Higurashi When They Cry

Keiichi Maebara has just moved to the very small town of Hinamizawa.  He’s making friends and generally enjoying his life, until one day, when he learns of a grisly murder that took place in the little village.  His friends won’t tell him any of the details, which only adds to his uneasiness.  At the town’s yearly festival, he learns that there has been a death on that night every year for four years, and they’re all attributed to the Curse of Oyashiro-sama, a punishment for those who supported the dam project that would have put Hinamizawa underwater.