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2009-08-03, 17:24 | Link #3102 |
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In Gohad's notes, he writes that Kanon told him that someone had messed up the tools of the shed and had painted a magic circle while he had the key, that's too similar to the first twilight of ep1 and can be related to the belief of someone making it look as Beatrice exists
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2009-08-03, 17:38 | Link #3103 | |
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Question here regarding one theory:
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As for Maria's shopping: it's possible that Maria endlessly prattled about her friend "Sakutarou" who she describes as a doll to the storekeeper, who simply decided to play along and not hurt a little girl's feelings - it's clear he's a old, nice guy after all, so it's hardly unreasonable. I argue that Maria did not have Sakutarou at the time the social worker appeared, and lost Sakutarou during an earlier boat ride to Rokkenjima - it's not the first time she's been there before, after all. It's probably around the time the social worker appears that Rosa "killed" Sakutarou in the way I described above. Last edited by Kaiba; 2009-08-03 at 18:01. |
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EDIT: Sakutaro theory. I'm not really sure about that one. Yes, it seems quite impossible for her to act like that in front of a social worker - however, she also hit Maria and lost it in front of the cousins. Also, Maria always went shopping with Sakutaro, right? If I recall correctly, the social worker scene happened after she went to the Police Station. Didn't she have Sakutaro with her during that time? If she lost it in the boat to Rokkenjima, during the scene with the social worker she'd still have the doll. Last edited by Nyura Kousen; 2009-08-03 at 17:52. |
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2009-08-03, 18:02 | Link #3106 |
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The social worker scene was kinda "strange".
I mean that the social worker didn't say anything at that time is possible but I am pretty sure that they would have done something afterwards and Maria probably wouldn't be under Rosa's care anymore. |
2009-08-03, 18:03 | Link #3107 | |
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Well, jessica is already a rgeat singer, so maybe she is a well rounded talent compelte with acting askills.
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@kaiba: I like your theory on sakutaro. this is closely related to batler's demise in the 4th Episode; as far as beatrice identity goes, Bernkastel already said that beatrice "is the rules of this world" so, she can kill battler because the rules of rokenjima say that everybody dies. A little bit on witch classes and the relationship between lambda and beatrice; beatrice as an endless witch is still one level below lambda, who is a traveler, thus meaning that beatrice can't travel through kakeras, she can't either "reset time" that is why it is mentioned in Episode 3's tea party that lambda is lending her powers (kakera travel) to beatrice. on Bernkastel being evil, for me she is more like an anti-hero, she is doing good stuff but resort to morally gray means, such as using ange as a bait to give battler hte necessary determination to beat beatrice, because batler was having a lot of fun playing the game and was forgetting about his actual goal. About the kakera system, imho the alternate universes need to be created someway, that is why traveler witches are so powerful, because she can misdirect kakeras, hence why bernkastel created an emo ange, which would be the most suitable to bring battler's determination back, and that also explains some weird things on higurashi; and more importantly creates "kakera 3" ange, and bernkastel being a witch, she is able to grab the dead ange, as witches can only grab people who die ( see hanyu, beatrice) to bring them to other kakera or eventhe meta world. sorry about the scattered toughts, I normally am offline during the weekends. Last edited by maximilianjenus; 2009-08-03 at 18:10. Reason: Episode 4th info |
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2009-08-03, 18:04 | Link #3108 |
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Don't remember, but do the police actually state she had a doll, or did Maria just talk about Sakutarou and describe him to them? And like I said, I don't think Rosa ripped up the doll, as it was already lost - rather she told Maria to get over her imaginary friend and accept that she had lost the doll for good, and so killed Sakutarou in a sense.
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2009-08-03, 18:11 | Link #3109 | |
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Ah OK. It really seems that I misinterpreted it then. I will probably go through this part once more then |
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2009-08-03, 18:26 | Link #3110 | |
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2009-08-03, 18:50 | Link #3111 |
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@Kaiba's sakutaro theory
Your theory is identical to one that was posted a while ago. If I'm not mistaken it was proposed by K//eternal. You do have a point that the whole scene with the social worker was completely unrealistic. However what I find difficult to accept is that Kawabata found the stuffed lion (supposedly after a family meeting) and he never thought that it was probably lost by one of the Ushiromiya's children. There is also the fact that Beatrice couldn't repeat in red that sakutaro was the only one in the world. Well it's not really a fact, but the sentece she couldn't repeat was almost certainly 99,999999% the same sentence she said in white a little while before. So I'm more bent into believing that Rosa made another one. Anyway if the scene of Rosa "killing" sakutaro was fake, then it was also fake that she "killed" siesta 556. That could be an interesting development in Ep5
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2009-08-03, 20:59 | Link #3112 |
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Crazy theory time.
ΛΔ and Bernkastel aren't really powerful traveler witches. The best way to describe the former is with the phrase "nothing is impossible" and the latter with "everything is possible". In fact, that makes Bernkastel and ΛΔ logically equivalent. Of course, the only difference is what you would call the fulfillment of those concepts. In one case, upon reaching one's goal through sheer determination and willpower, much like Takano's goal of proving her grandfather's theories, one would call the end result a "certainty". On the other hand, until that end result is reached, one cannot deny the possibility of X happening such that the result is changed, no matter how unlikely that "X" is. Upon reaching that unlikely event due to X, much like Rika being able to survive with her friends when all the odds are against them, one could call the end result a "miracle". This is why Bern is > ΛΔ, since a future event may never be "certain" until it becomes a event in the present. ΛΔ only manifests herself as the determination required to reached that desired event. If it cannot be reached, that would simply mean the person in question does not have enough determination to insure certainty, not because ΛΔ didn't have the "power" to grant that certainty. If ΛΔ is a representation of your pesky parents' ideal of "work hard now and relax later", or "doing your h/w so you can have a good future", or "hurry up and wash the dishes since they're never going to wash themselves", then Bern is the embodiment of your ideals, the lazy kid who thinks back "maybe I can relax now and relax later as well", or "maybe I'll have a good future without the h/w", or "perhaps the dishes really will wash themselves". At their greatest, either one can accomplish "magic". ΛΔ can indeed make a girl into a witch, and Bern can indeed grant Ange a miracle. However, the important thing to remember is, the wielder of that "magic" is not them, but you. Only you can change your fate, or sit around and let it change itself. In this way, Bern and ΛΔ are very similar to Beatrice's existence (read: "Beato=love" theory). All the witches are just a physical manifestation of the innate power of humans to influence the world around them. |
2009-08-03, 21:17 | Link #3113 | |
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Other witches also appear in the meta world and probably represent concepts such as the ones you described. However, Battler appears in the meta world as well so... WHO IS BATTLER? |
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2009-08-03, 22:16 | Link #3114 |
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Maria had the three magic circles that were used in her notebook.
Therefore, either: - The killer had some involvement with teaching Maria about the circles, and taught them because they were to be used in the murders. - The killer looked through her notebooks and used the circles found there. I've been wondering about an overall theory of the murders: Spoiler:
@Kaisos Erranon: As far as locked rooms / impossible crimes goes, Umineko isn't that much. Try reading John Dickson Carr's classic The Three Coffins (aka The Hollow Man). |
2009-08-03, 22:25 | Link #3115 | |
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I don't think the metaworld is limited to witches. I think every person could have a metaphysical conunterpart in the metaworld as long as their presence there can represent something. Like for example the presence of Ange represented the Ange of 1998 trying to solve the mystery from the future.
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2009-08-03, 22:43 | Link #3116 |
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I think that there is no way that a human did all of the murders... Only when Battler proves that Beatrice doesn't exist, is when the crimes become possible for humans... Or maybe we all have to think like Phoenix Wright in order to solve it all...
Maybe Battler is Rudolf's Furniture... I always have the idea in my head that he is Furniture... If he was Rudolf's, it would explain the plan with the inheritance and maybe Battler's "sin" |
2009-08-03, 22:48 | Link #3117 | |
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Meta-Battler (not to be confused with Ushiromiya Battler) is YOU! The 17 people to arrive on the island include the real Ushiromiya Battler-who is Asumu and Rudolf's son. Kinzo is dead. Watching those 17 getting killed over and over are you, the player, and your opponent, Beatrice. In the Tea Party of Ep 1, the Ushiromiya Battler that appears is really the voice of you, the player, and your thoughts. Did you not get agitated when Jessica and everybody else decided to believe in the witch and give up? Did you not react the EXACT same way Battler reacted when Beato appeared? From that point on, you unconsciously took on the appearance and personality of Ushiromiya Battler and became what most people call "meta-Battler". Ryukishi further tempted you with the open-ended playing field where any sort of crazy theory could work (ie. small bombs). As such, you as the opponent of Beatrice, can now easily deny her through an improbable but undeniable method X. Thus, you've also acquired the aid of Bernkastel, who's the concept "everything is possible". In other words, she's the essence of what you call the Devil's Proof. (As a side note, Maria allies herself with Beatrice who is the concept "love" in order to perform her "magic" of creation.) From Ep 2 on, you start seeing your in-game "avatar"-who looks like Ushiromiya Battler-talk, argue, and generally voice your thoughts to Beatrice during those in-game pauses. However, you continue to think that it is Ushiromiya Battler who is playing with Beatrice. In other words, you believe that you are Ushiromiya Battler. That is why when Ushiromiya Battler caved in at the end of Ep 2, meta-Battler/you did as well. Ryukishi 7 kept adding fuel to the illusion with Ep 3. He created a situation that caused you to rage at Beatrice's troll and replicated that emotion with meta-Battler in game. Now you feel even closer to your in-game representation, while the Ushiromiya Battler you and Beatrice watch from above seems almost like another person. This also explains why the knowledge meta-Battler/you gain do not transfer over to Ushiromiya Battler in the gameboards. Furthermore, in Ep 4, Beatrice reveals to you that you are, in fact, NOT Ushiromiya Battler. Yet, to you, who has been tricked into believing yourself to be Ushiromiya Battler for 3 arcs found this is highly shocking. |
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-My point what actually to question what Battler represents. If Beato is love then Battler represents a something that wants to prove love doesn't exist? Quote:
From the limited reds we have regarding the sin all we really know is that SOME Battler committed a sin 6 years ago that lead to many people's deaths. Quote:
However, Ryukishi seems to have abandoned that as we watch episodes 3 and 4 entirely in the third person perspective. edit: What I mean is that I think Ryukishi started going one way and went another regarding breaking the fourth wall. |
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2009-08-03, 23:11 | Link #3120 | |
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Speaking of the sin, by the way -- this may be kind of obvious, but:
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