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Thinking about Ange telling Battler to not look back at her in Episode 4 vs Battler telling Ange to not look back at her family in Episode 8. The idea that just looking at that "magic" directly is enough to destroy it, but to avert your eyes is to make it real.
It's also interesting thinking about how the role-reversal in the VN versus Orpheus and Eurydice. What if Orpheus had accepted the "magic" of Eurydice being behind him? What if Eurydice was leading Orpheus instead?
(Less paralleled, but we also have Kanon telling a blinded Jessica to not touch him episode 3 and Beato telling Battler to keep his eyes closed on the boat in episode 8. I can't think of a similar instance with Shannon and George (does it happen at all ep 2?), but it'd complete the trio)
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ange ushiromiya: how dare you show me nothing but lies battler! you're not even my real brother, you're just an illusion so I will never trust you!
also ange: hey this catgirl who put me in a meat grinder a while ago seems totally on the level
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[ID: a digital drawing of Beatrice from Umineko. She is shown from the back, lit by her pipe which fills the canvas with purple and gold smoke. From the smoke emerges butterflies. The artist's watermark is on her sleeve. The background is black. End ID]
you guys are never gonna guess what I've been getting into recently
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is there a spoiler-safe purple statement archive?
Yep! Full text of the puzzle: https://lparchive.org/Umineko-no-Naku-Koro-ni-Chiru/Update%20138/
And just the purple and red: https://lparchive.org/Umineko-no-Naku-Koro-ni-Chiru/Update%20139/
Have fun!
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I know that the manga ending is contentious but I thought it was just because they reveal more than will did in EP 7. Holy shit wtf is this. (major Umi spoilers)
I legit can't believe that Cage of Constraints just. Pins it all on "Shannon". What an insane lack of nuance to the three. What a crazy way to just write out Kanon. Now I understand why manga-only people talk the way they do
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we are fast approaching the end of hit visual novel umineko. all of our silly jokes from the start come full circle as the fight for the end truly kicks off! join us for our penultimate reading in hidden tea party episode 47: Minecraft returns!
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@heartinhands !
❝ You know me. I’ll be late to my own funeral, ❞ she says. Trying to comfort him, undoubtedly. And he knows that / Needs to put on a brave face for everyone, himself included but she's -- Dying perpetually and never entirely, in different forms, always, always, in every tale, in little pieces -- Even his own story, one he made as an offer and an apology and a love letter, hurt her, too.
"Well, forgive me if that's not exactly comforting," BATTLER's scowl at the ground suddenly rises enough to meet her gaze, like the shore and cerulean sea meeting before they part once more. Crashing again and again / If only the moon would disappear and take any threats of tides with it. Eternal night would be perfect for demons and fantasies alike; Nothing hides a trick better than the dark. But it's stupid for him to consider saying no. For him to join Ange, to leave their / her territory, is to abandon her. To leave everyone's fates in her hands once more. It's not something he takes lightly: It's not fair. Battler knows better than to say that, too, though -- Even if it might get a giggle out of her, even if he'd like that to be the last sound he hears before---
"Don't even think about it," is how he answers. They can't fail. Whether the Golden Land crumbles and the witches and their hunters tear this world to pieces or not, they can't fail. It's more than only a foolish, base fear of oblivion, or hope for the Witch of the Future. There's too much that they haven't shared, too. Whether a vow has meaning for beings in a cat box is up to those that promised it, isn't it? He's going to keep the one he made to the Golden Witch / As sure as he is that Ange's future can be made a good one, he believes in theirs too, however impossible and improbable their rondo across the small game board may be before its ending. He can't let her die alone again. "I won't forgive you, y'know?" He flashes a tiny, impudent grin for her before focus unfurls over his features once more.
Ducking his shoulders, Battler slips his cloak over his shoulders -- Magic would let him do otherwise but, but -- and throws its heavy weight over her shoulders with care. It's a good excuse to be closer to her, to admit how powerless he is to help her beyond following his sister and the Traveler witch beyond the board, and apologize. His hands move carefully to clasp the small chain closed over the fabric of her dress, and then he smiles again, nose scrunching, fond and terrified and sure all at once / There is no exit to escape from except for this door. However, the chain lock on this door is set. You can unset and reset it all you want, but you can only do so from the inside. / A slight shake of his head, almost a tremble: "I won't hold you another one, late or not, Beato. It'll be ours or not at all."
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Umineko no Naku Koro ni stageplay ep.4eve
It has been decided that Episode 4 Eve will be live-streamed for a fee.
There are no subtitles, but if you want to see the tea party and the secret tea party, please check it out.
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Episode 4 will be performed in September of this year (2024).
If you want to see the upcoming stage productions from Episode 5 to 8, and if you want DVDs and Blu-ray media with official subtitles, please do not do anything that would put the official company at a disadvantage.
Shingidan Mumei Classics is an unknown theater company even in Japan.
Although we have become known to people all over the world through "Umineko no Naku Koro ni", we have little operating capital.
That is why we need funds to stage "Umineko no Naku Koro ni" to the end.
Yes, just like Beato's gold.
This is revenue from performance tickets, DVDs, merchandise, distribution, etc.
During performances, we may also use a support system called Treats.
This stage production is supported by fans of "Umineko no Naku Koro ni".
I am happy to say that the stage productions have been well received.
However, it is unlikely that we will be able to perform all the way to the final Episode 8.
In order to make the "magic" a reality, we need more power from now on.
The more power we have, the closer the "magic" will be to reality.
As one of the performers, I would like to go to Episode 8 and El Dorado with all the fans.
But that's not a decision.
There is a possibility that I may step down.
Even so, I want "Umineko no Naku Koro ni" to go all the way to El Dorado.
There are still fans in Japan who don't know that it has been adapted into a stage play.
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Let's all aim for El Dorado.
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