I've been reading the tsumihoroboshi manga this weekend and I just finished it.

I did not go through the original sound novel version of it, so there were a few surprises here and there as to information that wasn't in the anime (I own the PS2 version which I'm sure contains even more stuff, but I'm waiting for next season of the anime series before continuing my progress through it).

Tsumihoroboshi's pretty interesting and still very sad. There's been far more details concerning Rena's past and what had been going on in her head throughout the whole ordeal.
The conversation with Ritsuko at the end happened a little differently, and the killing scene wasn't quite as brief and instant as in the animated version '___'

It was pretty awesome ^^
The second volume is supposed to come out in June. Can't wait! <3


The english version dvd (When They Cry - Higurashi), is supposed to be released soon! ^^
There's already some sample dub clips from the first two chapters floating around the net.
Interesting...