not only is 34 an important number in the when they cry series, this book takes place in 2017, meaning that the murders took place in 1983 WHICH IS THE YEAR HIGURASHI TAKES PLACE. also icymi ‘when cicadas cry’ is just a literal translation of higurashi no naku koro ni
I worry all the time about my work being too derivative and borrowing ideas too heavily from others. Then people like this just come along and steal a whole story with no shame.