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# Cornelia the New Priest
is an extra arc from . It was first released on September 23, 2009.
English translation is by tiistai: part 1 and part 2.
Plot Summary.
Cornelia is excited to get recruited into the Great Court of Heaven, but the workplace atmosphere is not quite what she expected.
Release History.
Original Release.
"Cornelia the New Priest" was originally a text story released as a booklet at the "Higurashi When They Gather 3" event on September 23, 2009.
Tsubasa.
"Cornelia the New Priest" 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.
Within the Repentance Enforcement Agency, the laws of the Great Court of Heaven are strictly enforced.
Its Inquisitors of Heresy are praised as Knights of the Law, and countless virtous youths dream of nothing but joining their ranks.
So when Cornelia became an Inquisitor Aide, no one that knew her was surprised in the slightest.
It was the dream of the future that she had written in her grade school yearbook, and now she had simply made it a reality.
There were things that surprised her upon entry, though.
The first and foremost was the amount of free time the job had.
While it's true that the top Inquisitors are incredibly busy, the department Cornelia had been assigned to was much slower in regards to workload.
And further betraying her expectations... the atmosphere could only be described as "loose".
"Please, allow me to speak. Cornelia, Minister Third Class, reporting for duty!`@` Senior officers, if you would give me the honor of your orders!"
"...I don't think there's anything right now. Oh, wait, could you get me a refill on my tea? And you don't need to use court language at normal times."
That was the answer given to Cornelia by her senior officer on her first day of work, as she stood at attention, ready to fulfill her duties.
"May I humbly bring to your attention that the usage of court language while on duty is mandated in the official service regulations!"
"Oh, well, it used to be like that, but the Seventh District negotiated with the union, and now, it only has to be used outside the offices. Don't you think court language is way too stiff? Ah, as much as I'd just love to keep talking about rules and regulations, I wanted to let you know that lunch break is actually from 11:45 to 1:00, instead of 12:00 to 1:00."
"M-madam! I was informed that our lunchtime was at 12:00 to 1:00!"
"At 3:00, we're supposed to have a fifteen minute break, right? All we did was add that time to lunch instead; the union said it was fine. This is a right your seniors in this office worked hard to get you, so stop complaining. Another thing, this wasn't decided by the union or anything, but traditionally, new recruits get to work thirty minutes early in order to clean all the desks and set out the tea. Well, I suppose it is your first day, so don't feel too bad. It's been nice talking to you, Cornelia. Oh, and one more thing, the union is throwing a welcome party for all the new recruits today at 6:00 at the Suzuki-ya next door. There'll be tekkadon!"
"I-I'm honored by your consideration, Minister Second Class..."
Court language is the archaic way of speaking that Cornelia uses.
Since the text of the law uses archaic terms, it naturally stands to reason that those that uphold it are obligated to use that language while on duty in order to properly utilize it.
But since it's so different from normal speech, using it all day isn't easy.
That's why the union of the workers from each jurisdiction were able to lobby for loosening usage policies in every department except when dealing with places outside.
And that's why all their normal conversations took place in colloquial language.
"Cornelia, your seat is over here. Your deskmat is new, so use it well."
"You have my deepest gratitude..."
"Wahaha, it's all right. Don't be so formal, no one's going to get mad at you!"
"...Mmm..."
That was the biggest shock of Cornelia's first day.
To a girl who had hoped to join the Inquisitor Section no matter what, whose fervent desire was to mete out the death penalty to evil, court language was the largest symbol of all of those hopes.
This was the duty she wanted to devote the entirety of her life to, the Inquisitor Section. That meant equal devotion to using court language.
In order to use it properly, she had begged her poor parents — insisting that "I don't need an allowance" — to let her attend a weeky court language conversation class.
If court language wasn't used, then this couldn't possibly be called the Inquisitor Section.
In order to show her stalwart, singleminded devotion towards entering the Inquisitor Section, Cornelia had used court language in day to day conversation ever since she was a child.
She'd been so unnecessarily diligent in her studies, she had recieved top marks in court language on the Inquisitor entrance examination. She'd also recieved first prize for her usage of the language in an oratorial contest at her school.
Because of her exceptionally high marks on the personnel examination of the Great Court, accepting her into the organization was simply a matter of course.
In the ministry, usually those with exceptional marks got their choice of department.
However, Cornelia had not been assigned to the department she wanted.
It might have had something to do with her interviews.
Whatever the case, the truth of the matter was that she hadn't been assigned to Repentance Enforcement, as she'd hoped, but instead to the General Affairs Department.
The duty of General Affairs was to process various types of paperwork.
Of course, it was still an important department, but confronting and smiting evil was under the purview of other departments. Departments that she hadn't been assigned to, at any rate.
Her first choice had been the Eight District, the SSVD.
They were an elite band of Witch Hunters, under the command of Wizard-Hunting Wright, known for his rigid efficiency.
If that wasn't possible, her second choice would have been the Seventh District, the Eiserne Jungfrau.
That's where Dlanor A. Knox, famous for her ten wedges, resided.
...But instead of either of them, she ended up in the General Affairs paperwork department.
Cornelia spoke to herself. Of course, even inside her head, she used court language.
Be still, my heart. Listen closely, young Cornelia.
A journey of a thousand miles still begins with a single step.
Know that this journey we've undertaken will be long and arduous until we reach our goal.
She wouldn't be discouraged.
She told herself that she had been posted here because she wasn't yet ready for the grander offices.
But by building up achievements and recognition, the day would surely come that she could transfer to an enforcement department.
Through her immense effort in studying to become an Inquisitor Aide, she'd passed the examination, so it would take similar effort to become a fully fledged Inquisitor of Heresy.
Now, let us put forth our utmost effort, come what may!
With that enthusiasm in mind, she pulled open her desk drawer in order to see what materials her predecessor had left her.
There was a heavy folder packed full with documents. On top of them all, there was a book.
Being on top, it must have been the single most important one.
It was the crossword magazine known for its fabulous prizes, 'Crosswo!'
This was her predecessor's... most important material...?
"K-know that this is nothing to lose heart over. Sigh..."
She wouldn't be discouraged. That refusal to be crushed was one of her most redeeming features.
Cornelia threw 'Crosswo!' into the recycling bin. Of course, she removed the staples before doing it.
If the work she wanted hadn't been given to her, it must have been because she wasn't at the level needed to carry it out.
So, what she needed to do was learn the work of her senior staff members and be quickly acknowledged as an independent worker.
By taking on important work, she might be given more and more work with ever increasing responsibility. And then, much like how she'd passed the Inquisitor examination, she would reach greater and greater achievements until she would earn that dangling-eared cap!
The "dangling-eared cap" is a hat that only Inquisitors are permitted to wear.
It got its nickname from the two "ears" that hand at the cap's sides.
It's said the first time you have them hanging is when your desire to become an Inquisitor of Heresy has been truly granted.
So her current earless hat felt like little more than a nurse's cap.
"Listen closely, my regulation cap. Know that one day you too shall grow a pair of ears. Someday, surely, without fail."
Gripping her hat tightly with both hands, she made an oath for its future.
Now, we must do our best. Merely idling will not help us learn our tasks.
If we cannot learn, then we can't be entrusted with anything.
We cannot just learn by listening. We cannot just wait, slackjawed, for someone else to tell us what to do.
Learn by doing, take in what you see.
People that wait to be told are the ones that are always called idiots by middle-aged men, and branded the "lazy generation" out of irritation.
I cannot just appeal to those that are sympathetic to my passion for studying.
I'll carefully observe my senior coworkers at work, and steal their methods.
One of the staff members had the sports page of a newspaper out, and was circling things with a red pencil.
Another staff member was staring out the window into the distance while clutching a tea cup, lost in thought.
There was one tapping furiously away on their laptop computer, but as soon as Cornelia walked behind them, they quickly changed the screen of what they were working on.
...Of course, there were a few people doing paperwork, but they acted like they had just remembered they had work to do.
In other words, there weren't any working habits Cornelia could use as a reference.
"Hey, Cornelia, can I ask you a favor?"
"A-at your leisure, Minister Second Class!"
"Don't be so formal, it's embarassing. Just use my name. Now, about today's lunch. We were planning on calling Sweetfish River for noodles, did you want anything?"
"I-I have prepared a homemade lunch. Thank you very kindly, but allow me to refuse."
"...Oh, I see. Well, would you please place the order for us?"
Her predecessor had her left a list of telephone numbers under her deskmat, most of them for local delivery shops.
Cornelia dialed 0 to reach an outside location and then... beep, beep, beep-beep, beep-beep... beep.
"Hello, this is Sweetfish River."
"Madam, if I may humbly..."
"Hello? You there?"
"Madam, if I may humbly state that I wish to place an order for a lunchtime repast to be delivered to our abode!"
"Huh? Hey Pa, did you screw with this phone? You know a 'Mr. Abode'? Someone wants a re-passed!"
"Oh honestly, give me that. Yes, yes, you've reached Sweetfish River Noodle Shop!"
"Sir, if I may be allowed to present a list of things I wish to order!"
"Huh?! Oh, yeah, yeah, sure, order away! Ma, it's someone from the court, they don't want no re-passed! Yes, your order please!"
"K-know that my order is as follows. A serving of duck, one large order, tempura, katsudon..."
"A large order of duck?! Or did you want a large serving of noodles?! Soba or udon with the tempura? It's okay if the katsudon is Kantou style, right?"
"Huh, ah... Umm... Please abide for a moment while I confirm."
"Miss, you're a new one, right? You can just speak normally, you know. I'll wait, so go ask your superiors for their orders again."
Even the owner of the noodle shop she was ordering from was telling her not to bother with the court language...
Feeling like she had something stuck in her throat, she went to confirm the orders from the senior staff once again.
"Sir, the orders are as follows. ...One large order of duck. Tempura may be prepared in the Kantou style. As for the katsudon, if you would let me know which of the udon or soba would be preferable..."
"Hey, wait, I didn't want a large order of duck, just regular!"
"You got yours mixed up with mine, maybe? I ordered the large duck."
"Hey, what's with the tempura served Kantou style? Is that new? I'll change my order to that!"
"Make sure the katsudon isn't the set, I want it a la carte. I'm not young any more, so I can't eat a whole set. That's right, the other day I had to get my uric acid level checked. My old lady wouldn't shut up about it."
"...??? Y-your orders have been recieved..."
"Corneliaaa, that's why I keep on saying not to use court language. If you use funny phrases, the order will get messed up."
"Um... Be that as it may, the noodle shop is located outside of the department. According to regulations, court language must be utilized..."
"Hey, new girl, you doing okay?! Can you repeat the order?!"
"S-Sir, know that the orders I have humbly gathered are as follows. One large order of duck. One regular order of duck. One tempura prepared in the Kantou style. One katsudon."
"Huh?! Is the tempura udon or soba?! And about the katsudon, you can pick either Kantou-style that comes with an egg, or Kansai-style with sauce!"
"I-I beg your patience. Please, allow me to collect the particulars once more..."
Cornelia had never even been to a noodle shop before, let alone ordered delivery from one.
Her first order from a noodle shop proved to be considerably more difficult to her than the personnel examination of the Great Court (first class)...
"...Corneliaaa. I TOLD you. If you use court language, the order is going to get messed up."
This would have been the correct order: one large order of duck, one large order of morisoba, one tempura udon, and one order of katsudon.
Since she hadn't specified udon or soba for the tempura, the restaurant had assumed they wanted a sort of combination platter.
The only things she'd gotten right were the duck and the katsudon... She had misordered two things.
Cornelia hadn't been able to complete her first job... ordering lunch. The older workers that had gone shopping to the convience store instead whispered things like "kids these days" and "lazy generation" behind her back.
She had been told it'd be better for her to drop the formal speech, but she had obstinately refused.
As a result, the senior workers who had been expecting to welcome an easy-going rookie now thought of her as a hopeless weirdo. All in the span of just three hours since taking up her assigned job.
From the pampering during the morning to the exasperated sighs in the afternoon, the atmosphere at the workplace had taken a drastic turn...
And so did her life as a new worker continue.
There was a world of difference between the training institute that had rewarded her strict attention to duty with high marks, and the real world that quickly tired of her attitude.
Her plan to advance towards her dream had been thrown off course...
Looking at her face in the bathroom mirror, she sighed over the loss of ambition she saw reflected there...
"...It will escape."
"Huh?"
She'd been staring into the mirror, as always, and naturally hadn't expected a voice to speak up from behind.
It'll escape? What? Where? Huh?
Turning around, she saw a staff member of a different department.
No, not just any staff member.
No mistaking it, the cap she was wearing had ears.
"I-I most humbly beg your apologies, Inquisitor of Heresy!"
"...Happiness."
"...Um?"
"...I have ears, but I am not an Inquisitor yet."
"Oh? Ah... Excuse my impertinence, Senior Aide!"
"...It will escape."
For some reason, this conversation wasn't progressing very well.
But this woman with the beautiful, long blonde hair had to be a Senior Aide that had passed the Inquisitor examination.
Just passing the examination isn't enough to guarantee a place among the Inquisitors of Heresy.
Each jurisdiction has a fixed number of Inquisitors on staff, so one has to wait for a vacancy.
The Aides that still lack a seat despite having the qualifications are called Senior Aides by the department.
Those Senior Aides who would eventually become Inquisitors themselves acted as the right hand men and women of Inquisitors, assisting in important missions... and, of course, they got to work in the front lines...
I couldn't help but feeling a mixture of longing and envy swelling inside me.
...But hearing even a Senior Aide speaking this colloquially was sort of depressing.
"M-madam, forgive my impertinence, but if I may ask, what is it that will flee?"
"...Happiness."
"Happiness?"
"...It will escape."
"May I enquire as to why?"
"...Because you're sighing."
'Every time you sigh, a little bit of happiness escapes.'
She really took a roundabout way to express that simple sentiment.
It's hard to believe that someone who seems to be having trouble to even carry on a simple conversation is actually a Senior Aide.
...But maybe that isn't all bad.
Everyone thinks I'm weird now too.
And if there was a chance for someone as strange as her to become a Senior Aide, it's not so bad to think there might be a chance for me.
"...You should relax it."
"Are you referring to my posture?"
"...Yeah, that's right."
"Thank you very kindly for your advice. I will take it to heart."
"...Your posture."
"Y-yes, I understood what you said."
"...Relax it."
What a strange person.
Her way of saying one sentence fragment at a time is irritating in that it's difficult to understand.
...Of course, someone like me, who's practically obsessed with court language doesn't really have room to judge.
Maybe I'm the only one that bothers to fuss over court language.
I wonder if I'm just trying to impose it upon everyone around me because the service regulations say it's the correct way of speaking...
As I ask myself that, I can't help but hang my head and sigh again.
When that happened, the Senior Aide changed her tone of voice to a much faster... or rather, it might be more accurate to say it changed to the speed of a normal person, and admonished me.
"An Inquisitor's duty is to root out heresy, not converse in court language."
"Mm..."
I was speechless. There was nothing to be said in response.
Perhaps if my lazy coworkers had said it like that, I wouldn't have given it a moment's thought.
However, it was impossible to ignore the words of a Senior Aide.
"M-My most abject apolo..."
"Umm... I'm... sorry."
It really had been a long time since I last used colloquialisms. ...It was almost embarrassing.
As I hanged my head low again, blushing in shame, this Senior Aide saw straight to my core.
Without a word, she gently smiled at my self-reflection and gave me an understanding nod.
She pointed at a notice attached to the bulletin board in the hallway.
It stated that the human resources department was taking applications for a proposal project.
It was a request for motivated staff members to come up with voluntary public project, and the department would consider outstanding proposals for actual implementation.
I had been so depressed earlier that my downturned eyes hadn't noticed the announcement.
"Please, allow me to speak."
Abruptly, the Senior Aide met my eyes and spoke in court language.
"In order to summon back your resolve, you must turn your eyes on your passion once more. ...I have high expectations of you."
That was my first meeting with Senior Aide Gertrude.
My first impression was of a quiet woman who was just as peculiar as me.
Knowing that someone so strange, with that choking accent, had managed to pass the Inquisitor examination gave me self-confidence. That was the extent of my thoughts.
But, really, she was an excellent aide. Anyone and everyone could recognize that.
She just had a dull, awkward way of talking.
She may not have had any real friends and people may have found her difficult to approach, but everyone acknowledged that she supported the seven official Inquisitors of Eiserne Jungfrau from the shadows as their honorary eighth member.
That's why I was increasingly inspired and decided to take on the challenge she had pointed out to me.
I might have had problems dealing with the people in my office, but studying and essays are my forte.
Since the deadline was soon, I decided to submit a short term project.
Halloween was just around the corner.
That's why I decided to make Halloween the subject of my proposal.
In the Human world, Halloween is a time when ghosts and other apparitions can intermingle with that world.
It was the same for those that weren't human.
Since the travel restrictions between the human world and hell, the spirit world and such are greatly relaxed during Halloween, it's a cause for much celebration.
As is typically the case with celebrations, some rowdy folks tend to come out of the woodwork. To the extent that some of them cross the line.
As such, petty crime always seems to abound during the Halloween period.
Cornelia's proposal eventually turned out as Project: Law and Order at Halloween.
Of course, in the absence of the necessary arrangements and manpower, her project did not get high praise.
Regardless, somehow she was elected for the jury's special award.
It was a prize awarded to a project that tried to challenge the boundaries but couldn't be implemented due to budgetary and regulatory reasons.
Well, it was no wonder that a hasty proposal wouldn't lead to a hasty promotion.
Even so, it had been a great opportunity to display her true self and passion.
If it affects her employee performance evaluation, perhaps her dreams of being reassigned to a more desirable department weren't so distant after all.
"For Cornelia, Minister Third Class. Congratulations on winning the special award. Here's your prize, a pencil set."
The chief clerk, a Minister First Class, publically awarded her the prize during the morning assembly.
Her coworkers clapped their hands, but she could also overhear them gossiping unpleasantries under their breaths.
"She spent all that effort writing and submitting that project too."
"Bet she just wants to seem diligent."
"They sure are lively, kids her age."
"It's that generation, you know."
For someone working here she sure has a lot of free time, submitting project proposals and all that, what a strange character. Or maybe she doesn't like her current workplace. ...Apparently, that's how she seemed to the others.
Not that this would be enough to dishearten Cornelia.
Burning with passion, she thought back to her first days at the job and clenched her fists.
The chief clerk did take some issue with Cornelia's interpersonal relationships at the office, but she also had an eye for her abundant passion and earnestness.
That explained why she had printed out copies of the proposal and handed them out to the whole staff, setting Cornelia up with the opportunity to present it in front of everyone.
"Please allow me to speak. May I please present to you my humble proposal, titled
'Project: Law and Order at Halloween'.
The room was filled with chattering.
Cornelia's chest puffed up with pride as she declared the outline of her project to the audience.
First of all, the troubling matter of the various misdemeanors frequently committed by the fickle and frivolous demons and apparitions during the Halloween period.
In order to prevent this, the various public agencies would each conduct campaigns from their respective positions.
This has not traditionally been under the purview of the Great Court, but as the defenders of the law, there is no good reason to overlook the situation.
The Great Court sees that its job is to simply judge and nothing else, when in fact more effort could be spent on preventing people from having to be judged in the first place.
Cornelia had written that the personnel of Great Court should raise public awareness on the issue in order to prevent crime and other sources of trouble.
Indeed, what she said made a lot of sense.
"As the first step, know that it is only natural that the personnel of the Great Court ought to act exemplary in upholding law and order."
"...Meaning what, in practice?"
The single most likely misdemeanor to occur at Halloween is violent behaviour due to intoxication.
It is impossible to educate intoxicated people about stopping acting violently.
Therefore, it is better to crack down on the source of the problem — intoxication.
"As officials of the Great Court, during the period of Halloween we are subject to exceptional scrutiny involving any kinds of scandals involving alcohol. Know that in order to set a good example, all Great Court personnel would be forbidden from partaking alcohol for the entire duration of Halloween. In addition, due to its troubling misuse among the delinquent youth, smoking tobacco would be similarly prohibited for all staff."
"*chatter*chatter*chatter*"
Simply put, most of the staff was heavy smokers. People who were more or less heavy drinkers weren't a small part of the staff, either.
As for the staff members who neither smoked nor drank... well, at least among those present, Cornelia was the only one.
"We cannot expect to sway people's hearts towards exemplary behaviour if we, members of the staff, do not first lead by that very example. Therefore, in accordance with this project, know that drinking alcohol and smoking tobacco has been heretofore prohibited for the staff of this department until the end of the Halloween period."
"...Ah, yeah, section chief approved that. Thanks for your cooperation, everyone."
"*chatter*chatter*chatter*!"
"'Scuse me, there's that moon viewing party that the union's throwing next week, though... It was decided before Cornelia's project, so we get an exception for that, right...?"
"With all due respect, know that no exception from this project shall be made. To receive permission for drinking or smoking, it is required to individually submit a written application to the head of the department."
"*chatter*chatter*chatter*chatter*!"
It hardly needs an explanation, but the moon viewing party was an annual autumn tradition, a get-together for the sake of socializing and building up friendships.
A loner like Cornelia might have trouble understanding it, but for the rest of the staff, it was like lubricant oil that kept the gears of the office spinning.
However, she couldn't see it as anything but a hotbed of evil where impulsive behaviour provided fertile ground for impropriety.
"In addition to serving as an example, staff members are also expected to engage in the distribution of materials pertaining to raising public awareness at train stations, shopping districts and other such places. The purpose of this is to seek cooperation and promote the Project: Law and Order at Halloween among the general public."
"*chatter*chatter*chatter*chatter*!"
"That's... overtime work, right? Throughout the whole Halloween?"
"Do we get overtime pay...?"
"Section chief said it's okay to file it under overtime pay, although the current term is already kind of overpacked, so..."
"Umm, I gotta pick up my kids and whatnot, so doing overtime would cause me all kinds of problems."
"*chatter*chatter*chatter*chatter*!"
It was supposed to have been a wonderful, passionate project.
If we want to demand law and order from others, we must first demand it from ourselves. Right?
Cornelia's chest may have puffed with youthful passion and pride, but that didn't lessen the pain of having to hear the nasty whispering and chattering of the other staff members...
Immediately that same evening, the chief secretary of the labor union had gone to talk directly to the head of the department.
He demanded the withdrawal of the cancellation of the moon viewing party and the bans on drinking and smoking.
He also wanted a swift response to the matter of withdrawing overtime work compensation.
With drinking and smoking being individual rights outlined in the Constitution, prohibiting them is exceedingly likely to be considered a human rights violation. He requested rewording the ban from 'prohibited' to 'endeavored to be prohibited.'
Regarding mandatory overtime work, he voiced a strict disapproval, citing public service regulations as well as reports of related court cases that had been stocked in the union office. He argued that in this case overtime work must not be mandatory but should be left up to each staff member's judgement, suggesting rewording the proposal so that everyone would 'endeavor to participate as much as possible'.
And as for the already planned moon viewing event, General Secretariat had already sent a donation and the event could not be suspended without informing the Cabinet. It would be quite enough to 'endeavor' to uphold law and order and simply proceed with Halloween as usual.
To ensure smooth negotiations with the union in the future, head of the department approved of all the demands.
The word 'endeavor' was added to every point of Cornelia's project, effectively defanging the whole proposal from all enforceability.
However, Cornelia happened to love the word 'endeavor', so without giving it much thought she agreed to all the amendments...
The day turned to the next.
Cornelia was astonished to see that the clouds of tobacco smoke hanging over the workplace had not lessened in the slightest from yesterday.
When reminding her co-workers that they should have been making every effort to abstain from smoking at Halloween, they told her:
"Yeeeah, I've tried that many times already but it's not so easy, you know. I'm endeavoring to stop, though."
"I work better when I smoke. Look, I've got to finish writing up this settlement by today."
"But I reaaally am trying to stop. It's just so hard, you know, wahahaha...!"
Same answers every time. Non-smokers wouldn't understand, now off you go.
Then what about abstaining from drinking at least? I thought they could at least apply self-discipline during the moon viewing party, but not a single member of the department staff present did agree to that either.
And although I hadn't explicitly said anything... my name had already been marked on the party attendance list as the sole absentee.
It did save me the effort of turning the invitation down myself... Maybe it was for the best.
"Hello. We're from the court department. Is Minister Cornelia here?"
"Sir, may I humbly inform you that I am Cornelia."
"We brought the public awareness tissues. They're all packed right here. Hey, guys, put 'em over there. Chop chop."
They were young police officers, but they made a lot of noise moving a bunch of large cardboard boxes.
The police were a large part of the Law and Order at Halloween campaign, so they had procured a lot of goods to distribute.
These goods were tissues for raising public awareness, with the slogan "Drink moderately for a fun Halloween! Don't let alcohol swallow you" printed on them.
Distributing goods daily in the station and in the shopping district adds up to a considerable number, so upwards of tens of thousands of items had already been arranged.
"...Cornelia, are you going to give these out?"
"That is indeed the case. All of these shall be distributed in the shopping district."
"...*chatter*chatter*chatter*."
"Actually, that place where the boxes are now, it was cleared out in advance for next week's deliveries, so... Think you could get rid of them by next week?"
"As long as everyone help with them, an amount such as this will be cleared out in a matter of moments! Know that there will be absolutely no problems!"
"*chatter*."
"*giggle*."
As evening fell, Cornelia was waiting at the staff entrance with a cardboard box perched on a trolley and filled with promotional tissues.
Tissue distribution was to be done by volunteer employees only. Staff was expected to 'endeavor to participate as much as possible'.
...But, in her heart, she already knew.
She decided to wait no longer and started pulling the trolley with the huge cardboard box towards the shopping district in front of the station, all alone.
The orange sky of the evening was beautifully blending into the purple of the night.
As if remembering that the summer was already over, there was a slight cool to the wind.
Within the crowds of people rushing over to the station, she selected a suitable street lamp as her base of operations and opened the box.
Inside, she found it crammed to brim with tissues for raising public awareness.
...An unwilling participant giving them out couldn't convey their intent anyway.
That's right, in that case, it's better that they didn't come.
Besides, I had already resigned myself to carry this out with nobody helping me.
"Sir, I beg your apologies...! I-if it may please you, allow me to request your understanding and assistance in upholding law and order during this year's Halloween period..."
For the people walking down the road unaccustomed to court language, my speech was unusual enough to turn their heads. My uniform must have seemed strange, as well.
In order to get their attention through the hustle and bustle of the huge crowd, I had to speak loudly enough to strain my voice.
Even so, I had a lot of trouble distributing anything because people didn't seem to understand me. Even when they somewhat understood me, what I was saying sounded so stiff that they didn't feel it was worth stopping their feet. One by one, they all passed me by.
...Perhaps they were right about court language, after all.
But even if I changed to regular speech now, I'm so unused to it that I probably still couldn't communicate with the passers-by...
"For... for law and order at... Halloween... Please, your understanding and assis...tance..."
I can't do it. I can't raise my voice. ...It's just no use.
Why?
Because, for me, court language itself was a dream, a symbol of my ambitions.
It was my dream to become one of the Inquisitors of Heresy, those who mete out justice. I didn't want to let anything make me lose heart.
That is why.
So when I'm forced to speak colloquailly like this... I can feel it bending my beliefs... and it makes me sad.
The people hurrying home were momentarily curious about the unusual uniform, but whether they would accept a tissue was another matter entirely.
It would have been fine for her to distribute her goods in the local bars or karaoke places.
Unfortunately, Cornelia had no concept of such tricks.
Her difficulties in giving out the tissues made her remember a story she had read in her childhood... And when she realized that right now she was the very image of the little match girl, her depression only deepened.
...I've been clinging on to the same dream since I was only a child... Have I really come this far with my eyes blinded from the reality...?
Is this what happened to my age-long admiration of the Inquisition...?
Having lost her flow, not a single passerby made any motion to accept her offerings, as if they were all deliberately conspiring against her.
"...Law and order... at Halloween... your assistance... please..."
...Struggling with embarrassment, I resorted to regular speech in order to be understood.
On that day, resolutely keeping at it until late at night, I had finally managed to distribute half a box of tissues.
There were still a stack of five more boxes left at the office.
I have to distribute an entire box's worth a day, otherwise it'll be impossible to clear them all in just one week...
I had kept standing the whole time, so my feet were now feeling painfully exhausted.
From tomorrow on, I'll have to endure both my regular and overtime work on aching feet.
...It doesn't even need calculating... It's impossible for one person to distribute everything within a week...
Obviously. I had knowingly ordered that much, after all.
...Why?
Because it was the right thing to do, so I obviously just assumed that a lot of people would want to help out.
So, if there's many of us handing things out, I thought it was necessary to make an order large enough for all of us.
...Nobody... came to... help me.
After working overtime until late at night every day for an entire week, I wanted to silently ask myself something.
What was that I really wanted to do?
What was that I had to do, no matter what?
I had learned how to give out leaflets, I had picked up some tricks like handing out two or three at a time and I had gotten faster at the job, but... despite all my efforts, I was still only halfway done as the final night approached.
Tonight was the night of the department's planned get-together, the "moon viewing gathering".
Immediately after the chime had marked the end of the shift, all of my seniors got on a rental bus and went to see the cherry blossom trees by a riverbed somewhere.
...And tonight, I alone was moving a cardboard box on a trolley to the station, preparing to give out tissues until the night falls.
Yup, and it's not just tonight... yesterday and the day before yesterday, too... or maybe... I've been doing this forever...
Speaking of the moon viewing, I heard that tonight it was going to be an especially large, bright white full moon.
I found myself thinking that maybe my coworkers would, just this once, cooperate by refraining from drinking.
...No, they have no obligation to that, either.
My purpose here is to appeal to the crowd to spend the night peacefully, not disturb my coworkers' social gatherings.
...An Inquisitor's duty is to root out heresy, not converse in court language.
The same logic applies to both, does it not?
I feel like I finally understood what Senior Aide Gertrude was trying to tell me that day.
Even so, I'm still stuck in the same rut...
I don't see any possible way to clear out this box by tonight.
And even if I did, there are still a few full ones left by the workplace.
...What should I do?
I mustn't just throw them away. ...I should probably ask if the police would take care of the leftover ones.
...Now that I think about it, even police told me I was ordering more than enough, didn't they?
I had proudly announced in clear court language that it was indeed the amount we required...
"...How goes it."
"Huh?"
"...The thing you're doing."
It was Senior Aide Gertrude.
In the span of this entire week, I had not seen her even once.
In other words, she doesn't normally use this station... so she must have expressly taken the time to come look at me here.
She offered her outstretched hand.
...Before I knew what was going on, I was giving her a tissue that I had twisted from gripping onto it so tightly.
She accepted it... and took a sidelong glance at the cardboard box with all the numerous tissues still remaining inside it.
...She did not say anything.
Or no, maybe it was like before.
By deliberately not saying anything... she was silently admonishing me.
"...The dreams made during childhood are no more than childish dreams."
She must have read my resume. She knew I had written about that on my job application.
"...Reality is always different from one's ideals."
"...I have no room for rebuttal."
"...Changing one's ideals accordingly means changing oneself."
Ever since the first day of my assignment... my expectations had been betrayed.
Even though I got the job I always yearned for... it was nothing like what I dreamed as a child.
For that very reason... I ignored reality to keep chasing my dream.
...Right. The perfect job that I imagined... clearly only exists in the TV.
That drama series about Inquisitors that I watched in my youth... I was so excited about the world of that show that at some point I had turned my eyes away from reality.
"...Two options."
"Pray tell..."
"...Will you change the world?"
"...Or will you change yourself?"
"Imp... Know that doing it is impossible..."
"...Which one?"
"Either... Madam."
If you're trying to promote your immature and unrealistic ideals alone, nobody will sympathize with you.
And... for someone like me who has been clutching on to those ideals — those childhood dreams — for all their life from cradle to this moment... changing them is just not going to happen.
Saying 'the world is wrong' and 'I am wrong' have effectively the same meaning.
Changing my misguided self is exactly the same as changing the entire world.
It's never going to happen.
"...You are not cut out for this."
"What... might you be referring to?"
Cut out for this job? For my ideals? What, for the reality?
The Senior Aide... did not answer.
Just like on that day... I silently posed my questions to nobody but myself.
"...Sit down."
"Huh?"
"...On the floor."
"I... Beg your pardon, do you mean right here?"
"...Sit."
In the middle of the crowd, Senior Aide Gertrude folded her legs underneath her thighs and sat up straight on the ground.
Thinking I was about to get scolded as usual... I followed her example.
I braced myself for the scolding, whatever may come, but she stayed as quiet as ever.
Once again, the silence just made me question myself.
But then... she abruptly held up a single finger.
As in the first point she was about to make...?
No... She wanted me to look at what she was pointing at.
But where was that? ...Above...?
"...A moon viewing"
A perfectly white, round moon.
Perhaps... all of my coworkers from the department were also seeing the same thing right now.
I could already imagine what tomorrow morning was going to be like.
Their conversations would probably be filled with phrases like 'the moon sure was beautiful last night' and so on.
I may not be present at the moon viewing party, but... perhaps I might be able to join those conversations, at least.
"...Please, allow me to speak."
Senior Aide Gertrude spoke, in court language besides.
She spoke using the words nearest to my heart.
"...Dreams, ideals. As well as their realizations... Know that these are not things that can be achieved alone."
"People will not listen to ideals."
"Madam, my humble apologies, but if I may inquire... If that is the case, in what way am I to achieve my ideals...?"
To that question, Senior Aide gave a quiet answer.
People will not listen to ideals.
People will not listen to others.
But people may listen to their friends.
So if you talk to your friends about your ideals, they might even offer you their help.
No matter how grand your ideals may be, if your words cannot convince anybody, you may as well be blowing hot air.
How does one convince others, then...?
There is no way other than for your hearts and minds to interact.
Regardless of your ideals, that comes always first.
...Without communication, nothing can be conveyed.
There we were, the two of us, in the middle of the nighttime crowd in front of the station... sitting straight up on the ground and looking up at the moon.
Somehow, despite the lack of sake and dango, and while feeling oddly calm in this congestion of people moving back and forth, numerous enough to be called a veritable forest... we were having this strange moon viewing party.
It's true that I may be inexperienced as a member of the society.
Perhaps I could be called one of those typical, uncooperative "youngsters".
Perhaps I'm all the worse for waving my aspirations around like a flag.
...Maybe I had already made some big mistake a long time ago.
Quit your job?
How do you plan on getting reemployed if you quit, in this day and age?
Just getting a job in the first place is difficult enough...
The time I had for quitting my job and reorganizing my life passed long ago.
Actually, the last chance you get for reorganizing your life is probably around the time you graduate middle school.
But... is that everything my passions amounted to?
Was is all really just a misunderstanding...? Am I not where I am today for the sake of the dreams I believed in...?
It turned out that Gertrude had taken care of the cardboard boxes still left at the workplace.
Now they didn't have to be in the way at work anymore.
I didn't know how, but it seemed she was aware of all the circumstances surrounding me.
Later on, I learned that she was an acquaintance of the chief clerk, who had some concerns and asked her for advice.
As a newcomer, Gertrude had been similarly eccentric and suffered her share of hardships as well.
The chief clerk must have thought that without it coming from another girl like that, I wouldn't take their words to heart...
Ideals, reality. Myself, the world.
Unless they all come together... nothing will be accomplished.
Perhaps that is what being an adult is about.
I'm sure an Inquisitor must have grown up to that extent at least.
...And for someone as immature as me, it's not a suitable job in the least.
On that day... I was finally able to let go of the most purely immature part of my childhood dream.
Or no, I don't want to call it 'letting go'.
I told myself to call it a fresh start.
My aim is to be an Inquisitor of Heresy. However, that is not what's important.
Before that happens... I want to become a full adult.
And if I can accomplish that... then perhaps I shall remember my childish dream once again.
Having said as much to her, that night was over.
"Wow, would you look at that. Did you hand out all the stuff from those cardboard boxes all by yourself?"
"Oh, you dropped the court language?"
"...I'm not used to speaking like this, so it's embarrassing... Madam..."
The chief clerk was smiling. Senior Aide must have told her about everything.
She probably knew all about my childhood dream, my conflict with reality and my decision to start anew.
I felt like my heart had been laid bare, and embarrassment rose to my cheeks.
"You know, being an adult isn't decided by age or employment. You gotta take a good look at the life after that. You gotta become mature, to figure out what adulthood is... Cornelia, you're young, so you might be frustrated, thinking you're running out of time to do that. But that's not true, alright? Life really is long."
"I hope that someday you can be what you really want to be."
"...Me too."
The tedious, woefully inadequate and unchanging workplace... seemed just a little more relaxing than usual.
"Did you bring your lunch from home today? Tomorrow, let's get everyone on the shift and have lunch at the local sushi place."
"...Uh... um..."
"It's decided, then. Remember to leave your lunch box home tomorrow. Anyway, give section chief your project summary report later. Also, could you get me a cup of tea?"
"Y-yes... Madam."
This was a story from long, long before Cornelia became a member of the Eiserne Jungfrau...
<The End>
"...This abundance of tissues is UNNECESSARY."
There was a heap of tissues piled up on Dlanor's paper tray.
Gertrude had divided the tissues between her colleagues, and that heap was a portion of it.
"...That's your portion. They're very useful... like for drying up spilled tea, cleaning a dropped piece of candy, wiping your nose, wiping ketchup from your cheek... All very relevant for you, boss."
"They are not NECESSARY. Stop treating me like a CHILD. I don't want THEM. You're annoying me to <ｄｅａｔｈ>."
The recent ketchup incident was still a sore point for Dlanor, who was now puffing her cheeks in disagreement.
"...In that case, they're not tissues, they're documents. Therefore, Madam, please allow me to submit them for your approval. Please stamp each and every one of these tissues."
"STAMP...! My stamping is FINISHED, FINISHEDFINISHED. FINISHEDFINISHEDFINISHED...!!"
Every hair on Dlanor's body was standing on end. It was like she was covered in rash.
Despite being in the management, Dlanor had a phobia of stamps. This was a torture, inflicted in order for her to get over it and start stamping things.
That young newcomer came to Gertrude's mind.
It made her remember her own time as a newbie. Such bittersweet memories.
Before I knew it, I had forgotten about my own passions. I wonder when that happened.
At what point did I become something resembling an adult...?
"Let me GO. The ketchup and seaweed won't be a problem today, I'll be FINE!"
Without realizing, Gertrude had been patting the head of her ever-youthful superior.
The Head Inquisitor of Heresy herself seems the least adult of us all...
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# Cornelia the New Priest/Summary
Many kids have dreams of joining the Great Court of Heaven, responsible for upholding the law. Cornelia is one such kid who managed to make it and become an Inquisitor Aide, much to nobody’s surprise. Cornelia had many expectations of what being an Inquisitor is like, but she never expected to have so much free time. Top Inquisitors are very busy, but Cornelia’s department was much slower when it came to workloads. The atmosphere was also incredibly loose, as Cornelia would always speak to her superiors and coworkers with court language while they talked normally. Cornelia tries telling her superior that court language must be used while on duty, but he tells her they changed the regulations and now it must be used outside the office.
This first day contained blow after blow to Cornelia’s spirit, who at a young age begged her parents to let her take a weekly court language conversation class; she used court language every day of her life to prove she wanted to be an Inquisitor, only to be told it wasn’t all that necessary.
Even so, Cornelia got high marks in her examinations, which made accepting her into the Great Court a matter of course. But instead of getting placed in Repentance Enforcement with the SSVD under the direction of Wizard-Hunting Wright, or Eiserne Jungfrau under Dlanor A. Knox, Cornelia got put into General Affairs, which did paperwork. It was a weak start, but Cornelia believed that by working diligently, she could someday get transferred to an enforcement department. Cornelia dreamed of becoming a full-fledged Inquisitor of Heresy, receiving a dangling-eared hat that would put her current earless hat to shame. Later, Cornelia watches her coworkers, hoping to pick up on good habits, but comes up with nothing. A Minister asks Cornelia to call and order lunch for him and some coworkers, and her insistence on using court language causes her to mess up their orders.
In the bathroom, Cornelia looks in the mirror and thinks about how different the real world is from her training, and another voice tells her, “it will escape.” She turns around to see Gertrude, a Senior Aide, who’s trying to cheer her up. Gertrude says it several more times, and Cornelia asks what she means; every time she sighs, a little bit of happiness escapes. Cornelia thinks about the roundabout way Gertrude took to say that and how difficult the conversation seemed to be for her, and if someone like her can become a Senior Aide then Cornelia can become one too. Gertrude then tells her to relax her posture, saying Inquisitors are meant to root out heresy, not speak in court language. Cornelia apologizes, having never said a colloquialism in a long time, and Gertrude shows her a bulletin notice talking about accepting proposals for volunteer public projects. Renewed with passion and a deadline approaching, Cornelia decides to make a proposal. It was soon going to be Halloween, where restrictions between the human world and spirit world became much more relaxed, sometimes leading to trouble with petty crimes. Cornelia decided to use this as a basis for Project: Law and Order at Halloween.
The time to present the project arrives, and Cornelia prints out several copies and hands them to the staff. Demons and apparitions like to cause trouble on Halloween, and to that end Cornelia wants the Great Court to not overlook the situation. The Great Court needs to be exemplary when upholding law and order; intoxication can lead to violent behavior, so Cornelia proposes that usage of alcohol by Court members be prohibited during Halloween, throwing in smoking as well. The crowd goes through a lot of chatter, most of them being heavy drinkers and smokers, and someone asks if they’ll get exceptions for the moon-viewing party next week; Cornelia wants them to submit a written application if they want exceptions. The moon-viewing party was important for socializing and building relationships throughout the Court workers, but Cornelia saw it as a hotbed of evil. She also wants workers to raise public awareness by standing at train stations and such, which creates even more chatter because of the prospect of overtime work.
In the end, the ban on smoking and drinking didn’t go through because they’re rights outlined in the Constitution, which would’ve been seen as a human rights violation; rather, they are “endeavored to be prohibited.” Overtime work was not required, but workers were encouraged to “endeavor” to participate. Cornelia’s project had “endeavor” applied all over it, and she approved the changes without thinking about what it meant. The next day, nothing in the office changed at all, much to Cornelia’s dismay. She gets called to pick up boxes of public awareness tissues that were made as part of her project, and Cornelia needed to get rid of them by next week. She carries boxes out to the shopping district and hands them out, all alone. Her usage of court language made it difficult to convey to passersby what she wanted them to support, and her attempts to use colloquial language makes it even more difficult. To Cornelia, court language was a symbol of her dreams, and having to use normal speech feels like bending her beliefs. At the end of the day, Cornelia successful distributes half a box of tissues, leaving five left that had to be taken care of. She had ordered so many because she thought it was the right thing to do and assumed others would want to help. Day after day, Cornelia’s tissues wind down, up until the day of the moon-viewing. Cornelia was the only person who didn’t sign up for the moon-viewing party, so she returns to her spot to distribute more tissues. There’s still so many tissues left, and she thinks about letting the police take care of them. Gertrude suddenly appears, accepting a tissue and telling Cornelia, “Reality is often different from one’s ideals.” Cornelia realized that her dream job is not at all what it was really like, having ignored reality in lieu of her dreams. Gertrude then offers her two options: either she changes the world, or she changes herself. Cornelia is unable to answer and ruminates some more when Gertrude tells her to sit down. The two of them sit down and gaze up at the moon, which is full and brightly shining. Gertrude gives one last statement, saying ideals cannot be achieved alone, and people will not listen to ideals. Cornelia takes that to mean that people won’t listen to ideals or others, but will listen to friends; by talking to friends about her ideals, they may offer help.
In the end, Gertrude managed to take care of the last few tissue boxes, and Cornelia learned that she was an acquaintance of the chief clerk; as a newcomer, Gertrude was similar to Cornelia and had asked the chief for advice. Cornelia had taken Gertrude’s words to heart, being similar girls, and Cornelia feels like uniting her ideals with reality is important to becoming an adult. Cornelia’s new dream is to become an adult; once she does that, maybe then she can become an Inquisitor of Heresy.
The next day, Cornelia speaks with the chief clerk, this time colloquially. She wanted to start anew, and the chief smiles at this prospect. She tells Cornelia that being an adult is all about looking at the life ahead of her, and life is long. The chief also invites Cornelia to join them for a group lunch the next day, telling her to leave her lunchbox at home. This is what Cornelia’s first few days on the job was like, long before she became a member of Eiserne Jungfrau.
Meanwhile, all the tissue boxes had been divided between Gertrude’s colleagues, and a big pile of them filled Dlanor’s desk. Gertrude says tissues are very useful for cleaning up lots of things, and Dlanor tells her to stop treating her like a kid. Gertrude then says to think of the tissues as documents to be stamped, much to the Head Inquisitor’s dismay. As Dlanor finishes stamping, Gertrude wonders when she became an adult, musing that Dlanor seems the less adult out of all of them.
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# Corrupted Guardian Spirit
is the fifty-fifth event in that ran from November 19, 2022.
Related Units.
The following units increased event-related drops when brought into battle. They are units and character stories associated with this event.
All following units have a rarity of SSR.
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# Country Girl
is one of the stories in . It was written by Romeo Tanaka.
Manga Adaptation.
A manga adaptation titled , alternatively subtitled from Trianthology: Through the Three-sided Glass, and What Alice Found There, was illustrated by Tatsuhiko and serialized in Square Enix's Big Gangan Okawari online magazine from January 21, 2016 to October 28, 2016. It was later released as two "tankobon" volumes on July 25, 2016 and December 24, 2016, respectively.
A French translation was published by chattochatto in 2021.
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# Country Girl Manga Volume 1
Country Girl Volume 1 is the first volume of "Country Girl".
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# Country Girl Manga Volume 2
Country Girl Volume 2 is the second and final volume of "Country Girl".
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# Creator
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# Cure Maid Cafe
is a maid cafe in Akihabara, Japan. They frequently do collaborations with 07th Expansion works in the form of menu items inspired by characters and concepts.
07th Expansion Collaborations.
2020.
This is a menu created in collaboration with ".
2021.
This is a menu created in collaboration with ".
2022.
These menu items were produced as part of the 07th Grand Banquet.
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# Cut content in Umineko
This page documents unused or reworked content from .
Land of the Golden Witch.
"Land of the Golden Witch" was the original concept for Episode 3.
Maiko Arizawa/Manon.
, also known as , was an unused servant character. She was rejected because she had a similar face to Shannon, and her role was taken by Kumasawa.She was revealed at an exhibition held at the Poisson Rouge Goldfish Teahouse. A character with a similar name to Manon would appear later on.
Fans claim that her face was like a mix of Rosa and Natsuhi's, she had a body shape like Kanon's, and a personality like Maria's.
The Three Tortured Sisters.
were a group of characters consisting of , , and . They were Inquisitors who would've fought Will at the beginning of "Requiem of the Golden Witch". Ranko did appear by herself, but without a name and sprites.
Their names are derived from Japanese mystery novelists: Ranko Edogawa is derived from Ranpo Edogawa, Yukiko Ayatsuji is derived from Yukito Ayatsuji, and Shoko Shimada is derived from Soji Shimada.
Black Will.
was an evil version of Will who would've appeared under Bernkastel's control in "Twilight of the Golden Witch". Ryukishi07 wanted to have a scene with Black Will regaining his memories, breaking his control and turning back to normal, but he felt it would overshadow the other characters.
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# Cyrus Saimura
is a war veteran and bodyguard for Richard Maiougi and Primavera. He first appears in "Season 1".
Appearance.
Cyrus has red hair tied into a ponytail and wears a black and green-rimmed hat. He wears black and white vest with a black coat always draped over his shoulders.
As the Grand Boss in 1948, he wears a black suit and carries a cane.
Personality.
Cyrus acts very tough but he also has a comedic and soft side, always struggling to hold his laughter when Richard threatens people. He holds personal relationships in high regard and won't hesitate to take revenge if allowed to.
Story.
"Season 1".
Cyrus is first introduced in 1947 as a bodyguard and assistant for Richard. As part of his bodyguard duties, he helps rescue Claudia when she gets kidnapped by Alfred and later helps search for Alfred's hideouts when he tries to bomb the club.
After Caleb takes over City 23 and starts attacking businesses who don't submit to him, Primavera and Richard become targets. Cyrus helps Richard escape Caleb's henchmen to an unknown location.
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# D4DJ
(D4DJ) is a Japanese multimedia franchise created by Bushiroad. The game D4DJ Groovy Mix had collaborations with "" and "SOTSU".
Higurashi Content.
From July 2, 2021 to October 2, 2021, a cover of the "Sotsu" opening theme Analogy was available to be unlocked and played. A cover of the "Gou" opening theme I believe what you said was available to be played in the Japanese version on September 17, 2021, and in the American version on April 3, 2022.
Various club items inspired by the series were also available.
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# Dai
dai is a composer who began working with Ryukishi07 starting with . He has since become a staff member of 07th Expansion. dai is known for composing "you", considered to be "Higurashi"'s most iconic song.
History.
While producing the "Higurashi" Question Arcs, Ryukishi and his brother were using royalty-free music from various websites and tried to make the volume for them all match, which resulted in there being a lot of noise. dai sent them an email criticizing the music, and Ryukishi sent an email in response asking what kind of music dai would make instead. Ryukishi thought he'd blown off dai, but he actually replied back with some music tracks of his own; Ryukishi and the rest of the 07th Expansion staff decided to hire dai then.
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# Daiki Tomita
is a student at the Hinamizawa Branch School.
Profile.
"Keiichi's junior at school and classmate."
"His parents run a tofu shop. He wears glasses and gives off a vaguely humble impression. He has a crush on Satoko."
Translated from Entergram's "Higurashi Hou" website.)
Appearance.
Tomita is not given a sprite in the original visual novel. Console ports and various adaptations give him short brown hair, olive eyes and glasses. He usually wears a green shirt and black pants.
Personality.
Tomita is very insightful at times. Due to his young age he often gets manipulated by other students during school activities, especially when it involves his crush on Satoko. Tomita also occasionally shows a perverted side to him, like in "Tsumihoroboshi" when he attends the Angel Mort Dessert Festa and comments on the punishment outfits worn by the club members.
Background.
Tomita's parents run a tofu shop.
Role in the Story.
Watanagashi.
During a games competition in Okinomiya, Keiichi faces off against Tomita and Okamura at The Game of Life. Keiichi is on the losing end for most of the game when he makes a deal with the two of them: if they allow Keiichi to win, he'll ensure that as a punishment game, he'll make Satoko wear a collar and follow Tomita all day while acting as his little sister; Tomita has a nosebleed at the thought. The club returns to check their progress where Tomita and Okamura announce that Keiichi has won.
During a curry cooking competition later, Keiichi once again makes a deal with Tomita and Okamura, asking them to give him their vegetables. As a reward Keiichi says he'll let them eat the curry Satoko and Rika made, especially the parts they've eaten out of; Tomita has another nosebleed and accepts the deal. Keiichi's curry pot is sabotaged however, but he gets Tomita and Okamura's help in procuring some onigiri as a way of manipulating the judges: they've gotten sick of eating so much curry that they'll want something fresh to eat. In the end, Keiichi's plan helps him, Tomita and Okamura win.
Tatarigoroshi.
During a bento competition Tomita and Okamura get bought out by Rika and Satoko, giving them their own bentos to make theirs look better.
Tomita and Okamura tell Keiichi that the rumor of Satoko's uncle Teppei coming back to the village is true, explaining her recent absences. Satoko came to Tomita's family's shop to buy soft tofu, which is more expensive than the regular tofu she and Rika always bought; the fact she's buying the more expensive one proves she's living with her uncle now.
After Keiichi kills Teppei and goes to school, he gets confused by the entire class saying he was at the festival, with Tomita asking about the results of the target practice game.
Tomita dies in the Great Hinamizawa Disaster, as seen in the credits.
Meakashi.
The credits show that as of 2004, Tomita lives in Shishibone City.
Tsumihoroboshi.
Tomita and the rest of the class are held hostage when Rena threatens to blow up the school. After escaping, Tomita and the other students start cheering on Keiichi when he climbs onto the school's roof to disarm the bomb.
Tomita dies in the Great Hinamizawa Disaster.
Minagoroshi.
Tomita and the rest of the class join Keiichi and the club in petitioning the child consultation center to save Satoko from her uncle. After the initial class meeting at the center, Tomita promises to bring other people he knows to increase their numbers.
Tomita dies in the Great Hinamizawa Disaster.
Matsuribayashi.
Tomita and other students welcome Hanyuu as a member of the school.
Other Appearances.
Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Rei (manga).
In "Oniokoshi", an adult Tomita runs the Tomita Tofu Shop in 2019.
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# Daisuke Okano
is a character that appears exclusively in "Hinamizawa Bus Stop".
Appearance.
In the PC version of "Hou", Daisuke's sprites are Tatsuyoshi Kasai's sprites colored brown.
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# Data Fragments
refer to the version of the TIPS system in . They are similar to the TIPS in , and take the form of additional short scenes that expand on the characters and worldbuilding.
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# Dawn of the Golden Witch
Dawn of the Golden Witch is the second installment of and the sixth arc of the overall series. It was released at Comiket 77 on December 30, 2009 and is followed by "Requiem of the Golden Witch".
The original release of "Dawn of the Golden Witch" includes the previous chapter.
Introduction.
"Good morning.""Now the curtain shall finally arise on a game presented by that Battler-sama."
"Will Battler-sama manage to successfully and spectacularly fill the enormous role of Game Master?""Let us bear witness to this fight from the opposite side of the chessboard."
"There is no longer a difficulty level.""This is no longer a hint, but a confession".
Plot Synopsis.
Having become the new Game Master at the end of "End of the Golden Witch", Battler is tasked with the creation of his own game board as a way of demonstrating his understanding of Beatrice's game. Beatrice is also reborn, but her new self lacks the memories of the original and possesses a timid personality. Battler's game has a focus on the couples George and Shannon, and Jessica and Kanon, who participate in "Love Trials" to determine which of their relationships will succeed. Beatrice joins these trials as part of her quest to discover who she once was and meets another version of Beato while Erika takes on Battler's game.
Alongside these events, Ange reads a manuscript by the mysterious forger Tohya Hachijo, the author of the tales of the third to sixth games.
Characters.
New Characters.
Humans
Furniture
Witches
Release History.
Original Release (Comiket 77).
"Dawn of the Golden Witch" first released on PC at C77 on December 30, 2009.
Comiket 78.
This arc was rereleased with "Requiem of the Golden Witch" at C78 on August 14, 2010.
Comiket 79.
This arc was rereleased with "Twilight of the Golden Witch" at C79 on December 31, 2010.
English Release.
"Chiru" was officially translated to English and released by MangaGamer on November 17, 2017. It featured new character artwork by Natsumi Kei based on the pachinko game. There are also a number of new CGs, however these are not enabled by default as they were added before release and could not be tested or approved.
Saku.
"Umineko no Naku Koro ni Saku" released as a compilation of every arc on PC on October 4, 2019.
Ports.
This arc has been featured in the following console ports:
Adaptations.
Manga.
The manga adaptation of "Dawn of the Golden Witch" was illustrated by Hinase Momoyama and serialized in Square Enix's GFantasy magazine from December 2010 to December 2012. It was later collected into six volumes. Yen Press published them in English in three omnibus volumes.
Novels.
Kodansha released two volumes adapting "Dawn of the Golden Witch":
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Kinzo Ushiromiya.
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Attending Physician Nanjo.
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BATTLER.
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Bernkastel.
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556 was quiet and often teased, but she was loved by everyone. However, her luck was always bad, and she met a tragic end in battle against the black witch.
She was a cutting-edge weapon, unique in the Sisters' Calvary, which tended to serve as honor guards.
556 was in charge of squad fire support. She shot not to kill, but to protect her allies.
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The trumpet is her specialty.
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Ange Ushiromiya.
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# Dawn of the Golden Witch/Colored Text
This page contains all the red truths and blue truths for the episode, contextualized and arranged by chapter.
Chapter 2: Game Master.
Featherine and Ange are reading a story of Battler reviving Beatrice, who has lost their memories and is like a chick.
Chapter 3: True Feelings.
Chick Beato wonders why they were created.
Chapter 5: The Source of Magic.
Maria talks about a magic trick to make candies appear from a cup, which Erika vehemently rejects.
Erika performs the cup trick
Chapter 7: Magic of a Different Interpretation.
Chick Beato tries the cup magic trick
Chapter 12: About the Crime Scene.
First Twilight.
Battler, Eva, Kyrie, Natsuhi, Rosa, and Maria have been found dead, locked inside of their own rooms with the chain set. In the case of Rosa and Maria, they were in the parlor with the door blockaded.
Erika has given up her detective's authority and cannot accurately determine the cause of death.
Battler refuses to confirm that no murders were committed after the deconstruction of the closed rooms
Chapter 14: A Small Contradiction.
Erika confirms the locations of the characters
Battler is asked to remove Kinzo from the definition of 'everyone' since he's already dead
Erika receives some tape and retroactively puts it on the doors to the cousins' room and the next room over, sealing everyone inside. She also retroactively puts it on Battler's room after checking his corpse the first time.
Chapter 15: Logic Error.
Erika checks on Battler's room.
Lambda promises to judge if each red truth is valid
Battler's Room.
Erika breaks the seal on Battler's room and begins searching for him, locking the door behind her. Battler is nowhere to be found.
Erika confirms the layout of the bedroom
Battler's Escape.
Battler claims he does not exist inside the guestroom and has escaped without breaking the chain lock.
Battler claims that someone swapped places with him in the closet without breaking the chain lock.
Erika confirms the tape on the cousins' room and next room over are intact.
Unable to explain how he escaped the room, Battler becomes trapped in a logic error until he can figure out how.
Chapter 16: The Demon Wedding Ceremony.
Battler's furniture inspect the guesthouse and think of a way to free him.
Chapter 18: Red and Blue Truth.
Beatrice fully revives and explains how Battler escaped the room.
Erika tells Beatrice to repeat that there's someone in the closet, but she refuses.
The Duel.
Beatrice and Erika duel over Battler's room, each firing off a bullet loaded with red truth.
Erika theorizes over the room again.
The Final Shot.
Battler escapes his logic error and joins with Beatrice to fight Erika in one last duel.
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# Dawn of the Golden Witch/Solution
This article attempts to describe solutions to the gameboard's mysteries in "Dawn of the Golden Witch""." It is primarily based on Erika's theories from the manga version of "Twilight of the Golden Witch", which Ryukishi07 has stated to be an official answer from him.
This page only aims to describe the whodunnit and howdunnit of the mysteries. There is a wealth of additional emotional subtext behind many of these scenes that will not be described here due to its greater reliance on reader interpretation of the scenes themselves. We strongly encourage rereading the story in order to discover this for yourself.
Overview.
Battler and his accomplices were going to perform a murder-mystery prank, but Erika decided to kill people for real.
Before the Murders.
Erika landed on the island and met Maria in the garden while the latter was alone around the time Sayo would meet Maria in the first four games. Erika annoyed everyone during dinner. Battler and several others then started their murder-mystery prank, but Erika tried to kill them all.
First Twilight.
Red Truths
Solution
Battler, Eva, Kyrie, Natsuhi, Rosa, and Maria locked themselves inside of rooms and pretended to be dead. After everyone had destroyed the chains and gone inside, Erika sealed Battler's room with duct tape after checking his corpse the first time and decapitated the other victims.
Erika then sealed the other survivors inside separate rooms in the guesthouse.
Second Twilight (The Letter and Battler's Room).
Red Truths
Red Truths (Manga)
Solution
Shannon was observed by Erika to be in the next room over, and "everyone else" (a vague term) was said to be in the cousin room. Kanon was assumed to be in the cousin room as part of the definition of everyone, but Erika never personally inspected the cousin room to see who was actually inside. Everything depicted to happen in the cousin room could be made up because no detective was present and Krauss, Rudolf, Jessica, Genji, and Gohda were all likely accomplices of the prank.
The reds confirm that the cousin room had intact window seals at the time of the logic error, but it is not stated that the next room over was the same way. Sayo/Shannon changed into Kanon, escaped the next room over through the window and placed the letter outside the guesthouse for Erika to find.
While Erika was distracted inside the bathroom, Battler unset the chain to his room and let Kanon in. After Battler left the room, Kanon reset the chain and hid in the closet. Sayo then killed off her Kanon persona.
The game was suspended after this point.
The True Number of Humans and the Competition for Love.
Red Truths
Red Truths (Manga)
Solution
When Battler made his declaration about the number of humans, he did so with the intent of naming the amount of bodies on the island. Erika's declaration was done with the intent of naming the names of people on the island. Shannon and Kanon are recognized as names, but they are personas belonging to the same body. In other words, the total number of living human bodies on the island during the first four games is actually 16.
Only one of the three pairs of lovers can succeed because Shannon, Kanon, and Beatrice are all different personas of the same physical body. One of them leaving with either George, Jessica, or Battler means the other two personas will not be able to stay together with their lovers.
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# Dawn of the Golden Witch/Summary
Following the events of the previous game with the introduction of a new Game Master, this chapter does not delve into the solution of Beatrice's game so much as it displays the Game Master's understanding of it, though it does provide important clues linked to the main suspects. George, Jessica, Shannon, and Kanon play a prominent role in the story, as does a childlike reborn Beatrice who struggles to regain her former personality for Battler's sake. Once again, the game is suspended before its conclusion.
Prologue.
Background Music
Characters appearing
The Witch of Theatergoing.
Background Music
Characters appearing
Game Master.
Background Music
Characters appearing
True Feelings.
Background Music
Characters appearing
The Annoying Guest.
Background Music
Characters appearing
The Source of Magic.
Background Music
Characters appearing
The Lovers.
Background Music
Characters appearing
Magic of a Different Interpretation.
Background Music
Characters appearing
Zepar and Furfur.
Background Music
Characters appearing
Self-Reliance.
Background Music
Characters appearing
Romantic Regrets.
Background Music
Characters appearing
The Fate of Those Who Do Not Fight.
Background Music
Characters appearing
About the Crime Scene.
Background Music
Characters appearing
Detective Proclamation.
Background Music
Characters appearing
A Small Contradiction.
Background Music
Characters appearing
Logic Error.
Background Music
Characters appearing
The Demon Wedding Ceremony.
Background Music
Characters appearing
The Duel of the Lovers.
Background Music
Characters appearing
Red and Blue Truth.
Background Music
Characters appearing
Tea Party.
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Characters appearing
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# Dawn of the Golden Witch/TIPS
Spirit Mirror.
Kept in the shrine built on a rock in the waters near Rokkenjima to suppress the evil spirits of Akujikishima. It is believed to possess a great power, which holds those evil spirits at bay.
This mirror is revered by the fishermen around the Niijima area, and several times each year, a small ceremony is conducted jointly by the Ushiromiya family and the Niijima Fishery Cooperative.
In the past, Kinzo ordered that it be cleaned when the seasons changed. However, it is unknown whether or not he did this out of respect for the occult of the Eastern world.
Duel Pistol Set.
A set of demon duel pistols prepared by Zepar and Furfur. The number of shots loaded depends on the format of the duel. In most cases, it holds just a single round.
The emotions of the duelers are loaded into them, and if one of their bullets grazes any part of the body, the concept of the target will be denied without exception. In the past, duels were performed in the classic style with swords, but this took a great deal of time before an outcome was reached, which displeased certain impatient theatergoing witches.
For this reason, a duel weapon that would always kill with a single shot was asked for and created. Of course, this weapon is not particularly popular among theatergoing witches who are fans of good-old drawn out, dramatic duels.
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# Dawn of the Golden Witch Manga Volume 1
Dawn of the Golden Witch Vol. 1 is the first volume of Hinase Momoyama's manga adaptation of "Dawn of the Golden Witch" and the 27th overall volume of the manga adaptation of . The volume was released in English by Yen Press in an omnibus format with Volume 2.
Publisher's Summary.
Japanese.
"六軒島を舞台にした第６のゲームは、戦人が構築した“魔女幻想”。そしてその謎に挑むのは、“探偵”古戸ヱリカ。黄金の魔女へと至る二人のベアトをめぐる物語とは…!? 解答編第２弾、遂に開幕!!"
English.
"Battler assumes control of the sixth game, wielding his new golden truth as he parries the logical blows of the detective-and-witch, Erika Furudo. For Battler, what began as a contest over the existence of magic has become a fight to revive the fiery, vibrant Beatrice of his early clashes on the game board. The logical loops and rules of the game were already complex, but now as the game master, Battler must quickly learn how to shape the events to his and Beatrice's ultimate ends without getting locked in a closed room by Erika, the Witch of Truth!"
Afterword.
Ryukishi07.
What Truth Did Battler Come to Realize?
"Hello, I am Ryukishi07."
"Umineko When They Cry has come to Episode 6 now. In this story, Battler becomes the Game Master. The Game Master is one who has understood this story in its true sense, and thus, it is proof that Battler has reached the truth at last. But you readers following along are totally baffled, aren't you? And like Ange, you want to know how this happened, don't you? It is difficult to search for the answer in a witch's game. But the hints are cast here and there throughout the stories. I hope that you will join Ange in approaching the truth now that Battler has found it and is telling his own tale."
"There are new characters in this episode. The two demons are not explicitly given a gender, and it is made difficult to tell which is which. They are introduced as masters of ceremony, in a sense, and they will make the story more exciting through their presence. I can't wait to see how Momoyama-sensei draws them!"
"Two demons, two Beatrices, two pieces of furniture...witches and humans, illusions and falsehood. The number two is actually an extremely crucial one within the world of Umineko. Did you know that? Of course, you are free not to believe me.. After all, there is no red text or blue text in the human world..."
"The sixth episode has only just begun. Will you travel on a journey with me to destroy the witch's illusion? Will you be able to find the truth that Battler unearthed...?"
Hinase Momoyama.
"It's nice to meet you! I am Hinase Momoyama. Thank you for reading Volume 1 of Umineko WHEN THEY CRY, Episode 6!"
"Not only do I get to draw Erika-san's return from Episode 5, but I get Fledgling Beato, Elder Beato, Au-au-san... I am so full of delight and motivation at getting to draw Episode 6 and all of its wonderfully juicy scenes and characters!! Episode 6, Episode 6! Huff, huff!"
"I went on a trap to collect references for backgrounds before the series started! It was really fun visiting such wonderful locations! I will never forget the smile my editor gave me when he said, "You've completed your collection of reference background images!"He looked really happy about it.(Meanwhile, I was dying in the summer heat...)"
"☆ SPECIAL THANKS ☆"
"Written and Supervised by:Ryukishi07-sama &the staff of 07th Expansion"
"Edited by:Nakagawa-samaKoizumi-sama"
"Assisted by:Tada-sama,Koutani-sama,Kazuki-sama,Kimura-sama,Nekokurage-samaFujiwara-sama,Yamao-samaYuukarin-sama,and Family"
"& You!"
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# Dawn of the Golden Witch Manga Volume 2
Dawn of the Golden Witch Vol. 2 is the second volume of Hinase Momoyama's manga adaptation of "Dawn of the Golden Witch" and the 28th overall volume of the manga adaptation of . The volume was released in English by Yen Press in an omnibus format with Volume 1.
Publisher's Summary.
Japanese.
"紗音と譲治、嘉音と朱志香の恋の進展。雛ベアトリーチェの戦人への想い…。そして、それぞれの恋を成就するために必要な、魔女の魔法とは…!? 愛を紡ぎながら語られる第６の物語、第２巻!!"
English.
"Battler assumes control of the sixth game, wielding his new golden truth as he parries the logical blows of the detective-and-witch, Erika Furudo. For Battler, what began as a contest over the existence of magic has become a fight to revive the fiery, vibrant Beatrice of his early clashes on the game board. The logical loops and rules of the game were already complex, but now as the game master, Battler must quickly learn how to shape the events to his and Beatrice's ultimate ends without getting locked in a closed room by Erika, the Witch of Truth!"
Afterword.
Hinase Momyama.
"Nice to see you. It's Momoyama again. Thank you for reading Volume 1 of Episode 6! Finally, Erika-san gets to show off her true splendor! I'll do my best to draw her even gnarlier than before!"
"SPECIAL THANKS"
"Written and Supervised by:Ryukishi07-sama & the staff of 07th Expansion"
"Edited by:Nakagawa-sama, Koizumi-sama"
"Assisted by:<br>Wataru Inuzaka-sama, Tada-sama, Kazuki-sama, Kimura-sama, Fujiwara-sama, Furukawa-sama, Yamao-sama Yuukarin-sama, Friends and Family & You!"
"P.S. By the way, while I was drawing this volume, I got to attend the Higu-Umi musical event! It was really fun! I wonder if they'll have one in Kansai next..."
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# Dawn of the Golden Witch Manga Volume 3
Dawn of the Golden Witch Vol. 3 is the third volume of Hinase Momoyama's manga adaptation of "Dawn of the Golden Witch" and the 29th overall volume of the manga adaptation of . The volume was released in English by Yen Press in an omnibus format with Volume 4.
Publisher's Summary.
Japanese.
"明かされるヱリカの過去…。そして始まる第１の晩は、ゼパル＆フルフルが課した恋の試練。愛する者と結ばれるために誰か一人の命を捧げるという悪魔のゲームで、それぞれの恋を成就させるためにカップルたちが選ぶ犠牲者は…!?"
English.
"George and Shannon, Jessica and Kanon: Only one couple will be permitted to fully realize their love. To prove the strength of their feelings, each person must sacrifice the life of someone on the island. George uses the opportunity to confront his mother, who for too long has confused acts of love with her own manipulative desires. She is but the first to fall, and with every sacrifice, the bonds between the lovers grow. Even so, only one couple will emerge hand in hand from the trial of the demons!"
Afterword.
Hinase Momoyama.
"Hello it's Momoyama again. Thank you so much for reading Episode 6, Volume 3! This volume was really fun, getting to draw the madam and Eva-trice so much! Of course, they had to bow out early due to the trial of love... *sob* And while Erika-sama got to reveal her past this time, she'll be duking it out with Battler next volume, so I hope to see you once again then."
"SPECIAL THANKS"
"Written and Supervised by:Ryukishi07-sama & the staff of 07th Expansion"
"Edited by:Nakagawa-sama, Koizumi-sama"
"Assisted by:<br>Wataru Inuzaka-sama, Tada-sama, Ekuni-kun, Kazuki-sama, Kimura-sama, Cornel Takahashi-sama, Nanami-sama, Hamano-sama, Fujiwara-sama, Yamao-sama, Yuukarin-sama"
"Friends and Family"
"& You!"
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# Dawn of the Golden Witch Manga Volume 4
Dawn of the Golden Witch Vol. 4 is the third volume of Hinase Momoyama's manga adaptation of "Dawn of the Golden Witch" and the 30th overall volume of the manga adaptation of . The volume was released in English by Yen Press in an omnibus format with Volume 3.
Publisher's Summary.
Japanese.
"６人全員が密室で殺害された第１の晩の事件の真相を巡り、ゲームを構築した戦人とそれを暴くヱリカの推理バトルが開幕!! 探偵宣言を放棄し、戦人の構築した謎に挑むヱリカに勝機は…!?"
English.
"George and Shannon, Jessica and Kanon: Only one couple will be permitted to fully realize their love. To prove the strength of their feelings, each person must sacrifice the life of someone on the island. George uses the opportunity to confront his mother, who for too long has confused acts of love with her own manipulative desires. She is but the first to fall, and with every sacrifice, the bonds between the lovers grow. Even so, only one couple will emerge hand in hand from the trial of the demons!"
Afterword.
Hinase Momoyama.
"Nice to see you again! Thank you for picking up the fourth volume of Umineko WHEN THEY CRY Episode 6!"
"After the trials of love in the last volume, we're back to the usual Umineko witch vs human logic battles. What did you think? What will Battler do to get out of this one? I hope you come back for the next volume to find out."
"SPECIAL THANKS"
"Written and Supervised by:Ryukishi07-sama & the staff of 07th Expansion"
"Edited by:Nakagawa-sama, Koizumi-sama"
"Assisted by:<br>Wataru Inuzaka-sama, Ekuni-kun, Tada-sama, Kazuki-sama,Hamano-sama, Fujiwara-sama, Yuukarin-sama, my family,"
"& You!"
THANK YOU SO MUCH!
—HINASE MOMOYAMA
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# Dawn of the Golden Witch Manga Volume 5
Dawn of the Golden Witch Vol. 5 is the fifth volume of Hinase Momoyama's manga adaptation of "Dawn of the Golden Witch" and the 31st overall volume of the manga adaptation of . The volume was released in English by Yen Press in an omnibus format with Volume 6.
Publisher's Summary.
Japanese.
"ロジックエラーを狙うヱリカの一撃に、一歩も引かず、正面からぶつかる戦人。そしてついに、二人の勝負に決着が…!! ３組のカップルの恋の試練も大詰めを迎えクライマックスに向けて、加速する第５巻!!"
English.
"As detective-and-witch Erika targets all logical errors, Battler charges in head-on as their duel reaches its end. The relationships between Jouji and Shannon, Jessica and Kanon, as well as Battler and Beatrice are also put to the test!"
Afterword.
Hinase Momoyama.
"Hello, it's Momoyama again.How did you enjoy this volume, where Battler gets totally clobbered by Erika? When I was playing the original visual novels, I remember thinking "Erika-san is so terrifying!!!" when I reached that one particular scene, but this time I found it fun to draw. The wedding scene will be coming up in the next volume. If you're curious please do pick up the next book, which is also out now. m_ _m(Ed.:For you English readers, it's coming in just a few pages!)Thank you all for reading all the way to this point!"
"Special Thanks"
"Written and Supervised by: Ryukishi07-sama & the staff of 07th Expansion""Edited by: Nakagawa-sama, Koizumi-sama & Mochizuki-sama""Assisted by: Ekuni-kun, Tada-sama, Kazuki-sama, Hamano-sama, Ai-sama, Fujiwara-sama, Yuukarin-sama, & Family"
"& You!!"
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# Dawn of the Golden Witch Manga Volume 6
Dawn of the Golden Witch Vol. 6 is the sixth volume of Hinase Momoyama's manga adaptation of "Dawn of the Golden Witch" and the 32nd overall volume of the manga adaptation of . The volume was released in English by Yen Press in an omnibus format with Volume 5.
Publisher's Summary.
Japanese.
"紗音VS嘉音、決着する恋の試練。そして物語は、ヱリカと戦人の結婚式へと舞台を移し、戦人を賭けたヱリカとベアトの最後の決闘が始まる!!! ベアトのゲーム盤の核心に迫る第６の物語、遂に完結!!"
English.
"As detective-and-witch Erika targets all logical errors, Battler charges in head-on as their duel reaches its end. The relationships between Jouji and Shannon, Jessica and Kanon, as well as Battler and Beatrice are also put to the test!"
Afterword.
Ryukishi07.
Accelerated Storytelling
"Hello, I am Ryukishi07."
"This is the end of Episode 6, which was originally published alongside Episode 5. Perhaps those readers who were following them together are startled by the sudden leaps in the story. Two Beatrices, Ange and Featehrine, and the disappearance of Erika...all this crazy stuff happened, and yet it's still not the final story!? That's right, there's more to come. Stay tuned for the continuation of the manga edition of Umineko When They Cry (laughs)."
"On a tangent, when I was first writing this story, I had an idea that since Ange would be Featherine's "miko", she could actually wear a traditional miko outfit. That never materialized for various reasons, but when the manga came around, the staff said to me, "If you don;t do it now, it'll never happen. What's the harm in asking?" However, with all of the new characters involved, I felt that if Ange showed up in a different outfit, it could only increase the readers' confusion, so we have once again lost that opportunity (laughs). And to think, I had the chance to see Momoyama-sensei draw Ange in an even sexier version of Hanyu's Outfit from Higurashi. What a shame! Okay, okay, nobody cares about Ryukishi07's fantasies... (laughs)"
"With just two episodes left to go, I hope you will let your imagination and theories run wild as you head into Episode 7. May you find the truth that will satisfy you..."
"I believe that Hinase Momoyama-sensei, as with Higurashi When They Cry: Massacre Arc, has brought the original story to life with even greater clarity and aplomb than before. Thank you so much for your wonderful work! Be sure to pick up the Higurashi manga too, everyone!"
Hinase Momoyama.
"Hello it's Momoyama again. This is the end of Umineko Episode 6. It was super fun to get to draw Beato-sama, Erika, and all the other Umineko characters! I owe a great debt of gratitude to everyone at 07th Expansion, and my editors Nakagawa-sama, Koizumi-sama, Mochizuki-sama, and Ifuku-sama. Thanks to all of you, I was able to reach the end. I am eternally grateful!!!"
"Now that I'm done, I'd like to spend my time reading the Umineko commentary essay books that I couldn't get to during the serialization. It's very enjoyable to see these topics covered with different ways of thinking. 𝅘𝅥𝅮"
"Speaking of which, I've recently gotten into the "repeat after me" game that the Umineko web radio program was doing a while back. It's so much fun! And so satisfying! It also really wakes you up, so it was a help when the sandman was attacking my brain (laughs)."
"Well, that's all.Thank you so much for reading along to the end!!"
"SPECIAL THANKS"
"Written and Supervised by: Ryukishi07-sama & the staff of 07th Expansion""Edited by: Nakagawa-sama, Koizumi-sama, Mochizuki-sama, Ifuku-sama""Assisted by: Ai-sama, Ekuni-kun, Tada-sama, Kazuki-sama, Cornel Takahashi-sama, Nanami-sama, Hamano-sama, Fujiwara-sama, Nekokurage-sama, Yuukarin-sama"
"& Family& You!!"
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# Daybreak Chapter (episode)
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Daybreak Chapter (episode)
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# Dear Witch Apprentice ~About Magic~
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Dear Witch Apprentice ~About Magic~
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# Demise
Demise is the eleventh episode of the "Okamikakushi" animation.
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# Demon
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Demon
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# Demon-Revealing Chapter
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Demon-Revealing Chapter
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# Demon-Revealing Chapter Part 1
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Demon-Revealing Chapter Part 1
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# Demon-Revealing Chapter Part 2
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Demon-Revealing Chapter Part 2
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# Demon-Revealing Chapter Part 3
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Demon-Revealing Chapter Part 3
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# Demon (disambiguation)
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Demon (disambiguation)
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# Demon Exposing Arc
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Demon Exposing Arc
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# Demon Exposing Arc Volume 1
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Demon Exposing Arc Volume 1
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# Demon Exposing Arc Volume 2
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Demon Exposing Arc Volume 2
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# Demon Revealing Chapter
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Demon Revealing Chapter
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# Demon Revealing Chapter Part 1
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Demon Revealing Chapter Part 1
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# Demon Revealing Chapter Part 2
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Demon Revealing Chapter Part 2
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# Demon Revealing Chapter Part 3
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Demon Revealing Chapter Part 3
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# Dengeki G's Festival! Volume 7
is an installment of Dengeki G's Festival! centered on "Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Matsuri".
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# Detective's Authority
is a genre convention necessary for compliance with Knox's 8th (or Van Dine's 1st.) No matter how expansive or restricted this authority is granted in the story (or by the Game Master), the detective must not be hindered in discovery of clues necessary to solution. The detective's inspection is to be considered exhaustive to the extent that it obviates any Devil's Proof; clues not yielded to the detective also eliminates any resolution those clues would have proven.
Because this was never disclosed to Battler he never knew how to take advantage of it, or when he actually was making use of it. Though Beatrice neglected to inform him, she deferred to it (inconsistently) by yielding facts of the case in Red Truths. Only when Erika arrived armed with the knowledge from Bernkastel and exploited it to its limits was Battler able to learn of it and how it functions.
After invoking Detective's Authority, Erika was able to simply have her personal observations rubber-stamped in Red Truth. In "Dawn of the Golden Witch" she refrained from invoking it, but her strategy to compensate was functionally equivalent: she could demand clarifications in Red Truth, and would be entitled to the ones that support or disprove her hypotheses. As per Knox's 8th, she would require the same clues to form deductions with.
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# Devil's Proof
The is the logical dilemma that while evidence will prove the existence of something, the lack of evidence fails to disprove it.
The Devil is used to illustrate the principle, but as a legal term it's often applied in IP rights suits involving technologies, such as patented chemical processes for production and software source code. In court the dilemma is resolved by either granting plaintiffs rights to gather information, or by subpoena of internal data from the defendant.
In the game between Battler and Beatrice, a declaration in Red Text may be used to resolve the dilemma. Hempel's Raven is used to counter it: if we accept the existence of a Devil enough to accuse it but it remains unavailable for examination, then the only way to prove its guilt is to prove the innocence of everyone else. An inspection conducted with Detective's Authority will also eliminate a Devil's Proof; if evidence isn't presented to prove something, the possibility of it is considered to be eliminated.
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# Diana
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Diana
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# Dice Killing Arc
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Dice Killing Arc
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# Dice Killing Arc (manga)
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Dice Killing Arc (manga)
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# Dice Killing Chapter Part 1
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Dice Killing Chapter Part 1
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# Dice Killing Chapter Part 2
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Dice Killing Chapter Part 2
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