@niichan @syx
Guten tag!
Okay, as I promised here is my post! Do not expect too much from it. xd
My experience with Umineko was actually very good. I watched the anime in 2010 which was aired in 2009, I read the manga and also did the VN. I did all three of them lol.
I’m not sure what I actually should tell, but lemme start with the anime. It’s been like 7 years ago that I watched the anime since one of my friends was pretty much a fan of horror/mysterious themed animes/manga and recommended me to watch it and so I did. I do not regret it, it was a very nice experience because in that time I was also watching Higurashi which is kinda sort of comparable with Umineko, imo. Altho, Higurashi anime is far more superior then the Umineko anime, however Umineko manga and VN is pretty much > Higurashi manga and VN, imo. Most people actually find the Umineko anime so garbage at this time (since they prolly read the manga and did the VN before watching the anime) while for me I actually did enjoy the anime (mostly because it's been 7 years ago and that was before I read the manga and did the VN xD) even thought I was sometimes confused what happened in the next episodes lol. Some years later I read the manga and did the VN mostly because I just saw an image of a character which is Erika Furudo. Not sure if you know her right now, but I will not tell anymore about her hehe. I was
like ‘ohh… I actually need to read the manga and do the VN’ since I didn’t know this character, so yeah lol. And honestly, I’m so glad that I really did that, you know and that made me understood why people find the anime extremely bad.
Syx you could try watch the anime (not sure if you already did), but do not expect much from it. Imho the anime is really a disappointment especially since I actually watched some couple of episodes back a few months ago because I got it recommended on youtube for some reason and it brought me back some memories so I felt like watching it again and oh my god… sometimes things shouldn’t be watched back anymore.. but that is mostly because I see a lot of differences and a lot of important story telling that were left out even thought I noticed those when I read the manga and did the VN, but checking those episodes again.. man I can clearly see them lol. Anyway, I will not spoil things for you because again, I'm not sure how far you are so I’m trying my best not to mention spoily things in this post.
I mean, the anime does follow the 1 – 3/4 episode of the manga iirc, but they left so much things out and I’m not even gonna compare it with the VN. There are a lot of differences lol. Anyway, the VN was superior for me. It was one of my first VN I ever did and it was an amazing experience. I purely loved it and the story provided more details, exposure and a backstory which made the story more interesting and more mysterious. It also made things less confusing than the anime. Oh god.. how more I think about the anime, how bad they actually adapted it.. such a wasted opperunity, it’s actually a shame since I’m not sure if it was because of their budget? But really.. if they adapted the anime perfectly it would be pretty much a very good and epic mysterious/horror/detective anime. And I really like the characters in Umineko, they are awesome and have some uniqueness and of course the best characters are for me Beatrice/Battler/Ange/Bernkastel/Lambdadelta imo. Let's be honest.. who doesn’t love Beatrice and Battler interaction? XD
Anyway, actually how more I think about it.. episode 7-8 are so well made. I mean, I do know that a lot of people were not really satisfied with the ending which I can of understand, however for me it was actually a different case. I kinda liked the ending a lot. Episode 7 gave pretty much clear answers and episode 8 pretty much wrapped everything up imho. It was actually a good ending and I’m rather curious what Niichan found about the ending.
Also, Syx which episode are you with Umineko? And do you like it so far?
Sorry for not being all to detailed and kinda crappy Enlish atm, but it’s mostly because I do not want to spoil things and I wrote this kinda quick, yet carefully. Again, I'm not quite sure what I should tell .. anyway tl;dr post. xd
In short: Doing all three of them (anime - manga - VN), my experiences where great that's for sure!
