Finally reached Umineko Ch5-8, my thoughts so far

As of now, I’ve finished Ep5 and I’m currently on Ep6 (reached the part where Lambda waves Battler’s move w the chain being set as effective). This will probably be clumsily written, fair warning.

Firstly I really have to talk about Erika…holy shit. I knew she was somewhat antagonistic, but my god she is ruthless. It really does seem like nothing gets past her. She’s definitely a really intelligent character and she’s definitely one of the best written obstacles. As for my feelings about her…complicated. I can’t say I like her, but I can’t say I’m indifferent to her, and as much as I try to, I still can’t really bring myself to hate her. Strangely, I feel hating her would just be giving her some sort of win. She’s a character that honestly just makes me deeply deeply uncomfortable, and I think it’s amazing how she can be so impactful.

Battler’s revival and level-up to sorceror status was a very hype moment for me, and naturally as the romantic I am, I’m scarfing down his relationship with Beatrice. I’m really looking forward to finding out just what it is he found out that caused such a drastic change in his view of her.

Some smaller notes, I only recently switched to playing with the patch and Beatrice’s voice was not at all what I expected it to sound like, though it was certainly a very welcome surprise. I thought her voice would be a bit higher and cheekier (if I had to give a voice I could compare to, something like Haruhi, albeit a bit more mature), so I was pretty shocked when her voice was much lower than my head envisioned it. I do still think it fit sher though, even moreso than my original expectation. Battler’s VA did a great job too, he really sounds pretty swoon-worthy. And I reallly like Dlanor’s voice, especially her “die the death!”, it’s really cute yet imposing.

My confusions as of now, however, is how Ange is simultaneously reading the story to both Featherine and Hachijo? Is she at two different places at once, or is it moreso just to represent that her meeting with Featherine is on a higher plane than what an outsider would see?

Overall, I’m very sucked into the story and I can’t wait to see how it unfolds

Edit: I’ll just edit my live reaction here now…fuck I guess his move wasn’t effective after all. Erika really makes EVA-Beatrice look like a sweetheart…I find it interesting how her ruthlessness on the human side contrasts EVA’s ruthlessness on the witch’s side.

Also, can I just say I really wasn’t expecting Bernkastel to be as cruel as she’s turned out to be. When we first see her she’s really stoic, so seeing her face contort like this is so odd, and she’s a lot more wicked than I expected. That’s perfectly alright though