after viewing the 2nd epi of Ookami Kakushi, i have to say that it seems quite similar to higurashi... or perhaps its me thinking hw higurashi is alike to Ookami and had purposely went to fish out the similarities... ANYWAY...

1. both series are located at a countryside town
2. nothing much is explained
3. mysterious things happen w/o ppl knowing
4. gore level - although Ookami's doesnt seem up to match with higurashi's... yet.

it certainly proves to me that it had a nice 1st starting and made me wanna see the rest of the story explained :)