#Why the umineko anime is bad full#

I claimed that coming up with a solution given the listed conditions is unsatisfactory and trivially easy. Now, letвЂ™s go back to the solution to the murders. They guessed the answer using these 3 steps:ДЎ- Ignore the most convoluted parts of the epitaph and assume the location of the door to the golden land based on what would make sense for the narrative of the story.Дў- Solve a play on words by interpreting it in the only way that would fit the description of that place.ДЈ- Roughly guess how opening the door to the golden land could work. This is what anyone who claims to have solved the epitaph actually did.

However, the riddle of the epitaph is possible to guess. To be actually present in UminekoвЂ™s world so you can examine and interact with вЂњthe door to the golden landвЂќ. Solving metaphoric riddles of questionable logic. Expert knowledge of Japanese kanjis and a some Chinese. The map of a certain country during a certain time period (none of which are mentioned in the first 4 chapters, I think, and I doubt you could even find it on the internet).

Why is it impossible to solve the riddle of the epitaph? Is it possible to solve the riddle of the epitaph? Even if you reached a solution, you could never be sure it is the solution, and coming up with a solution given the listed conditions is unsatisfactory and trivially easy.Д«efore proving that, let me quickly address the riddle of the epitaph. So, basically, there isnвЂ™t nearly enough information and rules to find the truth. ItвЂ™s never explicitly stated that the Umineko mystery follows any of the вЂњrules of a good mysteryвЂќ explained in the story. Red truths are valid as long as they are technically true in any possible context or interpretation, which makes them worse than useless (more on this later). Anything that is not a red truth can be disregarded as вЂњlies of the narrationвЂќ. There is no guarantee that the culprit is not killed. There is no guarantee that the accomplices or even the culprit are the same in all the games. There is no limit on how many culprits/accomplices there are. Most of the actions that the culprit must have taken are not hinted at all. Why is it impossible to properly solve Umineko? Actually go through every murder and provide a proper explanation of how that character could have done it, supported by clues in the game and without contradictions. Figure out a certain twist in the story that heavily implies who the culprit is and assume thatвЂ™s the solution. The truth about those people is that they did not solve Umineko, not by a long shot. It is impossible to properly solve Umineko.Д«ut then, how come that all those people claimed to have solved it themselves? It didnвЂ™t look like I could get any further, so I kept reading.ДЄfter having finished the whole visual novel, reading over the manga, watching 8 hours of video on youtube, and reading old forums for even more hours, this is my red truth: I had some theories, but nothing that neatly explained all the murders. I spent some hours on it, rereading some chapter and competitions of red truths. Some people going as far as claiming they solved it all by episode 4.

I found some threads on reddit where everyone agreed that it was in fact solvable. Still, I took a peek, since I needed some guarantee before committing the time to try and solve it. I feared that looking up the answer on the internet might produce an accidental spoiler that ruins the whole experience.

#Why the umineko anime is bad full#

This article contains no spoilers beyond chapter 2, which is the bare minimum you need to read to even understand what Umineko is about.ДЄs I was reading the answers arc of the Umineko no Naku Koro ni visual novel, also known as Umineko When They Cry, also known as Umineko no Naku Koro ni Chiru, I wondered:Д¬an this mystery actually be solved before the story explains the solution? And by вЂњactuallyвЂќ I mean вЂњbeing an average reader that spends a couple hours thinking really hard about itвЂќ, since I assume that it is solvable if you are a die hard fan with 4.000 free hours that is willing to re-read each chapter 10 times and write a book full of notes.ДЄlso, by вЂњpossibleвЂќ I mean that the solution makes perfect sense and can be reached by following logic steps.