Episode 14: Positional Play~ I am loving this more and more. Proof? I posted before going off to work~Revealed truths:There are five master keys, one for each servant.The six people were not killed by traps.No one among the six victims committed suicide.Among the six victims, … an accidental death.New Definition:Closed Room - room that is impossible to enter from the inside and outside. This is called Beatrice's Closed Room DefinitionVirgilia vs BeatriceThe first half of the episode dealt with battled between the Beatrices. The new witch is named Virgilia and she is Beato's sensei. It was really one hell of a fight. I though Beato would lost but through the towers that she summoned, the fight was over even before it started. Now, Virgilia exist outside the chessboard and plays the role of Battler's adviser. She offered her help to Battler who was again down and discouraged to continue the game. She taught him the principle of multi-layered world contraction skill (多祖収縮説), a tool against endless witches.Multi-layered Contradiction SkillThis refers to a contradicting skill used by Battler. He denies anything that does not show proofs of its existence. For example, the battle that happened between Beato and Virgilia didn't happen since he cannot see any traces of any battle that happened. That means, he can deny the fact that something happened in the battle.Newly Revealed TruthsThough the truths are already revealed before, this round gave us a more concrete revelation with how the killings happened. The locked rooms formed a larger locked room mystery where one of the six victims is the murderer, created five of the locked rooms, and then died in an accident in the sixth room.Beato didn't really continue revealing the truth about that accidental death since she was stopped by Ronove. With this, Beato concedes.Kinzou's Gold:The epitaph was solved and it was Rosa who solved it! Of course she was pushed by the young Eva inside her and helped her think between the lines. Her guess was right and when she descended underground, she found a door with the 10th twilight written with blood. She opened the door and she saw the gold shining brightly right in front of her.
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[ episode III-I: castling ]   Home Alone: Rokkenjima
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It’s here! The long-awaited fanmade video of EP4’s ending scene. Most of you might have not known about it (well, I found out about it on the lj community) but it’s been about 2 months since news and previews about this fanmade production. .. And finally, here it is! People, this ...
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Episode IV-I of Umineko no Naku Koro ni, “end game”, begins with members of the Ushiromiya family having just arrived at the airport. Maria must have tormented Battler throughout the flight about the plane crashing, and she is still doing it to the amusement of the parents. This is when Battler accidentally collides [...]
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I knew she wasn't gone. I knew I saw a fleeting moment of hesitation before her complete destruction of Battler in the third game. Hope lives for Moetrice's true resurrection! [...]
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Episode 13: Gambit ~ What a very interesting way to end this episode~ Revealed truths in this episode:There exists a hidden mansion called the Quadorian (九羽鳥庵) in the forests of Rokkenjima.In 1967, there existed Beatrice as a human in a hidden mansion on Rokkenjima.Beatrice is definitely dead at this point of Rosa’s story.There does not exist nineteen or more people on Rokkenjima.Based on the four new revelations, it was confirmed that a human Beatrice once existed on earth. She is a very sweet lady and was only locked up by Kinzou inside the mansion. She is so meek and was afraid of the wolves inside the forest that's why she doesn't go out. The very same reason why she is so shocked to see a young Rosa who was able to reach her alive and well. The two of them became friends and Rosa invited the innocent Beatrice to go out and see the world. Beatrice became excited and agreed that she will go out for the first time.When the humble Beato went out and admired the ocean for the first time. They are on the cliff walking....then suddenly Beato slipped and she fell to the ground...dead. Now, the 19th person on the island is dead.It seems that Beatrice, the endless witch was only trapped inside a human body. But when the physical body became dead, her soul was released and the Beato that we all know.It is also in this episode that the sacrifices for the first twilight were made. The sarifices were: Kinzou, Shannon, Genji and Kanon and Gouda. But Kanon was kinda reluctant to accept this fate and so the mean Beatrice summoned her furnitures. Kanon and the Seven Stakes of Hell fought and if Kanon wins, Beatrice promises that she will let Kanon decide the five people who can escape being among the thirteen sacrifices. Kanon easily won from Lucifer but he still needs to face the other six. This time, Shannon came to rescue and protected him but still to no avail.Kumasawa seems to be the next target but she blocks them easily and she has a barrier. Interestingly, Kumasawa is actually the previous Lady Beatrice and the current and the past Beatos met once again.
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「VI-I end game」 The playing field has been wiped clean, the pieces reset. After Beatrice's conniving attempt to win last time, it's clear she shouldn't be taken lightly. The stakes have been increased now that the vicious 12 year cycle is known, but Battler has Ange's help for this fourth game. Beatrice also arrogantly grants him the use of the "blue truth", which may just come back to bite her in the ass.
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Now that the third arc of Umineko no Naku Koro ni is over, it is time to organize the timeline for what had happened as I did for the first arc and second arc. Given that we cannot trust what we see on screen, the exact times when certain events happen may not be [...]
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Episode III-VII of Umineko no Naku Koro ni, “swindles”, begins with a blind Jessica being scared out of her wits. This is when she hears Kanon’s voice: he’s still dead, but he was able to appear thanks to Beato, and he offers to be Jessica’s eyes. Kanon leads Jessica to the parlor where [...]
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And you thought it couldn’t get any worse for Battler… Brief Summary Another version of the same story but with a certain twist. Some people changed but not so much as to destroy their character. Well… sorta. At least Battler is the same. He’s still the protagonist of the series. However, this time, he arrives a day late due [...]
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[ episode II-V: accept ] [ episode II-VI: back rank mate ]   Because you must cry when you admit magic exists. And hope you all had a fun Halloween!
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The most important part of getting to this episode was trying to avoid even the slightest semblance of any spoilers – be it the post title, or the preview sentence you see in Google Reader. But I knew some shit had hit the fan when even Divine over at Random Curiosity was posting about it. Needless to say, I'm very glad I was able to stay out of spoilers way. So this is a warning, because the spoilers start here. [...]
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Aww~ how adorable is that? Beatrice has been feeling more human and learning the power that comes from the heart. She goes as far as to- Kyahahahahha~ BEA-F*CKING-TROLLED!!!!! ”’orz *sigh* I SERIOUSLY thought Beatrice was turning a new leaf and becoming a ‘good’ witch. Dammit. Nice troll Beatrice, nice troll. Now she goes back to being evil, which [...]
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「episode III-VII - swindles」 Okay, totally random out of the blue post here, meant entirely for those watching this series. After watching this episode, I felt compelled to talk about a promising turn of events.
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Back-up Link Streaming -- AnimeCrazyWhat a shame .... I was shocked and happy by the same way !What I can say without spoiling (read the full post to know) is witch are evil creature and there is no exception.Well, Beato save Jessica with Kanon's spirit but as soon she's out of the room she's been pierced by a golden shot of these bunny sister. Multiple heart-shot for Beato and here come Batler
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I’m not even sure what to say after the conclusion of this round. I feel so manipulated….This is definitely the best of all the rounds so far considering the depth and what went on outside of the game board. While I may not like everything that went down there is no doubt it was really [...]
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How is it possible that my heart is breaking so much for someone who as recently as two episodes ago was reveling in her complete depravity and lack of compassion? Also, this is now the second time that I wished I’d saved last week’s title (Moetrice’s sadness) for this week… I bet I'm also going to wish I proofread this post in advance. [...]
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Episode 12: CastlingRound 3 starts right now :)We start of with a very different Beatrice who fixes a vase that was broken by a young child. The current Beatrice looks so so so different and the young child looks like the Beatrice that we saw in the previous rounds. Current Beatrice says that magic comes from the power to believe, and while her magic lasts only temporarily, her teacher is capable of magic that is endless. The young girl wants to become a witch so she became the student of the Current Beatrice.Another weird thing was there is a girl that appears that only Eva can see. They both plan out for Eva to become the head of the Ushinomiya family. Eva can only see this friend of hers ever since she was child. In the flashback, a few decades before the very controversial 1986 when Eva got a fight with Kinzou because she wants to have a chance to be the head of the Ushinomiya family.Back to the year 1986, since we are starting a new round, the members of the family arrived at the island. The cousins are seeing each other for the first time and at the end, they happily vow to believe that they will always be on good terms with each other.Similar with the first arc, Beatrice now appears in front of Maria and gives her an umbrella and the letter. This time, Beatrice is restoring a very pale rose and she brought it back to life, similar to the way the old Beatrice did at the start of this episode.We now meet a new character, the head furniture of Beatrice. We meet Renove (the v is silent), a great demon who is the 27th highest ranked noble of hell. I share with Shounen A's speculation that Renove about his relation with Genji whose surname is Renoue and they are both butlers....sounds weird right?When Maria read the letter given by Beato, the reactions this time are different. Eva thinks that this is a challenge to be an eligible head of the family. Kirie on the other hand, thinks that the game is for Beatrice, who knows the location of the gold and plans to use the gold in exchange for the headship in the family.The very notable change in reaction in this round is that all of them now acknowledges the fact about the legend of Beatrice who once lived in this island. A story was known to most of them that someone, a 19th person who is living in the island. One version of the story is that it is the witch Beatrice but since that is too bizarre to believe, the legend of Beatrice as the human woman Kinzou loved. This legend is already 30 years old when the family moved to the island to live.This round, Battler was also able to conclude that there are 19 people in the island since Beatrice refused to say that there are 18 people living in the island. But there's a catch....Rosa admits that she was the one who killed Beatrice making the number of people in the island back to 18.
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Episode III-VI of Umineko no Naku Koro ni, “promotion”, begins on 1:30PM right after the end of the previous episode, where Eva is still wailing about the loss of her husband. On the other hand, George is still pretty calm and more concerned about others despite having lost both his lover and father, [...]
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It’s perhaps taken a long while for this series to really get fired off. Especially how the first two arcs were merely introduction and build-up with hardly any conclusion, wrap-up or answers, But seriously, for me this is a show that just gets more intriguing with every episode. This episode didn’t necessarily contain any new [...]
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