[Game] Umineko no Naku Koro ni - Translation Project

[tcaz2]

Well we could go with the old classic of egging and TPing their houses.

[cursedsprite]

Hi! I'm just a random fan who registered only to say thank you to The Witch Hunt. Your translation work is awesome. Thank you for allowing us to play this wonderful game. That is all!

[Marion]

A new inteview with Ryukishi came out, talking about some things in EP 5 and future possibilities for EP 6. Can someone translate the interview for us to read?

Spoiler for EP 5 spoilers inside:

Spoiler for Page One:

Spoiler for Page Two:

[Kishin]

This has probably been asked before but I was wondering if someone who can only speak english could help out with the translation at all. I got nothing but time on my hands and would love to help out even though I don't think there'd be much I could do..

[chronotrig]

Well, here's the first half of that interview translated. Sorry it's so quick and rough, but EP5 is a bit more urgent at the moment.

Spoiler for part 1 (large EP5 spoilers):

Spoiler for english:

--How was the reaction after the release of Episode 5?

Ryuukishi: Perhaps because this release included many hints and guidelines on how to think, more people sent us confident theories than the period following Episode 4's release. That includes what might be considered "the best possible answer at the current time". So we felt more of a response than from Episode 4.

--It sounds like the rush before the deadline was especially hectic this time.

Ryuukishi: It was extremely hectic(laughs). We had some new staff members this time and some jobs needed to be passed on to others who weren't used to them, which led to an overall slowdown in progress. In the future, we should have more leeway as the new staff grows more accustomed to their jobs.

--Were there any difficulties in writing the tale itself?

Ryuukishi: After writing four chapters, the world's layout has become very firm, so the actual writing went very smoothly. Instead, the hard part this time around was "arranging the hints". We want Umineko to be a product people can enjoy as they think, and we paid a lot of attention to the balance between making it fun to read and including the right number of hints. Our goal is to write a story which gives hints to people who don't know the truth and reaffirms the views of people who do understand. We could have written it so that the truth was plainly clear and everyone could understand it, but we believe that might have effected how interesting a read it would have become. The other difficult thing was positioning a message to the readers that "it is solvable at this point". In classic mysteries, the "sign" is always the time that the detective says "I know who the culprit is". However, I think we failed to add such a sign in Episode 4. You really should be able to solve it as a mystery with the information given up to and including Episode 4, but because we didn't give a "sign", people thought "there aren't enough hints yet", and few people seriously tried to solve the series. When we saw this, we thought "yes, a clear sign really is needed", and a "sign" appeared in Episode 5 as: "And then.........I......knew."

--Tell me about the new characters.

Ryuukishi: Both Erika and Dlanor are holding a thought game from a very different position than the one Battler has been coming from before now. Their existence is not only a way to make this tale more dramatic, but also a large hint.

--It felt as though you had detectives in mystery novels very firmly in mind when you created Erika.

Ryuukishi: That's right. Her character shares many traits that were maliciously extracted from those held by great detectives. With sealing the doors and the like, she is unlike Battler in that she's a hard worker, or maybe you could say she puts a lot of effort into her plans...... People vary on whether they like or dislike Erika. While Battler's enemies before now have specialized in confusing him, Erika comes at him from the exact opposite direction, and I think this leads to a different kind of battle than the ones we've seen so far. I hope this becomes a new light to shine on the riddle-filled world of Umineko. It seems that some of our users have wondered "Did he use her as a representative of users who write malicious theories?", but I leave such interpretations up to you. Umineko's focus on battles every time is part of the world's layout, so we must have a character who stands in clear opposition to Battler. So, if Erika had been a normal person, perhaps the battle and the tale wouldn't have become so exciting. Though I think Erika herself is just bad at choosing her words and not really such a bad person.

Spoiler for japanese:

ーーーー『Episode5』発表後の反響はいかがですか？
竜騎士：今回は考え方のヒントや手引きになる要素が多かったためが、『Episode4』発表後以上に自信 のある推理を送ってこられる方が多いですね。「現時点で出せる最高の答え」と思われる推理もありました。だ から『Episode4』の時以上に手ごたえを感じています。
ーーーー締め切り間際の修羅場が、今回特に大変だっだようですね。
竜騎士：非常に大変でしたね（笑）。今回は新しいスタッフが増え、仕事の引き継ぎや不慣れなことなどもあり 、全体的に遅めの進行になってしまいました。今後、新スタッフが慣れていけば余裕が生まれるで しょう。
ーーーー物語の執筆自体に苦労はありませんでしたか？
竜騎士：４話も書いて世界観が固まっているので、執筆自体は進めやすいです。逆に今難しいのは「ヒントのあ んばい」。『うみねこ』は考えて楽しんでもらいたい作品なので、読みものとしての楽しさを損なわずにどこま でヒントを出すのか、というバランスにとても気をつかっています。目指しているのは、真相がわからない人に はヒントになって、わかっている人には答えを確信できるような内容の話です。誰にでも答えがわかるように真 相をハッキリと書くこともできるのですが、それが読みものとしておもしろいかは別問題だと思いますから。も う１つ難しいのが、読者の方に「この時点で解けますよ」というサインを送るタイミング。古典ミステリーでは 探偵が「犯人がわかった」と言えばそれが「合図」だと判断されます。しかし『Episode4』では、それ を出し損ねていたように思います。本当は『Episode4』までの情報でミステリーとして解くことはでき るはずなのですが、「合図」にいたらなかったため、「まだヒントが足りない」と判断して本格的に推理に入っ ている方が多くなかったのです。それを見て「やはり明確な合図が必要」と思い、『Episode5』では「 そして、…………俺は、……知る」という「合図」を出しました。
ーーーー新キャラについてお聞かせください。
竜騎士：ヱリカもドラノールも、これまでの戦人とは違う立ち位置がら思考ゲームを行っているキャラです。彼 女たちの存在は物語をオラマティックにするための演出であると同時に大きなヒントでもあるわけ です。
ーーーーヱリカは、ミステリーの探偵をとても意識して作られたキャラだと感じました。
竜騎士：そうですね。あえて悪意的な意味で＊出した名探偵の要素を、いくつか持っているキャラです。扉を封 印するなど戦人と違って努力家というか、策をろうするというか……ヱリカは人によって好き嫌いが分かれます ね。今までの戦人の敵はう煙に巻くことが得意でしたが、ヱリカはその真逆から攻めてくるキャラということで 、これまでとは違う戦いになったと思います。それにより、謎に満ちた『うみねこ』世界を照らす新たな光源に なればいいなと考えていました。一部のユーザーさんお中には「悪意ある推理ユーザーの代表的な意味で書いた のでは？」と思っている人もいらっしゃるみたいですが、受け取り方はお任せしています。『うみねこ』は毎回 、バトル構図になるのが世界観の１つなので、ハッキリと戦人と対立する位置にいるキャラを出さなければなら ないわけです。だからこれでヱリカがふつうに人格者だっだら、バトルや物語が盛り上がらなかったかなと。ヱ リカ自身も言葉の選び方が悪いだけで、本来はそれほど悪い人間ではないと思いますけどね。

Edit: Just the most interesting bit from the second half. That's all for now, I think.

Spoiler for part 2 (still huge EP5 spoilers):

--Do you plan on reviving her (Beatrice)?

Ryuukishi: In the plot for Episode 6, which we're considering now, we're thinking of a way that we can revive Beato. But if too many other things pop up that we want to write about, who knows?(laughs) However, it does seem that Battler doesn't enjoy Beato being in low spirits all the time and wants the brighter Beato to come back. The thing I don't want you to misunderstand is that Battler doesn't want to return to a world where he and Beato are basically on the same side. He only wants to end this tale in a way that will make Beato satisfied. Shortly after Episode 5's release, many people pointed to Battler's acceptance into the ranks of witches and wondered "Hasn't Battler lost sight of his goal?", but that's not the case. As Bern said in the beginning of Episode 5, Battler has no chance of being released unless he defeats Beato's riddles. At the end of Episode 4, we learn that "Beatrice hopes Battler will win and end this game", so Battler must win. Furthermore, at the end of Episode 5, Battler reaches the fundamental truth behind "who, for what purpose, and why". If he can lay that bare, he will win. So, if we liken it to chess, Battler actually hasn't yet made a move to achieve checkmate. The process that will lead to a checkmate has only been formulated in his mind. So, according to our plans at the present, Episode 6 will be a tale about proving whether Battler actually did reach all the way to the truth. He will actually make and carry out the moves he has thought of. In other words, Battler becoming the Game Master "proves that he has understood everything about the world of Umineko".

[Marion]

It's understandable. Thanks for translating the first part.

[Workworkwork]

Originally Posted by chronotrig

Well, here's the first half of that interview translated. Sorry it's so quick and rough, but EP5 is a bit more urgent at the moment.

Spoiler for part 1 (large EP5 spoilers):

Spoiler for english:

--How was the reaction after the release of Episode 5?

Ryuukishi: Perhaps because this release included many hints and guidelines on how to think, more people sent us confident theories than the period following Episode 4's release. That includes what might be considered "the best possible answer at the current time". So we felt more of a response than from Episode 4.

--It sounds like the rush before the deadline was especially hectic this time.

Ryuukishi: It was extremely hectic(laughs). We had some new staff members this time and some jobs needed to be passed on to others who weren't used to them, which led to an overall slowdown in progress. In the future, we should have more leeway as the new staff grows more accustomed to their jobs.

--Were there any difficulties in writing the tale itself?

Ryuukishi: After writing four chapters, the world's layout has become very firm, so the actual writing went very smoothly. Instead, the hard part this time around was "arranging the hints". We want Umineko to be a product people can enjoy as they think, and we paid a lot of attention to the balance between making it fun to read and including the right number of hints. Our goal is to write a story which gives hints to people who don't know the truth and reaffirms the views of people who do understand. We could have written it so that the truth was plainly clear and everyone could understand it, but we believe that might have effected how interesting a read it would have become. The other difficult thing was positioning a message to the readers that "it is solvable at this point". In classic mysteries, the "sign" is always the time that the detective says "I know who the culprit is". However, I think we failed to add such a sign in Episode 4. You really should be able to solve it as a mystery with the information given up to and including Episode 4, but because we didn't give a "sign", people thought "there aren't enough hints yet", and few people seriously tried to solve the series. When we saw this, we thought "yes, a clear sign really is needed", and a "sign" appeared in Episode 5 as: "And then.........I......knew."

--Tell me about the new characters.

Ryuukishi: Both Erika and Dlanor are holding a thought game from a very different position than the one Battler has been coming from before now. Their existence is not only a way to make this tale more dramatic, but also a large hint.

--It felt as though you had detectives in mystery novels very firmly in mind when you created Erika.

Ryuukishi: That's right. Her character shares many traits that were maliciously extracted from those held by great detectives. With sealing the doors and the like, she is unlike Battler in that she's a hard worker, or maybe you could say she puts a lot of effort into her plans...... People vary on whether they like or dislike Erika. While Battler's enemies before now have specialized in confusing him, Erika comes at him from the exact opposite direction, and I think this leads to a different kind of battle than the ones we've seen so far. I hope this becomes a new light to shine on the riddle-filled world of Umineko. It seems that some of our users have wondered "Did he use her as a representative of users who write malicious theories?", but I leave such interpretations up to you. Umineko's focus on battles every time is part of the world's layout, so we must have a character who stands in clear opposition to Battler. So, if Erika had been a normal person, perhaps the battle and the tale wouldn't have become so exciting. Though I think Erika herself is just bad at choosing her words and not really such a bad person.

Spoiler for japanese:

ーーーー『Episode5』発表後の反響はいかがですか？
竜騎士：今回は考え方のヒントや手引きになる要素が多かったためが、『Episode4』発表後以上に自信 のある推理を送ってこられる方が多いですね。「現時点で出せる最高の答え」と思われる推理もありました。だ から『Episode4』の時以上に手ごたえを感じています。
ーーーー締め切り間際の修羅場が、今回特に大変だっだようですね。
竜騎士：非常に大変でしたね（笑）。今回は新しいスタッフが増え、仕事の引き継ぎや不慣れなことなどもあり 、全体的に遅めの進行になってしまいました。今後、新スタッフが慣れていけば余裕が生まれるで しょう。
ーーーー物語の執筆自体に苦労はありませんでしたか？
竜騎士：４話も書いて世界観が固まっているので、執筆自体は進めやすいです。逆に今難しいのは「ヒントのあ んばい」。『うみねこ』は考えて楽しんでもらいたい作品なので、読みものとしての楽しさを損なわずにどこま でヒントを出すのか、というバランスにとても気をつかっています。目指しているのは、真相がわからない人に はヒントになって、わかっている人には答えを確信できるような内容の話です。誰にでも答えがわかるように真 相をハッキリと書くこともできるのですが、それが読みものとしておもしろいかは別問題だと思いますから。も う１つ難しいのが、読者の方に「この時点で解けますよ」というサインを送るタイミング。古典ミステリーでは 探偵が「犯人がわかった」と言えばそれが「合図」だと判断されます。しかし『Episode4』では、それ を出し損ねていたように思います。本当は『Episode4』までの情報でミステリーとして解くことはでき るはずなのですが、「合図」にいたらなかったため、「まだヒントが足りない」と判断して本格的に推理に入っ ている方が多くなかったのです。それを見て「やはり明確な合図が必要」と思い、『Episode5』では「 そして、…………俺は、……知る」という「合図」を出しました。
ーーーー新キャラについてお聞かせください。
竜騎士：ヱリカもドラノールも、これまでの戦人とは違う立ち位置がら思考ゲームを行っているキャラです。彼 女たちの存在は物語をオラマティックにするための演出であると同時に大きなヒントでもあるわけ です。
ーーーーヱリカは、ミステリーの探偵をとても意識して作られたキャラだと感じました。
竜騎士：そうですね。あえて悪意的な意味で＊出した名探偵の要素を、いくつか持っているキャラです。扉を封 印するなど戦人と違って努力家というか、策をろうするというか……ヱリカは人によって好き嫌いが分かれます ね。今までの戦人の敵はう煙に巻くことが得意でしたが、ヱリカはその真逆から攻めてくるキャラということで 、これまでとは違う戦いになったと思います。それにより、謎に満ちた『うみねこ』世界を照らす新たな光源に なればいいなと考えていました。一部のユーザーさんお中には「悪意ある推理ユーザーの代表的な意味で書いた のでは？」と思っている人もいらっしゃるみたいですが、受け取り方はお任せしています。『うみねこ』は毎回 、バトル構図になるのが世界観の１つなので、ハッキリと戦人と対立する位置にいるキャラを出さなければなら ないわけです。だからこれでヱリカがふつうに人格者だっだら、バトルや物語が盛り上がらなかったかなと。ヱ リカ自身も言葉の選び方が悪いだけで、本来はそれほど悪い人間ではないと思いますけどね。

Edit: Just the most interesting bit from the second half. That's all for now, I think.

Spoiler for part 2 (still huge EP5 spoilers):

--Do you plan on reviving her (Beatrice)?

Ryuukishi: In the plot for Episode 6, which we're considering now, we're thinking of a way that we can revive Beato. But if too many other things pop up that we want to write about, who knows?(laughs) However, it does seem that Battler doesn't enjoy Beato being in low spirits all the time and wants the brighter Beato to come back. The thing I don't want you to misunderstand is that Battler doesn't want to return to a world where he and Beato are basically on the same side. He only wants to end this tale in a way that will make Beato satisfied. Shortly after Episode 5's release, many people pointed to Battler's acceptance into the ranks of witches and wondered "Hasn't Battler lost sight of his goal?", but that's not the case. As Bern said in the beginning of Episode 5, Battler has no chance of being released unless he defeats Beato's riddles. At the end of Episode 4, we learn that "Beatrice hopes Battler will win and end this game", so Battler must win. Furthermore, at the end of Episode 5, Battler reaches the fundamental truth behind "who, for what purpose, and why". If he can lay that bare, he will win. So, if we liken it to chess, Battler actually hasn't yet made a move to achieve checkmate. The process that will lead to a checkmate has only been formulated in his mind. So, according to our plans at the present, Episode 6 will be a tale about proving whether Battler actually did reach all the way to the truth. He will actually make and carry out the moves he has thought of. In other words, Battler becoming the Game Master "proves that he has understood everything about the world of Umineko".

Spoiler:

This pretty much confirms BattlErika as an official pairing for Umineko.

Stand aside old BattlerxBeato fans, and make way for the fanart and various h-doujins not involving your blonde and bouncy witch, but a dark and flat loli detective.

[Used Can]

Thanks for the translation chronotrig.

Originally Posted by chronotrig

Spoiler for part 2 (still huge EP5 spoilers):

Battler doesn't want to return to a world where he and Beato are basically on the same side.

Spoiler:

I'm wondering about the context in this line. Does it mean he wants to bring her back and not be partners, or does it mean he doesn't want both of them to be doing evil things (you know, as in giving an answer to all the people who thought Battler turned evil)? I'm asking because I've read another translation, and the translator used the word "conniving".

Basically, his/her translation was

Spoiler:

But please don't misunderstand. Battler doesn't want to bring Beato back to that conniving world, he wants to shape the ending to the story in a way that would satisfy her.

Which says basically the same thing as the one you've translated, but the word "conniving" gives it another context, in my opinion.

All the same, I don't know if a term similar to connive was used in Japanese.

[musouka]

Originally Posted by Used Can

Thanks for the translation chronotrig.

Spoiler:

I'm wondering about the context in this line. Does it mean he wants to bring her back and not be partners, or does it mean he doesn't want both of them to be doing evil things (you know, as in giving an answer to all the people who thought Battler turned evil)? I'm asking because I've read another translation, and the translator used the word "conniving".

Basically, his/her translation was

Spoiler:

But please don't misunderstand. Battler doesn't want to bring Beato back to that conniving world, he wants to shape the ending to the story in a way that would satisfy her.

Which says basically the same thing as the one you've translated, but the word "conniving" gives it another context, in my opinion.

All the same, I don't know if a term similar to connive was used in Japanese.

Spoiler:

Having looked at the interview myself, the word used is なあなあ, which is more negative than "on the same side" would suggest. To me, it has more of an implication of "partners in crime." So whoever translated the first part missed the "with Battler", but got the negative inference.

[chronotrig]

Originally Posted by musouka

Spoiler:

Having looked at the interview myself, the word used is なあなあ, which is more negative than "on the same side" would suggest. To me, it has more of an implication of "partners in crime." So whoever translated the first part missed the "with Battler", but got the negative inference.

"On the same side" is too strong, which is why I included the "basically" in that quick translation. There's probably a better word to fit there, but it pretty much implies that there would be a loose alliance between them.

[musouka]

Originally Posted by chronotrig

"On the same side" is too strong, which is why I included the "basically" in that quick translation. There's probably a better word to fit there, but it pretty much implies that there would be a loose alliance between them.

Oh, I didn't mean to pick on your translation choice or anything. You know a lot more than me.

Spoiler:

It's just when I read it, I thought he was addressing the idea of Battler going bad for her (joining her side, as you will), as has become pretty popular in Japanese fics and artwork, since in the next line he refers to the fact that he's gotten people wondering if Battler has lost his way. I could be reading it wrong, though.

[Tjfarmer]

I'm happy to see signs of some Ep 6 activity, but if they're still coming up with ideas, and its November, it might not be ready for December, but I don't know how long this stuff usually takes.

[luckyssol]

Originally Posted by chronotrig

Well, here's the first half of that interview translated. Sorry it's so quick and rough, but EP5 is a bit more urgent at the moment.

Spoiler for part 1 (large EP5 spoilers):

Spoiler for english:

--How was the reaction after the release of Episode 5?

Ryuukishi: Perhaps because this release included many hints and guidelines on how to think, more people sent us confident theories than the period following Episode 4's release. That includes what might be considered "the best possible answer at the current time". So we felt more of a response than from Episode 4.

--It sounds like the rush before the deadline was especially hectic this time.

Ryuukishi: It was extremely hectic(laughs). We had some new staff members this time and some jobs needed to be passed on to others who weren't used to them, which led to an overall slowdown in progress. In the future, we should have more leeway as the new staff grows more accustomed to their jobs.

--Were there any difficulties in writing the tale itself?

Ryuukishi: After writing four chapters, the world's layout has become very firm, so the actual writing went very smoothly. Instead, the hard part this time around was "arranging the hints". We want Umineko to be a product people can enjoy as they think, and we paid a lot of attention to the balance between making it fun to read and including the right number of hints. Our goal is to write a story which gives hints to people who don't know the truth and reaffirms the views of people who do understand. We could have written it so that the truth was plainly clear and everyone could understand it, but we believe that might have effected how interesting a read it would have become. The other difficult thing was positioning a message to the readers that "it is solvable at this point". In classic mysteries, the "sign" is always the time that the detective says "I know who the culprit is". However, I think we failed to add such a sign in Episode 4. You really should be able to solve it as a mystery with the information given up to and including Episode 4, but because we didn't give a "sign", people thought "there aren't enough hints yet", and few people seriously tried to solve the series. When we saw this, we thought "yes, a clear sign really is needed", and a "sign" appeared in Episode 5 as: "And then.........I......knew."

--Tell me about the new characters.

Ryuukishi: Both Erika and Dlanor are holding a thought game from a very different position than the one Battler has been coming from before now. Their existence is not only a way to make this tale more dramatic, but also a large hint.

--It felt as though you had detectives in mystery novels very firmly in mind when you created Erika.

Ryuukishi: That's right. Her character shares many traits that were maliciously extracted from those held by great detectives. With sealing the doors and the like, she is unlike Battler in that she's a hard worker, or maybe you could say she puts a lot of effort into her plans...... People vary on whether they like or dislike Erika. While Battler's enemies before now have specialized in confusing him, Erika comes at him from the exact opposite direction, and I think this leads to a different kind of battle than the ones we've seen so far. I hope this becomes a new light to shine on the riddle-filled world of Umineko. It seems that some of our users have wondered "Did he use her as a representative of users who write malicious theories?", but I leave such interpretations up to you. Umineko's focus on battles every time is part of the world's layout, so we must have a character who stands in clear opposition to Battler. So, if Erika had been a normal person, perhaps the battle and the tale wouldn't have become so exciting. Though I think Erika herself is just bad at choosing her words and not really such a bad person.

Spoiler for japanese:

ーーーー『Episode5』発表後の反響はいかがですか？
竜騎士：今回は考え方のヒントや手引きになる要素が多かったためが、『Episode4』発表後以上に自信 のある推理を送ってこられる方が多いですね。「現時点で出せる最高の答え」と思われる推理もありました。だ から『Episode4』の時以上に手ごたえを感じています。
ーーーー締め切り間際の修羅場が、今回特に大変だっだようですね。
竜騎士：非常に大変でしたね（笑）。今回は新しいスタッフが増え、仕事の引き継ぎや不慣れなことなどもあり 、全体的に遅めの進行になってしまいました。今後、新スタッフが慣れていけば余裕が生まれるで しょう。
ーーーー物語の執筆自体に苦労はありませんでしたか？
竜騎士：４話も書いて世界観が固まっているので、執筆自体は進めやすいです。逆に今難しいのは「ヒントのあ んばい」。『うみねこ』は考えて楽しんでもらいたい作品なので、読みものとしての楽しさを損なわずにどこま でヒントを出すのか、というバランスにとても気をつかっています。目指しているのは、真相がわからない人に はヒントになって、わかっている人には答えを確信できるような内容の話です。誰にでも答えがわかるように真 相をハッキリと書くこともできるのですが、それが読みものとしておもしろいかは別問題だと思いますから。も う１つ難しいのが、読者の方に「この時点で解けますよ」というサインを送るタイミング。古典ミステリーでは 探偵が「犯人がわかった」と言えばそれが「合図」だと判断されます。しかし『Episode4』では、それ を出し損ねていたように思います。本当は『Episode4』までの情報でミステリーとして解くことはでき るはずなのですが、「合図」にいたらなかったため、「まだヒントが足りない」と判断して本格的に推理に入っ ている方が多くなかったのです。それを見て「やはり明確な合図が必要」と思い、『Episode5』では「 そして、…………俺は、……知る」という「合図」を出しました。
ーーーー新キャラについてお聞かせください。
竜騎士：ヱリカもドラノールも、これまでの戦人とは違う立ち位置がら思考ゲームを行っているキャラです。彼 女たちの存在は物語をオラマティックにするための演出であると同時に大きなヒントでもあるわけ です。
ーーーーヱリカは、ミステリーの探偵をとても意識して作られたキャラだと感じました。
竜騎士：そうですね。あえて悪意的な意味で＊出した名探偵の要素を、いくつか持っているキャラです。扉を封 印するなど戦人と違って努力家というか、策をろうするというか……ヱリカは人によって好き嫌いが分かれます ね。今までの戦人の敵はう煙に巻くことが得意でしたが、ヱリカはその真逆から攻めてくるキャラということで 、これまでとは違う戦いになったと思います。それにより、謎に満ちた『うみねこ』世界を照らす新たな光源に なればいいなと考えていました。一部のユーザーさんお中には「悪意ある推理ユーザーの代表的な意味で書いた のでは？」と思っている人もいらっしゃるみたいですが、受け取り方はお任せしています。『うみねこ』は毎回 、バトル構図になるのが世界観の１つなので、ハッキリと戦人と対立する位置にいるキャラを出さなければなら ないわけです。だからこれでヱリカがふつうに人格者だっだら、バトルや物語が盛り上がらなかったかなと。ヱ リカ自身も言葉の選び方が悪いだけで、本来はそれほど悪い人間ではないと思いますけどね。

Edit: Just the most interesting bit from the second half. That's all for now, I think.

Spoiler for part 2 (still huge EP5 spoilers):

--Do you plan on reviving her (Beatrice)?

Ryuukishi: In the plot for Episode 6, which we're considering now, we're thinking of a way that we can revive Beato. But if too many other things pop up that we want to write about, who knows?(laughs) However, it does seem that Battler doesn't enjoy Beato being in low spirits all the time and wants the brighter Beato to come back. The thing I don't want you to misunderstand is that Battler doesn't want to return to a world where he and Beato are basically on the same side. He only wants to end this tale in a way that will make Beato satisfied. Shortly after Episode 5's release, many people pointed to Battler's acceptance into the ranks of witches and wondered "Hasn't Battler lost sight of his goal?", but that's not the case. As Bern said in the beginning of Episode 5, Battler has no chance of being released unless he defeats Beato's riddles. At the end of Episode 4, we learn that "Beatrice hopes Battler will win and end this game", so Battler must win. Furthermore, at the end of Episode 5, Battler reaches the fundamental truth behind "who, for what purpose, and why". If he can lay that bare, he will win. So, if we liken it to chess, Battler actually hasn't yet made a move to achieve checkmate. The process that will lead to a checkmate has only been formulated in his mind. So, according to our plans at the present, Episode 6 will be a tale about proving whether Battler actually did reach all the way to the truth. He will actually make and carry out the moves he has thought of. In other words, Battler becoming the Game Master "proves that he has understood everything about the world of Umineko".

This is very interesting, thank you for the translation.

[chronotrig]

Just a suggestion, but any serious discussion about the contents of the interview should probably go in the game Spoilers and speculation thread.

Of course, anything about the translation can go here.

[Used Can]

Do the bits about Natsuhi, Dlanor, and Erika say anything interesting? Just from the looks of it, it seems as just an explanation of their roles in EP5.

[MeoTwister5]

Spoiler for Ep5, in a way...:

My assumption based on Ryukishi's interview about episode 6 suggests to me not that Battler already knows who the culprit/s is/are, but rather by ascending to that role at the end of episode 5 he has understood the rules of Umineko perfectly enough to know how to discover the truth of the murders. He doesn't know who per se, but knows how he can finally figure it all out, rather than resorting to simply being reactive to the events at hand.

In other words, he now knows how to use the system to his advantage.

[Tyabann]

Originally Posted by MeoTwister5

Spoiler for ep5:

My assumption based on Ryukishi's interview about episode 6 suggests to me not that Battler already knows who the culprit/s is/are, but rather by ascending to that role at the end of episode 5 he has understood the rules of Umineko perfectly enough to know how to discover the truth of the murders. He doesn't know who per se, but knows how he can finally figure it all out, rather than resorting to simply being reactive to the events at hand.

In other words, he now knows how to use the system to his advantage.

Spoiler for ep5:

Yeah, this would make a lot more sense than him "knowing everything" and lording it over the player for two whole episodes...

[Impossible]

Unmarked spoilers in the translation topic, REALLY?

[Tyabann]

Originally Posted by Impossible

Unmarked spoilers in the translation topic, REALLY?

Thanks for reminding me.

[Christen]

We really should avoid posting Episode 5 content in risky threads.