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Originally Posted by Oliver
A "knowingly evil act" would be committed not towards the characters (that's their job after all) but towards the readers who expected a story that would actually, you know, hold some ideals, and was presented initially as such.
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And what ideals are that suppossed to be, might you elaborate?
Are you referring solely to the dreadful 'love conquers all' 純愛 (pure love) idea of modern Japanese popculture, which I myself despise?! Because for me Umineko never was about 'love as the savior of all', but just about how perception can change things around ...
I don't want a story that holds ideals, I want a story that presents me with hard facts about a tragedy which I can deduce. In the end they are all dead and it depends on them if I feel sad for them or not.
I'm on Bern's side for that one...I don't want an absolute happy end.
