All 26 episodes of the first season of WHEN THEY CRY, the tale of a mysterious and deadly curse plaguing the village of Hinamizawa, is available in this collection. These series follows schoolkids Keiichi and Rena, as well as a litany of friends and foes, as the mystery behind the village's violence and the consistent spate of death on the night of the annual Watanagashi festival is slowly unraveled.