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This VN was definitely a beast to get through, but it really changes how you think in a powerful way. I'd way it was worth it.
In which sense? That truth is subjective and can be doctored? Episode V showcases this very well.
@@taseti3607 I confirmed that in RED TRUTH.
@@taseti3607 In pretty much every sense: it makes you think about the nature of fiction and reality, about the nature of people, how we perceive fiction and characters, about love and hate (and their thin separation line), and about life and death. It's truly a masterpiece of literature, to me.
@@edumeleroverdu8509 It became a part of me
yeah and good luck with abandoning reality in life
So what you are saying is, we should all be reading umineko twice, just in case.
Exactly
@@RedBardIsCool Since you are here, what are your thoughts about the upcoming Umineko Gold Edition by Sound Cadence Studios.
Well, it sounds like we'll know a lot more when the Kickstarter goes live so I wanna hold off on saying much before I know more about the project, but it seems like it could be pretty cool!
jokes on you I've read it 5 times so far.
no im definitely not facing a midlife crisis why do you ask?
For those considering playing, please look up the umineko steam mod. It adds voice acting and allows you to replace the sprites. The pachinko ones in the video are baaaaad.
Also, Beatrice is worth every second of those 100 hours.
PS3 sprites best sprites
Personally I think the PS3 sprites are generally bland and unappealing, without a distinct style to them. Though the voice acting was nice, I much preferred the Pachinko sprites. That's just me though.
@@larged0g838 I prefer mittenhands to pachinko, personally, though both are a bit offputting for a newcomer. The pachinko sprites are a tad wonky for my taste.
Original sprites are best sprites.
Bro can i ask where and how can i change the mod of umineko on my steam? Ive been searching for like a eternity right now and i dont know how and where can i change it
It's a big chunk, but it'll stay with you for life. Umineko is honestly one of the most literally, and metaphorically, mind-blowing things I've ever laid my eyes on. It's a one-of-a-kind experience to engross yourself with. It's definitely worth it.
I'm a slow reader, so I spend 20+ hours reading an arc (based on the first two arcs). That'd put me at 160 hours at the very least. But! I am determined to read all of it! Currently on arc 3.
Yeah that's pretty much the pace I read it at, and it did end up taking 160 hours. Worth it though, Umineko is *bad* to speedread with how much there is to read between the lines
Arc 3 is a solid arc. Enjoy! Currently at 65h at halfway through arc 7.
did you actually read it after all?
god I'm a slow reader too, wish me luck
that's my speed too dw
Umineko took me a fairly huge amount of time but damn it has gone by so fast. It’s been almost two weeks since I’ve finished reading it and it’s haunting me more and more, not ceasing at all.
What a fascinating work.
The definitive way to read Umineko is with Sayaka Ohara's laughs
I thought those were Boo laughs from Luigi's Mansion.
cackle*cackle*cackle
And of course the perfect way to read it is with the Japanese voice acting and autoplay so you take in every second of those "aaaaaaaaaaah"s and evil laughters
ahaha.wav
That's basically how I read it so it took me closer to >150h to finish the damn thing.
yeah, you really gotta experience "DEMO DAMEEEEEEEWEWEWEWEHHHH" in its beautiful, auditory form.
@@ratboythin8870 OHHH YEAAAAH VERY GOOOD ONE MORE!
Umineko is definitely one of those experiences that stick with you. I was skeptical when i started it but boy oh boy did i fall in love with it. It was worth going through the whole story and helped change my perspective on a lot of things.
I assume you have seen the Umineko (UMG motion graphics) then. That legendary awesomely disturbing messages will haunt you to the day you die. More than decades ago coming up now.
I fucking learned advanced genetics and still have no conclusion what gender Sayo is. Much depends on source, if author never contacted a genetician, answer is mostly correct based on simple assumption.
ouji subete o at first i thought she was a girl, because of her voice(and kanon's) and the fact that genji was afraid of the possibility that Kinzo could do the same thing he did to her mother, but now i'm confused since Natsuhi refers to him as the "boy from 19 years ago" and since Natsuhi was the "mother" she would know it
@@soldat3710low height, weight, no body hair, fragile, shows affection to boys, has whole "cannot have children" issue, very soft basic voice, afraid of spiders, etc. To me, no matter how gayish/weak boy is, this phenotype screams she's a girl. Also read Turner syndrome patients, they hate their life pretty much like Sayo does, to get pregnant they have to do hormonal therapy and still chance is very low, basicly it's a "curse" to them.
ouji subete o i agree about the physical traits, someone could say that it was all because of the accident but i find that quite forced, i think the accident just made her unable to procreate, and also why would she think she is a girl? It's not like Genji or someone else forced her to believe so(i think)
Was yasu actually scared of spiders? I think that was just for elder Beato, since she was supposed to be a spirit like the legends iirc
I don't think that syndrome has anything to do with yasu's problem but some things were interesting.
So was that Natsuhi thing just a red herring by Lambdadelta?
Umineko no naku koro ni is one of the best, most memorable, and impacting experience i've ever had from Any story based entertainment medium i've ever consumed in my life.
And i haven't even finished the last episode....
Another frame of reference. There was a youtuber, newt3012(?), who went through Umineko and uploaded a 30 minute section each day with 1 - 2 hour sections for the most intense parts. It took him from June of 2017 to March of 2018. Umineko is a monster to get through and I can't get enough of it
Ah, so he finished his LP? I wasn't sure he would!
Dithiannim is the user is saw it from. 158 videos, mostly around an hour long, all in one playlist.
Reading umineko was one of the best experiences I've ever had in any kind of media. Took me around 200 hours to finish it, mainly because most of the time I was just listening to the amazing bgm.
When I converted the original Witchhunt translation to work on android through VNDB interpreter it said that it converted 680k words for the question arc and 550k words for the answer arc.
Mind you, the steam version had an edited script, so it may have been slightly longer or shorter.
Doesnt matter how long Umineko is IT'S SO FKING GOOOOOOOOOOOOD
umineko is the best series I've ever had the chance to read/watch /play. the beauty and passion behind its creation is deep and moving. magical indeed
I'm still surprised by myself in how I managed to read this in 2 weeks considering that I don't like to read. Umineko is THAT good.
@@Lucy-cl2qk @Spiderman I think I read like 12 hs a day
2 weeks???? I've been reading it since november 2020 and it's almost may 2021, I'm only halfway through btw
2 weeks?! Thats around 7.8 hours daily?!
I think you need to touch grass 😂😭
ain't no freakin way
I'm only on 7th arc and i've spent 9+ months reading it already Т-Т
@@Pure_117 took me a bit more than a week. My schedule was wake up -> read for 12+ hours -> sleep -> wake up -> repeat
I am now scared of a Visual Novel, thank you
Same. And i felt like reading it 😂😭
@@justanoldsnufkin9747 you must have some time free in your day.
And you must get interested in the story.
I read umineko while attending high school, so it doable.
The important thing is that you should never try to force yourself, if you feel like reading it and you're interested enough. Then you should definitely read it, and the story is separated into 8 episodes.
With each being a different book in a big story, you can definitely take a break after finishing every episode. And you will always be able to jump to any part you want in the story, if you want to remember something. Or you can look at the hints and character page of a specific episode to get a quick recap.
I took about a month between every episode. So don't just feel like you have to speed run it.
You should definitely take it slow, and take that amazing experience.
I also took a 4 month break before finishing the last 2 episodes. And all I have to do was have a quick look at the previous hints and i was good to go.
I never actually played long visual novels at the time, but you can get with how long it is and how hard it is to get into it. I took it as a challenge, and just jumped in. And honestly it's a tale that is worth reading.
Because of Music, characters, twists and logic.
Also the f****** ending songs are amazing.
Spent a month going through it, was worth it.
@@omh2200 wow, thank you for such a long reply and all explaination and advice ❤💋 you're an angel. I'm in high school too so i struggle with time and i very often feel like i have to run with things because there is always something to do, my mind just won't stop creating new interests for me but anyway, thanks!
@@justanoldsnufkin9747 i forgot to mention this, but you can treat each episode as a different game.
Because If you look at the release date of every episode, the first episode was released on 2007-8-17, and the last episode(8) was released on 2011-01-01.
And it's a very big gap, So I hope that motivates you a bit.
Best piece of fiction I've ever read!
It completely deserves the time spent!
It took me 95 hours to read it on Steam and I'm still trying to recover.
It was a long journey, but trust me I've done it's worth it. This VN (and manga) was change my life and my precepetion about life once and for all. Best story on my life, at least until now haha
I am a simple man. I see Umineko, I hit like and favorite. By FAR my favorite work ever to come out of Japan. Wahahaha.wav
Did... you make a joke about the soundtrack, just now... by highlighting FAR, which is... one of my favorite pieces in the whole VN?
for the people didn't read this novel: when you finish reading this your life will completely change. the way you think, contemplate and live. it can even change your entire personality. personally i dont regret reading it. i really worship to Ryukishi07.
GOD DAMNIT MAN
ALL THESE PEOPLE SAYING IT WILL CHANGE YOUR LIFE
READ IT
MY LIFE HAS BEEN DIFFERENT NOW
WHATS THE HYPE ABOUT?
You guys are making me curious and hyped for this thing 😒
Just tell me what's it about?
@@McHaxercid "Without love, it cannot be seen."
@@McHaxercid It's better to _just dive into it!_ Did you already?
@@MichaelArsenal without love it cannot be steamed
I watched this video idly back when it first came out, but I recently decided to deep-dive myself into WTC and of course that meant reading through Umineko.
Now, *now I understand. I understand the enormity of what you were stating.*
It’s ingenious. Umineko is fucking amazing, but it’s sheer *length* is it’s greatest weapon. You end up spending so long immersed in this epic tale of witches and death that it *eats away at your mind until all that is left is Umineko.*
Beato has consumed my very being.
"Beato has consumed my very being."
Why hello there, Kinzo Ushiromiya
I have no clue how I managed to find the time, but I read the whole thing. Twice. And I'm planning on reading it again!
Umineko is so good it creates free time you didn't know existed
Ahh! Finally, a video talking about my favorite VN franchise! Finishing the series took me a long time not gonna lie but it is fantastic! So if anyone is reading this comment please read the visual novels and have the ride of your life!
*just avoid the anime*
There's no anime of course, what are you talking about :)
@@loupaladdm3468 Mhm, never existed, never will :)
I wish I read this comment few months ago...
The visual novel is legit the best vn I've read
House in fata morgana disagrees
Muv-Luv Alternative laughs at both of you
@@lemonov3031 fate hentai vn is clears
How the HELL did I manage to read Umineko from start to finish TWICE when I was in school, taking even longer because I'm not a native speaker!? Nowadays, I can't even find the time to shop for fod ;___;
Umineko is so sooooooooo everyone should read it once in his life, it can truly change your way of thinking.
I didn't play the VN but I read the whole manga. One of the best mangas out there. Not just an opinion, but an actual fact. The way they slowly develop Beatrice's Character is just amazing. I cried when I know who Beatrice was and what she's been through. The way they had the mind-itching crimes and the play of words and how they were exchanging arguments. It was a masterpiece.
The vn was better
@@joaquinjovane1211 I actually played the VN, I'm currently on Twilight. While I preferred the manga in the answers arc, the questions arc of the VN are way superior. Especially Alliance, it was like a journey that I'll never be able to move on from
I've been a lifelong reader with decades of books, obscure and known, under my built, and Umineko is the greatest story I've ever read. It is such a wonderful homage to the mystery and thriller genre, with so many delightful tributes to Agatha Christie, Knox, Souji Shimoda, Doyle, Stout....many others. The logic puzzles are cleverly folded into a neat package that slowly expands for the reader, raising new questions to be answered inch by inch, until the pieces start to fall into place. The characters are incredibly fun, and Ryuukishi turns logic battle into epic struggles straight out of a Shonen Jump action show.
My point is, you have good taste. And for my money, this is the best visual novel out there. Fans of mystery- or conspiracy-themed VNs such as Steins;Gate would definitely love it. I was lucky enough to start it when it first came out, at the same time as a friend. For years, I would call him during my drive to work, and as the story went on, we would discuss and debate possible solutions to the mysteries. I have never enjoyed any discussion of a work of media that much since.
This is the scariest story ever... purely on how long it is
Am uploading the ps3 port ver of this novel :)
I played Umineko's EP1 when I was a preteen took me a whole damn ass week, when I binged Arc 1 of Higurashi in a day or two. This was release fantranslation days. God, I really wish Higurashi had kept the TIP extra page of explaining Japanese cultural context from the fantranslators because those were a major help when getting into the Visual Novel more descriptive stuff.
Umineko is one of my favorite VNs, but I've actually played a game that has an even larger word count... Torment: Tides of Numenera, a CRPG from 2017, has 1.4 million words... Took me more than a month to beat that game. That is the longest thing I've ever read.
PATCHY
I remember the good all days when me and my bro waited for witchhunt to release translation then binge read it.
Haha, what a coincidence, I started the VN a few hours ago.
Enjoy it!
bastard
Thank you!
Asshole
Good video.
It lacks "BEATORICHEEEE!", but good video.
Took me three years, but I read it happily and now it is my favorite piece of media of all time.
I had to come back to this video to let everyone know I finally started Umineko! I've been watching umineko streams for months and i am about halfway through- oh and also that i started watching one piece 1 year ago and I am about 75% through to being caught up.
I am on the last chapter of Higurashi and half of why I read it was to read Umineko...
I am now really starting to wonder just what I got myself into O_O
Best vn ever
If I could erase one experience from my mind it would be reading umineko, so I could read it for the first time again.
Somehow this is the only visual novel I have managed to read from beginning to end.
bruh so relatable but honestly i think that's because i already finished higurashi as an anime while in steins gates my hard drive failed me and i lost all my progress and so i lost my drive
I'm a huge Higurashi fan, so I'm curious if I should check out Umineko.
You definitely should. I went into Umineko thinking it was some kind of sequel to Higurashi but I was wrong (ish). I ended up loving it more than Higu.
Monogatari series is a light novel series with 20 books translated to English, that would beat it easy. Also you should read it it’s good
Now I legit Wonder how does this stack up against Homestuck in word count.
homestuck + the epilogues that came out last year are about a million words long, so still shorter than umineko!
the best novel, i love it so much
Thank you this video for introducing me to Umineko, because I just finished reading it a week or two ago and I do not regret it one bit.
Me: (Read 2 books for summer homework for AP lit) "Nah too boring"
Also me: (Reading Umineko with the PS3 Voice acting) "Of course I'll read it."
There are people on my pokemon discord who have well over 1000 hours.
In each generation.
honestly as soon as you get through about mid-episode 4 you’re golden i almost stopped around then but after you get past it the story picks up SO much
The Alchemist sprites are the best. Plus, the gorgeous background art that appears with the Alchemist adaptation of sound novel.
I know length fucks many people up in beforehand, but I get excited over this.
As a writer i hope never to make anything as long as umineko. I cry for anyone who goes in blind
Bernkastel's moments as GM legit gave me deep chills. its like watching an A-rated horror movie at night, alone in the house. i didnt know VN could do stuffs to me
This video was the one that got me to read umineko, it took me 139 hours with the voices (it was completely worth it and i'm sure i'll re-read it later!)
BEATRICE MY LOVE
I love this visual novel, but asking me if I love this or Fata Morgana more is like asking me to pick a favourite child. Both have their own strengths and weaknesses, they share similar themes, the emotional aspects of both are pretty much equal to me, and I’ve fallen in love/unhealthy obsession with the witches of both games, which never usually happens. I’d say Umineko is the older, more sophisticated sibling, and Fata is the younger, but more mature sibling. I don’t know where I’m going with this, but yeah, they’re like sisters to me. Or wives. I’ll just say this, I love Beatrice and Morgana equally. They’re amazing.
When I was 20 years old, I heard about Umineko, but since I just speak at that time my native language, aka french, I was kind of frustrated to not be able to read that story. So I did buy a dictionnary and started hardcore reading it in english. It took me about one year to finish it, but by the end of it I was fluent in english... I'm currently reading Umineko in japanese.
Finally someone make video about this series, seriously this thing sooo long I havent read the vn yet but its on my library since 2 years ago I only read the manga but damn this series so amazing I cant even tell which one is fantasy and reality maybe I should start read the vn now lol
Beato bess girl and u know that
Turns out this video was actually about the length of One Piece the entire time! What a twist!
congrats on discouraging everyone to start umineko. bern is pleased
She cant keep getting away with this!
I am predicting that this video will be getting some more views in the coming weeks.
So far, I've only beat episode 1 of Umineko of the Question Arcs, and that took me about 20 hours to complete. I'm surprised you didn't compare the length of Ryukishi07's previous work, Higurashi no naku koro ni, to Umineko. I'm especially surprised that you didn't bring up the length of Umineko compared to Clannad, another especially long Visual novel. I'm still working through Clannad as well, even with over 60 hours sunk in. I would love to know which is longer of the three: All of Umineko, all of Higurashi (even the added arcs), or just Clannad.
HMMMMMMM that could be a future video!! 👀👀👀
By my own count, Umineko is comparable to 1.5x CLANNAD (all routes). Higurashi is of a very similar length to Umineko, a bit shorter if you only include the core arcs, but a bit longer if you include everything.
And now we are getting a When They Cry 5, and very likely, a When They Cry 6. Add on the new Umineko chapter and the whole franchise will probably end up being around 3.5 million words long, if not close to 4 million.
5:34 just 120 Hours??
And here I'm still watching Detective Conan(Case Closed) and have rewatch it twice and I don't know how many times I rewatch the movies, ova, live action, etc 😂😂😂
I've always heard umineko was a monster of a text but after looking into it. It's actually got less text than trails in the sky and honestly after playing many a trails game I feel confident I can handle this.
Keep in mind that Umineko in itself is just a subseries of When They Cry which includes Higurashi as well which is also REALLY FUCKING LONG!
I'm pretty sure their combined length put most fantasy epics to shame
for you filthy homestucks.
homestuck itself is 817,612 words.
the epilogues combined is 190,668 words.
put together that's 1,008,280 words.
umineko is 1,127,000 words. that's 118,720 more than hussie's monstrosity.
At least the stormlight archive (at least books 1-3 and edgedancer since those were the ones out when this video came out) did have a word count slightly higher at around 1.28 million words.
Coming back to this video almost two years later after my umineko re read and it's still great! Have convinced a few friends to read it by saying "well of you're able to get through Harry Potter you really have no excuse "
Excited to see if you end up covering everything going on with the new Higurashi anime (or maybe whatever happened to umineko gold 👀)
And you know what? next 'When They Cry" title is comming next year bois
The whole Video: Umineko is long. VERY LONG
Now I'm wondering how the hell did I finish it in two months :D But seriously, I loved almost every minute of it! Umineko is one of the best things ever written with the most amazing soundtrack out there.
Thanks for the video. It's a little bit scary, but a potential new reader should know what they're getting into.
An important warning for first time players: youtube comments tend to spoil a lot under soundtrack videos,
DO NOT read them!!!!
Sounds about right. I've been playing it for literally days now and Beatrice hasn't even shown up yet.
I jumped right into Chiru after finishing the anime and boy did I regret that.
I did go back to the Question Arcs eventually but i feel like I missed out on a lot of things by doing what I did hahaha
wow that's awful. You need to do a small preliminary investigation before doing anything that will take that much time of you xD
@@graydanger Well I still enjoyed Chiru with knowledge from the anime. Plus I can be quite a bookworm so the amount of time I took wasn't really an issue.
Took me 5 days to finish episode 4, now on the next 5 phew BUT JESUS what a fantastic and interesting story. I feel like I'm being drugged by the adrenaline, I never read anything which actually made me burst out with energy, sadness, laughter, and pure madness and I'm only on ep 4. One thing tho, it starts SLOW, ep 1 may be the weakest but it is important, it is a good introduction to the characters and I respect that an actual day doesn't pass in mere minutes so I respect why it is slow. But each episode is better then the other one so yeah READ THIS, it is AMAZING AND PEOPLE WEREN'T KIDDING WHEN THEY SAID IT
Things to show to your English teacher when she asks what you read over the summer.
I'm reading through Higurashi no naku koro ni, and I've only made it through Ch.1. I'm about halfway through Ch.2, and enjoying it thoroughly. I'm aware there's still 2 chapters yet to be released in english, but I'll still be picking them up when they release, even if I don't get to it for another several years.
TOOK ME OVER A YEAR WORTH IT
Gud vid will play, get back to you in approximately 4 - 6 business days.
This VN changed my perspective on how I see life
My animal crossing hours trumps this game by 400 hours, and dont even get me started on my preteen time minecraft hours (which i lost track of) and i accept any shame for it.
It took me two years to finish Umineko, about 250 hours of actually playing it. Started off as a pastime game to play with my friend after midterm season. It took us about 6 months to finish arc 1 and half of arc 2 (I visited every friday night - sunday night) and then he gave up due to lack of "gameplay". We played 999 after that, but I couldn't let Umineko go. I wasn't very invested in it to be honest, considering that arc 2 felt a lot like a rehash of arc 1 so I played it very moderately, about a half hour every weekend. It wasn't until I finished arc 2 that I became engrossed in the story. The ending of arc 2 got me completely in love with Umineko and every ending of every episode after that seemed to one up the previous arc. The beginnings of each new arc is always a little slow, but is a wonderful respite from the amount of hype the ending before gave. The entire story was a roller coaster, one that I could not get off. It had me scared, it had me screaming, it had me crying, it even had me dying of laughter. Halfway through episode 3, I discovered a let's play channel by Mr250. There I discovered a wonderful community in live streams/comments that helped me understand/another perspective on the story. The story is definitely an unforgiving one. Without love, the truth cannot be seen. My friend who decided to drop the story before it became absolutely exceptional didn't have that love for the story and missed out greatly.
One thing I noticed at the end was the fact that I loved every character, whether it be the "antagonists" or "side characters", they are all very special to me. I haven't found a similar story that could make me feel the same way for every character. If you are unable to read the VN, I'd also recommend reading the manga and checking out Goldsmith's youtube channel. He has videos of the various chapters from the manga but with the VN music/voices. The VN isn't perfect, it's long and verbose, but I don't regret reading it at all.
That's close to my experience. I complained alot about first arc for constant repetition, then complained second arc for being too boring for too long. Then the third arc came, and forever my life changed.
Umineko asked really meta questions, from how we view literature, to how mysteries are written, to where are the heart for all of these. They didn't even give you all the answers in chapter 7, just so the person will continue to think about the story and the messages. It's crazy to me that the author was willing to put that much faith into his audience.
@@FFXfever I'm happy our sentiments were the same! On another note, please check out this parody someone made. It's an actual playable episode of Umineko with Tea Party and ??? included. It was so well done! czcams.com/video/ddJHCUmIC8M/video.html
Now on Episode 2 and holy shit, this is so good.
That's why I only recomend Umineko with people that I know had enough patience to read so many hours.
... The others get un "read the manga" instead.
Even 120H is not enough on vndb medium score is 147H. For me it will be even longer because I am not native in English. I expect that it will take me at least 4 months to finish it. 200H/14H/perr week=4 months. It will be my way to stay focus during my time working abroad to keep me sane.
You should have mentioned Higurashi, if you want the full experience. lol
Thank you now I know how long is Umineko
I'll read it when I have the time. ...I mean, that's what I said about Mob Psycho and My Hero and I STILL haven't seen either of them past their first few episodes, but I swear I'll do it!
Volume 7 of the wandering Inn is 5001 pages (single spaced, times New Roman, size 12). And that's just one volume
Edit: umineko is "only" 2830
Glad to see so many people seem to have enjoyed Umineko.
There's this great video I saw featuring the girl with the pipe. All it is is her cackle laugh, followed by "Still the best."
I love Umineko, I love doorstoppers and I love word counts! It's a shame I'm mixed on the whole youtube video thing...
I can't believe it is longer than war and peace yet i read it in one breath
That's basically all of Homestuck (not counting the epilogues or Homestuck^2) with a couple hundred less words.
Oh my god.
I played Umineko in 2014.
I was surprised by how long it was. However, it became my favorite VN ever!
this game has the best OST which I really appreciate a lot.
mahoyo has better ost
When I got Umineko I couldn't find the auto button so I just used an virtual auto clicker software to click every 5 seconds.
edtit; remember to get the steam voice over mods to enjoy the game to its fullest
It still took me 2 months to finish it
I personally recommend the Onscripter release with the Witch Hunt translation, best visuals and translation out there
Here because of Silent Hill F.
I'm attempting to finish the VN from the beginning (Higurashi Gou sparked me to do so after years of giving up the Umi VN lol) and this video made me feel a lot better about my progress. 😅