#yasu is judging you

[iguessitsjustme]

I love how Maya, despite clearly wanting to leave when Kohei wasn’t going to show, went bowling with the group.

Maya is trying to pull Kohei back into the isolation but instead, those boys will pull Maya into the world and into friendship.

We know that Maya is able to connect with one of them through a shared fandom. And although going bowling with that group is probably going to be hard for her, she went anyway. She didn’t back out. And you know that Yoko and Yasu are going to do their best to make sure she’s included.

And idk it just makes me so happy to see that because it doesn’t matter how much Maya pushes everyone away. It doesn’t matter how hard she tries to isolate herself. At the end of the day, she wants human connection too. Even if she was one second away fron leaving, she still stayed. Maya doing something without Kohei and with a group of people that she admitted to judging because they can hear just means a lot. She is trying without even realizing it.

[evangelifloss]

If you come at me crying "waaah that's not the point of umineko!!!! Stop comparing traumas!!" I will make you unable to join Golden Land. This is curiosity poll, I wanna see what the umi readers choose.

"Why didn't you include character x" they just weren't valid enough scoob. Enough of these suggestions or a fair variety of them will result in another poll but I'll be salty. Need at least 2 diff why nots 2 justify extra poll.

Anyways y'all have fun, I'm vibin'.

[prodigiousvisions]

❛❛ The only April Fool was me, for not texting you ' I love you ' before I left my apartment this morning ! ❜❜ Momo proceeds to gently cry against Yuki's shoulder. [ appears in your inbox with stupid & stupider ( me & momo ) ]

it's april fools somewhere. (accepting) | it will not let me @ u rn yasu

Confusion wrinkles at bleary eyes, freshly open to the waking world as a hand runs through his hair in an attempt to process the situation. Days of respite were few and far between for the duo. Despite this, leave it to Yuki to capitalize on it in one of the worst ways possible: overwork to compose a more personal piece. Sleep deprivation was inevitable. Yuki stirs back to life while sitting up more properly on the couch he had taken his temporary death on as Momo pleads his case toward a nonexistent judge, jury, and executioner. Had Momo forgotten to text him such a thing?

Yuki wouldn't have known either way - for he was deep in his exhaustion-induced sleep until Momo burst through the door of his own apartment.

"It's fine. I don't need a written reminder of something you tell me every day," The idol mumbles softly, moving his hand to comfort his partner with a soft ruffle of his hair. Besides, he didn't have any inkling of an idea of where his phone was, nor what day it was until Momo mentioned it. "I love you always. Every day of the year. Even the you that has surely whipped up some sort of tricks for our juniors today. Won't you tell me about it?"

[8bitsupervillain]

What were your thoughts about Kanon way back then that could be interpreted as correct? I'm too lazy to go back that far lol. Also, time to reinterpret the entire story through the lens of what you now know about the different authors - Episode 4 with all the focus on Battler's sin and his failure to remember was Tohya! Yasu wrote Beatrice as a horrific witch and the embodiment of all her worst impulses and emotions in Episode 2, and it was Tohya who made her sympathetic and tragic in the later Episodes! There is So Much To Unpack

Way back in the first episode when the game introduced Kanon I made a post saying that I didn't buy that Kanon was male, and that he was probably secretly a woman. So, depending on how you look at it I was right.

The reinterpretation of the various episodes is actually part of the reason I'm not being too quick to judge how I feel about the series as a whole. I want to give myself a bit of time to reflect and go over it rather than give a knee jerk "it sucks," or "it's great."

Also I had read about the existence of the stuff they added with the later edition of Umineko. Our Confession, and Last Note of the Golden Witch. I'm curious about how these affect the story.

[whenthechickencry]

Umineko EP4. Replay Part 3

Oh man, you gave Maria TWO cool drawings in a day? Damn. To be honest I always felt it was a little weird they could get so close from seeing each other like... twice or thrice. But also they are both deeply troubled and lonely people and I can feel from these interactions the few times they got to spend together were pretty magical to them.

Protected heavily by Beatrice, who understands her true value. 🥹

I think it's important to understand that this is party Ange's perception of Maria, Ange!Maria is clearly a bit more mature and developed in her way of thinking than 1986 Maria.

I always kind of wonder how much Kinzo's obsession with the cult is real and how much of it was his family exaggerating one of his creepy interests once he started to go kind of insane, but I guess we have a bit of proof that it was actually fairly big.

I wonder.... if only that message bottle was found instead of several would people have assumed it was just the truth? was it only the particular chain of events that led to the legend of the witch?

I wonder if this lead to some crazy theories at the time - Himamaizawa was in the same spot after the events of several fragments and that WAS a government conspiracy.

I think this lead to the Eva theories dying down in favor of other theories, too... after all, if the murderer wrote this, someone who planned to kill Eva wrote notes detailing that.

Well the vagueness was needed to create the catbox Ange - if there was only one truth it wouldn't really be a catbox.

Oh, Ange just figured out what I just pointed out, lmfao.

Not exactly the most refined version of the concept, but it does guide you into the idea that witch = wanting power + victimization.

She's being mean here but also this man just spent like 30 minutes telling her how fascinating her family's murder is so, deserved.

Well, they say this but she's perfectly able to summon Maria in any case... but I assume having a book where she can fill in the Maria gaps in her brain helps have her as an imaginary friend in a way she doesn't have for Battler...

The bitterness Mammom feels from Ange is pretty interesting and it's probably from Ange's complicated feelings towards magic by now.... She wants once again to believe in magic in order to cure her deep loneliness but the disappointment and powerlessness she feels even with them hasn't gone away...

Why not just admit you want to imagine a vibrant scene where you are surrounded by friends, then? Humans really are difficult.

It's kind of funny how different the relationships the stake have for Beatrice!Stakes and Ange!Stakes, they are clearly very friendly with each other but they torture each other with Beato.... with them being based on her colleagues as a servant I imagine Yasu got satisfaction from lording over them and them harming each other, Ange just wants friends.

Oooooh yeah, I think my analysis of Mammom's relationship toward Ange reflecting her relationship with magic is right on the mark, the line about sadness and loneliness proves it.

Well... it's more complicated than that. But yeah no one really has any right to judge Maria for how she tries to find happiness.

Eh ah? Hahahah Okay Maria. I guess she's kind of pouty sometimes.

Aka don't make fun of your friends OCs, asshole.

I think Ange's relationship with Mammon might say something, too, it's similar to the concept of miracles, but framed in a different way here, I think.... Such as Ange's greed caused her to always cling to the miracle of her family coming back and leaving her unable to move on.

To be honest, when I was in high school mostly I tended to do this a lot.... not with imaginary friends (kind of) but I would conjure people I knew irl in my head and have them act as, basically, understanding therapists in my head.... obviously it didn't actually do anything but it scratched my itch to be understood without risking having people think less of me. I can relate to Ange here.

Wait, without telling Dad? That is kind of interesting... Kyrie obviously hates Battler but I guess she was willing to suck it up for Ange, we know she was willing to do it for Rudolf (or at least enough so Battlers little brain can't comprehend he's a target) but doing it for Ange is interesting... especially since I imagine it was easy for Kyrie to go "we can't do that"

For his sake, huh? I guess Ange's under that pretense for her own sake.

Lambdadelta's language here is really cruel - I think what Ange is struggling with here is the fact that her trauma will never be removed. She feels the correct and untraumatized Ange was destroyed in 1986 and she's a fake ruined one. Lambda is forcing her to confront the fact even if Battler comes back she won't be able to get rid of all the trauma that happened. Her saying Bernkastel went through this is echoing Rika's realization that being a witch has fundamentally changed her and she can't truly go back from Saikoroshi.

Haha.... well that isn't really true. It won't take even more than one extra game for you to break her determination... Lambdadelta went on about how Battler can never win without Ange's help, which is probably true. He probably wouldn't have committed to denying witches and Beato completely if Ange hadn't encourage him...

To be honest I wonder how much those days were mostly wonderful for Ange alone, I mean I imagine Rudolf and Battler were awkward with each other and Kyrie Battler is a mess....

Man, the school failed Maria so hard too... the bullying and refusing to help her develop her talents and instead just telling her she's doing it wrong.

I haven't written anything in a while because it's hard to comment on this scene, it's really painful to read.... all the comments about how thee teachers and the student council let this happen even knowing what was probably going on...

The use of Golden Slaughterer and the general cruelty of the scene is obviously meant to get you thinking of this scene as analogous to many other of the murder/corpse discovering scenes so far... we saw what drove Ange to both magic and violence so we should be looking at Beatrice in a similar way.... Also Ange's setting herself as the villain even in the scenario she cooked up because she hates herserlf.

[fostersffff]

Just to write this all down now to make sure I have it straight:

"Yasu" is Kinzo's incest baby with Beatrice II

Miraculously, they survived the fall, and Genji arranged them to be be raised in the Fukuin House

"Shannon" wasn't a real servant who existed, but rather an imaginary friend/ideal for Yasu to grow up to emulate. Gender may or may not be a factor here (again, judging by fanart: it is)

Shannon is never once acknowledged by name by any of the other servant girls, or even Genji, until after Yasu resolves to become Beatrice

After Beatrice "wipes Shannon's memory", Shannon just so happens to have all the hobbies and characteristics of Yasu, meaning that Yasu, effectively, grows up into Shannon in the real world, while coping with magic as White Beatrice

This would also explain how the Shannon we recognize exists in both 1976 and 1986, considering she's supposed to be around the same age as Jessica/Battler/George, so... you know... probably 19

Still not sure how Kanon figures into this, or the murders, or even Battler, to be perfectly honest, but I think I finally fucking understand who Beato is!

[messysneeze]

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hello! i'm a disabled snzbian very into the vulnerability, care and acceptance that can be found in snz and sick fiction.

i like a lot of gross stuff because it's nice to think about being cared for not just despite but because of what others could find disgusting. however, while i'm fascinated by these things irl i'm only attracted to them in a fictional context! not judging if you are, it just doesn't float my personal boat!

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likes: mess, illness, snotfuckery, colds, congested talk, congestion, butches, wlw sexy scenes

not my cup of tea: non-wlw sexy scenes, sore throats, anything "dry," graphic emeto, furry

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modern: yasu (she/they) and kim (she/her), wives who've been happily married for 9-20 years (it depends what version of the story they're telling).

yasu: early to mid 40s. she's a japanese-american and thai masc butch. short black hair with a few grey streaks. petite. hard of hearing in her left ear (does not wear hearing aid). hot-tempered and hardworking middle manager who's patient with her employees but not with upper management. she's immunocompromised, getting sick very often and every slight illness hitting her hard. she would be at senior executive level in her company if she wasn't sick so often. works through it until she can't. dominant and has the kink.

kim: early to mid 40s. afrobrazilian lady warm brown skin and long wavy black hair with fine dustings of grey. tall proud trans femme. assorted work (retail etc). more easygoing than yasu. hypermobile. strong immune system, but still ill regularly with milder versions of what yasu's brought home. switch and has the kink. loving caretaker to yasu.

standard medieval fantasy: queen grimmaud (she/Her) and captain petron (they/he/xem), evil (in a camp, cartoony way) ruler of a small kingdom and her spouse. light d/s elements.

queen grimmaud: ~20s. brown skin and long, curly black hair that she ties back. a few scars. would be high femme except for the fact that petron calls her 'sir'. a competent and ambitious ruler and witch, she cares about her underlings and enjoys cackling in thunderstorms. likes to dress in red, gold and black.

captain petron: head of grimmaud's elite guard and troops. they started out as co-workers, then fell in love on the side. ~20s/30s, tawny skin and straight, tightly bound black hair; presents somewhat androgynous. workaholic strategist prone to getting colds from grimmaud's thunderstorms... as is most of the kingdom. likes to dress in black.

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will also write*:

*no minors, obviously

star wars pt/tcw/rogue one/andor, mdzs/untamed, lotr, some star trek tos (vulcan man take me by the hand)

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[guideoftime]

▴ — @luzofstars ;; Sheik & Sky. ‘ i think your fever’s breaking. ’ CARING FOR SICK MUSES .  

   Sheik doesn’t remember passing out. Apparently, he had just dropped and fallen out of the tree he was arguing with Yasu in. Which–it shouldn’t surprise anyone. He doesn’t even remember what Yasu was telling him, he was arguing back just to argue with him, and then the world spun and–that’s all he remembers. According to Sky, Yasu had caught him to keep Sheik from bashing his head in and then started shouting for him and Reiko. Which sounds about right. 

   Sky had taken them home, thank Hylia, and within the hour his fever spiked to what he called dangerous levels. Sheik’s had worse, he usually just brushed it off, guzzled some red potions and moved on to continue working. Sky didn’t like hearing that. Sheik was used to it though, what Evil King offers sick days to his servants? He had a job to do, and there just wasn’t time to be sick. No matter how it hurt, no matter how horrible he felt, no matter how dizzy he got and walking was difficult–the world doesn’t stop being evil because Sheik is sick. The only thing he could do was numb it all and hope the potions held him together until he got a second to breathe. 

   And the explanation only made Sky more sad. 

   Realistically, he was telling the man to just give him potions and he’ll be fine, but apparently Sky doesn’t believe in those methods. Considering he’s told to rest after drinking water and he leaves the room. Sheik narrows his gaze at the door, hears him whispering to people behind it and heaves a sigh. So Yasu and Reiko were still here. He threw the blanket over his head and rolled over onto his side, not intending to sleep though apparently his body had other ideas on that. 

   The next time he wakes, it’s not nearly as peaceful. The feeling of being to cold, of shivering against the bed, that the blankets are suffocating and one terrible nightmare had the already sick Sheikah panicking in the bed. The blankets are shoved off of him like he’s trying to escape and Sheik tumbled down off of the bed with a loud thump. He hears the footsteps on the stairs, the worry through the bond and then the door is shoved up and Sky is gently asking if he’s hurt and what happened. 

   Sheik doesn’t really know how to explain it so he instead just wraps his arms around his husband’s neck and tugs him down against him tightly. Sky is very warm and that warmth is something he wants to steal right now. His face is tucked down against Sky’s neck and he breathes in the comforting sense of him, swallowing the emotions that were swirling through the bond like a starving man. 

   He needs him so much. 

   “Stay with me?” 

   Back in the bed he ends up, but with Sky this time and that is far more relaxing than just being told to sleep. He tucks himself against the other, head resting on his chest and the shift clenched in his grip. A better color rather than the ugly vanilla of the other one. A soft pink and he thinks it’s a rather fitting color on Sky. He feels him chuckle softly against him and the scolding tone of going to sleep not judging his fashion sense. Sheik smiles slightly against him and closes his eyes. 

   Sky was thankfully still there the next time he woke up and the gentle sound of his voice pulled Sheik from the restful state he was in. The remark of the fever breaking as him giving a soft hum. He doesn’t want to move, he’s very comfortably pressed up against Sky’s chest and turns his face slightly to listen to the sound of his beating heart. He was feeling better, still a little hazy in the head, but not so much like he was being frozen to death while sweating somehow. He didn’t enjoy the feeling. 

   “We can still stay right here.” The words are whispered out, his hand moving to gently stroke along the other’s side. “I love you.”

[nvrcmplt]

❛  no matter what i do, it's never enough.  ❜ zayde <3

"To whom?" He stated, settled with her in the corner of her room. Cushions up his back and around his thighs, but mostly around her. Cradling her in the dimly lit space and holding her wrists that held shivering digits. This wasn't some meltdown nor panic attack, but Nina's dark moments. The lowest of lows that even Zayde knew he couldn't fix with meaningless words nor just getting her to take a shower.

This was what he went for therapy for, this was some professional level shit he didn't feel like he had the right to fill in for her but, he loved her. He loved her so much, and he knew, that he had a bit of sway with their connection. Their meanings to each other spoke volumes, so he inhaled. His worry and anger for not being perfect, for not being able to fix this with just a kiss to the head and cuddle. Instead, he took his role. He was to be support for her…

"I don't know who or what you're trying to prove yourself too, Angel, but it's not me. Not Per, not Yasu, not Coss." He spoke with even tones, releasing her wrists to instead coax her closer, to kiss her temple and adjust her weight against his chest, between his legs, to cradle her small and to take the harshness of the world from her the best he can. "I'm… not going anywhere, nor judging you for anything, baby. I'm here for you, I'm here to listen, but can I say somethin' real quick?" He wanted her to know, to listen to his words as he swayed them gently in the comfort of plush cushions and plushies from games she played.

"You are amazing, you are strong, you are allowed to crumble when things are at their peak now. I'm here for you, to help you stand after everythin's fallen. I know you're smart and gorgeous, you've fought so many demons in our time together, before me even, to get this far, to be this strong… I dunno wha'ya gone through with these thoughts to be so stained in ya mind, but you got no one to prove yaself to here… but I am here to listen. So, tell me? Everything on your mind? Why don't ya think ya never gunna be good enough, baby?"

[knoxs2nd]

yasu parallels everyone in umineko, but also the higurashi POV girls! in this case, i'm thinking specifically of rena, and that part in tsumihoroboshi where rena chews everyone out for telling her to trust her friends, because friends are people you have fun with, and if you ever tried to tell them about your problems, they'd feel uncomfortable and judge you

rena: my role is just to keep up these fun days of messing around with my friends and acting like an airhead and keeping that fun little bubble as carefully isolated from my true self and actual problems as possible

[mazisetsa]

Mazi was on cloud nine after the trip the Sharlayan earlier that day, her tail wags happily as she enters her house. "You really do not seem to stay here often..." a new voice murmurs as Mazi blinks at the odd person on her couch, she notes the strange garbs and the apparent...fox like features. 

"E-Erm...h-how t-the f-fuck d-did y-you g-get i-in h-here?" Mazi raises a brow a frown replacing the happy smile that had been on her face mere seconds ago. Why? Why now? She still wasn't feel the best from Yasu's uncle and now *another one*? 

"Those wards you have placed seemed to have just...let me in, not that you need to worry. I mean you no harm, little one. Can Yasushiba come out to play?" she questions crossing one leg over the other an eyebrow raised as Mazi freezes. She was half tempted to just...walk right out. Yet she held her ground as the fox awoke from in their headspace *'She speaks the truth, she will not harm us Mazi, this I swear. We are safe'*

Mazi outwardly nods letting out a tiny huff as her bodys expression goes blank, eyes glowing as a smile coats her face "Dear friend it clearly has been a while, I am glad to see you alive and well" Mazi pauses in their mind frowning at the other foxes words but stays quiet. Her friends would kill her if anything else happened so fast.

"I have been well, I was surprised to hear that someone had killed Uncle and the rumors that spread after... there are a few people searching for the both of you." the new fox murmurs glancing over Mazi's body, it was a calculating stare. "I did not come to fight if that was your next question. I came to gauge how much you've grown since our last time together, or if that opposite has happened we will judge that too." she murmurs her hand glowing as she send a wisp of aether at them. Yasu tries to dodge yet the ball follows and she lets out a string of curses as she throws out her own ball of aether to match. 

"We do not need to be judged." Yasu seethes out wincing as she turns the corner into the kitchen another wisp of aether is sent her way and she growls. 

"Actions speak louder than words, Yasushiba." the purple headed fox murmurs as she sends another few balls of aether one eventually managing to hit the smaller fox. She sighs, going to speak yet…she cannot. Her brows furrow as she blinks blankly at her friend. Actions speak louder than words….she should have known. 

“We will give you a few weeks, expect more, yet most will beg you to come back…to lead our peoples or what is left.” she murmurs standing and walking out. Yasu rolls her eyes, small victories she supposes…as did Mazi. 

‘C-Could b-be w-worse…j-just g-glad S-Soleil w-wasn’t h-here…’ Mazi thinks quietly. This was fine.

[kireijobmaker]

gudaos hair looks like its nice to grab while he's on his knees

IF I END UP IN HELL. IF I END UP IN AL-JAHIM AS I AM JUDGED BY THE HOLY MARY AND HER SON IN HEAVEN, YASU, OUR GREAT JESUS.

I AM BLAMING YOU.

[fuckyeahininjin]

from @CloveR091298 on Tt

A word that explains these two: Spontaneous

One look and they already know... It's making-of weird dance time!! 🕺🕺

These weren't dance numbers but who will stop them?

[nasunoyasu]

miss-moreno replied to your post “�� - Does your character carry a good luck charm? Do they believe in...”

//Yasu and Kaidan can form a club for those who have their knives melted lmao

they should make him pay for the damages. let’s take hotaru on judge judy. PAY ME BACK FOR THE KNIVES YOU MELTED WHEN I TRIED TO KILL U

[qirkbrn-a]

RETAGGING MY SHIT CAUSE TUMBLR’S STUPID MUSES FIRST--

Such a feeling as I'm healing; words were never so useful;; {Kito}

All the good girls go to hell ‘Cause even God herself has enemies;; {Kanon Ishikawa}

I will not let my fate fall into another person’s ruling; My sins will be judged by no one else but me;; {Trumpet/Koku Hanabata}

Make them remember you;; {Aizawa Shouta}

This job of mine would do me in if I took to heart to the suffering;; {BNHA!Shibusawa Tatsuhiko}

I need blood and he's got more than enough!;; {Striga/ Sui Kihara}

Oh Grantors of Dark Disgrace; Do not wake me again;; {BNHA!Chuuya Nakahara}

What is my nothingness to the stupor that awaits you;; {BNHA!Arthur Rimbaud}

You're ripped at every edge but you're a masterpiece;; {Yasu Ishikawa}

I see now a world gone blind; That is how I found my mind;; {BNHA!Nikolai Gogol}

Throw that money on me everybody knows that I'll play your game;; {Giran}

Forgive me Father for my fashion crime; Your skin is so nice I'll use yours next time;; {Himiko Toga}

With a thousand lies and a good disguise; Hit 'em right between the eyes;; {BNHA!Junichiro Tanizaki}

The weak die the strong live. Those are the rules;; {BNHA!Ryunosuke Akutagawa}

There are things which everyone does but which one does not mention to others;; {Overhaul/Kai Chisaki}

Sharp edges have consequences; I guess that I had to find out for myself;; {Denki Kaminari}

Tell me which one is worse living or dying first;; {BNHA!Osamu Dazai}

Gifts don’t necessarily bring happiness to their wielders;; {Hideki Saito}

I'm far renowned in the underground and you can't take that from me;; {BNHA!Ogai Mori}

[whenthechickencry]

Umineko Ch1. Replay 8 (Ch1 end)

You got it Battler

You aren't wrong in that they enabled him far more than what is acceptable in other ways, though, Jessica

It's fun how they use terms such as "Head" "Master" etc to switch the subject from Kinzo to Yasu without changing the word in the sentence

Feel like George is the most Kinzo-like of the family, honestly think Yasu might have ended up feeling trapped if they stayed with George

They are spelling out a lot of things you should keep in mind for the rest of the game here

Took a rather long time for Genji to downright lie about stuff here, huh?

Huh, was he delusional enough to think picking kids at random would eventually bring baby Yasu back? I mean, it did, but that's clearly not a logical course of action. Or did he just see that as some weird kind of atonement?

They finally figured out that the murders were following the epitaph, took them long enough! First time I read it I was a bit annoyed at how long it took them lol.

Natsuhi getting off some good deductions! This scene is so exciting, honestly, the song definitely helps. As much as it is easy to give her shit for also throwing Maria to the wolves, she was ultimately right. And honestly, if there wasn't a bomb, this was probably the only way to guarantee her and Jessica's safety.

She hits right at the heart of Battler's action for much of the question arc here, too, though.

There are actually so many points here when the characters are right on... but the characters hitting the point just makes you want to deny that more, doesn't it?

It's really hard to judge Yasu's and Maria's relationship... it's simultaneously the only real relationship either feel like they have but also incredibly self-destructive, eventually leading to both of them choosing suicide together.

Again, the dangers of Chessboard thinking are shown here, if they were rational actors with the goal of not getting caught Battler's deduction would be correct... however, Genji and Maria don't care about getting suspected and Kumasawa hasn't realized it isn't a joke and Nanjo has a bomb threat on his head.

This is both very sweet and heartbreaking, but you can see more of Jessica's escapism here. I wouldn't be surprised if under more pressure she would have picked up 'magic' as well.

I think there's a contrasting scene with this on EP2 where Rosa forces Battler to open a door and that's interesting to me in showing the different mentalities between them

Well, more like, it's really fucking hard for Yasu to get herself to kill Maria, and the singing was so she didn't see the gruesome acts.

Well, because she tried to shoot it and the gun was pre=jammed. Also, I can't think of anything that would make Natsuhi run out like that other than the baby throwing being mentioned so it almost certainly has to do with that.

These are probably some of the first big hints at the bomb! Doesn't really make much sense otherwise.

Man, even just this chapter had so much foreshadowing and hidden meaning and I probably didn't scratch the surface because there are many people infinitely more knowledgeable about Umineko than me, I am so excited for the rest of the game.