/jp/ - Otaku Culture

So I just finished Umineko no Naku Koro ni ep1 and the tea party ep1 and the witches tea party ep1. I'm so utterly confused right now, that when I try to make sense out of it all...I just don't even...

Finished Umineko. And it was really, really below average.

95% of the cast was completely unlike-able, the exceptions being Nanjo himself and Kumasawa. The plot wasn't all that good, though it did have it's moments. The resolution was either extremely stupid or doesn't resolve much at all, depending on which you take. Multiple personalities, harhar?

That said, I didn't hate it. It was interesting enough to keep me reading, but it never wowed me or made me experience any emotion at all, for that matter. The sad moments never effected me, and the 'intense' moments made me go ''meh''. Everything is pretty much forgettable.

Can somebody explain me why people hyped it so much? Because there's absolutely nothing special about it.

Yo, /jp/, could someone do me a favor and link me to a translated download of the Sound Novels?

Why is Umineko so shitty compared to Higurashi?