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Damn, thanks for that post. :3
----- UMINEKO SPOILER ALERT -----
Regarding the anime, I won't watch it since the consensus is terrible towards it. I stopped reading the VN right before the end of EP4. Not because I didn't/don't like it, but because I have serious problems to motivate myself to continue it, unfortunately. The last time I read Umineko was approx. 3 months ago? And I started the VN in the last quarter of 2016.
So far, I have a very good impression of Umineko. But as you surely know, I'm not even halfway through, so my opinion could change for the better or worse. Since this series is coated with secrets and mysteries, it will all come down to the revelations in the end. I have no idea what's going on most of the time, or let's say that's the feeling I get during the convos with niichan.
I like the overall setting of the series: the island, the mysteries, the family issues/disputes, the interactions and the battles/mindgames, especially between Beato and Battler. Obviously, Beato is a no-brainer for best character.
I also do like Battler a lot. Natsuhi - even though, she barely had any screentime - and Kyrie are also at the top of my list. The murder cases are brilliantly conveyed and the voice actors do a phenomenal job. Once I finish Umineko, I will make Beato's hilarious laugh my mobile phone ringtone. But there are also things I don't like or where niichan and myself had different opinions. Since niichan knows everything and can't spoil me, it's a little bit difficult to talk about certain topics. For example when it's about the interpretation of certain things, especially in regards to the Red Truth. I think I'm not as lenient as niichan, but that might be because of my lack of knowledge. We talked a lot about interpretation - sadly, I can't provide any specific topic anymore - and I often say/think that the author takes too much liberties in order to keep his story "believable". And that is - if it ends up to be the case for me - a negative point.
Another example I don't like much is the way how this VN is shown to the reader. It is (or was) difficult for me to decide whose pov I'm following now. Is it Battler within the episode? Or is it the pov of metaverse Battler? Or is it the readers own pov watching the story from the outside? Anyway, in EP4 we learnt that Kinzo was dead at the start of the episode. Which means, whenever the VN showed me the picture of Kinzo, it wasn't Kinzo. Whenever the VN played the voice of Kinzo, it wasn't the voice of Kinzo. Whatever I heard the characters saying, it probably wasn't what they were saying, for example people calling the person shown as Kinzo "father", which is most likely not what they said, since EP4 made it pretty clear that it was not Kinzo. This is exactly where I would like to throw my "the author takes too much liberties" into the room, but since I'm so far behind I give the author the benefit of the doubt.
Well, I was a couple of chapters behind with ToG, but I caught up recently and post again in the section. :3
My expections? I want to see some of the Great Warriors, not necessarily all of them, but who would complain if SIU decides to show all of them?
Zahard is given, but I would also like to see some of the female warriors for obvious reasons (
), Eduan because he is a horny Spear Bearer and Han because I hope and wish that there is much more to him than it appears.I want to know how they viewed Zahard back then, some inner monologues would be neat. Who was loyal to him? Who seems to just tag along with him? Some talk about the differences between the Tower and the outside world. What were their ideals? Why did they enter the Tower? Their combat prowess is secondary for me, I look more forward to their feelings and what they have to say/tell us.
The art of backstabbing never stops in Tower of God.
