there's something ironic about milking the shit out of higurashi after umineko makes a point of criticizing the masses and the media for prying and "pulling out the guts" (as ryukishi would put it) of terrible, gruesome incidents like the hinamizawa murders
"Higurashi: When They Cry" New TV Anime Production OFFICIALLY ANNOUNCED
Animation Production: Studio DEEN
Ryukishi07: "I hope you will all enjoy a new story centered around Keiichi and the club members, along with a new kind of tragedy that differs from what has come before"
"Oh it's gonna be bad because of deen" Actually it's because there's no way he can write another Hinamizawa story featuring the main Higurashi cast and have it be good, period. I trusted him once and I've learnt my lesson