昭和から平成、そして令和へと時代は移り、過疎化が進んだ雛見沢で再び惨劇の幕を上げる。今年もまた綿流しの祭りの夜に、一人が殺され、一人が姿を消す…。 Taisho year 12 (1923). A tragedy occurring in Hinamizawa changes the fate of a lone girl and her friends. The turbulent early life of Oryou, head of the Sonozaki family, one of the Three Great Families, who would later be feared and known as Empress Sonozaki. A missing link connected to the original Higurashi story revealed now.