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As for the Epitaph being solved on every episode. We know that doesn't happen, and that's why Beato kills everyone. However, it seems the Epitaph was solved in the real Rokkenjima. Quote:
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Of course, Bern's game is not the full truth. We still need the full motive for why Beatrice would start this whole game, since this game was rather lukewarm on this matter. However, the foundations are there. All there's left is for us to think why (i.e. the love-including analysis), and then Umineko is over. Easily, she was never there. Hideyoshi lied. He knew about the ring deal from some source and told George she was wearing it.
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2010-08-17, 16:46 | Link #242 | ||
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Ep7 makes it unclear how Shannon or Kanon can "win." The conditions leading up to the present situation are, quite mysteriously, sliced out, and we see only the aftermath. Yet ep6 very explicitly suggests it's perfectly within their capability to win, and in fact one of them does so (and Beato is the first out of the running, too!). That doesn't square up. And Kanon is so tangential that it hardly seems like he gets a fair shake at all. If he had an equal opportunity, why isn't he getting one here? Quote:
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2010-08-17, 16:50 | Link #243 |
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Renall, did you really read the episode or you just go by summaries? Although a lot of Episode 7 are left in the dark, compared to other chiru episodes, this one certainly answers the most.
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2. Eva triggered it after she accidentally shot Natsuhi and Hideyoshi accidentally shot Krauss. This was in order to make everyone else go along with her plan to cover up her crime, to avoid jail time. 3. Because the episodes are fictional murder plans that Beatrice made, to cover every scenario that she could think of. There's only one truth of Rokkenjima, and that's that the epitaph is solved that night. Kinzo doesn't want just anyone to solve the epitaph. He put it into place because he put two and two together and figured out that Shannon was actually his and Beatrice's child. The epitaph is a message to Genji. Genji can leave it "unsolved" and Beatrice's child will never come to light, or her can have Shannon "solve" it, thus proving his suspicions correct and giving him someone to apologize to before he dies.
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2010-08-17, 16:54 | Link #245 | |
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This episode could be nothing but big bold letters (albeit not red letters) saying "X IS TRUE. Y IS FALSE. Z KILLED EVERYBODY. Q HELPED." And it still wouldn't be trustworthy. Are people seriously believing this crap? Are expectations that low? Is the obvious existence of an ep8 coming down the pike not cause for serious concern? Are people just so fatigued that they want an answer, any answer, whether it really lives up to the previous six episodes' setup or not?
It's within your rights to accept shaky and self-inconsistent scenarios as "the answer," but merely because something is presented starkly and unambiguously is not of much help to us. Quote:
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2010-08-17, 16:56 | Link #246 | |
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EDIT: And again, I didn't find the episode shaky and inconsistent. I thought it was absolutely beautiful and satisfying. It answered all my questions. It was engaging. It made me cry in spots. And I loved Leon and Will. I can understand why people might not like it, but I loved it.
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2010-08-17, 16:58 | Link #247 | |
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Well... what if somebody does? Hell, by not exposing that she'd solved it, "Beatrice" just leaves open the possibility. And then by challenging others to solve it... hell, does that make a lick of sense to you? "Oh it was created for this purpose." "Great! It fulfilled its purpose." "Okay, now let's challenge everybody to solve it." "Why? We already got what we needed out of it." Sure, she can want somebody else to solve it instead, but then her behavior is very strange and passive-aggressive. EDIT: I like the episode. But anyone who was taken for a ride by it is far too trusting. EDIT EDIT: Also, "Kinzo doesn't think anyone can solve it" is apparently a gross underestimation of his children and grandchildren, as we know it exists within Eva and possibly Rosa to solve the epitaph outright. The adults actually bothering causes them to solve it right away. How is that impossible? Kinzo must not be anywhere near as good at this as he thinks.
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2010-08-17, 17:02 | Link #248 |
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He was asking a hypothetical question about Beatrice. "What if Beatrice was resurrected like you wanted her to be, what would you do?"
It's obvious that solving the epitaph was a way for Beatrice to assert control over her own destiny, but then upon solving it, she discovers the truth about herself. That makes her feel helpless, like everything she's done or tried to do is pointless. She doesn't care about the gold in and of itself. She just wanted to prove she could do something for herself, and even that was taken from her by Genji's arrival.
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2010-08-17, 17:03 | Link #249 | |
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It seems you are bothering yourself too much with weird concerns etc. At worst, just list up what's wrong in your books, but I wouldn't really rely on "summaries" and the like to declare "this is crap" kind of claim. And before you ask, this is from someone who still don't give credit to Shkanon. Even if it is hinted in a very "in your face way", more than ep6, it still doesn't tick me well in practical sense (namely life as 2 servants and whatnot).
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2010-08-17, 17:05 | Link #250 | |
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And if we reject the fundamental premise of Bern's vision and assert that there was no such child... well shit. Then our reading is completely wrong. And the epitaph has to have been in the works from a far, far earlier date than Yasu would have even existed, if we go by the architectural conceits. So... um... how does that work, again?
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2010-08-17, 17:08 | Link #252 | |
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You are assuming that Kinzo is going only by reasoning and so forth. Even at that point of the story, his obsession with Beatrice is unshakable. As he knew Shannon/Rion may be his daughter, he let fate decide. Since he knew she was Beatrice daughter, so he expected her to resolve it, someway or another. That's why Genji was there for this purpose. Kinzo has a overpowering obsession, that's it. It isn't like he cared much about others, it is the "risk" of his bargain. If she couldn't resolve it, then for all he care, anyone would do, he doesn't really give a crap.
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So the epitaph is utterly pointless. Might as well just show them the gold. Why make it an inherently solvable puzzle? That just risks somebody actually bumbling upon the solution. What if George figures it out in 1985? Now what do we do? Quote:
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2010-08-17, 17:15 | Link #255 | |
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Then what, do you intent to claim that all flashbacks we have seen so far are lies as well? Seriously, the setup was consistent with what we were presented so far, and its purpose. If you are going to discard that for the hell of it, you can then very well trash this episode and the rest and wait for the answer. I don't intend to say that everything presented in episode 7 are the truth. However, the purpose of key scenes are likely to put us on the right tracks, or at least, fleshing out portions that would help to figure the whole frame. That doesn't mean you have to blindly trust anything and everything, but I see no damn reason not to trust this portion of the story.
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April 1984 - no earlier than 29 of November 1984 = no less than 6 months and 30 days. Is that supposed to be "very soon"?...
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2010-08-17, 17:22 | Link #257 | |
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Until know many people beleft that EP 1 was the actual event and everything after was just to pinpoint the murderer and unsolve 'how she did it'. |
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2010-08-17, 17:26 | Link #259 |
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I just find it problematic as while Lambda's game was without any love, Bern's game is downright malicious. There is certainly some truth in the game, but It's kinda hard to say what is true especially given how many times it has been said that without love the truth can't be seen. You can turn that around and say with bad intent you'll only see lies. I think you can find some useful character information, especially regarding Beatrice, but beyond that it just seems to be Bern showing everything that Beato's game is not. It's probably fruitful to try and look back at the reasons why Beatrice ran her game and see how they apply to this one, if at all. ` ~`)a
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