The Blood Red Truth and Hachijo Tohya: Umineko Podcast 8.4

Off Meta welcomes you to Rokkenjiima with our Umineko read-along podcast! Each week, self professed Endless Witch/Golden Sorcerer Kyle J will guide first time readers Capelli, Ben, Hayley, and Becca through the highly acclaimed murder mystery visual novel Umineko: When They Cry. Each week we will read about 3 hours of the visual novel and then discuss its plot, themes, and mysteries together with the Off Meta community. For this episode we read: About 4 Hours VN: "Lambdadelta... thanks!" YT: 144-147 To join in on our discussion of this great story, join us in the Off Meta Discord Server https://discord.gg/ne7xNuC4az and find the "OMineko Podcast" channel. There we will have threads broken out for each podcast episode so that you can have a spoiler free discussion at whatever point in the readthrough you happen to be at. You can follow along reading the visual novel at home by either purchasing the game on Steam ( https://store.steampowered.com/app/639490/Umineko_When_They_Cry__Answer_Arcs/ ), installing the fan made installer Umineko Project ( https://umineko-project.org/en/downloads/ ), or you can read along with the excellent "Umineko - Complete Playthrough (All English Arcs)" YouTube Playlist ( https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLdyU6Nd-103adhYebWb_yha3RNuadQ0Om ). If you are using the Steam version, you can use the 07th-mod patcher ( https://07th-mod.com/wiki/Umineko/Umineko-Getting-started/ ) to add the better sprites, voice acting, and improved screen layout that we used in our reading. It is highly recommended over the default version. Next Week’s Reading: About 3 Hours VN: Ending on a choice between two doors. YT: 148-149 00:00:00 - Intro 00:03:05 - Summary: Bern’s Schemes, Ange’s Return, Eva’s Diary, ANGE Beatrice, Shards of Goats, Lambda Absconds 00:05:03 - Discussion: ANGE Beatrice’s Costume, EVA Beatrice’s Return 00:07:45 - Summary: Goats Devouring the Island, Sanctuary in The Golden Land 00:08:23 - Discussion: Agreement Between Three Witches 00:10:28 - Summary: Mystery and Fantasy VS Goats 00:12:45 - Discussion: Fight Scenes and the Philosophy of Mystery, What the Goats Represent, Cheesy or Emotional 00:21:08 - Summary: The Destruction of the Game Board, Ange and the Book, Battler vs Erika, Ange vs Beatrice 00:22:29 - Discussion: Crystals, Mystery Battles 00:23:38 - Summary: Hachijo the Author, Bernkastel the Cat, Hachijo’s Plans for Ange, Tohya and the Key 00:25:28 - Discussion: Tohya Speculations 00:26:05 - Summary: Skipping Battler vs Erika, The Value of Truth 00:26:44 - Discussion: EP 8 Manga Differences 00:28:21 - Summary: Beatrice vs Ange 00:31:10 - Discussion: Erika as a Piece, Ange’s Trust of Bern 00:34:58 - Summary: Battler vs Erika, Erika’s Motives, Erika and EVA-Beatrice Escape 00:35:56 - Discussion: Mystery Puzzles, Old Theories, Erika Appreciation 00:34:48 - Summary: After the Battles, Lion Promises Lambdadelta a Happy Ending 00:39:58 - Discussion: Philosophy and Repetition, Lion Appreciation 00:41:09 - Summary: The City of Books, Erika and Ange Witches of Truth, The Gameboard’s End 00:43:18 - Discussion: Understanding Erika and Ange 00:46:23 - Summary: Golden Land Under Siege, Lambdadelta’s Intel, Assistance Denied 00:47:50 - Discussion: Lambdadelta’s IRL Identity, Shannon and Kanon, Meta and Narrative Structure 00:50:49 - Summary: Eva and Ange, Hachijo’s IRL Press Conference, Ange Reads the Book 00:52:13 - Discussion: Hachijo Using the Red, Tohya 00:56:24 - Summary: Ange Reads the Truth, Ange Jumps, Eva’s Regrets 00:57:57 - Discussion: Bern is the Worst, What is in the Book, Blood Red Truth, Themes Appreciation, Guessing at the Truth 01:08:49 - Summary: Hachijo Ikuko and Hachijo Tohya 01:10:57 - Discussion: Tohya Speculation, Amakusa, Misery, Mikos 01:30:10 - Summary: Ange in the Golden Land, Tearful Reunions and Apologies, Ange’s Acceptance and Determination, Lambdadelta to the Rescue 01:32:33 - Discussion: Two Bells, Dead Ange Theory, All In Ange’s Head Theory 01:36:26 - Discussion: Next Week’s Reading, Outro