I love it so much because setting, characters and the sheer motivation to solve the Rokkenjima Incident drew me into this world. Reading Umineko is one thing, but understanding Umineko is something entirely different. My understanding of Umineko is not big enough to give it the justice it deserves. Almost every one of those characters has a bigger purpose than what is presented or highlighted in the Visual Novel and these do not even include the Umineko Chiru characters!
What I said above is only a small dive into a world of complexity in structure that is unrivaled for me so far. However, Umineko is not “just” a Mystery Story. I can guarantee you however: Umineko will give you the solution to the main question(s) of the story. However, when you’re finished with Umineko you might have not noticed it that the game gave you the solution… What I mean with that? Well, you might have guessed it, Spoiler Area. Now, can Umineko be trusted in that sense? Yes… 100% it can be. This is not only pretty lame and cheap but also will cause a huge amount of disappointment in the reader. This a riddle that you can not solve, because there were was no object or narrative that could have been connected to the culprit. However, the big reveal in the end is that the culprit was an unknown Person X which never has been introduces, that used methods that were never hinted at during the story. With all the hints presented you start to make a theory on how the murder happened and who the culprit is.
Imagine the following, a murder mystery, two people are the most suspect ones. However, the reader himself must be assured that he can actually solve the riddle. However for that to work, the story must be “assured” that the reader does not spoil himself the big reveal, otherwise it would be boring.
It has to build up a riddle that is difficult for the reader to solve and has to come up with a solution that will either surprise or impress the reader, or in case the reader has solved the riddle, making him feel like a god or at least a really smart person. However, this relationship is surprisingly simple, a Mystery becomes a thrilling experience through clever questions and clever solutions. Some of you might tilt their head now, thinking it shouldn’t be possible that a story can mistrust its reader. It is an odd relationship that relies on Mutual Distrust. Now, a topic that comes up is the Mystery Genre and the relationship between reader and story. This is in actuality already Spoiler Area, so I have to leave it as that. However, Umineko teaches over time, that this is not the only question that matters. Primarily, Umineko is a Mystery Story, that means that in the beginning a primary question is asked that peaks the readers interest (What happened on Rokkenjima?) that gets resolved at the end. This is only very roughly, because there is much more in Umineko and the whole story also goes way deeper than just what is shown. The world of Umineko is built around three things: The Rokkenjima Incident, The character Beatrice and (especially in Umineko Chiru, the “Answer Arc” of Umineko) Ange Ushiromiya. Umineko is indeed complex and complicated. Now, Umineko is complex, if you’ve read the first paragraph you probably would have suspected that.
This is not the only problem, the bigger issue is that I myself, the one who writes the review does not fully understand Umineko.
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This was due to me not knowing how to spoil as few as possible, as pretty much all praise I give towards Umineko with the exception of the Soundtrack leads into a spoiler. I’ve been writing on an Umineko Review for way too long now and I pretty much gave up at this point.
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