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paper moon is an umineko song actually. liveblog within
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...after a few minutes i forgot to do something important before i lose hours of time
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anyways
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Fairy blue, for you, I'll crush the stars and tear the night apart. There's nothing we can't do, I'll guide you.
sailor bii
there are so many songs that are umineko songs
sailor bii
when this is over I'll post my playlists
Wolfgirl Winter
every mitski song is a sayo song, actually
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let it be known that i tried to do other things and then just laid on the bed having Big Feelings so
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here we
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go
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why is umineko so good at filling you with impossibly big feelings
You're Quinner
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my goal is to try and complete one chapter a day, every day, until i finish
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if a chapter is super long i'll relent but that way my stopping and starting points are set in stone
You're Quinner
the climax of EP5 in particular is one REALLY long chapter and will probably take multiple sessions
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okay
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yeah i just don't want to go on literally forever and this way will have a rule for tearing my brain away from the screen
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Anyways, onwards.
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Since Battler saw Kinzo's face in the rain while he was searching for the gold with Erika, we are now faced with a new dilemma:
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Piece Battler's perception is no longer 100% trustworthy.
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This means that solving mysteries, such as that of what really transpired in the upcoming True Family Conference, will be all the more difficult since Erika isn't as... cooperative as Piece Battler.
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It is eleven minutes til midnight, Battler is feeling despair at how shitty his relatives are, and it is officially time to get FUNKY. https://images.plurk.com/fHa9QIFKoJGIja1NwySAI.png
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RIP, in many senses of the acronym. https://images.plurk.com/5k5Nne9Ig0mkoaFF6YT5tM.png
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somebody needs to put natsuhi and krauss into an improv acting troupe with how good their performance is https://images.plurk.com/4DwEya3KR4G25I5IzeScpa.png
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"she promised to let them meet Kinzo tomorrow no matter what" oh so not only that she's sowing the seeds of the "he disappeared" gambit
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The problem is, they wouldn't show this stalemate unless it's going to be broken somehow. https://images.plurk.com/1y8mGT8Xea8qM80zbLbdWW.png
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god being told to just sit there and look pretty while your family yells about the neat thing you've found and you slowly discover how deeply and incredibly fucked everything is must
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really suck
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Almost 24:00, huh.
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The fact that Hideyoshi isn't going "Eva!" at this shows how much at the end of his rope he is too. https://images.plurk.com/7ucjMaO6zU7F7GiiwZdFYu.png
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yeah forgery WOULD be an issue huh
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...oh this is VERY important for the voice-based Episode 4 https://images.plurk.com/2hzZqM5mMZUMLkkCN7ku9h.png
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then again we can't take this for granted as being "true" since the piece with "the detective's privilege" isn't here right now
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but on the other hand
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trying to doubt everything will lead me spinning out in circles, and important meaning can be gleaned from even the "untrue" segments of the game
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(i.e. the cousins' fights in episode 4 revealing a LOT of sayo's feelings on them)
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jlasdfklasdfj god you idiot https://images.plurk.com/64FgHGz57K2AI3fcPnWgnz.png
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My laptop's Firefox has this really weird issue where after I upload enough images it just, like, refuses to connect to the internet anymore and crashes.
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I recently discovered that this was the problem and not the wifi, but I won't let it stop me anymore.
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yeah! every "untrue" section, imo is worth paying attention to, because it still reveals truths about the people in them, or what people think are truths, or especially in the case of fantasy scenes, communicate important things in allegory.
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Come to think of it, isn't Genji one of the victims of the first twilight in this game too.
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Yeah.
Wolfgirl Winter
just because they are not "Red-truth" true, doesn't mean they don't include clues.
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Like... the fantasy sections are really important not just for getting a peak into Sayo's thoughts, but because they show the best aspects of the Human characters.
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What they can do when they're at their best, when they let themselves have dreams even for a little while.
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...very interesting. https://images.plurk.com/5pIWlNHQCUAEOy7Lk2GiZl.png
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like the big thing in episode 3 is that the eva desperately fighting against eva-beatrice and the eva who MIGHT HAVE BEEN (i'm still not 100% sure on this one tbh, it seems to fit too perfectly together) the culprit is that domain of witches eva could physically externalize all those negative feelings while domain of humans eva couldn't
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In the guest house. Of course. And if Genji follows her back there... https://images.plurk.com/1StlzbAJtOyaG7OnaaqtJV.png
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The thing with Hideyoshi's death is that he didn't really follow the pattern set by the others, either. Hm.
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i.e. RETREAT RETREAT RETREAT https://images.plurk.com/4466r5H9O4F6qjYjFGvj9V.png
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yeeeep https://images.plurk.com/4KljKEyqsH81enmcapdfOb.png
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nappi...
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the thing that gets me about kyrie is that as nuts as she is she legitimately cares about her family, including battler despite how much pain his existence causes her, so much https://images.plurk.com/5AiJphGSv9oVJ0UWMY52SS.png
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this is definitely a cultural reference i'm not getting https://images.plurk.com/3WlQPTBJSbteYI6azXYDZl.png
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and honestly battler and kyrie's dynamic is... really good
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THANK YOU KYRIE https://images.plurk.com/DuHhr5mdXMvldJpk8l2om.png
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Hi Shannon... and Kanon incoming too, in all likelihood. https://images.plurk.com/6lewBfXV42oj58LzwFpyjy.png
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YEP but JOKE'S ON YOU I'VE ALREADY FIGURED WHY BOTH OF YOU ARE HERE OUT SINCE BATTLER NO LONGER HAS THE DETECTIVE'S PRIVILEGE https://images.plurk.com/5dD804xe1JAdqjWvyPqP1i.png
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...god their hats really are ideally positioned to hide a BUNCH of hair if necessary
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yup
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especially shannon's who can hide just, like
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a whole fucking beato-style bun
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and notably the only time we've seen kanon without the hat is when he's out and about with jessica and we don't have battler to confirm that
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i am so glad i managed to find a solution, if an EXTREMELY shaky solution, to how they're both showing up
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...and that i figured sayo out before this happened otherwise i would be getting SUPER thrown off right about now
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i've said it before and i'll say it again
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putting aside his skill as an artist
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ryukishi is a masterclass character designer
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because once you know about sayo you can instantly see that, for example, shannon and kanon's hair is parted the exact same way, they have similar facial shapes except kanon's cheeks are more contoured and his eyes are sharper
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i know we're not supposed to pay attention to the clothes since they're Anime Abstractions but you can even see how she'd be able to quickly swap between outfits because she's basically wearing kanon's tunic at all times and it's just-
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IT'S GOOD CHARACTER DESIGN BRENT
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lmao trying to keep it from shannon and kanon has a certain brand of delicious irony
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but sayo had to have found out in SOME way
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hideyoshi is like, the archetypal Fun Uncle, down to all the anecdotes he tells, and the fact that he was the one who put together kinzo being dead this whole time adds a lot of death to that archetype https://images.plurk.com/FD3PyvmaVLH3fN1uV77Ir.png
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...okay that IS a legitimately chad move though https://images.plurk.com/5X0cAn0YGIAjPS6MPGWE6X.png
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faksjdflaskdfjasklfjlsadf oh my god https://images.plurk.com/3GDhqWWpA2nFetReqHcTXX.png
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holy shit hideyoshi https://images.plurk.com/20lv3jao3Cl7wvdeetNJg3.png
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HER FACE https://images.plurk.com/6LcsvNUvFCdAc1vnxiRg9w.png
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i have to imagine that every time battler asks something like this sayo just has a massive internal screaming session https://images.plurk.com/7bXdWniAjlF5THmEBqQrRn.png
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sayo's brain just. freezing in place. as she goes "wait hold on back up to that first part" https://images.plurk.com/6KG6hwEKSeHWrgJSXs2gOA.png
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the specific wording of "sacrifices" must make her feel even more dissonant https://images.plurk.com/6d0DFGC9PcECAqqLGQeyt5.png
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ripperoni sayo https://images.plurk.com/3cnixEsquaFbbxipxhIU7n.png
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??? https://images.plurk.com/7DDyN40EHhW60zGjW46tsS.png
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OH ANOTHER REASON WHY MY VOCAL MIMICRY THEORY HAS LEGS
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Kinzo's presence was acknowledged by all at the family conference.
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No one would mistake Kinzo by sight.
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Therefore, Sayo spoke through the door or phone as Kinzo.
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...hm. Don't like where this is going. https://images.plurk.com/1ZdVPtYo0NIIrxXc2Uq022.png
You're Quinner
so now Sayo, the teenager, can emulate the voice of a man in his nineties so accurately that the entire family had no questions about it
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Fair.
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I guess another explanation is the tape recorder.
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There's a possibility that Kinzo recorded his notes on it and Natsuhi and Krauss, in their desperation, played it back.
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Which is more plausible.
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But, again, Sayo has incredible vocal range so I can't completely rule it out, and the specific wording of "by sight" has always bugged me.
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Oh dear. https://images.plurk.com/3B8nSTjgkh4iFQXy0zYHsJ.png
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Oh DEAR. https://images.plurk.com/4i2AtaUx9JeMnCHmy75yOG.png
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...although...
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If her vocal mimicry talent is, in fact, "just like magic,"
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That might be a part of why Maria is so enraptured with her.
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LAMB YOU CHEEKY BASTARD https://images.plurk.com/1wMPOEPxOrlMKZHoW8aYiA.png
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oho https://images.plurk.com/1QVdtkJzLresQvYNXVSEST.png
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yeah that COMPLETELY fucked them over https://images.plurk.com/6eYdD6fFRCMBPF7c87wCPi.png
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I would sympathize for the poor dude, but also, MOON TOURISM https://images.plurk.com/1IneNxVni9odM3SLhEjR3Y.png
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bro i hate to break it to you but you're probably already the laughingstock of the financial world. you will forever be known as the moon tourism guy https://images.plurk.com/5bg3R9AKk6mGlvSf5U6dQh.png
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yeah natsuhi is 100% right here https://images.plurk.com/1XImWgnmuUfE8Onc3nxMs9.png
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poor nappi...
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Krauss you sound like a man who is about to get proved EXTREMELY wrong https://images.plurk.com/7zgUKttUmN2ndxvwa3cHAr.png
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You know a big question that's been on my mind lately
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Is where they put Kinzo's corpse
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It has to be somewhere that Sayo could easily access it, but well hidden enough that nobody who's not in on the conspiracy can find it
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Somewhere in his study, maybe?
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these two... https://images.plurk.com/1TvwZDViqqsfnmhZNzpVAN.png
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Ouch. https://images.plurk.com/1Y0uK95qd0ZtXwusQnJMGf.png
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Krauss..... https://images.plurk.com/mai5TCZfb7441p0HIiD14.png
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god the little bit of HANAE (Feathers) in Future fucks me up every time
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Hah. Familiar, isn't it? https://images.plurk.com/2WIJWEkncNa6PwRG15TPjq.png
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KRAUSS... https://images.plurk.com/4ABZOwQQx8GFR59b7m1kiK.png
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oh my god. https://images.plurk.com/421jbRi0AF3N5BE016RQN2.png
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Fuck, this is tearing me apart. These two... really care about each other, even though they're terrible at showing it. Ha. Kinda like Natsuhi and Jessica. https://images.plurk.com/2PC10cZVnICSMDA2ocG9I8.png
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...oh.
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I see Natsuhi's motive now.
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She doesn't want to lose Krauss, no matter what.
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If a bunch of mysterious murders happen, she can reasonably claim Kinzo disappeared under mysterious circumstances and really was murdered.
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But... her own daughter?
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I can't believe that.
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Natsuhi wouldn't, under ANY circumstances, kill Jessica.
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It just doesn't make ANY fucking sense.
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wuhoh https://images.plurk.com/6Lw3mufTPXjvAoaD9olvCK.png
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well FUCK https://images.plurk.com/33dCtKI3AAfV0sL4zBZI6V.png
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... just as someone is entering the parlor...
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I guess the question is,
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Are the phone call, Shannon, or Kanon real? One or none of the above.
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Well. Red truth real, at least.
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Ominous! https://images.plurk.com/6qCYN0rxHa49RiMQPlXQoG.png
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If Lambda confirms the phone call really happened in the domain of humans, that means Shannon and Kanon weren't present in the parlor.
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Hm. https://images.plurk.com/773fZelhkK1AXglFln5E16.png
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Yeah, this lines up exactly with when Human Beatrice died.
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"The gap between 19 years ago and 18 years ago was immense." HMMMMMM
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...and that is the person she is desperately clinging to now, even throwing away her life for it. Whatever or whoever she was before doesn't matter. https://images.plurk.com/36S0e4eyzZQSu0amlT3s1S.png
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YEP https://images.plurk.com/7q94b1ldNx6OYN45ZlqHNs.png \
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WHAT HAPPENED https://images.plurk.com/EzVdwqNlXkjqM6uAHN694.png
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It's still something she wants to keep from Krauss, it lines up with when Sayo was born...
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...couldn't produce a Successor for years...
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Needed one to continue the family...
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The mother is dead...
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Did somebody give her baby Sayo to take care of, in place of her own child?
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Then... what did she...
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That's what she's trying to reassure herself of, at least. https://images.plurk.com/7K5x6oeLWIgUq1lyvtUNrn.png
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The specific phrasing of this is kind of hysterical, honestly. https://images.plurk.com/2sUxCyXz9erDvaJ5J3zoNJ.png
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"They're trying to make me angry, so I'm going to get angry at how they're trying to make me angry."
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Multiple choice. One or none of the above. https://images.plurk.com/2NTvv3d7Ri6jKXYEJRyg57.png
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terrifying thanks https://images.plurk.com/67ud7uByt3TxoQJ7wi57AW.png
HOT TURKEY TAKE
I have no idea if R07 and/or the translators watched the Saw movies before this game, but that line has mad Jigsaw energy
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The fact that she knows this, specifically, has me leaning towards "the phone call is real in the domain of humans, Shannon and Kanon have not appeared in the parlor." https://images.plurk.com/59OaCrXerTdjHVG7STexE4.png
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"I need to let my crazy out, but in a different way from usual, not like Beatrice. I also need to have a masc voice for this call- I GOT IT" puts on horror movies from the future
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Human curiosity is such an unfortunate thing, sometimes. https://images.plurk.com/BuZP8WLi5Ju1c09jlsY7P.png
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"If she hung up, this person might call someone else." YEAH I CAN SEE WHY SHE'D BE TERRIFIED OF THAT TOO ACTUALLY
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beg pardon? https://images.plurk.com/13qHm70ISD8M5Pk38KDg49.png
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god this is so fucking tense https://images.plurk.com/5iUFreyPaR3Ayc2uAW4xUn.png
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I'm sure this has some deep, thematic significance I'm not aware of. https://images.plurk.com/1AbOHQ4rgLtbr2sYy5WqyR.png
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"There's no other reason in particular" makes it REALLY sound like there's a reason in particular https://images.plurk.com/1fRJMz1m0vUYM4c4mZclYv.png
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your witch cackle is showing, sayo
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https://images.plurk.com/7epJlEB2ogv6AWVs0iY23J.png
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I doubt that, personally. https://images.plurk.com/6iyVjns2oUtv7EmJmLuW1r.png
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...I swear to GOD Sayo has said that her favorite season is autumn SOMEWHERE, actually
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During the Episode 2 prologue I think?
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beg pardon https://images.plurk.com/2XsvLJ99CMszQvuHCETgTy.png
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WHAT'S BENEATH THE CLOCK???
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barely restrained https://images.plurk.com/6dungexBkqn0esolozXowK.png
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I have a bad feeling about what happened but I don't want to believe Natsuhi could https://images.plurk.com/65VDtqzqa0vSbsvSgObmKc.png
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...ha. Good grief, I really do have the same problem as Battler.
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You normally can't hear the sea from here. Is that part of her memory? https://images.plurk.com/3ijgUJl9Uck6gFHaCKahB2.png
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WHAT WAS ON THE CARD???
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WHAT??? https://images.plurk.com/6tqGv9kAcOMUErjUggammx.png
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......fuck. She was... she really did... https://images.plurk.com/Hpcjd2G8OMfS1YrAY1SBM.png
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nappi... https://images.plurk.com/VezInXXVrl22ho4ZVhdtL.png
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you know it
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kinda sounds like sayo is imitating battler a little bit
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hm
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holy shit sayo https://images.plurk.com/5hoq5dkHCzwUWjtMQVhuEe.png
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But what if she's been here this entire time? https://images.plurk.com/GAJB1Xc6EraWXnNBFlxZA.png
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HOW CAN YOU OUTRUN YOUR SINS, MOTHER.
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WHEN I AM ALREADY HERE.
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i'm just going holy shit ever more slowly through this entire scene
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Is Sayo... angling to get Natsuhi to confess? https://images.plurk.com/1iq0CPYiBFcu5dsMH86Wp3.png
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Ha.
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Now that her first goal has been accomplished, one way or another...
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...you know...
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I wonder if Battler "taking a step into the domain of witches" by seeing Kinzo on the road...
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...means taking a step into Sayo's world.
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i.e. remembering.
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Hm.
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I guess the threat is "expose your sins or I smoke everyone"
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But...
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Assuming Natsuhi really is the culprit...
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Again, I still can't get over her killing Jessica.
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Whatever else happens, Natsuhi is DEATHLY protective of her. We know this.
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What on EARTH could impel her to kill Jessica? It just doesn't make any sense?
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...which is? https://images.plurk.com/7pDQSDUD45MjWupomnN7Mg.png
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??? DOES this take place in the domain of witches? https://images.plurk.com/3JcbbYhQb4z2AOgKp0layO.png
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this is all technically true for sayo is the thing. and if this was a 100% domain of witches thing lamb would get to completely lie here
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so this HAS to be a domain of humans thing
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On the topic of Umineko songs: Vermillion Pt. 2 and Snuff are Beabato in musical form
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but if natsuhi did commit the murders she would be disobeying these orders and that doesn't match up with what we know of her
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so ????????????????????????????????????????????
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...ah. But why such a strong reaction? https://images.plurk.com/5jGF2xPztGgToT4b96MKH1.png
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okay back to the knock then
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kanon is the one to open the door too
You're Quinner
the implication is that this means the phone person already knew her favorite season was autumn
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Let me guess, a letter? https://images.plurk.com/3j7DB5tAWUa9goE38hSAL7.png
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yeah i'm aware it's just
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why such a STRONG reaction to autumn specifically
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..okay yeah that was a really high tension situation anyways
You're Quinner
because... a different season would be wrong? I'm not sure I understand
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i'm probably focusing on the wrong things again
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Yep there's the letter https://images.plurk.com/2onHsZCiHAJzI4pXwYsYJq.png
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What's bugging me is that Kanon, the one who picked it up, isn't actually here. Probably. Hm. So many damn unknowns. https://images.plurk.com/1qp0HftGtqgITXTHXvV7IY.png
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It was probably Genji, but...
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Krauss, Natsuhi, and Genji are the likely candidates, but if the letter is real the window is right for Sayo to leave it too.
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battler just awkwardly standing over there in this inheritance debate thinking "god what if i just completely funded the lives of 100 people" while everyone else is having Rich People Problems is hysterical tbh https://images.plurk.com/6uAVKarmdk6Mwlz8QyD1M2.png
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and then rudolf immediately tells him to knock it off
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poor battler
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rudolf... https://images.plurk.com/78NueDIirzzjNiAkYN9nPd.png
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and kyrie, of course, coming in with the doubts
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But the seal, the Head's Ring, but you can't prove he didn't make a fake, etc. etc. https://images.plurk.com/3xKXPbojwxGkFpYsSDz6Bi.png
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One of the keys? https://images.plurk.com/BvE1eBFkwIrY4oi8PWNyn.png
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OH THE HEAD'S RING
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god the fucking
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fishy aroma remix
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continues to slap
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And Eva confirms it. https://images.plurk.com/6MAzxgdOq5kk9hrCkPpYar.png
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A letter from Beatrice. https://images.plurk.com/2ouzEd7PURGse5z3Gw2Lty.png
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YEP
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rosa meltdown incoming https://images.plurk.com/6cSYD6vtH6r3oeCQUSqPUb.png
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VERY interesting https://images.plurk.com/6uMRuFJlLj5PzX4GgE9me8.png
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They're really that desperate to get him accepted as head, huh. Even if that means believing in the witch. https://images.plurk.com/4OMSznTBzbwUPOPysEoqFw.png
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POOR BATTLER... https://images.plurk.com/4HKNyqyOBDyQN491Qdmu1w.png
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you know when genji is acting fake surprised at something he's usually stoic as usual. but this... https://images.plurk.com/5z3mSzzFIVAlS3mbm52g2F.png
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holy shit The True Family Conference is looooong
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3 am and he is Still There
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guess no going back to the guesthouse for him
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...who is this? https://images.plurk.com/2JTyuz5FR86YbNn6xq9wxx.png
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they just keep going at it huh https://images.plurk.com/6DELHkOlTedM2U7m7z502K.png
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Hm. So Rosa managed to escape to the guesthouse. https://images.plurk.com/2qMNVgXO1PPTQEtf5RGubr.png
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RIP... https://images.plurk.com/14lwOc0p1tnyYaQzybQ8SO.png
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triple RIP https://images.plurk.com/7jUuVf4GRegfcTRtxOcr8w.png
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this poor idiot https://images.plurk.com/6kVvfknNo2oLCQ1PyqKoss.png
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The other cousins, probably? https://images.plurk.com/iY4Hz1Nkz6PD3FD8i1lTL.png
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Oh, huh. It's these two. https://images.plurk.com/60EZt3ih9JT5g6mgiw8f2P.png
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Ever the professional. https://images.plurk.com/3w1KDbrrgY4O2H6Ig2JTjo.png
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