@Aspirety, @U4ea Thank you! I already feel very welcome here. It feels like a really nice community. 
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Hey everyone! I’m the friend in question. If I know anything about AMF, it’s that she’ll be way more active on here than I am, har har. Thanks for welcoming her!
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Hello everyone, I’m Illusionist (or SuSoSo, as my name is subject to change) and I hail from the Midwestern United States. My personality is INTJ and I’m currently attending high school as a junior and later planning to attend university with a major in Creative Writing. 
As far as 07th Expansion series go, I’ve been a fan for a long time yet I’m not that well versed. In Umineko, I have read episodes 1-4 of the VN and volumes 1-9 of the manga. In Higurashi I have watched up to Himatsubushi in the anime and read up to Tatarigoroshi in the VN. I’ve also completed the first few chapters of the Higanbana VN and a couple of chapters of the Iwaihime manga.
My very first 07th Expansion series was Umineko, which I found at a very early age on YouTube via a clip of the anime from Alliance of the Golden Witch. It was one of the more violent scenes (you can probably guess just from that) and I thought the concept of witches and magic was so cool. Sadly, I had forgotten the name of it and for many years afterward and I had only found out about it again in Junior High. I’m hoping to be able to finish Umineko fully when Chiru comes out on Steam, then I’ll be able to say that I’m a full-fledged Umineko Veteran!
I found the Rokkenjima Forum site through one of my good friends that has really gotten me back into 07th Expansion works (as well as recommending Higanbana and Iwaihime), @AMF. I really love how this site has a no non-tagged spoiler policy, which I wish I would’ve found before I was spoiled majorly on plot points in Umineko and Higurashi via YouTube comments.
Some of my interests include reading and writing (I would link my Wattpad but I’m not sure if it’s okay, so if you want it you might just have to PM me), as well as marching band. I enjoy many types of music as well as other kinds of manga though I don’t typically watch anime that much anymore. I also enjoy random trivia about books and movies so I might just be found in the Off-Topic section of this forum, haha.
That’s about it for my introduction, I’m looking forward to meeting you all!
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Hello @Illusionist! Welcome to Rokkenjima! It’s so nice to meet so many new faces in one day! Thanks for bringing a friend with you, @AMF! We really do love new people here! I’m really excited about all the things you newbies will bring to the table! What I recommend for you is post your thoughts in the spoiler free topics for Umineko and Higurashi! That way you can attempt to solve the mysteries of Oyashiro-sama and Beatrice with other detectives by your side! Good luck solving the mystery, kyahahaha~ 
You can also catch up on the past tea parties by listening to our lovely podcasts (which you can help host)!
Our next tea party will likely be on Higanbana, so I recommend reading the rest of Higanbana along with the rest of Rokkenjima by your side once that tea party officially starts! It is so much more fun to experience these stories with others by your side. The same goes for the rest of Higurashi and Umineko too! If you can, please wait to read these with everyone else, that way your experience is even more complete. We are reading along with the Steam rereleases anyway, so I really hope you are willing to wait! Believe me when I say it’s worth it! In the meantime, you can check out the other 07th Expansion stuff like Iwaihime (which it sounds like you’ve already started!), Rose Guns Days, Hotarubi, and TRianThology!
Since you’re so interested in writing, you might be interested in checking out the literary bar! It’s the magical gathering place for all of Rokkenjima’s writers! You can also show off that Umineko manga collection, talk about music, talk about your hobbies, talk about your favorite books, talk about your favorite movies, talk about animated movies, talk about mystery novels, you can even share your pets!
I’m certain you’re going to find a quick home here on Rokkenjima! Thanks @AMF for sending @Illusionist in our direction! I really hope the two of you can find a home in our community here! Enjoy your stay~
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Thank you for being so welcoming! 
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Oh I forgot mention but @AMF, we have an irregular project we do in correspondence with the Tea Parties called the Rokkenjima Chorus, where we all join together in singing and 07th Expansion song. You can find our first chorus here:
It would be awesome if you could join us for future choruses! And if you have any 07th covers you feel like sharing, you can do so in this topic here!
@Illusionist feel free to share your wattpad in the literary bar topic too! A little bit of self-promotion is okay as long as you’re contributing to the community here and not just using it as a platform for advertisement~ 
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Thank you! I’ll be sure to keep an eye out for that. 
Hi everyone, my nickname is Butcher, I live in Portugal and I’m 17. I consider myself a pretty recent 07th Expansion fan, so far I watched the first season of the Higurashi anime but wasn’t really satisfied so I read the first Arc of the novel, also so far I’ve read Eps. 1-5 of Umineko and so far I’m loving it. I found Rokkenjima when I was searching for some news regarding the Golden Fantasia english release and I really liked all the news so I decided to keep checking the forum. Outside of 7th Expansion, I really like rhythm games, mystery games and JRPGs. Nice to meet everyone!
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Welcome! Hope you like it here! What rhythm games do you play? I like to play Osu sometimes.
Thanks a lot man. I usually play Osu and K-shoot mania on PC/Dinamix and Cytus on mobile, my name is ButcherG if you want to add me on Osu!
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Hi again, @Butcher! Welcome to Rokkenjima! I’m really glad decided to introduce yourself!
Probably the best way to get involved around here is to check out our tea parties! Tea parties are basically our giant book clubs, where all read an 07th Expansion VN together! We are reading along with the Steam rereleases of Higurashi and Umineko, so I recommend reading along with us. I know it’s asking a lot to wait, but trust me when I tell you that the experience is so much better when you have others to read alongside you!
You can catch up on all of the theories that people have created! For Higurashi, this is on an arc per arc basis. Since you’ve only read the first arc so far, I recommend checking out the spoiler free thread for that arc! Alternatively you can listen to our podcasts (which you can also help host) on all of Keiichi’s magical adventures in Onikakushi!
These spoiler free threads also exist for Umineko! Since we are following along with the Steam rereleases, we’ve only covered episodes 1-4 thus far! That said, there are still some really cool theories in both the spoiler free threads and the podcasts! Umineko becomes a lot easier to piece together when you have other detectives at your side!
We are taking a little bit of a break from our tea parties at the moment, so now is a great time to catch up on all the theories and podcasts Rokkenjima has to offer! You can also catch up on all the latest news we know on Golden Fantasia and the next WTC!
Of course, there’s also a lot of other fun stuff to do here on the forum! There are threads all about gaming, pets, books, cooking, writing, movies, hobbies, even sleeping! There’s a little bit of everything for everyone, so I’m sure you’ll find a way to make some friends over some mutual interests!
I really hope you wait to read the rest of Chiru with Rokkenjima. As I said, the Umineko (and Higurashi) experience becomes even more complete when you have others to theorize with! In the mean time, read Higurashi! I know you watched part of the anime, but I can tell you as someone who’s both read the VN and watched the anime that the VN is much better!
It’s nice to meet you too! I’m certain you’re going to make a lot of friends while you are here! I really hope you enjoy your stay on Rokkenjima!
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Thank you! I’m really glad I joined , everyone seems really nice and this place seems awesome for everyone who is interested in the series.
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I have not heard of this in a looooong time.
How is it and can you describe it to someone who plays osu and GH games as their rhythm things?
Well, K-Shoot Mania is basically a PC emulator of an Arcade game called Sound Voltex, it has a layout of a normal VSRG, it uses 4 white buttons which is basically your normal click or hold notes, it has 2 yellow buttons which work the same way as the white ones but they play Sound Effects that change the music, and then you have two knobs (a red and a blue one) that you have to spin left and right depending on the direction of the "lasers"on screen. I recommend you actually watch gameplay of it because it’s quite hard to explain and the game gets crazy when you have to do all of that at the same time. (If I had to say, it’s similar to Osu Mania and GH in terms of layout and I would say the patterns are easier but since you have to do so many things at the same time, it gets quite hard)
Hi.
I’m a 07th fan living in Australia. I’ve currently read/watched all of Higurashi (am on my reread with the nice new mangagamer releases) and read/watched what’s there of Umineko (also on my reread now that there’s the mangagamer release). Outside of that, I’ve read episode 1 of RGD, the higanbana manga and am currently reading through Renai Harem Game Shuryo. Personally, Higurashi is my favourite series but the Umineko manga is a decently close second.
Pleased to meet you all.
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Hey, Zepfur, nice to meet you! Glad to see that your really immersing yourself in the 07thexpansion world!
Nice to be here! I used to be… minorly active on Seacats, but that was only really in the gameboard section under a different name. So it’ll be nice to be in a more discussion focused zone, even if I probably won’t post too much, haha.
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Hello @Zepfur! Welcome to Rokkenjima! @Rabla. @StarTurner, @MagusVerborum , and @Aspirety are also from Australia! It’s nice to know you aren’t alone in your part of the world. I think it’s really cool how diverse Rokkenjima is. You’ll meet people from just about everywhere here, and I think that makes us even more interesting!
You sound like quite the Higurashi and Umineko veteran! But have you heard of the newly translated arc, Someutsushi? It’s a really fun side story that I think you might enjoy reading. Since you are a veteran, I recommend checking out the spoiler threads for each of them! Threads are separated by arc for Higurashi, and by episode for Umineko! There is also a topic for general Higurashi spoilers and general Umineko spoilers! You can also talk about your favorite scenes for both Higurashi and Umineko, as well as talking about the moments that made you cry. Of course, there is also a thread where you can gush all about your favorite characters!
However, the best way to get involved around here is to check out our tea parties! So, what we do is we pick an 07th Expansion work and read it all together, then post all of our thoughts in one of the spoiler free threads! That way we all read together, like one big happy family. So far, we’ve covered everything rereleased by Steam (so Higurashi arcs 1-5, Umineko eps 1-4, and Someutsushi). Our next tea party will likely be on Higanbana! However, right now we are taking a bit of a break from the tea parties. This means you have plenty of time to catch up on reading our crazy theories about Higurashi and Umineko in the spoiler free threads or by listening to our lovely podcasts that summarize the discussion (which you can help host)! There are also threads for Rose Guns Days and When The Game Ends, which I see you’ve already posted in! 
There are also threads for Iwaihime, TRianThology, and Hotarubi!
There are many other fun things to do here too! There are many off topic threads, where you can talk all about your favorite Sailor Senshi, music, books, cooking, hobbies, writing, theatre, pets, your VNDB list, your MyAnimeList, even how much you sleep! There’s a little bit of everything for everyone, and I think that’s part of what makes us special.
I sincerely hope you enjoy your time here on Rokkenjima and get to make some friends! Enjoy your stay~
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I think I’ve already seen you about, but allow me to formally welcome you. Welcome. 
Ah, thank you! I have heard of Someutsushi, and I’m planning on getting to it once I finish replaying through Arcs 1-4. In any case, I’ll definitely have to check out the podcasts and some of those threads. Maybe I’ll write a rambling post about Bernkastel or two in that favourite characters thread!
And thank you to AMF, too. Pleasure to be here.
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