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->''"Please listen to my pitiful story."''

Marie Moriya is a rather timid girl, who is frequently bullied by her classmates. On top of that, Kanamori, her homeroom teacher who initially defended Marie, has begun to molest her at night in the OldSchoolBuilding. When some of other students start talking about the seven mysteries of the school and that she may be a {{youkai}}, Marie desperately wishes to become one in order to kill everyone who makes her life a living hell. That wish is about to come true...

''Higanbana no Saku Yoru ni'', officially translated as "The Unforgiving Flowers Blossom in the Dead of Night" (literally translated as "On the Night the Red Spider Lily Blooms") is a horror manga series, created by the creator of the ''WhenTheyCry'' series, Ryukishi07, and drawn by Ichirō Tsunohazu (the actual character designs are by Nishieda, though), that started in 2010. It is published in the Monthly Dragon Age magazine from Yen Press, who also published the manga adaption of ''HigurashiNoNakuKoroNi''.

Ryukishi07 has adapted the manga as an ongoing VisualNovel series, with the first game released on August 13, 2011. Unlike ''WhenTheyCry'', each game is a GenreAnthology and contains up to seven self-contained short stories. Each of these stories follows a different protagonist, though Marie and her youkai companion Higanbana always show up as the central characters of the series.

This entry has a [[{{Characters/HiganbanaNoSakuYoruNi}} character sheet]].

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!!This manga/visual novel provides examples of:
* AllOfTheOtherReindeer
* AlphaBitch: Marie's classmate Mio.
* AndNowForSomeoneCompletelyDifferent: Each story follows a different protagonist, though Marie and Higanbana show up multiple times to prove that they're the main characters.
* [[spoiler:AssholeVictim: Kanamori]].
* {{Bishonen}}: Kanamori, despite the fact that he's a [[{{CompleteMonster}} sick, sick, man]]
* {{Blackmail}}: Kanamori tapes Marie while molesting her, and threatens to expose it if she tries to tell anyone about it. Marie later tries to reverse it, saying that all she has to do is say that Kanamori was the one who taped her. [[spoiler:[[KillTheCutie It doesn't work]]]].
* BreakTheCutie: Somewhat subverted, as Marie is already broken when the manga starts.
* CorruptTheCutie: Part of Kanamori's backstory; he was a decent and fairly cheerful [[{{Bishonen}} young chap]] by the time he started work as a homeroom teacher. However, the unbearable stress of work, as well as his unhealthy [[{{Lolicon}} loli fetish]] towards Marie, quickly warped his mind into [[SadistTeacher something far more sinister]].
* CreepyDoll: Higanbana often takes this form.
* DarkerAndEdgier: According to WordOfGod, in comparison to his [[HigurashiNoNakuKoroNi earlier]] [[UminekoNoNakuKoroNi works]]. And considering how dark ''they'' were, that's saying something.
* DeathByOriginStory: [[spoiler:Marie is strangled to death by Kanamori halfway through the first episode, then comes back as a youkai and shows up in just about every other episode]].
* [[spoiler:TheDogBitesBack: Marie successfully becomes a youkai and gives [[AssholeVictim Kanamori]] ''[[KickTheSonOfABitch exactly]]'' [[KickTheSonOfABitch what's coming to him.]]]]
* {{Expy}}: Sakunoshin is literally a ''carbon copy'' of Sakutaro from ''UminekoNoNakuKoroNi'', right down to the VerbalTic "uryu~". They only differ by name, origin, and the fact that there's no badge on Sakunoshin's muffler.
* FanDisservice: In the first chapter we get a picture of a naked Marie after she got abused by her teacher.
** More images of a naked, or nearly-naked, Marie show up as well. Considering that all of them show her being abused...
* GroundhogDayLoop[=/=][[GroundhogPeggySue Peggy Sue]]: {{Averted}}. This is a series that, unlike the [[HigurashiNoNakuKoroNi other]] [[UminekoNoNakuKoroNi two]], if [[AnyoneCanDie anyone dies]], [[BackFromTheDead that person]] [[AvertedTrope STAYS DEAD]]!
* HotMom: Episode 2 reveals that Marie has one.
* KidsAreCruel: It's easier to list the names of students who ''aren't'' heartless bullies. And most of those students are the protagonists.
* [[spoiler:KillTheCutie: Poor Marie...]]
* [[spoiler:KissOfDeath: Marie gives this to Kanamori right before she eats him.]]
* {{Lolicon}}: In the worst ways.
* {{Meganekko}}: Marie herself. Also the school nurse. Takeshi Nonomiya is a male example.
* MeaningfulName: "Meso meso" is the sound one makes while sobbing and crying, which is what Marie does quite often.
* [[OffWithHisHead Off With Her Head]]: As part of a hallucination(?) of Marie. Also the cover-page of chapter three.
* RapeAsDrama
* SadistTeacher: Kanamori, who abuses Marie to relieve his daily stress.
* ScareDare
* SchmuckBait: The page quote? Listening to it is not a problem. [[spoiler:Responding to it IS. Look below.]]
** [[spoiler:The rules of Mesomeso-san: One, if you encounter Mesomeso-san, you cannot talk to it. Two, you cannot respond to any of Mesomeso-san's questions. And three, you cannot attempt to find out Mesomeso-san's identity. Those who try are dragged into the toilet, get all the bones in their body broken, and are ultimately killed.]] Hook, line, and sinker [[spoiler:[[AssholeVictim Kanamori]]]].
* TheSevenMysteries: And the creation of an eighth...
* ShoutOut: The story of "Mesomeso-san" is similar to the story of Hanako of the Toilet.
** The VisualNovel contains blatant, unapologetic references to ''UminekoNoNakuKoroNi''. First there are kids who are talking about a manga and anime series called "[[FanNickname Sea]] [[AscendedMeme Cats]]," then there's a school play entitled "Rokkenjima." Then there's the character Sakunoshin, a carbon copy of ''Umineko''[='=]s Sakutaro.
* [[CutHimselfShaving Stabbed Herself With A Pencil During Work-Time]]
* {{Youkai}}
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->''"Please listen to my pitiful story."''

Marie Moriya is a rather timid girl, who is frequently bullied by her classmates. On top of that, Kanamori, her homeroom teacher who initially defended Marie, has begun to molest her at night in the OldSchoolBuilding. When some of other students start talking about the seven mysteries of the school and that she may be a {{youkai}}, Marie desperately wishes to become one in order to kill everyone who makes her life a living hell. That wish is about to come true...

''Higanbana no Saku Yoru ni'', officially translated as "The Unforgiving Flowers Blossom in the Dead of Night" (literally translated as "On the Night the Red Spider Lily Blooms") is a horror manga series, created by the creator of the ''WhenTheyCry'' series, Ryukishi07, and drawn by Ichirō Tsunohazu (the actual character designs are by Nishieda, though), that started in 2010. It is published in the Monthly Dragon Age magazine from Yen Press, who also published the manga adaption of ''HigurashiNoNakuKoroNi''.

Ryukishi07 has adapted the manga as an ongoing VisualNovel series, with the first game released on August 13, 2011. Unlike ''WhenTheyCry'', each game is a GenreAnthology and contains up to seven self-contained short stories. Each of these stories follows a different protagonist, though Marie and her youkai companion Higanbana always show up as the central characters of the series.

This entry has a [[{{Characters/HiganbanaNoSakuYoruNi}} character sheet]].

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!!This manga/visual novel provides examples of:
* AllOfTheOtherReindeer
* AlphaBitch: Marie's classmate Mio.
* AndNowForSomeoneCompletelyDifferent: Each story follows a different protagonist, though Marie and Higanbana show up multiple times to prove that they're the main characters.
* [[spoiler:AssholeVictim: Kanamori]].
* {{Bishonen}}: Kanamori, despite the fact that he's a [[{{CompleteMonster}} sick, sick, man]]
* {{Blackmail}}: Kanamori tapes Marie while molesting her, and threatens to expose it if she tries to tell anyone about it. Marie later tries to reverse it, saying that all she has to do is say that Kanamori was the one who taped her. [[spoiler:[[KillTheCutie It doesn't work]]]].
* BreakTheCutie: Somewhat subverted, as Marie is already broken when the manga starts.
* CorruptTheCutie: Part of Kanamori's backstory; he was a decent and fairly cheerful [[{{Bishonen}} young chap]] by the time he started work as a homeroom teacher. However, the unbearable stress of work, as well as his unhealthy [[{{Lolicon}} loli fetish]] towards Marie, quickly warped his mind into [[SadistTeacher something far more sinister]].
* CreepyDoll: Higanbana often takes this form.
* DarkerAndEdgier: According to WordOfGod, in comparison to his [[HigurashiNoNakuKoroNi earlier]] [[UminekoNoNakuKoroNi works]]. And considering how dark ''they'' were, that's saying something.
* DeathByOriginStory: [[spoiler:Marie is strangled to death by Kanamori halfway through the first episode, then comes back as a youkai and shows up in just about every other episode]].
* [[spoiler:TheDogBitesBack: Marie successfully becomes a youkai and gives [[AssholeVictim Kanamori]] ''[[KickTheSonOfABitch exactly]]'' [[KickTheSonOfABitch what's coming to him.]]]]
* {{Expy}}: Sakunoshin is literally a ''carbon copy'' of Sakutaro from ''UminekoNoNakuKoroNi'', right down to the VerbalTic "uryu~". They only differ by name, origin, and the fact that there's no badge on Sakunoshin's muffler.
* FanDisservice: In the first chapter we get a picture of a naked Marie after she got abused by her teacher.
** More images of a naked, or nearly-naked, Marie show up as well. Considering that all of them show her being abused...
* GroundhogDayLoop[=/=][[GroundhogPeggySue Peggy Sue]]: {{Averted}}. This is a series that, unlike the [[HigurashiNoNakuKoroNi other]] [[UminekoNoNakuKoroNi two]], if [[AnyoneCanDie anyone dies]], [[BackFromTheDead that person]] [[AvertedTrope STAYS DEAD]]!
* HotMom: Episode 2 reveals that Marie has one.
* KidsAreCruel: It's easier to list the names of students who ''aren't'' heartless bullies. And most of those students are the protagonists.
* [[spoiler:KillTheCutie: Poor Marie...]]
* [[spoiler:KissOfDeath: Marie gives this to Kanamori right before she eats him.]]
* {{Lolicon}}: In the worst ways.
* {{Meganekko}}: Marie herself. Also the school nurse. Takeshi Nonomiya is a male example.
* MeaningfulName: "Meso meso" is the sound one makes while sobbing and crying, which is what Marie does quite often.
* [[OffWithHisHead Off With Her Head]]: As part of a hallucination(?) of Marie. Also the cover-page of chapter three.
* RapeAsDrama
* SadistTeacher: Kanamori, who abuses Marie to relieve his daily stress.
* ScareDare
* SchmuckBait: The page quote? Listening to it is not a problem. [[spoiler:Responding to it IS. Look below.]]
** [[spoiler:The rules of Mesomeso-san: One, if you encounter Mesomeso-san, you cannot talk to it. Two, you cannot respond to any of Mesomeso-san's questions. And three, you cannot attempt to find out Mesomeso-san's identity. Those who try are dragged into the toilet, get all the bones in their body broken, and are ultimately killed.]] Hook, line, and sinker [[spoiler:[[AssholeVictim Kanamori]]]].
* TheSevenMysteries: And the creation of an eighth...
* ShoutOut: The story of "Mesomeso-san" is similar to the story of Hanako of the Toilet.
** The VisualNovel contains blatant, unapologetic references to ''UminekoNoNakuKoroNi''. First there are kids who are talking about a manga and anime series called "[[FanNickname Sea]] [[AscendedMeme Cats]]," then there's a school play entitled "Rokkenjima." Then there's the character Sakunoshin, a carbon copy of ''Umineko''[='=]s Sakutaro.
* [[CutHimselfShaving Stabbed Herself With A Pencil During Work-Time]]
* {{Youkai}}
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* GroundhogDayLoop[=/=][[GroundhogPeggySue Peggy Sue]]: {{Averted}}. This is a series that, unlike the [[HigurashiNoNakuKoroNi other]] [[UminekoNoNakuKoroNi two]], if [[AnyoneCanDie anyone dies]], that person STAYS DEAD!

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* GroundhogDayLoop[=/=][[GroundhogPeggySue Peggy Sue]]: {{Averted}}. This is a series that, unlike the [[HigurashiNoNakuKoroNi other]] [[UminekoNoNakuKoroNi two]], if [[AnyoneCanDie anyone dies]], [[BackFromTheDead that person person]] [[AvertedTrope STAYS DEAD!DEAD]]!
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* AlphaBitch: Marie's classmate Mio.



* TheLibby: Marie's classmate Mio.
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* GroundhogLoopDay: {{Averted}}. This is a series that, unlike the [[HigurashiNoNakuKoroNi other]] [[UminekoNoNakuKoroNi two]], if [[AnyoneCanDie anyone dies]], that person STAYS DEAD!

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* GroundhogLoopDay: GroundhogDayLoop[=/=][[GroundhogPeggySue Peggy Sue]]: {{Averted}}. This is a series that, unlike the [[HigurashiNoNakuKoroNi other]] [[UminekoNoNakuKoroNi two]], if [[AnyoneCanDie anyone dies]], that person STAYS DEAD!

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* GroundhogLoopDay: {{Averted}}. This is a series that, unlike the [[HigurashiNoNakuKoroNi other]] [[UminekoNoNakuKoroNi two]], if [[AnyoneCanDie anyone dies]], that person STAYS DEAD!



* PeggySue: {{Averted}}. This is a series that, unlike the [[HigurashiNoNakuKoroNi other]] [[UminekoNoNakuKoroNi two]], if [[AnyoneCanDie anyone dies]], that person STAYS DEAD!
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* SchmuckBait: [[spoiler:The rules of Mesomeso-san: One, if you encounter Mesomeso-san, you cannot talk to it. Two, you cannot respond to any of Mesomeso-san's questions. And three, you cannot attempt to find out Mesomeso-san's identity. Those who try are dragged into the toilet, get all the bones in their body broken, and are ultimately killed.]] Hook, line, and sinker [[spoiler:[[AssholeVictim Kanamori]]]].

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* SchmuckBait: The page quote? Listening to it is not a problem. [[spoiler:Responding to it IS. Look below.]]
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Marie Moriya is a rather timid girl, who is frequently bullied by her classmates. On top of that, Kanamori, her homeroom teacher who initially defended Marie, has begun to molest her at night in the old school building. When some of other students start talking about the seven mysteries of the school and that she may be a {{youkai}}, Marie desperately wishes to become one in order to kill everyone who makes her life a living hell. That wish is about to come true...

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Marie Moriya is a rather timid girl, who is frequently bullied by her classmates. On top of that, Kanamori, her homeroom teacher who initially defended Marie, has begun to molest her at night in the old school building.OldSchoolBuilding. When some of other students start talking about the seven mysteries of the school and that she may be a {{youkai}}, Marie desperately wishes to become one in order to kill everyone who makes her life a living hell. That wish is about to come true...
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* SchoolNurse: Who apparently enjoys the scary stories of the school. [[{{Higurashi}} Reminiscent of another nurse?]]
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** The VisualNovel contains blatant, unapologetic references to ''UminekoNoNakuKoroNi''. First there are kids who are talking about a manga and anime series called "Sea Cats," then there's a school play entitled "Rokkenjima." Then there's the character Sakunoshin, a carbon copy of ''Umineko''[='=]s Sakutaro.

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** The VisualNovel contains blatant, unapologetic references to ''UminekoNoNakuKoroNi''. First there are kids who are talking about a manga and anime series called "Sea Cats," "[[FanNickname Sea]] [[AscendedMeme Cats]]," then there's a school play entitled "Rokkenjima." Then there's the character Sakunoshin, a carbon copy of ''Umineko''[='=]s Sakutaro.

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