It's almost like Ryukishi already KNEW people would be acting like this and purposely made chibi Ange act like a narrowminded observer to parody his own readership on a meta level. So while people criticize Ange and the episode they're also indirectly criticizing themselves on a metameta level. Ange is meant as the representation of a particular demographic as if Ryukishi almost perfectly understood some readers, their reactions and their conclusions perfectly like some metametameta existence.
Goddammit Ryukishi get out of my head arghh;wsldkqlkwdjqlkwjddifuoiwefd
Summary! This details the start of the turnover ceremony come halloween party up to Ange choosing a slice:
Spoiler for Summary:
October 4,1986
- It begins to rain as the children play cards in the guesthouse. Battler is winning. They talk about the food and the halloween party Shannon told them of. Ange knocks after waking up from sleeping in their parent's room. Kyrie and Rudolph arrive too and asks them about the food.
- Kanon arrives with Hideyoshi to usher everyone to the party. Everyone else is outside the rooms and ready to go. The adults are doting all over Ange. Everyone heads to the mansion.
- The main room is designed in a halloween theme. Beato is there in her dress. They thank her for this party. The party is also to celebrate the turnover. Battler and Ange have a short talk then she goes over to Eva.
- Genji starts the handover ceremony. A goldingot with a red bow is presented. Kinzo hands it over to her in a symbolic gesture. Beato acknowledges the fulfillment of the agreement between her grandmother and Kinzo many years ago. Platitudes and all that. Everyone approves.
- The distribution of inheritance was announced. He will give it out while he is still alive. The adults feel a bit of guilt and are teary-eyed. Everyone parties on.
- The adults are united to support a new head. The children and the servants applaude.
- Ange is rather mystified by this, as in her own experiences the adults bicker and fight over the money. She still sees this all as a farce of Battler's game.
- Ange wants this truth in red, and Battler respons with a possibility that if this cannot be said in red, then is it automatically a lie? Ange becomes silent in her refusal to believe.
- Ange remembers how given the twists and turns of the games, red was the only thing she could rely on as truth. As long as it is not denied, she is entitled to her own truths. She will decide her own truths.
- Clock hits 1am, champagne is opened and the party continues courtesy of Gohda. Everyone's mixing and having a damn good time. Beato performs some of her magic. Ange has a drink from Rudolph's alcohol. She becomes all excited and the adults make fun of her.
- Battler and Beato have a talk about their games and their responsibilities when they were game masters. They agree that they allowed Ange here so that she can finally put the closing to the truth of the incident with her key. Right now they just want to enjoy the evening. Everyone has made splendid performances.
- Gohda brings in a Sacher cake (probably as Sacher torte, a type of chocolate cake in Austria I think) in the form of a winged crest. He and Kinzo say there's a secret in the cake. The girsl say almonds. The one who gets the almond in the cake becomes "king" for tonight (King's game most likely). The king gets one wish.
- Ange is allowed the first pick of the cake, but of course says that she has lower chances of getting it right at 1/15 probability.
- CHOOSE YOUR CAKE SLICE! (I have no idea if this even matters).
- When Ange chooses, Gohda slices. Ange makes a meta-allusion of this to the catbox, that you never really know until you decide to open it, and even then there is already a predetermined result.
- Ange checks around to see if someone got the almond. None of the others got it so Battler asks Ange to check hers. She finds an almond in her cake, but so does Eva. Krauss asks why there are two almonds. The servants are a bit confused. Gohda admits it may be his mistake and says maybe they should play jakenpon.
I'll update the full summary at the blog later.
The 15 item quiz game is about to begin. I've decided to try and translate the game questions and answers including screenshots and whatnot. Give me a while to do them. If my OCR works and the Kanji isn't too hard for me to read it shouldn't take too long. I hope.