

I watched the first 3 episodes of **Higurashi No Naku Koro Ni Kai** (yes, the
second season) and there is no horror, nor is it tagged as "horror" on the
site I'm watching it; opposed to the first season.


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Is Higurashi Kai of horror genre?


There are several reasons why this may be the case. Higurashi No Naku Koro Ni
Kai is

> basically the answer arcs for the "previous season". They do contain and
> reference the previous season, as they are answers, they would inadvertently
> reference certain actions/scenes which could be construed as horror. They
> are, however, notably lighter as they come from the viewpoint of resolution.

As such, depending on your tastes, they might still be considered horrific, or
classified as horror. My reference for classification is actually
[AniDB](http://anidb.net/perl-bin/animedb.pl?show=anime&aid=4894) where they
do classify it as horror. It is interesting to note that
[IMDB](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1068433/) also classifies it as horror.


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