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“Umineko When They Cry” is a game software produced by Dojin circle 07th Expansion (Limited Company FUJIX) which is leaded by Ryukishi07. Many people may be heard about Ryukishi07 and 07th Expansion as they are very famous for “Higurashi When They Cry”. The story of “”Umineko When They Cry” follows the story of “Higurashi When They Cry”. Maybe owing to its popularity of “Higurashi When They Cry”, “Umineko When They Cry” was supported firmly by its fans. Thereby, just like “Higurashi When They Cry”, “Umineko When They Cry” was also successfully animated even though it was a Dojin soft.
Same as “Higurashi When They Cry”, the story centers round the continuous bizarre murder case(；＾_＾) The setting is based on an isolated island where people were told about witch legend. It is about solving the tragic affairs happening to those people concerned to Ushiromiya family. The way of reasoning in the story is very addictive. The opponent that the main character, Battler Ushiromiya, has a very vigorous debate with is a witch. Battler faces a witch from the meta-world’s point of view, and discuss whether the incident was caused by human or witch, and even impossible for human to make it happen. If Battler admits that it was caused by witch, in other words acknowledges the existence of a witch, then he loses.
As you can see, the story is quite complicated. To be honest, I think I only understood 70% of elements of the story even though I watched the animation(；＾_＾) However, this complicatedness is one of the interesting point of “Umineko When They Cry”, and it would put other mystery novels to shame because it keeps players thinking “it’s neither this way nor that…!?”, and that is so much fun(｀・ω・´)=３ For the animation, music and images are added to its complicated mysteries, so it would just makes audiences feel like a detective!! You would find yourself leaning forward as you solve the mystery(´v｀)=３
Personally, I get more and more enthusiastic because of my favorite character, Battler… because he is way too handsome!! He is quite passionate, yet very smart and can preserve his calm to have a clear view of the incident. He is the character who can stir player’s emotions and motivations as a detective(´v｀)=３ Moreover, it is hard to hate him even though he often is put down by a witch because he is compassionate. Also, the epigone game theory that Battler uses frequently is a good and helpful item for player’s reasoning!!
So this is the “Umineko When They Cry”. It can be recommended not only to the fans of mysteries, but also to those who likes to watch the animation which gets to your heart. In addition, the comic that covers all the unsolved mysteries from the game and animation are now serialized by each medium. So maybe the best way to enjoy “Umineko When They Cry” is to start reasoning alone through the game or animation, and then find the answer from the comic!!
