If ye consent and obey, ye shall eat the good things of the land.Д«ut if ye refuse and be rebellious, ye shall be devoured with the sword: for the mouth of the Lord hath spoken it. Learn to do well: seek judgment, relieve the oppressed: judge the fatherless, and defend the widow.Д¬ome now, and let us reason together, saith the Lord: though your sins were as crimson, they shall be made white as snow: though they were red like scarlet, they shall be as wool, Wash you, make you clean, take away the evil of your works from before mine eyes: cease to do evil. If we don't love each other, the reasoning won't start.' This line reminded me of Isaiah 1:16-20: One of the things I love about it is that it posits the fundamental unity of reason and emotion. It's about the nature of fiction, trust, and certainty itself. It's about BDSM in the kindest way possible. It's about gender identity and capitalist social dynamics and fascism and intergenerational abuse. Umineko no Naku Koro ni is about so many things. And when you're done, you can read on here. It literally will not make sense to you at all if you can't try to feel it. Oh, and if you do read it with a dismissive attitude, not paying attention to the feelings put on display, not letting yourself have an emotional response, also stop and put it away until you can find the time to care. That is the one thing it holds paramount. It will literally mock you for wanting to be simply told the answer instead of thinking about it for yourself.

If you go into Umineko expecting it to provide easy answers to its mysteries, or tell you how you should feel or think about any of these things, do not read it. Have you ever struggled with faith, wanted to believe in something greater than yourself but felt hopeless and unhappy anyway? Read Umineko.ДЄre you none of those things, and want a vantage point to empathise a bit with them? Read Umineko.Дo you like it when fanservice-y characters get deep characterisation and empathetic portrayal? Read Umineko.Дo you laugh at insane leaps of logic? Read Umineko.Дo you like electronic music? Read Umineko.Дo you like neoclassical music? Read Umineko.Дo you like hot gender-neutral people? Read Umineko. Have you ever hated your family and cursed the genetic lottery to give them to you? Read Umineko. Have you been bullied, or have you been demeaned by people who you looked up to, and need something to tell you you're ok? Read Umineko. Have you been abused and need something to empathise with you? Read Umineko. Have you ever struggled with your identity, not sure of who you are or what you're doing? Read Umineko.Дoes the nature of certainty and uncertainty bother you? Read Umineko.Дoes the prospect of being dommed by a weird woman with logic puzzles get you going? Read Umineko.Дo you like seeing awful things happen to rich assholes? Read Umineko. Have you ever struggled with love? Read Umineko. I will go into that later, but if you clicked on the 'show anyway' part without having read this thing, and made it this far, I'm going to give you some real last-ditch pleas. I've had a lot of fun trying to work out exactly how some of these murders happened, and even now I'm pretty certain of the main culprit(s), it's still thrilling trying to figure out how they might've actually done it. But first, a short argument as toДЇirst of all, it is a great collection of mysteries. I cannot begin to explain why without spoiling a huge amount of it. It's probably one of the greatest pieces of fiction ever written, and certainly one of the greatest pieces of fiction of the century. I even cried about it after simply dreaming about it, and a couple times after finishing it. Umineko no Naku Koro ni has made me cry more than any other story. Without love, humans would never need to sift through truth and lies.Д«ecause we can 'see' things like that, we doubt. It's nothing more than an illusion, one that no one but you can 'see', and one that even you can never touch. That's backwards.Д«ecause of love, you end up 'seeing' things that don't even exist. (i was going to link to my Higurashi review, but apparently they removed the original anime from here, which makes me so fucking mad, bc i put a lot of effort into that review. (this review + rating is for the visual novel, NOT the anime)

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