After reliving the events leading up to the tragedy in Hinamizawa again and again, Rika notices that things are strikingly different this time around. Key events that drove her friends to madness and self-destruction in earlier incarnations are resolved, she suspects that her classmates are beginning to remember.

In the final "answer arc" of the" New York Times" bestselling series, the final pieces of the mystery in Hinamizawa fall into place
When her parents are killed in a terrible train accident, a young Miyo Takano is sent to live at an orphanage deep in the mountains. Little does she know that her parents' deaths are just the beginning of her hell, as the institution is run by a group of greedy, cruel men who care nothing for the grief-stricken girl. Subjected to abuses beyond imagining, Miyo and her roommates plan to escape, despite rumors of the terrible punishments that have befallen past...