[Smeckledorf]

Originally Posted by UsagiTenpura

Was Umineko ever Mystery to begin with?
http://witch-hunt.com/hist.html
I almost think this should somehow be included within the arcs...

If it wasn't a mystery then he trolled people on as if it were one. He has been quoted saying a solution is possible, more than once. The fact of the matter is, he had a choice with this episode. End it as a mystery or end it as a fantasy. He had the choice, he could have done either.