Visual Novels

[scy]

Well
[spoiler]It boils down to what you consider influence I suppose. Yeah, a strict adherence to that means that even her corpse would be disallowed. I prefer wiggling around that than really trying to cram everything into 16 people though.[/spoiler]

Also, about my epitaph solution:
[spoiler]The only thing I could do was to do some silly phonetic playing; "駅" is "eki" which has quite a few meanings. Notably, "fluid" or rather, "liquid." It has a "q" in it which helps the Quadrillion sentence as well as the double "i" which effectively makes it a 5 letter word for the other hint. Problem is, I'd rather do something with the water itself (Uchiura Bay, Funka Bay, Volcano Bay, etc.) but I can't think of anything to fit. I even tried Babelfish.

Incidentally, "駅" is also station which can be turned into a 6 letter word (staion, sation) and then we have a useless st that don't exist in quadrillion. Then, removing only aion leaves two letters we still need to account for. So, I'll stick to "liquid" for the time being.

So, my sentence is:
"Q U A D R I L L I O N"

And my key is:
"L I Q U I D"

Combine the two (well, subtract the two):
"Q U A D R I L L I O N"
"Q U _ D _ I L _ I _ _"
__________________
"_ _ A _ R _ _ L _ O N"

A, R, L, ON.

The 2nd Twilight then tells to "tear apart" ON which leaves:
A, R, L, O, N.

Now, I can't figure out any sort of name here for the 3rd Twilight. Only thing that jumped at me is LORAN (LOng RAnge Navigation) but it's not that related. Well, there is one relation but it's really fucking farfetched. Russian's CHAYKA (Чайка) is the equivalent of this ... and it translates to seagull. ... OH GOD.[/spoiler]

[Sampson]

Watch as that is confirmed in Episode 7...

[scy]

For what it's worth, one more letter gets you Dlanor / Ronald.

[spoiler]Or Arlong, making Umineko a One Piece crossover.[/spoiler]

[Sampson]

So,

[spoiler]I just realized that Krauss is as suspicious as Kyrie in terms of when they die. But making him out to be the culprit would necessitate a change to my theory on ep 4's first twilight, so I won't.[/spoiler]

Yargh, pirates.

[scy]

Oh dear, Epitaph:
[spoiler]If the "sleeps" is super literal ... there is a "monster" that resides in Uchiura Bay: Akkorokamui.

11 letters.

Fuck.[/spoiler]

[Sampson]

Have fun with that.

[scy]

Probably won't T.T

The line is about the "key" sleeping and ... it's just too big to be the "key."

[spoiler]Besides, the whole "running to the chapel" makes it more likely that the 11/13 word to be found is with the chapel. Akkorokamui just doesn't fit.

BUT THAT'S WHAT HE WANTS US TO THINK![/spoiler]

[Maxine MagicFox]

So, I finally reached the First Twilight in the first game.

[spoiler]I LOVED the scene where Battler and the kids see the dead bodies. :O There was SO much more fucking emotion there than was shown in the anime. The music was awesome, too. I dunno what it was but for some reason in the anime, though Scy would always mention the music tracks, I could never get into the music.

*sigh* It really just goes to show that the anime just sucked that much.[/spoiler]

[Sampson]

Yes, rahu goldenslaughterer is awesome.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xAupQUUglkU&feature=related[/youtube]

While the anime did drop a lot of the music, it did improve some tracks.

Example: Requiem.

VN:
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t0Uqs1RQ1PM
[/youtube]
Anime:
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ffot7p6E4fs&feature=related[/youtube]

While they're both good, the anime version is more beautiful, in my opinion. Violins tend to do that.

Also, Maxine, did you download the demo or the entire first 4 games?

[Maxine MagicFox]

I think I'm going to disagree with you about that song, Sampson, though ti is a close call. I think I prefered the original which had more depth to it than just the violins.

I have the entire first 4 games. ^_^


Also another difference between the anime and the VN:
[spoiler]In the VN, while Natsuhi went to see Kinzo, it stated that Kinzo never turned around to look to her. That he stood there with his back to her the entire time. Unlike the anime. Meh, not that it really matters, I suppose. Since Battler wasn't there, the entire scenario is void.[/spoiler]

[Maxine MagicFox]

LOL o_O And added bonus: awww, the game keeps track of the deaths for you as well in the Characters section. THAT'S handy. Thank God for the small favors.

Though, it was a little shocking to go and save and to suddenly see Shannon's head like that o_O;;

And the comments... the creator(s) of this game had a sick sense of humor! XD

[Sampson]

Yes. They did.

By the way, who do you think is the culprit? Unless you don't have anybody in mind...

[Maxine MagicFox]

[Sampson]

[scy]

I don't recall mentioning the music much in Umineko (Anime) outside of "oh, they actually used a track from the game" or "they forgot this track."

[spoiler]Or "why the fuck do they keep playing 'Golden slaughter' and not the actual music that should go here?"[/spoiler]