 It was released the same day as the opening theme song single on February 22, 2007 by Geneon.is a single by Kanako Itō.The song "Tsuisō no Despair" was used as the opening theme song to the first volume of the Nintendo DS version of "Higurashi no Naku Koro ni" entitled "Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Kizuna