AHHHHHHH THIS GAME. IT HURTS. HURTS SO GOOD.
I just finished playing Umineko 5. ...HOW COULD IT STOP THERE OGOD GIVE ME 6 NOW AUGGGGGHHHHHH BEATRICEEEEE ;____________;
- Re: Battler becoming the Endless Sorcerer, I had been spoiled for it but it was NO LESS AWESOME for me having been spoiled. SO EPIC. And then Ronove shows up and calls him "your majesty" and I am like, aw yeah, shit is 'bout to go DOWN.
- D-did I mention that I really like Ronove? Fandom, where is my Ronove/Battler/Beatrice sandwich? I know you are not going to make me do this myself, right?
- I like how this game made absolutely no sense and stopped before it actually EXPLAINED ANYTHING AT ALL, and by "like" I mean l;dakfj;alksdjf;l DAMNIT RYUUKISHI07. Congratulations, you managed to make all of the past games completely baffling given all this new information.
- Surprised (and rather pleased) to discover that my impression of Natsuhi as being not very bright was completely incorrect. I still can't really like her, but I no longer dislike her either, and this game managed to make her into an intelligent, three dimensional, and highly interesting person. And I loved she just took charge in the wake of her husband's massive fail, despite having given off the impression of being a flighty flibbertigibbet previously.
- And on that note, have I mentioned how great the women in this series are?
- Otoh, their apparent efforts at making me find Kinzo likable fail. He was often hilarious in this game, but seriously, it is not possible to like such a repulsively sexist jackass and I still cannot fathom Natsuhi's adoration of him. Actually, it's even more incomprehensible now. I mean seriously, how did that happen? How do you go from "This man has in essence kidnapped me and forced me to marry his son" to adoring the guy as a father figure? I mean, what?
- Also surprised to find out that my long-standing assumption that Lambda and Bern harbor repressed lesbian lust for each other was false.
...Because it's not exactly repressed.
Bern: I'll have to give you a full body massage later in a hot bath, with marshmallows and konpeito. ...Until your all your skin comes off.
Lambda: Oooh, I'll hold you to that promise. *slurp*
I swear to god, I am not making this up. Holy shit, those two are tripping balls. And all I've got to say is, Damn, Bern, where do you get off sneering at Beatrice's sexual tastes?
- Dlanor. Just. Dlanor. SHE'S AWESOME.
- This series? Is the the most meta-tastic story I have ever encountered. I mean, it's not like it wasn't already meta-tastic before, but... Dlanor fights with Knox's Decalogue, seriously? Seriously?
Also, upon looking that up, I notice that no one ever mentioned Knox's 5th in the game. "No Chinaman must figure into the story." W-what. No, really, what. I uh guess I can see why the game conveniently ignored that one.
- Am I the only one who's really worried Beatrice is going to turn out to be Battler's mom or something? At this point I can't help but think that we're supposed to wonder that, and if it doesn't turn out to be a red herring, then it's the most EPIC TROLLING EVER.
- Beatriceeeee. ;______; Battler, you better hurry up and revive her, or I shall be very put out. :<
eta: Oh! And does anyone know if those extra tips are translated anywhere? I need that Valentines Day/White Day thing. NEED.
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- Re: Battler becoming the Endless Sorcerer, I had been spoiled for it but it was NO LESS AWESOME for me having been spoiled. SO EPIC. And then Ronove shows up and calls him "your majesty" and I am like, aw yeah, shit is 'bout to go DOWN.
- D-did I mention that I really like Ronove? Fandom, where is my Ronove/Battler/Beatrice sandwich? I know you are not going to make me do this myself, right?
- I like how this game made absolutely no sense and stopped before it actually EXPLAINED ANYTHING AT ALL, and by "like" I mean l;dakfj;alksdjf;l DAMNIT RYUUKISHI07. Congratulations, you managed to make all of the past games completely baffling given all this new information.
- Surprised (and rather pleased) to discover that my impression of Natsuhi as being not very bright was completely incorrect. I still can't really like her, but I no longer dislike her either, and this game managed to make her into an intelligent, three dimensional, and highly interesting person. And I loved she just took charge in the wake of her husband's massive fail, despite having given off the impression of being a flighty flibbertigibbet previously.
- And on that note, have I mentioned how great the women in this series are?
- Otoh, their apparent efforts at making me find Kinzo likable fail. He was often hilarious in this game, but seriously, it is not possible to like such a repulsively sexist jackass and I still cannot fathom Natsuhi's adoration of him. Actually, it's even more incomprehensible now. I mean seriously, how did that happen? How do you go from "This man has in essence kidnapped me and forced me to marry his son" to adoring the guy as a father figure? I mean, what?
- Also surprised to find out that my long-standing assumption that Lambda and Bern harbor repressed lesbian lust for each other was false.
...Because it's not exactly repressed.
Bern: I'll have to give you a full body massage later in a hot bath, with marshmallows and konpeito. ...Until your all your skin comes off.
Lambda: Oooh, I'll hold you to that promise. *slurp*
I swear to god, I am not making this up. Holy shit, those two are tripping balls. And all I've got to say is, Damn, Bern, where do you get off sneering at Beatrice's sexual tastes?
- Dlanor. Just. Dlanor. SHE'S AWESOME.
- This series? Is the the most meta-tastic story I have ever encountered. I mean, it's not like it wasn't already meta-tastic before, but... Dlanor fights with Knox's Decalogue, seriously? Seriously?
Also, upon looking that up, I notice that no one ever mentioned Knox's 5th in the game. "No Chinaman must figure into the story." W-what. No, really, what. I uh guess I can see why the game conveniently ignored that one.
- Am I the only one who's really worried Beatrice is going to turn out to be Battler's mom or something? At this point I can't help but think that we're supposed to wonder that, and if it doesn't turn out to be a red herring, then it's the most EPIC TROLLING EVER.
- Beatriceeeee. ;______; Battler, you better hurry up and revive her, or I shall be very put out. :<
eta: Oh! And does anyone know if those extra tips are translated anywhere? I need that Valentines Day/White Day thing. NEED.