A Seasoned Veteran and a Sherlock-in-Training Try to Make Sense of Umineko No Naku Koro Ni

He’s finally here! Let’s give him a warm welcome! I’m personally very excited to have our newest Detective join the forums at long last.

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Now that you’re both here, I’d just like to thank you both for recording this fun series and uploading it for our viewing pleasure. I’ve been meaning to reread Umineko for a while now, and this playthrough of yours gives me the perfect framework to do so. As someone who is familiar with the whole story, it is interesting to hear Jokrono’s thoughts on the various fun stuff that happens, especially since his analysis and intuition can be impressively sharp at times. The banter between you two is fun, and genuinely improves the experience for me. I’d much rather watch this playthrough than reread Umineko by myself.

So, once again, thank you for making this. It’s been a delight so far, and I’m sure it will continue to impress in the future.

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It’s so fantastic to hear you say that. Both of us are very happy to have such a dedicated audience!

And hey, this is a great way for me to re-experience the story as well, it really is a completely different experience going through with an insightful friend by my side. :winking:

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Thank you so much, that’s great to hear! Glad to know people are enjoying it! Even though I still have a long way to go it’s impressive to go back in the editing process and discover hidden meaning all over the place. I’m really looking forward to getting more of what we’ve recorded out there because I think it only gets better as things go on :wahaha:

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Oh yes it will. And welcome!

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Just a couple of days left until our next recording session! The plan is to do a post-edit recap of Episode 1, which will come out alongside the final part of Episode 1. Considering we (should) have finished episode 3 at the time, is there anything you’d like to say about our Episode 1 playthrough, or would you like a shoutout in a video? Let @MagusVerborum and me know!

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This is your chance to tell Felix how terrible his Eva voice is DON’T LET THIS CHANCE PASS YOU BY.

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You guys have been pronouncing Kyrie wrong.

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Don’t worry we fixed it exactly when you told us the first time.

…Unfortunately that was 60 hours deep! Don’t worry it infuriates me even now as I edit! :annoyed:

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We were pronouncing Kairee’s name perfectly though :winking: :blushing:

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I need to turn it into a meme

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Edit: if you want you can take the modified hair to do your own sprites, I don’t mind

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I love it <3

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If this character model makes a poorly-photoshopped appearance in the playthrough at some point you only have yourself to blame, @Aecheritt :wahaha:

It’s fine, tell me if you do :stuck_out_tongue:

Hey guys! Next part is live now! We’re very close to the end of episode 1 and I am super excited!

We open this session with about 10 minutes of theory making, as I try to figure out what’s happening as we rush towards midnight of the second day. Skip to 10:15 if you really want to get past the theorising, but I think it’s worth a listen.
Perhaps my favourite moment of the video series thus far is 28:30. It really scared me :crying:, watch to the end of the phone call.

Also a fresh reminder that we’ll be recording a post-edit recap of Episode 1 this week, so let us know if there’s anything you want us to cover :smiley: As soon as that episode goes live it’s time to unleash the ep2 spoilers on this chat :cackle:

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That scene with Maria singing was even creepier with the PS3 voices. That monotone voice along with the CG with the blood still gives me chills.

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I really love that picture of Maria staring at the wall from the PS3 images. I didn’t really quite picture how intense of an “ocean of blood” they meant until I saw that one. What a vicious end :ryukishi:

I looove your reaction to the credits, hahahah

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This is only the opening of the game. The tip of the iceberg. I pray that the rest of our battle is pleasant for the both of us. :cackle:

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Really like the series so far, hope you guys end up going the entire series. There is just something great about watching/listening to someone who is almost completely blind to Umineko go through it for the first time.

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