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SantaRPidgey posted...

As far as I can tell, Im the first person to see as a butt

I briefly had this thought when I was first learning Japanese, but attributed it to having an immature sense of humor.

I actually enjoyed your silly/sex-joke approach. I wasn't expecting it when I clicked on the video, but I probably would have stopped watching if you had been "purely educational."
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I enjoyed it. Thank you.
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Nice!

Or in regards to the Articuno and Empoleon pic, should I say...

Nice!

*dodges tomato*
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Ramza: rofl. Rofel: You say my name? -Eise

The murder of Gohda, George, and Shannon was difficult for me upon a reread because I didnt know what the fuck Yasu was doing or if someone else was killing him/her here. But after reading other interpretations and what the manga said, I get it now.

A: Here it says Shannon wanted to go to Natsuhis room to get a mirror. What if shes actually talking about a gun?
K: Could be. I mean, guns in Umineko have been represented as everything from an actual gun to bunny girls. No reason a mirror cant be codename for a gun. (thinking: Also, Shannon basically did mirror = bomb earlier that episode, but I hope Arria forgot about that)
A: I imagine Shannon nudging George with her elbow and being like Hey, uhh theres a mirror in Natsuhis room that will protect us from the witch. Wanna go get it with me? Shannon wants to get a gun to protect herself from Gohda and Genji. When she suggests leaving, Genji tells Gohda to go with them so they dont get any funny ideas. Then in Natsuhis room lets see, how does this play out? Essentially I think Gohda killed George and Shannon, but one of them left a killing blow on him, too.
K: What do you think of this line here? (pointing to where I typed Genji stayed behind to wait for a call from Kinzo.)
A: Obviously we know thats bullshit. Maybe he went to go set the bomb? Or maybe Genji followed the three in secret. Alright, this is what Im going with. Gohda killed Shannon from behind, then George killed Gohda in revenge. He thought hed get away with it, but Genji was close behind and killed George.
K: So how did the room get locked? It says Rosa has all the master keys
A: Why is Rosa in quotation marks?
K: *laughs* Her name was in quotation marks in the wiki, which I copy-pasted. I dont remember why.
A: Maybe its meant to imply something. Something like all the keys are under Rosas control directly or indirectly. Maybe she gave a master key to Genji with the implication that shes paying him or hes otherwise under her control. So yeah, lets say Genji had a master key and locked the room after the murder.

I love that Arria pretty much got it entirely backwards
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Episode 2, Nanjo + Kumasawa murder:

K: Now the next one, with ghost Kanon.
A: Huh. Now that I think Kanon could have gotten away and bled to death elsewhere, I wonder if it IS Kanon. Shannon goes to get spider web. I know they did that because of the butterfly-spider symbolism, but did you know spider web has some medicinal properties? They have a lot of something (edit: vitamin K) which people in ye olden days used in bandages because it helped clot wounds.
K: They have modern stuff here, too, like a first aid kit somewhere.
A: Maybe this is Shannon getting a first aid kit while also maintaining the spider eat butterfly symbolism.
A: But anyway, Battler isnt anywhere in this room, is he?
K: No, hes with Rosa in the parlor room when this is going down.
A: Then literally anything could be happening here. It could have been a Mexican standoff done wrong. Or one of the three who lived did it and told the other two to shut up or theyre next. Oooh *thinks*
A: Gohda and Genji could have teamed up to do it, and then threatened Shannon to stay quiet. Yes, thats what Im going with. I dont think Kanon had anything to do with this scene. Hes off in the woods dying somewhere. Maybe already dead. Gohda and Genji killed the walrus and Kumasawa, then told Shannon to lie to Rosa or else shes next. Then they go to Rosa and say (utterly flat tone): oh yes, Kanon did it. Uh-huh. It was Kanon.
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Ramza: rofl. Rofel: You say my name? -Eise

It's never too late to read Umineko. I finally convinced my friend to do so about a year ago and she's managed to stay away from spoilers.
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Interesting ideas, and I don't know the answer to whether there was an actual paper letter in the envelope or not. I think Ep 2 is a Vengeance Yasu, like you said, but there certainly COULD be kakera out there where Rosa found the gold and it went more like your first idea. Then again, I suppose there could be kakera where anything happens.

No update today since I'm a scum who half-assedly typed up Arria's thoughts and still need to put them in a more coherent structure. >_<
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Yes, your writeups are great however you want to do them lol. So glad you got to Gungi girl!
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Tag. Watchthrough topic? There's a watchthrough topic on the Contest board too.
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I have the two recent games, but I wanted to play the original game first. I know it's been fan translated, but wasn't it going to get an official English release?

I watched the first anime 10 years ago, but when the second one started airing, I couldn't get into it since I felt like I had forgotten so much of the world and setting.
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We move on to the second twilight. We have a lot of back and forth discussion that I didnt catch all of since she needed to look at the notes on my computer. A big part involved what it means when the red text said Kanon died in this room. Since I wasnt even sure how to mislead her with that line, I decided to let her run with whatever she came up with on her own. Her idea is that killing just means its where the fatal wound was made, although it allows him to run around bleeding and lets him die somewhere else on the island.
A: So I think Jessica killed Kanon. For some reason, she thought that he killed the parents and she had a moment of what the fuck, Kanon? so she invited him to her room. Something went wrong. Maybe he even attacked her first. Either way, they killed each other, although Kanons wound was such that he escaped and died off in the woods somewhere.
A: As for the door where did they find his key, again?
K: uhh (I forgot and couldnt find out quickly enough. I THOUGHT it was inside Jessicas room.)
A: So maybe Kanon left his key inside, then borrowed Gohdas key to lock the door.
K: Okay
A: OR! Maybe Gohda killed them both. Take out the middleman. Couple scenarios: Jessica and Kanon killed each other in the room and Gohda hauled Kanons body away, but left his key inside the room. Or Jessica left a killing blow on Kanon, who left his key behind, but he got away and then Gohda came in and killed Jessica.
K: Sure.
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SeabassDebeste posted...

holy shit

i compared the penguin and turtle chimerants to piggy from lord of the flies

penguin dude's name was peggy

When I first read your post where you made that comparison, I had to read the sentence twice since I forgot Piggy was a LofF character and I thought you were literally just saying their names. >_>
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A: Episode 2 is the monster episode
K: How is it the monster episode?
A: Its the one that breaks your spirit. Its the one where you think youre in for a nice magical murder mystery, and theyre like NOPE, YOURE WRONG.
K: Didnt you say something like that about episode 1s first twilight?
A: I dont always learn my lessons the first time
A: But no, episode 2 was the one Beatrice described as like excruciating, or something like that. Extreme difficulty?
K: Yeah, its quite fascinating to reread it.
A: That reminds me of another thing. Episode 2 was the one with all the obnoxious dating scenes and I remember how last time I was like *snore* and you were like (excitedly) oh wow! Amazing!
(I wasnt THAT obvious about it, but its clear to Arria that theres more than meets the eye)

We spent some time reading the notes I made for Ep 2 and reminding her of various small things that happened. One problem is we couldnt remember where all the master keys were at specific points until there was a red truth saying Rosa had them all. Specifically, I couldnt remember where Kanons master key was after his body disappeared.

K: Okay, so lets start with Twilight 1. I think you solved the issue with the sealed envelope last time.
A: Yeah, the wax seals arent fool-proof and Rosa could feasibly understand how to remove it without breaking it and reapply it.
(Later: I realize now that we BOTH forgot about a red truth somewhere that said the key was never in anyones possession from the time it was given to Maria until the letter was opened. That said, I think Arria would be able to solve it easily now. Were told the chapel was locked by Rosa and no other evidence was ever shown suggesting she was telling the truth.)
A: Reading this part now, I have a different interpretation. (The part in question was where I wrote in the notes The seven Ushiromiya adults and Beatrice gathered in the chapel. All seven acknowledge the existence of Beatrice as a witch.)
A: I think this is just Rosa with a gun threatening everyone. There was a bar of gold here, correct?
K: Yeah, we were show at least one, possibly more, when the characters investigate the scene later
A: And that was the gold Krauss and Natsuhi knew about, right? What if they invited the family into the chapel and were going to show off the gold to gain some kind of leverage over them, but Rosa had a gun and decided fuck it and murdered them all to keep the gold.
K: Okay. So how about the Happy Halloween for Maria bit. Who did that?
A: Rosa? Maybe she was sick of Marias witch antics and wanted to scare her.
K: Do you think that Rosa would think that would work? Would Rosa think this will scare Maria or would she think this will encourage Maria.
A: I guess you have a point. Maybe it was one of the servants who didnt know Maria as well. Like, Ill use Gohda as an example, but it could be any of them maybe Gohda put it up as a warning to Rosa. He saw what she did and that message was to scare her into being compliant? A sort of dont fuck with us or your daughter is next.
K Okay
A Oh! Heres a strange thought: What if Maria herself did it? She could have the idea that Mama has to work to make money, therefore Mama cant spend time with me. But now that she has gold, her thoughts are Mama doesnt need to work anymore, therefore Mama can play with me and well have a fun Halloween party together.
K: So you think Maria herself painted the magic circle?
A: I mean, its not a strong idea, I admit, but it kinda works. Also, Im not saying that Maria committed the murders. I dont want to imagine her as Jack the Ripper Jr. over here.
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Haha, that was just an idea at the top of my head. No idea what other people might think Gaap's furniture equivalent should be. :P

(Arria and I did get the sprites and voices working. She had to stop at Moon Tourism, though, because it made her want to slap Krauss). We'll probably read more later. Now we gotta get some food.
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It's so minor and ultimately doesn't matter at all, but... Kalluto is a boy
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Alright, at Arria house trying to get the voice and PS3 sprite patch to work. We're dumb, but we managed to get it for the first half so I have faith in us. D:
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There's something I want to say, but this time I don't know if it's a spoiler or not because I don't know if it was actually revealed in-series or just in side materials.
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Ramza: rofl. Rofel: You say my name? -Eise

In the time I've had Steam, I've gotten "better computers" twice now and I have played my first game (Mount and Blade Warband) on each one. In addition, many games use cloud saves so if you were to play it on your current computer, your save could transfer to the new computer without you having to move files over the hard way.
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Ramza: rofl. Rofel: You say my name? -Eise

I agree with everything you said about the scene with the dying queen. I wasn't expecting feels, and I got them.
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tomorrow
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keepin it bumped
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Ramza: rofl. Rofel: You say my name? -Eise

Aww, I missed a lot of days, but it looks like I would have either been in the majority or not cared. Glad I made it to this one though because I love Vileplume!
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Leanaunfurled posted...

Yeah, but it has nothing to do with Trump.

This. I graduated college and got a job in my field, but I would have done that under any president.
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bump

Arria's gonna finish up her analysis and we'll jump into Ep 5 on Monday!
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Ramza: rofl. Rofel: You say my name? -Eise

Nobody really uses the full names of the royal guards. It's safe to call them Pitou, Pouf, and Youpi. Especially Youpi because holy shit his whole name is difficult.
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Ramza: rofl. Rofel: You say my name? -Eise

Although it's gen 3 (and I did play 1 and 2 beforehand), props to the music that plays in RSE on the ashy route. It's a great tune and I spent a lot of time collecting ash to get all the flutes.
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pjbasis posted...

Eerieka posted...

His backstory was way longer than needed, I agree. But keep in mind that being "already dead" is irrelevant in an arc where people can come back as ants.

Kind of a spoiler bro?

TC knows that people can back as ants. It's been established with Colt.
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RIP to a man whose story gave me a legit "wake up sweating in the middle of the night" nightmare once.
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SeabassDebeste posted...

Also, fuck that ten-minute backstory for Gyro, king of NGL, who's already dead.

His backstory was way longer than needed, I agree. But keep in mind that being "already dead" is irrelevant in an arc where people can come back as ants.

SeabassDebeste posted...

No coincidence that his sister's name, Reina, means Queen, right?

This kept popping into my head as well. Togashi probably knows at least a little Spanish (due to a naming scheme later in the manga), so it's possible.
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I'm not sure if you meant that to be a silly "what sort of furniture is Gaap" question or a serious "what is Gaap to Sayo" question. So I'll answer both ways!

Furniture: she's probably a cupboard. Or something that "opens up" if you catch my drift.

Sayo: she's the proto-Beatrice before Kinzo had the portrait made and Sayo didn't know what Beatrice looked like. She's also the scapegoat for anytime things went missing around the mansion and Sayo didn't want to confess that she lost things because of her own incompetence.
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My local TRU closed about a month ago, but I was able to get some nerf guns and power ranger figures for my nephew who turned 8 a week ago. He said one of the nerf guns was the "best present ever" lol. Unfortunately with the power rangers you needed 5 of them to merge into their big robot, but TRU only had three of them.
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SeabassDebeste posted...

the villains are actually fun to watch

I can't speak for everyone, but this so much is why I love the Chimera Ant arc.
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lol, that's right you have that picture of him as a coffee table.

I've been doing some thinking on the meaning of 'furniture' in this story and I've started to see it as far less horrifying than it's initially presented. From the magical side of the story, I think it still refers to a servant. But from the 'real' side of the story, I think it only applies to the pieces of a soul. If the body of Sayo is a house, then all her personas are the furniture that decorates the inside of her soul.
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Ramza: rofl. Rofel: You say my name? -Eise

*reads 2nd twilight notes*
A: Okay. So if Eva and Hideyoshi were the murderers of the first twilight, then this is Natsuhis revenge. Kill my husband, you whore? Then Ill kill yours! And then you!
A: The magic circles are probably Maria playing around and not realizing that shes being creepy.

A: And then they find Kinzo in the boiler. Hes been dead for ages. Nothing mysterious here, folks. The Scooby Gang can go home!

A: Kanons death *she reads this one for a good long while*
A: The red truth says he wasnt killed in an accident but is a trap an accident? If you intentionally set a trap with the intent to kill someone, thats not an accident!
K: Alright. Sounds good.
A: Ive suspected for a while that Nanjo is being paid off. If he were being paid by Eva, then his payment stopped as soon as she died. So maybe Natsuhi is paying him? So all this stuff about him trying to help Kanon could be a load of crap and he killed him through I dunno negligence? Like, Kanon stepped on a trap meant to kill him, and then Nanjo did something to make sure he continued to die?
*she went on to the next twilight, read it for a bit, then came back to Kanon*
A: Im an idiot.
K: How so?
A: The red says this: no human on the island could have killed Kanon. Kanon did not commit suicide. Kanon did not die in an accident. The logical conclusion is obvious: Kanon didnt die. At all.
K: Okay. Then what?
A: That leaves him available to commit the remaining murders! But why why would he kill the others?
(She scrolls up to the above murders. She spends a decent amount of time trying to figure it out)
K: What do we know about Kanon?
A: Hes an orphan who was adopted by the Ushiromiya family along with his sister. Hes in love with Jessica. Hes a coat rack.
K: Alright.
A: Maybe after Shannon was killed, he was worried Jessica would be next? Maybe he wanted to kill everyone who he thought would be a danger to her? So he killed the other servants as a precaution. Then he called out Natsuhi in front of the portrait and shot her because he knew she was a murderer.

A: It feels wrong.
K: What do you mean?
A: Partially too easy, partially because theres too many suspects. I want to be able to point to one person and say you! It was you! in the drawing room! With a candlestick!
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Haha yeah, some of the names get a little ridiculous. I question Togashi's sanity regarding names at times... and don't get me started on the "official English spelling" of certain names...
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*later*
A: Am I at least on the right track in thinking about the tunnels? Like somehow the island caved into the tunnels and caused a cliff to appear?
K: Yes. Keep going on that train of thought.
A: There was some kind of explosion?
K: Okay. Keep going.
A: A *shakes head* a gun went off and weakened the supports and it caved in? Thats it! Beatrice is one of the Chiesters!
K: *laughs* Okay, I didnt expect you to take it there.
A: Is the train still on its tracks?
K: Uhh I think its multi-track drifting at this point. Go back to what you said about explosion. Just say the most obvious thing.
A: *hesitates*
K: Say the B-word (really expected her to say something smart-ass here. Or at least Beatrice lol)
A: Bomb
K: There ya go!
A: Theres a BOMB on the island?
K: Yes (I was really tempted to make a bomb in the lasagna joke here but Im not sure she would have gotten it and it may have confused her into thinking Gohda actually put a bomb in lasagna).
A: Holy shit. Who knows about this? Dont actually answer that. Im thinking out loud.
K: Of course. Well, I can tell you one person who found out about it. Maybe didnt know about it initially and thats Eva. Why did she survive? Because she knew where she could hide from the bomb.
A: Oh my god, it makes sense.
K: And remember how in episode 1 they said all they found were scattered bones and they only identified Maria by her jaw bone?
A: She got fucked up in a bomb explosion. Holy cats, I feel dumb.
K: I actually thought you were going to figure it out a long time ago. There was a line in Ep 4s future-world about how they recovered some stuff from Kuwadorian and it was a damn shame they didnt get any of Kinzos books. You said something about how theyd have been thrilled to find a library of that quality. But instead of thinking why you just accepted it as-is.
A: Fuck me
K: To be fair, I did the same thing. As did most readers. Most of us are guilty of that.
A: Glad Im not alone!
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Holy shit this part was so big I have to post it in two posts. >_> Anyway, this is me backtracking. I initially put this is another Word doc which is spoiler-free for Arria. I forgot to move it over and then forgot to post it when it would have been appropriate to do so! This is her figuring out the bomb mystery

(I told her I would find the exact wording of the riddle)

Ushiromiya Battler, I will now kill you. And right now, there is no one other than you on this island. The only one on this island is you. Nothing outside the island can interfere You are all alone on this island. And of course, I am not you. Yet I am here, now, and am about to kill you. Who am I?
Battler: And then my piece left the game board.

K: I added Battlers last line intentionally. His piece is leaving the game board right now.
A: As opposed to a week from now when he dies of starvation because his dumb ass cant fend for itself on a deserted island?
K: Exactly.
A: Is it the typhoon?
K: How so? How did it kill him?
A: Maybe he got smacked in the head by a flying plank? Or maybe there was a landslide?
K: Keep thinking about it while I use the restroom
(few minutes later)
A: It has to be something about the weather, the storm, a landslide, and earthquake. They have lots of earthquakes in Japan! Although weve been told about a typhoon, not an earthquake, so that is significantly lower on my likelihood scale.
K: How about this. Think about when Ange arrived on the island. What happened?
A: She stopped in front of a cliff and that was that
K: Where was the cliff?
A: I assumed it was the cliff where the Beatrice who met Rosa died however-many-years ago.
K: Okay. Umm I think its safe to say Ange tried to get as close as she could to the mansion
A: Alright
*few minutes later*
A: So it was a landslide.
K *facepalms internally* (She really likes this landslide idea)
A: Maybe the typhoon made the ground weaker and it caved in? Oh! The tunnels underneath the mansion! Or wherever Gaaps portals led to. Maybe Battler fell into one of those?
K: What did he fall into?
A: A pitfall? A trap? Whatever Kyrie and the others fell into or found or whatever the fuck happened to them.
K: Hmm do you think a pitfall would be enough to stop Ange? Do you think shed describe it as a
cliff?
A: Alright, the typhoon weakened the ground and it sunk into the tunnels.
K: (Im not even sure how to help her out anymore. Ill just let her think for a bit)
*few minutes later*
K: Youre kinda on the right track, in some ways. And Im having a really hard time helping you without yknow helping you.
A: You love to see me suffer. You keep saying that you want to see me smack my head against a wall in Ep 6. Well Ep 4 is doing a pretty good job of it, too!
K: *cackles*
*little bit later*
K: I think youre too preoccupied with the typhoon. Try to think of other solutions that dont rely on the storm.
A: Aww fuck
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bump

got no time to update today
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*checks* nope, you didn't miss anything. I did lol. I apparently forgot to post that part. Well, that'll be tomorrow's update, since I'm trying to drag this out since I'm not sure the next time I'll see Arria. I promise I didn't give her the answer. It was a solid 20 minutes of her thinking about the riddle (with most of that time dedicated to her thinking it was related to the typhoon)

Edit: and by tomorrow, I may mean the day after since I won't be home tomorrow. I'll give the topic a bump to make sure it doesn't purge, though.
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Ramza: rofl. Rofel: You say my name? -Eise

I'll let her know that you like her choices lol. I think my favorite male character would be Ronove. I love the demon butler archtype (so does she, but I guess she just like Rudolf and Hideyoshi THAT much more)

I'm gonna guess her favorite stake is Beelzebub, but I'll ask her next time we hang out since I'm planning on having her do another ranking or various things.

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Popcorn Fairy: Tell her that the game has given her all the necessary information to solve it, so I wanna "Whodunnit?" thrown at her for every episode. Episode 1, whodunnit? Episode 2, whodunnit? Episode 3, whodunnit? Episode 4 whodunnit? And if she says she doesn't know or can't answer, tell her to make an assessment.

A: For episode 1, I like the idea that Natsuhi was shot by one of the kids.
A: We know Eva was partially responsible for Ep 3 with some help from Hideyoshi. I dont know about Ep1. Mostly I have ideas for specific things, not overarching ideas.
K: great! Thats what we should discuss
I had typed up some brief summaries of the murders and mysteries up to this point as well as the red truth associated with them. The summaries are 100% from the perspective we readers are given, but I do specify where Battler is in each scenario.

First I had Arria read my summaries for Episode 1

A: Ive always had the idea that the cousins are innocent. I dont know if that's nave or not.
K: Could be. I think George and Jessica could be murderers. They could be talked into wanting to kill for their inheritance. Maria could probably be talked into committing a murder because she thinks its a cute witch-game or something.
A: *snort* I just imagined all her Uu uu, were going to the Golden Land! stuff is because she watched Rosa set the timer to the bomb and she knows everyone is going to the Golden Land when the island blows up.

*reads 1st twilight notes*
A: I am really suspecting either Eva and Hideyoshi again or Natsuhi. If Eva and Hideyoshi, its probably due to inheritance related bullshit and the two servants were killed either because they saw something they werent supposed to or to push the blame on someone else later. Oh, and Eva hates the maid trying to steal her son away. If Natsuhi fuck, what would her reasoning be? I cant imagine shed want to kill her husband. This was the episode where we saw Natsuhi talk to Kinzo, right?
K: Right.
A: And where Krauss shows her a bar of gold?
K: yes.
A: Humm. I dont yet know her full reasoning, but I think she could have done it.
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Very nice art!
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yessss
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Gon letting his arm get blown off solidified him as a badass imo. I don't care how cutesy and kiddy he is at the start of the series. By now, he's a maniac
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The last few years haven't been as good as the early 2010s, imo, but this year was good for me personally since a lot of my weeb games were a decent percentage off.
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Yeah, it doesn't translate well over internet/text, but Arria's "what" wasn't confusion, it was more like "excuse me, but what the FUCK did you just say?" Her reaction was that Krauss is a massive moron.
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Is she ready to invest in Krauss's upcoming moon hotels?

K: I think this is something mentioned in episode 5, Im not sure.
A: *gives weird look* I dont think that joke has been brought up. Also: wat. That is my response to the idea of Krauss's moon hotels: just what?

Would she let Rosa baby sit her children?

A: Depends on how angry I am at the children. Brutus, no. Actual two-legged children, maybe.

Best girl?

K: Probably Kyrie, right?
A: If we take Kyrie out of the running *thinks for a LONG time*
K: Umineko has a lot of great female characters
A: Thats the problem Im having!
A: How do you expect me to select just one? Throw at the mental dart board?
K; Sounds like how the sacrifices are chosen
A: Oh good goat this is cheating, but Ill say the Seven Stakes of Purgatory. Mostly because I cant choose otherwise.
K: That reminds me, we never did read the Stakes Valentines Day. Thats something we should do
A: Indeed!

Best boy?

A: Nanjo. Nanjo is the best boy because hes a good little walrus!
K: Haha. Thinking about it serious for a second though, who would your favorite overall male character be?
A: Well not Mr. Corpse Party. I think theres a tie. Theres Rudolf because he makes me laugh and hes also smart enough to let Kyrie do his thinking. And Hideyoshi because hes a freaking sweetheart. Like, he really doesnt deserve any of the shit that happens to him in this series. He may have made some bad financial decisions, but who hasnt? And again, he lets his wife do the thinking. Although that may not always be good because Eva is bugnuts
K: you might be the only person Ive seen call Hideyoshi a favorite male character.
A: Hes what a male should be. Supportive and loving.
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My favorite eeveelution has changed a lot over the years, but I think I've finally settled on Vaporeon. There's something elegant and majestic about it.

I used to not care for Jolteon at all, but of all fucking things, Pokemon Amie sold me on it. Jolteon's movements and pose in Amie is so... nice? Gentle? Cute? It wasn't what I expected, but I liked it.
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Johnbobb posted...

nom:
Squirtle/Wartortle/Blastoise
Aron/Lairon/Aggron

The Squirtle line would be interesting for me because I also thought I was the only one who liked Wartortle the most. I would like to see how wrong (or right) I am
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Favorite character.
A: Natsuhi was at the top of the list at first, but shes been knocked down since we havent see her for any length of time. I REALLY like Kyrie right now because shes fucking gorgeous. She also has one of the best cutscenes (the one in ep 3 where shes pointing the gun at Leviathan and looks like shes about to become a demon). And I really want to know what the fuck happened with her and Asumu? Because SOMETHING had to happen for Beatrice to all of a sudden care so much about Battlers parentage.
K: And to clarify, I told you that our Battler came out of Kyrie. But I never said what happened afterward. Also keep in mind that another Ushiromiya Battler came out of Asumu, because they were able to state that in red. (internally: Im trying to set up my trap to make her think Battler could be the man from 19 years ago once we read ep 5)
A:I also like that Kyrie in the first episode is sorta the one to teach you about wacky shenanigan chessboard thought process. Shes the one who gives you a tutorial on how to play with Beatrice.

Where does she think that the story is gonna go next?
A: I think its gonna focus more on the Metaverse and the shenanigans there. Theres been a gradual leaning in that direction for a while. I think that trend will continue. I think theyre going to discuss whatever Battlers sin is. I also feel like the answer arc is going to be either significantly easier because now (excitedly): we know how to play the game! Or.. theyre going to be significantly harder because (darkly): we know how to play the game. Thus the rules are gonna change.
K; How do you think the rules might change?
A: I think they might add more bananas-ass debate techniques. The yes, that theory works, but now we have this which completely overrides that!
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tomorrow?
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