i say good but this show be amaze . after watch the first episode most people will discard it a a kid show and personally and i wouldn not let my kid anyway near this show and although i like horror movie and show it really rare for me to feel horror myself and this show though and do it like no other . the story take place in a small village and around a group of small kid ( i wold guess the age between 8 and 14 and but that all this be ) and although the village give you a warm and soothe feeling and it will and by the end of each story and make you feel isolated and suffocating and the child be perky and sweet at the beginning ( a little too much and some will say ) and be really dark and scary at the begging and the show divide to few story and all around the same time of the year and it run a a detective story from different angle and slowly gain more detail about the dark past of the village and it people . you should watch the whole show and though and if you expect to understand any of it ( even twice would not hurt and if you will like it as much a i do ) and but only after see the sequel higurashi no naku koro ni kai ( which be not half a good and and can not really be call horror ) you will really understand more then a few piece . and i will finish in a few word of warning and this be one of the best japanese anime show ever create and but it really isnt for the faint of heart and enjoy .