Let’s read Umineko: episode 2
in which heterosexuality drives desecration
In the second episode, we get thrown for a loop - which is to say, we take a different path through the same narrative, and an even more violent and unpleasant one at that. And if that's not your thing, well, metafiction abounds...
Let’s read Umineko: episode 2: part 2
in which class is terrible and a witch makes it worse
Let’s read Umineko: episode 2: part 3
in which we gain a little context through a lot of conversation
Let’s read Umineko: episode 2: part 4
in which we play dressup and repression makes us sad
Let’s read Umineko: episode 2: part 5
in which a witch is plain nasty (a theme!)
Let’s read Umineko: episode 2: part 6
in which a ‘game’ begins in horrible circumstances [content warning: parental abuse]
Let’s read Umineko: episode 2: part 7
in which an unexpected guest closes a line of inquiry
Let’s read Umineko: episode 2: part 8
in which a chessboard is flipped and a narrative refused
Let’s read Umineko: episode 2: part 9
in which I make you suffer a lengthy aside on statistics
Let’s read Umineko: episode 2: part 10
in which people are persuaded, but we don’t know why (also, marriage)
Let’s read Umineko: episode 2: part 11
in which people are killed and lacrimal glands worked [content warning: gore]
Let’s read Umineko: episode 2: part 12
in which lightsabers suddenly become a thing
Let’s read Umineko: episode 2: part 13
in which axioms are stated and a battle is won, but the war certainly isn’t
Let’s read Umineko: episode 2: part 14
in which it’s all guns and recrimination
Let’s read Umineko: episode 2: part 15
in which I venture a hypothesis which Battler doesn’t
Let’s read Umineko: episode 2: part 16
in which the dead may rise, but spiders are stronger [content warning: gore]
Let’s read Umineko: episode 2: part 17
in which laughter is an axiom and a chessboard is flipped the other way
Let’s read Umineko: episode 2: part 18
in which hard work is rewarded by disposability
Let’s read Umineko: episode 2: part 19
in which the shonen comes back with a vengeance
Let’s read Umineko: episode 2: part 20
in which our protagonist succumbs to psychological warfare [content warning: gore]
Let’s read Umineko: episode 2: part 21
in which we are denied answers, but not getting eaten [content warning: gore]
Let’s read Umineko: episode 2: part 22
in which cannibalism solves nothing [content warning: gore, torture]
Let’s read Umineko: episode 2: part 23
in which we gain a new friend and a new enemy