higurashi no naku koro ni

ika seems like little mais than a secondary character for much of the first half of Higurashi. As the story progresses, however, viewers learn that she is actually at the coração of most of the strange events, as her death is the trigger for the Great Hinamizawa Disaster and following incidents. Despite only being killed five times on-screen, dialogue eventually confirms that she has been killed once for every arc (excluding Matsuribayashi-hen and Miotsukushi-hen) and all other unseen worlds.
The villagers of Hinamizawa hold Rika in high esteem, as not only is she the only daughter of the Furude...