2010-10-12, 22:42 | Link #18081 |
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I've actually had a theory in my head going around for a while (heck, I was floating here out of procrastination to post it today) that the intent of Beatrice's game all along was to have multiple answers. To not divert the hot topic at hand too much, I'll summarize it and say that most of my basis is coming from Battler's inability to come up with a solution to the locked room in EP6 despite knowing the "answer", the way "truth" is explained as a theme, and, well, a bit of disappointment with EP7's culprit :/.
This would actually be a really good way to illustrate something like that, especially with Game Master Battler as the protagonist. Hmm. I'm really excited, actually, even if it does seem kind of "gimmicky". I enjoy games with choices, and none of the ones I've played have been logic-based. If only I weren't going on vacation the weekend it's coming out . And then I'll get frustrated and be tempted to look at the guide that will definitely exist by that time. My bets are on the character being Battler (85%), Yasushkanontrice, pick one or all (10%), or the culprit (5%). EDIT: I'd definitely prefer there being an "absolute" answer (one that's clearly marked as what actually happened), but at this point I'm doubting it :/.
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2010-10-13, 06:58 | Link #18082 |
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This is why I used to love Tomino. "You want a happy end? Ahahahahahaha...! No."
Anyway, I don't think R07 ever wanted a really sad end. Sure, Umineko was never set to have a perfect end like Higurashi, but I guess it was always set to end with some... hope. Not as in, hope people can be revived, but hope for those who are still living, to carry on with their lives. But, either way, I'm still sticking to my "look at the truth from different angles" idea. I think that's what R07 is aiming for, rather than a "you decide". Of course, if there are happy ends to those scenarios, they'd probably be the same as Lion's world - as in, it exists as a possibility, but in the reality we're working on, it doesn't. The reality we're working on has a truth set in stone, and I believe looking at this reality from different angles, will allow us to watch the big picture. According to R07, EP7 marked the end of the mystery related portion of Umineko. We've got the whodunit, the howdunit and the whydunit. So, in that regard, the mystery is over. However, it's been made quite clear that there's more than just solving this as a mystery. understanding people can help us see things on a completely different light, and thus, all the fantasy.
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2010-10-13, 07:06 | Link #18083 |
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Well my prediction is that no matter what will happen "Beatrice and Battler" will not live happily thereafter. So the "bad end" promise could be fulfilled just by that.
There are many things that can go bad in Umineko: The couples are disbanded. The killer remain unpunished. Ange dies. The Rokkenjima incident can't be avoided. After Ryuukishi showed in our face that "this story won't have a happy ending" it is almost certain that something will go bad. But that doesn't mean everything will go bad. Personally I believe there will be a mix of bad things and good things. Also I think that proclamation was a way for Ryuukishi to lower our expectations about a good ending so to surprise us by showing us something very good happening.
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2010-10-13, 10:35 | Link #18087 | |
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The killer, in a way does remain unpunished, if you believe in 'no multiple universes'. Only Eva knew and she never told anyone. Ange does die because Juuza eliminates her. Only way I can see this going the other way is if they just pretended she died and he actually let her go live a life somewhere else. Considering what Bern shows Lion in EP 7 regarding what happens in the latter's universe, it doesn't seem like it can be avoided. If no one finds the gold Yasu blows everyone up. If they do find the gold ACCIDENTS happen and everyone blows up again. |
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well you know, i see it like that, basically, if people want a murder mystery, thats cool, because there are undeniably worlds in which tragedy occurs and there is no changing it and people of these worlds are dead, so you all should be happy. But if Ryu will let us achieve a happy ending i dont see any reason to not treat that worlds equally to the worlds in which people die. After all, just because the story was based around the world in which massacre happens and a lot of people come to treat only this world as true, there was never stated that there is only one true reality. And i would be happy with something like that, really Quote:
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2010-10-13, 12:02 | Link #18089 |
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Hasn't stated, but has strongly hinted. So far, only one piece of evidence hasn't pointed to the idea that there is one canonical future (event happens, Eva survives). Lion's world is specifically stated to be alternative (and Will may go so far as to call it a fantasy, in a good way), and trollishly suggested to have an identical outcome (though it wouldn't necessarily be exactly the same even if it played out like we expect).
"Of course," you might say, "but just because some existences are in-fiction-fiction and the 'real world' is said to be but one of those existences doesn't make the 'real world' any less fictional. After all, it's all contained in a story." And you'd be right. I don't know if that's the point ryukishi wants to make (he may have already made it, in ep6), but he could make it if he wanted to. However, for a supposed sequel to a many-realities story, Umineko has gone to great lengths to dodge that idea. Even when fragments of reality are most prominently discussed (Bern/Ange in ep4, Bern/Battler/Lambda in ep5, Bern/Will/Lion in ep7), there is a degree of ambiguity.
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2010-10-13, 12:16 | Link #18090 |
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The way I see it, whilst Lion's world can be called an alternate reality, it'd probably be better described as a "what if" sort of world. Of course, there could be an actual alternate reality in which the Lion Ushiromiya from the scenario we saw in EP7 does exist. However, as far as the reality we're dealing with, or in other words, as far as Umineko is concerned, Lion's world is just a "what if" scenario.
If the whole deal about choices in EP8 plays out the way I think it will, the endings for each character, other than the true one, in my opinion, would be the same as the Lion scenario we saw in EP7 - i.e. a "what if" world.
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2010-10-13, 12:33 | Link #18091 |
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I think it is possible that Lion's world is a world that came from Yasu's fervid imagination. S/he might have thought at a certain point about what would have been her life if Natsuhi didn't refuse him/her. Since Yasu goes to a great length in imagining stuff in her ideal world, it is possible that s/he imagined everything to the minimal details.
The result could be the world we have seen, although certain elements like the incident happening anyway or Battler's absence cannot be explained by that alone.
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2010-10-13, 16:33 | Link #18092 |
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Lion seemed a bit surprised by Bern's claim that the incident would happen anyway, so if he/she had any knowledge of the parameters behind that scenario's creation, that part was a surprise introduced (or revealed, or invented) by Bern.
Of course one can argue whether Lion is Yasu in the sense of mental continuity too. It feels more like Bern was pulling that one out of her rear though. "Oh yes, everyone suddenly decided they didn't like the established headship procedure, so Kinzo let them solve the epitaph and everybody got shot and asploded. LOL!" No wonder Will thought it was crap.
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2010-10-13, 19:04 | Link #18094 | |
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By the way, I don't know if this was mentioned before, but it never said that all answers to the mystery have been answered.
The only thing that was said was: Quote:
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2010-10-13, 19:16 | Link #18095 | |
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I didn't even bother reading the original interview, but now you got me curious. gamisuteri... uh...toshiteno...something something..wait, I got that one. DON'T TELL ME. Uh... Monogotari no wari. End of the mystery story. OH HEY I ACTUALLY GOT IT RIGHT. ...I really need to stop slacking off and go back to studying Japanese. Reading the interview seriously took me like 15 minutes. It's an interesting point, it doesn't say that the story is over as much as it says that we have "all the clues" needed to solve it. Something like "the mystery is done. Solve it." which would make sense with everything he said so far. |
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2010-10-13, 19:41 | Link #18096 |
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I'm expecting the following for episode eight, if it is a resolution like a standard detective story is.
1. The culprit. No, not Yasu, someone else. We're playing as Battler, and we have all the tools to solve this. There may or may not be ONE MORE element we have to consider, a person behind everything, who we will have to work against. 2. Survival. While Eva's fate may be the only true version of events, the only character who is CONFIRMED to be dead is Maria. Everyone else could be drinking brewskis in San Francisco for all we know. Pretty much, the detective of episode 8 should be able to, you know, survive. 3. Justice. 15 people more or less died. No bad people? I doubt it, unless Shroedinger was right about the ACCIDENTS. There's some evil here, and it should be corrected and solved for in some form. 4. Unintentionally Hilarious Bad Ends. If I don't get an ending where Krauss is falsely "outed" as a criminal mastermind I will be disappointed. |
2010-10-13, 19:45 | Link #18097 | |
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Also add on to that list the "sad"-but-necessary George vs. Battler face-off featuring DreamEndDischarger playing during the scene, complete with contextual choice nodes to determine the outcome of the fight. |
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2010-10-13, 19:54 | Link #18098 | |
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( isnt it overthinking) btw, isnt there somewhere more complex translation of this interview? |
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2010-10-13, 19:57 | Link #18099 | |
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2) Except the bomb blew up and the Rokkenjima Incident occurred. If what Bern showed in EP 7 is true then Kyrie and Rudolf killed everyone else before being killed by Eva. The only one who may be excused from this is Battler, who just sort of disappears when he goes to see Rudolf in the chapel. Eva didn't mention seeing him, so he's the only one who might have escaped. 3) It was ACCIDENTS though (again if we are to believe Bern's scenario) |
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2010-10-13, 20:03 | Link #18100 | ||
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->Punch George's chin while he gets distracted by the turkey ->Step on his stomach ->Proclaim the stomach's independence from Japan and start a new game where Battler plays Lelouch. Best route possible. Quote:
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