#Umineko when they cry anime series

The nature of the series (before the reset happens just like in Higurashi) is revealed on episode 5: Just about when the last person alive, Battler, is about to be consumed, he is suddenly able to stop Beatrice’s revival by stating his denial in the existence of witches. If the epitaph isn’t solved, then people will continue to die mysterious and brutal deaths until the Golden Witch Beatrice is resurrected. That said, whoever solves the riddle of the witch’s epitaph will get the gold as well as the headship of the Ushiromiya family.Īs the typhoon hits, a game of homicide begins where 6 people in the island will die, as stated in the epitaph. It is rumored in the island that when Kinzo lost most of his assets due to the 1923 great Kanto earthquake, Beatrice gave him ten tons of gold to restart his family and business.

A portrait of her is erected at the entrance hall of the Ushiromiya mansion along with a puzzling epitaph underneath. Shortly after, a typhoon traps them in the island and bizarre things started to happen where people in the island start dying.īattler Ushiromiya, the son of Rudolph, hasn’t been in the family conference for six years and is re-acquainted with the island’s legend of the Golden Witch Beatrice, who supposedly lives in the dense forests of Rokkenjima. The four family members, along with their spouses and children, arrive at the island to discuss how the assets will be divided once the old and near-dead family head, Kinzo Ushiromiya, passes away. In a fictional 1986, the annual family conference of the Ushiromiyas is held at their private property Rokkenjima Island. Though it didn’t quite gain much acclamation as I believe it should have- this is probably due to the fact that people were expecting something along the lines of Higurashi, and then this anime goes and takes on a different style: instead of the usual murder mystery-solving its predecessor has been known for, it takes on a risky yet fresh approach with a battle of wits between reality and magic using logic and sound reasoning. Umineko: When They Cry, or Umineko no Naku Koro ni as its Japanese title, is the successor to the exceptional Higurashi: When They Cry franchise.

Umineko when they cry anime