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Let's be objective here, though. It isn't a mystery, I grant you this much. But this doesn't mean the work is agreeable. The question of whether we read the story in the correct way, and whether the story was written in the correct way are different. For example, me and Sherringford criticize the story exactly because it deceives the reader regarding its genre (and, to be fair, very few people here could've said they recognize this is not a mystery before EP8 was out - I'm not even sure you, Klash and Aura, are part of them, but feel free to correct me). The question is then, are we at fault for not understanding Umineko, or is Umineko at fault for misleading us? If we subscribe to the former position, we should ask another question: does the shift from themes of mystery and fantasy to anti-mystery and anti-fantasy hold literary value, or should Umineko have remained a mystery novel?
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