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It's not quite the "happy end" overall, for Yasu. It is for Beatrice, or "her lingering feelings for Battler", as this "part" of her personality feared that he might've all but forgotten about her (EP4). Of course, "Shannon", her current life, the one that loves George, might've felt fear instead and wouldn't know how to react. Emotional conflict, add "Kanon" as the wish for staying on Rokkenjima and nurturing her friendship (and possibly more) with Jessica, that caused her to write down her heart, her confused emotions, down in form of a mystery - the genre that both she and Battler loved so much (whether we know those stories as EP1 and 2 or not at all doesn't matter for this). Possibly hoping romantically that someday someone will find them and "uncover her heart", "understand her" - and maybe that person might be Battler himself. On that note, had Battler returned a year earlier she wouldn't have been so invested in George that he's about to propose to her and not as confused on how she should react (and she'd probably not write anything). A year later and ... if Lion's world is to be believed... Battler wouldn't have anything to return back to anyway. (yes, I wrote "she" for convenience sake, add "he" every time if you want to) Regarding EP6, didn't Battler join the duel, implying that he might've remembered, and hijacked the game to "show that obnoxious guest" (since Shkanontrice participated in Meta and didn't produce her own 1st Twilight I don't see how he organized a game AGAINST/without her)? Meta-world speaking, he clearly remembered, while chick-Beatrice had forgotten all about mystery, games, and such; she just knew that she's supposed to love him (btw. I love how you can find a lot of similarities between BATTLER-Chicktrice and Kinzo-Kuwadoriantrice in the first half of EP6). If you just meant that "Prime-Battler remembered" in light of his absence in Lion's world could still be connected with "Nervous Wreck Prime-Battler" via two murder games at the same time, then sure - thanks. Quote:
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Wasn't there someone who wanted to propose a Rosatrice-theory as well, a few pages back? Still waiting for the pikablu-theory. Last edited by qno2; 2012-10-20 at 05:03. |
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2012-10-20, 07:28 | Link #30922 | ||
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Hence how Umineko is even mentioned. I'm thinking Yasu is true, just that there is something else.Though I'm awaiting a pm to answer a question regarding Van Dine. Last edited by Kiltias; 2012-10-20 at 08:16. |
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Anyway I find rather pointless to discuss about this sort of details when we haven't read the original message in the bottle and we can't even be sure if it at least matches the plot of EP 1 and I seem to remember we already had this discussion and agree to disagree, didn't we? Quote:
Also if I write a mystery tale in which my family get mysteriously slaughtered because I like to write mysteries and in writing 101 is written that for amateur is best start writing what they know best, this won't insure me my family will never be slaughtered, not even in the real world. It would make it a very odd coincidence, a suspicious coincidence even, but let's face it, coincidences happens, even way more unbelievable ones. Personally I find much more absurd the tale we get for Kinzo gaining the gold than Yasu dropping a bunch of tales prior to the incident. Add to this that this sort of coincidence happened in more than 1 mystery tale so, even if in real life it's, to use Kinzo's words, more similar to a miracle than anything else, in the mystery books world, it has a lot more chances of happening. Quote:
And it's possible the witch hunters didn't check/didn't manage to check it properly as it could be more troublesome for them to have samples of Yasu's writing, especially because the witch hunter movement didn't start immediately but later and, by then, surviving scraps of Yasu's writings that the public could reach might have been destroyed or archivied and being unreachable. It's the message in the bottles and Eva selling Kinzo's library that 'gave life' to the witch hunter, not just the incident per se so they started late compared to the police and they might not have all the resources and experts the police could use. How many of them were allowed to go to Rokkenjima? To see the original messages? To see samples of all the people involved's writing? Ootsuki was capable to recognize Yasu's handwriting on the diary as the one of the messages in the bottle and was surprised by it even if he, apparently, was knowledgeable about the messages. It shouldn't have come as a surprise if the writer had been identified as Shannon because Ange, as a person involved, could have owned without problems someone that had been written by Shannon. Also Quote:
But really, we already have this discussion and neither of us managed to persuade the other and I doubt one of us will do it now as the argumentations you proposed and that I can propose are exactly the same so let's re-agree to disagree? The idea is: even if Battler came back for Shannon things could have gone the wrong way because he didn't immediately came out and plainly admitted it. So he might have done something that caused him to perceive himself as guilty of the whole mess. So just Battler coming back for Shannon didn't automatically destroy any "Nervous Wreck Battler"-theory or any possibility that Battler did something that caused someone else to snap and kill people. Think if something that was a mix of Ep 5 & 6 happened. Yasu bribes one of the adults into taking part to a mystery game for Battler with the promise his son/daughter will be spared. Battler persuades the cousins to take part to a mystery game for Shannon just for the fun of it. Incidentally cousin X, who agrees to play the role of the victim, is also the son/daughter of the adult bribed who think the blackmailer broke his promise and snap. Quote:
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I guess the real problem in Prime wasn't Yasu but the adults' business troubles. Ryukishi implied in the interview that we can guess that it was the adults who did something. By this is possible to assume that, even if Yasu had challenged Battler to her game a year earlier the result would have been tamer than the one we had in that year when they were in really BIG financial troubles (actually we'll never know, there's plenty of things that could have gone wrong anyway). Of course it could be that Clair merely meant what you said and didn't care about Prime at all. After all EP 7 deals with the culprit on the gameboards not on the one in Prime and on the gameboards the adults' will is meaningless. There's only Yasu/Beato's will. Quote:
So, while pretending to play with Erika, he was actually 'playing' with Beato the way Beato played with him, using the game to make him remember. Only he went at it in a different way, using himself as a bait while Beato used the lives of his family (Battler was sure solving the game he would save his family). Quote:
The idea is that theoretically there should have been dozens of Lion as you can vary dosens of things producing bilions of different worlds in which Lion existed, from Natsuhi accepted the baby to Natsuhi didn't accept the baby but slipped and she was the one who fell from the cliff to the baby fell but survived and Genji returned it to Kinzo instead than hiding it and many, many more. Plus the many variations in Lion's world like Battler's mom didn't die so he didn't leave the family. There should really be endless fragments with Lion, not just 1. That's why it's weird Bern found just 1 and in this one coincidentally everything ended badly. If she had told, I found millions of worlds with Lion but I couldn't find 1 with a happy ending for him I would have believed her but if she says there's just 1 Lion... I end up thinking she hadn't searched hard enough... or that she had purposely searched a world that could fit in the Rokkenjima box, in short a world that had to end in a mysterious tragedy. Which ironically would means that Lion has only 1 chance in a million to end up in a tragedy... only no one considers them because they are unrelated to the mystery at hand making them 'nonexistant'. |
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Very interesting read for latter: EP2, Meta-Scene in Natsuhi's Room - you can read this scene as Beatrice accusing Shannon that she just wanted to fulfill her sexual desires instead of prevailing and waiting for her "true love" to come back. And the result... Will: "Nobody would argue that a coffin is a closed room." Quote:
That approach bears the very question of who the author of Reqiuem is. For Lion's world to say anything relevant to prime Tohya would need to be the one. Considering the end of that story however that seems unlikely (ah well, I'll still believe in the possible implications even though I basically denied them myself in this very moment, talk about seeing it with love and all). Unless someone else writes more stories about Lion it simply won't be possible to find a written account on them, even if a search engine like Bernoogle looks for it. However, since goats are only interested in the mystery anyway, you'd be correct of course. edit: Maybe I can still save my beliefs. Yes. Everyone, take your hands and chant. Of course it's possible Tohya wrote EP7 but not the TP (+ Lion's bad ending), since "there is no game-master". Heck yeah, arguing without any basis, disregard this please. edit2: Can't ever edit enough but I forgot this one last time already - "Meta-Battler's retroactive red killing" works for most episodes... except for 4. He confirms their deaths without demanding red or forcing their death in meta. So consider this idea failed. If I had more faith in my writing abilities (in english to boot) I'd actually try my hand at a "Battler remembers" + "Nervous Wreck Battler" forgery in accordance to the known results of Prime (2 survivors: Eva, Battler). Don't think I'll get around to it very soon (if at all) though. Having two murder games actually solves the biggest issue I had before when trying to think up a "Nervous Wreck Battler" story - how to cause the actual chaos after Battler snaps. Last edited by qno2; 2012-10-20 at 15:19. |
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Found it, though my memory had been incorrect in many forms and curves - apparently it's from "Our Confessions", so AFTER the official series was done (haven't read it yet so I hope my blunder may be excused):
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Hmm... I don't remember his EP5 first twilight (I love myself too much to put it through all NINE FREAKIN' HOURS of that guy), care to give me the brief version?
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2012-10-20, 17:10 | Link #30929 |
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Heh, well, as even the TV Tropes article states, the "Butler did it" solution is a pretty ironic example of something that was never a real cliche to begin with, since apparently relatively few mysteries were solved with servant culprits.
Anyways, Umineko certainly is complicated ... mostly owing to it's very, um, post-modern nature. The mysteries themselves aren't very difficult at all, though. Assuming we're talking about the gameboards, anyway. Acknowledging that this sounds terribly arrogant but, I'm not at all a veteran of the genre, but my theories for EP1 and 2 were pretty much spot on. I was only missing a reasonable motive, which wasn't even hinted until EP3, and arguably doesn't exist at all. In other news, reeeally wish Knownomore would invest the time in a truncated transcript. He doesn't even really have to solve EP5, does he? There isn't much of a mystery to account for, and he probably uses those parlor scenes as a stake against Shkanon, wham bam. |
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As I'm among the Ikuko=Yasu believers I like for it to also represent the fact that it was Toya to be more exact who solved again the game which is why in the whole Umineko we have Battler who remembered and solved it and then Will, an outsider, who solved it (Toya doesn't think to himself as Battler anymore). Of course it's possible that both Toya and Battler solved it but the Yasu part doesn't come from Ikuko but by Battler's memories of what Yasu told him. The Tea Party though represent the new theory who's taking shape among the witch hunters, in short the Rudolf&Kyrie culprit theory, which is what is tearing apart Ange (which in fact get destroyed after the 'play'). Clair doll-like state might represent how people are 'using her' to tell this culprit theory. In short it wasn't her will that made her tell that story but someone else's. Lion's 'death' is both nice and not nice as I said before. It 'proves' it wasn't Battler or Beato's fault if people die but, at teh same time, support the Kyrie&Rudolf culprit theory. Will's attempt to resque Lion might represent Toya refusing to abandon himself to the idea that the tragedy was unavoidable due to the grown up malice (in short he denies that, if Lion's fate is to die, it wouldn't be due to the grown up killing him). In a way his attempt to save Lion mirrors Battler's attempt to escape with Beato, only it's more dramatic. Either way no couple will reach the real world. It's all very metaphoric though and mine is only one of the many possible interpretations. Quote:
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2012-10-20, 18:37 | Link #30931 | |
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One thing seems pretty solid though. If anyone killed on that day outside of Yasu's orders, then that person must have hoped to make Yasu take the blame for their crimes. Whether they were planning any murders before Maria got that first letter or not, it's hard to imagine that they would miss this chance to blame these crimes on Yasu, especially after the FTs that always leave "Maria's Beatrice" as the most suspicious person.
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Because IMO we are supposed to see it that way. I have no doubts Yasu is true but the Cheese Riddle is THE perfect indication that something is wrong with the this answer. "Kihihihihihi, I know the answer.It's written right here, kihihihihihi." "You didn't know the answer until you looked, right Battler-kun?*get it?Battler-kun?" "It's impossible to cut the cheese with anything except the knife, right? The knife can only cut in a straight line, right? There aren't any other rules right?" "uu- not really" "Puzzles without specified rules-in other words, all things not covered by the red truth, are left to the observers interpretation.It's the most basic of methods for constructing gaps in the witch's closed room." Jessica mentions there can only be 1 answer and it being impossible to reach something else than 3. Battler got 1. The others ridicule battler for thinking of an answer apart for the obvious one which I point to my first sentence of the answer being written in the book by the ones who made it. Battler came up with his conclusion because he thought the obvious answer was too easy to be a puzzle. Theres even the quote that: "These are usually set up so that a number smaller than you expect is the answer." In the book the answer is said to be 3. "Battlers answer is smaller than in the book is he correct?" "Yes he is.....battler-san is correct the answer is 1. "A mistake by the ones who made the book.I imagine there's a picture of a flat cylinder there in Marias book" "uuu- there is.Right here." The flat cylinder is the proof that the answer in the book was wrong thus the ones who made it placed a mistake not being the actual answer yet still an answer but not THE one. Erika even points out that Battler is correct in both brains and cheese. And Kyrie: "It never mentioned how flexible it was" Interestingly, George knew the actual result cause he said: "I know this one.So I'll stay quite." Battler got the actual result by thinking its too easy and overthinking while Erika knew BOTH answers and simply thought of the mistake made by the ones who made it. As in: Don't rely on the answer in the book, use your own interpretation to think of the actual answer.The only rule is the red truth. Like said: I believe Yasu is true, but there is another force at play except her, one that is the actual truth. Might refer to Kyrie and Rudolf. Perhaps Yasu planned to do carry out the killings but the two took matters into their own hands in order to grab the gold. Battler might have been their accomplice but Yasu converted him which is how he escaped from the Island. Didn't Battler disappear when he was supposed to meet with Rudolf at the chapel? Perhaps thats when he escaped. Last edited by Kiltias; 2012-10-20 at 19:34. |
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2012-10-20, 21:30 | Link #30934 | ||
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The number he wanted the readers to reach was 3. That was the correct answer to his puzzle but he explained his puzzle poorly giving space to an alternative solution. If we want it's a warning to what will happen later when Erika will trap Battler in the room sealing even the chain because the duck tape's lenght wasn't strickly fixed but vaguely stated as 'enough to seal 3 rooms' and she stretched the interpretation so that she had enough to seal 3 rooms not just by sealing the doors but also by using it to repair the chain. Quote:
The problem is that on the gameboard for Ep 1-5 is clearly Yasu. Ep 6 points at Erika so unless someone will manage to make a theory that say that Erika is another Yasu's persona, I'll say she was the murderer and that, at best, Yasu got anticipated by her. But, even though I think it would be interesting if Yasu and Erika were the same person, I doubt someone can find a way for it to work... |
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Maybe we can look at it this way though: the circumstances in which the puzzle is told dictate what the puzzle is, and what the answer actually is. Of course, this fits perfectly with Beatrice, since all her puzzles/pranks are "told" in real life, and have to be changed to match whatever things are beyond her control. If something gets in the way of her original answer, she has to plan out a new one or give up. If we want to find out whether Battler's answer was "better" or not, then we should try looking at the author ourselves. In this particular example, the author's "heart" is probably "I want to entertain some kids and make them think, to help them grow", which means that finding a more detailed and original answer than the author intended should be mission accomplished, assuming the author isn't an asshole. Both Erika and Battler also found the first answer, so they're doing nothing except getting more use out of the book than was originally intended. It's the same thing in Beatrice's game. If you could find a better answer than the one she thought of, that would basically mean that you've spent a lot of time studying her world and understanding it on a fundamental level. The whole point of Beatrice writing these message bottles was to share her world with other people, so you think she'd be thrilled about something like this. Though of course, not as thrilled as she'd be if Battler solved it. Quote:
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Furthermore, even if I granted that all it said was something like "there was a typhoon that kept Kuwabata from picking them up" (which I don't, at all), it's still hard to swallow. Like, if we supposed an average of 3 typhoons hitting per month during that time of year (I'm actually giving a very generous estimate here), then the chance of a typhoon hitting on a given day is still only about 10%. By the way, this is reasoning just based off the top of my head. So, I did some basic research: Average number that hit somewhere in the Japanese mainland per year? A little less than 3. Most, but not all, happen in September and October. And just a fun fact: The number of typhoons that hit Japan in 1986 in real life is zero. Quote:
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He tries to explain the 5th game as an actual murder mystery using his usual three, even minus Rosa since the epitaph was solved. So with just George and Nanjo. Basically, George knocks out everyone in the cousins' room and fakes their death, as well as his own, with makeup and fake death drugs (including the wounds on their necks). And it fools everyone: Battler, Rudolf, Kyrie, Eva, and Hideyoshi. Then he wakes up (before the others, I guess) and takes everyone somewhere else and confines or kills them. Then he goes to get Genji, who he had also knocked out eariler and made-up, and does the same with him. Quote:
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And, of course, it explains how he has access to Theatergoing Authority: It's because his "vessel" literally lives with The Witch of Theatergoing. Honestly, I think it's otherwise quite difficult to suppose Will to represent an actual person in any other circumstance, because that represented person would apparently have access to information he otherwise shouldn't have (everything gained through Theatergoing Authority). But if Ikuko is Yasu and Will is Touya, it pretty much explains itself. |
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For that matter, do the stories even agree on when the typhoon started?
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Huh, that's an interesting interpretation of the cheese riddle ...
Actually, I assume the correct and intended answer is still "3". The rules didn't specify the shape of the cheese, and an assumption is made when it's read aloud, but I'd say that the shape was very strongly implied by the illustration. The "mistake" Erika points out isn't that the shape isn't specified, but that it isn't specified VERY explicitly by the text as well, which I wouldn't really call a mistake at all ... though as chronotrig says, it's certainly a matter of interpretation, and the shape of the riddle DOES change depending on how it's presented. It's truly interesting - Erika and Battler gave the right answer to the riddle they were given, which is NOT the same riddle Maria was holding in her hands... Anyway, I'd say, if I were Beato, and this answer of "three slices" was very important to me like Shkanon is to her, I'd be ... well, I wouldn't be very pleased with such a twisted answer, but you WOULD appreciate the effort spent. "Well, you tried, and that IS kind of interesting, since I didn't give you enough restrictions to deny that sort of thinking." My real opposition to Kiltias' sentiment of "I believe in Yasu, but I also think there's more" is that I, and everyone here, has presumably been thinking about it, at least a bit, for some years now, and there doesn't seem to be enough, in the text of the story itself, to land on a fully satisfying "something else". It also implies a level of cleverness on Ryukishi's part that, well ... i don't think is there. Quote:
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If Yasu however doesn't have that love (not necessary hate)... she might just want to see Natsuhi's world crumble. Last edited by qno2; 2012-10-21 at 03:13. |
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That cheese scene can be interpreted in many different ways, honestly. I personally see it as referring to the 'number of people' count. Depending on what you classify as a person, you could say in red that there are both 16 and 17 people on the island, and neither answer would necessarily be wrong. So basically it's a hint to working out the conflicting reds at the end of that episode, as well as hinting that 'people' doesn't always mean the same thing in the reds (though KNM doesn't seem to have got the hint...).
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