Higurashi: When They Cry – Gou Episode 18 English Dubbed Episode Title:Village-Destroying Chapter, Part 1.Episode Description:After defeating Takano and the Mountain Dogs, Rika and Satoko return to normal life. In 1984, Mion has graduated and left the school, Keiichi has become the games club president, and Satoko is told that her Hinamizawa Syndrome has subsided. Rika, alongside Kimiyoshi and Oryo, formally announce that there is no curse of Oyashiro and that the Dam War had ended. No longer fearing that leaving the village would lead to a massive outbreak of Hinamizawa Syndrome, Rika decides to attend high school at St. Lucia's Academy away from the village. She tells Satoko that she wants to go there with her and Satoko reacts with shock.