Just finished watching sub, I think it's better than I thought. Although they should at least develop or give more info about Natsuhi's background. That would help the audiences to know how precious it was for Natsuhi when Kinzo gave those speeches to her. Due to the lack of character background, it couldn't be helped that the audiences didn't feel any emotional attached to each character. Ah well, I think at this point I will treat first arc (five episodes?) as an introduction to the series.
But what really bother me is that out of five animes I've watched in this season. Umineko has the worst animation.
Also, I agree that there should have a specific thread for VN readers to rant about anime adaptation.