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fandom.07th-expansion | # Banquet of the Golden Witch Manga Volume 1
Banquet of the Golden Witch Vol. 1 is the first volume of Kei Natsumi's manga adaptation of "Banquet of the Golden Witch" and the tenth overall volume of the manga adaptation of . The volume was released in English by Yen Press as an omnibus with Volume 2 and part of Volume 3.
Publisher's Summary.
Japanese.
"信じる心が、魔法の力。当主になることは不可能だと諦めていた絵羽に、彼女の内より生まれた、在りし日の少女はこう囁く。「右代宮絵羽は必ず当主になる。」と――…。魔女幻想渦巻く第三章、開幕。"
English.
"Time holds little meaning for Beatrice the Millennial Witch. Replaying the events leading up to the Golden Banquet again and again only gives her more opportunity to play with her new favorite toy, Battler Ushiromiya. The boy's will to resist the witch remains strong as the curtain rises for a third time on the Ushiromiya family's annual reunion. But as Beatrice pulls more and more players into the game, the strain on Battler's defenses is evident. Do the other members of his family hold the key to solving the witch's riddle and sealing her defeat?!"
Afterword.
Ryukishi07.
The True Beginning
"Hello, I am Ryukishi07."
"We stand at the beginning of Epsiode 3 of Umineko When They Cry—"Banquet of the Golden Witch." In this episode, Battler finally regains his wits after being strung around Beatrice's finger for two episodes, and he fights back."
"What use is logic against a witch who can create any sealed-room murder with the twitch of a finger? No doubt both you and Battler feel the same way right about now. Well, Episode 3 is crammed full of helpful hints to teach you how to fight. I hope you will join Battler in utilizing these hints to strike back at the witch."
"In a sense, Episode 3 of Umineko When They Cry might be considered the true beginning of our story, because both sides are finally on equal footing."
"Are you prepared to challenge the witch? Are you prepared to maintain an unflinching heart, even in the face of bizarre magic and inexplicable murders?"
"Then let us begin. Welcome to "Episode 3: Banquet of the Golden Witch"!"
"By the time this episode is over, you should at least be able to solve a sealed-room murder or two. Beatrice is expecting great things from you...hee-hee."
Kei Natsumi.
"It's been ages since last we met. I'm Kei Natsumi. Did you enjoy the opening to the third game of the series? Episode 3 is chock-full of hints and information, so I'm hoping to cram as much of that as possible into the manga edition. This episode features many people who died right off the bat in Episode 1, so it's been a great joy for me to draw it. Thanks as always to my tireless supervisors and editors, Nozaki-san and Koizumi-san, and Ryukishi07-san and the rest of 07th Expansion. Looking forward to more in the future."
"Hope we meet again in the next volume!""See you again."
"Special Thanks""Hinata, Rodriguez Nagai, Rin "Tomisho" Kuroki, Mai Horiuchi, Midori Imai, Natsuru, Riuna Mizuzaki, Chiyo Watanabe, Haruka Hano""& You."
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fandom.07th-expansion | # Banquet of the Golden Witch Manga Volume 2
Banquet of the Golden Witch Vol. 2 is the second volume of Kei Natsumi's manga adaptation of "Banquet of the Golden Witch" and the 11th overall volume of the manga adaptation of . The volume was released in English by Yen Press as an omnibus with Volume 1 and part of Volume 3.
Publisher's Summary.
Japanese.
"先代ベアトVS現ベアト、魔法大戦開幕。「六軒島に19人以上の人間は存在しない」。ベアトにそう宣言され、打ちひしがれる戦人。そんな戦人に追い打ちを掛ける様に、盤面では二人の魔女が、激しい魔法バトルを繰り広げる――。"
English.
"Time holds little meaning for Beatrice the Millennial Witch. Replaying the events leading up to the Golden Banquet again and again only gives her more opportunity to play with her new favorite toy, Battler Ushiromiya. The boy's will to resist the witch remains strong as the curtain rises for a third time on the Ushiromiya family's annual reunion. But as Beatrice pulls more and more players into the game, the strain on Battler's defenses is evident. Do the other members of his family hold the key to solving the witch's riddle and sealing her defeat?!"
Afterword.
Kei Natsumi.
"It's a pleasure to see you again. I'm Kei Natsumi. So the first night of Episode 3 has begun. I remember playing this part of the game and thinking, Who's the lucky sap who gets to draw these scenes? Turns out...it's me. \(^O^)/"
"The twists and turns will come at a breathless pace from here on. Heh-heh. Even I'm excited and I have to go through the hard work of drawing this stuff. Hope to see you again next volume."
"Special Thanks""Hinata, Rodriguez Nagai, Rin "Tomisho" Kuroki, Mai Horiuchi, Midori Imai, Natsuru, Suzu Asamine, Chiyo Watanabe""& You."
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fandom.07th-expansion | # Banquet of the Golden Witch Manga Volume 3
Banquet of the Golden Witch Vol. 3 is the third volume of Kei Natsumi's manga adaptation of "Banquet of the Golden Witch" and the 12th overall volume of the manga adaptation of . In the English release by Yen Press, the first three chapters of this volume were added to the first omnibus, while the final chapter was made part of the second omnibus.
Publisher's Summary.
Japanese.
"その輝きは、夢でも幻でもなく、長き間、信じ続けた想いの結晶――…。六軒島に実在した10tに及ぶ、魔女の黄金。その黄金を発見した人物とは…!? 新たな魔女の誕生に祝福を――!!"
English.
"Time holds little meaning for Beatrice the Millennial Witch. Replaying the events leading up to the Golden Banquet again and again only gives her more opportunity to play with her new favorite toy, Battler Ushiromiya. The boy's will to resist the witch remains strong as the curtain rises for a third time on the Ushiromiya family's annual reunion. But as Beatrice pulls more and more players into the game, the strain on Battler's defenses is evident. Do the other members of his family hold the key to solving the witch's riddle and sealing her defeat?!"
Afterword.
Kei Natsumi.
"It's a pleasure to see you again. I'm Kei Natsumi. This volume it was the adults' turn!It's a volume that carries special meaning for me. I cried the first time I read the scene where Eva finally reaches the Golden Land. I also loved drawing Rudolf and Kyrie kicking ass together and was disappointed when it was finally over...I sure hope you enjoyed it."
"See you again next time."
"Special ThanksHinata, Rodriguez Nagai, Mai Horiuchi, Rin "Tomisho" Kuroki, Midori Imai, Natsuru, Suzu Asamine, Chiyo Watanabe, Riuna Mizuzaki, Waon Peko& You."
| Banquet of the Golden Witch Manga Volume 3 |
fandom.07th-expansion | # Banquet of the Golden Witch Manga Volume 4
Banquet of the Golden Witch Vol. 4 is the fourth volume of Kei Natsumi's manga adaptation of "Banquet of the Golden Witch" and the 13th overall volume of the manga adaptation of . The volume was released in English by Yen Press as an omnibus with Volume 5 and part of Volume 3.
Publisher's Summary.
Japanese.
"あまりにも強大で、悪意に満ちた、新たな魔女の魔法の力――…。戦人との約束を守るべく、先代ベアトは自らの命を投げ打つ。真なる無限の魔女、ここに成る――!!"
English.
"Determined to secure a place of respect within the Ushiromiya family, Eva stretches her wits to their limit and successfully solves Beatrice's riddle! There is more than enough gold in the family fortune to ease everyone's financial woes, but Eva has no intention of sharing her findings with her siblings. Eva has claimed more than Beatrice's gold-she has claimed also the role of "Beatrice the Golden Witch" for herself! And there are still nine nights that each demand a sacrifice to be carried out..."
Afterword.
Kei Natsumi.
"It's an honor to meet you again. Well, the game is getting to its climax in Episode 3. The next volume is the last one! I intend to blaze through it at maximum power. It will also contain the greatest mystery of the episode, so make sure to read through to the very end."
"Special Thanks""Hinata, Rodriguez Nagai, Mai Horiuchi, Waon Peko, Rin "Tomisho" Kuroki, Natsuru, Midori Imai, Chiyo Watanabe, Riuna Mizuzaki""& You."
| Banquet of the Golden Witch Manga Volume 4 |
fandom.07th-expansion | # Banquet of the Golden Witch Manga Volume 5
Banquet of the Golden Witch Vol. 4 is the fifth volume of Kei Natsumi's manga adaptation of "Banquet of the Golden Witch" and the 14th overall volume of the manga adaptation of . The volume was released in English by Yen Press as an omnibus with Volume 4 and part of Volume 3.
Publisher's Summary.
Japanese.
"自ら魔女の存在を否定するベアト。それは、戦人をエヴァから守るため…。うみねこのなく頃に、生き残ったのは、ゲームの勝者、ただ一人。エピソード３、無情の最終巻。"
English.
"Determined to secure a place of respect within the Ushiromiya family, Eva stretches her wits to their limit and successfully solves Beatrice's riddle! There is more than enough gold in the family fortune to ease everyone's financial woes, but Eva has no intention of sharing her findings with her siblings. Eva has claimed more than Beatrice's gold-she has claimed also the role of "Beatrice the Golden Witch" for herself! And there are still nine nights that each demand a sacrifice to be carried out..."
Afterword.
Ryukishi07.
Truth is Frail
"Hello, I am Ryukishi07."
"What did you think of Episode 3 of Umineko When They Cry? The cast was larger than the previous episodes, making it rather lively. The more you acknowledge the existence of the witches, dear reader, the more their power grows and causes Battler anguish...My goal in this episode was to provide a much wider range of each character's personality. I find the soft, tender side of a normally headstrong woman to be a very mysterious thing...Did I succeed in depicting that feminine range within Beatrice this time? If it tickled your fancy at any time in this episode, I'll consider that a success. (lol)"
"And now Rokkenjima has finally produced a survivor. What happened on the island that day? Only she knows the truth...but she will cast off this mortal coil without speaking it aloud. And Ange's solitary journey has only just begun...I hope you will continue her story in Episode 4, drawn by Soichirou-sensei. Thanks!"
"But the truth is such a frail and fragile thing, is it not? Only Beato knows what her final smile meant, but the observers can derive two possible truths. Have you readers who challenge the witch's illusions arrived at your own answers yet?"
"We've already finished the third episode of the game. The longer you struggle, the deeper the illusions' infiltration...Now wipe your tears and stand up. The eternal torment shows no signs of ending...Hee-hee-hee..."
Kei Natsumi.
"It's an honor to have spent so much time with you. I'm Natsumi. So I managed to finish drawing Episode 3. I really love this particular story, so I truly enjoyed myself wworking on it. Natsumi is as happy as a clam. I gained many things these past three and a half years."
"To my editors Nozaki-san and Koizumi-san, forgive me for all the problems. To everyone at 07th Expansion, thank you for everything. But most of all, thank you to the fans! I'd love to meet you again in my next work. Hasta la vista! Have a nice day!"
"Special Thanks""Hinata, Rodriguez Nagai, Waon Peko, Rin "Tomisho" Kuroki, Natsuru, Mai Horiuchi, Midori Imai, Riuna Mizuzaki, Chiyo Watanabe, Suzu Asamine""& You."
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fandom.07th-expansion | # Batsukoishi
is an extra arc from .
It was first released as the All-Cast Review Session of "Meakashi" at Comiket 67 on December 30, 2004.
Plot Summary.
When Keiichi Maebara loses several club games in a row, the Soul Brothers help him regain his will to fight by imagining the other club members in perverted fantasies.
Release History.
Original Release.
"Batsukoishi-hen" was originally released on December 30, 2004 as an epilogue to "Meakashi". It was removed in subsequent releases of "Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Kai".
Higurashi Rei.
"Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Rei" re-released the chapter on December 31, 2006.
Higurashi Hou.
"Batsukoishi-hen" was rereleased with "Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Hou" at Comiket 86 on August 17, 2014.
Adaptations.
Anime.
The 2011 anime OVA series by Studio DEEN adapted Batsukoishi in Episode 1. It was released on July 21, 2011.
Manga.
The manga adaptation of Batsukoishi was illustrated by Yutori Houjyou and released as a limited gift to those who ordered both Meakashi-hen Vol. 3 and Tsumihoroboshi-hen Vol. 3.
| Batsukoishi |
fandom.07th-expansion | # Batsukoishi-hen
| Batsukoishi-hen |
fandom.07th-expansion | # Batsukoishi-hen/CG
| Batsukoishi-hen/CG |
fandom.07th-expansion | # Batsukoishi-hen (episode)
| Batsukoishi-hen (episode) |
fandom.07th-expansion | # Batsukoishi/CG
| Batsukoishi/CG |
fandom.07th-expansion | # Batsukoishi (episode)
| Batsukoishi (episode) |
fandom.07th-expansion | # Battler
| Battler |
fandom.07th-expansion | # Battler Ushiromiya
is the main protagonist of . He returns to the annual Ushiromiya family conference in 1986 and becomes embroiled in a series of murders carried out by the Golden Witch Beatrice.
Appearance.
Battler is a good looking 18 year old boy with red spiky hair and blue eyes. He wears an antique white suit over a red collared shirt, black vest, black tie and antique white pants. The One-Winged Eagle is adorned on his right lapel.
In "Dawn of the Golden Witch", following his ascension to Game Master Battler receives a black cape draped over his shoulders, similar to the one worn by Kinzo.
Personality.
Battler is a fairly kind-hearted individual, helping others whenever he can and intervening in arguments between his relatives. He is also fairly intelligent, as "End of the Golden Witch" reveals that he's a fan of mystery novels. He is very skeptical when it comes to the existence of magic and opts to find a logical explanation for things but is held back by his refusal to accept that his family and friends could be murderers, preferring to accuse an unknown person X as the culprit.
Battler is very perverted, where he attempts to grope Jessica and Shannon when he reunites with them and jokes with Maria about her being too young.
After "End of the Golden Witch", following his ascent as the Golden Sorcerer, Battler wholeheartedly accepts magic and almost completely drops the perverted side of him.
Abilities.
Battler doesn't have any magical abilities of his own and typically relies on his intellect, the Devil's Proof and chessboard thinking to make theories. His staunch refusal to accept magic gives him magical defense of Endless Nine, which nullifies any magic attacks used on him. In "Alliance of the Golden Witch", he is given the ability to use Blue Truth.
In "End of the Golden Witch", Battler reaches the truth of Beatrice's game and ascends to Game Master, receiving a golden longsword which he uses to spin blue and red truths at will. Battler also obtains the power of Gold Truth, enabling him to guarantee certain aspects that would be impossible to prove prior. He also gains Ronove, the Stakes of Purgatory, and Virgilia as his Furniture. Taking on the name and the titles of and , he is able to create game boards of his own and manipulate the pieces within.
Background.
Battler was born to Rudolf and Asumu Ushiromiya, attending the family conference every year and becoming good friends with George, Jessica, and Shannon. "Requiem of the Golden Witch" shows that Battler and Shannon had an especially close relationship due to their mutual interest in mystery novels, with Battler promising to Shannon that he would come back for her on a white horse.
When Battler was 12, Asumu died of natural causes and Rudolf swiftly married Kyrie. Disgusted by his father's infidelity, Battler renounced the Ushiromiya family name and went to live with his grandparents on Asumu's side, though he would still occasionally visit Rudolf's new family and play with his step-sister Ange.
His grandparents pass away in 1986, and so Battler returns to Rokkenjima to attend that year's family conference and renew his friendship with his cousins after a six-year gap.
"Twilight of the Golden Witch" reveals that Battler's mother is actually Kyrie, as Rudolf had gotten both Asumu and Kyrie pregnant and they were set to give birth on the same day. Kyrie gave birth to Battler while Asumu had a miscarriage, and Rudolf bribed the doctors to swap the results to hide the fact he had an illegitimate child. "Twilight"'s ??? also reveals that Battler had survived the Rokkenjima Mass Murders in 1986 but suffered brain damage from nearly drowning and developed amnesia. He was later taken in by Ikuko Hachijo and given the new name of Tohya Hachijo. After Tohya started to recover his memories of Battler, he struggled to accept them as his own and began writing stories about the Rokkenjima Mass Murders to cope.
Relationships.
Overview.
Ushiromiya Family and
Meta-World
Spoilers
Rudolf Ushiromiya.
Rudolf is Battler's father, however the two haven't gotten along very well ever since Rudolf married Kyrie. Battler believed Rudolf betrayed his dead mother Asumu with this act and was disgusted, abandoning the family name and going to live with his grandparents for a while. Even after they reunite in 1986, the two still aren't on good terms; Battler calls his father a bastard at times, and Rudolf jokes that he would gladly hand off his son to robbers. Despite their relationship, Battler still sheds tears anytime his parents are killed.
Kyrie Ushiromiya.
Kyrie is Battler's stepmother, but their relationship is more like a sibling one, as remarked by Battler himself. Kyrie doesn't consider Battler to be her son and sometimes treated him coldly just because he's Asumu's son.
In "Twilight of the Golden Witch", Kyrie breaks down upon learning Battler, who she has been resenting all those years, was her biological son all along.
Ange Ushiromiya.
Ange is Battler's young sister, and despite Battler's falling out with Rudolf he still loved to hang out with Ange. During a trip to an amusement park, Battler won some hair ornaments from a crane game as a gift for Ange, which she still cherishes.
Beatrice.
Beatrice is Battler's opponent and rival, and Beatrice loves to mock and torment the latter when he fails to come up with theories. Battler is often disgusted by Beatrice's cruelty and brutal displays of magic, coming to a head in "Banquet of the Golden Witch" when he refuses to play against Beato when she sits by and laughs at EVA-Beatrice's torment of Rosa and Maria. Beato starts trying to reform herself and Battler accepts her change, but quickly goes back to fighting her when it's revealed that Beato's reformation was an act.
In "End of the Golden Witch", Battler starts to become more understanding of Beatrice, crying in the ??? when he finally reaches the truth too late. He falls in love with Beatrice and tries to recreate her when she dies, initially considering the new Beato to be a failure but comes to accept and finally marry her after her memories return.
Virgilia.
Virgilia acts as Battler's advisor against the witch side starting in "Banquet of the Golden Witch". Though he remarks on the irony of getting a witch's help to deny witches, Battler takes Virgilia's advice to heart and is able to move forward with his reasoning. Even though Virgilia betrays Battler by revealing she was on Beato's side all along at the end of "Banquet", she still continues to give him advice in "End of the Golden Witch."
Erika Furudo.
Battler and Erika are rivals, both given the task of denying the witch, but they differ in their methodology: Battler takes an anti-fantasy stance and will use any ridiculous theory so long as it's not magical, but Erika is strictly mystery-focused and provides theories with logic and evidence. Because of Erika's pride, she hates it when Battler disproves her theories and always tries to get the last word in.
Role in the Story.
Legend of the Golden Witch.
Battler first appears at the airport and introduces his family members to the reader before they depart for Nijima. It is mentioned that Battler's stepsister Ange is absent due to illness. After they reach Rokkenjima, Battler mentions how he dislikes Rudolf for marrying Kyrie shortly after Asumu's death and had been living with Asumu's parents for the last six years.
Battler meets the servants on Rokkenjima and helps Kanon pick up some dropped bags of fertilizer. He later heads to the guesthouse and meets Shannon, who he hadn't seen in years, and attempts to grope her before becoming disturbed when Shannon shows no resistance.
After entering the main hall of the mansion, Battler sees the massive portrait of Beatrice and the witch's epitaph printed next to it. He shows disbelief in witches existing and soon apologizes to Maria when she insists that Beatrice is real and starts throwing a tantrum. The cousins head to the beach and talk about the epitaph, and Maria hands Battler a scorpion charm.
It begins to rain and the cousins head back to the guesthouse, and Maria becomes preoccupied with trying to find her withering rose, throwing another tantrum. Rosa appears and slaps Maria for it, and Battler tries to stop her before George asks him to stay back.
That night at dinner, the family listens to Maria reading out a letter from Beatrice asking them to solve the epitaph. After dinner, Kyrie theorizes with Battler over the purpose of the letter, asking if there could be a hidden 19th person apart from the other 18. Battler cites the Devil's Proof, saying it would be hard to prove a 19th person existed. Kyrie presents her own theory with chessboard thinking, and they get interrupted by Rudolf calling Kyrie back to the adults' discussion. Rudolf then tells Battler he wants to speak with him and Kyrie as a family later, with Rudolf ominously remarking that he will be killed that night.
The next morning, Battler and the other cousins notice that the adults and servants are concerned about something and follow them outside. They reach the rose garden to find that several people have been murdered and dumped into the rose garden storehouse, with Battler's own parents among the victims.
After grieving the deaths, Battler talks with Eva about the murders. Eva suspects there is no 19th person and that multiple culprits were involved, as one person couldn't kill people in the dining room and drag them to the storehouse. Battler refutes her, believing the culprit purposely guided the survivors' attention towards the storehouse and figures they must be sending them a message.
The remaining servants talk about Beatrice in the kitchen, and Battler listens to their conversation. He gets warned that Beatrice will harm those who don't believe, and Maria appears to tell him that Battler would've been dead were it not for her scorpion charm. Battler says he lost the charm earlier and continues disbelieving in witches.
Battler realizes that the letter from dinner was alluding to the deaths of everyone in the family, and Eva raises the question of Kinzo's disappearance from the study. She claims that Natsuhi killed him and hid the body, and Battler steps in to defend Natsuhi. Battler makes Eva back down when he explains that Eva is not above suspicion for the storehouse murders.
Eva and Hideyoshi are found dead inside of their room, and Battler cries even more at being unable to catch the culprit. The group picks up on a strange smell, and they track the source to the boiler room, where Kanon has gotten stabbed after trying to confront Beatrice. Battler sees an open door leading from the boiler room to the courtyard and runs through it, hoping to catch the culprit. Battler finds nothing however, and he returns to the boiler room.
Battler figures that the culprit stole a master key from one of the servants' corpses, and the group decides to hide in Kinzo's study since there are only two keys that can open it. Battler realizes that the murders have been following the epitaph all along, and another letter from Beatrice is suddenly found. With the remaining servants, Nanjo and Maria accused of placing it, Battler is instructed by Natsuhi to read it. The suspected party is asked to go down to the parlor, and Battler gives Maria his scorpion charm, having lied about losing it earlier so he could contradict her.
The study group receives a call from the parlor that is just Maria singing, and they head downstairs to find everyone except Maria dead, with the latter facing a wall. Natsuhi finds another letter and barricades everyone else inside the parlor, and by the time Battler and the others break out they find Natsuhi lying dead on the ground, thinking she may have killed herself. Battler picks up Natsuhi's gun as Maria recites the ninth twilight of the epitaph, and Battler shoots the portrait of Beatrice as the clock strikes 24:00.
The credits reveal that nobody returned from Rokkenjima alive.
In the Tea Party, Battler congratulates the reader for completing Episode 1 and speaks with the cousins, Shannon, and Kanon in the parlor about the murders. Everyone else believes the witch Beatrice was responsible, but Battler still refuses to believe in magic and insists a human could commit all of the murders. Beatrice herself then appears, recreating some of the murder scenes and daring Battler to explain how a human could commit them. Everyone else in the parlor starts to writhe in pain, their bodies falling apart, and they beg Battler to believe in the witch before transforming into piles of flesh. Battler swears to Beatrice that he will deny her and explain all of the murders.
Turn of the Golden Witch.
This episode switches between the perspectives of two different Battlers: a "piece" version that experiences the events on Rokkenjima in a new fashion and one in the Meta-World, who watches the events on the island and debates with Beatrice. After Beatrice appears on the island and uses magic to restore Maria's pumpkin candy, Meta-world-Battler insists that she can still be a 19th person and must have used some other method to fix the candy.
On the morning of October 5, Battler is awakened by Rosa fishing something out of Maria's purse and later heads to the chapel, where the other Ushiromiya adults have been murdered. Meta-world-Battler debates with Beatrice over matters of the chapel door and keeps using the Devil's Proof because of a lack of information, prompting Beatrice to introduce the Red Truth rule. After confirming some things, Battler figures that the human culprit took the chapel key from Maria's envelope, locked the chapel door with it, and then returned it that morning.
After Jessica and Kanon's deaths, Rosa begins accusing Kanon of murdering the former since his corpse is nowhere to be seen. Battler defends Kanon and believes he couldn't have done it since every master key is accounted for, thus Kanon cannot lock the room. Beatrice provides some more red and meta-world-Battler begins to have trouble pinning down a human culprit.
Battler learns about the Wolves and Sheep Puzzle from Maria and begins to wonder if Rosa may actually be a wolf, as she was intent on keeping the other servants away.
After Nanjo and Kumasawa's deaths, Battler hugs Maria and apologizes for not believing in witches. Meta-world-Battler continues to struggle for a theory to explain the murders.
Battler and Maria read through the epitaph, and Battler wonders if Beatrice will really keep her promise to stop the murders if they solve it. In the meta-world, Beatrice tells Battler that she always keeps her promises, and the latter remarks that Rudolf has committed fraud before.
George, Shannon and Gohda are found dead inside of Natsuhi's room, and Battler tries to inspect their corpses before Rosa tells him to back off, as they need to preserve the crime scene for the police. Battler, Rosa and Maria return to the parlor where Battler finds another letter from the witch. Rosa points her gun at him and accuses him of placing the letter, prompting Battler to break down after professing that he didn't do it.
Battler goes to the dining hall to get drunk, and Genji takes him to meet Beatrice in Kinzo's study, where he professes his belief for the witch and learns how the murders were committed. Beatrice then humiliates Battler by using him as a footrest, forcing him to help her change into her dress and then stripping him naked, attaching a chain collar around his neck and pulling him around like a dog. Battler is then taken to the grand 24:00 party and devoured by goats.
The Tea Party has Battler regaining his will to fight and saving Rosa from her torture, declaring to Beatrice that the game will continue.
The ??? shows what happened before the Tea Party, with meta-world-Battler cowering after his defeat. Bernkastel and Lambdadelta lift his spirits and encourage him to continue the game.
Banquet of the Golden Witch.
In the meta-world, Battler is repeatedly killed by the Stakes of Purgatory and taunted regarding the doors on Rokkenjima.
On the game board, Battler reunites with the cousins and gets teased for some cheesy English lines he said to Shannon a long time ago.
Ronove makes his appearance and meta-world-Battler becomes exasperated at the constant introduction of new fantasy characters. When the adults on the game board bring up the possibility of a hidden mansion existing on Rokkenjima, Battler decides that this is his chance to prove that there could really be a 19th person on the island. Beatrice shows him the past of what happened at that mansion, and Battler learns that a 19th person really did exist, but they're long dead. Beatrice also confirms in red that there are no more than 18 people on Rokkenjima, forcing Battler to have to suspect his friends and family.
During the first twilight Virgilia and Beatrice have an all-out magic battle on the game board, and a shocked Battler takes a break to try and figure out how he can explain that. Virgilia educates Battler about Schrodinger's Cat Box, and he determines that the magic battle never happened because there's no evidence to support that it happened.
Battler and Beatrice have another debate over the first twilight, and Beatrice and Ronove take their own break later. After EVA-Beatrice's succession, she repeatedly kills Rosa and Maria, with Battler looking on in disgust. He slaps Beato for enjoying the torture of his family so much and declares that she is no longer his opponent, preferring to debate with Ronove instead. Battler teaches Beato that human lives are not mere playthings, and she leaves to try and make herself into a better witch.
On the game board, Battler, Eva, Jessica and Nanjo head to the mansion after George disappears from the guesthouse and find the number "07151129" written on the parlor door; Battler recognizes 0715 as July 15, his birthday. They find George's corpse inside of the parlor, and Battler is left alone with Eva after Jessica's eyes are damaged and Nanjo goes to treat her.
EVA kills Nanjo and tries to break past Beato's defenses into the parlor. Battler pulls EVA into the meta-world to debate her and thanks Beato, considering her to be a true witch now. EVA summons the Chiesters in response to attack him, but Battler's Endless Nine manifests and blocks the Chiesters' golden bow. Battler then begins a theory using Eva as the culprit, with Beato providing him with help and evidence. Battler becomes stuck concerning Nanjo's death, as it was impossible for Eva to do it; EVA strangles Battler with webs of red truth, and Beato sacrifices herself by denying witches in red. Battler closes his eyes and covers his ears as Beato denies witches, erasing EVA and the meta-world.
On the game board, Battler declares that Eva is the culprit as the latter shoots and kills him.
Battler and Beato reunite in the Golden Land, greeted by all of the humans and furniture. Because Battler finally accepted Beato as a witch, he was accepted into the Golden Land. Battler is guided towards a document and asked to sign that he officially recognizes Beatrice as a witch, and Battler realizes that he's been tricked the entire time; Virgilia was pretending to be on Battler's side, and Beato's reformation as an act. An unknown girl soon breaks into the Golden Land and tells Battler not to sign.
Alliance of the Golden Witch.
Despite being betrayed by Beato in the previous game, Battler still wants to continue the game and becomes even more determined to defeat her. The unknown girl from earlier, an 18-year-old Ange Ushiromiya, introduces herself as Gretel and becomes Battler's aide for the game; Battler doesn't realize that Ange is his sister. On the game board, the adults wish to see Kinzo but Krauss won't let them, and meta-world-Battler begins to think that Kinzo may be dead all along. After a short dispute between Battler, Gretel and Beato, Battler is granted the use of Blue Truth and officially declares his theory that Kinzo is dead and an 18th person X is taking his place. Beatrice also introduces a new rule that she and Battler will have a debate session at 23:59 PM, where any red truths Beatrice presents must be countered by Battler's blue truth.
On the game board, Battler spends some time in the guest house and is told by Kumasawa and Gohda that Kinzo's been summoning witches and demons to kill people.They receive calls from the prisoners in Kuwadorian, with the cousins locking Kumasawa and Gohda inside the garden warehouse and throwing the key to Gohda on the inside. The cousins are then instructed to stay in the guesthouse until they are called again to take their tests for the succession to the headship. Jessica and George go first, with Battler later taking a call from Jessica and hearing she's been killed and will die again soon. Battler also gets a call from Kyrie and is told she's being attacked by a golden thread, with Kyrie telling him to believe in witches before getting killed. Finally, Beatrice herself calls Battler and tells him to come to the front of the mansion. As Battler goes towards the mansion, he checks the storehouse and sees what looks like Kumasawa and Gohda dead and hanging from the ceiling. He also sees George's corpse lying in the middle of the rose garden arbor.
Battler heads to the mansion and sees Beatrice calling down to him from atop the balcony, with Battler's test inside of a box at the front. The test asks Battler to choose from one of three things to give up: Battler's life, _______'s life, and everyone else's lives, the second choice blank because Beato didn't know who Battler liked. Battler doesn't take the test seriously and Beato changes the test to one where Battler must remember his sin; Battler's sin is the reason many people die on Rokkenjima. Battler has no idea what she's talking about, and Beato leaves.
In the meta-world, Beatrice asks the same thing to Battler and tells him in red that he definitely has a sin. Battler still has no idea what she's talking about, and later Beatrice plans to abandon the game, meaning Battler will not win nor lose. Beatrice wants to ensure her opponent, Kinzo's grandson, is fit to be her opponent and makes Battler repeat several things in red, revealing that Asumu is not actually Battler's biological mother. Beatrice theorizes that Battler may be a replacement set up by Rudolf in a plot to get the inheritance, and Battler begins to have an identity crisis before disappearing into oblivion.
Battler is eventually called back to the meta-world and reawakens when Gretel says he can still be Beato's opponent since so long as he's Rudolf's on, and therefore Kinzo's grandson. Gretel then reveals to Battler that she's actually his sister Ange, tearfully telling to defeat Beatrice and return home so she won't be alone in the future. Ange is torn apart into bloody chunks, and Battler becomes renewed with determination to defeat Beatrice for real.
In the Tea Party, game piece Battler explores the island. He finds Kyrie's corpse and sees holes in the wall to support her story of a thread attacking her, and he also finds Kinzo's burnt corpse inside the boiler room. He sees Maria's corpse inside the dining hall and thinks she was poisoned, and after finding the corpses of the prison escapees he determines that he's the only one left alive on the island.
Having completed his investigation, meta-world-Battler begins his final debate against Beatrice, attempting to answer every mystery presented since the first game. He pursues the theory that Kinzo was dead all along and an 18th person X was taking his place. Beato asks about the 4th game and summons a ghostly Kinzo who transforms into a dragon. Battler makes the dragon disperse by claiming that everyone in the dining hall acknowledged the existence of Kinzo.
Beatrice then declares that Kinzo really is dead all along, and there are no more than 17 people on Rokkenjima. Battler rewrites his theories and manages to impale Beatrice on many blue spikes. Beatrice uses the last of her power to "expose her heart" and sends a ghostly version of herself to present Battler with one final riddle. Battler is told that he is all alone on the island and nobody can interfere, yet she is there now and will kill him: "who am I?"Battler embraces Beatrice and promises that he will kill her.
End of the Golden Witch.
Beatrice has gone comatose after the debate, with Lambdadelta acting as Game Master in her absence. Bernkastel takes up the role of the detective side, and a disgusted Battler leaves them to it. He replays the previous games and still tries to make sense of them, and Virgilia convinces Battler to rejoin the game and take back the game board.
Battler returns to the smoking room and sees the past events on the game board, with Bern asking him his thoughts about Kinzo being alive before 1986 now that his death has been shown and confirmed with red. Battler also shows some ire when Natsuhi has tea with Beatrice and Bern proclaims that Natsuhi was actually all alone at that time, and Battler eases the pain on the comatose Beato's heart by stating in blue that he only needs to deny witches existing on October 4 and October 5, 1986. Battler then retakes the position of detective from Bern and sees that they've already hit the second day, and they replay the game board from the beginning. A piece version of Battler placed by Lambda has been taking his place for most of it.
On the first day, the newcomer Erika Furudo arrives on the island and makes acquaintances with the rest of the Ushiromiya family as Battler denotes the number of humans in the parlor; every human on the island is gathered there. Erika and Battler later work to solve the epitaph, and Battler sees Kinzo pointing him towards the right direction. Battler and Erika soon find the gold room, and Erika lets Battler take the credit as the family gathers to celebrate his success. The family decides to talk things out more the next day, and as they head to their rooms to rest Rudolf tells Battler that he wants to talk as a family later about circumstances regarding his birth. In the meta-world, Battler talks with Virgilia about the gold and learns that Beato has nothing to gain by the epitaph being solved or not, and Battler is not the culprit in any of the previous games.
Battler goes to sleep in the cousin room and wakes up the next morning to find that the cousins and Rosa were all killed, screaming out and drawing everyone's attention. He and Kyrie place blankets on the corpses, and when Battler tries to stop Erika from investigating she invokes the Detective's Authority.
Later, Erika investigates Kinzo's study and tries to prove that Kinzo's dead and doesn't exist at all. Eiserne Jungfrau is soon summoned to enforce this against the magic side and Kinzo's spirit, and piece-Battler tries to prove that Kinzo could have escaped the study, Dlanor A. Knox challenges Battler's claim but he proves it by jumping out of the study window, allowing Kinzo's spirit to disappear into the forests of Rokkenjima and for the magic side, including piece-Beatrice, to escape. In the meta-world, Battler, Virgilia and Dlanor have a conversation about the mystery genre.
Lambdadelta calls a 24:00 court session in the Great Court of Illusions, with Battler trying to prove Natsuhi's innocence against Erika. Battler struggles to counter Erika's claims and Virgilia grants him a red truth that Natsuhi is not the culprit. Battler uses it as his final line of defense but it is swept away, as he has no proof to support it. Battler is then impaled by Dlanor's red longsword and falls unconscious. On the game board, Erika has labeled Natsuhi as guilty when Battler suddenly interjects, the episode ending right there.
In the ???, a previously-not shown part of Battler and Dlanor's conversation is presented, where Battler learns of Knox's Decalogue and how they function more as guidelines for solving mysteries instead of ironclad rules. He also learns that Beato's games are indeed solvable, and he thinks back through all of the previous games. Battler finally discovers the truth and regains consciousness to see Beatrice holding his hand and disappearing. Regretting that he figured it out too late, Battler pulls himself free from Dlanor's sword and claims it as his own, turning it gold and declaring to a surprised Erika that he can overturn her Natsuhi culprit theory. Lambda allows court to reopen, and Battler and Erika exchange blows. Battler posits that Battler himself was the culprit in this game, as Natsuhi was receiving threatening phone calls and had admitted to disposing of a baby 19 years ago, and there was a hint to problems with Battler's birth brought up earlier. Erika's theory hinged on Kinzo being alive and being an accomplice to Natsuhi, andwith the help of the Seven Stakes Battler declares that Kinzo really is dead and could not be an accomplice.Dlanor asks Battler to provide proof that Kinzo's corpse is indeed his, and Battler uses Gold Truth to guarantee it. Lambda calls the match a tie and thus names Battler the new Golden Witch and Endless Sorcerer.
Dawn of the Golden Witch.
Battler has taken on the new name of Lord BATTLER and has created a new Beatrice. However, this new Beatrice is very polite and calls BATTLER father, with the latter dismayed that she acts nothing like the original. BATTLER and Chick Beato's relationship gets rough due to BATTLER always rejecting Beato's attempts to cheer him up, and after advice from Genji and Kumasawa, BATTLER decides to give Chick Beato a chance.
BATTLER opens up a new game he created against Erika to prove that he understands Beatrice. Meanwhile, Chick Beato tries to learn how to become like the original Beatrice and becomes a participant in Zepar and Furfur's love trial, which BATTLER also joins and plays along with as he runs the game. The first round of the love trial requires the participants to each kill one person; BATTLER helps Chick Beato kill Natsuhi and uses the victims as the first twilight victims for his game, revealing that BATTLER's human piece has become a victim as well.
On the game board, the rest of the survivors are unable to determine how Battler and the others died since they were all locked inside of their rooms with a chain lock, and neither can Erika since she gave up her Detective's Authority. Erika manages to convince BATTLER to give her some duct tape and make some retroactive moves, using the tape to seal the survivors inside of the guest house and to seal the door to Battler's room. Erika returns to check Battler's corpse and finds that he's nowhere to be found.
The first twilight is revealed to be a prank by Battler's accomplices to fake their deaths. BATTLER declares in red that he escaped the room, planning to hie in the closet while Erika is searching the room and swap places with another first twilight victim to reset the chain lock. Erika reveals that she killed the other victims and decapitated them, thus causing a Logic Error where BATTLER cannot actually escape the room despite declaring it. BATTLER's mind becomes trapped in a closed room, unable to escape until he can solve the Logic Error, and Erika arranges to get married to the comatose BATTLER so she can become the new Territory Lord.
The love trial ends with Shannon's victory, and Kanon and Chick Beato begin disappearing. Chick Beato transforms into the true Beatrice while Kanon saves BATTLER from his Logic Error, swapping places in the room with him. Beatrice interrupts Erika's wedding and proves that Kanon saved BATTLER, freeing his mind and reawakening him. Beatrice and BATTLER then defeat Erika with a red truth that, even with Erika, there are only 17 humans on the island.
In the Tea Party, Beatrice and BATTLER get married.
Requiem of the Golden Witch.
BATTLER has a much reduced role in this episode. In the prologue, he holds a funeral for the original Beatrice who died and places the story containing "Dawn of the Golden Witch" into her casket.
During the main episode, Battler is unable to come to the island in 1986 for an unknown reason. During Yasu's story they show Battler and Shannon talking about mystery novels in 1980, with Battler expressing how the heart of mysteries is always important. Battler also promises to Shannon that he will come back for her next year riding a white horse. The year after, however, Rudolf marries Kyrie and Battler announces his abandoning of the family. While the family members get sad over Battler's absence, with Shannon still hoping that he will come back one day. In 1983, Battler sends letters to his family and cousins telling them about how he's doing, and Shannon becomes even more crushed when there isn't a letter for her. Beatrice convinces Shannon to let go of her love for Battler and pass it to someone else.
The Tea Party shows the true events on Rokkenjima as described by Bern, where the adults manage to solve the epitaph and discover the gold room. Rudolf and Kyrie kill their siblings and want to convince Battler to join them and make off with the gold after killing everyone else. The cousins are called by Rudolf under the pretense of having to do a trial and told to go to other locations, with Battler called to the chapel. His final fate is unknown.
At the end of the ???, BATTLER finds a young Ange crying in the chapel and consoles her by telling her the truth of what really happened on Rokkenjima, a final, happy game made just for her.
Twilight of the Golden Witch.
BATTLER gives Ange a special key to wear, one that she will use to make a choice later on. They also pass by a locked book resting on a pedestal, which BATTLER snaps at Ange to ignore. BATTLER then takes the six-year-old Ange to Rokkenjima on October 4, 1986 to let her join the family conference. They have fun with the family members and servants however Ange lets confused upon seeing Kinzo happy and alive. Her adult self appears and asks Battler what the purpose of this game is, and the latter tells her that it's supposed to be the truth. Ange turns back into her younger self and carries on like nothing happened.
Beatrice arrives as the 19th guest, and Battler welcomes her. The family soon holds a party with the issue of the gold and inheritance resolved, and a quiz tournament is held. After the tournament, Ange gets sleepy and goes to rest in the parlor, and Battler and Beatrice host an afterparty with all of the magical beings. Bernkastel invites Battler and Beatrice to play against her in a special murder mystery game, with the culprits revealed to be Battler, Kyrie and Rudolf.
Ange meanwhile has fallen into Bern's game and is confronted with many goats spouting theories that her own family are murderers. She gets saved by Erika and EVA-Beatrice, becoming fully convinced that Battler's entire game is a farce. She learns that the book they saw earlier was Eva's Diary, which contained the real truth of Rokkenjima, and Ange's key can open it. Ange returns to the party and tells Battler about her desire to find the one truth of Rokkenjima, with BATTLER replying that it doesn't exist. Angered that her brother was lying, Ange declares herself ANGE-Beatrice and EVA-Beatrice summons hordes of goats from the future to begin devouring Rokkenjima. BATTLER and Beatrice prepare an escape route to the Golden Land as the partygoers fend off the horde. Battler and Beato seal the door to the Golden Land after everyone else escapes the ruined island and soon head to the chapel where Eva's diary is. Ange's group tries to break into the chapel, and Battler is trapped inside of a crystal where Erika challenges him to a closed room duel. As they fight, Battler believes that Ange learning the One Truth will just make her even more sadder than she already is and that she needs to move on. Battler ultimately loses the duel and Ange successfully retrieves the diary and heads to the City of Books.
Ange reads the diary and falls into despair, plunging herself into the City of Books' void and reawakening in the Golden Land. After making amends with everyone, Battler and Ange begin formulating a plan with Lambdadelta's help to sneak into the City of Books and retrieve the diary and key before Bern and Featherine can reveal its contents to the entire world. After sneaking around for a bit, the three decide to play rock-paper-scissors to decide who will go out to distract the enemy which turns out to be Lambda. Lambda and Bern fight as Battler and Ange work on retreiving the key, however they get interrupted by Featherine appearing.
Lambda dies and Bern mocks her death, prompting Battler to deck her in the face. After hitting her several more times, the two Game Masters begin a battle where Bern assaults Battler with countless closed-room mystery stakes. Battler dodges many of them but is killed, with Ange soon reviving him using her powers as the Witch of Resurrection, and the rest of the family and magical beings are summoned to deal a final blow to Bern. The diary is successfully retrieved, and Battler and Beatrice see Ange off into the future and present her with two doors.
In the Magic Ending, the events of October 6, 1986 are shown where Battler and Beatrice escape the island on a motorboat. They take a gold bar from the gold room with them, and after driving some ways Battler and Beatrice kiss. Battler then sees that Beatrice has thrown herself overboard with the gold bar tied to her ankle, the latter wanting to kill herself to make up for her countless sins. Battler dives after her and embraces her, and they sink into the depths of the ocean together.
In the ???, many years after Ange has accepted the events of the Rokkenjima Mass Murders, she meets with the author Tohya Hachijo and learns that he's actually Battler, who had survived drowning and washed up on a road to be found by Ikuko Hachijo. It was discovered that Battler got brain damage from almost drowning and had amnesia, and he was given the nickname Tohya because all he could remember was his age, 18. The Rokkenjima Mass Murders began to rise in popularity, and Tohya started to recover his memories as Battler but failed to accept them as his own. He began writing forgeries about the Rokkenjima Mass Murders to cope with his memories. Although Ange wanted to meet with Tohya many years ago, Battler declined to meet her because he was afraid that seeing her would cause him to fully turn back into Battler and make Tohya disappear.
Ange still convinces Tohya to meet with her at a special party, and they later head to the refurbished Fukuin House, which main hall has been remodeled to resemble the Ushiromiya family mansion. Tohya sees that Ange has also commissioned the artist who made the original Beatrice portrait to make a new one for the Fukuin House, and upon seeing it he's able to let go of his memories as Battler.
Twilight of the Golden Witch (Manga).
When Ange's group goes to retrieve the diary, Erika challenges Battler with her theories surrounding the fifth and sixth games. She declares that in the fifth game, Battler was an accomplice for the real culprit and could have been the caller. Battler counters her with more red truths, but he's still defeated in the end.
"Confession of the Golden Witch" reveals more of Yasuda's relationship with Battler and how his return in 1986 is the primary motive for planning the Rokkenjima Mass Murders.
A retelling of "Requiem"'s Tea Party is shown at the end, where after Battler was called by Rudolf he went to ask Gohda where the chapel was and stumbled upon his corpse, soon finding Jessica and everyone else killed. He makes his way to the gold room and finds the corpses of the adults, and then he sees Beatrice. Beato drags Battler into the tunnel to Kuwadorian after hearing footsteps behind them, and Battler realizes that Beatrice is Shannon in disguise since their voices sound similar. They escape the explosion and rest in the tunnel afterwards, and then they leave the island on a motorboat. Beatrice throws herself overboard and Battler dives after her. They drown, soon ending up in the Golden Land. Beatrice sees that Battler has forgotten who he is and decides to play a game with him to make him remember, starting with "Legend of the Golden Witch".
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fandom.07th-expansion | # Battler Ushiromiya/Other Appearances
This page details Battler Ushiromiya's other appearances and involvement in "Umineko"-related media outside the original story.
Battler is a playable character in "Golden Fantasia". He has story modes with Beatrice, Ange, Ronove, Lucifer, Shannon, Rosa, and Kanon. A palette swap Black Battler is also playable.
Battler appears in the collaboration event as a unit.
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For sprites of older Tohya Hachijo, see Tohya Hachijo/Sprites.
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was the tenth event in . It is an oni-themed event that ran from February 1, 2021 until February 10, 2021. The SR card "Devil With Beans" Keiichi Maebara was available to those who completed the event story.
Boosted Units.
The following units increased event-related drops when brought into battle. They are units associated with this event.
All following units have a rarity of SSR.
The following unit was a reward for completing the event and has a rarity of SR.
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, also referred to as in her profile, is a version of Beatrice that plays pranks on servants as the ghost of Rokkenjima. She only appears in "Dawn of the Golden Witch""."
Appearance.
Beato the Elder has long blonde hair worn down. She wears a blazer and red skirt with black boots and red striped stockings. She also carries a cane. The One-Winged-Eagle is tattooed on her right leg.
Personality.
She loves to play pranks on the servants, and thinks that these are just a small taste of real magic. Beato the Elder serves as an older sister to Chick Beato and tries to teach her magic while the two try to find a way to combine again.
Abilities.
Beato the Elder owns a butterfly brooch which can guarantee true love. She gets burned when touching spiderwebs.
Background.
Beato the Elder is a part of Beatrice that was created after her death in "End of the Golden Witch". Much like Chick Beato, Beato the Elder represents a different part of Beatrice; Beato the Elder embodies the aspects of the Golden Witch, whose original legend was based off the stories told by Chiyo Kumasawa and the other servants of the mansion.
Role in the Story.
"Dawn of the Golden Witch".
Beato the Elder is first introduced as just the Witch of Rokkenjima when Chick Beato goes to the island to discover how she can become the Beatrice that BATTLER desires. It is shown that the Witch of Rokkenjima has no memories of the games spent in the Meta-World, and only knows Battler Ushiromiya as a relative who had thrown away his last name for six years and returned.
The Witch of Rokkenjima soon takes the name Beato the Elder and discovers that she can be affected by spider webs while Chick Beato cannot. Zepar and Furfur then host a love trial with Chick Beato taking part while Beato the Elder spectates.
During the final duel, she questions why everyone's loves cannot be true. After Shannon's victory in the trial, Chick Beato and Kanon begin to fade and disappear. Kanon tells Chick Beato that he will save Battler and reminds her of what a witch really is, giving her the final push she needed to fully recover the memories of her previous form and become one with Beato the Elder.
The newly revived Beatrice then goes and crashes Erika and Battler's wedding. She challenges Erika to a duel on the Logic Error. Beatrice is able to defeat Erika in the first battle after declaring in red that Kanon doesn't exist in the closed room, even though Kanon was stated in red to have saved Battler. In the end, Erika challenges Battler and Beatrice one final time, and is shot down by the two of them together.
Afterwards, the two are married and celebrate their wedding in the Golden Land, along with everyone else.
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is the mysterious Golden Witch and implicitly revered as the other ruler of Rokkenjima. Her origins and existence are mere speculations based mostly on Kinzo Ushiromiya's fantastical accounts of their encounter and the tales of servants on the island.
At the family conference of 1986, Beatrice indirectly reveals her existence to those present. Via letters addressed to the family, she proclaims herself the Alchemic Advisor of the Ushiromiya house and announces her right and intent as per her contract with Kinzo, to collect the gold she had loaned along with everything associated with the Ushiromiya family as interest, lest the epitaph below her portrait is solved by somebody. Soon enough, Beatrice commits a series of bizarre occult murders during the two days of the family conference following the epitaph, in a ceremony to resurrect herself. The incidents she causes in the story seem humanly impossible, leaving those on the island with no choice but to acknowledge Beatrice as a true witch who wielded strange magic.
Much of centers around her clashes with Battler Ushiromiya, who fervently denies her existence as a witch; claiming that all of her murders are possible with human tricks.
Appearance.
While most other characters look the way they are for artistic reasons, Beatrice's appearance as a Caucasian woman with ginger-blonde hair and blue eyes is meant to be taken literally. She also wears a bow adorned with a rose in her hair, a choker, and ballgown-like dress. Her dress constantly switches from brown to dark brown across the different adaptations, appearing brown in both the anime and PS3 game, while the dark brown in "Ougon Musou Kyoku" and the original visual novel. She also wears the successor ring on her left middle finger. She is also sometimes seen holding a gold . In "Ougon Musou Kyoku" her outfit has a ribbon added to her lower back. In "Pachi-Slot Umineko no Naku Koro ni", she has long nails polished red.
Her human form wears a collared shirt with a cropped jacket and tie, a ruffled miniskirt, striped stockings, and boots and usually holds a cane with an eagle head as the handle. In "End of the Golden Witch", she is seen as her witch form, but with her hair down. In "Dawn of the Golden Witch", her "chick" form is seen as her witch form, and her "elder sister" counterpart is seen as her human form.
Personality.
On the front, Beatrice is a very cruel and sadistic person, who loves to torture and kill people just for the sake of fun, a being so terrifying that even in the Meta-World she is feared from heavens to hell as one of the cruelest witches ever. She is at times very composed and majestic, and at other times very disgraceful and insightful with a creepy laughter and a demonic smile.
However, as the saga goes on, more sides of her character are revealed. She proves to have a very joyful attitude and quite a childish side. She is in fact described by her teacher as a naive child who loves to play with toys without the fear to break them and also with a power so big that she hardly realizes she can handle. She shows this side primarily with Virgilia and Ronove which have a very parent-like attitude with her and less with Battler which she'd feel embarrassed with to act so. Quite common is, in fact, to see her sobbing on Virgilia's chest when things don't go her way.
Beatrice has a great fear of spiderwebs due to how it is one of her weaknesses told in the legend of Beatrice.
Abilities.
As the Endless Witch, Beatrice has the ability to control life and death and can revive and kill people as she pleases using the Endless Magic. She can also repair damaged objects and served as alchemical advisor to the Ushiromiya family, rumored to be the one who gave Kinzo the ten tons of gold. Beatrice is also shown levitating and flying in the air, teleporting, reversing gravity, freezing time when she appears on the gameboard, and turning into a swarm of golden butterflies. In the "Alliance of the Golden Witch", she is shown burning Kinzo to death just by thinking about it. She uses her golden pipe as a wand and in "Twilight of the Golden Witch" can transform it into a golden duel sword, as seen when she fights Erika. With enough preparation, she is also capable of erecting protective barriers which can repel any kind of human or magic attack. Beatrice also has outstanding resilience and defense, as seen during her duel with Virgilia when she gets impaled by several spears only to heal herself soon after. However, Beatrice gets burned when touching spiderwebs and can be harmed by spirit mirrors. In spite of her great power, she is said to be a witch in a beginner class, it is possible that she would be no match for anybody were she fully aware of her powers.
Despite having these powers, Beatrice typically relies on her Furniture to act for her. She uses the Stakes of Purgatory to carry out the murders on the island, later employing the Chiester Sisters Imperial Guard Corps and in "Our Confession", Flauros. She also summons goat attendants to perform basic tasks for her, with Ronove acting as her head butler. During her fight with Virgilia, Beatrice proved capable of summoning giants that use shields of Hephaestus for protection. She also can summon two massive 100 metre tall "Shoulder War Towers of the Gods" with 360 ports each that fired spears of light. She also summoned the Aegis shield in combat as an absolute defense, which essentially defended against Virgilia's own Divine Spear Gungnir by making it avoid the impact, as it is the law of the gods that an absolute spear and an absolute shield must not fight each other.
She owned a butterfly brooch that can guarantee true love, which she gave to Shannon after destroying the spirit mirror.
As the Game Master, Beatrice can use the Red Truth, Blue Truth and most likely Gold Truth.
Background.
"For an anti-fantasy/mystery account of events, see Beatrice Castiglioni, Kuwadorian Beatrice and Yasuda for more information."
Legends.
Beatrice is first mentioned in the prologue of "Legend of the Golden Witch". Her true origins and identity remain unclear, save for the lone portrait of the supposed witch in the entrance hall of the Ushiromiya Family Mansion, until she herself makes her appearance later in the tea party. However, many mythical tales and aspects of her are introduced in "Legend of the Golden Witch". Beatrice herself only reveals a few snippets of her past and aspects of herself later in "Turn of the Golden Witch"
The Witch of the Forest.
To prevent Kinzo's children from entering the uncultivated wilderness in Rokkenjima which surrounded the mansion, Kinzo, his wife, or presumably one of the servants warned them that a terrible witch lived in the forest. This story was passed down from Kinzo's children to his grandchildren leading to the legend of "The Witch of the Forest". Some claimed that Beatrice lived on the other side of Rokkenjima and one would meet misfortune if they happened upon her abode. In "Banquet of the Golden Witch", when Rosa narrates how she fled into the forest as a young girl, she mentions how she couldn't shake off the feeling that she may happen upon the witch if she kept running and even feared that she may be turned into a frog by her.
The Spirit of Rokkenjima.
Beatrice was often referred to by the servants as "the other ruler" of Rokkenjima, or "the ruler of Rokkenjima's night". It was said that the legend passed was down amongst the servants since the mansion was built, that the ghost of Beatrice often paid the mansion a visit at night and played pranks on unsuspecting humans, which sometimes bordered on dangerous. Stories of many strange events the residents of the mansion experienced are narrated, such as locks found unlocked even after multiple checks, things often going missing, an incident where strange graffiti was found in the kitchen with utensils found piled up in a peculiar manner, to a servant who spoke ill of Beatrice and fell down the stairs, sustaining a major injury which forced her to quit. In "Requiem of the Golden Witch", Jessica speaks of a rumor claiming that the unused VIP room in the mansion was reserved for Beatrice and that she appears there at 2AM every night. Battler and Ange were also told by their parents that the witch would often search through windows at night, seeking to kidnap children as sacrifices.
Kinzo's Benefactor and Mistress.
One of the legends which even the adult Ushiromiya siblings strongly believed in was Kinzo's story narrating how he received 10 tons of gold from the witch Beatrice, which enabled him to revive the Ushiromiya family back to its former glory. According to Kinzo, he continued to research alchemy and techniques for summoning demons in order to become a great magician, and summoned the Golden Witch Beatrice in a demonic ceremony on Rokkenjima. Thereafter, he made a contract with her, receiving 10 tons of gold in exchange for his own soul. While the adult Ushiromiya siblings were still young, they often explored the island in search of the gold.
When the witch's portrait and epitaph were placed in the mansion's entrance hall in 1984, they only further cemented her existence. Even in 1986, the adult siblings discuss about how the legend of the gold is plausible, alchemy aside, and claim that the gold existed somewhere on the island in the Family Conference as they attempt to strike a financial deal using its supposed existence as a tool in their quarrel over Kinzo's inheritance. Some believed that Beatrice was in fact Kinzo's beloved mistress who lived on the island in secrecy, considering how fondly he spoke of her.
Childhood.
"Banquet of the Golden Witch" is the first arc which attempts to explain the origins of the Golden Witch.
The prologue for "Banquet" features a memory supposedly from Beatrice's childhood, where she is a little girl referred to as . One fine day, the little girl is captivated by one her grandfather's most treasured vases and breaks it by accident when she tries to touch it. As she cries frightened of how she will be reprimanded, the "Golden Witch, Beatrice" appears before her and fixes the vase with her magic—but only temporarily so that the girl won't be blamed by the "master of the house".
"Beatrice" explains that all she did was revive the memory of the vase but had not prevented its fate of being broken. Hence, the vase is later broken again by a cat. She muses that her mentor may have been able to fix it in the truest sense over and over again and that witches who achieved this level were bestowed the title of "Endless Witch" in praise. Fascinated, the girl asks "Beatrice" to make her her disciple and teach her magic. The witch reveals that she was still pursuing her training so she offered to train with the little girl and become more powerful together.
It is implied that this little girl eventually became the present-day Beatrice who not only inherited the name "Beatrice" and the title of Golden Witch and Endless Witch from her teacher and predecessor (who will later on be referred to as Virgilia), but also amassed a vast amount of power.
Kinzo's Summoning and Imprisonment.
After having lived for a millennia or so, the powerful witch Beatrice was drawn to the island of Akujikijima which had the strange power to attract mystical beings and supernatural creatures.
There, Beatrice whimsically responded to the summons of Kinzo Ushiromiya, who sold his soul to her for 10 tons of gold. However, when the witch attempted to take her leave until their contract period ended, Kinzo took her as his prisoner and bound her to his land. Having fallen in love with Beatrice, much to her displeasure, he refused to release her unless she agreed to become his. While most characters in the story assume Beatrice was Kinzo's mistress, Beatrice herself claims that Kinzo's love for her was one-sided.
Kinzo confined the witch and relentlessly attempted to woo her. Beatrice admits that while such a strong desire did stroke her ego as a woman, she refused his flirtations and desperately sought escape. After various attempts at resistance, Beatrice realized the only way to break through Kinzo's barrier was to discard her physical body, since she was essentially born in a human body of flesh.
Even after Beatrice left her confines by becoming a soul, Kinzo seizes the soul and entraps it in a physical body again. He strengthens his barrier and seals Beatrice's soul into the seed of a homunculus, birthing her from a test tube and securing her a human body once more as a newborn infant. The reborn Beatrice was brought up on Rokkenjima at the hidden mansion Kuwadorian, and kept under house arrest until she reached the same age as her once lost human body.
Kinzo's efforts to revive Beatrice proved to be inefficient. Despite bearing an identical appearance to the original Beatrice, as a result of being brought up from the stage of a newborn infant, the reborn Beatrice had lost all memories of her previous life and grew up as an ordinary young girl with no magical abilities. And so, this Beatrice was unable to comprehend Kinzo's professions of love and even her very own existence as she was constantly compared to and expected to act like her previous self.
Meeting with Rosa and Liberation.
In 1967, Beatrice who was still a human captive in Kuwadorian coincidentally encounters a young Rosa Ushiromiya in the garden—after she had run away from the Ushiromiya Family Mansion. Beatrice welcomes her, having never had any visitors before. They have a pleasant chat over tea as Rosa indulges Beatrice's questions about her and the outside world. When asked about herself, Beatrice grows melancholy, unsure of how to reply. Beatrice realizes that she didn't even know about things such as a "school" or a "zoo", which Rosa considered common knowledge. Taking pity on the crestfallen witch, Rosa impulsively offers to take her outside. Beatrice is fearful at first, but considers her caged life and determinedly takes the offer. Rosa resigns herself to a walk through the forest, wondering how to take responsibility for her actions, as Beatrice gleefully inspects their surroundings; asking Rosa about every small thing they come across.
Rosa leads them both to the seaside, trying to find a way back to the Ushiromiya mansion. As they try to climb down the cliff towards the beach below, Beatrice loses her footing and plummets into the rocks below. Rosa frantically rushes to her side and finds Beatrice dead, sprawled out on the sand—her head smashed against the sharp rocks on the shore. Beatrice watches as Rosa shook the corpse that was once her and feels her memories and magic returning and recovers her identity as the Golden Witch. Silently thanking a retreating Rosa with a smirk, she realizes how frail her soul was without a physical body. Transforming into a swarm of golden butterflies, Beatrice flees into the forest to take cover from the harsh elements.
Even as Kinzo strengthened the barrier around Rokkenjima by restoring the small shrine which protected the island, Beatrice lay in wait for many years avoiding capture, plotting to regain the full extent of powers. She wandered the Ushiromiya mansion, watching Kinzo and his family from the shadows, spending her time pondering ways to get back at him. As Kinzo repeatedly researched ways to capture Beatrice's soul, he stumbles upon a forbidden ceremony which involved sacrificing thirteen people randomly. He later carves this procedure out as The Witch's Epitaph below a portrait of Beatrice, in order to resurrect her. Beatrice sees this as her chance to regain her lost magic.
Resurrection.
In 1984, around October, a desolate Shannon struggling with her feelings for George, voices her complaints to the witch of the portrait. She laments about how she is merely "furniture" and unworthy of being united with a human. To her surprise, Beatrice appears before her and presents her with a golden butterfly brooch which would ensure a successful relationship with George. In return, she asks Shannon to break the enchanted mirror in the shrine which guarded the island's barrier. When Shannon hesitates, Beatrice taunts her, turning her own insecurities against her—convincing her that the deal was beneficial to them both. She is interrupted by a furious Kanon, who could also see her. Displeased with his foul attitude, Beatrice vanishes, reminding Shannon that the offer was still valid. In December of 1985, Shannon is seen breaking the mirror and prays to Beatrice to grant her wish. Later, it was said that a bolt of lightning struck the shrine, destroying it along with the entire reef—signifying that the island's barrier no longer fettered the witch.
Shannon's relationship is successful and she would later often accompany Beatrice to have some tea. Beatrice declines the brooch when Shannon attempts to return it, so she offers it to Kanon instead, who also struggled with his complex of merely being "furniture". Kanon still held animosity towards the witch since their first encounter, yet he takes the brooch upon Shannon's insistence. The brooch works its magic on Kanon. He subconsciously bonds with Jessica, who is secretly in love with him, much to his delight and great displeasure. In an outburst, he cruelly rejects Jessica's feelings, firmly stating that humans and "furniture" are never meant to be together. He insults the witch, calling her a fiend who enjoys toying with people's emotions. When Beatrice admits to this, Kanon steps on the brooch in rage, crushing it under his feet. Afterwards, it is revealed that Shannon and Kanon's memories of encountering Beatrice were vague, almost as if they had been erased.
Beatrice also befriends Maria, after learning of her interest in magic and the girl later becomes her apprentice. Together, they create furniture such as Sakutaro and found the witch alliance—"Mariage Sorciere". She would also perform magic for Maria in front of Doctor Nanjo, Kanon, Shannon, Genji and Kumasawa who acknowledge her existence covertly. She gains more magical power as more people begin to acknowledge her existence.
As her powers continue to grow, Beatrice only seems to become crueler. As Kinzo learns he doesn't have much time to live, he schedules the Family Conference of 1986 as the date on which Beatrice's resurrection ceremony will take place in accordance to the epitaph. All the preparations are in order, with enough people gathering on the island as potential sacrifices. Since the sacrifices are chosen at random, there is a high probability that Kinzo himself will fall victim before Beatrice is resurrected. Nevertheless, he bets on the miracle of a reunion, as if it were a game for him. Beatrice finds Kinzo's mad resolve interesting and goes along with his plan, accepting his challenge.
Relationships.
Overview.
Ushiromiya Family and
Meta-World
Spoilers
Battler Ushiromiya.
Battler is Beatrice's opponent and rival. Beatrice opposes Battler's anti-magic stance and does whatever she can to make him submit and accept magic. She relishes in seeing and tormenting Battler cry and scramble to form theories, even humiliating him at one point by making him into furniture. Battler is often disgusted by Beatrice's cruelty and brutal displays of magic, coming to a head in "Banquet of the Golden Witch" when he refuses to play against Beato when she sits by and laughs at EVA-Beatrice's torment of Rosa and Maria. Beato starts trying to reform herself and Battler accepts her change, but quickly goes back to fighting her when it's revealed that Beato's reformation was an act.
In "End of the Golden Witch", Battler starts to become more understanding of Beatrice, crying in the ??? when he finally reaches the truth too late. He falls in love with Beatrice and tries to recreate her when she dies, initially considering the new Beato to be a failure but comes to accept and finally marry her after her memories return.
Maria Ushiromiya.
Maria is a vocal believer in Beatrice and enjoys playing with her when she visits the island. Beatrice has taught Maria all sorts of magic, giving her assistance in "Alliance of the Golden Witch" by enabling Maria's revenge and constant torture against Rosa.
It is also worth noting that Maria is always among the last to die in games where Beatrice is in control. In "Banquet of the Golden Witch", when she sees that Maria has actually been suffering from all of Eva-Beatrice's ways of killing her and Rosa, she even gives Maria a quick, painless death after comforting her, which is a contrast to the just as quick but more gruesome way she dispatches of Rosa afterwards.
Shannon.
Shannon is one of the few people who actively stands up to Beatrice, and so Beato likes to insult her love with George and is always reminding her that she's furniture. Although Shannon was willing to work for Beatrice by destroying the spirit mirror in exchange for a butterfly brooch which can guarantee true love when she started to doubt her relationship with George. Beatrice and Shannon would later often have tea together.
Virgilia.
Virgilia is Beatrice's teacher and predecessor as the Golden and Endless Witch. Beatrice seems to greatly admire and respect Virgilia, referring to her as , and during their fight Beatrice praises Virgilia when she deflects Beatrice's attacks from the "Shoulder Towers". Though Beatrice isn't against insulting and mocking Virgilia when wanting to. Virgilia repeatedly states her disappointment with how Beatrice has chosen to use her powers as Endless Witch. When talking about Beatrice, Virgilia always calls Beatrice "that child/that girl", which somewhat emphasises the latter's childishness and their mother/daughter-like relationship.
Lambdadelta.
Lambdadelta is Beatrice's Witch Guardian and Beatrice is the Miko of Lambdadelta. During the conversation about witch powers in the ??? of "Legend of the Golden Witch", Bernkastel says Lambdadelta might have a good compatibility against Beatrice since she would be able to kill Beatrice's "endless" nature. It is later revealed that Lambda bestowed Beatrice with witch powers when the latter was a lowly human and now acts as her witch guardian. Lambda doesn't really see Beato as a friend however, and won't hesitate to get rid of her if she disappoints. This is exemplified in "End of the Golden Witch" where, after Beato surrenders and falls comatose, Lambda continuously mocks her by asking her to speak if she has any problems and acting ecstatic when she doesn't.
EVA-Beatrice.
EVA is a successor to Beatrice because of her role as EVA-Beatrice. EVA initially shows respect towards Beatrice due to the latter being her predecessor, however she starts to resent her when Beato won't allow EVA to be brutal with her endless torture of her victims.
Ange Ushiromiya.
Ange is a successor to Beatrice because of her role as ANGE-Beatrice, however the two have an antagonistic relationship. Ange wants to defeat Beatrice to free her family from 1986 Rokkenjima no matter what. In "Twilight", Ange fights back against Beato and Battler before finally coming to accept her.
Side arcs usually feature the two bickering with one another and fighting over Battler.
Story.
Legend of the Golden Witch.
Beatrice isn't seen throughout most of the episode, though her presence is felt due to the huge portrait of her in the hall of the Ushiromiya mansion, the rumors surrounding her existence, and the golden butterflies. The adaptation has Beatrice appearing in the rain with an umbrella. She gives Maria the umbrella and a letter, using her to announce plans of committing murder if the witch's epitaph is not solved.
Beatrice makes her first proper appearance in the Tea Party, making herself known when Battler claims that she doesn't exist because nobody actually saw her. Even when faced with the Golden Witch herself, Battler still refuses to accept her, and thus Beatrice challenges him to a game to prove that the murders were possible for human beings. The game should continue for all eternity until one side surrenders or gives up.
The ???? has Beatrice inviting Lady Bernkastel to join her game, who decides to become her opponent and help Battler.
Turn of the Golden Witch.
Before the family conference of 1986, Beatrice helps Shannon and Kanon in their endeavors to obtain true love. Shannon is ordered to destroy a mirror inside a shrine that restricts Beatrice's power, and the servant is given a magical butterfly brooch as a reward, using it to build a relationship with George. Kanon then takes the brooch and uses it when he goes to Jessica's school and pretends to be her boyfriend, later destroying it when Beatrice taunts him about it.
Once the family conference of 1986 starts, Beatrice inserts herself as the 19th guest as a way of disproving Battler's claim that Beatrice doesn't exist because nobody actually saw her.
"The mysterious 19th visitor who appeared at the family meeting. She uses the same name as the Golden Witch who gave gold to Kinzo. The reasons and goals for her coming are unknown. She was ushered into the honored guests' room that no one was allowed to use."
Beatrice later gives letters to Maria and Rosa, announcing her plans to commit murders just like the previous game. Inside the chapel at night, Beatrice's existence is acknowledged by the adults of the Ushiromiya family, who become victims for the first twilight.
In the meta-world, Battler and Beatrice debate over the closed-room murder in the chapel. When Battler doesn't make any theories because of a lack of information, Beatrice introduces the Red Truth, where anything spoken in red is the absolute truth. Beatrice lays out several statements that make the chapel murders possible for humans, and Battler pins it all on the 19th person X. As Beatrice continues her murders, she summons The Goat Butlers and theSeven Stakes of Purgatory to kill for her. Beatrice provides more red truths amidst the myriad display of magic, but Battler is unable to come up with any credible theories and gives up in trying to deny the witch. Battler on the gameboard also gives up in trying to find the culprit when Rosa keeps pinning the blame on the servants.
At 24:00, Battler meets Beatrice in the study and submits to her. Beatrice treats Battler like a slave, dragging him around naked and chained like a dog. Beatrice then hosts a grand Halloween party for a crowd of goat demons, who devour Battler and the other survivors.
In the Tea Party, she prepares a special banquet for Rosa, giving her food made out of the blood and flesh of her siblings and Maria's head, trying to make her surrender as well. Battler, disgusted by this scene, regains his will to fight, and he stands up to Beatrice once more.
In the ????, Beatrice also invites to her game Lady Lambdadelta, her protector and ally against Bernkastel. Lambdadelta seems to point out that Beatrice made it so that Battler would regain his will to fight on purpose.
Banquet of the Golden Witch.
A glimpse into Beatrice's past is seen, where as a little girl, she wished to become after a witch after seeing what her teacher Virgilia was capable of doing.
Beatrice continues her game with Battler and introduces another one of her furniture: Ronove, who acts as Beatrice's butler. On the gameboard, the adults talk about a rumor that Beatrice used to live in a hidden mansion in the forest, and Rosa explains that Beatrice did exist, having killed her long ago. As Rosa tells her story, Beatrice shows the same events to Battler.
Beatrice used to be bound to the island by Kinzo and had killed herself to escape. Kinzo had taken her soul and bound it into a human body, losing her memories and living in the hidden mansion Kuwadorian. 19 years ago, Rosa had met this human Beatrice in Kuwadorian, who had little knowledge of the outside world and believed the forest was dangerous because wolves lived there. Rosa reassures her that wolves don't actually live in the forest, and Beatrice goes with her to see the outside world. They go to a cliff overlooking the ocean, and Beatrice slips and falls to the ground, dying. Beatrice's soul is then released, and she thanks the horrified Rosa for setting her free. In the meta-world, Beatrice confirms with red that she really did exist as a human on Rokkenjima, and that no more than 18 people exist on the island. The events of "Requiem of the Golden Witch" explain that the human Beatrice who died that day was Kinzo's daughter by Beatrice Castiglioni and the mother of Lion Ushiromiya.
During the first twilight, Beatrice encounters Virgilia, who wants to take back her powers and title because of Beatrice's mishandling of the Endless Magic. However, Virgilia is defeated, and Beatrice continues her murders. Even so, Virgilia arrives in the meta-world and acts as Battler's advisor against Beatrice.
Eva eventually solves the epitaph, and Beatrice takes Eva's younger self and passes on the headship and her titles of Golden and Endless Witch, christening her as EVA-Beatrice. EVA commits murders in Beatrice's stead, and Beatrice takes on the nickname Beato since she passed on her name.
When EVA uses her newfound powers to murder Rosa and Maria over and over, Beato laughs at their deaths with glee and Battler slaps her. He's unwilling to continue with the game if Beato is going to be laughing at the murders of his family like that, so Beato gives merciful deaths to Rosa and Maria while telling EVA to ease up on her cruelty. Battler still doesn't find it enough, so Beato has Ronove take her place as she leaves the meta-world, aiming to make herself into a good witch.
Beato then revives Shannon and reunites her with George, but they're both killed by EVA and her own furniture. Beato then revives Kanon as a ghost and sends him to guide the blinded Jessica to the parlor, and EVA tries to kill them both. Beato defends the parlor with all her might, enduring the Chiester Sisters' golden bow, and is reduced to just a beating heart. EVA is then dragged into the meta-world by Battler, who commends Beato for holding out and proving that she's a good witch after all.
Beato assists Battler in finding evidence to use against EVA, and after a fierce debate, Battler is pinned down by EVA's web of red truth and is unable to come up with theories. Beato sacrifices herself by denying witches in red, and Battler covers his ears while the meta-world disappears. Battler and Beato then reunite in the Golden Land, where the Ushiromiya family and all the furniture are awaiting them. Battler is asked to sign a document recognizing Beato as a true witch, and he realizes that Beato had tricked him the entire time. Dropping her facade, Beato reveals that she truly was pretending to be a good witch to make Battler believe in her. Their discussion is cut short when Ange suddenly invades the meta-world, aiming to deny Beatrice as well.
Alliance of the Golden Witch.
During this fourth game, Beato makes Kinzo exit his study to commit murders, trying to dissuade Battler's claim that Kinzo is dead all along and an 18th person X is taking his place. She also grants Battler the use of Blue Truth, allowing him to make proper theories. During the game, Kinzo gives tests to the four cousins, and Beatrice is revived by Kinzo's ceremony. Beato then shows up in person to give Battler his test, asking that he choose between his life, _____'s life, or everyone else's lives. Battler doesn't take it seriously and puts Beatrice's name into the blank space, and Beato instead asks that Battler remember his sin; his sin is what caused everyone on Rokkenjima to die. Battler is unable to remember, and Beatrice leaves, disappointed. Beatrice then kills Kinzo by burning him alive, leaving Battler alone as the last survivor on the island.
In the meta-world, Beatrice asks that Battler think about his sin one more time, asking that he repeat "Battler Ushiromiya was born from Asumu Ushiromiya" in red. Battler is unable to, and Beatrice suggests that Battler may not actually be Kinzo's grandson, as she had opened the game to fight said person. Battler is unable to accept that Asumu isn't his biological mother, and he disappears from the meta-world. Beatrice also disappears from the meta-world, going to the Golden Land and planning to stay there forever with MARIA.
Ange goes to the Golden Land and tries to make Beato leave and resume her game with Battler. She revives Sakutaro, which Beato was unable to do, and MARIA reunites with her beloved lion, leaving the Golden Land and forcing Beato to return to the meta-world. Bernkastel and Lambdadelta, who were acting as spectators for the game, bring Battler back from despair and Ange sacrifices herself to tell him that he's still Rudolf's son, therefore making Battler Kinzo's grandson and eligible to fight Beatrice. Ange is ripped to shreds, and Battler swears to engage Beatrice in one last debate.
In the Tea Party, Battler and Beatrice engage in a debate spanning the mysteries throughout the first four games. Battler still believes that Kinzo was dead all along and that an 18th person X is taking his place. Beato initially shows weak opposition to Battler's blue truth stakes, and when Battler asks her to fight with her full power, Beatrice uses red to confirm that Kinzo really is dead and there are no more than 17 people on Rokkenjima, thereby nullifying all of Battler's theories.
After another fierce exchange of red and blue, Beatrice becomes impaled on a massive stake, unable to destroy Battler's blue truths. She uses the last of her power to present Battler with one final riddle, saying that Battler is all alone on the island and yet Beato will kill him: "who am I?"
Beato's spirit embraces Battler as he swears that he will solve that riddle and kill her.
End of the Golden Witch.
Beatrice is rendered comatose, having used up all of her spirit in fighting Battler. Battler seeks to find a peaceful way to kill her, and with her absence Lambda takes over as Game Master. During the game, Natsuhi is at risk of the family members discovering that she and Krauss had been hiding Kinzo's death, and a piece version of Beatrice appears to help her. Piece-Beatrice duels with Erika Furudo and Eiserne Jungfrau, trying to prevent them from destroying Kinzo's spirit when they attack the study. Piece-Beatrice and her furniture also try to help Natsuhi by hiding the corpses of the victims of the first twilight.
Later on, Lambda holds a court session in the meta-world, trying to pin Natsuhi as the culprit. Piece-Beatrice tries her best to defend Natsuhi, but she fails and is torn apart by goats. Battler also tries to defend Natsuhi, but he is impaled by Dlanor's red longsword. After court has ended and everyone has cleared out, the real Beatrice walks up to Battler, thanking him for trying to save the integrity of her game and disappears.
Dawn of the Golden Witch.
Battler has discovered the truth and become Game Master, using his powers to try and revive Beatrice. However, she instead is revived as Chick Beato, acting very kind and innocent with none of the haughty personality that the original Beatrice had. Chick Beato assists Battler in his game against Erika, later witnessing him getting trapped in a logic error. In the midst of the game, Chick Beato tries to discover how to be just like the real Beatrice, eventually meeting Beato the Elder. The two Beatos try to learn how to become just like the original Beatrice, and they get involved with a love trial held by Zepar and Furfur.
At the end of the love trial, the two Beatos fuse and Beatrice fully revives, heading to the meta-world to interrupt Erika's wedding to the comatose Battler. Beatrice finds a way for Battler to escape his logic error, and the two of them engage Erika in a final debate where, even if Erika were to join the humans on the island, there are only 17 humans on Rokkenjima.
In the Tea Party, Battler and Beatrice are finally able to get married.
Requiem of the Golden Witch.
The true origins of Beatrice are revealed in this episode. After her death in "End of the Golden Witch", Beatrice returns in the body of Clair Vaux Bernardus to confess her crimes to Willard and Lion. She tells her story that she was once a young servant named Yasu and the struggles she went through after falling in love and waiting 6 years for Battler. Afterward, she goes into her final battle with Willard who tears apart her mysteries and answers her question of "Who am I?". With this, Beatrice is finally able to die and be put to rest.
In the Tea Party, Beatrice attempts to bring about the Rokkenjima Massacre she depicted in her message bottles. She gives Maria a letter and challenges the family to solve her riddle. The siblings solve the epitaph and go to the gold room, where Beatrice reveals her plans and surrenders to them. However, a scuffle arises between the adults, ending with them killing each other save for Rudolf and Kyrie. Beatrice is then seemingly shot and killed by Kyrie, who goes with Rudolf to kill the remaining family members.
Twilight of the Golden Witch.
In this arc, the Beatrice from "Dawn of the Golden Witch" appears as the 19th person on Rokkenjima once more, as part of Battler's game for Ange.
The aftermath of the Rokkenjima Incident is shown, where on October 6, 1986, Beatrice had survived getting shot by Kyrie and guides Battler through Kuwadorian's underground passage and towards a speedboat. Beato gives Battler a gold bar she took from the gold room and wants Battler to leave her behind, but he takes her into the boat so they can explore the world together. As they drive towards a nearby island, Beato distracts Battler by giving him a kiss, soon jumping into the ocean and using the gold bar to weigh herself down. Beato wishes to drown herself, believing that she is unfit to live in the human world after committing so many sins, but Battler dives after her, not wanting to leave her alone. They embrace and float towards the bottom of the ocean.
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fandom.07th-expansion | # Beatrice's White Day
is an extra arc in and a sequel to The Seven Sisters' Valentine. It first released as a booklet on March 15, 2009.
English translation is by musouka on AnimeSuki.
Plot Summary.
The Seven Sisters of Purgatory all expect to receive gifts from those they gave chocolates to, but Beatrice plans to ruin the holiday after feeling left out.
Release History.
Original Release.
"Beatrice's White Day" was originally a text story released as a booklet at the "Hinamizawa Village People's Assembly 2" event on June 28, 2009.
Tsubasa.
"Beatrice's White Day" was adapted into visual novel format with "Umineko no Naku Koro ni Tsubasa", released physically at Comiket 79 on December 31, 2010.
The First and the Last Gift.
This arc was rereleased in "" on December 16, 2015.
Saku.
"Umineko no Naku Koro ni Saku" is a rerelease containing all previously-released "Umineko" content, which includes "Tsubasa" and thus this arc. "Saku" released on October 4, 2019.
Ports.
Symphony of Catbox and Dreams is a PS4 and Nintendo Switch port of "Umineko no Naku Koro ni Saku", which released on January 28, 2021.
Transcript.
“Kyaaan, White Day is "finally" here! I wonder what I'm getting, I wonder what I'm getting! I'm so excited~”
This was a day that Asmodeus, who preferred love affairs to three square meals, had been looking forward to with much anticipation.
“So you're saying this White Day is when you get a return on last Valentine's Day?”
Belphegor asked in the way of a person that understood something in theory, but not so much in practice.
For once, Asmodeus, the youngest child, answered her older sister's question excitedly.
“White Day isn’t "just" some day you get some candy in return for |Valentine's Day! It's a response to the love you've given, to feel your partner's love deepen and throb, and look forward to quiet peaceful time together, an event that's both ancient and refined! And, of course, it's not just about weighing the value of the love you've exchanged, that would be boooring. It's about choosing a stylish response with the proper cost and value. That's why it's so awesome! You get to gauge the temperature of your feelings against their feelings, become more intimate, to take advantage of sudden meetings of love—"that's" what White Day is about! Do you get it, my dear sister?”
“…I…I see. It seems to be an event with deep significance…”
“Beelzebub's sooo excited! I'm looking forward to what Mr. Gohda is going to give me! It looks like he went training in Belgium to make chocolate, so I'm sure he'll give me white chocolate in return! Forget about love, the sweetness of chocolate is much more bewitching! Myaaaa~”
“Asmodeus is looking forward to what Mr. Amakusa got her too! He's soooo cool, and has such good taste. It's not gonna be something lame like candy! It might be jewelry, or make up, or perfume! Kyaaan, I can hardly wait to find out what it is!”
Asmodeus and Beelzebub, being the two youngest, had a good relationship.
The older sisters had the strange sensation of being left behind in the face of the others' squealing excitement.
“Is it really "that" exciting? How pathetic for high level furniture to be acting that way.”
“Mammon, didn't you give yours to Sakutarou? Do you really think you'll get something back?”
“In some sense or another. Lady Ange said we should have a White Day Tea Party, so we made plans. We'll have a lovely time sipping tea.”
“You certainly have been seeming more impressive lately, Mammon~ So close with the group from '98. I'm sooo jealous. What ever happened to sisterly love?”
“I want as much love as possible, of course. I suppose that's “greed” for you. Teehee.”
Mammon chuckled over getting one up over her sisters, however slightly. Mammon, surprisingly enough, valued her relationships with people. It seemed she was also greedy for friends.
So it could be said, of all the Seven Stake Sisters, she was the one that had the most of them.
The three youngest sisters had their White Day schedules pretty much according to plan, and thus were looking forward to them very much.
But the older sisters, not being experienced with White Day and unsure of what to expect, were waiting with some amount of trepidation.
“You gave something to Rudolf, right, Belphegor? Are you expecting something back?”
“H-he said he didn't know what to get me…so we could go shopping together.”
“Oh, really?! And did you say okay?”
“Um, well…I said I thought that helping middle aged men in their laziness was one of my duties…”
“Waa, Belphegor you dirty little…that's great, that's great! I've got a date with Kyrie too!”
“…Lucky you, Belphegor. Sounds like you're going to have an exciting day.”
“A-an entire day to make Rudolf lazy! Leviathan, you better not interfere!”
“I won't get in your way. I'll just be jealous along with Kyrie! You'll have two pairs of envious eyes following you the whole way!”
Acting unlike her normal self, Belphegor gestured wildly at Leviathan in argument, voices raised. It looked like fun, from the outside.
Satan and Lucifer were the only two left.For some reason, these two were always the last ones to catch on to things.
“All of them are raising such a fuss. This is an embarrassment to the Seven Sisters!”
“What about you Satan? You gave Kanon chocolate, right?”
“…That was more like forcing it on him. Even if I wanted something, I don't think I'd get it.”
Last Valentine's Day, she'd tried to give Kanon chocolate, only to meet with suspicious refusal before Jessica had chased her off.It had been just shoving it at him. He probably didn't even consider it having been given to him.In that respect, she was the one least likely to get anything in return.
Satan was very prideful. She had spent the last month feeling terrible, because she had been the only one whose valentine had been thwarted.
Then, suddenly there was the sensation of another person materializing.
When the two turned around, there stood Kanon with a look of distaste on his face.He might have been there for longer than it seemed.Because Satan and Lucifer had been too engrossed in talking, they hadn't noticed.
“K-Kanon…wh…what are you doing here?!” Satan cried in bewilderment. With that shameful outburst, Satan realized the reason he must have appeared, and her face grew bright red.But Kanon had no sensitivity towards girls' feelings. To him, she appeared in the same foul temper as always.
“Back on Valentine's Day, you pushed me into taking your chocolate. It was annoying, but I thought it would be rude not to return the favor.”As he was saying that, Kanon reached into his pocket and withdrew a very small, but beautifully wrapped box and shoved it at her.
He might have said it was a trifle given out of duty, but the wrapping paper made it clear that this was not a cheap brand of item.Working for the Ushiromiya family meant being paid not inconsiderable wages, and since Kanon had no outside interests or reasons to use money, he'd ended up with quite a store of it.
“You say it's out of duty, but you got me something so high class. How ridiculous.”
“Don't worry, I just picked it up while I was getting milady's gift. It wasn't worth going to a cheaper place just to get you something.”
“…Oh. I see.”
“All right, I've paid my debt. Don't ever do this again.”And with that parting rejoinder, Kanon vanished.
Out of all the things spoken on White Day, “I've paid my debt” isn't one you hear very often. Somehow, it suited the two of them and their antagonistic relationship, though, Lucifer thought.
Suddenly, it was Lucifer who received a sharp blow from the rear.
“Ow! Who did–”
“Hey there, Little Miss Thighs.”
“B-Battler! You’re participating in White Day too?!”
“You sure are a strange one. Aren’t you the one that gave me that handmade chocolate? And didn’t I promise to give you something in return? I might believe that the past is better forgotten, but do you really think my head is empty enough to forget something a month ago?”
Battler brandished the box he’d been hiding behind his back with a, “ta-dah!”The store must have wrapped it, since it the packaging was neat in a way that was unlike Battler.The wrapping must have been magical. It captured a person’s attention before they could ask what was inside. That’s how Lucifer felt.
“I thought candy was a little immature, but I didn’t know what sort of jewelry you liked. So, here. Since it’s tea, it’s something most people will like, more or less, and it’s still pretty fancy, huh? Do you hate tea?”
“N-no…I don’t hate it…”
“All right then! Open it. You’ll be amazed once you smell it!”
Since Battler was pushing her to open it, Lucifer reached towards that lovely wrapping paper.Sure, she was interested in what was inside, but unwrapping something so beautiful seemed like a waste.It was held in place by a thick, deep red ribbon, which was, in turn, adorned by a golden butterfly brooch.
“Huh? Was that always there?”
The butterfly they thought was a brooch began to flap its wings, then took off.Battler was shocked, but Lucifer, who had already guessed that this sort of trick would be forthcoming, was unnerved in in a different sense.The golden butterflies scales scattered and took the form of the Golden Witch.
“Dwaah, what?!”
“L-Lady Beatrice?!”
“Battler———!! You didn’t buy that Mariage Freres for meeeeeee?!”
“W-why would I buy "you" tea?!”
“Huh? Ah…umm… But, but! Didn’t you get something for me for White Day?! I’ve been so excited! I’ve waited sooooo long for this day to come! And I saw you going into that lower level of the department store and picking out that expensive tea! And then, choosing that pretty wrapping paper in to show your appreciation for me! I was so sure it was a present for me! I was sure of it! And then, it wasn’t for me at all, but my "furniture"! Grrrrrrrrrrrr!”
“Ow-ow-ow-ow-ow, please stop, Lady Beatrice! Don’t chew on my hair!”
“What are you doing to your subordinate?! Have some shame! I got this for Lucifer because of the chocolate she made me!”
“Huh?! Then where’s my preseeeent?!”
“I didn’t get you anything. It’s not like I got any chocolate from you.”
“Huh?! But, I gave you hand-made chocolate, didn’t I?!”
“You lied to me and said you made it, even though it was Lucifer’s! So I gave it back!”
“…Oh, now that you mention it…I think I had it with my tea that afternoon…”
“Was it good?”
“Yes, delicious!”
Beato, bring relatively forgetful, had forgotten all about the chocolate Battler had given back until her afternoon tea, whereupon with a “oh, what is this delicious-looking chocolate doing here,” she nibbled it all up like a squirrel.
“…Do you have the "brains" of a squirrel too? In any case, I didn’t get any chocolate from you, therefore, there’s no reason for me to get you anything!”
“No, no, that’s wrong! You just decided not to take it! I did Valentine’s Day properly! So you have to give me something for White Day! White Daaaaaaay! I was looking forward to what you were going to get meeeee!”
“Well, I don’t "have" anything! If you want to get in a temper tantrum like a spoiled brat, fine! Embarrass yourself! Lucifer, thank you for the delicious chocolate on Valentine’s Day.”
“Um…well…actually, that chocolate…”In deference to her master, whose mood was rapidly worsening, Lucifer nervously thought it best to confess that she hadn’t made her chocolate by hand either.But before she could, a muffled thump rang out and the area was enveloped by the smell of tea. The box had broken.
“Kyaaafff, cough cough cough”“Beato, you bitch…how dare you do that to my tea! Cough cough cough”Beato rolled around in laughter as Battler and Lucifer coughed.
“Uhahaha! If I’m not getting it for White Day, then it might as well not exist! That’s what you get, Lucifer! Kihahaha!”Leaving behind only her voice, Beato vanished in a huge storm of butterflies.
She had mistaken White Day for a holiday like Christmas.She was certain that, as long as someone gave a man chocolate on Valentines Day, they were sure to receive some sort of exciting present in return on White Day.
So, she had prepared chocolate for Battler in hopes of forcing him to give her something on White Day out of a sense of obligation.But then, Lucifer had gotten something and she hadn’t gotten anything. She didn’t like that one bit.Then, getting all worked up over something so trivial had made her mood even worse.
All the time she had spent under the covers with her hands folded, excitedly waiting until White Day finally arrived, suddenly seemed so hateful…
“Now, show yourselves, Calvary of Pendragon, the Cheister Sisters!” With a wave of Beatrice’s pipe, Cheister 45 and Cheister 00 appeared.
“Oh, how unusual. 00 has answered the summons.”
“I beg your pardon! 410 is participating in the Heavenly Sniper Exchange Program today, so please allow me to appear in her stead!”
“H-Heavenly Sniper…that’s quite a mouthful. Sounds like some sort of fraudulent excuse for training.”
“Y-you see, ma’m, since White Day is a continuation of Valentines Day, there’s too much work for Love Snipers alone to handle. It’s customary to request assistance from one of the Imperial Guard Corps!”
“…I had no idea. To think Cupid could have a manpower shortage…”
“Due to 410’s skill as a sniper, countless couples are rumored to form every year!”
Grk. An expression of obvious displeasure rose to Beato’s face.And then, a toothy grin, like she was getting ready to rip into something.
“Cheister Sisters, I have a number of targets for you today! Ready your bows and prepare to fire!”
“U-understood! 45, enter firing preparation mode! Lady Beatrice, your target?”
“Kukukuku, more and more and even more! I’ll call it Operation: White Day Annihilation!”
And thus, the peaceful, heartwarming White Day that should have been, was ripped into pieces one by one by the Cheister’s sisters’ shooting.
First Target: The small box Asmodeus received from Amakusa.
“Kyaaaaaaaaa! I just got that from Mr. Amakusa! I didn’t even get to see what was inside!”
“…That’s not what’s important. I can always just buy you another one. Just be happy you’re not hurt, right?“… … …Kyaaaaaaa! Mr. Amakusa, you’re too amazing to be reeeeaaal!”Next Target: That irritating Amakusa.“What’s lost isn’t important, it’s what―Uguh? Hrrk!”
“Kyaaaaaaaaa, Mr. Amakusa, stay strong!!”
“C…cool… …grk.”
Second Target: Gohda’s full course of chocolate that Beelzebub was just about to eat.
“Uwaaaaaaaaa! The chocolate Mr. Gohda learned how to make while training in Belgium exploded in my mouth!”
“Impossible! It’s the royal family secret recipe…did I make a mistake somewhere? Am I still so unskilled?! I-I’m going back to Belgium for training!”
“Forget about going back to Belgium, just make me another baaatch!! Uwaaaaaaa!”
But Gohda had already left to seek the mystery of Belgium chocolate.
Third Target: The pancakes Ange had made for her tea party with Mammon and Sakutaro.
“Lady Ange, Sakutaro, are you all right?!’
“…I had no idea that pancakes would become explosive if cooked for too long. Good going, me. I guess there was a reason I got such low scores in Home Ec.”"Let’s make pancakes while we’re enjoying the aroma of the tea.But because this is something I can’t acquire through money, I might burn some of them. "And now we’re surrounded by the burning stench.
“N-no, even if you burn pancakes to charcoal, they shouldn’t explode. Don’t tell me…”
“…U-uryu. I’m okay…somehow. Are you okay, Ange? What about you, Mammon?!”
“Sakutaro wasn’t targeted. …does that mean someone from the alliance is attacking us?!”
Fourth Target: Rudolf, currently shopping with Belphegor.
“Ru…Rudolf…are you all right?”
“Heh. So this is the action they took. Sorry, sweetheart…looks like they mistook you for my woman. At least I was able to protect you.”
Of course they were actually aiming at Rudolf. Trying to dodge while pretending to protect is one of Rudolf’s talents.
And, if it fails, it’s the perfect technique for making it look like you were trying to defend someone. Belphegor, unused to moves like this, was completely taken in.
“So they were aiming at me? But that sniping, it can’t be…”
“You know, a man that defends a woman can usually be revived with a kiss…”
“I-I’m not going to fall for that one! Let’s get you some medical help right now. Ah―”
Fifth Target: Kyrie, currently stalking Rudolf with Leviathan.
“You all right? Hang in there! Your wound isn’t deep!”
“…that was close. I, Leviathan of Envy…don’t regret…taking this in your stead, Master.”
“Heh, even though you’re a stake? Heehee, don’t act so full of yourself. Let me help you to a hospital.”
“Forget about that! Master, I’d rather see you bring down divine wrath upon that cheater, Rudolf! I’ll watch from here, so please! S-see, look! Look what he’s doing with Belphegor!”
“…I’ll take you to the hospital in a moment. I hope they have" two" beds open. …24 x 365 x 6 7940323580435798438759847598788…”
Sixth Target: The bottle of perfume Satan got from Kanon.
“Ah…but…was that, just now…the Cheister Sisters?! Urk…grk…this must be my punishment for getting caught up in White Day… That’s right, Kanon isn’t any ordinary rival… but he has such good taste, I thought it might be okay… It huuurts. Unacceptable! Pull yourself together! I am furniture in service of Lady Beatrice, one of the Seven Sisters, Satan of Wrath. I-I shouldn’t be upset just because something from him got broken! … …sniff”
Seventh Target: That tea Lucifer got from…aww, who cares, go directly for that obnoxious Battler.
“Nooooo, an Endless Nine Barrier! It’s been deflected!”
“Hii! He deflected again! He isn’t human!”
“We cannot penetrate this anti-magic barrier! Please give us our next target, Lady Beatrice!”
“So you’re the one behind this, Beato! You’ve been destroying everyone’s White Day! I’ve had enough of this!”
“Kihahahahahaha! What’s the point of White Day if I don’t get anything! If I’ve wrecked everything, it’s just what they deserve! Fwahahahaha! Just look at all the White Days I’ve managed to secretly destroy!”
With another wave of her pipe, the Cheister Sisters vanished in a puff of smoke, one after the other.
“…Well, my stupid old man got what was coming to him, but aside from that, you’ve been horrible! You damn demonic witch!”
“Kuheeheeheehee! All I’ve been doing is making up for the slight given to me this White Day! Fear me, worship me! My wrath will continue for seven years, seven months, and seven days! From this day forward, both Valentines Day and White Day will be broken in my name! Ahahahahahahaha! How’s that? Do you regret what you’ve done?! I want to hear you say, ‘Lady Beato, please forgive me, I promise I’ll get you something on White Day!’ But it had better be something more expensive than what you got Lucifer——–!!”“…Quit fucking around. Who the hell would want to do what a lying, selfish witch like you says?!”“Mm…mm…”
Batter’s response caused Beato’s mood to rapidly change, and she fell silent.
“Valentines Day and White Day are all about the feelings that spring from your heart. Someone who thinks of them as excuses to get stuff doesn’t deserve anything.”
“O-oh…so you’re saying I don’t have the qualifications to receive anything on White Day.”
“Yeah. Not at all. No matter what you do. I’ll even declare it. Hell, I’ll declare it in red.”
“I will never ever, from this day forward, get you something for White Day!” Battler asserted.
And though Beato returned his words with a bitter grin, she couldn’t help but bite her lower lip.
“Kuhahahahahahahahahahahha! Fine, I’ll swallow your declaration! Wahahahahah, kyahahahahahahaha!! I hate Valentines Day! I hate White Day! To all you idiots out there, I will never forget this day! I will not allow another White Day to pass! Kuhahahaha! I will erase White Daaaaaaay!!”
“Waaaaaaaaaaah, Masterrrrrr! I-I just wanted something for White Day toooo!”
“Sigh. There, there. Now you’ve gone and done something thoughtless, only to up making a mess of things and become upset with yourself, right? Oh, there there.”
“Pukuku, honestly. This was the natural continuation of last month’s Valentine’s Day story.”
“Now that I think about it, it’s all your fault, Ronove! Battler called me a liar because you made that chocolate!”
“My goodness, how regrettable. I could have sworn I made that chocolate under milady’s orders. And wasn’t it delicious? Wasn’t the aroma suitable for even the Quartier Latin delicious?”
“H-hmm, it was good. I nibbled it all away.”
“Then it couldn’t have been my fault. It must have been yours, milady.”
“That’s correct. You shouldn’t blame Ronove.”
“T-then it’s all Lucifer’s fault! She told Battler her chocolates were handmade, and that’s why Battler called me a liar!”
“Pukuku! And isn’t that exactly what milady wanted to do?”
“It isn’t Lucifer’s fault. She’s furniture that works hard to fulfill your exact commands every day. I’ll be very cross if you misuse her. Yes, really.”
“Oo…ooo…well, well… If it isn’t Ronove’s fault, and it isn’t Lucifer’s fault…then is it Battler’s fault?”
“Oh honestly, this child. It’s just like Battler told you. Don’t make the mistake of thinking White Day is an excuse to be given something.”
“Even using Duty-Chocolate as an example, it’s said men and women still enjoy the bittersweetness of it. It needs to be done with grace. Those that give Valentine’s Day chocolate in the hopes of coercing someone to reciprocate on White Day are not elegant.”
“Uu…uuuu…”
Even if she was angry at Ronove and Virgilia, there was nothing she could say in response.Still, it seemed as though she couldn’t quite bring herself to accept those feelings, so she continued biting her lower lip as hot tears rose to her eyes.
“…Now be honest. You were lonely, weren’t you?”
“Uu…uwaaaaaaaaaaa! I wanted to get something on White Day too! It’s not fair! All the Stakes got what they wanted! It’s just not fair! And Lucifer got tea from Battler, but I didn’t get anything! And now I’ll never get anything, not next year, not ever! It’s so dull! I can’t stand it! Uwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!”
Beato buried her face in Virgilia’s dress as she cried.Virgilia and Ronove looked at one another and sighed.
“Now listen carefully, Beatrice. If you want Battler to get you something on White Day, you have to give him chocolate that you’ve put feelings into. It doesn’t matter if it isn’t well made. And if making it proves entirely impossible, you can go buy one at the store, as long as you choose it with care. What you need is the desire to make him happy.”
“If I do that…Battler will reciprocate on White Day?”
“As long as you put your feelings into it, he will.”
“And as far as handmade chocolate goes, I can take a recipe suitable for a professional such as myself, and modify it so that even a beginner like milady can make something sweetly sweet with a cool smile. It’s not difficult to make chocolate from your heart.”
“So…next year, if I make Battler chocolate, he won’t be in a bad mood any more? I have to wait until next year? So that means, Battler will be looking at me with those cold eyes…all this time? …I don’t want that…”
Virgilia sighed and then smiled wryly.At least Beato had settled down. All it usually took was time, and the patience to help her express her thoughts properly. She was actually quite an obedient child, once you got down to it.
“Beatrice, why don’t we do this? …I’ll use my most secret spell to turn back time to the day before Valentine’s Day.”
“Huh? What?! M-magic that amazing actually exists?!”
“The ability to turn back time? Who would have thought madam could use such an impressive, secret spell. No, I guess it’s not so shocking, considering it’s you, madam. Even now, you’re still full of surprises.”
Time Regression. A skill that could shock even the great demon Ronove.If Beato used this magic, this time she’d definitely be able to make chocolate and give it to Battler…
“This is not a magic that can be used very often in one’s lifetime. I’ll use it for you, but you must promise not to waste this chance.”
“O-okay. I understand…”
“Since you will be going back in time, you must struggle against time’s currents. If you relax your guard for even a moment, the spell with dissipate. Be careful.”
“A-all right. I will.”
“Even though I’m the one casting this spell, you will have to cover the cost of maintaining the world of the past with your own magical power.”
“I get it already. How should I go about it?”
“You must believe in it. If you doubt that this is the world of the past, the spell will break. That’s the basis of magic. As long as you believe, there’s nothing magic can’t accomplish.”
“I…I know that.”
“Then, Beatrice, off you go to the day before Valentine’s Day. This time take it seriously and put your heart into it, all right?”
With a snap of Virgilia’s fingers, Beatrice was transformed into a swarm of golden butterflies and transported to the kitchen.After Virgilia and Ronove had seen her off…
“Time Regression is quite the tiring art.”
“…Indeed it is. If it was just me, I doubt I’d be able to pull it off.”
“Indeed, even with our small amount of cooperation.”
“Today is the day before Valentine’s Day. Have the calender, newspaper, televisions and all other related items been attended to?”
“Yes, to my knowledge, madam. I’ll leave the rest to you…”
“Stakes, have you been paying attention?”
“Yes, Lady Predecessor!!”
And thus, everything was set a month back to the day before Valentine’s Day.Only Beato was unaware.
Beato, having been transported to the kitchen, paged through a recipe book.On many of the pages were tags with the word “easy!” written on them, pointing out chocolate recipes simple enough for even a beginner to make. (Of course, this had been prepared by Ronove)
“…If I’m supposed to take this seriously, I can’t do something “easy”! I’ll show them what I can really do!”…and so, in her enthusiasm, Beato ignored the tags and chose a complicated recipe that looked good.“Ronove could certainly make this. And how is it possible that I, Ronove’s master, wouldn’t be able to do the same? I’ll make everyone regret underestimating me, fwahahaha!”
…Honestly. Virgilia, watching through the magical three way mirror, sighed. It seems like she never learned.
Half a day was spent in spectacular violence that would have shocked the culinary world. Chocolate exploded out of pots. Chocolate was sweetly scorched, exploded, and pulverized.Chocolate grew legs and ran around the kitchen. Chocolate grew wings and took to the air. Thus a butterfly net was soon added to Beato’s “chocolate-making utensils.”By this time, you couldn’t even call what she was doing “making chocolate.”However, even though she had failed enough times that the kitchen was coated in chocolate, and the scent of it hung heavy in the air, she never forgot her purpose.
“This chocolate is absolutely stuffed with my feelings, considering how hard I’ve worked to make it! That damn Battler better accept it and give me something amazing on White Day. Kihihihi!”
As she laughed while mixing it in the pan, her mind brought forth the words of her Master.
"“Don’t make the mistake of thinking White Day is an excuse to be given something.”…T-that’s right. This is the chance Master gave me with her secret ability.I can’t think like that. That sort of attitude is what I’m trying to solve with this spell."Beato looked up at the page-a-day calendar that indicated this was the 13th of February and imagined how it had been previously, before shaking her head and engrossing herself once again in her work.
“Oh man, something smells great. So you’ve decided to push yourself into candy making, huh, Beato? I guess this means Armageddon is approaching.”
“Is that you, Gaap?”
The refrigerator opened, and out stepped Gaap.She hadn’t actually been lurking in there, she had just used the fridge door to materialize one of her warp holes.
Since directly appearing so suddenly in front of a friend was rude, she used the appearance of a door as a measure of small etiquette.
“Did I pick a bad time to come and play? Are you busy?”
“I don’t mind. You chose a good time to be a test subject for my samples.”
“Considering the condition of the kitchen from all your chocolate making, I might have to think that one over…”
Even Gaap was dazed over the state of things.But even more than that, she didn’t understand why Beato was going to the effort.
“Hey, Beato, why are you making chocolate?”
“For Valentine’s Day, of course! I have to have it for tomorrow, right?”
“…isn’t today White Day?”
…Beato stopped stirring.
From the way the atmosphere froze, Gaap guessed there was something more to this.But there was no helping what she had said now.
“I’m sorry. Did I say something wrong? You look busy. I’ll just be going now. See you later.”
Beato didn’t respond.Gaap opened another warp portal and vanished into it without another word.All that remained was Beato, frozen like time had stopped."…Of course. I had my doubts…Because magic that powerful shouldn’t have taken just a snap of Master’s fingers…"
“….sniff….”
Saltiness slipped past her nose.Tears fell one by one into the bowl with the melted chocolate."…I’m such an idiot. How much stupider could I get…I can’t even be angry at anyone. It was my fault for being dumb enough to fall for such a ridiculous lie. I’m upset at myself more than anything…"
Deliberately.Naively.Thoroughly.
"…And I only found out after I’d finally gotten close to tempering the chocolate.Who cares any more. This is stupid.This bowl I have in my hands. I’ll get rid of it. Toss it out.I only worked a few hours. This bowl that I spent so little time on, blocking my way to atonement.Why can’t I…toss it aside?All I can do is cry…"
"Valentine’s Day. White Day.…I wonder why I was so excited over them.It wasn’t really because of love or anything.It’s just…this season. The time of year when the cold weather ends, and the air begins to warm……I wanted to be able to feel that too.It wasn’t even really the prospect of getting something…"
“…Uuu…sniff…isn’t this…the day before Valentine’s Day?…why is it the 14th of March…?”
It was too late.All the feelings she’d had towards experiencing the two mysterious days of Valentine’s Day and White Day had already…
The calendar said… It was just a trick of Ronove’s. It might read “February 13th”.But that was a lie.
“Just like the calendar says, it’s February 13th. If it isn’t, then what "is" the date, huh?”
“…Battler?”
Why had he come into the Witch’s Kitchen?But she didn’t even need to ask before he already answered.
“I came to see what that weird, chocolate smell was. I sure got to see something funny. A witch named Beato, working her ass off, making chocolate for tomorrow.”
“…I wonder who she’s planning on giving it to. Well, sure hope it isn’t me…”
Battler’s acting was terrible.If he’d been a little bit better, Beato’s wounded heart might have mended slightly.But that acting only made Beato smile bitterly.She understood."Master or Ronove must have spoken to Battler and told him about my laughable circumstances and asked him to help out.This is pathetic… Absolutely pathetic.One of the world’s greatest witches, Beatrice the Golden…acting so absurdly."
“… …uh…”Battler himself had probable realized how bad his own acting was.Of course there was no way to continue the deceit with such obvious lies and simplistic acting.
It was time to end the charade. Beato realized she was the only who could end this uncomfortable stretch.If she smirked wickedly at Battler and began to verbally abuse him, things would go back to the way they were before. In other words, back to rough and tumble scrambling.
Then, once again, for the last time, she remembered her Master’s words.
“You must believe in it. If you doubt that this is the world of the past, the spell will break. That's the basis of magic. As long as you believe, there's nothing magic can't accomplish.”
“Th…that's right…sniff…”
"I'm the great witch that can master any sort of incredible magic. I'll show you…how great…my mastery of magic really is…"
“Uu…um…”
“…hmm?”
“That's right. You've figured it out! I'm making chocolate for Valentine's Day tomorrow!”
Even with tears and nose still running, she smiled mysteriously, like a demon was going to drop in.
“You can be sure whoever gets my chocolates is in for a surprise!”
“S-surprise, huh? Did you put something in there? It's not something that shouldn't be eaten, right?”
“How rude. I'll have you know this is 100%, perfectly normal Valentine's Day chocolate! It's a miraculous, once a year holiday where the world's men gets chocolate labored over by women. I wanted to participate too.”
“Heh. I didn't know you had such a girly side to you.”
Strangely, as the conversation progressed, Battler's words became more and more natural-sounding.
And it began to feel more and more like it really was February 13th.
“I wonder if the man I give these chocolates to will get me anything on White Day…”
“Yep. I'm sure of it.”
“Even if this man used the red truth to say he wouldn't get me anything on White Day? There's no way he can, right?”
“No, he can.”
“How?”
“All he has to do is use the blue truth. Like this.”
White Day is the on the same day as Valentine's Day, just a month later. So, tomorrow, when the man accepts your chocolate, he'll reciprocate a month from the day it's given.
“Valentines is tomorrow, right?”
“Y…yeah…”
“Then, he'll give it you a month later. And since that day a month later isn't technically White Day, the person you're giving your chocolate to won't be violating the red truth.”
“Hmph. He's quite the sophist. H-hey, look at what you've done! I messed up on the tempering again because you were chattering away! Now I have to start all over from the boiling water. You help too; my arms are getting tired!”
“Don't be so pushy! You want me to help, right? …Heh, I guess I can spend some time with you, just for today.”
Tap.
It seems there was a noise from the other side of the kitchen, but all that was there was the fridge.
Was is the sound of the door closing?
“W…what is it? Your face is bright red. Did I do something wrong?”
“I-It's nothing! Look, it's boiling, it's boiling! This is so much trouble. Maybe I should just dip you in chocolate and shove you in the oven!”
The End.
| Beatrice's White Day |
fandom.07th-expansion | # Beatrice's White Day/Summary
The Seven Sisters are excited now that White Day is here, and Asmodeus and Beelzebub can barely contain their excitement at receiving gifts from their valentines. Mammon’s planning to have a White Day tea party with Ange and Sakutaro while Belphegor and Leviathan have dates with their rivals. Satan is sure she won’t get a gift back since Kanon never accepted her chocolate, but the man himself appears and gives her a gift box, wanting to return the favor. As Lucifer thinks about how this suits the kind of relationship Kanon and Satan have, Battler suddenly appears with a gift for her, some fancy tea wrapped in a box. Lucifer moves to open her present and sees the golden butterfly brooch adorning the ribbon, but the butterfly suddenly flies off and transforms into Beatrice, much to Battler’s surprise. Beato pleads with Battler, asking why he didn’t get her a gift for White Day, and he replies the gift was for Lucifer since he accepted chocolate from her. Beato insists that she gave Battler something, but he thought it was stolen from Lucifer and gave it right back; Beato then remembers she ate it all with her tea after getting it back. Even still, Beato begs for Battler to give her something but is refused yet again. Battler makes a point of thanking Lucifer once again for her chocolate, and the demon tries to explain herself only for her present to suddenly explode. Beato, the perpetrator of the prank, rolls around laughing amidst insults by Battler; she declares that if she won’t get any presents for White Day, then it may as well not exist, cackling and disappearing.
Beato then summons Chiester 45 and Chiester 00. 00 is filling in for 410 because she’s part of the Heavenly Sniper Exchange Program, and Beato is surprised to hear that Love Snipers have to do so much work. Beatrice announces “Operation: White Day Annihilation,” and the Chiesters fire at her targets.
The first target is Amakusa’s gift box, which he’d just handed to Asmodeus. The present explodes, and Amakusa manages to protect the demon of lust from harm. The next target is Amakusa himself, who gets shot through and lets out one last <Cool> before dying in Asmo’s arms. Gohda’s prepared a full course of chocolate for Beelzebub, which explodes before she has the chance to taste it. Gohda is convinced that he’s made a mistake somewhere and returns to Belgium for training, much to Beelze’s dismay. Ange made some pancakes for her and Mammon’s tea party, which are summarily destroyed by the Chiesters’ golden bow. Mammon bursts into the room to investigate the noise, and Ange is convinced that she cooked them too long. Mammon is relieved to see Sakutaro is unharmed, and thinks someone from the alliance is targeting them.
Rudolf and Belphegor are out shopping together, and Rudolf takes a hit for the demon, thinking someone was trying to assassinate her. He asks to be revived with a kiss, but Belphe tries to reject him and get medical help but is pulled in by Rudolf anyway. Kyrie and Leviathan were nearby, stalking them the entire time. Kyrie becomes the next target of the Chiesters but Levia takes the hit. Kyrie wants to get her to a hospital but Levia asks her to inflict divine wrath on her husband, motioning towards Rudolf and Belphegor’s moment; Kyrie walks towards them while making even more calculations. Satan received a bottle of perfume from Kanon, which gets blown up. She tries to keep herself together, telling herself Kanon isn’t any ordinary rival, but Satan eventually breaks down.
Battler becomes the final target for Beatrice’s wrath, who sees the shot coming and puts up his Endless Nine barrier. The Chiesters are unable to pierce his barrier and request another target, and Battler soon appears, discovering that Beatrice is the one destroying everyone’s White Day. The witch cackles, sending away the Chiesters and saying there’s no point in White Day if she doesn’t get anything. She declares that for seven years, months, and days, Valentine’s Day and White Day will be destroyed by her, willing to change her mind if Battler gives her something. Battler refuses oyet again, saying Valentine’s Day and White Day are all about sharing the feelings in people’s hearts, not excuses to get gifts from people. Beato thinks he’s saying she doesn’t meet the qualifications for White Day, and Battler says she never did and never will; he adds that “I will never, ever, from this day forward, get you something for White Day!”
Accepting this declaration, Beato announces that she hates Valentine’s Day and White Day and will do all in her power to destroy them, leaving. She reappears where Virgilia and Ronove are and breaks down crying, just wanting to get something for White Day too. Virgilia offers words of reassurance as Beato accuses Ronove of ruining it, having been called a liar because of his chocolate. The demon butler replies that he made it under her orders, asking if it was delicious. The witch replies that it was, and Virgilia tells her not to blame Ronove; Beato tries pushing it onto Lucifer, who lied to Battler in the first place, and Ronove tells her Beato tried to do the exact same thing. Her companions tell her that giving Valentine’s Day chocolate requires a certain amount of elegance, and coercing people into giving them gifts on White Day is in opposition to that. Beato finally accepts that she’s messed up, and cries even harder. Virgilia says that by putting her feelings into a gift, whether by handmaking it or buying it at the store, Battler will reciprocate on White Day.
Beato doesn’t want to go an entire year having Battler coldly stare at her, and Virgilia then offers to use a special spell to send Beato back in time to before Valentine’s Day. Beato and Ronove are amazed that Virgilia could use such a spell, and the old witch tells her that as long as Beato believes in the spell, it will work for her. Beato accepts this and Virgilia casts the spell, sending the Golden Witch to the kitchen. In actuality, she and Ronove were changing all of the calendars to say it was the month before, with the Stakes helping out. None the wiser, Beatrice gets to work making chocolate.
Even after spending hours trying and failing, Beato remains steadfast in her efforts when Gaap suddenly emerges from the refrigerator. She asks why Beato is making Valentine’s chocolate when it’s White Day, and Beatrice stops for a moment. Gaap realizes what she’s said and leaves just as suddenly as she appeared. Realizing that she’d been tricked, Beatrice cries once again, lamenting how she easily fell for such a lie, having gotten this close to finishing her chocolate. begins having a meltdown until Battler arrives. She considers throwing out her chocolate when Battler suddenly appears, having heard what Beato was up to. They share an awkward silence, and Beato remembers Virgilia’s words of believing in the magic or else it will break. Beatrice proudly declares that she’s making chocolate for Valentine’s Day tomorrow, hoping that the man she gives them to will give a present back. Battler reassures her that the man will give one back, even if the red truth is used. He then gives a blue, saying, “” If Valentine’s is the next day and Beato gives the man her chocolate, then the man can reciprocate a month later since that day technically isn’t White Day, thus respecting the red truth. Beato asks Battler’s help with making chocolate since he interrupted her stirring, and they share a heartwarming moment, baking together.
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fandom.07th-expansion | # Beatrice/Gallery
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fandom.07th-expansion | # Beatrice/Other Appearances
This page details Beatrice's other appearances and involvement in "Umineko"-related media outside the original story.
Beatrice is a playable character in "Golden Fantasia".
Beatrice appears in the collaboration event The Witch's Bloodstained Birthday Banquet as a unit.
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fandom.07th-expansion | # Beatrice (the elder sister)
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fandom.07th-expansion | # Beatrice Castiglioni
This page exists to avoid revealing critical plot twists for the entire series without warning due to the nature of this character. See Beatrice for this character's initial presentation in the story.
To view the page, click here.
| Beatrice Castiglioni |
fandom.07th-expansion | # Beatrice Castiglioni/Article
, also known as , was Kinzo Ushiromiya's first and only true love and his mistress, as said in many rumors. She first appears in "Requiem of the Golden Witch".
Appearance.
Beatrice is of Italian descent. She has ginger-blonde hair and blue eyes. She seems to be of average height, well-endowed and has fair skin. She wears a red fulard and a white shirt, along with green army pants with brown boots. She was noticed by Kinzo for being very beautiful.
Personality.
Beatrice is a kind-hearted person who is very intelligent. She comes from a noble Italian family and is treated as a noble lady. Despite her origins, Beatrice is quite a tomboy and a tough woman, and dislikes the treatment she receives for her family name. She is very friendly and tells her friends to call her "Bice."
Background.
Beatrice was the daughter of an Italian Social Republic naval official. Often called Bice (pronounced "Bee-che"), she accompanied her father to Rokkenjima on a submarine containing ten tons of gold, though her father died during the trip. Because Kinzo was the only person able to speak English, he and Beatrice became interpreters between the Japanese and Italian soldiers on the island.
Role in the Story.
Requiem of the Golden Witch.
When Lion Ushiromiya and Willard H. Wright ask Kinzo to tell them about Beatrice, Will uses Bernkastel's theatergoing ability to watch a flashback of Kinzo's past.
Kinzo first met Beatrice while he was stationed at Rokkenjima as a soldier during World War II. Beatrice and a group of Italian soldiers were on a submarine that was badly damaged and had just barely arrived to Rokkenjima; plenty of men had died inside it due to a gas leak, with Beatrice's father included in the casualties.
As Kinzo spoke English, he and Beatrice acted as interpreters for the Japanese and Italian troops, which allowed them to get close to each other. The two found sympathy for each other and talked about each other's lives and interests. As they talked, both of them understood the beauty of life and fell in love. Later on, tension arose between the Italians and the Japanese soldiers when the Italians unloaded 10 tons of gold. A fight broke out between the two for ownership of the gold, and in the end only Kinzo and Beatrice survived, though with Beatrice hurt badly. Beatrice asked Kinzo to stay with her and "kidnap" her until her death. Kinzo, however, refused to let her die, saying he'll kidnap her forever, and took Beatrice to Niijima via boat to see a doctor.
While on the boat, Kinzo referred to her as a "witch, a golden witch." He entrusted Beatrice to a doctor on Niijima, asking him to keep Beatrice and his visits a secret. The doctor, who was actually Nanjo, tended to her wounds, and she and Kinzo headed back to the mainland, though she was kept a secret as Kinzo was already married. The two secretly met when they could. Later on, Beatrice died giving birth to her and Kinzo's daughter. Kinzo names their child 'Beatrice' in honor of her late mother, and takes her to Rokkenjima to live in the hidden mansion Kuwadorian.
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fandom.07th-expansion | # Beatrice Ushiromiya
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fandom.07th-expansion | # Beelzebub
is the sixth sister of the Stakes of Purgatory, representing the demon and the corresponding sin of . She first appears in "Turn of the Golden Witch".
Appearance.
Beelzebub has brassy hair in two short drill-shaped pigtails, a fair skin tone and big red eyes. Her clothes are the same as those of the other Stakes. She wears the One-Winged Eagle on her "skirt".
Personality.
Beelzebub really enjoys eating food.
Abilities.
Like the other Sisters of Purgatory, Beelzebub can create a magic sword and transform into a stake to fly at very high speeds and gouge people.
Background.
Beelzebub was summoned by Beatrice to take part in her ceremony. Her vessel is that of a ceremonial stake set that Kinzo bought.
From an anti-fantasy perspective, Beelzebub is an imaginary friend created by Yasuda and based off of the servant Belne.
Role in the Story.
Turn of the Golden Witch.
Beelzebub is first seen when she tries to break into Natsuhi's room, where Gohda, George and Shannon are. Gohda tries to block the door with his body, but Beelzebub stakes him in the chest and kills him.
Banquet of the Golden Witch.
Beelzebub and the other stakes torment Battler to no end, staking him to death countless times. She and the sisters humiliate the eldest sister, Lucifer, when she fails to kill Kanon and later bear witness to the duel between Beatrice and Virgilia, acting both scared and amused.
After EVA-Beatrice becomes the Stakes' new master, Beelzebub and the others show displeasure, especially when the witch substitutes them with the Chiesters, calling the Stakes unworthy of being furniture.
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fandom.07th-expansion | # Beelzebub/Gallery
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fandom.07th-expansion | # Before the Spider Lilies Bloomed
is the seventh and final chapter of and the fourteenth and final chapter in the overall series.
After finishing the chapter, After School is unlocked in the menu.
| Before the Spider Lilies Bloomed |
fandom.07th-expansion | # Belne
, also known as Berune in the manga, is a former servant of the Ushiromiya family. She only appears in "Requiem of the Golden Witch""."
Appearance.
Belne has brassy hair in two short drill-shaped pigtails, fair skin and large gray eyes. Her clothes are the same as the other female Ushiromiya servants.
Personality.
She is shown to have a softer personality than the other servants and she treats Yasuda with more kindness, though she still questions being bossed around by a kid. She, along with the other servants (excluding Manon) are jealous of Yasuda's special treatment. Belne is also shown to be rather scared of Yasuda after they pull the key prank on her.
Background.
Belne was one of the orphans from the Fukuin House who worked in the Ushiromiya household. She arrived with Asne after Lunon, Lenon, Sanon and Leion left.
Role in the Story.
"Requiem of the Golden Witch".
She, along with various characters, were questioned by Zepar and Furfur as witnesses to describe what Yasuda was like before becoming a witch. Though Shannon is said to be working alongside them and is also a witness, the servants (except Manon, Yasuda, Kumasawa and Genji) don't seem to notice her at all.
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fandom.07th-expansion | # Belphegor
is the fourth sister of the Stakes of Purgatory, representing the demon and the corresponding sin of . She first appears in "Banquet of the Golden Witch".
Appearance.
Belphegor has black hair tied into a single ponytail and red eyes. Her clothes are the same as those of the other Stakes, being a red shirt over a pink tie and black leotard. She wears the One-Winged Eagle on her "skirt".
Personality.
Belphegor is hard-working and sensible, trying to make other people feel lazy and lethargic in her duties.
Abilities.
Like the other Sisters of Purgatory, Belphegor can create a magic sword and transform into a stake to fly at very high speeds and gouge people.
Background.
Belphegor is the fourth oldest demon in the Seven Sisters of Purgatory, being summoned by Beatrice to take part in her ceremony. Her vessel is that of a ceremonial stake set that Kinzo bought.
From an anti-fantasy perspective, Belphegor is an imaginary friend created by Yasuda and based off of the servant Leion.
Story.
Banquet of the Golden Witch.
Belphegor is first summoned by EVA-Beatrice to kill Rudolf. Belphegor and Rudolf decide to duel like in a Western movie, however Rudolf instead fires directly at EVA. Belphegor jumps in the way to block the bullet and soon retreats.
Alliance of the Golden Witch.
Belphegor and the other Stakes are summoned by Ange to keep her company. When Ange has a breakdown after repeated bullying, Belphegor begs her to stop denying the existence of the Stakes and destroying them. She is ultimately cast away with the others, leaving only Mammon to comfort Ange.
Other Appearances.
Umineko no Naku Koro ni Tsubasa.
In The Seven Sisters' Valentine, Belphegor decides to give Rudolf chocolate for Valentine's day as a way of commending their duel in "Banquet."
Golden Fantasia.
Belphegor is not playable, however she appears in Ange and Lucifer's attacks, and can be unlocked as a system voice.
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fandom.07th-expansion | # Benon
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fandom.07th-expansion | # Bern
| Bern |
fandom.07th-expansion | # Bernkastel
is an extremely powerful witch that has lived a thousand years. She first appears in "Legend of the Golden Witch" to become a spectator for Beatrice's game.
Appearance.
Bernkastel has long, steel-blue hair and emotionless purple eyes. Her primary clothing consists of a black and white Gothic Lolita dress with a blue ribbon, white cloth socks and black Mary Jane shoes. She seems to have a black cat tail with a blue ribbon tied on it.
In the original visual novel, she is depicted as an individual around her teens, whereas in the remakes, she is depicted as a child, almost half Ronove's height.
Personality.
Bernkastel initially appears emotionless and gets bored easily. She has forgotten the concept of pain and fear after centuries of being superior to others.
Deep down, Bern is sadistic and willing to kill or sacrifice anything or anyone for her own amusement. She treats her piece Erika like garbage when the latter fails to achieve any worthwhile results. She is just as, if not even more, playfully cruel than Lambdadelta, who shows a great fondness towards her and outright states that she loves her several times.
She has a tendency to hold grudges and that even a century won't make her forget the humiliation she suffered. As a result of this, she then creates a game where there won't be a happy ending, in the case when she lost a game to Beatrice.
Abilities.
Bern can use "magic of miracles" to reset a bad situation, as long as the chance of it becoming favourable is not zero. She has experienced having been played with and imprisoned in a cruel fate in the past by Lambdadelta when she was a human being. Hence, it seems she can't ignore the fate of those in same circumstances. Her weapon is a long black scythe, which separates miracles from reality.
She possesses the ability to transform into a cat and to evoke an apparently infinite number of cat furniture, such as in "Golden Fantasia" with her move "Here Kitty Deathlords" where Bern summons kitty deathlords to fire beams at her opponent. She is also capable of combining her cat furniture to create the monstrosity known as the Leviathan, such as in "Golden Fantasia" with her move "The Heartless Leviathan that Consumes All" where Bern summons a giant snake to swallow the opponent.
She can also manipulate Fragments as weapons and transform them into defensive tools. During her battle against Lambdadelta in "Twilight of the Golden Witch", the cohesion of her powers with those of the Witch of Certainty proved to be able to create and destroy entire narrative universes.
Background.
Before becoming a witch, Bernkastel suffered through a logic error in a game board created long ago by an unnamed Game Master. After struggling for a long time, Bern escaped her Logic Error and earned the title of "Witch of Miracles".
In "Twilight of the Golden Witch", Lambdadelta suggests that Bernkastel was originally a cat of Featherine Augustus Aurora, who was turned into a witch. Legend has it that Bernkastel wandered the sea of Fragments endlessly, searching for any Fragment that can revive her master from the pits of death called boredom, if even for a moment. Eventually, the cat revived her master.
Relationships.
Lambdadelta.
Bern loves Lambda and Lambda has a great interest in her. Lambda wants to have a mutual understanding with her since they've both suffered through logic errors in the past. According to Whose Tea Party, Bern used to be much different and started opening up when Lambda started playing with her.
The two witches often banter with each other through cruel yet lewd remarks. Bern sometimes loses control of her emotions, and so Lambda has to keep her calm.
Featherine Augustus Aurora.
Bern has served Featherine the longest out of all her mikos, having been granted her witch form by her in the past. She credits Featherine with having taught her how to tear up guts and drag them out. Bern is arguably more impolite than Ange, but Featherine still likes her and is grateful to Bern curing her boredom so long ago.
Erika Furudo.
Erika is the creation and piece of Bernkastel to act as her self-insert and double. Erika adores her creator and master more than anything, sometimes getting jealous of Lambdadelta's relationship with Bern. Erika is desperate for her master's approval and tries her best to live up to her expectations. However, Bernkastel cares little for Erika, as after "Dawn", Bern banished her to oblivion due to losing to Beatrice. No matter how much she is abused, ignored or thrown into oblivion by her master, Erika will continue to admire and serve Bern.
Role in the Story.
Legend of the Golden Witch.
Bernkastel first appears in the ???? serving as Beatrice's guest to view her games to kill her boredom. She also gives the reader a hint about Beatrice before leaving.
Turn of the Golden Witch.
At the end of the episode, Bern attends Beatrice's Halloween party wearing a goat disguise. Bored by the festivities, Bern leaves soon after.
In the ????, she speaks to Battler and helps him regain his strength to fight Beatrice. She establishes herself as not just a bystander and wants to help Battler win.
Banquet of the Golden Witch.
She briefly shows up during EVA-Beatrice's coronation ceremony.
In the ????, Bern heads to the world of 1998 and enlists Ange's help in defeating Beatrice and getting her brother back.
Alliance of the Golden Witch.
Bern helps Ange enter the meta world and become part of Battler and Beatrice's game, on the condition that she not reveal her identity. However, Ange is forced to break this rule in order to save Battler, who'd fallen into despair.
In the ????, Bern is lying in a bed with Lambda talking about Battler's theories. They laugh them off and then proclaim that Beato shall not win, and a miracle will certainly not occur.
End of the Golden Witch.
Bern takes a more active role in the plot, taking Battler's place in game against Lambda, who has become the new Game Master. She's played the game up until the second day, using her piece/self-insert Erika Furudo. Battler resumes his position soon after.
Throughout the game, Bern starts showing off her cruel side. She uses red to deny that Natsuhi was ever having tea with Beatrice before 1986, leaving Battler to complain since it had no bearing on the mystery.
In the Tea Party, after Battler is pierced with the red truth and Natsuhi is declared guilty, Bernkastel bestows Erika with a scythe and the title Witch of Truth.
Dawn of the Golden Witch.
Bernkastel spectates Erika's debate against Battler and later Beatrice. When the Witch of Truth eventually falls, Bern renounces ownership of her and sends Erika to oblivion.
Requiem of the Golden Witch.
Bernkastel puts together a miracle fragment made of several other fragments, and invites Willard H. Wright to come and investigate the mystery behind Beatrice's past. Bern doesn't allow him to leave until he can solve Beatrice/Clair's story.
In the Tea Party, Bern shows Ange and Lion the truth of what really happened on Rokkenjima, displaying the Rokkenjima Massacre; Ange is unable to handle the sight and falls apart into a pile of meat, much like her death in "Alliance". After that Bern sends Lion in their world where another Rokkenjima Massacre takes place. Lion almost dies, suffering from the same injuries that they had in that Massacre; Will saves them before it can happen. The two try to escape, and Bern chases after them with a swarm of cats.
In the ???, Bern makes herself the Game master of Beatrice’s game and declares in red that this game won’t have a happy ending.
Twilight of the Golden Witch.
Bern is invited to Battler's party and plays a game with him and Beatrice. Afterwards, Ange falls into the game and is later rescued, being convinced by Bern to join her and retrieve the Book of the One Truth. Bern and her companions then launch an attack on Rokkenjima, summoning hordes of goats to devour it.
The Book is retrieved and taken to the City of Books, where Ange reads it and commits suicide upon learning the truth of the Rokkenjima Massacre, much to Bern's amusement.
Ange then revives in the Golden Land and heads to the City of Books with Battler and Lambda to retrieve the Book before Featherine can reveal its secrets to the world. Bern engages Lambda in a fight of cosmic proportions, with the two witches becoming evenly matched; Featherine gets involved and kills Lambda, who falls to pieces.
Bern continues to guard the Book of the One Truth, and Battler and Ange confront her in a final battle. Bern initially kills Battler after assaulting him with closed-room mysteries, and he is swiftly revived once Ange accepts her role as the Witch of Resurrection. Ange then resurrects her entire family and all of the illusions, who had previously died when the Golden Land crumbled, and defeats Bern with a single strike, reducing her into a simple cat.
In the Tea Party, Bern accepts her defeat and bids farewell to Lambda after sewing her back together, saying they may meet again when something else cries.
Other Appearances.
Golden Fantasia.
Bernkastel is a playable character and has a story mode with Lambdadelta, Erika, and Willard. She is also available as a system voice.
Umineko no Naku Koro ni Tsubasa.
Bernkastel appears in several stories within "Tsubasa. "Bernkastel's Letter has her speaking to a friend about the rules of Beatrice's game.
The Witches' Tanabata has Bern granting a Tanabata wish for a young Ange, resulting in the relationship between Ange and Eva turning into a negative one.
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fandom.07th-expansion | # Bernkastel's Game
In "Twilight of the Golden Witch""," Bernkastel plays a game with Battler and Beatrice about a series of murders taking place on Rokkenjima. The murders follow the epitaph like in the main episodes, except characters will use purple statements. A character who isn't a culprit tells the truth when they speak in purple, but culprits may lie when they do.
At the end of Bern's story, the player must figure out who the culprit or culprits are. They may reread the twilights, access red truths and purple statements, or view hints, acted out in the form of discussion scenes between Battler and Beatrice. Making a wrong culprit selection will play a hint while making the correct choice will advance the story.
"Forgery of the Purple Logic"" "is a spin-off manga that follows a similar concept, encouraging the reader to find the culprit on their own.
Summary.
First Twilight.
The family conference was taking place in the dining hall throughout the night. At 6:00 in the morning, Gohda heads there to make breakfast and discovers six bodies: Eva, Hideyoshi, Rudolf, Kyrie, Rosa, and Genji. Everyone then gathered in the dining hall, with the cousins confirming the deaths of their own parents. Nanjo and Kanon confirmed that Genji was dead. After inspecting the dining hall, they confirm it was completely locked earlier and there was nothing suspicious lying around. There was also nobody hidden, as the survivors were all gathered in the parlor. Natsuhi supposes that the servants killed the six and locked the dining hall with their master keys. The servants don't have alibis, but neither does anybody else. In any case, Genji's master key was destroyed to protect from misuse later on.
Second Twilight.
The external phone lines were cut, so nobody could contact the police. Krauss and Natsuhi went to the second floor to talk privately, and when they didn't return after a while, everybody got concerned. The internal line was used to send calls to Krauss and Natsuhi's rooms but no response came, leading everyone to think something happened.
Everyone heads to Natsuhi's room together, with Shannon unlocking the door to find Krauss and Natsuhi's bodies. Nanjo confirmed that both of them died instantly, with Jessica adding that the windows and doors were all locked. The servants were all together, thus they can provide alibis for each other. To preserve the crime scene, tape was placed on the doors and windows to seal them. The dining hall was then sealed in the same way. Determining that the mansion itself should be preserved, the survivors sealed every mansion door and window with tape and retreated to the guesthouse.
Fourth Twilight.
Shannon and Kanon went outside for an errand, making everyone worry when they didn't come back after a while. The group searches for Shannon and finds her body lying in the rose garden, with George having to accept that she was really dead. Nobody except George had an alibi, as everyone was checking the locks to the guesthouse. Shannon's master key was then destroyed.
Kanon disappears forever when Shannon dies; he is treated as killed and his master key is treated as destroyed.
Fixth and Sixth Twilights.
The survivors hole up inside the cousin room and decide to double-check Nanjo, Kumasawa, and Gohda's testimonies. Inside the servant room, they find Gohda and Kumasawa's bodies, with Nanjo confirming that both of them died instantly. Once again, nobody has an alibi, with Jessica adding that with the way Gohda and Kumasawa died, the cousins and Nanjo couldn't have killed them. George thinks someone may have snuck in, but the guesthouse was still locked. Gohda and Kumasawa's master keys were then destroyed, leaving no keys left; nobody should be able to break into the guesthouse.
Seventh Twilight.
Nanjo was killed in the entrance hall of the guesthouse. The cousins find his corpse, with George confirming that the doctor died an instant death. Everything was locked, and there was no way for the cousins to kill him. There was proof that Nanjo never left the guesthouse, so how did he die?
Eighth Twilight.
Jessica flies out of the guesthouse in a rage and tries to find the culprit. The other cousins go after her, but they soon find her corpse lying on the ground. George and Maria confirm that Jessica died instantly, and Battler exclaims that none of the cousins could have killed her. George and Maria agree that the other is incapable of killing, and the narration ends.
Purple Statements and Red Truths.
First Twilight.
Six corpses
Checking the corpses
Closed room crime scene?
Genji's master key
Regarding master keys
Second Twilight.
Natsuhi and Krauss's room
Checking corpses and locks
Alibis for the servants
Genji's master key
Layout of the mansion
Culprit of the first twilight
Seals on the room
Fourth Twilight.
Shannon and Kanon vanish
Alibis
Shannon's master key
Kanon and the master key
Fifth/Sixth Twilight.
Two corpses
Alibis
Preserving the crime scene?
Seventh Twilight.
Nanjo's Corpse
Is one of the 4 the culprit?
Eighth Twilight.
Jessica's corpse
Who killed her?
Solution.
In the manga version of Bern's game, Battler presents an answer in the form of blue truth, transcribed below.
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fandom.07th-expansion | # Bernkastel's Letter
is a short story in that was originally included in EP3 Novelty Shorts released at Comiket 74 on August 16, 2008.
The translation here was made by theacefrehley on AnimeSuki, found here.
Plot Summary.
Bernkastel writes to a friend about the rules of Beatrice's game.
Release History.
Original Release.
"Bernkastel's Letter" was originally a text story compiled alongside Anti-Mystery vs. Anti-Fantasy in a companion booklet for "Banquet of the Golden Witch". It released at Comiket 74 on August 16, 2008.
Tsubasa.
"Bernkastel's Letter" was adapted into visual novel format with "Umineko no Naku Koro ni Tsubasa", released physically at Comiket 79 on December 31, 2010. It is the first arc in the collection and must be completed to unlock the other arcs.
The First and the Last Gift.
This arc was rereleased in "" on December 16, 2015.
Saku.
"Umineko no Naku Koro ni Saku" is a rerelease containing previously-released "Umineko" content, which includes "Tsubasa" and thus this arc. "Saku" released on October 4, 2019.
Ports.
This arc was ported into Symphony of Catbox and Dreams for the PS4 and Nintendo Switch, releasing on January 28, 2021.
Transcript.
■この小冊子は、『うみねこのなく頃に』エピソード３をクリアされた方を前提にしています。<br>■This booklet is intended for those who have completed Episode 3 of Umineko no Naku Koro ni.
先に読んでもよくわからないだけです。<br>どうかぜひ、エピソード３を終えてからお読み下さい。<br>It's a little confusing to read otherwise.<br>Please read this after Episode 3.
読んでもいいけど、どうせ意味、わかんないわよ…？<br>まぁ、エピソードを終えてから読んでも、どうせわからないと思うけど。<br>くすくすくす。<br>You want to read it, but you won't know what it means anyway...?<br>Well, if you read it after the episode, you may not understand it anyway.<br>Hehehehe.
親愛なる友へ。To my beloved friend
お元気ですか、というお約束的な挨拶は、今の貴方にはきっと皮肉。 だからこう聞く方がきっと親切。 まだ生きてる？親愛なる友よ。'Are you feeling well?'; such a conventional greeting would most certainly sound like sarcasm to you now.That's why it'd be kinder of me to ask like this.Are you still alive, my beloved friend? 先日はお返事をありがとう。Thanks for the reply the other day.
まさか貴方に、未だ筆を取るだけの気力が残っていたとは驚きです。 まぁ、返事を書くように促したのは私なのだけれど。 それでも貴方が、私の為に筆を取るだけの気力を奮い起こしてくれたこと自体がとても驚き。あるいは奇跡。I got very surprised that you still had energy to at least write to me.Well, the one who urged you to write an answer was me, though.Even so, the fact that you mustered energy to at least write for me, for my sake, was a great surprise.Or a miracle.
そして貴重なる助言をありがとう。 私も貴方の意見に同感。多分、黒幕はラムダデルタ。 あの子は私に復讐するためだけに、私ともっとも相性の悪い魔女を見つけ出し、私が誘き出されてくるのを待 っていたのでしょう。 まんまとあいつの罠にはまったわけです。 …なるほど。それが可笑しくて貴方は筆を取ったのかしら。貴方の意地悪な笑い顔が、手に取るようにわかるわ。And also, thanks for the valuable suggestion.I agree with your opinion too.Perhaps, the wire puller is indeed Lambda-DeltaThat girl probably found a witch who has the worst affinity with me just to take revenge on me and awaited for me to be lured.And I fell to her trap like a duck... I see.I guess this is so ridiculous it made you write to me.I feel you're wearing your malicious smile.
ただ、貴方の病気を考えると、私にとって彼女は貴重な存在かもしれない。 彼女が私よりもはるかに高位の魔女であるならば、つまりそれは、それだけあなたの病気に近い ということ。 つまりそれこそが、貴方を、いえ、私たちを蝕む病気から逃れる唯一の方法であり、彼女はそれを実践してい るということ。…そして皮肉にも、彼女はそれを私に教えてくれているということ。 まぁ、どうでもいいことかもね。でも、あの子の茶番に付き合うことで、貴方の病気が少しでも快方に向かうのならば。どうかぜひ、私に力を貸してほしいの。But, when I think about your disease, maybe she is a precious being to me.If she is a much higher-ranked witch than I, it means that that is very close to your disease.In other words, it means that that is the only way to escape from the disease that eats into you, no, into us, and she is putting it into practice... And ironically, it also means she is teaching it to me.But, if by getting on with that girl's farce, your disease will get better.I'd like you to please lend me your strength.
ラムダデルタは、このゲーム盤に私は“絶対”に勝てないと豪語している。 その時点で逆説的にルールＸは判明しているの。本当に馬鹿な子ね。 つまり、物語が常に６月２０日から始まるようなもの。恐らくこれが、ベアトリーチェなる魔女の心臓部でしょう。Lambda-Delta boasted that I will 'absolutely' not be able to win in this game board.At that time, I paradoxically identified the rule X.She's really a stupid girl.In other words, it's like the story that always starts from June, 20th.Probably, this is the core of the Witch Beatrice.
なるほど、だとするとこのベアトリーチェという魔女は確かに面白い。 私もあの子も、そして貴方も知らなかった世界を、彼女は切り拓いている。 それを魔法の根源とするルールＹ。 ラムダデルタも少し触れたようだけど、彼女の域には到底及んでいない。 もしこれこそを魔法と呼ぶならば、ベアトリーチェを除き、私たちは誰一人魔女などと名乗れないに違いない わ。 その意味において、自らの魔法体系を組み上げた彼女は、魔女としては初心の部類に入りながらも、その域は 魔女をすでに凌駕して、…貴方の域にまで踏み込み掛けていると言えるかもしれない。 もし彼女がそれを強く意識し、理解したならば。 私は愚か、ラムダデルタさえも足元には及ばない。……そして多分きっと、貴方と同じ病に冒されることでしょう。 しかしそれにしても、実に面白い。このルールＹこそが、魔女ベアトリーチェの存在そのものではないかと見ているの。Indeed, if we consider it that way, this Witch named Beatrice certainly is interesting.She opened up a world that I, that girl and you didn't know.The rule Y that makes it into the source of the magic.It seems Lambda-Delta touched it a bit but too, but she can't possibly reach her level.If we call this very thing as magic, except for Beatrice, certainly not one of us can be called a witch.In that sense, we may say that since she put together her own magic system, even if she enters the beginners' class, as a witch, her level already surpasses the witches, ... and she is starting to step even into your level.If she were strongly aware of that and comprehended it.Not even Lambda-Delta would be a match for her, and I even less.And most probably, I'll be afflicted with the same disease as you.However, even so, this is really interesting.I see this rule Y as the very existence of the witch Beatrice.
そう。ここまでは私も解析できた。 そしてもう一つ、ルールＺがあるのは間違いないの。 だってルールＸとＹだけでは説明できない現象が余りに多数、観測されているから。That's right.I managed to analyze this far.And certainly there's one more rule, the rule Z.Because the number of phenomenona being observed that can't be explained with rules X and Y alone is way too big.
ルールZの正体は不明。 ラムダデルタの言動から探るに、どうもこの要素が私にとって致命的に相性が悪いものの様子。 “それ”がヒントなのだとしたら、……いったい何なのかしら。Rule Z's true colours are unknown.By Lambda-Delta's speech, it seems that this component has a lethally bad affinity to me.If we take 'that' as a hint, ... what on earth could it be?
私は取り合えずこのルールＺを、真相から煙に巻く、迷路的な存在だと仮定してみた。 つまり、ルールＸとＹに私を近付けまいとする迷路ね。For now, I assumed that this rule Z is a maze-like existence putting haze over the truth.In other words, a maze to not let me come close to rules X and Y.
私の力は、百年を掛けて迷路の全ての分岐を確かめて地図を書き上げるのに似ている。 つまり、どんなに複雑な迷路であろうとも、いつかは必ず攻略できるということ。（ちなみにラムダデルタの場合だと、出口に辿り着くまで、千年を掛けようとも右壁に沿って歩き続けるような ものなのかしら。いいえ、出口まで一直線に一切回り道をせず、全ての壁に穴を開けて通り抜けていくような感じね ）My power is just like writing up a map, making sure of all the forks of the maze, spending a hundred years.In other words, no matter how complex is the maze, one day, I'll certainly be able to walk through it.(By the way, if it was Lambda-Delta, I guess she'd just keep on walking along the walls until she arrived at the exit, even if it took a thousand years.No, it feels more like she would cut through all the walls by making holes, in straight line, until the exit, without taking detours at all.)
そんな私と“相性の悪い迷路”とは一体何…？ 考え付くのはひとつしかない。 つまり、……地図を書いていくことが意味のない迷路。 例えば、ぐにゃぐにゃと常に形を変える不定形の迷路とでも言えばいいのか。 なるほど、この概念なら、ラムダデルタの言うジャンケンでも説明できるかもしれない。…私の力でも攻略できない迷路でも、壁を貫いてゴールに向かえる彼女にはまったく障害ではないわ けだし。What on earth could such a maze with bad affinity with me be...?There's only one thing I can think of.In other words, ... it is a maze where it's meaningless to write maps.Would it be alright to say that, for example, it is a maze of indefinite shape that constantly changes the shape, flexibly?I see, if it is this general idea, I may be able to explain it with the Jan-Ken-Pon game that Lambda-Delta speaks of... Even if it is a maze that I can't walk through with my power, it must not be an obstacle for her, who can go towards the goal through the walls.
……概念では理解できるの。でもルールとして捉えようとすると、全く理解ができない。 だってルールとは本来、不変なものでしょう？ 不定形なるものがルールであるなんて、私の知る常識を超えている。 固体でなければならないのに、液体である一面を持つなんて。……まるで水銀ね。 水銀はラテン語で“生きた銀”。 そして不老不死に通じると信じられ、錬金術師たちの研究対象として珍重された。 皮肉ね。つまりはまさに、彼女の自称する魔女や錬金術につながるということ。 このルールＺが解けない限り、……いいえ、解けないからこそ、ベアトリーチェはまさに魔女であるというこ と。... I can understand it using this general idea.But, if I try to grasp it as a rule, I can't understand it at all.Because, originally, rules are immutable things, right?Indefinite things being rules are beyond my common sense.Even though it should be solid, it possesses a fluid face... Like mercury.In Latin, mercury means 'living silver'.They believed it that leads to perpetual youth and it was highly valued as research object of the alchemists.It's ironic.In other words, it links to the alchemy and the witches, as she calls herself.Unless I can unravel this rule Z, ... no, just because I can't unravel it, Beatrice will be exactly a witch.
……あぁ、ここまで書いていて腹立たしくなっていったわ。 あなたはここまでを読んで、絶対に笑っているわ。えぇ、賭けてもいい。 そろそろ私の困り顔を見て、さらに嘲笑ってやりたくなってきたころでしょう。... Aah, after writing so much, I got irritated.If you did read until here, you must be laughing.Eeh, you can bet.Very soon you'll want to sneer at me even more after seeing my troubled face.
近いうちに貴方のところへお見舞いに行くわ。 見舞いの品は私。好きなだけ嘲り笑うといい。好きでしょう？そういうのは。 だから久し振りの友人を迎える為に、どうか生き返ってちょうだい。Before long, I'll go to pay you a visit.The get-well gift will be me.You can sneer at me as much as you want.You like it, right? To do that.So, so that I can meet a friend I haven't seen for so long, please, revive.
まだ親愛であると信じている貴方の友人 ベルンカステルよりFrom Bernkastel, your friend who still believes to be dear to you.
Poems.
愛とは幻想、勘違い。相思相愛とは、互いに愛されているという相互の勘違い。そして婚約とは、その勘違いから生涯目覚めないことの誓いである。 ────Ｒｏｎｏｖｅ
Love is an illusion, a misunderstanding.Mutual love is a mutual misunderstanding of being mutually loved.And engagement is a vow to not wake up for your whole life from that misunderstanding.Ronove
彼の部屋からいろいろなものが見付かった。それらの証拠から、私はあなたに愛されていると推論できる。Many things were found from his room.From those evidences, it is possible to deduce that I am loved by you.
私の部屋からいろいろなものが見付かった。それらの証拠から、私もあなたを愛していると推論できる。Many things were found from my room.From those evidences, it is possible to deduce that I also love you.
彼女の部屋から何も見つけられなかった。しかし未発見の浮気の証拠Ｘの存在を、私は否定できない。 ────Ｆｒｅｄｅｒｉｃａ Ｂｅｒｎｋａｓｔ ｅｌNothing was found from her room.However, I can't deny the existence of an undiscovered evidence X of unfaithfulness. Frederica Bernkastel
| Bernkastel's Letter |
fandom.07th-expansion | # Bernkastel's Letter/Summary
Bernkastel writes a letter to her “beloved friend,” asking if they’re alive and well. She states her surprise that her friend still had energy to write to her, calling it a miracle. Bern also thanks her friend for the suggestion that Lambda might be the one responsible for finding another witch to trap her, one with similar affinity. Bern then saycs Lambda might be a precious being to her, being much higher-ranked and closer to having the same disease Bern’s friend has; Bern is learning how to deal with this disease by watching Lambda.
Bern then asks her friend to give her strength, saying that Lambda claimed she would not win the game board with and forcing Bern to identify “rule X.” Bern remembers the story that always begins on June 20th, saying it’s the core of Beatrice’s game. Rule Y is what elevates Beatrice’s game into magic, and if they can’t touch this rule and examine it then they may as well not be witches. Beatrice’s magic system is elevating her past the level of other witches and is encroaching on the recipient’s level. In some time, Bern and Lambda will fall to her, and Bern will receive the same disease.
Bern then talks about Rule Z, having determined that Rules X and Y are not enough to explain everything. Bern assumes Rule Z to be like a maze preventing her from figuring out X and Y. Bern’s powers let her see every possible path through the maze and reach the end eventually, but Lambda’s powers let her walk through the walls completely. Even so, Bern thinks this maze has a bad affinity with her because it constantly changes shape; until Bern can unravel this Rule Z that should be immutable, Beatrice will still be called a witch. Bern imagines her recipient reading up to that point and laughing, and then writes that she will be visiting them soon, signing off. The location changes to show that of someone's study.
The tip ends with poems from Ronove and Frederica Bernkastel.
Love is an illusion, a misunderstanding.
Mutual love is a mutual misunderstanding of being mutually loved.
And engagement is a vow to not wake up for your whole life from that misunderstanding.
-Ronove
Many things were found from his room. From those evidences, it is possible to deduce that I am loved by you.
Many things were found from my room. From those evidences, it is possible to deduce that I also love you.
Nothing was found from her room. However, I can't deny the existence of an undiscovered evidence X of unfaithfulness.
-Frederica Bernkastel
Background Music
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fandom.07th-expansion | # Bernkastel/Gallery
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fandom.07th-expansion | # Bernkastel/Other Appearances
This page details Bernkastel's other appearances and involvement in "Umineko"-related media outside the original story.
Bernkastel is a playable character in "Golden Fantasia".
Bernkastel appears as a unit, .
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fandom.07th-expansion | # Bernkastel/Sprites
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fandom.07th-expansion | # Berune
| Berune |
fandom.07th-expansion | # Beyond Midnight Arc
| Beyond Midnight Arc |
fandom.07th-expansion | # Beyond Midnight Arc Manga Volume 1
| Beyond Midnight Arc Manga Volume 1 |
fandom.07th-expansion | # Beyond Midnight Arc Manga Volume 2
| Beyond Midnight Arc Manga Volume 2 |
fandom.07th-expansion | # Bice
| Bice |
fandom.07th-expansion | # Birth of a new witch
Birth of a new witch is the ending theme for the second installment of the Umineko no Naku Koro ni Chiru series—Dawn of the Golden Witch. The song was performed by Zakuro Motoki, written by E.Kida and composed by Luck Ganriki.
The full version was released on 15th August, 2009 as a part of the album Ougon Syndrome, even before the release of Dawn of the Golden Witch. It was later featured in a couple of other albums such as Umineko no Naku Koro ni Chiru musicbox -Kiri no Pithos-, Dear Golden Witch, Umineko no Naku Koro ni Arrange Album "Akoustika IV" and Millenary for Umineko no Naku Koro ni Chiru.
Lyrics.
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fandom.07th-expansion | # Bizarre Bunnies
was the twenty-first event in . It is a bunny-girl themed event that ran from July 11, 2021 until July 20, 2021.
Boosted Units.
The following units increased event-related drops when brought into battle. They are units associated with this event.
All following units have a rarity of SSR.
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fandom.07th-expansion | # Black Battler
, also called B. Battler and the , is an evil version of Battler Ushiromiya who personifies Battler culprit theories. He first appears in "Forgery no.XXX".
Profile.
"Known as "Black Battler". An existence born from the Fragment of the Battler culprit theory, which is spelled out in some Forgeries. Although he is a piece that looks the same as Battler Ushiromiya, his role is completely different. He is free to do anything as long as the audience is not bored."
Appearance.
Black Battler initially has the same appearance as Battler, but when entering the Golden Land he gains a new appearance and different-colored clothes. His eyes are red with cat-like pupils. He now wears a purple suit and pants, with a red tie and black shirt.
Personality.
He usually talks in an almost emotionless, slow and calm fashion, though he is also prone to fits of deranged laughter. He is also extremely sadistic and cruel at times. In Bernkastel's game, he is also deceptive, to the point that it is believable, going as far as faking tears and denying it when Maria found out that he and his parents were the culprits. Interestingly, however, he seems to regret his role as the culprit. As he is created to entertain the theories of Battler being the culprit, it is possible his personality is simply that of a Battler forced to kill and act like a cold-blooded killer.
Abilities.
The full extent of his powers are unknown, but he was able to defeat Ronove with ease.
In "Golden Fantasia", Black Battler's moveset is made up of alternate variants of Battler's moveset. The main difference is in his SP2, which is a reenactment of the end of Bernkastel's game in "Twilight of the Golden Witch", where Rudolf and Kyrie appear next to him and rapidly shoot the opponent. Interestingly, he wields "Black Forgery" based attacks, in comparison to Battler who wields Blue Truth based attacks. He is also able to lie with the Purple Declaration since he is a culprit.
Background.
Black Battler's origins are unclear. What is known about him is that he is powered by the culprit theories of Battler and his family. In "Forgery no.XXX", Ronove states that he appeared in "Land of the Golden Witch "and "Trinity of the Golden Witch", game boards created by Beatrice.
In "Golden Fantasia", some characters suggest other possible origins for Black Battler. Dialogue with Bernkastel suggests that she created him when making her game. Another dialogue with Erika Furudo suggests that he was created in "End of the Golden Witch" when Battler made a theory using himself as the culprit to counter Erika's Natsuhi culprit theory.
Role in the Story.
Twilight of the Golden Witch.
Black Battler as a concept first appears in Bernkastel's game. He and his parents are revealed to be the culprits, with Battler himself having killed Shannon. They soon kill Maria and George.
In the manga, during the battle in the Golden Land, Erika summons several goats to take the form of Ushiromiya family members, inspired by the culprit theories of the future. The Battler goat proves to be the strongest because of how common Battler culprit theories are, but Beatrice kills him without a thought using the red truth that "Ushiromiya Battler is not the culprit!"
Umineko no Naku Koro ni Hane.
"Forgery no.XXX" features the first proper appearance of Black Battler with his purple suit. He arrives on Rokkenjima as Battler Ushiromiya, then enters the Golden Land and assumes his true form. Ronove greets him and then they duel, ending with Ronove's death. Beatrice then welcomes Black Battler. Black Battler displays awareness of Tohya's existence, addressing the latter directly and challenging him to stop him.
Black Battler soon returns to the game board and orders Kanon to help him in his murders.
Golden Fantasia.
In Hard Mode, Black Battler is the final boss, consisting of a team with himself and his palette swap, and has all of the other characters' special abilities (excluding Lambdadelta, Bernkastel and Willard). After defeating him, a picture of him with staff comments is unlocked.
Black Battler can also be unlocked as a playable character by beating Arcade Mode once on any difficulty as a team of Battler and any other character. Black Battler has only one story mode route with Shannon. In this route, the two of them join forces to commit murders on Rokkenjima. At the very end, Shannon offers her life to Black Battler and is killed by him.
He also appears implicitly in Kanon and Battler's story mode, which is a retelling of the events in "Forgery no. XXX. "
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fandom.07th-expansion | # Black Battler/Gallery
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fandom.07th-expansion | # Black Battler/Image Gallery
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fandom.07th-expansion | # Black Tea Gentleman
is the second ranked youkai of the shadows and the "vice principal", having the ability to create illusions. He first appears in The Princess' Lie.
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Appearance.
The Black Tea Gentleman has short red hair with a long white streak. He wears a gold earring on one ear, a black and blue tuxedo, and white pants with red shoes. He wears many medals on his shirt, a black collar around his neck, and a red belt around one wrist and a blue spiked band on the other.
Black Tea Gentleman's human outfit features him wearing a less cluttered black tuxedo, white shirt and blue vest with the same white pants and red shoes.
Personality.
The Black Tea Gentleman is laid-back and supportive, but like other youkai he delights in feasting on humans' souls, especially from innocent kids like Midori.
Background.
The Black Tea Gentleman is an unnamed youkai, but he doesn't mind his nickname since he is a fan of tea. He and many of the other ranked youkai inhabited the school when it was chaotic and full of other youkai, later coming into power and forming a hierarchy when the students started to believe in the seven mysteries. The Gentleman would later get a job in human form as the vice principal of the school and support the human principal.
The Black Tea Gentleman forms a contract with Midori Kusunoki where he grants her wish of becoming like her rival Nozomi Kawada and puts her into an illusory world where she's the center of attention, gaining a portion of her soul in exchange.
Role in the Story.
The Princess' Lie.
Midori summons the Gentleman to complain about these strange pains she's been getting. He tells her not to worry and just focus on her performance. Midori remembers the day she first met the Black Tea Gentleman and how he gave her the princess life she dreamed about, in exchange for a part of her soul.
Midori's phantom pains intensify, and she wonders if the Black Tea Gentleman has contracted with another girl like Nozomi to cause harm to her. The gentleman assures her that he'll always be by her side and encourages her to do her best, and to not let her rival get the best of her. Midori leaves in angered determination, and the youkai devours another part of her soul.
Midori gets changed into her play outfit and sees lots of mysterious bruises all over her body, with the Black Tea Gentleman appearing once again and telling her not to worry. Marie appears and confronts him, asking that he let Midori go and free her from her curse. The tea drinker is unwilling to let go of a delicious soul like Midori's and fights Marie, but he ultimately admits defeat and frees Midori from her illusion. Midori realizes that she wished all along to have the role of Nozomi Kawada and was living in an illusion, and the Black Tea Gentleman invites her back into it.
The Lunar Festival.
Black Tea Gentleman attends the moon viewing party with the other ranked youkai, wearing a new outfit.
Welcome to the Mirror World.
Marie enters the mirror world and meets the opposite version of the Black Tea Gentleman, who is providing support for the mirror Midori in her acting endeavors.
Before the Spider Lilies Bloomed.
Black Tea Gentleman and other youkai reminisce on how they came to power.
After School.
In this dream world, Black Tea Gentleman and Izanami bicker and try to pit Midori and Aya against each other.
Other Appearances.
The Inhuman Teacher.
The Black Tea Gentleman appears in human form as the vice principal and lectures Kanamori about his apparent favoritism towards Emi Himuro because of their frequent after-school lessons. He suggests that he stop lessons and allow Emi to learn by herself, but Kanamori ignores him and continues having lessons with Emi, moving their lesson location to a new place.
When Emi is hit by a truck and shows little chance of recovery, Kanamori cries in school that night. The Black Tea Gentleman appears again and lectures him about how he is a teacher, therefore he's inhuman. He allows Kanamori to cry but reminds him that he's still the teacher for dozens of other students, and that he needs to be ready for school tomorrow and act like nothing has ever happened. Kanamori refuses and insists that he's still human, to which the Black Tea Gentleman has no reply and disappears.
| Black Tea Gentleman |
fandom.07th-expansion | # Black Tea Gentleman/Sprites
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fandom.07th-expansion | # Blood
, also known as Brad, is a character appearing in "Vespio 2438".
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fandom.07th-expansion | # Blood/Sprites
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fandom.07th-expansion | # Bloodhounds
The are a secret elite combat force deployed by Tokyo for the utmost emergencies.
Background.
Similar to the Mountain Dogs, the Bloodhounds were formed by Tokyo as a secret military unit attached to the Self-Defense Force. Unlike the Mountain Dogs however, the Bloodhounds are specially trained in combat and weaponry, having far superior equipment than the former.
Divisions and Members.
Members of the Bloodhounds have codenames as Retrievers.
Story.
Minagoroshi.
The Bloodhounds are mentioned for the first time when Tomitake figures that their presence is not necessary for protecting Rika.
Matsuribayashi.
Irie suggests calling in the Bloodhounds to help defeat Takano and the Mountain Dogs, however he's concerned that they'll destroy evidence and annihilate the village, the same thing Takano was planning anyway. Akasaka assures him that there won't be such a thing, as their goal should be to resolve the conflict quietly while villagers are still confused.
Tomitake speaks to Bloodhound members, who are investigating Takano's background. They discover evidence of embezzlement committed by the Irie Institute and that Takano had close relationships with the late Koizumi and Dr. Takano, when it was assumed they were completely unrelated. The Bloodhounds come to the conclusion that Takano has received funding from Koizumi for purposes unrelated to research and has amassed over 1 billion yen.
The Bloodhounds later inform Tomitake that Rika Furude the queen carrier has been found dead, though it was over 48 hours ago and no change in Hinamizawa has been reported. They also tell him that the Mountain Dogs were assembled. Tomitake tells the Bloodhounds to be on standby in a few hours to prepare for potential revolt by the Mountain Dogs.
After Tomitake discovers what Takano and the Dogs are planning, he joins Rika's group and is taken to a phone booth outside Okinomiya, where he tells the Bloodhounds everything he's been through and summons them to the village. The Bloodhounds finally arrive after 20 minutes to take control of the Irie Clinic and arrest the Mountain Dogs. They also surround Takano and try to arrest her as well but Tomitake defends her when he says she's developed Hinamizawa Syndrome.
It's suggested later that some of the Bloodhounds were impressed by Satoko's traps and asked her for tips.
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fandom.07th-expansion | # Bloody Battle
UraHigu.
Shion visits Satoshi in a coma and notices two teddy bears next to him. They are pixelated. Irie tells Shion that Satoshi bought them for Satoko's birthday and will return with them, then Shion replies that something's wrong.
| Bloody Battle |
fandom.07th-expansion | # Blue Miyao
| Blue Miyao |
fandom.07th-expansion | # Blue Text
| Blue Text |
fandom.07th-expansion | # Blue Truth
The is a rule introduced in "Alliance of the Golden Witch" by Beatrice for Battler Ushiromiya to use in his reasoning.
Presentation.
Blue Truth is presented in the original sound novels through blue text and a thudding sound effect playing. The nature of how the Blue Truth is distinguished from other words by the characters (aside from the reader for obvious reasons) is unknown. Blue Truth can be manifested as stakes.
When Blue Truth is used in the anime, the words appear with a sound effect and fly around the area.
Due to color printing limitations in the manga, the blue text is signified with a solid line next to them in the Japanese version and replaced with black-outlined white letters in a different font in the official English version.
Overview.
It is mainly used to represent a possibility to counter the logic of the Witch's Side, but can also be used against humans as well. Statements said in the Blue Truth must continue to abide by the Red Truth and can be assumed to be true, unless they are directly refuted by the Red Truth, or the Golden Truth.
The Blue Truth must be used in a manner that advances the user's overall theory, rather than simply fishing for more information; for Battler, any assertion he makes in blue must directly deny the influence of the supernatural in the events of Rokkenjima. Since such a denial, if accepted as true, weakens the Golden Witch, this forces her to shoot down blue statements with Red Truth, rather than declining to answer as in the second and third games. The Witch side may delay until the end of the game to challenge Blue Truths; after all, only one puzzle unsolved by any explanation other than magic is enough to sustain the Illusion of the Witch, but one carelessly phrased Red Truth can eliminate the possibility of magic from all of them. One effective denial isn't fatal, but unchallenged denial of magic in "all" the mysteries becomes a categorical denial of Witches.
The use of the Blue Truth can be analogous to a shot-gun in contrast to the Red Truth, which would be akin to a single-shot handgun. To counter the Red Truth, Battler previously attempted to defeat Beatrice by introducing theories she could not repeat in Red; following the gun metaphor, his approach forced him to fire once and reload every time he missed. The Blue Truth enables him to attack Beatrice with multiple possibilities at once, like the scattering effect of an exploding shot-gun shell. Though most of the projectiles may miss, there is still the possibility that at least one shot will hit the target.
Blue Truth can be used by both humans and witches.
List of Blue Truths Used in the Series.
"Alliance of the Golden Witch".
Chapter 4: Red Truth, Blue Truth
Chapter 17: Cause of the Tragedy
Chapter 19: Ushiromiya Ange
Tea PartyRegarding Kinzo
Regarding the Fourth to Sixth Twilights of the second game
Regarding the third game
Regarding the fourth game
Regarding the First Twilight of the first game
Regarding the Second Twilight of the first game
Regarding the Fourth Twilight of the first game
Regarding the Sixth to Eight Twilights of the first game
Regarding the Ninth Twilight of the first game
Regarding the First Twilight of the second game
Regarding the Second Twilight of the second game
Regarding Kanon's reappearance in the second game
Regarding the First Twilight of the third game
Regarding Nanjo's death in the third game
"End of the Golden Witch".
Chapter 2: A Proper Mystery
Chapter 6: Those Who Reach It
Chapter 10: Morning of Tragedy (Regarding the First Twilight)
Chapter 11: Ten Wedges to Pierce Witches (Regarding Kinzo's disappearance from his study)
Chapter 12: Reasoning and InspectionRegarding the knock and letter
Regarding Kinzo's disappearance from his study
Chapter 14: The Great Court of Illusions
Regarding the First Twilight
Regarding Kinzo
"Dawn of the Golden Witch".
Chapter 4: The Source of Magic (Regarding the candy-cup incident)
Chapter 12: About the Crime Scene (Regarding the First Twilight)
Chapter 14: Logic Error
Chapter 16: The Demon Wedding Ceremony
Chapter 18: Red and Blue Truth
"Requiem of the Golden Witch".
Chapter 1: The Murder of Beatrice
"Twilight of the Golden Witch".
Chapter 7: The Bern Puzzle
Chapter 9: The Visitor Who Came Late
Chapter 10: Black Cat Scratch Marks (Regarding Battler and Erika's duel)
Chapter 11: Hachijo TohyaRegarding Battler and Erika's duel
Regarding Beatrice's challenge to Ange
Regarding Battler and Erika's duel
"Twilight of the Golden Witch" (Manga).
Only blue truths that are not in the original visual novel will be listed in this section. Some blue truths may be rephrased, but if their meaning is similar, they will not be included.
Chapter 12: Bern's Challenge
Chapter 19: Black Cat's Claw Marks 4Regarding the sixth game
Chapter 20: Battle in the Chapel 1Regarding the fifth game
Chapter 21: Battle in the Chapel 2Regarding Beatrice's challenge to Ange
Regarding the fifth game
Chapter 31: After the Battle
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fandom.07th-expansion | # Blunder
Blunder is the fourth episode of the and the fourth episode of Legend of the Golden Witch.
Synopsis.
In the wake of Eva and Hideyoshi's deaths, the remaining survivors seek refuge in Kinzo's study. Another letter from Beatrice is found, and the servants and Maria are forced to go to the parlor on account of suspicion. All seems well until those in the study receive a strange phone call.
Plot Summary.
First Half.
George falls into despair at the sight of Eva and Hideyoshi's corpses, having lost his fiancee and now his parents. Natsuhi finds another letter from Beatrice, placed underneath the door.
As they lock Eva's door to preserve the crime scene for when the police arrive, the group notices an odd smell filling the mansion. Kanon goes to investigate the boiler room along with Kumasawa.
The cousins theorize about Eva and Hideyoshi's deaths when Maria chimes in, mocking Battler's insistence that the culprit can't be any of the family members or servants. After a knock on the head from Battler, Maria explains that the symbol drawn on Eva's door is another magic circle, one that can unlock any lock. Jessica and George talk about Maria's strange behavior and how she's so upbeat despite her mother being killed. They believe that Maria knows who Beatrice really is and is hiding the fact.
Kanon and Kumasawa arrive at the boiler room, discovering that the weird smell is indeed coming from there. Kanon goes in by himself, sure that Beatrice is inside. He grabs a cleaver from the wall and announces his defiance of Beatrice as golden butterflies swarm the room. Nobody responds, and Kanon gets stabbed with a stake as clanging noises are heard. Natsuhi and the rest of the group enter the boiler room, where Kanon has pulled the stake out and is bleeding to death. Battler sees an open door leading outside and runs through, hoping to catch the culprit. He shines his flashlight through the darkness only to find nothing.
Genji shows off the bloodied stake to the family as Nanjo works on saving Kanon; this was the same kind of stake used to kill Eva and Hideyoshi. They've also determined that the smell was coming from Kinzo, whose charred corpse was inside the incinerator. Battler is skeptical at the corpse being Kinzo's until Natsuhi points out his extra toes, a result of Kinzo's polydactyly. Genji also notices that Kinzo is missing the Head's Ring on his finger.
As Nanjo and Jessica work on Kanon, the rest of the group sits in the parlor. George believes there really is a 19th person as Battler suggests that maybe one of the first six victims faked their death; the corpses' faces were destroyed, so any of them could've been fakes. Nanjo and Jessica return to the parlor, where she breaks down crying as the old doctor reports that Kanon is dead. George wonders how the culprit could move around the mansion freely, with Genji suggesting that maybe they stole Gohda or Shannon's master keys.
The group decides to retreat to Kinzo's study, which should be the safest room in the house. Maria notes that even Beatrice can't get into the study, pointing at the scorpion magic circles on the doorknobs, the same ones as on her charms. The clock strikes 21:59.
Second Half.
At 22:00, the survivors enter Kinzo's study and Genji closes the door, which automatically locks. He explains that there are only two master keys that can open the study, and Kinzo and Genji have them; Kinzo's key was on his corpse, which the servant retrieved. Jessica expresses fear that the culprit somehow dragged Kinzo out of his room despite the autolock, and Battler reminds her of the protective charm on the doorknobs. Natsuhi pulls out the scorpion charm that she hung on her own door, and Maria explains that Beatrice couldn't touch her because of it; Natsuhi realizes that that was why the strange marks appeared. She then reads out the letter they found in Eva's room, but it only has one sentence: "praise my name". They take it as a message from Beatrice, with the group finally asking Genji who she really was.
Genji explains that Beatrice has been dead for a long time. Kinzo was unhappy after having a forced marriage, and then fell in love with Beatrice. After her death, Kinzo turned to black magic to find a way to revive her. George sympathizes with him, saying he would do the same to revive Shannon. Battler asks Genji if Kinzo ever had any kids with Beatrice, to which he denies the thought. Jessica starts talking about a rumor that Kinzo donated to an orphanage and took kids from there to use as sacrifices for black magic experiments, when Natsuhi asks her to stop.
Battler then realizes that the murders were following the epitaph; the six people in the tool shed were "the six chosen by the key", Eva and Hideyoshi were "the two who were close", and Kinzo and Kanon had their heads and chests gouged, respectively. Jessica notes the next few lines requiring three more people to die, while George mentions the last line, where "none shall be left alive". Maria laughs at this development, saying that the witch will revive everyone at the end.
Natsuhi suggests that someone else is following the epitaph since Kinzo is dead, when Maria points to a letter; another one has suddenly appeared on the table behind them. Natsuhi aims her gun at Genji, Nanjo and Kumasawa, ordering them to stand against the wall as Battler reads the letter: it's another message from Beatrice, mocking them and telling them to abandon all hopes of leaving the island alive. Since Genji, Nanjo, Kumasawa, or Maria are the only possible suspects for planting the letter, Natsuhi forces them to leave the study; they comply, and Genji leaves his keys with her.
As Maria begins to leave, Battler hands her his scorpion charm, which he lied about losing earlier so he could contradict her. Jessica wonders if they made the right choice in forcing them out; if none of them were culprits, then they could very well be in danger. Battler looks through the letter again and sees it came with yet another strange symbol drawn on a piece of paper. After doing some research in Kinzo's books, they determine that it's a magic circle meant to cause discord and divide people; the group realizes that they played right into Beatrice's hands.
Suddenly, the phone rings with Maria singing on the other end. Natsuhi's group rushes downstairs to find Genji, Nanjo, and Kumasawa murdered, their faces destroyed and stakes in their corpses, and Maria standing in the corner still singing.
Teaser.
George narrates the preview, saying how everyone is talking about him. They call him Tomitake 2 and that he's "one damn good looking man." George blows off these compliments and tells them to remember that they will never again call him an idiot who can't protect his loved ones; he swears to get revenge for Shannon. He tells Beatrice to check out his karate moves and makes a bunch of noises. George says the next episode title and then cries out in pain after hitting his pinky on a drawer edge.
Comparisons to Source Material.
This episode adapts the visual novel episodes "The Two Who Are Close", "Boiler Room", "Besieged", and "The Golden Witch".
| Blunder |
fandom.07th-expansion | # Bokutachi wa Mou Shitteru
is the opening theme for the Higurashi no Naku Noro ni Hou Nintendo Switch release. It was performed by Yumi Matsuzawa and written and composed by the famous anime producer/lyricist and composer Chiyomaru Shikura. The track was included in the album Eien no SEED / Yumi Matsuzawa, which was released on 30th May, 2018.
Video Releases.
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Lyrics.
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External Links.
Translation:
| Bokutachi wa Mou Shitteru |
fandom.07th-expansion | # Bokyo no Niji
is the second track in the audio drama CD "Haworthia".
External Links.
Translation: Haworthia Project
| Bokyo no Niji |
fandom.07th-expansion | # Bond
| Bond |
fandom.07th-expansion | # Borderline
| Borderline |
fandom.07th-expansion | # Brad
| Brad |
fandom.07th-expansion | # Brad/Sprites
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fandom.07th-expansion | # Brand New Way, Broadway
Brand New Way, Broadway by Gekijou Tenor (劇情テノール) is the opening theme song of .
In 2020, there was a new version of the song released called Brand New Way, Blaze A Way that was used as the opening theme song to the stage play adaptation of "Last Season".
| Brand New Way, Broadway |
fandom.07th-expansion | # Breakthrough
Breakthrough is the twenty-third episode of the and the fifth episode of Alliance of the Golden Witch.
Synopsis.
In 1986, Kinzo begins testing the cousins to choose the next successor to the family. George and Jessica are the first to be tested, where they must make a difficult decision.
In 1998, Ange interviews relatives of victims in the Rokkenjima Incident and continues her search for the truth.
Plot Summary.
First Half.
In 1998, Ange heads to the Nanjo Clinic in Nijima, run by Masayuki Nanjo. Masayuki explains to Ange that his father Terumasa was Kinzo's head physician, chess partner and longtime friend. He pulls out a crumpled letter marked with the One-Winged Eagle and the Ushiromiya seal, asking Ange never to tell anyone of it. She looks at the letter, which has Masayuki listed as the sender and going to a fake address. He explains that the letter was sent on October 3, 1986 and was returned to him when the destination wasn't found, a week after the Rokkenjima Incident. Ange figures it was a trick by the original sender to send something to Masayuki; he opens the letter to reveal a card, a key, and a PIN number, all for a safe-deposit box located in a bank reserved for special clients. Ange reads the PIN number: "07151129".
Masayuki recounts that, after his father's funeral, he went to the bank to investigate these items. When he pulled out the card, the teller's attitude changed and he was guided into an underground vault. Using the card and key, a safe-deposit box was pulled out containing a massive amount of money. Masayuki immediately left, not wanting anything to do with this suspicious gift. Getting an idea, Ange pulls out her diary and compares the handwriting in it to the letter.
Ange then heads to Sabakichi Kumasawa's house, who also received a letter containing a PIN and key. The letter had a fake address just like Masayuki's, and listed Chiyo Kumasawa as the sender. Sabakichi thought it was incredibly creepy, receiving a gift from his dead mother like that, so he put it away and forgot about it until now. Ange then remembers receiving the same letter when she was six years old; she lost it in the ensuing chaos when Eva became her guardian, but she's sure the same items were inside. Ange ponders what Beatrice was planning with this, and then sees some pictures on the wall; Sabakichi explains that his mother tried to solve the witch's epitaph, and Ange sees an interesting photograph with the line: "this door is opened only at a probability of a quadrillion to one. You will be blessed only at a probability of a quadrillion to one." Sabakichi notes that his mom really liked riddles like this.
Ange's last stop is to meet Captain Kawabata, who ferried the Ushiromiyas to the island for years. Ange heard that there are no longer any water taxis going to or from Rokkenjima, so she'd hoped to get his assistance. Kawabata remarks that not many people are willing to go to the island ever since the incident, and that people have started calling it Akujikishima again. Kawabata agrees to lend Ange his boat, and they go downstairs as he announces his distaste for the people who would stir up the Rokkenjima Incident on talk shows. Suddenly, Ange notices something. Kawabata is confused but Ange begins shedding tears, calling it true magic; she finally understands Maria and Beatrice.
Back in 1986, the clock strikes 23:00. Jessica is on the phone with Krauss, who's ordered by Kinzo to repeat everything that he says. The cousins are instructed to lock Gohda and Kumasawa in the garden storehouse so they don't interfere with the test. As the group does so, Jessica says they're being watched, so they shouldn't do anything rash; Gohda laments how Kinzo is just taking human lives like they were pieces on a chessboard. They lock the storehouse, and George hands the key to Gohda through the window. As the cousins leave, the Chiesters are shown to have been watching them through the bushes.
Back in Kuwadorian's prison, Krauss asks Kinzo what he's doing to the cousins: he's just giving a simple test, wanting his grandchildren to show their resolve. Gaap commends Shannon and Kanon for their obedience, saying they could've cut the bars whenever they wanted; they reply that if they escaped, the game would've ended right then and there, and everyone would die. Virgilia summons some goat butlers to act as guards, and then summons a magic mirror inside the cell displaying the cousins walking. In the guesthouse, Battler is called by Kyrie, who tells him that the test will be given to Jessica, George, him, and Maria in that order; when they're called, they must go to a specific room and wait. Jessica is ordered to go to her room as the clock strikes 23:03.
Second Half.
Jessica heads to her room and finds Ronove waiting for her. She asks who he is, and Ronove introduces himself as head furniture for the Master. When Jessica hears his name, she thinks of Genji's name, Ronoue. The demon butler explains that Genji is like his little brother, or rather his true form and vessel in the real world. Jessica is still confused and Ronove apologizes, saying a human wouldn't understand. He conjures a letter and asks Jessica to read it: this contains her test. She reads it and gets angry.
Meanwhile, George was called to the rose garden arbor to meet Gaap and was given the same letter. George calls it a stupid test, and Gaap agrees; she supposes that's what the headship is worth to Goldsmith. George reads the letter out loud:
"Among the three mentioned below, sacrifice one in order to gain two.
If you do not choose one, all of the above will be lost."
Gaap tells him that on Jessica's test, Kanon's name is written instead of Shannon's; question 2 is supposed to be the name of the one they love the most. Jessica expresses her anger at the test, which Ronove finds appropriate; he also finds the test to be a very pitiful yet humorous proposition, chuckling to himself. Kinzo watches the cousins with a crystal ball, wondering why they're hesitating; he thinks the question is so easy that they can give an answer immediately.
Jessica sits on her bed and Ronove asks for her answer; she says to kill her. Ronove expected her to say that, and says there are no right or wrong answers in this test; the important thing is her reasoning. Jessica explains that if she let Kanon die while she lived, she would regret that decision forever. If everyone else died, Kanon would never like her. Ronove is disappointed that she came to that answer through process of elimination, and gives her 60 points. Jessica reminisces on something she once told Kanon: "go live your life to the fullest." She wants to show Kanon what it means to live with his head held high, but Ronove tells her that becoming a victim may cause him pain.
Jessica realizes what he means, and asks to leave Kanon a message. Even though Kanon never told her his real name, Jessica wants him to live however he wants and live as the real Kanon. Kanon and Krauss watch her through the magic mirror, and Virgilia says to be lucky that she's letting them see this, as Ronove's fickle nature may not have let him pass the message otherwise. Krauss is surprised to see how his daughter is that willing to abandon her life for a servant, and Kanon asks Virgilia to kill him. He wants Jessica's answer to be changed to him instead but Virgilia refuses, citing it as Jessica's decision. Virgilia then heads upstairs to rest and leaves the goats to stand by.
Back in the arbor, George chooses the third option: he'll sacrifice everyone except for him and Shannon. Gaap asks if he's willing to sacrifice the entire world for the one he loves, and George talks about his engagement with Shannon. To him, marriage means becoming his wife's ally for his entire life; the second he proposed to her, he was ready to have the entire world as his enemy. Watching on the mirror, Shannon is overjoyed to see this, and the other prisoners are impressed; Krauss especially laments his powerlessness at seeing his wife killed and being unable to prevent the same from happening to his daughter.
Gaap changes her opinion of George, saying he thinks in the exact same way as Goldsmith and that he'll make an excellent demon in the future. George responds that he made his decision as the head of the Ushiromiya family, and thus he has inherited the headship. The demon asks if he's really prepared to kill everyone with his own hands, and George replies that he's more than prepared. Spurred on by his determination, Gaap declares that George has become the Demon King, and he asks if he can choose the order he kills people. Gaap confirms it, and George says that she will be the first.
Gaap looks up in surprise to see George's stance change. He proclaims that the lives of the Ushiromiya family are now his assets, and reparations for the damages won't come cheap. He won't allow Gaap and her cohorts to take so many lives and get away with it.
Back in Jessica's room, Ronove prepares to kill her, but Jessica says her answer to the test was as a girl; she has a different answer as the successor. Ronove asks what it is, and Jessica punches him in the face with her brass knuckles. The demon stares at her unflinchingly as blood trickles out of his nose while Jessica says that if Krauss lost his right to be the successor, then she's next in line to take his place. She declares herself the head of the Ushiromiya family, and Ronove calls it a splendid answer, changing her score to 80: 10 for the answer and 10 for the straight. Ronove states that he will test Jessica to see if she can get a perfect score, and Jessica accepts his challenge.
Meanwhile, Gaap takes no heed to George's threat and opens a pitfall under him. He falls through and reappears from the ceiling of the arbor, and Gaap kicks him into the garden. The two start moving through the garden where George dodges Gaap's rapid roundhouse kicks as she explains that three types of power are need to control the world: influence, wealth, and force, the third of which George is familiar with. She asks why George is able to do so much for furniture like Shannon, and George says he got strength out of his love for her. As Shannon watches them fight through the mirror, George says that she is not furniture and wants to be by her side for the rest of his life. The other prisoners comment on his youth, with Kyrie becoming a bit jealous.
Gaap sees the value in Shannon, but then asks what his easily-killed parents could've given him. George responds that Hideyoshi gave him fortitude, swinging his leg and stopping a hairs' breadth from Gaap's face. George adds that Eva taught him a lot, including self-defense and martial arts. He starts shadowboxing and explains that fortitude is about staying cool and calmly analyzing opponents. He does it so he can counter his opponent's moves and return everything they give, making them submit and apologize over and over. He then kicks Gaap again, stopping a hair's breadth away like the last time. Gaap asks George why he isn't hitting her, and he states that a monarch's force must only be shown; the enemy needs to know that they won't escape unharmed if they oppose him. George could also just beat Gaap into submission, but then she won't tell him where the prisoners are.
Seeing that she's no match by herself, Gaap decides to borrow Virgilia's troops; the goat guards soon disappear, which does not go unnoticed by the prisoners. George declares that Gaap will now receive real harm proportionate to her attacks, and a magic barrier appears around him, much to her surprise. She realizes that George's certain determination is turning into magic power.
Meanwhile, Jessica is still fighting Ronove, who's defending from her attacks with a shield. He says it's useless to resist because nothing can break his shield, but Jessica says that anything can crack, even a person's heart if she keeps up at it. Jessica believes there is no such thing as useless effort, and Ronove sees that her fists are starting to glow red; she's gained a piercing upgrade. Jessica declares her determination to save Kanon and everyone, and Ronove adds more power to his shield. They clash as the clock strikes 23:30.
Teaser.
The Chiesters narrate the preview. 45 hears that an old comrade is returning, with 410 and 00 thinking that the one who died in battle against the evil witch has been resurrected. They try to remember her name, and 45 thinks she was Chiester M78. 410 thinks her name was Chiester F91, and 00 thinks she was Chiester 999. 45 realizes that her name started with a 5: Chiester 501, which prompts 00 to say her name is Jean. 410 says the next episode title, and 45 remembers that her name was 10W-30. 410 thinks it's a slippery sounding name, perfect for someone in a cat fight. 45 denounces her for her dirty thoughts, and 410 realizes that "rabbit fight" is more accurate than "cat fight." 00 calls the entire thing stupid.
Comparisons to Source Material.
This episode adapts the chapters "My Mission", "Final Family Conference", and "The Next Head".
| Breakthrough |
fandom.07th-expansion | # Bright Schoolhouse
was the thirty-seventh event in and the seventh collaboration event, and the second collab with a work. It is a collab with that ran from February 10, 2022 until March 1, 2022.
Boosted Units.
The following units increased event-related drops when brought into battle. They are units associated with this event.
All following units have a rarity of SSR.
Other Characters.
The following characters appear in the story without having a unit:
| Bright Schoolhouse |
fandom.07th-expansion | # Butler
| Butler |
fandom.07th-expansion | # Butterfly Kiss Episode1.5配布メッセージペーパー
| Butterfly Kiss Episode1.5配布メッセージペーパー |
fandom.07th-expansion | # Byakumu no Mayu ~Ricordando il passato~
| Byakumu no Mayu ~Ricordando il passato~ |
fandom.07th-expansion | # Byakumu no Mayu ~Ricordando il passato~ (album)
"For the song, please refer Byakumu no Mayu ~Ricordando il passato~ (song)"
is a single album released for . The titular song which is featured in "Twilight of the Golden Witch" is performed by Akiko Shikata and composed by Keigo Emori. The album also includes a collection of other songs performed by Shikata.
Tracklisting.
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fandom.07th-expansion | # Byakumu no Mayu ~Ricordando il passato~ (song)
"For the album, please refer Byakumu no Mayu ~Ricordando il passato~ (album)"
is the ending credits song of "Twilight of the Golden Witch". The song is written, composed, arranged and performed by Akiko Shikata. Although Shikata performs the entirety of the song, there are some parts where a choir is also involved. The titular single was released in June 08, 2011. The song was used twice as an insert and an ending theme for the magic route in the "Twilight of the Golden Witch" arc.
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fandom.07th-expansion | # CG
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fandom.07th-expansion | # COU
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fandom.07th-expansion | # CR Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Itadaki
is the first Pachi-Slot machine released by Daiichi. It features animations from the series by Studio DEEN and introduces animated scenes for Yoigoshi-hen. An OVA named "" was made as a prize for the Pachinko machine.
A variation of this machine is named .
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fandom.07th-expansion | # CR Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Jiau
is the second Pachi-Slot machine released by Daiichi.
A variation of this machine is named .
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fandom.07th-expansion | # Cairo Memorial Squad
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fandom.07th-expansion | # Cairo Squad
The Queen's Cairo Visit Memorial Squad, known shorthand as Cairo Squad, is a Gauntlet Knight squad belonging to the Africa Commonwealth Realm"."
Profile.
"Attached to the ACR Combined Military Part of the First Aerial Knight Corps The Queen's Cairo Visit Memorial Squad Also known as the Cairo Squad"
"The ACR tends to value exceptional individual achievement over group action. The Cairo Squad is one among many squads composed of the best talent from the Aerial Augmented Infantry divisions serving under the ACR Combined Military. Their unique kette is composed of three Responders. Unlike kette from other factions, they're under no obligations to work in concert with each other, and each is allowed to do as they see fit. This might make it sound like there's no reason for them to be a kette, but their relationship — while unusual — is not a bad one, and they alternate between coordinating, protecting each other, and competing with each other, all according to their own rules."
"This unique kette's surprising strength is that no formula can predict what they'll do, and in their friendly battles with people from other factions, all of their opponents are forced to admit that they were erratic and difficult to contend with."
Role in the Story.
In Chapter 2, alongside Squad 601, Cairo Squad participated as a representative for the Africa Commonwealth Realm in the International Battle Standard Festival. Later, they joined the Public Bath.
In Chapter 13, they participated in a ceremony with Squad 601.
In Chapter 18, alongside Squad 601 and other ACR Gauntlet Knights, engaged against Yeladot Shavit, Thalathat Suyuf, and other ABN Gauntlet Knights above the Mediterranean Sea.
In Chapter 23, they were active during the Drone Revolt.
In Chapter 25, alongside Squad 601 and other ACR Gauntlet Users, attacked other factions before the worldwide peace event.
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fandom.07th-expansion | # Caleb
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fandom.07th-expansion | # Caleb Keireiji
, known alternatively as simply Caleb or Keireiji, is a war veteran and mafia boss. Leading the Caleb Family, he aims to take over City 23 to provide better jobs and pay for his fellow veterans.
Profile.
"Let me introduce him as the face of the clientele at Bar Nobushi, a tavern where many veterans hang out.<br>
They say that he was an officer who led a large number of men into the southern jungle.<br>
He still has the dignity of having led a group of soldiers on the front line, and he is said to have earned the respect of many veterans.<br>
When a soldier from a defeated country comes home, no one welcomes him; they have no job, and thus no work.<br>
He said that he wanted to take them in and take care of them. I think he was definitely a man worthy of respect."
Appearance.
Caleb has white hair and a scar on his face. As Keireiji, he wears a white shirt and cravat. As Caleb, he wears a fancy coat over a dark blue and yellow suit.
Personality.
Caleb deeply cares for veteran soldiers, considering them to be family since they all experienced war firsthand.
Background.
Caleb is a veteran from World War II who became displeased with Japan's quality of life after the war, especially the fact that jobs were hard to come by and wages were low because of middlemen passing on jobs. Caleb soon formed a mafia group with the purpose of changing all of this.
Relationships.
Rose Haibara.
Caleb and Rose are rivals due to them having their own desires for how to save the Japanese. Caleb admires Rose but he still thinks she lacks the resolve to get her hands dirty. He also frequently compares her to his dead wife. In , Caleb is defeated but still maintains a good friendship with Rose, offering help when she needs it.
Miguel Kurashiki.
Miguel serves as Caleb's right-hand-man and has spent a lot of time with him. Miguel is often the one to get Caleb to come back to his senses when Caleb starts doubting himself.
Story.
"Season 1".
Caleb is first introduced in 1947 as Keireiji when he meets Leo at a bar. Keireiji helps Leo in his goal of finding a missing American lieutenant and later with finding Alfred's hideouts.
With Alfred's defeat, Caleb starts taking control of City 23, making other mafia groups and businesses join him or else. Caleb also asks Primavera to join him however Rose refuses, and Caleb's henchmen attack Primavera-allied businesses in return. Caleb later heads to Chinatown and threatens Meijiu with retaliation if he assists Primavera like he did with Alfred.
Rose's guilt over seeing so many people hurt because of her makes her want to surrender to Caleb, and she is soon captured by his men. Caleb later meets Leo again and asks him to join his Family in exchange for Rose's release. Leo refuses as well, and Caleb lets him retrieve Rose after she is tortured by Miguel against his orders.
Caleb soon attends a meeting with Butler and negotiates with the occupying forces for his Family to gain ownership of the special offers window; Butler asks Caleb to provide them with $100,000,000 to prove he's serious. Caleb's men get even more brutal with their extortion of money from business owners, soon taking over Primavera and assaulting Rose and Richard's apartments, forcing their members into hiding.
In their bid to obtain more money to meet Butler's goal and find Rose and Richard, Caleb's men start extorting American citizens and making truck drivers in Chinatown pull over for inspection. The occupying forces plan to assassinate Caleb due to his threatening of American citizens, and Meijiu calls Caleb to give him money in exchange for some of the special offers window for the GDS but is rejected.
"Season 2".
Caleb starts putting down traitors who appear amongst his ranks and manages to obtain the $100,000,000 for Butler. He calls him to prepare the handoff, but unbeknownst to Caleb the occupying forces plan to assassinate him with snipers after the meeting. Caleb successfully hands Butler half of the money, saving the rest for when the occupying forces fulfill their end of the deal, and the snipers take their shots but fail. Caleb soon goes into hiding while thinking Rose may be behind it.
Rose soon calls Caleb to formally declare war against him on behalf of Primavera and plans to isolate Caleb at one of his hideouts with help from Butler. Rose's group soon attacks, and Caleb decides to disband the Caleb Family after ordering Miguel to cease his fight with Wayne. Caleb and Rose then engage in a gunfight and final conversation. 1947 ultimately ends with Caleb's defeat and Rose taking his place as the ruler of City 23.
In 1948, the Wandering Dogs learn that Caleb is alive and had left City 23 after settling things with Rose, going to work as a bartender in Chiba and kept hidden by the Satomi Alliance. Caleb and Rose have become good friends since then, and Caleb later assists her when some gangsters attack the bar.
"Season 3".
During Rose's final encounter with Wang, Caleb calls to offer his support on behalf of the Satomi Alliance.
"Last Season".
In 1950, Caleb is recruited by Jeanne and her friends to fight Primavera once again.
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fandom.07th-expansion | # Caleb Keireiji/Image Gallery
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fandom.07th-expansion | # Calling Love...K?!
was the twenty-fifth event in "Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Mei". It is the first part of a wedding-themed event to celebrate the game's 1st-year anniversary. It ran from September 1, 2021 until September 19, 2021.
Plot Summary.
Rena discovers some tuxedos and wedding gowns disposed of at the junkyard, which Mion and the club decide to use in a punishment game for Keiichi. However, the gowns are cursed such that anybody who wears them will fall madly in love with the tuxedo's wearer. Keiichi fights off the advances of the crazed club members as he figures out a way to break the curse.
Boosted Units.
The following units increased event-related drops when brought into battle. They are units associated with this event.
All following units have a rarity of SSR.
| Calling Love...K?! |
fandom.07th-expansion | # Calling Love...K?!/Summary
This is a plot summary for the Calling Love...K?! event and its associated SSR stories.
Main Event.
Kazuho suddenly wakes up in the Sea of Fragments with Hanyuu standing in front of her. Hanyuu talks about what kind of story Kazuho would like. Her first proposal is Kazuho being the main protagonist of a suspense and horror story in a hopeless battle against the tsukuyami. Kazuho rejects the idea. Hanyuu offers a shark attack tale, where the protagonist Miyuki and her friend Chisame who are shark-maniacs board a mechanical shark. It is also rejected. Finally, Hanyuu mentions a story with Keiichi as the protagonist, and the genre this time is love comedy with a "fundamentally" happy ending. There are no tsukuyami or sharks. Kazuho jumps right in and says they should go with that. Hanyuu then talks about how Kazuho and her friends will be taken there, and Kazuho relaxes about how it will be a tale with a happy ending, but then starts worrying about that "fundamentally" part.
Hanyuu smiles. Because the genre is "romantic comedy", blood might rain depending on the choices of the protagonist. Blood rains in the bloody scene of a romantic comedy! Kazuho interrupts her saying, "Then that's not a romantic comedy anymore! Cancel that! Cancel that! Another one, what's the fourth story?!" However, Hanyuu mentions Kazuho Kimiyoshi already made her choice. The love comedy starring Keiichi Maebara starts.
Rena is treasure hunting at the junkyard when some suspicious men dump several objects there. Meanwhile, Kazuho, Miyuki and Nao meet Keiichi who is depressed due to losing in the club games recently. Kazuho thinks she hears a siren, but no one else notices it.
Later they talk with Mion and the others and they start thinking about a way to cheer Keiichi up. They eventually think about a tea party with waitresses as a "punishment" for him. However, Rena arrives with several bags containing 5 dresses and a tuxedo. They decide to make an event at the Hinamizawa Guest House to cheer Keiichi up.
When the day arrives, the group is all reunited there, and Ooishi appears, wondering if they can help with an investigation. Apparently, a group had stolen a bunch of goods in Okinomiya. They managed to recover almost everything, but were still missing some items: five dresses and one tuxedo. Suddenly, Keiichi cries out from inside the guest house. Kazuho and the others go there, and see Rena is going crazy.
"HAHAHAHA! You like Rena, right? You love Rena, right...?!", "Then we'll stay together, right?! AHAHAHA!", "Rena is fine. It's the world that's becoming weird..."
Talking with her is useless. Nao notices the situation is not normal at all, and pulls out a Role Card. She launches an attack towards Rena, but it bounces off harmlessly. Shion asks Keiichi about what happened, but he has no idea. When he returned from the bathroom, Rena was like that. The girls tell Keiichi to leave, and he talks about getting a Role Card and returning to help as quickly as possible, but then Mion blocks his path with the same crazy eyes Rena has. Keiichi is immediately tied up by a rope.
"The pain will end in an instant... Now we'll be together forever..." However, Shion holds Mion from behind, allowing Keiichi to escape. Ooishi walks in, watching the chaos. He explains that the one who made those outfits had 5 lovers who in the end attacked him and he died, so there was a rumor they were cursed.
Keiichi disappears in the middle of the confusion, although he soon wakes up in an underground bunker below the guest house. He's tied up again, but this time Rika, Satoko and Hanyuu are there, wearing the cursed dresses too. Rika talks about how for a mother who truly loves their child, there is always a time where they let the child go. Satoko then says that it's true for a mother, but in the case of lovers, the one who lets the other one go just proves that they love them less. Satoko smirks. So, they will play tug of war with Keiichi's body. The stronger love will be able to pull him.
Kazuho breaks into the room, followed by an oddly calm Miyuki. "If you three like him so much, you shouldn't fight each other, you should all live happily together!" Kazuho mutters that in this situation that doesn't really work, but goes along with it. "You three are so close you live under the same roof, so there's no problem, right?"
Miyuki continues, "There is no need to fight! You can just live happily!" Satoko explains that they know that, they're good friends. Hanyuu says that everyone will be happy. Rika then reveals that's why they will tear Keiichi apart into 3 pieces, one for each one.
"That's not being good friends! You can't split a human into equal parts, humans aren't planaria!" Kazuho objects, although it has no effect. Ooishi arrives and observes the situation, while Miyuki has an idea based on his comment: Keiichi just has to say he loves one of them, that should make at least that one return to normal.
Keiichi yells about how he still will be in the same situation if there are two crazy ones. Miyuki explains they have 3 people there so they'd be able to solve the situation, but Mion and Rena arrive shortly afterwards, followed by Nao and Shion who were unable to stop them. Nao decides to use a Role Card again, and this time she might even hurt Rena.
Keiichi yells about how he can't choose one out of five, as everyone is an irreplaceable companion to him. "Rena is a nice, kind, dream girl and she'll be an ideal bride someday. Mion is someone who always takes care of everyone around her, even if she has to hurt her own feelings! So, this time, let me receive all your true and selfish feelings that burden you! Satoko is cheeky, but she's always doing her best! She has a lonely strength that I respect! Rika always seems like a cute girl, but she seems to carry heavy worries with her, and I want to protect her! Hanyuu always seems like she's just auau-ing... but that's not it. When the time comes, she's someone who can make hard decisions! Everyone is different, but everyone is incredible. I beg you, don't waste yourselves killing for someone like me! I'm not even worthy of being killed by one of you! Don't commit such a stupid sin for someone like me!"
They all stop, and after a while everyone to returns to normal, not understanding why they were even down there. Rika and Satoko wonder if Keiichi is into being tied up, but Hanyuu berates them about how young girls shouldn't talk about things like that. Miyuki comments on how Hanyuu looks about as old as those two. Nao cries in Rena's arms and Rena, although still not understanding what's going on, says she's sorry for whatever she did.
When they leave the guest house, everyone wonders why the five girls stopped. Ooishi speculates that the owners of the dresses probably just wanted to hear the real feelings of their beloved which is why the curse was broken when Keiichi spoke. The conversation goes back to the five original girls. Did they die? No, Ooishi says they all moved on and are happily married nowadays. Shion then wonders from where did the curse come from? Ooishi reveals the groom had an accidental death when he was taken to the hospiral, unrelated to the wounds caused by the girls.
Regardless, Ooishi will leave them with the dresses since the police didn't expect them to be found and they were modified by the girls anyway. Keiichi yells at him for doing that after how dangerous they turned out to be. Rena was standing right behind him, and she starts saying she's sorry. In spite of everything, the group decides to go on with their original plans. Although, Mion is standing distant from the others in silence until Shion pushes her to join the group in spite of her still feeling bad for what she had done.
Kazuho is back in the Sea of Fragments. Hanyuu is wondering why Kazuho looks kind of down. She's wondering about what she meant by "fundamentally". Hanyuu goes on about the "roles" in this story being able to be fulfilled by various actors. In this case, Keiichi was the "keyman" who brought about the happy ending, while the 5 girls were "heroines", but that position could have changed participants and the core of the story would remain the same.
Kazuho wonders why they had to struggle so much if they weren't the key roles, and Hanyuu just smiles and says it was never promised that the supporting characters wouldn't struggle. This all happened because Kazuho chose to play a supporting role. Kazuho says that she should have confirmed the definition of main and supporting characters first. With everything over, Kazuho wonders if the girl in front of her is really Hanyuu. However, Hanyuu smiles and says the story continues for a little longer...
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fandom.07th-expansion | # Canopus
, also known as is a character appearing in "Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Rei". He is a member of Polaris and the Ring of Stars.
Appearance.
Canopus appears as a middle-aged man with glasses. He wears a suit and tie with the constellation emblazoned on his suit.
Personality.
Canopus is generally very calm and collected, maintaining a stoic demeanor even when being yelled at. However, there are times he acts surprised, like in "Hoshiwatashi" where he's shocked about Rika's murder.
Canopus is very dedicated to Polaris's cause, with the end of "Hoshiwatashi" showing that he's willing to burn himself to death to protect his comrades.
Background.
According to Kururu, she and her father ran way from her abusive mother and joined Polaris. Her father has since become part of the Ring of Stars group within the cult and obtained the nickname of Canopus, and acts a liaison between Polaris and the Three Families.
Role in the Story.
Oniokoshi.
Canopus is introduced heading to the Kimiyoshi residence where the mayor and Kisaku talk with him about a recent wave of harassment against Hinamizawa. Kisaku gets angry and accuses Polaris of masterminding it, but Canopus remains calm and says Hinamizawa should instead apologize to Polaris for doubting and discriminating against them. Kisaku then demands to meet Polaris's Holy Mother himself, but Canopus says this discussion is merely between him and the head of the Kimiyoshis. He suggests that if the Kimiyoshis are going to use the council to pressure Polaris, then all of Polaris can join the council and settle things in the next mayoral election.
At home, he forces Kururu to take a purification bath, making her throw up the club's food she ate earlier. A dressed-up Kururu relays to him information about Tamaki, Sakiko, Keitarou, and Kihiro that she gained from watching over them. Canopus tells her to continue spying on them and is first referred to as Canopus in this conversation. Canopus then meets with the Holy Mother and confirms that tomorrow's preparations are ready.
Keitarou arranges a Starlight Camp between Hinamizawa and Polaris, hoping to get them to resolve their differences. Before the camp starts however, Canopus, Kururu, Inori, and a group of Ring of Stars members invade Keitarou's house and murder his grandparents. They then tie up Keitarou, confirm that he had recent call history with Rika, and declare he will be executed for trying to "destroy the world". During all of this, Canopus and the other Ring of Stars members begin scratching their necks in a craze. Kururu starts profusely apologizing for getting involved with Hinamizawa, and Canopus tells her that she's more than made up for it. The group then sets fire to Keitarou's house and join hands in prayer.
The Ring of Stars and Keitarou ultimately die in the fire. When Sakiko asks if the police can arrest Polaris for this, Tamaki explains that the perpetrators left Polaris and acted on their own, so the cult is not directly involved.
Hoshiwatashi.
Canopus attends a meeting with the Three Families and the town council. Some elders accuse Polaris of illegally dumping trash, to which Canopus asks for proof. He speaks for Polaris and asks that they be allowed to peacefully coexist with Hinamizawa, but Kisaku gets angry at Polaris's apparent selfishness. Canopus then asks that all of Polaris be allowed to join the town council. Mion says they can't refuse entry due to Polaris making up half of the village's population. Kisaku makes another remark against Polaris, and Canopus, seeing an opportunity, says that Polaris's treatment of Hinamizawa has gotten them to where they are now, and they can stop treating them idealistically at any time.
Kururu is driven to school by her father the next day, who tells her to keep an eye on the schoolkids since Hinamizawa's on edge.
Keitarou attends the Polaris festival as a special guest and makes acquaintances with Canopus, learning about his family history from Kururu.
On the night of the Watanagashi Festival, Kisaku goes missing and Rika is murdered, leading Sakiko and many other Hinamizawans to believe Polaris masterminded it. An angry mob marches towards the Polaris settlement and are stopped by Canopus and a group of Polaris members. Canopus attempts to record their conversations, believing that Mayor Kimiyoshi sent them for some threat, but Sakiko destroys his recorder. She accuses Polaris of kidnapping Kisaku and murdering Rika, the latter reveal greatly surprising him. He gets knocked out when Sakiko attacks him, and the mob begins charging in and killing Polaris members.
As Hinamizawa and Polaris members kill each other, Canopus sacrifices himself to kill some Hinamizawans by setting himself on fire. However, the act only strengthens the Hinamizawans' hatred of Polaris.
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fandom.07th-expansion | # Captain Kawabata
is a boat captain who ferried the Ushiromiya family to and from Rokkenjima for years. He first appears in "Alliance of the Golden Witch".
Appearance.
Kawabata wears a dark green cap, white shirt, and blue vest. He has black hair.
Personality.
Kawabata shows some disdain for people who talk about the Rokkenjima Mass Murders just to drive up ratings. He has some devotion to the Ushiromiya family and is happy at the thought he'll be able to finish the job he started long ago. Kawabata also has a great memory, remembering many details about the Ushiromiyas even after 12 years.
Background.
Kawabata was one of several boat captains employed by Kinzo long ago for the purposes of bringing the Ushiromiya family members to and from the island. Kawabata's services also included disposing of trash and ferrying goods to the hidden harbor on Rokkenjima. He knew about the hidden mansion Kuwadorian and suspected that a person named Beatrice really was confined to the island, as many of these goods were things only women would use. After over 20 years of service, one day in 1968, Genji informed Kawabata and the other captains that there was no need to go to the hidden harbor anymore, seemingly due to Beatrice's death. Genji told Kawabata never to speak about Kuwadorian or the Hidden Side until the day he died
Kawabata retired sometime after the Rokkenjima Mass Murders due to contracting a serious illness and would live with his son and daughter-in-law in their bed shop. In 1998, Ange approaches Kawabata and asks to be taken to Rokkenjima one last time.
Role in the Story.
Legend of the Golden Witch.
Kawabata does not have a sprite, however he brings the Ushiromiyas to the island.
Alliance of the Golden Witch.
In 1998, Ange visits him to learn more about his history with the Ushiromiya family. Kawabata agrees to bring Ange to Rokkenjima since he felt he couldn't complete his job of bringing the Ushiromiyas back safely from the island that fateful day and feels he can finish it now that Ange is here. Ange goes downstairs and starts crying when she sees something in the bed shop however Kawabata is confused.
As they travel to the island, Kawabata explains the Hidden Side on Rokkenjima and the existence of Kuwadorian. He has no idea how Eva found the hidden mansion as Kawabata himself never saw it and never guided her to it.
Twilight of the Golden Witch.
In the Trick Ending, Kawabata brings Ange to the island however she shoots and kills him, thinking he was going to betray her.
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