{"product_id":"higurashi-when-they-cry-kai-season-2-blu-ray","title":"Higurashi: When They Cry — Kai ~Season 2~ Blu-ray","description":"The questions raised across Season 1 begin to receive answers. Each arc of the first season showed a different version of the same terrible summer in Hinamizawa — the same characters, the same festival, the same deaths, each one seemingly inevitable. Kai reveals the full truth: the nature of the Watanagashi Festival, the identity behind Oyashiro-sama's curse, the real cause of the deaths, and most importantly — the existence of someone who has been watching all the loops from the inside, accumulating memories across every iteration of June 1983, determined to find the path through all of it where everyone survives. The shift in focus from horror to tragedy to determination makes Kai emotionally distinctive from its predecessor and resolves the franchise's central mystery with considerable power.\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nHigurashi: When They Cry — Kai is a 24-episode second season produced by Studio Deen, directed by Chiaki Kon, airing on various channels from July 6 to December 17, 2007. The score was once again composed by Kenji Kawai. Sentai Filmworks released Kai in North America — the first time it received an English subtitled home video release — as a subtitle-only Blu-ray. The Season 2 (Kai) Blu-ray was released July 26, 2016 by Sentai Filmworks. A Complete Season 1-3 Collection Blu-ray was released December 12, 2017.\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eNotable Staff \u0026amp; Voice Talent\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eDirector:\u003c\/b\u003e Chiaki Kon (Junjou Romantica, No. 6, Higurashi Season 1)\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eOriginal Sound Novel:\u003c\/b\u003e Ryukishi07 (07th Expansion)\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eStudio:\u003c\/b\u003e Studio Deen\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eMusic:\u003c\/b\u003e Kenji Kawai (Ghost in the Shell, Patlabor 1 \u0026amp; 2, Jin-Roh, Ninja Scroll, Sorcerer Hunters)\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eJapanese Cast:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n• Satsuki Yukino as Mion \/ Shion Sonozaki\u003cbr\u003e\n• Mai Nakahara as Rena Ryūgū\u003cbr\u003e\n• Yukari Tamura as Rika Furude\u003cbr\u003e\n• Mika Kanai as Satoko Hōjō\u003cbr\u003e\n• Soichiro Hoshi as Keiichi Maebara\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eBlu-ray Features (Sentai Filmworks)\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n• All 24 Episodes — Complete Season 2\u003cbr\u003e\n• Subtitle Only — No English Dub on Kai or Rei (dub was only produced for Season 1)\u003cbr\u003e\n• Clean Opening \u0026amp; Closing Animations\u003cbr\u003e\n• Sentai Filmworks Previews\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eSpoken Languages:\u003c\/b\u003e Japanese Audio Only, English Subtitles\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eEdition Details\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eJapanese Title:\u003c\/b\u003e ひぐらしのなく頃に解 (Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Kai \/ When the Cicadas Cry: Solution)\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eRuntime:\u003c\/b\u003e ~600 Minutes (Complete Season 2, 24 Episodes)\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eDirector:\u003c\/b\u003e Chiaki Kon\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eBlu-ray Release Year:\u003c\/b\u003e 2016 (U.S. Release, July 26 — Sentai Filmworks); first English subtitled home video release of Kai; Complete S1-3 Collection December 12, 2017\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eOriginal Broadcast Date (Japan):\u003c\/b\u003e July 6 – December 17, 2007\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Sentai Filmworks\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eRating:\u003c\/b\u003e 17+\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eRegion:\u003c\/b\u003e Region A (North America)\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Subtitle only — English dub was only produced for Season 1. First North American subtitled release of Kai. Resolves the mysteries established in Season 1.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eGenre:\u003c\/b\u003e Horror, Mystery, Psychological\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eThemes:\u003c\/b\u003e Time Loop Resolution, Rika's Accumulated Memories, Watanagashi Truth Revealed, Sound Novel Adaptation, Emotional Shift from Horror to Hope\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nMedia assumed VG+ unless otherwise noted.\n","brand":"Sentai Filmworks","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42895632334933,"sku":null,"price":44.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0565\/7673\/7365\/files\/6174FF3E-FE89-49BE-BC63-770D5A997C2F.jpg?v=1787339258","url":"https:\/\/hifilofi.shop\/products\/higurashi-when-they-cry-kai-season-2-blu-ray","provider":"HiFi LoFi","version":"1.0","type":"link"}