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The other adult siblings were losing their own, personal fortunes, not Kinzo's fortune. Krauss was the only one of the siblings with access to Kinzo's money. The fact the other siblings without that access were individually having money trouble doesn't mean anything in regard to Kinzo's fortune. |
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I think a splendid intellectual argument like this deserves some tea, no? **I poured in a cup for both of us and began to sip mine** Quote:
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However, Knox's 8th! A case cannot be resolved without presentation of evidence. Was there ever any actual evidence that Natsuhi knew the TRUTH about Krauss? If there wasn't any evidence, this theory cannot be permitted. In fact, the opposite: If this theory was known, then the 'red truth' that Natsuhi was "pure and faithful" could not possibly be a red truth. And/or, you could make the argument that it only referred to Natsuhi's sexual affairs. But it appears that Battler stated that in it's general, true meaning of not GUILTY Quote:
I also feel as though we have to put reasonable LIMITATIONS on Krauss's incompetence. I mean, it's not like the island home has been foreclosed, the servants are still(assumingly) being paid pretty well and he's still clothed fairly well. It may very well be true that Krauss lost a lot of money. But all of his financial assets? Not likely. Quote:
Knox's 9th! It's permitted to all observers(other than the detective) to have a non-subjective VIEWPOINT! Natsuhi can earnestly believe she was having a conversation with Beatrice and still not be classified as 'insane'. In fact, it's entirely possible that Natsuhi's "conversation" in all realism was her gathering her thoughts with the 'character' Beatrice as an antagonist to those thoughts! This is my most beautiful blue truth yet *Bern's Ahaha wav, just because she's a bad ass like that* Quote:
Furthermore, if we believe Yasu=Shannon/Kannon=Beatrice. At what point did either Shannon or Kanon rise up to be the head of the family?Shannon's relationship with George hasn't even come close to developing by this point, partly because she's still fixated on Ushiromiya Battler! (For that matter, even assuming she could use a family member, like say George's influence. That influence doesn't come remarkably close to have Krauss change his ideas It's more reasonable for the mistress of the night to be someone in high enough status in the family to be called the second head. This could be the Kuwadorian Beatrice(but I already dismissed the intelligence of her character entirely) OR it could be Rosa, though the youngest of the siblings her connection with the Kuwadorian Beatrice puts her at a higher plane in Genji's eyes. Quote:
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Indeed, if we refute the narrative, we can go back to my argument that Kinzo died on October 4th, 1986 at 0:0:00. Or died in the First Twilight, with Rosa as the murderer(through subtle poisoning) and Genji/Nanjo as accomplices And let me note before hand that in my example I used sugar, or anything natural that could have tipped his heart.(Though Nanjo advised Kinzo to stop drinking, he never did use his authority as his physician to truly stop him. A family member could claim neglect of responsibilities). In other words, I'm not using supposition, as in Knox's 4th or any other supernatural agency as in Knox's 2nd. It's a true natural death, which covers up a homicide. Quote:
Rudolf's business was being sued by the American Government(AKA IRL like a Megaspace or something). Hideyoshi's came from naivety in allowing his company to go into the market without the slightest hint of protecting his company. And so on it goes, of course naturally the wives such as Kyrie at best were probably upper class workers and not necessarily company leaders themselves. In fact, while the Kyrie Theory is dismissable Kyrie's actual feelings aren't. It's entirely possible that she felt neglected, that she felt that pride and envy and lust in her heart. Quote:
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This is proven in the 4th game. In fact, since we're here I'll reveal what I think about Rokkenjima Prime. Rokkenjima Prime, as we acknowledge might possibly not be one of the games. However, that leaves it to be: Pieces of all the games, here and there. The 4th game for example, I argue that the actual events happened the other way around. Before teenage Ange fell off the tower and committed suicide, she went to Rokkenjima to find out the truth. We can omit the obvious tribute to Hollywood and the whole chase scene as utterly unrealistic. OR, what occurred was that after finding out the truth, Kasumi's group was following near by and rather than the equally dubious summoning of the seven stakes of purgatory, what really happened was that Ange committed her suicide on Rokkenjima to symbolically be with her Onii-Chan and everyone else Quote:
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However, the siblings also admitted that the reason his ideas flopped was the timing, and Krauss's optimism. It's entirely possible that Krauss is anticipating a rebound, and any money he lost(or embezzled) would eventually be returned to him. Quote:
On the flipside, that interpretation allows you to claim that because Natsuhi wasn't involved with his financial life, it was possible to deceive Natsuhi into believing that the financial side of things was taken care of. But I'll cut up that objection before you try: It's clear Natsuhi was vaguely aware of Krauss's money problems, maybe not so much the embezzlement but she knew things weren't rosy. She'd be the first to suspect embezzlement. At least as it pertains to Kinzo and the Ushiromiya's honor, Natsuhi is pure and faithful. Even if it's her husband, if she found out Krauss embezzled "Father"(Kinzo), she'd go on an outrage. She'd inform the other Ushiromiya family members. In a way, this would allow her to gain more leverage and approval from the other Ushiromiya's, indeed to even be acknowledged as a true Ushiromiya. Natsuhi's pure and fateful, but she's no martyr. If she knows the gig's up, the very first thing she'll do is better position herself to succeed in a post-Krauss world and secure Jessica's future. Quote:
] This following theory can't be proven by the games, but it's plausible that Rosa, like Krauss also had access to the black market. After accessing the Gold, she had a portion of it converted into monetary funds to be delivered to the siblings of Nanjo/Kuwasawa. Also, you misunderstand my argument. It's not that Kinzo himself went "broke"(in the traditional sense that there's no money, we know the gold existed.). There was a family fund of money, open access. The family members accessed this fund and all of them squandered it. This means the only monetary wealth left is the gold. But Krauss is never aware of it, neither are the other family members. The only Sibling aware of the gold is Rosa. Presentation of Evidence: Rosa is the least bit engaged among the siblings in the adult conversation. After all, why would she be? She's the freaking billionaire criminal mastermind in the series. It's partially due to this squandering of family funds that has Kinzo upset. But the reason he's also upset that they want his money after he's dead is that he knows they'll squander it too! To Ushiromiya Kinzo, there's no true successor not even Battler(who doesn't return to the island until 1986 and if you believe Kinzo died in 1984, the two couldn't have possibly met) and even in my theory that Kinzo died at least during 0:00:00 of October 4th, 1986 or during the First Twilight(in which he's never confirmed to have ever come out of his room) he couldn't have possibly met Battler or in any way logically changed his mind about Battler. Quote:
The only one truly shown to solve the epitath is Ushiromiya Eva.But if we assume that Yasu=Rosa then we also know that Rosa solved the epitath and knows where the gold is. But neither Krauss nor Natsuhi knows. In fact, as far as Krauss knows he's fucked unless he finds the gold So it's absolutely confirmed that the only ones who had access to anything beyond any public funds made by Kinzo is Eva, Rosa, Nanjo and Kuwasawa's descendants via the credit card! Quote:
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Even if we accept that Kinzo died before October 4, 1986 at 0:00:00 I believe the 1984 date is utterly implausible. I cannot, I will not wrap my head around the "logic" of an invisible character named Yasu telling Genji to preserve the corpse for 2 years, just to play out the Epitath. I'll go so far as to say he died on October 3rd, 1986 at 23:59:59. I will NOT use that 1984 date. Without Love, the truth can't be seen. Natsuhi wanted to bury Kinzo's body with the respect and dignity the Head deserves. However, the reports of the Typhoons and the sudden passing of Kinzo's death made it unrealistic to do so. Quote:
Irregardless of precisely when Ushiromiya Kinzo died, we can concur that his last, dying wish was to find a successor(as well as see his delusional Beatrice.) It pained him to dawn that not only wouldn't he see Beatrice, but that there's not a single sibling qualified to be the successor If no one solved the epitath, Kinzo would've selected no one. Or he would've selected George in his will, which is why he was assassinated by Rosa and Genji. Quote:
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This game shall not have an happy ending *Ahahaha.wav** In other words Eva never escaped. The only thing that existed was Maria's diary and the bottles. But why is Maria's diary and the bottles even necessary? Because no one escaped. No one COULD escape! Any account of escaping, the account of Eva's "existence" in 1996 is pure and utterly fiction. Just the same as Eva wanting to mistreat ANGE is also nonsense. After all, it's widely accepted that EVA-Beatrice's existence is mainly to defend the cousins. It's the same reason that if you believe in the fictionalized account, that Eva never tells Ange the truth about what happened in Rokkenjima **Slashes the fiction with a sarcastic blue sword, Lambda-style and smirks** That fictionalized account is an allegory for the true sadness Eva feels about losing both her husband and her son(to his own madness in helping Rosa). In short, at that time before the bomb went off, Eva had no sympathies or even the slightest desire to remain alive! Ushiromiya Eva committed suicide on the night of 1986! Or, even if Ushiromiya Eva did want to remain alive it's a freaking bomb. Lady Beatrice said in Red: Right now, you're the only person on the island and yet you will be killed. Not "maybe", "will"! There's no way without any boats or lifesavers that any of them could've survived in any way, shape or form. Die the Death! Sentence to Death! The Great Equalizer for the Ushiromiya Family is death! Umineko's 8th magic ending was a compromise to the inane desires of ANGE, as well as foolish readers(Lady Bern's words) to have some comfort in the idea of a "happy" ending. Another final nail in the coffin is precisely why the bomb was even on the island in the first place. Who was the original Game Master? Lady Beatrice. And what is Lady Beatrice's specialty? Sealed rooms. The Rokkenjima massacres is one big closed room murder that cannot be opened up. It can only be peered through with the lenses known as the diary and bottles. Hell, it's even discovered the bottles and Maria's diary have the same writing. And if Rosa's Beatrice, then even ANGE's diary is little more than Rosa's confession to premeditated murder. Quote:
Neither Krauss nor Natsuhi knew of Kinzo's death in the case of Rosatrice, or in the case of them knowing I claim that Kinzo died at October 4th, 1986 at 0:00:00 or October 3rd, 1986 at 23:59:59. We can actually use that October 3rd date to completely explain Krauss's actions within that day, as well as fulfill the notion of no participation in the game. I'll claim with the truth of Humans that my theory of the public funds drying out, and the theory of Krauss's embezzlement are on the same standing. The reason being is that there's no red truth to indict Krauss on embezzlement. Quote:
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Indeed, that attack hadn't come out quite as I planned Chaos Sorcerer, so allow me to revise it in simplicity. Yasu proclaimed that Kinzo died on November 4th, 1984. However, Dr. Nanjo predicted a 3 month time frame. I'm saying that November couldn't have possibly fit in that 3 month window(not without counting August as a month anyway). In other words, the progression would have to be like this. August> September >October> November (zero)> (One)> (Two)> (Three) But if we count August physically as a month, it's obviously four months. If all of that's confusing(and it is, even to me). Let me just simplify it by saying we start counting from September if Yasu's theory holds true. **huff puff** I myself wish I didn't go there, what a long and tedious rebuttal point. But the point is to fictionalize Yasu's account in any form. This is trickery on my part to claim that Kinzo died in October, and could only have died in October. Or at any segment in which the prediction was made 3 months before Kinzo's death. In of itself, this doesn't mean I agree with the 1984 date. It just means I contest against Yasu's claim that he died in "November". That to me is the weak point I attacked. He didn't die in 1984 in any other worlds outside of Umineko and I sure as hell contest he didn't die in 1984 in the Umineko world. I will NEVER accept the notion that Krauss and/or Yasu hid his body for 2 years for the hell of it! Quote:
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It's certainly a scene within the Magical Realm and I'm not alleging that it happened in real life! But what I am doing, is using it as an allegory for what could've possibly happened in the "real world" of the Umineko Series! In accordance with the new theory I created in this post, I have two new Human theories about what took place just before Kinzo's death! If Ushiromiya Kinzo died on October 3rd, 23:59:59 then it was of a natural heart failure of no complications! At the time, he called Genji to his guide and gave him the ring with final instructions! Though there's no direct proof of this, it's a Devil's Proof And I can prove the validity of it being a Devil's Proof through the fact that Kinzo called Genji his "old friend" For my Rosatrice theory, I have to make a slight adjustment because the times are important(and we've both concurred that Kinzo doesn't exist in the First Twilight). In this case, I won't use Shannon but Nanjo! Nanjo gave Kinzo medication during the night of October 3rd, 1986. The medication in of itself is relatively harmless. However, combined with alcohol could possibly produce poisoning or a heart attack. Because the medication was harmless, Dr. Nanjo didn't directly kill Kinzo and bypasses the red truth that "Nanjo is not a killer", Kinzo could've easily have drank water or anything reasonable with a prescription drug but chose not to. Kinzo himself declared that he didn't care for his life at his dying moments. Knox's 4th cannot apply here because the type of drug referenced to is a legal drug from a doctor for medical conditions. And due to the Devil's Proof I have no reason or obligation to speculate exactly what kind of disease or disorder Kinzo was afflicted with at the end of his life. All I have to do is speculate(a rather modest speculation IMO) that a doctor would give a prescribed medication. The door was sealed until one of Rosa or Genji discovered the body(Let's go with Rosa, because "none of the servants are culprits" and calling Genji an accomplice is a mere cheap cop out). Rosa discovered the body, took the ring off and from thereon became the next head. As for the letter she gave Maria, she easily could've asked Kinzo for an envelope during a time he was alive. It might've been for example a back and forth between herself and Kuwasawa. Other than Maria, Rosa's known to be on relatively friendly terms with the rest of the cousins(and logically this includes Jessica, whose at the island) Quote:
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You personally seem to be a believer in Shakanontrice. Even though None of the servants are culprits and none of them killers But ignoring that hole Ryukishi put in his own theory, it begs the question: How could Kanon dress as Shannon? Apart from Shannon's curvy body, I sware she has a 30 D. Mere pillows can't do that(and they'd slouch down which would be very suspicious considering Shannon's young age. She's not a old woman. If however you believe it to be Rosa, that blue statement is actually quite true. It's Rosa who burns the body, likely to make an autopsy difficult for whatever reason.(Since we've denied that Kinzo existed beyond October 4th 00:00:01. I can no longer claim Rosa planned his death via poisoning.) Maybe it was to hide the pill that Kinzo took or the alcohol in his system, I guess if they couldn't distinguish how Kinzo died it would save Nanjo from medical malpractice charges. Quote:
You can deny my red truths, and thereby of course they aren't "truths" in the actual sense, but neither are they lies. I'm not using the Purple Declaration after all, and I'm not a culprit . I just happen to be someone who got hooked to Umineko and well, Rping it like this is fun.. And now my first attack that is not of responsive nature, so beware: Quote:
The Windows could've been opened at any time before it rained on that day. Or the day after Or after that Or on any day at all that doesn't meet October 3rd, 1986 October 4, 1986 or November of 1984! None of that, whatsoever conflicts with any of Dlanor's red truths. Hell, it no longer becomes a sealed room whatsoever and he can leave by the door! **Wahaha.wav** Last edited by ALPHA-Beatrice; 2013-07-28 at 05:28. |
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2013-07-28, 05:18 | Link #32563 |
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ALPHA-Beatrice, I'm sorry, but although a lot of effort has clearly gone into your posts, they are on the long side and filled with distracting random reds, which means it's too difficult to follow your arguments and work out what the theory or theories you are proposing are. Would you consider writing a short summary of what your theory is? Maybe of around the length of a paragraph, if possible?
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2013-07-28, 07:17 | Link #32564 | |
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Yasu's statement: Ushiromiya Kinzo died on November, 1984. My theories: Ushiromiya Kinzo died at least on October 4th, 1986 at 00:00:01(IE:At the start of the game) or October 3rd, 1986 at 23:59:59.(Legally outside of the catbox)Or my weakest argument: Kinzo died during the First Twilight, before any other murders occurred. Erika's theory(and the accepted one by many): That Krauss and Natushi covered up Kinzo's death for the purpose of embezzlement and family honor My theory: Krauss couldn't have possibly of known of Kinzo's body and thereby wasn't covering it up. It might be that he knew, but that it was implausible during either October 3rd or October 4th to give him a proper burial. In regards to embezzlement, I argued that Kinzo had a public trust fund open to the family in general, and that other than the gold this was the Ushiromiya wealth. That pond essentially ran out and the siblings want to extort even more money(which doesn't exist outside of the gold) from Kinzo(Krauss). |
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2013-07-28, 07:34 | Link #32565 | |
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I don't have time for everything right now, so I only bother to discuss the most important part for now:
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The window was never opened after it started raining. A window, per Beatrice's definition, must completely isolate the room from the outside, which means that the moment the window was destroyed by Rudolph, the window stopped existing! Therefore it couldn't ever be opened afterwards. Until here it was just more or less cosmetic, but now for the real thing: It started raining before Erika even reached the island. Therefore the moment Natsuhi entered, it was definitely raining, regardless of the exact time, as it was still raining non-stop until the investigation itself! Also Battler himself claimed that Natsuhi would without fail realize that the window is opened, when she enters the bedroom, which is natural, as she always checks how well done the cleaning of the servants is, while being a perfectionist about her own cleaning and she would immidietly spot water drops that got into into the room through the window! Just give it up. I can only say that regarding Natsuhi, this is Checkmate! Hmm I DO have enough time to answer another thing after all: You claim that Shannon and Kanon are different people? OK, fine... it is NOT! Even if Erika joins the people of Rokkenjima, there are 17 people! How is that possible? And regarding the red truth you asked for: Everything that is part of the narrative is enough to be considered a "clue" Also let it be known that I only argue about the gameboards! If your main motivation is to argue about the events of Rokkenjima prime, then consider this logic battle finished in an eternal stalemate, as neither I can, nor I want to argue about that!
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Thank you very much for the summary, ALPHA-Beatrice. I can follow the argument now.
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Anyway, let's see. We know that "Beatrice's game board lasts two days, from October 4, 1986 to the 5th." and that "Kinzo is already dead at the starting time for all games!" And we also know from Ryukishi's interviews that "...Kinzô is someone who died before the construction of the gameboard...". But I'd say there's no need to argue over the fine details about whether he could, perhaps, have died in the last second of October the 3rd or in the first second of October the 4th, because we have clear reds showing that he had already been dead for a long time before then. It's not possible for Kinzo to have died in 1986, because in game 5, we are shown scenes taking place prior to the 1985 family conference, followed by reds that Kinzo is already dead and Grandfather is dead at this point in time. He can't possibly have died in 1986. He can only have died prior to the October 1985 family conference. In the absence of any other information, the day that Beatrice claims to have become a true witch, November the 29th (in 1984), is probably that day, although I don't believe there is any clear red specifying that. However, in Umineko, we do ourselves a disservice if we only pay attention to the red text. So it's more likely than not that he died on that day. Quote:
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Certainly, your red truth denies my ability to open the window after it rained. But, what about before? This is a two-pronged attack! It's true that Natushi would absolutely notice the window open. Unless, as Battler deduced with his red truth that Natushi was in a space where she couldn't notice Kinzo for that one second. And again, it doesn't necessarily have to be during the Game itself! Kinzo could have left the room, and existed in the room, before October 4th, 1986. I'll add another Red Truth Beatrice said that you can't mistake Ushiromiya Kinzo by sight, but no one ever said you couldn't "see" Kinzo in your mind. In other words, just like her conversation with Beatrice "the alchemist" was real to her, so too was her conversation with "Kinzo" real to her. This doesn't change the fact that the "conversation" "happened", even if Kinzo as a person doesn't exist! Quote:
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Ushiromiya Kinzo is already dead at the starting point of all games. We both concur to this. This means that 17 people exist on the island. Furudo Erika has the same status as Kinzo, in Rokkenjima Prime she was never actually rescued. She is only Lady Bermkastel's piece on the game board, little more. If I claim that Furudo Erika doesn't actually exist, then there's no contradiction that allows for Shakanontrice's existence. Knox's 1st! It's forbidden for the culprit to be someone who wasn't introduced in the early parts of the story Allow me to twist Knox's decalogue a bit. It's forbidden for the story to be resolved by a as yet unknown character! And regarding the red truth you asked for: Quote:
I did certainly accept that, and will continue to accept that. After all, I can use the narrative to my side as well. I find it utterly implausible that Krauss waited 2 years to deal with Kinzo's corpse. I mean, I'm sorry. If Kinzo died in 1984, that's the perfect opportunity, before Eva's investigation to get him buried, get his assets and start to cover his ass. I think the 1984 date is actually symbolic of Beatrice, and I'm going to play the Battler here. When did we all stop thinking? As far as preserving the body is concerned. That requires embalming, among other things that might cost quite a hefty sum of money for the supposedly broke Krauss. Furthermore, there's no one not even a servant with that expertise! 1984 is what Ryukishi wants me to think, wants me to believe and I definitely, definitely won't believe it! It's inconsistent. Wooooooooooooooooooo! It's all useless(Lol) Quote:
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But even as I resign, I have some weak questions. According to Lady Erika there's 3 main components to solving a mystery: The Who Dun it, Why Dun it and How they did it. In my opinion, who and why is partially solved, but partially not solved. I still can't fathom why Krauss, assuming he's embezzling money from Krauss, allows his corpse to stay in his father's room for a year and a half? If I were Krauss, in 1984 I would've at the very least said something like 'Kinzo wishes to be buried in his room' or something. If they didn't want to do a proper burial. And if they preserved the corpse, how could they have possibly done it? I won't bother with who, that'll be unfair. Ryukishi likely didn't give us that information. But surely he gave us enough of a hypothesis to explain the "how dun it' Last edited by ALPHA-Beatrice; 2013-07-28 at 10:50. |
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2013-07-28, 11:26 | Link #32571 |
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To think I could have saved so much time just by remembering that one little red truth... well anyway, I refreshed my memory of Umineko a bit, so maybe it is not that bad. A fun "competition" once in a while is not bad either.
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If those things can be implicated, then I still insist that a part of Erika's argument, somewhere is unfounded. During that game in particular, Erika was intellectually dishonest. Especially when she tried to infer an affair with Kinzo. Basically, I'd like our game to continue somewhere. If you'd like, you can start our next game, Chaos Sorcerer ^^. |
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2013-07-28, 14:32 | Link #32573 | |
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Also, visitors only come to the island on a rare basis and with the obvious assistance of the servants it's not hard to create the illusion of "hermit Kinzo" for at least a while. On the mainland or outside the mansion, somebody could have stumbled over the digging site, a dog or bird might have dug up a bone, even in the ocean there's the risk of him being washed ashore somewhere else. Also, it is exactly that point that Kinzo needed to be alive for Krauss' purposes. He not only used the Ushiromiya fortune as collateral but also the island itself. As soon as Kinzo had been declared dead, people would have come to collect on Krauss and that would have shown that he has nothing and would have thus lost even their home. |
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I still disagree with that assessment ; there's no reason to hold onto Kinzo's corpse, at all, since they plan for it to go missing, anyway. The study is a strong holding room, but not impenetrable - if one of the siblings were very insistent, they could still climb into the window, or strong arm Genji into giving them the key. The land outside the mansion is still uncultivated ... so while the odds of someone finding his corpse out there are technically higher than 0%, it's very insignificant. I don't think there are any overly large animals on Rokkenjima (probably just birds, insects, rodents), or someone would've mentioned it, so if it's buried in an inconspicuous spot, maybe somewhere difficult to reach, it's very unlikely it would ever be found unless the island were to see some major development in the future. ...or we can go fly off the morbidity scale and say they buried him under the rose garden, which causes that one, singular flower to wilt every year. |
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But on the other hand you're slightly off I think, because I believe that Kyrie and Eva were hitting on something in I think it was EP3 that Krauss and Natsuhi also knew very well, Kinzo can't go missing. Kinzo has to die, best a natural death or in an unforeseeable accident, because if not Krauss looses the inheritance and his position as well. To the position of the next head the care-taking of the estate including Kinzo is bound. Should Kinzo die due to the negligence of Krauss or any of his family members or staff, he would loose everything. Quote:
Also don't forget that the island technically doesn't even belong to the Ushiromiya's anymore, so in case he is forced off the island he would at least like to have the corpse close to him, where he can easily move it. It's also a pretty common thing to do for people who hide a death, even though it is technically a stupid idea. But you feel better if you have close watch over the thing you are hiding instead of tossing it away somewhere where everything could happen to it. And like already said, they need the corpse of Kinzo. |
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The bushes behind the chapel are still a safer spot than anywhere in the house. If Krauss's surveyors turned up the hidden mansion (and I can't see why they wouldn't have), putting it there is even safer still.
The one and seemingly only advantage to keeping it in the house is that it makes it harder for a servant to betray them. If Kinzo were buried out in the woods and Kanon knew of it, how can Krauss be sure that Kanon didn't let slip that secret to Eva for money and show her? Since he'd be nowhere near the storage/burial site most of the time, there's no way he could prevent it. At least with the study as a barrier and his office not far away it'd be harder to betray him. Of course that assumes Krauss never actually leaves the island, as once he does there's always that same prospect unless he brings Kinzo with him. And well... I'm not sure how that would go over. So I guess Natsuhi could just be extra-vigilant since it seems like she never leaves.
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2013-07-29, 10:18 | Link #32578 |
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I have a new game to play, why don't we try to figure out the culprit for the 5th game. We know it's not Natsuhi, and I utterly Deny Black Battler
In lieu of the game, I suggest a Krauss-Culprit for specifically the 5th game! The motive: Assassinating all of the family members(except Jessica and Natsuhi of course)to protect the family. Erika's Seals are precisely that, her's. The Culprit never used them and frankly are inadmissable as evidence. I'm sorry to burst her bubble, but creating a crime scene doesn't mean one actually exists. Because of Battler's red argument, the "truth" that Krauss died is hereby implausible. Along with Natsuhi and Genji, Krauss was the only one in the mansion. Krauss either used the fake death drug or created a false corpse for Jessica's body, hiding her somewhere(likely her room) while the others are most certainly dead. The existence of one paux-corpse allowed for the validity of Battler's statement. Just because Genji doesn't exist inside the mansion, doesn't necessarily mean he couldn't have done any illegal activities while walking out of the mansion. He could've been Krauss's accomplice. For the fifth game, Krauss is Yasu! Of all of the culprits, Krauss's physique makes him the most plausible(aside from Gohda) for some of the brutal deaths that we've seen from the Umineko series. Feeling the pressure from the siblings, might've been what pushed Krauss over the edge to commit the murders. The phone call that Natsuhi received from the man from 19 years ago, may very well have been a former accomplice of Krauss, further blackmailing the family and pushing them into making the decision to murder. |
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Ushiromiya Krauss is not the culprit. And he was killed shortly after Natsuhi heard his voice over the phone. Furthermore there were no indications or "clues" that Krauss had multiple personalities and at that point he was not considered to be "Kinzo" either, as that title was given to Battler. I don't plan to write any 100-lines walls of text anytime soon...
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Did anyone verify Krauss's death? If say, Dr. Nanjo or anyone didn't exactly examine his corpse, it's possible he might've been attacked! Let's take George, while Krauss was trying to murder George, George saw an opening and fought back. Krauss doesn't have to be "Kinzo" to carry out the murders, he just needs a motive and I gave him a damn good one In this case, any following of the epitath whatsoever(if it even matters at this point) is purely coincidental. I eliminate all fantasy and am turning this into a cold-blooded mystery, where to save every penny a man is committed to murdering almost his entire family. |
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