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Originally Posted by GreyZone
It's ironic how we learn more about Yasu than about Battler, who seemed to be the protagonist all the time... the truth though, was that the Battler we followed was a fictional Battler that was a mix of Yasu's 6 years old memories of Battler (memories from the time he was 12 years old) and the impression Tohya has of Battler. All we know about the real 18 year old Battler was that he was a "gentle brother" and possibly the bits from EP7TP, though these were not witnessed by Eva, but they could possibly be Tohya's memories... But of course Battler disappears in the middle of that story without a trace and next we know of him is that he is an amnesiac that was appearantly found by Ikuko.
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Yes, honestly I would have apprecciated it more if Ep 6 was... Battler's answer to Sayo's untold question (why didn't you come back?) than a retake of Sayo's trial.
Of course through Umineko there are plenty of hints about Battler's life, how it wasn't all splendid, how he might have been not as 'problem-less' as George seemed to think him but actually there's really too little to work with. We don't even know why Asumu died and we're left to assume his grandparents died of old age but we don't really know.
After all we were told Battler liked Sayo back then and I like to think he didn't just marry Beatrice merely out of guilt but most of the truth about Battler is never explained. The manga so far hadn't even made clear if Battler wrote to Shannon or not... -_-