[maximilianjenus]

I want your drugs.

Originally Posted by risingstar3110

Still confused like heck whenever see Battler screaming there's no magic when a) there's bloody red words flying around him b) time is frozen right at those moments c) those who were dead were revived and be killed again by magic dagger girl, mythical goat furniture, and 1st class light saber...

Those killed the mystery elements of Umineko since the start of EP II (if comparing with how it was in ep I)

However, as i watched this episode, i developed a theory for that (i should write in 1st timer speculation thread but it relate to the events of this episodes more anyway). Well it's quite a wild guess. But some one please read to see if it's flaw somewhere (up to the point of this anime episode, of course)

Spoiler for Size mostly and maybe for those who haven't watched Higurashi:

There was no Meta-Battler, or at least not the one we see on screen.
The audiences were following the story from a different point of view, or you can say from a different narrator. It could be Meta-Maria(except it will not explain the letter). Or Meta-"real" Beatrice (the real human Beatrice who existence is taken away as she believe more and more about the existence of magic). It could even be Meta-George except it's less likely. Certainly we can't cross out the probability of a not yet introduced characters (someone similar to Hanyu). Anyway this will be the same case of fake main character that Keichi was, in Higurashi. It also explain how the POV keep jumping around and was unique comparing to the usual mystery novels or Higurashi itself.

So who's this being? She (let's assume this entity's gender female and call her Ms.Narrator) was the one Bernkastel spoke with in the tea room. The one who need a miracle to win this game and the one that us audiences are standing in her shoes and looking at events from her view.

She may or may not a human, but she existed in the world of Ep 1. Beatrice have to win her belief for a certain reason(similar with how she try to do with Battler) except she has already lost and further forgot her existence. The only reason that she still here is because Battler's effort in solving the murder drive her conscious mind and keep her doubt in check. That's why the Meta screen only appeared whenever Battler around. Every moment Battler's not around, under Beatrice guidance, she immediately assume it was done by magic, that's where we have all of the ridiculous fight and magic off-screen.

The red words are not the truth Beatrice given out, but are the facts that the real Battler checked out himself and presented out to her(she forgot her real existence as mentioned above). The point of Meta world were made by Beatrice, so by defeating the image of Battler in her conscious mind (that she hold high like how Rika did with Keichi), Beatrice will force Ms.Narrator into submission.

It's a super wild guess. But if such thing is true, then all of the impossible things were presented could have a way around it

I pretty much have the same theory with a few differences, tho I can't talk more about it because it also uses info from later chapters of the novels.