2011-01-29, 16:06 | Link #545 | |
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I don't think he stated that. I think he feels the same as horror author Lovecraft who says sometimes better not to know the truth. For Ryukishi07 the fun is in enjoying the study and discussing it with others.
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2011-01-29, 16:52 | Link #546 | |
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When he wanted us to find the truth, he never said we were to find the truth of Rokkenjima Prime. Our goal was to understand Beatrice, and to understand she wasn't a witch, but a princess in distress. A sleeping beauty who rests peacefully at the bottom of the sea. Fragments of her feelings bubble to the surface, hoping to be understood. Everyone wants someone to understand their personal puzzle. To be solved and figured out. To have someone know who they are, and thus acknowledge that they existed.
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2011-01-29, 17:03 | Link #547 | |
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The mystery of Beatrice ended with Episode 7, not Rokkenjima. I dunno. As a mystery it seems more Dan Brown than JDC |
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2011-01-29, 17:22 | Link #548 | |
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It's just wrong. So, so wrong.
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2011-01-29, 21:30 | Link #550 |
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I found Umineko a beautiful story. So what if the truth of Rokkenjima Prime wasn't brought to light? Were we ever supposed to know about that? Umineko was clearly more psychological/emotional. If it were a normal mystery, it wouldn't have tried to deconstruct the mystery genre like that. What we found out was a truth way more impactful than any mystery.
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2011-01-29, 21:35 | Link #551 | |||
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No disagreements there.
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2011-01-29, 23:01 | Link #552 |
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To me, it's really not a matter of objective, but of theme and attitude. A story isn't just about what its author eventually comes out and explicitly says it's about. If he writes it one way then claims it's something else... well, maybe he didn't make what he thought he did. Certain aspects and themes of the story just don't match up with his apparent intent for the series.
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2011-01-29, 23:35 | Link #553 | |
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Really? It seems like it was his intent from the start, depending on whether you take his challenge seriously or not: http://witch-hunt.com/hist.html
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2011-01-30, 00:22 | Link #555 |
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At first I thought Umineko may have been deconstructive but when looking at others who have deconstructed their mediums, like Alan Moore, I realized Ryukishi was not doing this. Ryukishi was more open with this fans, respected their intelligence, and even say he was making these stories because he enjoyed writing them and seeing the readers' reactions. But I do think that Ryukishi's message in Umineko agrees with Sherlock Holmes author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Mr. Doyle actually believed in fantasy and supernature, even running an occult magazine, and wrote Holmes for fun. When he had enough and retired the fans and publishers demanded more and forced him out of retirement. Now that he was forced to write Holmes he longer felt the joy and realized that the fans and mystery genre was heartless demanding things out of him which is why in his later Holmes books he purposely wrote Holme's cold, calculating logic wrong (though Holmes reveals the cuprit, if you really look at clues they are not the right one like with Hound of Bakervilles).
Basically towards the end of his life, Doyle hated the coldness of the heartless mystery genre and began moving more towards fantasy and supernature. I am not sure if anyone brought this up but if Ryukishi07 knows his mystery authors he probably read about Arthur Conan Doyle's distain for mystery and love for fantasy. This is what I sort of got from Umineko.
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2011-01-30, 00:23 | Link #556 |
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I think this is the only forum discussing EP8 which doesn't seem to be filled with "HATEHATE RYUKISHI DIDN'T REVEAL THE TRUTH THIS SUCKS HATEHATE" but actual logic and understanding of the series. I agree with what's been pointed out so far.
The joy of Umineko was coming out with theories, not to mention the discussion. I believe that while the mystery was important, it was kinda overrated, and the true important thing that should be figured out (which Chiru helped out with) was Beatrice's heart. And yes, I think the whole "think up theories" was so we could feel the same impact Ange felt during EP8. Umineko was a beautiful tale, and I don't really like the fact many people of it's fanbase seem to hate it without quite understanding it. >_> |
2011-01-30, 00:33 | Link #557 | |
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Unlike other authors I think Ryukishi respects the intelligence of the readers, instead of just shoving some preachy idea down someones throat he allows the readers to form their own ideas even challegening them to come up with explainations that work better than the ones he give. Like horror author, Lovecraft, said finding/revealing the truth drives people crazy it's better to be ignorant of it. But Ryukishi takes his in his own way by saying the story is not about the finding the truth but watching a story about the family, love, etc.
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2011-01-30, 00:45 | Link #558 | |
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And believe me, the fight a few pages ago has nothing on what I've seen. It's 20 pages of people saying Ryukishi is the worst mystery writer ever. With only a few of my posts defending him. XD |
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2011-01-30, 00:55 | Link #559 | |
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But Ryukishi does reference Sherlock Holmes in interviews A LOT.
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2011-01-30, 00:55 | Link #560 | |
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Yeah I was actually following the fighting for a few weeks, it's pretty fun entertainment watching them. There were a lot of "R07 is the worst ever and toy with the reader" and "R07 is the best most ingenious writer ever" but that's what I like, everyone is entitled to their own opinions. Everyone is entitled to believe in their own "truth" and nobody can take that "truth" away. I dont know if that is what R07 planned but if I got anything out of it, the real truth is your truth.
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