendants of the Ushiromiya family gathering are killed under what can only be described as supernatural circumstances. Even Kyrie, the strongest proponent of logic and reason, is convinced by the vicious parade of witches and demons...

  • Umineko WHEN THEY CRY Episode 5: End of the Golden Witch, Vol. 1

    Beatrice is dead, her soul shattered by Battler at her own request. Though her body sits across the chessboard, she is no more than a husk of the laughing, impulsive witch she once was. Lambdadelta is more than happy to preside over the fifth game, a...

  • Rose Guns Days Season 1, Vol. 1

    After suffering unprecedented disasters in World War II, Japan accepts the American and Allied Forces' terms of unconditional surrender. Now the citizens of a ruined nation, the people of Japan come together amid an influx of influences and immigrant...

  • Umineko WHEN THEY CRY Episode 5: End of the Golden Witch, Vol. 2

    As the storm outside darkens, the truth of Natsuhi's past comes to light--the barrenness that prevented her from producing an heir and thus earning the respect of her father-in-law and recognition as an Ushiromiya. But the infant heir who was thought...



  • Rose Guns Days Season 1, Vol. 2

    After thwarting the underhanded mafia boss Alfred in his attempts to overtake Club Primavera, Rose seeks the protection of Captain Philip Butler of the American Garrison, who benevolently agrees...for a price. But this newfound security is jeopardize...

  • Umineko WHEN THEY CRY Episode 5: End of the Golden Witch, Vol. 3

    The trial begins. With Erika as her prosecutor, Natsuhi stands accused of murdering six members of her family and staff. As red and blue truths conflict and collide, Be-atrice must defend Natsuhi from her charges, hoping to prove instead that she-...

  • Rose Guns Days Season 1, Vol. 3

    True salvation...there is no answer to that. With Alfred out of the picture, a new force emerges into the power vacuum--and Leo's new "friend," ex-serviceman Caleb, is at the center. Though the Caleb family's motives seem well-intentioned--providing...

  • Umineko WHEN THEY CRY Episode 6: Dawn of the Golden Witch, Vol. 1

    Battler assumes control of the sixth game, wielding his new Golden Truth as he parries the logical blows of the detective-and-witch, Erika Furudo. For Battler, what began as a contest over the existence of magic has become a fight to revive the fiery...

  • Rose Guns Days Season 1, Vol. 4

    Thank you, really... ...And I'm sorry. The battle between Club Primavera and the Caleb family--with the pride of the Japanese people at stake--finally barrels toward a conclusion. Which group will win the right to rule during the coming era...?!...

  • Umineko WHEN THEY CRY Episode 6: Dawn of the Golden Witch, Vol. 2

    George and Shannon, Jessica and Kanon: Only one couple will be permitted to fully realize their love. To prove the strength of their feelings, each person must sacrifice the life of someone on the island. George uses the opportunity to confront his m...

  • Rose Guns Days Season 2, Vol. 1

    The second season of New York Times bestselling author Ryukishi07's Rose Guns Days begins anew on Primavera's doorstep!...

  • Umineko WHEN THEY CRY Episode 6: Dawn of the Golden Witch, Vol. 3

    As detective-and-witch Erika targets all logical errors, Battler charges in head-on as their duel reaches its end. The relationships between Jouji and Shannon, Jessica and Kanon, as well as Battler and Beatrice are also put to the test!...

  • Rose Guns Days Season 2, Vol. 2

    Despite her lost memories, Zel is quickly figuring out her place with the Wild Dogs, and is now determined to make her pack play by their strengths. The streets remain tense with Primavera still in a stand off against the Chinese and their desire for...

  • Rose Guns Days Season 2, Vol. 3

    While the Wandering Dogs suffer a breakup at the reveal of Zel's true identity, District 23 is on the cusp of falling under the Golden Dragons' thumb. Primavera refuses to give in, staunchly standing off against the Chinese mafia, but they need all t...



  • Rose Guns Days Season 3, Vol. 1

    Everyone is searching for a reason. 1949, Post-war Tokyo-As the Japanese become more of a minority in their own homeland, they continue to place their hope for the future in Primavera's hands. Alan and Keith have returned from war to find Tokyo very...

  • Rose Guns Days Season 3, Vol. 2

    For those I love, I'll pull this trigger. Alan and Keith have found reasons to keep fighting, even in a divided post-war Tokyo. Their work with Primavera's battalion has given them a place to call home and people who need them. But when a revenge-obs...

  • Umineko WHEN THEY CRY Episode 7: Requiem of the Golden Witch, Vol. 1

    The time for logical debate and magical feints has come to an end; the revelation of the truth about Beatrice the Golden Witch is at hand. To facilitate this, game master Bernkastel has chosen Will Wright the Mage-Hunter to step onto her board and an...

  • Rose Guns Days Season 3, Vol. 3

    When they lose their reason to fight, what is left?Relations between Primavera and the Chinese are quickly crumbling as Richard struggles with grief and guilt over the loss of precious Primavera members. Emotions run hot, especially with the US garri...

  • Umineko WHEN THEY CRY Episode 7: Requiem of the Golden Witch, Vol. 2

    Ten Years before the disastrous family reunion on Rokkenjima, a young servant named Yasu started working at the Ushiromiya mansion, where she first encounters the witch Beatrice. Their tenuous friendship utterly transforms the timid, clumsy Yasu and ...

  • Umineko WHEN THEY CRY Episode 7: Requiem of the Golden Witch, Vol. 3

    What new truths will Lion and Will uncover on their journey through the many legends of Beatrice? Is the truth of Beatrice as everyone expected, or yet another twist on the Witch's curved path?...

  • Umineko WHEN THEY CRY Episode 8: Twilight of the Golden Witch, Vol. 1

    The curtains rise for the final act of the twisted tale of the Golden Witch, Beatrice. What secrets will be uncovered as the story draws to a close? And will the truth bring long-deserved peace to these troubled minds, or prove too much to bear? ...

  • Umineko WHEN THEY CRY Episode 8: Twilight of the Golden Witch, Vol. 2

    After over a decade spent searching for the truth, Ange has sifted through every slander and scandal hurled against her family as an explanation for their murders. What she cannot accept are her brother’s saccharine versions of the people and event...

  • Umineko WHEN THEY CRY Episode 8: Twilight of the Golden Witch, Vol. 3

    Though none may know the truth about what happened the day of the Rokkenjima massacre, Ange has come to understand the players were neither devils nor angels, merely people -- her flawed, complicated, ultimately loving family. Now battling against ev...

  • Rose Guns Days Sorrowful Cross Knife, Vol. 1

    1946, two years after the war ended in Japan. An orphan named Wayne has been hired by District 23’s Club Primavera -- the base of operations for the brothel alliance vying for power with foreign militaries and the mafia. When a series of murders st...

  • Higurashi When They Cry: GOU, Vol. 1

    Life couldn’t be better for Keiichi Maebara. Sure, not much happens in the sleepy mountain village of Hinamizawa…but in the three short weeks since moving here, he’s already found some amazing new buddies -- who are all cute girls! However, whe...

  • Rose Guns Days Sorrowful Cross Knife, Vol. 2

    Wanting to believe in the man he called his brother, Wayne finds him at the old hideout they once used as a safehouse years and years ago. Apparently, the feeling is not mutual -- Jack’s first reaction to the sight of Wayne was to begin a deadly ba...

  • Higurashi When They Cry: GOU, Vol. 2

    Keiichi Maebara has made lots of great friends since moving to Hinamizawa -- namely one Satoko Hojo, who’s practically a little sister to him now. When he finds out about her lessthan- stellar home life, he’s determined to help Satoko find her h...

  • Higurashi When They Cry: GOU Anthology Comic

    June 1983. While it normally signifies an inescapable doom for Rika and her closest companions, a crew of guest artists bring its cheerful vitality to life! In the official comic anthology, join the gang in their early summer adventures!...

  • Higurashi When They Cry: MEGURI, Vol. 1

    June 1983. The tragedy is over. It’s finally time to start a new chapter. After spending so long in Hinamizawa, Rika wants to expand her horizons and take on the challenge of becoming a fine young lady of St. Lucia Academy, with Satoko by her side....

  • Higurashi When They Cry: MEGURI, Vol. 2

    June 1983. The tragedy is finally over -- at least, it was supposed to be. Years later, Rika meets up with her old friends for a club reunion…then once more awakens in June of 1983 with no memory of why she has returned. And now that Hanyu is out o...

  • Higurashi When They Cry: MEGURI, Vol. 3

    It’s June 1983 -- the start of another loop. The game board and players are set. But while Rika is playing by the old rules, Satoko is testing the limits of her newly acquired powers. After all, unlike the last game, Satoko must induce the tragedy ...

  • Higurashi When They Cry: MEGURI, Vol. 4

    Oh, June 1983. With her newly acquired powers, Satako is loving every loop with her friends. Over, and over, and over, and over. But can this happiness last forever? Or will Rika be able to figure out the rules and break free...?...

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Ryukishi07 has published 67 books.

The next book by Ryukishi07, Higurashi When They Cry: MEGURI, Vol. 4, will be published in March 2025.

The first book by Ryukishi07, Higurashi When They Cry: Abducted by Demons Arc, Vol. 1, was published in November 2008.

No. Ryukishi07 does not write books in series.
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