[Anime] Umineko - Q & A

[luckyssol]

Originally Posted by Soul-Stealer

this is lame question !~ but i didnt watch this series yet but it seems fun!
so if u can gimme some little description on it ~ it will really help me ....

ty and if u can just PM the download site or something it will be great help thnx ^_^

Here's a short summary I just copy and pasted:
Umineko no Naku Koro ni takes place in the year 1986, during the time frame of October 4 and October 5 on a secluded island named Rokkenjima. The head of a wealthy family named Kinzo Ushiromiya, who lives on and owns Rokkenjima, is near death, and eight of his family members arrive on the island to discuss how Kinzo's assets will be divided once he is dead. Also on the island are three family members who live there, five of Kinzo's servants, and his personal physician. After the eight family members arrive, a typhoon traps them on the island and shortly after people start to get mysteriously murdered.

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[Soul-Stealer]

seems to be interesting!~ will download thnx for health Ssol~

[ChibiBear]

Just wondering, is the Turn of the Golden Witch arc over now?

Also, just to clarify, the cluprit is the same person each time right? It's not like in Higurashi when:

Spoiler for Higurashi:

The culpirt only kills like 2 people, and a non-culprit person who changes almost every time kills the rest?

I'm probably wrong, but I was just wondering.

[momobunny]

Originally Posted by ChibiBear

Just wondering, is the Turn of the Golden Witch arc over now?

Also, just to clarify, the cluprit is the same person each time right? It's not like in Higurashi when:

Spoiler for Higurashi:

The culpirt only kills like 2 people, and a non-culprit person who changes almost every time kills the rest?

I'm probably wrong, but I was just wondering.

The answer to that still isn't known at this point.
But yes "Turn of the Golden Witch" is over as far as the anime is concerned.

[ChibiBear]

Another question, I've noticed that Beatrice has said a few times:

Spoiler for Red Text:

There are only 5 master keys, the door can only be locked with a key etc.

But she's never said that the culprit actually used a key for open/lock the doors. is this important?

Also, is Lambdadelta somehow connected to Miyo?

[MeoTwister5]

Originally Posted by ChibiBear

Another question, I've noticed that Beatrice has said a few times:

Spoiler for Red Text:

There are only 5 master keys, the door can only be locked with a key etc.

But she's never said that the culprit actually used a key for open/lock the doors. is this important?

Also, is Lambdadelta somehow connected to Miyo?

I'm pretty sure the problem is because there's a bunch of red text that wasn't mentioned. The key consistency is the same for the previous arc so you can read the red truth thread for that.

As for 34 and Miyo... no not really. Pretty sure Ryukishi said they have no connection.

[Jan-Poo]

Originally Posted by ChibiBear

Another question, I've noticed that Beatrice has said a few times:

Spoiler for Red Text:

There are only 5 master keys, the door can only be locked with a key etc.

But she's never said that the culprit actually used a key for open/lock the doors. is this important?

Also, is Lambdadelta somehow connected to Miyo?

Why would Beatrice say that the culprit used a key? She claims that the doors were opened through magic, so saying that they were opened with a master key would be counterproductive to the anti-mystery side.


As for Lambdadelta you can imagine there is the same connection as in the case of Bernkastel (umineko) and Frederica Bernkastel (higurashi). Lambdadelta in fact is the greek numeral for "34".

[Solachinx]

OK, so you know how after each episode changes the portrait in the OP changes? Well, the next for Umineko from Episode 3 has a girl with blondeish hair in a purple dress holding a sceptar(SP?) with the Ushiromiya insignia on the end. My question is this: Is this Beato or Lambda? I ask because the hair is down and the person looks a little different from Beato.

[MeoTwister5]

Originally Posted by Solachinx

OK, so you know how after each episode changes the portrait in the OP changes? Well, the next for Umineko from Episode 3 has a girl with blondeish hair in a purple dress holding a sceptar(SP?) with the Ushiromiya insignia on the end. My question is this: Is this Beato or Lambda? I ask because the hair is down and the person looks a little different from Beato.

This is quite possibly the biggest spoiler for Ep3, and no that should be reddish-orange hair. If you really want an answer, send me a PM.

[Solachinx]

Originally Posted by MeoTwister5

This is quite possibly the biggest spoiler for Ep3, and no that should be reddish-orange hair. If you really want an answer, send me a PM.

OK, if it's that big of a spoiler then I won't ask here. I'll send a PM.

[maximilianjenus]

You are better of not knowing until the anime says it.

[luckyssol]

Threads that are NOT SAFE:
[Game] Umineko no Naku Koro ni - Ep. 3 Banquet of the golden witch
[Game] Umineko no Naku Koro ni - Ep. 4 Alliance of the golden witch
[Game] Umineko no Naku Koro ni Chiru - Ep. 5 End of the golden witch
[Game] Umineko - Spoilers and speculations
[Anime] Umineko - Spoilers & Expectations (for experienced VN readers only)

Threads to be should be viewed with caution(some people don't use spoiler tags when they should):
Umineko Avatar & Signature Request Thread [Read Guidelines]
Umineko Image Thread (wallpapers, fan art, gifs, etc.)
Umineko Music/MAD Videos

Every other thread including TIPS should be safe to read if you've been following the anime up to this point.

[ChibiBear]

Thanks guys!

Last thing:

Spoiler for Red Text:

In the red text, Beatrice has pretty much denied that everybody is not the culprit. What's with that? Is the red text actually reliable?

[Antera Caramichael]

Spoiler for Red truth:

It is her goal to make us think thanks to the red that the culprit is not human. That is why we have to think and search what is not denied by the red and make our theories thanks to that.
You can trust the red, that is certain, you will know why in Ep4 but for now their is no reason Beatrice would refuse to repeat some things in red if she was lying about the red.

[Jan-Poo]

Originally Posted by ChibiBear

Thanks guys!

Last thing:

Spoiler for Red Text:

In the red text, Beatrice has pretty much denied that everybody is not the culprit. What's with that? Is the red text actually reliable?

In this kind of game you need to be very careful on how to interpret the red truth. The witch will use the red truth in a way that is convenient for her, you shouldn't fall for this trap. If Beatrice doesn't say something directly she will try to say it in an indirect way, but more often than not there's a trap behind it.

For example let's say you are assuming a murder happened on a certain time, the witch will tell you that at that time no one committed the murder. If you aren't well prepared you'll end up falling for the trick and believing in the witch, but when you get better at this game you will always find a way to counter.

No one committed the murder at that time?
Then the murder was committed at another time.

No one committed the murder at any time?
Then it wasn't a murder at all, it was an accident

It wasn't an accident?
Well then it was a suicide

You can go on forever. There isn't any red truth that completely prove that the witch killed anyone, only a lot of red truths that if not handled carefully will make you think so.

[ChibiBear]

Ooh... That makes sense... Ugh... This is confusing...

[Kite22]

[QUOTEAs for Lambdadelta you can imagine there is the same connection as in the case of Bernkastel (umineko) and Frederica Bernkastel (higurashi). Lambdadelta in fact is the greek numeral for "34".[/QUOTE]

This is wrong, there is no connection between Lambdadelta and Takano besides pure coincidence that they both have 34 in their names.

[k//eternal]

Originally Posted by Kite22

This is wrong, there is no connection between Lambdadelta and Takano besides pure coincidence that they both have 34 in their names.

Well... only if it's considered a coincidence that she's played a game with Bern in the past, too. I suppose you could make this argument if

Spoiler for EP3 tea:

you think it's canon that she doesn't know who the culprit of Higurashi is. I mean, she'd have to be really dumb to not recognize the situation that made her so obsessed with Bern in the first place, right?

Most people would just say Takano was her piece in Higurashi, though.

[ChibiBear]

She looks just like Miyo when she was younger.

[mizou]

a fanservice I think

Spoiler for Ep 4 (VN):

like Okonogi, who's present in both the series