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Old 2009-10-09, 22:40   Link #2381
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Erika as a Watson but more annoying. I don't remember Watson hijacking mysteries from Holmes in any stories I read :P

Well we have to remember that the reason people seem to listen to Erika a lot of time is because of Bern and Lambda's influence on the board. Perhaps her status as 'detective' might attribute to this as well, since if you notice in EP 1-4 (mostly 1-3 though) that the other characters sometimes listened to Battler's theories more than not.

I remember early in the anime during arc 1 when everyone was inside the servant's rest room they were all listening to Battler talk about the key and the padlock, as if going on his every word. It was stated in red by Dlanor that he was the detective of EP 1-4, so maybe they listened to him for the same reasons they're now listening to Erika.
Maybe, but there's no proof that being the detective actually means anything on the game board. People listened to Battler because his arguments (only the game board ones) actually made sense. There's a chance that people listen to Erika for some completely different reason (blackmail; worried she'll blab about the gold; her wonderful personality).
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Old 2009-10-09, 23:03   Link #2382
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while i noticed Erika may be annoying, she didn't actually annoy me... she's kinda like a Watson of this story, just with asshole element added.
http://umineko.locker.jp/vote/

I can't believe Dlanor is losing to Erika. Oh well, at least Battler and Beato got 1 and 2 locked up.
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Old 2009-10-09, 23:08   Link #2383
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I can't believe Dlanor is losing to Erika. Oh well, at least Battler and Beato got 1 and 2 locked up.
I'm surprised that Rosa's in 4th place

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I think a lot of these votes are hinged on the anime viewers too. That's why Eva-Beatrice is so high, despite not even appearing after EP 3 are a character in game (no, EP 4 does not count guys)
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Old 2009-10-09, 23:11   Link #2384
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Ugh... EvaBeatrice is now beating Virgilia? >_>;

Stupid anime only voters. *shot*

The characters are all over the place.
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Old 2009-10-09, 23:18   Link #2385
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...Dlanor is losing to Erika...

Damn it Japan, I like lolis too but that's too much.


*voted for Dlanor*
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Old 2009-10-09, 23:35   Link #2386
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I had a long flight home and was trying to get the overall concept of Umineko and what is the main purpose of Beatrice and Battler and the whole story, not messing with the details too much.
So... yeah, this is the effect.
I wonder if it may be true (you just can't prove much of it, but you also can't find the way to just deny it - devil's proof )

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Old 2009-10-10, 00:24   Link #2387
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For the sake of all that is adorable, VOTE FOR KANON! (he and jessi are almost tied and there's only a few hours left <3)
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Old 2009-10-10, 02:48   Link #2388
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Old 2009-10-10, 06:18   Link #2389
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I had a long flight home and was trying to get the overall concept of Umineko and what is the main purpose of Beatrice and Battler and the whole story, not messing with the details too much.
So... yeah, this is the effect.
I wonder if it may be true (you just can't prove much of it, but you also can't find the way to just deny it - devil's proof )

Spoiler for what is Umineko about - all episodes:

Beato is not some metaphor or an idea-Somebody named Beatrice exists on Rokkenjima in 1986. Battler saw her perfectly in the rain! Why do people think there was something obscuring him recognizing her face?!
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Old 2009-10-10, 07:00   Link #2390
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Beato is not some metaphor or an idea-Somebody named Beatrice exists on Rokkenjima in 1986. Battler saw her perfectly in the rain! Why do people think there was something obscuring him recognizing her face?!
There is no way that Battler actually saw a real Beatrice due to There are no more than 17 people on this island. It makes much more sense that he saw someone dressed up as Beatrice. And how could he have seen her perfectly when she is very high up in the middle of a night that is raining and lightning really hard?
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Old 2009-10-10, 07:22   Link #2391
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There is no way that Battler actually saw a real Beatrice due to There are no more than 17 people on this island. It makes much more sense that he saw someone dressed up as Beatrice. And how could he have seen her perfectly when she is very high up in the middle of a night that is raining and lightning really hard?
He said he could recognize her face as the one in the portrait. He also HEARD someone he had never recognized on the phone.There was no mention of any sight issues that might prevent him from recognizing a person!


Why does everyone else rule out Beato disguising as somebody else? As I have drummed on repeatedly, Beato is probably disguising as Kumasawa, who has also lived "remarkably" like Kinzo.
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Old 2009-10-10, 07:38   Link #2392
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He said he could recognize her face as the one in the portrait. He also HEARD someone he had never recognized on the phone.There was no mention of any sight issues that might prevent him from recognizing a person!
This point is meaningless because your theory doesn't address this problem either. In both cases you need to accept there is a person X who can change her voice and look in a significant way so that Battler wouldn't recognize.

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Why does everyone else rule out Beato disguising as somebody else? As I have drummed on repeatedly, Beato is probably disguising as Kumasawa, who has also lived "remarkably" like Kinzo.
Regardless of how good the visual conditions are it doesn't change the fact it was

night
the middle of a heavy rain
far

also

it was battler alone
it was just for a brief moment


The scenario you imagine on the other hand means that someone was able to maintain such disguise

at close range
in perfect light conditions
consistently over a long time span
in presence of many different people


Your theory isn't impossible, but there's no way the probability is the same
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Old 2009-10-10, 08:53   Link #2393
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Beato is not some metaphor or an idea-Somebody named Beatrice exists on Rokkenjima in 1986. Battler saw her perfectly in the rain! Why do people think there was something obscuring him recognizing her face?!
can't say that for sure.

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There is no way that Battler actually saw a real Beatrice due to There are no more than 17 people on this island. It makes much more sense that he saw someone dressed up as Beatrice. And how could he have seen her perfectly when she is very high up in the middle of a night that is raining and lightning really hard?
can't say that for sure.

i'm not gonna rule out the first one utill somebody says in red that a woman like that does't exist on the island. but i'm not gonna accept it either untill i/you can provide a good theory as to how she fits in the 17 persons limit. it's just possible.
(as for the Kumasawa disguise, Jan-Poo already explained it good enough.)

i think if he really couldn't see her well because of rain/distance it would be mentioned in the story. but than again it's not impossible he just assumed it's Beatrice simply because of the situation (actualy he did ) and if he was already sure he's gonna meet her he wouldn't be like "oh it's beatrice... or maybe not... can't see well, but she kinda looks liek the portrait...or maybe not...", and there's no better explaination than disguise so far.
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Old 2009-10-10, 09:03   Link #2394
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i think if he really couldn't see her well because of rain/distance it would be mentioned in the story. but than again it's not impossible he just assumed it's Beatrice simply because of the situation (actualy he did ) and if he was already sure he's gonna meet her he wouldn't be like "oh it's beatrice... or maybe not... can't see well, but she kinda looks liek the portrait...or maybe not...", and there's no better explaination than disguise so far.
You forgot the influence Jessica and Kyrie had on him because of their calls. They both told them "Yo Battler, there are magicans witches, demons and other stuff on this island and killing us off. Kanon&Shannon can go all Star Wars. I was beaten by some stupid demon and now my face will be smashed. Oh and George was killed as well^^ Happy Halloween!"
It is only natural that Battler would be a lot quicker to asume that there really is a Beatrice
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Old 2009-10-10, 09:09   Link #2395
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This point is meaningless because your theory doesn't address this problem either. In both cases you need to accept there is a person X who can change her voice and look in a significant way so that Battler wouldn't recognize.



Regardless of how good the visual conditions are it doesn't change the fact it was

night
the middle of a heavy rain
far

also

it was battler alone
it was just for a brief moment


The scenario you imagine on the other hand means that someone was able to maintain such disguise

at close range
in perfect light conditions
consistently over a long time span
in presence of many different people


Your theory isn't impossible, but there's no way the probability is the same
Changing your face and attitude to someone far older is much, much easier than emulating somebody who's supposed to be your age. After all, Battler never did check Kumasawa's breast size.

Kumasawa also has a nasty habit of appearing unexpectedly(Perhaps to refresh her makeup?) and surviving until at least the eighth twilight. Obviously things would be too suspicious if the kindly old lady really survived to the very end, right?
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Old 2009-10-10, 12:43   Link #2396
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Kumasawa also has a nasty habit of appearing unexpectedly(Perhaps to refresh her makeup?) and surviving until at least the eighth twilight. Obviously things would be too suspicious if the kindly old lady really survived to the very end, right?
Wouldn't the person who killed "Kumasawa" find it awfully odd that she appeared to be someone else? Or the people who find her body? How come the person disguising as her never dies unless in Kumasawa's appearance? The whole notion is just absurd.
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Old 2009-10-10, 13:47   Link #2397
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Wouldn't the person who killed "Kumasawa" find it awfully odd that she appeared to be someone else? Or the people who find her body? How come the person disguising as her never dies unless in Kumasawa's appearance? The whole notion is just absurd.
Absurd, but it works. Kumasawa dies of old age before the game, letting Beato worm her way in. She can just prepare her corpse, toss a stake in it, and bam, Kumasawa's been murdered by something occult.

Episode 3 had a wrench thrown in it by Kanon or someone else figuring out Beatrice was disguised as Kumasawa. They struggle, Beato gets away just barely, but she loses the stakes, which the other culprit then tosses in with the murders.

As a little consolation prize, she paints the account number on the parlor door.
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Old 2009-10-10, 14:16   Link #2398
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Absurd, but it works. Kumasawa dies of old age before the game, letting Beato worm her way in. She can just prepare her corpse, toss a stake in it, and bam, Kumasawa's been murdered by something occult.

Episode 3 had a wrench thrown in it by Kanon or someone else figuring out Beatrice was disguised as Kumasawa. They struggle, Beato gets away just barely, but she loses the stakes, which the other culprit then tosses in with the murders.

As a little consolation prize, she paints the account number on the parlor door.
Dude Kumasawa is an old woman and the Suit-Beato we see is apparently somewhere around her twenties, according to Kyrie's observations (provided she's not lying). That same woman then just switches back into being old Kumasawa. You'll need good quality makeup to fool people and being able to look that old is as probable as one of the six victims in the shed in EP 1 having good quality makeup in order to fool everyone into thing their face was impounded (seriously did you see those manga images. That can't be faked at all).

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Old 2009-10-10, 14:23   Link #2399
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Dude Kumasawa is an old woman and the Suit-Beato we see is apparently somewhere around her twenties, according to Kyrie's observations (provided she's not lying). That same woman then just switches back into being old Kumasawa. You'll need good quality makeup to fool people and being able to look that old is as probable as one of the six victims in the shed in EP 1 having good quality makeup in order to fool everyone into thing their face was impounded (seriously did you see those manga images. That can't be faked at all).

Spoiler for EP 5:

It's been said it's remarkable she's still alive. And as I mentioned, wanting Battler to feel her breasts, while a supposed joke, could count as a hint.

Just a face mask with a wig could easily hide Beato's hair and make her look sufficiently old. Maybe she wasn't dressed up yet when Kyrie noticed her?

Why would she need to hop out of disguise? Just look horrified, and almost nobody suspects the kindly old lady.
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Old 2009-10-10, 15:04   Link #2400
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Dude Kumasawa is an old woman and the Suit-Beato we see is apparently somewhere around her twenties, according to Kyrie's observations (provided she's not lying). That same woman then just switches back into being old Kumasawa. You'll need good quality makeup to fool people and being able to look that old is as probable as one of the six victims in the shed in EP 1 having good quality makeup in order to fool everyone into thing their face was impounded (seriously did you see those manga images. That can't be faked at all).

Spoiler for EP 5:
Although it was a magic scene, Kumasawa turning into Virgilia is good enough for a hint of a disguise.
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