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[gogmagog]

I'm currently playing reading the Umineko no Naku Koro ni visual novel, which is actually pretty awesome so far - except I really like a lot of the characters, especially Battler, Jessica and George, and I'm worrying because it's becoming pretty clear that, in true When They Cry fashion, the story is heading towards grisly end(s) for most of the characters. D: D: D:

For some reason I've really been into visual novels lately - I've played through Katawa Shoujo a few times, which is surprisingly sweet and sensitive for something engendered in the hellish pit that is 4chan, and am hoping to work my way through Fate/stay night once I finish Umineko. And I want to get the official release of Higurashi no Naku Koro ni once I finish those, because I really liked the anime and want to play the games that inspired it. (Even if the artist for both Higurashi and Umineko can't draw hands to save his life.)

Edit: Also, forgot to mention this before, but enkiae, you seriously need to play this; it's like Higurashi but with the killer-loli and scheming-frosty-ojousama ratio reversed! (And one of the two lolis has an encyclopedic knowledge of Western black magic, so...)

Comments

[youkofujima.livejournal.com]

Ohhh Umineko! I love that series, though it's kinda hard for me to actually put in the money to go and buy the whole 1-4 CD rom for the novels, but the writing in that is really good.

...and, yeah, the third generation (Battler's generation) characters are almost all extremely adorable and with each passing volume I feel myself die a bit more.

[yoshitsune.livejournal.com]

Well, admittedly I may have procured it through questionable legal methods, but once they do an English-language release (as they did with Higurashi), I think I'll definitely pick it up. (And of course I'm gonna buy the licensed release of Higurashi, albeit probably once my student loans come in.)

And THEY ARE ADORABLE! Well, except for Maria, who really does seem borderline retarded and hella creepy. But even she has her moments.

[youkofujima.livejournal.com]

Loooool XD I see, I see. Well, I can't say anything about that cuz I am still looking for the questionable legal methods to feed my need for Umineko.

Maria definitely has her moments; just wait till the fourth novel. But god the kids are SO CUTE. Why is Battler just a huge ball of adorable dorkiness? Plus I also really like Shannon, for some odd reason.

[yoshitsune.livejournal.com]

I also like Shannon more than I expected to! I saw her portrait and figured her for a typical moe meido-type, and that's not entirely wrong, but there is more to her than that. Her confrontations with Beatrice in episode 2 were I think what tipped me over the edge; she was really the only person who really stood up to Beato and didn't give in at all, which was kinda badass.

Also Battler is AWESOME in a completely dorky way. TV Tropes mentioned that he's like a cross between Adell from Disgaea 2 and Phoenix Wright, and I think that's actually surprisingly accurate. XD

[youkofujima.livejournal.com]

Shannon's resolve and her personality are really what mark her as an awesome character for me (and also mark Umineko as a better-written series than Higurashi *dodges dishes*). She's got a really strong idea of what she wants but is also...well, moe meido enough that she's still soft? All in all, she's a well-rounded character.

Battler is just LOL to me. Him and his trademark lines really have a feel of "OBJECTION" to them, and god he's so damn cute and total determinator to the max. I don't think anyone can maintain that sort of composure and optimism whilst being put through the emotion/physical wringer like he is.

[bemysty.livejournal.com]

Which part are you in? There are some pretty fucking cool bits (+redeeming for Maria) in the later parts and I don't want to spoil you :3

[yoshitsune.livejournal.com]

I'm currently working my way through the second part...and while Maria isn't my favorite character, I definitely don't dislike her, and think she's a pretty awesome character so far.

[bemysty.livejournal.com]

I put "redeem" as a standard disclaimer because most people I know LOATHED Maria until the fourth game and still don't really like her now. I find her... challenging, let's put it like that, but Satoko in Higurashi was the same and her behavioural ticks got explained as well.

Also, some people seem to hate [NAME EXPUNGED] a specific character introduced in the fourth game.

...

*RAGES AGAINST THE HEAVENS*

Second game is okay, I think, but prepare to shit MAJOR bricks with the third.

[yoshitsune.livejournal.com]

I like Maria's bizarre hoard of obscure Goetic knowledge! And while her clear idolization of Beatrice may make her too stupid to live from one perspective, from the other she figures she's going to the Golden Land and everything will be awesome, so it makes sense that she'd behave that way? (Especially with the bipolar Rosa as a mom.)

I take it the fourth episode character that people hate is the main character from the future chapter? I haven't met her, but given the hilariously hard-headed awesomeness of her sibling, I can't imagine I wouldn't like her. XD