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{{Infobox animanga/Header
| name            = Higanbana no Saku Yoru ni
| image           = Higanbana no Saku Yoru ni manga volume 1 cover.jpg
| caption         = Cover of volume 1 of ''Higanbana no Saku Yoru ni'', published by Fujimi Shobo, showing Higanbana
| ja_kanji        = 彼岸花の咲く夜に
| genre           = [[Horror fiction|Horror]]<ref name="mangadebut"/><!-- Genres should be based on what reliable sources list them as and not on personal interpretations. Limit of the three most relevant genres in accordance with [[MOS:A&M]]. -->
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{{Infobox animanga/Print
| type        = manga
| author      = [[Ryukishi07]]
| illustrator = Ichirō Tsunohazu
| publisher   = [[Fujimi Shobo]]
| magazine    = [[Monthly Dragon Age]]
| first       = May 2010
| last        = November 2012
| volumes     = 6
| volume_list = 
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Game
| developer       = [[07th Expansion]]
| publisher       = 07th Expansion<br/>[[FuRyu]] {{small|(3DS)}}
| genre           = [[Visual novel]]
| platforms       = [[Microsoft Windows]]<br/>[[Nintendo 3DS]]
| released        = ''Dai-ichi Yoru''{{vgrelease|JP|August 13, 2011|JP|July 27, 2016 {{small|(3DS)}}}}''Dai-ni Yoru''{{vgrelease|JP|December 31, 2011}}
}}
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{{Nihongo|'''''Higanbana no Saku Yoru ni'''''|彼岸花の咲く夜に||{{lit.}} "On the Night the [[Lycoris radiata|Red Spider Lily]] Blooms"}}, subtitled ''The Unforgiving Flowers Blossom in the Dead of Night'', is a Japanese [[manga]] written by [[Ryukishi07]] of [[07th Expansion]] and illustrated by Ichirō Tsunohazu. It was serialized between the May 2010 and November 2012 issues of [[Fujimi Shobo]]'s ''[[Monthly Dragon Age]]'' magazine. 07th Expansion adapted the manga into a [[Dōjin soft|dōjin]] [[visual novel]] series, with the first game released on August 13, 2011, at [[Comiket|Comiket 80]] and the second on December 31, 2011, at [[Comiket|Comiket 81]].

==Plot==
''Higanbana no Saku Yoru ni'' takes place in an unnamed school setting and is composed of numerous self-contained [[short story|short stories]], each told from the perspective of a student or staff member from the school. These stories feature [[bullying]] as a major overlying [[theme (literature)|theme]], as each story's [[protagonist]] is depicted as being either a victim of bullying or a bully themselves. ''Higanbana'' revolves around a series of [[urban legend]]s caused by [[supernatural]] beings called ''[[yōkai]]'', each of which claims ownership of a particular "mystery" and kills anyone who tries to investigate it. There are a total of seven "mysteries" at the start of the series, with numerous ''yōkai'' fighting each other in an ongoing turf war for ownership of these mysteries, which is granted to the seven ''yōkai'' who emerge victorious in the conflict. The stories' protagonists interact with at least one of the school's resident ''yōkai'', who force the protagonists to deal with the consequences of their actions regarding bullying.

===Main characters===
;{{Nihongo|Marie Moriya|森谷 毬枝|Moriya Marie}}
:Marie is the [[main protagonist]] of the first short story, titled ''Mesomeso-san''. She is introduced as a student who is constantly bullied by her classmates and [[child sexual abuse|molested]] by her homeroom teacher at an abandoned school building neighboring her school. While despairing over her predicament in the [[public toilet]] of the building, she becomes the subject of an eighth urban legend involving a ''yōkai'' named Mesomeso (derived from the [[Japanese sound symbolism|Japanese onomatopoeia]] for weeping and sobbing) that haunts the toilet. The school's ''yōkai'' offer her the chance to become a ''yōkai'' in order to fill the new rank in their hierarchy, which she does after being strangled to death by her teacher. As Mesomeso, she appears before the series's other protagonists to support them if they are victims of bullying, or to confront them if they themselves are bullies.
;{{Nihongo|Higanbana|彼岸花}}
:Higanbana is the third-highest ranking ''yōkai'' in the school, also known as the "Dancing Higanbana". She is a very beautiful girl who takes the form of a [[Western culture|Western]] [[doll]] that sits in the school [[First aid room|infirmary]] and, according to her associated legend, dances on its own at night. She is the ''yōkai'' who directly offers Marie to become Mesomeso, and treats her as her personal assistant. She regularly torments cruel or weak-willed students, and is depicted as either an [[antagonist]] if she targets a story's [[hero]], or as an [[antihero]] if she targets a [[villain]].

==Background==
''Higanbana no Saku Yoru ni'''s origin dates back to 2006 when Ryukishi07 started writing a [[Serial (literature)|serial]] [[light novel]] titled {{Nihongo|''Gakkō Yōkai Kikō: Dai-hachi Kaidan Boshūchū''|学校妖怪紀行 第八怪談募集中|lit. ''School [[Yōkai]] Travelogue: Recruiting the Eighth [[Kaidan (parapsychology)|Kaidan]]''}}, with illustrations by Nishieda. The novel first appeared in the third volume of Fujimi Shobo's ''[[Dragon Age Pure]]'' magazine on November 29, 2006.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fujimishobo.co.jp/pure/2006/12/07_1.php |script-title=ja:学校の怪談を題材にした竜騎士07の完全オリジナル小説!! |trans-title=Ryukishi07's Completely Original Novel with School Ghost Stories as the Theme!! |publisher=[[Fujimi Shobo]] |date=December 8, 2006 |access-date=July 5, 2011 |language=ja |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110914232307/http://www.fujimishobo.co.jp/pure/2006/12/07_1.php |archive-date=September 14, 2011}}</ref> Two more chapters were serialized in ''Dragon Age Pure'' before it was discontinued: chapter two in volume four sold on April 20, 2007 and chapter three in volume five sold on June 20, 2007. The novel was adapted into a manga illustrated by Rei Izumi titled {{Nihongo|''Gakkō Yōkai Kikō: Yō''|学校妖怪紀行 ～枼～}}.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fujimishobo.co.jp/pure/2007/07/post_121.php |script-title=ja:｢学校妖怪紀行｣コミック版がいよいよスタート!! |trans-title=The Comic Edition of ''Gakkō Yōkai Kikō'' Finally Starts!! |publisher=[[Fujimi Shobo]] |date=July 4, 2007 |access-date=July 5, 2011 |language=ja |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110914205517/http://www.fujimishobo.co.jp/pure/2007/07/post_121.php |archive-date=September 14, 2011}}</ref> A short preview of the manga appeared in the fifth volume of ''Dragon Age Pure'', and was discontinued after the first chapter appeared in the sixth volume of ''Dragon Age Pure'' on August 20, 2007.

==Media==
===Printed media===
''Higanbana no Saku Yoru ni'' began as a [[manga]] written by [[Ryukishi07]] of [[07th Expansion]] and illustrated by Ichirō Tsunohazu. The character designs were originally designed by Nishieda. The manga was serialized between the May 2010<ref name="mangadebut">{{cite web|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2010-03-09/higurashi-creator-starts-higanbana-no-saku-yoru-ni-manga|title=''Higurashi'' Creator Starts ''Higanbana no Saku Yoru ni'' Manga|website=[[Anime News Network]]|date=March 9, 2010|access-date=July 5, 2011}}</ref> and November 2012 issues of [[Fujimi Shobo]]'s ''[[Monthly Dragon Age]]'' magazine. Six ''[[tankōbon]]'' volumes were released between November 9, 2010 and February 9, 2013.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kadokawa.co.jp/comic/bk_detail.php?pcd=201006000660|script-title=ja:彼岸花の咲く夜に 1|trans-title=Higanbana no Saku Yoru ni 1|publisher=[[Kadokawa Shoten]]|access-date=July 5, 2011|language=ja|archive-date=August 11, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160811072818/http://www.kadokawa.co.jp/comic/bk_detail.php?pcd=201006000660|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kadokawa.co.jp/comic/bk_detail.php?pcd=201205000020|script-title=ja:彼岸花の咲く夜に 6|trans-title=Higanbana no Saku Yoru ni 6|publisher=[[Kadokawa Shoten]]|access-date=March 8, 2014|language=ja|archive-date=March 4, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304073519/http://www.kadokawa.co.jp/comic/bk_detail.php?pcd=201205000020|url-status=dead}}</ref> A [[light novel]] written by Ryukishi07 with illustrations by Tsuitachi Sakuya titled ''Higanbana no Saku Yoru ni'' was published by [[Fujimi Shobo]] on December 20, 2011.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kadokawa.co.jp/lnovel/bk_detail.php?pcd=201109000002|script-title=ja:彼岸花の咲く夜に|trans-title=Higanbana no Saku Yoru ni|publisher=[[Kadokawa Shoten]]|access-date=December 28, 2011|language=ja|archive-date=September 18, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160918144735/http://www.kadokawa.co.jp/lnovel/bk_detail.php?pcd=201109000002|url-status=dead}}</ref>

===Visual novels===
[[07th Expansion]] produced two [[Dōjin soft|dōjin]] [[visual novel]]s based on the manga. The first game, titled {{Nihongo|''Higanbana no Saku Yoru ni: Dai-ichi Yoru''|彼岸花の咲く夜に 第一夜||lit. ''On the Night the Red Spider Lily Blooms: First Night''}}, was released on August 13, 2011, at [[Comiket|Comiket 80]]. The second game, subtitled {{Nihongo|''Dai-ni Yoru''|第二夜||lit. ''Second Night''}}, was released on December 31, 2011, at [[Comiket|Comiket 81]]. Unlike 07th Expansion's previous game series ''[[Higurashi no Naku Koro ni]]'' and ''[[Umineko no Naku Koro ni]]'', both ''Higanbana'' games contain seven novellas and are about the same length as an ''Umineko'' game.<ref>{{cite web |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110717160633/http://07th-expansion.net/Cgi/clip/clip.cgi |url=http://07th-expansion.net/Cgi/clip/clip.cgi |author=Ryukishi07 |author-link=Ryukishi07 |title=HPが新しくなりました |trans-title=HP Gets Updated |publisher=[[07th Expansion]] |date=April 1, 2011 |access-date=July 5, 2011 |archive-date=July 17, 2011 |language=ja |url-status=dead}}</ref> The games were also distributed by [[MangaGamer]] since February 7, 2014 for explicit use of the English translation patch,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://blog.mangagamer.org/2014/02/07/new-releases-from-07th-expansion/|title=New Releases From 07th Expansion!|work=MangaGamer Staff Blog|date=February 7, 2014|access-date=December 28, 2014|archive-date=March 2, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140302014637/http://blog.mangagamer.org/2014/02/07/new-releases-from-07th-expansion/|url-status=live}}</ref> but following the end of the deal between MangaGamer and 07th Expansion, they have ceased to sell the games.

The port of the first visual novel to the [[Nintendo 3DS]] was released by [[FuRyu]] on July 27, 2016, alongside ''[[The House in Fata Morgana]]'' and ''[[World End Economica|World End Economica: Episode 1]]'' as a digital-only title.<ref>{{cite web|last=Romano|first=Sal|url=https://www.gematsu.com/2016/07/higanbana-no-saku-yoru-ni-house-fata-morgana-world-end-economica-coming-3ds-japan-july-27|title=Higanbana no Saku Yoru ni, The House in Fata Morgana, and World End Economica coming to 3DS in Japan on July 27|date=July 21, 2016|access-date=January 11, 2021|website=Gematsu}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.fujimishobo.co.jp/sp/201011higanbana/ ''Higanbana no Saku Yoru ni''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220606024122/http://www.fujimishobo.co.jp/sp/201011higanbana/ |date=2022-06-06 }} at [[Fujimi Shobo]] {{in lang|ja}}
* [http://07th-expansion.net/hgn/Main.htm Visual novel official website] {{in lang|ja}}
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