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queenmetroid:
Meh, this show was doomed to failure and derision before it ever began. Since the premise has been done before, it's not fresh or new, and is subject to heavy criticism. The fact that it doesn't live up to Higurashi has made it pretty much a dud, regardless of whether it's a decent anime on it's own or not. When I was first forced to watch Higurashi, I thought exactly the same stuff as I think about this show now. The real hook came in the fourth episode, and further on as I started to really like the characters. My only real knock against Umineko is that the animation isn't as good as Higurashi. The voice acting is OK, I've heard better, certainly, but it's not atrocious either. I think they just tried too hard. A murder in the second episode and already spamming a "scary little girl" just doesn't help. I'll just keep waiting. I'm sure I'll eventually start liking some of the characters.

Even if I don't, I'm fine with just watching people getting capped in a brutal way, and not knowing who did it makes it at least compelling to watch. I'll probably see it through to the end if only to find out what happens. So what if it's not "as good as Higurashi"? This isn't necessarily a "bad" anime in it's own right, but the way people talk you'd think it was the worst one ever produced. Just my opinion, though.

lol @ them watching Higurashi on TV, though.

erious:
Actually, I don't think it was doomed from the start. More then comparing with Higurashi, most of the hype came from people who played the games. So if it would keep the level of quality Higurashi had, which shouldn't be hard, no one would complain. Sadly, it failed to do even that.
To be frank, while the amount of shows I've seen isn't that great, this is so far one of the very worst of them.

Path:
Ugh, exposition hell /facepalm; it was old in the 50s, and it's not any less annoying now. Evidently killing off the exposition witch didn't help, because now the true master of it has taken center stage. I can only assume that this was better done in the VN (though if the same exposition idiocy was present there, I can't see why it got such high ratings). I'm waiting for the "reset" to see if things take a turn for the better, but I have my doubts.

As for Maria, this is getting old. Presumably she's schizophrenic (as opposed to possessed), since no one seems to consider her rantings and eerie knowledge of the occult strange, and so are aware of her medical condition. Then again, this is only a valid interpretation if the characters are somewhat logical, and, well...

Plus points for Maria watching Higurashi on TV though. What can I say, I'm weak to things like that.

queenmetroid:

--- Quote from: Path ---As for Maria, this is getting old. Presumably she's schizophrenic (as opposed to possessed), since no one seems to consider her rantings and eerie knowledge of the occult strange, and so are aware of her medical condition. Then again, this is only a valid interpretation if the characters are somewhat logical, and, well...

Plus points for Maria watching Higurashi on TV though. What can I say, I'm weak to things like that.

--- End quote ---

This is anime. In anime, everyone is oblivious to EVERYTHING. I suppose I wouldn't like it as much if they weren't.

Aneroph:
You can only experience higurashi once. After the first few scenes that make you cringe and pull out your hair, you will never get such feeling from seeing that stuff ever again. It's like the first time you watch a horror movie and see the girl walking around slowly in the dark waiting for the murderer to pounce on her. The scene was scary the first time, but after that it just becomes laughable and even annoying.

That being said, the OP and ED of this series are freaking awesome, as well as some of the other short music collections found through the series (The organ music had my subwoofer shaking the entire house). (click to show/hide) I was completely unaffected by the massive amounts of death in the ?2nd? episode; however, I was fairly effected by Maria getting slapped in the face. Perhaps it was just the episode I downloaded, but it seemed to me that they were constantly making her noises louder and louder as the action was beginning to build until I eventually had to turn down my speakers with a big smile on my face as to how creeped out I was at the scene. Her noises were annoying, but I feel it was meant to be that way. Nothing in this series is supposed to be particularly pleasant (unless axe murdering is your secret fetish :P)

Episode two finally shows the Shion evil laugh from Maria which was awesome and had me evil laughing right along with her. They all made those goofy evil faces and had strange knowledge about murders and things in original Higurashi so I honestly don't know why you guys are complaining about Maria being crazy without anyone noticing. Those faces and that knowledge is meant more for the viewer as an aside than directed towards the other characters I think.

one thing, I would absolutely HATE to see this in English dubs. English dubs are usually way over the top compared to Japanese, but how can these characters get any more over the top than they already are? I'm terrible with remembering names so I'm having trouble figuring out which freaking characters they are talking about all the time. Still, as cliched as this story seems, I know there is going to be something crazy behind it all, and it's only 3 episodes in, which is hardly enough to draw any conclusions about the series.

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