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I just finished Higurashi and I have a few questions I'm still confused about. Planning to read Umineko next.

What's the deal with Frederica Bernkastel?

Are Rika and Hanyuu literally retarded? The latter is literally a ghost, there's no reason she couldn't have found out useful information to help break the cycle. Finding out who killed Tomitake and Takano would have been easy, especially since Rika herself acknowledged that that was probably something really important, but they never bother with that.

Rika has also gone through enough loops to memorize the triggers for her friends going crazy, but she still can't stop them? For Onikakushi-like worlds, it should have been easy considering her connections with the clinic, just have them call in K1 for a shot by telling them he's infected.

Why was Mion so quick to confess to Keiichi that her family didn't have anything to do with the mysterious murders in Tsumihoroboshi, but she doesn't even try explaining that/reasoning with Shion in Meakashi until the very end? Before she gets mindbroken, it seems like she's playing dumb, and even tells Shion that Satoshi is probably at the bottom of the well.

Why does Shion die in the credits of Tatarigoroshi? Was it just supposed to throw you off despite having no real relation to anything?

Is there anything else besides the main 8 arcs considered canon or worth reading?

Also, Mion was the cutest.

Why Umineko has so much more discussion than Higurashi, is it just because it's newer?

beato

>>18811230
higurashi does not require much thinking

>>18811230
Because many people never read the original novel and the anime makes Higurashi seem just "ok" compared to Umineko. And the few people who did read the novel already had the entire thing spoiled for them by the anime, so it lessens the impact and makes the mystery boring.

Also, it gives you the answer directly, so there isn't that much room for discussion. Umineko discussions are always full of rosatricers or people doing mental gymnastics to deny the fact that their waifu is a creepy eunuch.

>>18811230
"Newer" hardly matters when both games are about a decade old.

>>18811898
This. I loved the Higurashi anime when I was younger, so while I’m loving the visual novel even more, a lot of the shock is gone seeing as I know exactly what will happen. The characterization is still very enjoyable though.

The console arcs still have the element of surprise though, so I’m enjoying the fuck out of those.

>>18811055
No need to use spoilers here
>Rika has also gone through enough loops to memorize the triggers for her friends going crazy, but she still can't stop them? For Onikakushi-like worlds, it should have been easy considering her connections with the clinic, just have them call in K1 for a shot by telling them he's infected.
In Onikakushi-hen Rika called the clinic and Yamainu went after him, but it was too late, K1 got away from them after killing Mion and Rena. You should remember the white van following him. Anyway, Rika herself also agreed that she wasn't trying hard enough in all worlds.
>Why was Mion so quick to confess to Keiichi that her family didn't have anything to do with the mysterious murders in Tsumihoroboshi, but she doesn't even try explaining that/reasoning with Shion in Meakashi until the very end?
Mion didn't really had a chance to explain herself until Shion went crazy, she also was keeping the legend of omnipotent Sonozakis alive as a family head. Why she wasn't trying to talk with Shion immediately after becoming a hostage is a good question, maybe I need to reread this part.
>Why does Shion die in the credits of Tatarigoroshi? Was it just supposed to throw you off despite having no real relation to anything?
She killed herself under the influence of Hinamizawa Syndrom shortly after the tragedy iirc.

For everything else: read secret ending of Matsuribayashi-hen, read Saikoroshi-hen, read Umineko and you will understand a lot more.
>Also, Mion was the cutest.
good taste

So, should I give a try in translating the real lyrics for Bore Ral or nah?

We are still onto that or would I be wasting my time?

>>18811509
anon

Anyone own this? Is it worth it?

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Mion-Sonozaki-Figure-anime-Higurashi-no-naku-koro-ni-Jong-official/122955245754?hash=item1ca0b428ba:g:zMkAAOSwsABaepAx

>>18812512
You're definitely wasting your time for nothing!

>>18812721
Beto

>>18812933
no

>>18812721
Beato!

>>18813011
no!

Honestly I never watched Higurashi anime, but I read the novel.
Holy shit, some scenes are creepy as hell if you don't know what will happen.

>>18811055
>Why was Mion so quick to confess to Keiichi that her family didn't have anything to do with the mysterious murders in Tsumihoroboshi, but she doesn't even try explaining that/reasoning with Shion in Meakashi until the very end? Before she gets mindbroken, it seems like she's playing dumb, and even tells Shion that Satoshi is probably at the bottom of the well.
Mions knows that her family is capable of doing horrible things. She denied it at the end because she trusted her grandma, but deep down she couldn't be 100% certain that they didn't kill Satoshi.

When she told K1 the truth in the sixth arc, she was just denying Rena's ridiculous parasite conspiracy. But she was also lying out of her ass when she said that the Sonozakis are not dangerous people. She believes they might be responsible for some shit, but she lies to avoid scaring K1. That's exactly what she did in the first arc.

>>18812482
>>18813146
I see, that makes sense.

>>18812721

BEATO

>>18813176

ANON

>be very smart like K1, with bullying aggro
>be a chad like Battler, but incompetent

Choose your path

>>18813261
I choose to be a smart Chad who becomes incompetent when bullied.

>>18813270
Disgusting pic, kys faggot

>>18813270
I miss this mobage

>>18812512
do it, i dont anybody else has ever done it so you’ll write yourself a place in umineko fan history

>>18813261
>who are you quoting xd
I choose to be a chad that fucks lolis while playing chess and feeds his pieces with his cum!

>>18813891
>>18812512
>>18812833
And then Duncantrice is going to say that you are fucking wrong because this is not what they say in the music and that he knows french better than you. So he will again start his shitposting with more fucked up riddles.
The worst part is that he will never released his so called super complex GENIUS theory.
Let him die alone because everyone will forget bit by bit about him. He just want people like us to answer to him. It's definitely better to not enter his game.

>>18814007
Basedtrice!

>>18814007
I don't really want to get involved in this, but I know French if you need someone to disprove him on that front. Of course I'd only do it here, though, cause there's no way I'm signing up to Facebook for this!

https://youtu.be/fAKkw71ff3U
Why this goddamn music is so good

>>18813261
k1 is just a girl with a ugly thing dangling between her legs

>>18814028
You KNOW french !! and you didn't EVEN find the TRUE references giving you the SOLUTION that is so SUPERIOR to anything else!!
God Duncantrice will be SO disappointed hearing that !

>>18814124
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e-rZqmKp330

>>18814169
what the hell

>>18814169
Aaaaa...

>>18811898
>people doing mental gymnastics to deny the fact that their waifu is a creepy eunuch.
lmao, 90% rosatricefags.

>>18810098
why does higanbana looks fatter than George in the OP

>>18814362
she eats fat childrens

>>18814362
>>18814454
and his cum!

>>18814461
/jp/ it's really sticky lately! it's filled with more cum than usual.

>>18814796
all is correct except the whole shit involving both bernkastels

>>18814362
I still can't get over the fact that one of the youkais in Higanbana literally eats preteen lolis, chews them until they become sentient piles of meat and keeps them inside his stomach where they are burned by his stomach acid for all eternity, unable to die.

I mean, what the fuck? I like humiliation and mindbreak, but that shit is too much.

>>18815817
damn, is Ryukishi an hardcore vorefag too?

>>18815817
And yet that chapter is one of the best chapters of Higanbana, if not the very best.

>>18813967
lewd! also cum isn't very nutricious.

>>18815905
Sweaty loli and ahegao loli had some of the best stories. Yoko-chan was hella cute too.

I hate how little fanart there is. And it's all about that dumb twat Midori but with massive tits that ruin her appeal. What the fuck?

>>18815817
Ew! How can that guy eat cute lolis? They have, like, an ass and stuff!

>>18815817
Did you search for ways to sexualize Dante's purgatorio as well? Not every gruesome fantasy explanation R07 writes is fetish bait.

Oh boy. Maria's about to get a new daddy...

>>18816247
Rosa a cheater

>>18815817
Higanbana is 2edgy4me
It's just "let's make them suffer for the lulz"

>>18816302
just like how school bully acts towards their victims, must be a coincidence right? haha.

>>18816377
School bully doesn't have a bunny turbosex machine

>>18816394
Yasu doesn't have Goat servants either, autism-kun.

leaving my obligatory shitganbananeko post for you out there.

I plan on visiting ShiraKawa-go, the town Hinamizawa was based on, in a few weeks.

Has anyone else been? Any tips?

>>18816831
Don't go too far into the forest at night and careful with the suspicious weird animu hair people.

>>18816831
I wonder how the locals feel about all the people who come to their little village because of some anime.

>>18816870
Ashamed

>>18816831
DID YOU BURY IT WELL?

Ange

>>18816870
I doubt they mind people who bring in free money, even if they think anime people are weirdos

>>18816870
Shirakawa-Go was always very touristic to begin with, Higurashi probably didn't make much difference.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zdEwKBM7jsw

>>18817105
TSUMIHOROBOSHI WHEN?!

>>18817127
never ending cycle of beta testing.

Hanyuu > Mion > Rena > Rika > lemon scented shit > Shion > shit > Satoko

Discuss

>>18817154
Rika>all.

>>18817154
Hanyuu sucks. Satoko best loli.

>>18817154
Can't rank Higurashi characters, because all of them are absolutely loveable and ranking them would make me feel bad.

>>18817154
Mister Delicious > Hanyuu

>>18813967
source?

>>18813261
It sort of makes sense to think that Keeichi is more competent than Battler, but isn't that only because we have red text about Battler's incompetence?

I really don't feel like "Keeichi is competent" could be stated in red.

>episode 2 of Umineko
>confident that witches and magic don't exist and everything can be explained with a trick
>suddenly huge muscular demon goat men teleporting in from nowhere
>Kanon makes Yell from Akikan's handblade and anime duels Goatman
what the fuck
I thought this was just going to be Japanese Clue. Higurashi's supernatural element was relatively minimal anyway.

>>18817336
Have you not read Umineko yet? If so, get out of here before you get spoiled.

>>18817325
I never saw Keiichi as especially competent while playing Higurashi desu
In Onikakushi and Tatarigoroshi, he gets fucked by HS, so that's understandable. But he doesn't really do anything in Wata/Meakashi, doesn't appear in Himatsubushi, is mostly irrelevant in Matsuribayashi, and really only stands out in Minagoroshi/the end of Tsumihoroboshi, not to mention he still makes several dumbshit decisions in the latter. He's referred to as intelligent, but that aspect tends to be overshadowed by Mion and Rena.

>>18817195
My loli can literally beat the shit out of your loli. As opposed to figuratively.

>>18817698
where did you find that picture!

>>18816184
Wait, so I'm not supposed to jack off to all of this stuff?

uooooooooooooo

Anyone have this image in English?

>>18817698
I seriously doubt that dumb twat can beat Satoko so hard that she literally shits herself in front of the whole class. Satoko is a strong village girl.

public service announcement: dlanor is adorable. as a bonus she also has delicious thighs that are squishy and smell very good. also taste good i think. they probably definitely do.

I just have a quick question I want to clarify in here. Don't answer if it's spoilers.

Whenever Battler and Beato are arguing about the latest mystery post-Episode 1, is it literally just Ghost Battler watching another Battler, or are they the same being to some degree?

>>18818006
what do they smell like?

>>18818006
I appreciate the taste but I don't appreciate the lewdness.

>>18818011
Honestly I would say keep playing and you will understand as it goes along.

>>18818025
Gotcha, gotcha
It's not super important to know now anyway I suppose, I was just curious.

>>18818032
It's surprising the first time it happens but you generally understand what is happening as EP2 continues.

>>18818032
Be careful with the spoilers here, i recommend you to leave.

Is this release any good?

>>18818047
I'll go and do that. This general seems like a nice place, but I don't want to spoil myself accidentally.

>>18818089
Wow look at how fat and short George is

>>18818015
To describe it would not do them JUSTICE.
So I'll leave it to your imagination, but I hope you trust that it's heavenly.

>>18818089
The translation is terrible.

>>18818089
I'm a little yellow fish in the deep blue sea. And my cousin is a fat jellyfish with glasses.

>>18818089
It's pretty shit. The translation is awful too.

>>18818020
>I like to eat people and especially their thighs but don't appreciate their sexuality

Seems pretty fucked up to me

>>18817336
Don't stop thinking, and also get the fuck out of this thread.

>>18818140
>>18818164
What's wrong with the translation. Isn't it just an edit of Witch Hunt's?

Mariaのwrinkly loli asshole! Lewd!

>Maria will never get her butt lewded by bullies
Literally why live? As opposed to figuratively.

>>18818095
Which sprites you playing with?

>>18818171
>Isn't it just an edit of Witch Hunt's?
No, they retranslated everything from scratch. It has stupid shit like this. And also lots of swearing because that's cool

>>18818089

Fat man. Uses an airbrush to look skinny. Put all you can eat buffets out of business in matter of hours. Doesn't deserve a furniture.

>>18818200
im fucking dying. what is this translation holy shit. i know it's not steam but damn

>>18818171
No, it's completely redone by some Russian dude. It's ok, but many important lines are translated in a way that makes them sound cringy. Battler's catchphrase sounds fucking retarded now. And Beatrice keep saying "fuck" or "fucking" all the time, which doesn't fit her character and ends up being annoying/cringeworthy because she says it so much. Also, the Rokkenjima Suspicion is translated as Rokkenjimagate.

Besides the shitty translation, some scenes are ruined because they have no music and the fucking mouths of the characters move every time they speak. It's really stupid.

I'm so glad I enjoy the original version and was able to experience Umineko the way Ryukishi intended. It sucks when I'm looking forward to hearing a let's player's opinion about some scenes and I keep noticing how PS3-related issues make the experience slightly worse for them.

>>18818200
Damn, I actually liked having ADV text boxes and 1080p. To be fair you can get the former with Witch Hunt's translation, but a lot of the features are buggy and weird. The BGM volume changes back to 100% every time the song changes for example.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3JiToRdwVyw

>>18818200
>mfw I can't watch the first half of Narnith's excellent playthrough because he used this version and visibly cringed at some lines
>the PS3 assets and pacing fucking ruined the Shannon vs Beatrice scene in EP2
This is why I hate on these shitty patches. I don't give a shit about them, but goats with no taste keep recommending them to newbies and make them believe they'll have an objectively superior experience.

>>18818200
It's done by russians too, as far as I know.

>>18818253
I love his LP and only experienced the Alchemist version though him but I can't really suggest the full Alchemist version to anyone.

>>18818230
>liking text boxes in a fucking 07thExpansion sound novel
Jesus.

What happened to Satoko is a kid what a loser anon?

>>18818200
What exactly is wrong with this line?

more dlanor thighs

>>18818262
Rose Guns Days and Trianthology both have text boxes. I bet WTC 5 will have them too

>>18818311

>>18818321

Dlanor is the most underrated seacat.

>>18818337
Is she that underrated? She is tied for my favorite Seacat.

>>18818290
Rokkenjimagate is stupid. It's a translator inserting a joke where there wasn't one originally because they think they're funnier than the author.

>>18818353
It doesn't really feel like a joke though.

>>18818320
They were designed with it in mind. Adding it to Higurashi and Umineko is a travesty.

>>18818089
So how should I read Umineko then? Original, original with voice acting, or UmiTweak with PS3 assets?

>>18818344
Ronald is a brilliant character. I love that she takes an immature joy in certain things but gets stuck question the purpose and value of what she's doing. A fantistic foil to many characters, especially Erika. And it warms my heart to see her comradery with other's, especially Battler. If she's truly underrated, then there's a bit of disappointment in me.

Oh and she is CUTE. CUTE!!!

>>18818402
I personally went with original everything my first playthrough and I loved it more than voice acting and new sprites. The newer stuff I would suggest for a second reading.

>>18818408
I agree.

>>18818403

>>18818402
If you're down with the original art I recommend it. Sometimes people trash talk it but the Steam version is great. If you'd prefer CG and can't get behind the original art then choose the Steam version with the voice and PS3 Graphics patch.

>>18818402
Don't you trust the original author to know better than the PS3 crew? The original is at it is for a reason. Just play it without any added crap. It works much better for a first read and you don't get any annoying graphical glitches, flickering text boxes or high pitched bugged voices.

>>18818415
I remember hearing that the PS3 assets patch for the MangaGamer release was missing some effects, like rain, unless that's been fixed.

>>18818402
Flip a coin.

People like to fight over this stuff as if it's actually important. But it actually isn't, the story stands on it's own and the way you are going to prefer it depends completely on luck and random number generators.

>>18818402
You could start with the original and then use the PS3 assets as an incentive to re-read it. It's a massive story but Umineko is meant to be read more than once.

Why does this exist?

>>18818402
Original everything. Trust me. After you finish the whole thing, you'll undertand why it was a good idea and how foolish the PS3 apologists are.

This is a sound novel. Your are not supposed to be looking at pretty sprites and detailed backgrounds. They are only there for you to occasionally glance at them and understand the mood of the characters and the general atmosphere of the scene. The original sprites and backgrounds do that job A LOT better, are more charming and there is nothing distracting or "off" about them. The PS3 assets are plagued by weird pespectives, unsubtle facial expressions that sometimes fail to convey they emotion they are supposed to (especially in Higurashi) and feel really empty and lazy (i.e. Rosa's phone). The extra detail actively detracts from the experience and makes it obvious that the backgrounds are being recycled for completely different places.

>>18818402

>>18818408
>>18818431
^these, if you like Umineko you can be 100% certain that you're going to reread it someday, so you might as well start with the original version and save voice acting/ps3 sprites for that reread

>>18818445
>Rena said "naked"
Lewd! Is she aware of the fact that she exists as a character in a higher plane of existence where people have seen her canon ass crack and read hentai parodies of her life?

this frigging guy

>>18818426
It's enjoyable either way, but the experience is 100% perfect with the original art and no voices. Especially the first time around.

Anyone who argues otherwise is a PS3fag with shit taste that never gave the original art a chance.

>>18815817
>you will never save a pile of meat loli from the depths of Hell
Why live?

>>18818471
I actually feel bad that I went through Higurashi with Alchemist sprites and never gave the original ones a chance, as I now am a big fan of the original Higu sprites.

>>18816302
It wouldn't make sense if the youkai weren't edgy. They come into existence because 10 year olds make up edgy ghost stories.

I will say I prefer the original visuals in all cases, but the voice acting is great! If you want to read quickly though, don't go for voice only patches.

>>18818481
I remember suddenly finding them bland at the beginning of the third arc for some reason. I immediately uninstalled the patch and fell in love with the original aesthetic.

I don't think the "updated" look bad, they just look worse and feel less immersive. The "updated" backgrounds, on the other hand, are complete fucking garbage in comparison. Literally trash.

>>18818471
Higurashi with voices is a travesty. It totally ruins the atmosphere, which is a shame because the seiyuus are so damn good. Thankfully, you can hear them in the anime. Not the awful anime adaptations, just the original anime arcs. I really enjoy those.

>>18818413
God i wish i was Dlanor

>>18818493
The new backgrounds actually disgust me in both Umi and Higu. I am fine with people liking new sprites and voice acting but new backgrounds in either game are actual trash.

>>18818461
>get canon ass crack
>it's with Rena
>get canon nudity
>it's when Rika is being guro'd by Takano

>>18818495
Asmodeus' face is so close to Maria's butt! Lewd!

>>18818499
God I wish I was Cornelia.

>>18818498
>Not the awful anime adaptations, just the original anime arcs
?

>>18818493
>>18818501
Can you elaborate on why you don't like the updated backgrounds? All of them are literally traced from the original version

>>18818516
They stand out way too much and the coloring isn't really that nice to look at IMO.

>>18818501
Not only are they artistically bankrupt, they just don't work at all for the story. They look awkward, empty, distracting, bland, soulless and fail to achieve what a background is supposed to achieve. They wouldn't be so bad in a generic dating sim, but they just don't work in Higurashi. And the fact that a better alternative exists only makes them worse. That's why it baffles me that people actually patch the game to get rid of the original backgrouds and replace them with "less offensive" versions with no personality.

>>18818516
Umineko is a novel. You are not supposed to be looking at the pretty sprites. The originals are expressive and improve the experience, but they never distract you from the narration or prevent you from imagining the scene yourself. That's where the PS3 sprites and backgrounds fail and feel awkward.

The voice acting is great, but I still think the experience is better, more dinamic and less cringy if you imagine the voices in your head. There is nothing more awkward than having a super fast battle slowed down by voice acting. Or accidentally clicking and interrupting the voice acting. Or having the music loop 5 times in a row because the voice acting made the scene take way longer than it should.

The original novel doesn't have any of those problems and the whole aesthetic is much more charming and interesting to look at. The updated sprites and backgrounds look nice, but they feel sterile, boring and artificial compared to the originals. I'm not saying they are shit, but I think they are worse.

Also, Ryukishi often uses vague facial expressions that convey different emotions depending on the context. Only the original sprites do this well. The updated versions lose that subtlety and look awkward at times. It's very noticeable in Higurashi.

There's something about Ryukishi's deformed sprites and the blurred real life backgrounds that make his novels feel even more immersive. It's like your mind just accepts that bizarre-looking world and gets lost in it more easily.

It's also a very unique art style that stands out and makes you feel happy when you see it. The PS2 artwork is much more generic. And the backgrounds are awesome. Since they are photographs, they feel very realistic, but the blurring gives them a surreal vibe that matches perfectly with the character models and the story itself. It makes them feel separated somehow, so you never find a scene ridiculous because of the perspective.

This is very apparent in Higanbana. It just wouldn't be the same with generic anime designs and sterile drawn backgrounds.

Some other examples would be the phone and the super detailed 3D chain in Umineko. Or the super detailed ash tray in Higurashi. They feel extremely generic somehow, there's nothing unique about them. But since they are so detailed, you can't help but notice that Rosa's phone is the same as the one in the mansion, and the same as every other phone that appears in the story. Even the generic picture of a plant that sits next to the phone is the same every time a phone appears. It's obvious that it's just a recycled background and it just takes you out of the story. It looks silly.

In the original novels, you can see the backgrounds but you can't really see any details. Things like phones or ash trays don't stand out so much, it's not as immediately obvious that this phone is exactly the same as the one you saw in a completely different location. It's blurry, you just know that it's a phone and nothing more. It simply conveys the idea of a phone. Same with Hinamizawa and Rokkenjima. The detailed drawn backgrounds in the re-releases make these places feel less realistic and give us too much detail, leaving no room for the imagination. The image is too clean and you can easily see how boring and empty everything looks. And the perspectives look strange sometimes because there isn't a separation between the realistic backgrounds and cartoony sprites. The PS3 version lacks that separation and makes it harder to use your imagination. The sprites look like they belong in that world and the whole perspective makes everything look off.

The blurry photographs are more artistic, even if they didn't take too much effort to create. They are just very interesting to look at. There is more to art than technical detail, don't be a dumb goat. The whole experience is better and more cohesive without any patches.

Oh, and the CGs make some scenes feel really cheesy and "tryhard". Some even look ridiculous and over the top. Not a fan.

I'm not saying that nobody should be allowed to like the updated versions. I don't give a shit about what people like or dislike. I just think it's a shame that new players will have a slightly worse experience when they could have just played the original. You can't deny that some parts have problems, sound cringy, take too long or just look awkward. Take a look at Narnith's EP1-4 videos. The game looks awkward as shit in general and I can't help but cringe the whole time. That could have been avoided.

Original Sprites suck, PS3 sprites are fantastic, do yourself a favour and stick with PS3.

Choose your autistic umineko thread fight
>rosatrice
>sprites
>ange's ass

>>18818538
The voices are absolutely fantastic but yeah, that is why I suggest it for a second playthrough so it doesn't impair the first time experience. I do honestly wish there was higher res version of the original blurry background images so I can use them for wallpapers instead of the default 640x480.

>>18818516
I really enjoy the original backgrounds. They feel nostalgic for some reason, probably because they are real pictures taken in the real life Hinamizawa around the time Higurashi was released. It's been 15 years already!

I don't know, they just look very artistic, even though they are just real pictures with a couple of filters. They feel as if there's something interesting hidden somewhere in that blur, random details of real life captured by the camera, something that wouldn't appear in a drawn background unless the artist intended it and actually drew it. I think organic is the word I'm looking for.

About the voices... I have a huge problem with the voice of the man from 19 years ago.

In the original, voiceless novel, Natsuhi said that the man's voice sounded a bit ambiguous, implying that it was Yasu's voice. He was trying really hard to sound like a pissed off 19 year old guy seeking revenge, saying very creepy and threatening stuff, but his voice still sounded like a middle schooler's because he lost his balls.

The voice patch makes him sound almost exactly like Battler. It's very obviously the same voice actor. It makes a lot of sense, because Battler was an accomplice in EP5 (that regretted it later on and tried to defend Natsuhi). Yasu probably had him read a script during the phone calls. It makes Meta-Battler's counter-theory about Battler being the baby even more credible.

But I don't like how it completely contradicts the text saying that the voice sounds ambiguous and removes the emotional impact of an extremely bitter Yasu calling Natsuhi himself and saying all those mean things.

I think it's pretty obvious that the person playing the man from 19 years ago during the first phone call (the one before the conference) was supposed to be Yasu. Natsuhi's description of the voice only makes sense if it's Yasu. The man is played by Battler in all the other phone calls, because the voice from that point on is described as unambiguously male and he aggresively threatens Natsuhi. On the day of the conference, Battler has already been bribed to cooperate.

That's why I really dislike the fact that Daisuke Ono plays the dude during the first phone call, completely contradicting Natsuhi's description of the voice and creating a weird plot hole. It clearly goes against what Ryukishi intended. It's a fuck up on their part.

>>18818561
autistic fights are what make these threads (and 4chan as a whole) fun desu

The EP7 when shannon is a fucking creep, i imagined her voice more weird and creepy in the original version

I wouldn't dislike the Alchemist sprites so much if they didn't look so shiny, 3D-ish and toy-like. It's just too generic.

Compare them to the beautiful, flat, manga-like 2D sprites in Subahibi. Was it really so hard to draw them like that? They would be much more aesthetically pleasing and Alchemist wouldn't have had to spent so much money on the project. It was too fancy and ended up bankrupting them, but it was all for nothing since they look like crap.

>>18818568
>I do honestly wish there was higher res version of the original blurry background images
The Steam version is in 1280x960. It's probably possible to rip the backgrounds from the game files

i want to teach cute to cooking.

>>18818593
Same, I interpreted as a robot voice giving a computing error.

>>18818561
I want a PS3 version of Ange's ass so I can see every little hair and blemish in her cute teenage asshole.

>>18818611
cock lessons for Dlanor.

>>18818625

>>18818601
How did they increase the resolution without the original photographs? And when will Ryukishi explain how exactly he made them? None of my filters can replicate that look.

>>18818593
Hearing this part voiced must be one of the biggest letdowns in the game.

>>18818635
It was Magic anon, now you will believe in it!? *cackle* *cackle*

>>18818461
Rena is aware that you spilled your useless, filthy sperm by having obscene thought about her body!

>>18818635
I think they just upscaled them

>>18818581
>"the mysterious man sounded like a boy whose voice hadn't broken yet"
>"no, it's too soon to assume that this person is a male"
>Daisuke Ono has been speaking like a completely normal adult male the whole time
Yeah, they kinda of dropped the ball there.

>>18818538
i really really like Ryukishi's original backgrounds, in both games.

>>18818581
The creepy guy on the phone, Zepar and Furfur and ErrorShannon were very obviously written without voice acting in mind. Ryukishi never intended to give them a voice because those characters rely on the fact that we are simply reading their words.

Hell, the colored text itself uses that same logic. You can't speak in colors in real life, but Beatrice DOES speak in red and Battler is forced to acknowledge that absurdity. Because it's text. I love how the story breaks the fourth wall there.

>>18818593
That's why Umineko loses something when you add voices. Some elements of the story rely on the fact that you are READING a voiceless sound novel. Same reason why an anime adaptation would never work at all. Umineko relies on narration and text, you can't just translate that shit to a visual medium.

The text describes Shannon and Will's conversation as normal. She is supposed to sound normal. No robot voices or sound distortions. AND YET, there is a weird, incomprehensible, tense atmosphere as they talk.

This is something that can only be achieved with text and text alone. You have to imagine what that feeling would be like, helped by the wEIRd TeXT.

Once you add voices, they fill in the blanks and prevent you from imagining that indescribable feeling described in the narration. You can actually HEAR Shannon's voice. You can't imagine the sound yourself. And she sounds perfectly normal. It's a let down. But if she sounded like a robot, it would be a let down too.

It only works without voices, because your mind is confused and can't quite imagine what the narration is describing.

It's like the Nothing in the shitty Neverending Story movie. It's a concept that gets ruined once you try to show it visually.

Smelling Lion's ass

>>18818538
I really hate Umineko and Higurashi with textboxes patched in. There is a reason why the author decided to have walls of text instead. He only approved of the Alchemist remake to get money and hopefully make his stuff popular with the normies.

Higurashi and Umineko are not regular visual novels. Hell, they aren't even considered "visual" novels by the author. The sounds, the music and the text are the most important parts. The visuals are only there to complement everything else, and they do a really good job.

What I'm trying to say is that relegating the text (which was intended to appear as a WALL in a certain way) to a tiny textbox with the character's name in one corner like in a normal visual novel is a mistake.

KEY's Kanon has beautiful visuals and they are one of the most important elements of the novel. And most of the text is dialogue between the main character and the girls he can end up dating, so it makes sense to put the text in a rectangular box and show the speaker's name. Otherwise, it would obscure the visuals. But in the WTC series, you are only meant to look at the visuals for a second to see where the characters are, what emotion they are feeling or who moved their head (signaling who is speaking now). 90% of the time you are reading the text.

Alchemist's changes don't fit his artistic vision at all. I can't believe so many "fans" of Ryukishi consider his original novels "cheap-looking" (when they are anything but that) and would rather experience a commercial, dumbed down version of his novels.

They have no respect for the author and don't trust him to make good decisions regarding the sound, look and feel of his works and how that affects the reader's experience. They take him for a talentless fool.

It's OK if you dislike his art, his photographs or his walls of texts. But at least give the guy's original vision a CHANCE instead of patching the shit out of the novels the moment you decide to read them for the first time. It's an acquired taste and it tastes pretty damn good.

What about the mangergamer version but with the voice/art patch? That one gets rid of the dumb alchemist UI hut keeps the art and voice.

>>18818828
>KEY's Kanon has beautiful visuals
I'm sorry anon, but this is where you lost me.

>>18818850
Are you serious? It's really charming and beautiful looking. Ryukishi based his original Higurashi drawings on KEY's. Rena's sprite is a clear example of that.

The 2002 anime does look like crap (I still like it, though), but the VN is beautiful. It has that handdrawn, slightly off-model look that I love so much.

>>18818850
I hope you are joking. I wouldn't change this art style for anything.

>>18818880
Geez, no. I love Ryukishi, but this is where I draw the line.

>>18818891
What do you dislike about it?

I love any art style even remotely similar to Gunbuster, which is the best looking anime ever in my option. I love those lines on Ayu's cheeks.

Why is Mangagamer's Higurashi UI so fucking ugly and intrusive? Do we really need that thing on screen at all times?

>>18818229
i played uminekoproject and i honestly dont remember beatrice swearing once

>>18818680
its especially weird that right before the bomb explodes, battler does the same voice he did over the phone but its just his regular voice and natsuhi freaks out over nothing

>>18818891
You are only saying this after being subjected to uguu memes for so long.

>>18818880
I can't believe this kawaii uguu girl actually needs to poop like a normal human being! Even though she's so adorable that she hardly feels like a human! Ayu is such a literal cute, but she spent 7 years in a coma with a suction tube up her ass! Lewd!

Why did I find Higurashi and Umineko so intriguing before and now I am more or less indifferent to them? Why have I become so jaded?

>>18819840
I felt the opposite actually so I don't know what to say about your situation.

>>18819840
You might just need to immerse yourself with other texts, anon. This is why I started recommending literature last thread. Just like you can't fully appreciate Faust without reading Virgil's Aeneid, Ovid's Metamorphose, your Greeks, Shakespeare, etc, your appreciation of Umineko will remain weighty, crushing and immediate like ice if you don't sublimate it into the airy, timeless ether as vapor through thorough literary experience and investigation. You'll really come to appreciate past works more as you become a more sophisticated reader, since these things are all seamlessly interconnected in the corpus of human thoughts, through all time and space (in our history).

>>18819104
I'm not the anon you're replying to, but I distinctly remember Beato saying "Are you fucking kidding me?" in response to small bombs.

>>18819171
No, I played it before ever seeing those memes, and while I liked the story enough to feel inclined to defend the novel once I started seeing the uguu posting, I wouldn't say I ever liked the art. If you want charming, Clannad is a better pick.

>>18819840
Losing interest in things over time is normal

>>18820860
While I've grown to love the art style of Itaru Hinoue in pretty much everything she was ever involved in, this makes a lot of sense. In my experience, ages ago when I first found an interest in reading Key's work, I had a little trouble getting over some resentment. While I did love their trailblazing history and how they shook up a lot of standardized idea, they attracted imitation. There was a period of time where the genre they started was being thrown around without it's soul. Most visual novels started to look like soulless copies of Key. Even the character design paved the way for what became the generic anime art of our time.

My resentment was petty but when I got over it I found a lot to love in this art. But even I understand. My friend who I'm getting into Higurashi was cool with the original art but when I showed him Key art from Clannad and before it he was repulsed, but atleast he was laughing.

>>18820697
your memory fails you anon

>>18821126
>love the art style of Itaru Hinoue in pretty much everything she was ever involved in
Even this?

I cant look back at the Beatrice Vs Battler fight in EP4 without tearing up at Beatrice’s final question?

on a side note, was anybody intially disappointed with the umineko ending at first, some faggot anon on /v/ spoiled it for me and I kept thinking what a shitty end to a what was so far a good VN, i also considered quitting right then and there but I persisted and now I love the ending and Umineko as a whole.

>>18821177
well i wasn't considering that.
it's different. i might end up liking it quite a bit but i don't have a clue yet since all I've seen is 3 character portraits.

i don't love it... yet! ehh??

>>18820122
But I’m a lowly Ningen I can only handle so many mind blowing truths

psst
post cutie dunlors

>>18821341

>>18821164
Whoops, my bad. I was thinking of this.

>>18821405
Tfw you will never be as alpha as ANIME BATTLER

>>18821451
Battler is a true man.

What's the best Umineko figure I can buy with my hard earned dollars?

>>18821475
There is fucking nothing except a couple cheap $20 prize figs and this motherfucker.

>>18819840
You are getting old, boring, and cranky, it happens to everyone.

>>18821470
Lateral thinking aka just bashing a locked door open with an axe because you’re a brainlet

>>18821341
Lewd Dlanors you say?

>>18822209
saved
but no i didn't say that don't twist my words

>>18818828
Say it in red

>just finished Ep. 2 of seacats
what the fuck is going on
I'm leaving and won't give up trying to make sense of this, but this is some high level mind fuckery going on.

>>18822477
You're in a wildride

>>18822477
I really want to know your reaction once you finish Episode 3. The wild ride is just getting started.

>>18821475
who is the girl next to battler?

>>18822581
bernkastel

>>18822608
t-thanks

>>18822278
Well, I'll still post them anyway.

>>18818538
>>18818581
>>18818598
>>18818712
>>18818828
CGs look cool out of context, but having this shit pop up while reading the story really detracts from the experience. It looks pretty goofy.

Sorry, but voiced > non voiced purely because of Beatrice, Bernkastel and Ange.

Will this nonsense ever stop?

>>18823926
Nice strawman, "pal".

>>18823926
It will stop after one of the versions disappears from the face of the earth.

>>18822477
Enjoy
After the episode 4 it's downhill

>>18824017
>Strawman
That's exactly what's being said.

>>18822581
Maya Kumashiro

Post WTC collections if you have one.

>>18824241
>BDSM the complete guide

>>18824241
Nice shelf but
>essential kanji
Anon...

>>18823854
>Takano will never dominate you and use a strap-on to punish you.
Why live?

>>18824241
Woah nice, what are the Umineko books that are under the red book?
Jessica fig, good taste anon, and the original style figs of Higurashi, awesome!

>>18824348
Fuck off disgusting faggot

>>18824348

I miss when George was a fat fuck secretly jealous of his much cooler cousin. Alchemist made him too attractive. He's still bland as fuck, though.

>>18824380
Spotted the angsty eunuch.

>>18824452
>Alchemist made him too attractive
He was attractive in the manga and anime as well, both of which predate the PS3 port

>>18824465
And no one is being humilliated or something, i was just showing my love for Takano.

>>18824452
>Help I'm a fish
The only thing that movie is missing is a loli Jessica expy. It would be 10/10 if there was a cute girl other than the 6 year old Maria expy.

>I miss when George was a fat fuck
It's implied in the story that he's a just bit chubby. If he was a fucking fatass like Fly's cousin, he wouldn't have considered himself the perfect gentleman during his fedora phase. Also, he wouldn't be able to practice martial arts.

>>18824452
Yeah, this is the worst part of the PS3 port. Completely unrealistic.

Daily reminder that Rosa is secondhand goods.

>>18824452
The fat George-like kid ended up being the best character in the movie. He went badass at the end.

>>18824452
>that villain death
wew lad

>>18824512
Why Rosa can't eat pudin like a normal person? she's old enough for that!

>>18824452
Nigga looks like the man in the yellow suit from Curious George, how is that attractive in any wat

>>18824564
She only wants dick! Filth! A woman drown in lust is ugly!

>>18824377
Those are all doujinshi, some of which I've put up on sadpanda.

>>18824452
George is not meant to be physically ugly, he's meant to be a boring loser with no personality.

>>18824594
Based anon, thanks!

>>18824603
>a boring loser with no personality
Literally me, but I'm also fat
;_;

Do you prefer the original or updated sprites?

>>18824654
There is a difference between being too shy/awkward to openly show your true personality and actually being a fucking normie like Jooji.

is white text just cum?

>>18824674
We've had this discussion for half the thread.

>>18824674
Please don't start the shitstorm again

>>18824674
I prefer original sprites with voice acting.

Man, my dream is to see the Erika vs Battler and the Battle of the Golden Land animated by Ufotable.
God only knows how much excited I got when I was reading the Golden Land battle, specially at Rosa's rage.

But instead we got DEEN.
Also, TSUMIHOROBISHI-HEN wheeeeeeeeen?

>>18824781
>TSUMIHOROBISHI-HEN wheeeeeeeeen?
Heheheh... I'm a nice guy, so I'll tell you...
5 minutes!

I remember asking for a triantholog translation in an old thread and some anon said that he was going to release it tomorrow,
i'll kill your family fucking liar.

>>18824872
>blindly believing anything on the internet
you brought this upon yourself

The mental condition of Ushiromiya Maria! Humiliating! Lewd!

if you unironically prefer trick you don't deserve human rights you disgusting filth. you deserve to be pushed out of a flying plane.

>>18825780
I wonder what Ange would feel if the president of Japan took away her human rights and she became a cumdumpster for all the men in the country!

No enjye bullying kudasai.

>>18818285
A day later I'm here to tell you to fuck off, cancerenabler

Mion is cool, even with the fact that she has a smelly butt she can have cool friends (and they know about their butts too) and be chill about it!

We still know nothing about what Umineko EP9 will be like. Who would you like to see it focused on?
Any particular human characters, such as the Ushiromiyas or perhaps the Hachijos? Meta characters like Dlanor and Will? More Erika?

>>18825780
What if I prefer Trick's resolution but overall agree with Magic's message? What does that make me?

Is $25ish considered average or expensive for a standard tapestry? I think this is cute, but I don't really buyfag very often, and the price seems slightly steep.

https://order.mandarake.co.jp/order/detailPage/item?itemCode=1086572343&lang=en

>>18825921
But her smelly butt is one of her charm points.

>>18826131
If you love Mion then its a must.

>>18825859
This line seems to kind of validate the mission of the humiliation anon.

>>18825780
Both are bittersweet at best anyway.

Seacats doesn't want readers to feel happy, but at least Magic ending ends in a more positive vibe... kinda?

>>18825780
But trick ending is literally the good ending.

>>18826349
He's being less pevert lately.

Fat Fuck George

Post yours.

>>18827505
Proof that red text = lies

>>18812512
I'm French, and here's my transcription of the first minute of Bore-ral. I hope it will help my fellow anons to reach the truth.

>Bobelo tomalaté radé
>La crémière à là de Pascal sait raté
>Bo okay là faut à la vie carré
>La crétin qu'à là la potéchat caté

I haven't found the true meaning of those sentences yet. I will try to translate them to the best of my abilities, but they seem to operate on a level I can't understand.

>Bobelo (Ougandan name?) tomato latte (coffee?) failed (?)
>The creamer/dairywomen here of Pascal says failed.
>Okay here needs of the squared life.
>The dumbass of here the potecat (new pokemon?) of the catechism.

>>18824452
That movie has a god tier OST. It's just bubble gum pop, but all the songs are so fucking catchy.

The story is also surprisingly dark and serious sometimes. I remember being really scared as a kid when NotBattler got hurt by that crab and looked like a dead fish for the rest of the movie. Or when he unknowingly threw his sister into the sea. Or the villains death, what the hell was that?

It's nothing special objectively speaking, but it's a very memorable movie and I love it. The animation is really good too.

>>18824841
https://exhentai.org/g/228182/059b9cdecc/
Maybe in 8 years I can read this

>>18826396
oh yeah, you've absolutely convinced me.

>>18826128
i guess you can have some human rights, but pick them wisely.

>>18826390
i don't see how it could be very close to the positivity of the trick ending. what's so great about ange getting herself involved in bullshit and shooting some dudes to keep her unearned $$$$$

>>18828792
>i don't see how it could be very close to the positivity of the trick ending. what's so great about ange getting herself involved in bullshit and shooting some dudes to keep her unearned $$$$$

Well, she doesn't die, for one.

>>18828632
>Battler fucking the stoicism out of a loli Bern
Good taste. Why aren't there more doujins of Bern and Lambda?

>>18826396 #
oh yeah, you've absolutely convinced me.

>>18826128 #
i guess you can have some human rights, but pick them wisely.

>>18826390 #
i don't see how it could be very close to the positivity of the magic ending. what's so great about ange getting herself involved in bullshit and shooting some dudes to keep her unearned $$$$$.

furudo erika is my role model.

So... Ryukishi's self insert in Umineko is Shannon, right?

>>18828884
If Ikuko=Yasu,yes

>>18828828
Does R07 hate stoicism?

>>18828493
LOL, all the French people of this community are definitely dumb.

>>18828112
I'm surprised I did this, but here.
It's no coincidence that Annarasumanara's magical theme is accompanied by golden butterflies. Add it to the other recommended stories as something else to read for anyone who likes Umineko.

>>18827505
I'd throw a whole bucked of blue paint on your head.

>>18828493
>>18829642
Here is my translation of "le 4 Octobre" in french :

>Le 4 du Octobre

I still don't know the true meaning of it but it seems to work on a higher level iI can't understand.

>>18829746
That scene in Episode 6 with Battler talking to his imaginary Beato was sad as fuck.

>>18829907
Yeah, I found it sadder than the magic ending (enough that it still deters me from watching the scene). While Ange's resolution was bittersweet, from Battler's perspective, he eternally lost someone he loved enough to spend eternity with in all salient senses. I'm less often in it for the sentimentality, but the scene is just heartbreaking, with him conjuring illusions in futility for a lost love, trying to relive those (ironically) halcyon days of his game with her. What struck me was that, of all the supposed illusions, Beatrice's had no single quotation marks, which are used to denote a quote within a quote.

It still makes me feel pretty bad to read over, though (I just tried to confirm the quotation mark suspicion).

>>18829991
What really struck me about that scene was how it must have paralleled with Ryukishi's real life situation at the time, what with the death of BT and all. I think that stuff about how Beatrice would never be able to read the story Battler wrote for her was mirroring how Ryukishi was feeling at the time.

>>18829780
Excellent work anon. We'll decipher the code eventually.

I find fascinating the fact that they're talking about a tomato latte, and then immediately afterwards of a dairywoman who says that Pascal failed. Who was Pascal? Who was the dairywoman? Why did Pascal fails? Is the latte connected to the dairywoman? Was the dairywoman Bobelo? Is Bobelo an African dairywoman?

The rabbit hole goes deep. Ryukishi truly is a genius.

>>18829780
Le umineko meem theory XDtrice

>>18829780
>>18830443
Duncantrice isn't the only one, and wasn't even the first to talk about French hints inside the story ... It's just that community moved to RGD where the french references are just so obvious.

>>18830443
>Pascal failed
Pascal's wager?

Well, if it means "Pascal's Wager" failed, then that ain't too surprising no matter if you're religious or atheist. Believing in God just cause you can get something out of it it ain't all that nice.

Did anyone here actually succeed in figuring out Higurashi or Umineko after only the question arcs?

>>18830857
No, im really a retard, i suspected Kanon because always things happened to his body but nothing more like that, just in EP6 at the end i was understanding the whole thing.
But i remember a people suspecting Shannon and even the shannon kanon thing.

With higurashi nothig, NOTHING, im just a tard.

>>18830857
Umineko is pretty easy in hindsight. I mean, every time the family member are accomplices in what they think is a "fake" crime, their behavior makes it extremely obvious. Eva and Hideyoshi in EP1 or the entire fucking family in EP5 behave in very inappropriate ways considering that some of their loved ones have supposedly been killed. It's really fucking obvious that they are in on it.

Teasing Lion's dick

>>18828112
where am i supposed to put my best friend willard. he's not human. he's not furniture. he's not a witch.

>>18828632
I don't visit R07 thread for months and a da after I post this I got a dream where Lambda ask me "What are you doing?". I was making a game where you can plant player's head in ass. You pull lever and the resulting number shows how long you can plant your face there. If you are not moving might as well lay on asses.The end


>>18829421
Not when watching Ange get minced

>Duncan thinks the wind symbolizes a character
What would you even call a character whose name means "wind?"

>>18831884
Kaze, I guess

>>18831726
I'd put him in furniture even though he technically isn't one.

>>18831907
but that's where i need to put my daughter! fucking angel race is ruining everything.

>>18831884
what? why the "wind" would be a character?
That means that the overused wind sound is hint for him too?

>>18831982
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fq3abPnEEGE

tfw you think you're the protag only to realize you're the token bro character who exists to provide advice for the protag

Can furniture fart? imagine if Yasu farted in one of the closed rooms, that would be her/his end!

I read Higurashi and finished Meakashi last night, then started Tsumihoroboshi. I have the old translation though, should I wait for the new one or just read what I have?

>>18832618
Read what you have. If you wait for Mangagamer to finish, WTC 5 will be fully released.

>>18832618
Read what you have but get the original music patch.

>>18832618
The Question Arc for the old translation was terrible, but it's suppose to improve at some point in the Answer Arc. It shouldn't be that much of a problem to continue reading with the old translation at the point you reached.

>>18832627
>>18832632
>>18832649
Thanks friendos, I'm reading it now. Is there a patch for the PS2 sprites for this one?

>>18832658
Yes there is, you just need to go and look it up.

>>18828112

UOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOH

>>18832658
Get the sound effects patch. Mangagamer replaced the original sounds with literal shit.

>>18832757
<very good>

>>18831884
I can't believe a girl as cute as Xion actually has a sweaty human ass.

>>18832757
Erika did nothing wrong

>>18832925
Please delete this

>>18830085
Yeah, so his history as a civil servant complemented the grieving he underwent while writing Umineko. He writes very tactfully about the sorts of issues the civil servant may face and, later on, more heavily with pressing on beyond the loss of a loved one. In fact, every character deals thoroughly and intricately with death in Umineko; BT's death must have acted as a defibrillator, galvanizing Ryukishi into emphasizing more so on overcoming death with peerless heartfulness, which is where my main WTC5 concern comes.
I've already shown that, with WTC5, we can expect the return of that exalted philosophical/spiritual profundity, alongside tempered writing, alluring difficulty, sublime atmosphere, a fun story, etc, but, considering the circumstances, I'm unsure he can write another story with as much heart as Umineko. I wouldn't be ashamed (of myself or anyone else) dying with a Umineko magnum opus, and even something only nearly as good would be phenomenal—if not preeminent—in the medium, but Ryukishi set the bar really high for himself, and I don't think anything else he has written stands as formidable competition, not even en masse (it's far more meaningful than this Duncantrice meme makes it out to be, in any case). Well, as long as it's a fun read I don't have anything to really worry about, right?

>>18830881
It's funny that you say that, since most things are pretty easy in hindsight. Have someone try some difficult Raven's matrices and enjoy yourself watching them helplessly writhe and rack their brain to their wit's end before they fold and demand the solution only to befall bathos for a simple permutation. If it's difficult until you understand it, it's always difficult, because the only people who are concerned with the difficulty are the people who still have to defeat it.

>>18832757
Yeah, I was gonna do this with Bernkastel until I realized that'd be making her my least favorite anything.

>>18833236
Should have done it and replaced the square for least favorite with Erika.

>>18833268
I mean, I enjoyed making mine way too much to regret it anyway. Especially putting Kanon as my least favorite human. It's hard to put a least favorite anything because they're all great anyway. My favorite Twilight scene only matters because of my least favorite one, for example (and thereby Featherine's nomination as my least favorite witch), and Legend is still disjunctively excellent.

Is it possible to change a goats opinion on Chiru or should you just leave them to their own devices?

>>18833914
Opinions cannot be changed.

>>18832907
>girl

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WS93JrmdTKI

>>18833979
Ha!

Try watching the Yeoman of the Guard. Wait a bit, then watch other Gilbert and Sullivan Plays. Wait a bit more and wait for your life to become happy, or sad.

I guarantee you you'll switch your opinion on it at least once. It's either the most brilliant subversion out there or pointlessly cruel edgy shit.

>>18834031
What timing, I was just listening to The End of The World and thinking how it might be my favorite Umineko song.

what if WTC5 is a gacha game

>>18834200
Well, real life being a gacha game makes a twisted sort of sense

>>18834200
but we've already had a WTC gacha game

When does Tsumihoroboshi pick up? I get why there's slice of life fun school time parts, but at this point we know something horrific is going to happen and considering this is Renas chapter we know she's going to smash the fuck out of some windows. How long until it moves past the sol?

>>18834328
Just keep with it, it does pick up. It's my favorite chapter in Higurashi if that means anything.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UbXy3c2oAfA

>>18834328
>When does Tsumihoroboshi pick up?

After Mangagamer releases it on Steam

>>18829746
>least favourite furniture
Poor taste, she is one of the best.

Wait never mind Tsumihoroboshi just got really interesting

>>18834660
I'm glad, what happened to spark your interest?

>>18834672
Renas backstory with her mother got explained and her hideout in the trash pile

>>18834680
You're in for quite the ride, it never really goes down from there, only up.

>>18817869
how is the resolution that high? ps3? I kinda want this image without the text. if you had this image textless you could superimpose the English text onto it.

>>18834766
No idea, someone a couple weeks ago posted it after not knowing someone had a version so high res either. I don't even know where the picture is found in the game files, unless I am blind I can't find it in my downloaded CGs and background folder.

>>18834800
Actually it just kind of hit me, does that CG exist in the original version or just the Alchemist version?

>>18834812
How could you forget this?

>>18834824
Right, god dam. I only forgot it because I went through the original once and when I need to quickly reference something I look it up on youtube and there are 0 completed LPs of the original version.

WHAT THE FUCK HAVE THEY DONE TO MY SEACATS??

WHAT IS THIS BULLSHIT FANSERVICE OFFICIAL ART!?

REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

https://games.yahoo.co.jp/news/detail?n=20111108-00000002-dengeki

>>18834922
When they create a fucking plothole for the sake of fanservice, is when you know they went too far.

Entergram what the fuck, that's worse than the anime's bullshit.

>>18834935
I might have missed something, plothole?

>>18834922
Fuck my samples dude

>>18834922
Phew, best girl, I think I'm going to nut

>>18834922
It's good to see Lambda's divine sanctity not being VIOLATED! Very good!

>>18834624
Oh, I like everyone in the story except like Ootsuki. Really would have favored him without any sort of sprite at all if he was going to end up like that. While Cornelia's at the bottom, I can't help but be compelled by and impressed with the stalwart defense she provides, as a prosaic hymn to willpower, if you will, but I really love most of the cast so it's tough.

>>18834946
Shannon's "breasts."

uryuu... uu-uu... auau... hauu...

yep. it's settled. nobody is lazier than ryukishi. he made the same person 4 times with no differences.

>>18833236
>with WTC5, we can expect the return of that exalted philosophical/spiritual profundity, alongside tempered writing, alluring difficulty

>being this optimistic
He will write some edgy Zelda fanfic