>>1567>all of the timelines have a claim of being real.they're not quite timelines, they're fragments/kakera, worlds that exist separately in this infinite sea of them and what hanyuu does is transfer rika from one to another
it's closer to parallel universes and not a literal time loop like those of other stories, rather the fragments that fail are ruined and that's that as you said, gotta move on
they're also everpresent in umineko and you should
absolutely read saikoroshi because it's a super important epilogue and this is relevant there as well
>When I learned that the parasite theory was the one that was actually true I was a bit disappointed, I was hoping that the main conspiracy had supernatural elements.personally, i wasn't a fan of the shadow government twist. it bothered me that the true villain (or at least the source of takano's power) ended up being an outside organization able to whip out a body double with matching teeth to use as bait or gas the entirety of the village
i felt it went against the village-level theories both natural and supernatural, it's still not my favorite twist out there although you still can't change it without changing the entire story
in any case things get exponentially more supernatural in umi, even in retrospect, and gousotsu kind of goes further though it still was a massive unsatisfactory disappointment
>Is everyone going to just forget that the Sonozakis have a torture room with implements that are actively maintained?they're my friends and that's
obviously in the past
umi is workable in that you can still figure out a number of tricks without uncovering the true culprit, and from the looks of it people had actually figured out one of the biggest reveals apparently by EP3 already (the crystalized term appears in /jp/ and /a/ towards late 2009/EP5), but it's going to kick you in the face so no, you can think about it but no need to get too invested
tangential to the above, here's a thread i came across of people recounting their experiences on the two boards, even linking to warosu:
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