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==== Voiced by: [[Rina Sato]] ====
==== Voiced by: [[Rina Sato]] ====
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{{quote| "''Leave the jokes to your hairstyle.''"}}
{{quote|"''Leave the jokes to your hairstyle.''"}}


Battler's half-sister. She was only six in 1986, and didn't go to Rokkenjima with the rest of her family due to flu. The one we see has grown up in [[Bad Future|the world that stems from the third arc]]. She started to learn some magic from Maria. After the third arc, she becomes Ange-Beatrice and in a deal with Bernkastel, agrees to travel back to 1986 Rokkenjima in order to change the events to make it so that everyone does make it back. She later on serves as Featherine's miko, which for the most part consists of reading Featherine the stories of Rokkenjima.
Battler's half-sister. She was only six in 1986, and didn't go to Rokkenjima with the rest of her family due to flu. The one we see has grown up in [[Bad Future|the world that stems from the third arc]]. She started to learn some magic from Maria. After the third arc, she becomes Ange-Beatrice and in a deal with Bernkastel, agrees to travel back to 1986 Rokkenjima in order to change the events to make it so that everyone does make it back. She later on serves as Featherine's miko, which for the most part consists of reading Featherine the stories of Rokkenjima.
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* [[Abusive Parents|Abusive Substitute Parent]]: Eva, driven mad by grief for her son and husband, is neglectful, and emotionally and (it is implied) physically abusive. {{spoiler|Well, kind of. It's mostly Bern's fault.}}
* [[Abusive Parents|Abusive Substitute Parent]]: Eva, driven mad by grief for her son and husband, is neglectful, and emotionally and (it is implied) physically abusive. {{spoiler|Well, kind of. It's mostly Bern's fault.}}
* [[Action Girl]]: Heck, she doesn't even need her magic to beat down a horde of [[Mooks]] in [[EP 3]], and that's just her introduction.
* [[Action Girl]]: Heck, she doesn't even need her magic to beat down a horde of [[Mooks]] in EP3, and that's just her introduction.
* {{spoiler|[[Ambition Is Evil]]: Specifically, her ambition to literally exchange her life for learning the cold, hard truth of Rokkenjima causes her to reject the happiness she had before her family's deaths as an illusion. At least at first.}}
* {{spoiler|[[Ambition Is Evil]]: Specifically, her ambition to literally exchange her life for learning the cold, hard truth of Rokkenjima causes her to reject the happiness she had before her family's deaths as an illusion. At least at first.}}
** {{spoiler|[[Heel Realization]]}}
** {{spoiler|[[Heel Realization]]}}
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* [[Driven to Suicide]]: She attempts to throw herself off a building at the end of EP3 to be with her dead parents and brother, but Bernkastel stops her. She jumps anyway, but [[Badass|survives instead]].
* [[Driven to Suicide]]: She attempts to throw herself off a building at the end of EP3 to be with her dead parents and brother, but Bernkastel stops her. She jumps anyway, but [[Badass|survives instead]].
* [[Every Girl Is Cuter With Hair Decs]]: Ange's pink double-orbs which aren't just for show and supposedly hold her magical power {{spoiler|which is, of course, just a delusion}}. They were given to her by Battler.
* [[Every Girl Is Cuter With Hair Decs]]: Ange's pink double-orbs which aren't just for show and supposedly hold her magical power {{spoiler|which is, of course, just a delusion}}. They were given to her by Battler.
* [[Establishing Character Moment]]: Her entrance at end of EP3 ????, and later jumping out of the skyscraper and surviving {{spoiler|[[Dead All Along|or so it seems]].}}
* [[Establishing Character Moment]]: Her entrance at end of EP3 ????, and later jumping out of the skyscraper and surviving {{spoiler|[[Dead All Along|or so it seems]].}}
* {{spoiler|1=[[Face Heel Turn]]: Has a brief one in EP8.}}
* {{spoiler|1=[[Face Heel Turn]]: Has a brief one in EP8.}}
** {{spoiler|[[Evil Costume Switch]]: The [[PS 3]] version gives her a dress fitting the name "Beatrice" during her little rampage.}}
** {{spoiler|[[Evil Costume Switch]]: The [[Play Station 3]] version gives her a dress fitting the name "Beatrice" during her little rampage.}}
* [[Fountain of Youth]]: She spends a good chunk of the eighth arc as her six-year-old self, symbolically representing her lack of ability to move on from the Rokkenjima murders.
* [[Fountain of Youth]]: She spends a good chunk of the eighth arc as her six-year-old self, symbolically representing her lack of ability to move on from the Rokkenjima murders.
* [[Future Badass]]: The cute little six-year old grows up to be Ange-Beatrice, the Witch of Resurrection.
* [[Future Badass]]: The cute little six-year old grows up to be Ange-Beatrice, the Witch of Resurrection.
* [[Girlish Pigtails]]: The variation mentioned on the page.
* [[Girlish Pigtails]]: The variation mentioned on the page.
* {{spoiler|[[Go Mad From the Revelation]]: Upon learning the one and only truth of the Rokkenjima incident.}}
* {{spoiler|[[Go Mad from the Revelation]]: Upon learning the one and only truth of the Rokkenjima incident.}}
** {{spoiler|[[Laughing Mad]]}}
** {{spoiler|[[Laughing Mad]]}}
* [[Gratuitous English]]: Have a nice dream. [[See You in Hell]].
* [[Gratuitous English]]: Have a nice dream. [[See You in Hell]].
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* [[Set Right What Once Went Wrong]]: {{spoiler|1=In EP8, she pulls a [[Face Heel Turn]] and nearly destroys the Golden Land that Battler and Beatrice created together in order to obtain the truth. However, [[Heel Realization|she eventually realizes the damage she is causing by throwing away her only chance at happiness]], and teams up with Battler and Lambdadelta to keep Bernkastel from completing that damage.}}
* [[Set Right What Once Went Wrong]]: {{spoiler|1=In EP8, she pulls a [[Face Heel Turn]] and nearly destroys the Golden Land that Battler and Beatrice created together in order to obtain the truth. However, [[Heel Realization|she eventually realizes the damage she is causing by throwing away her only chance at happiness]], and teams up with Battler and Lambdadelta to keep Bernkastel from completing that damage.}}
* [[Significant Anagram]]: In the hidden Tea Party of Episode 8, {{spoiler|decades later, she becomes a famous fantasy author, "Yukari Kotobuki" (寿 ゆかり). Considering "Yukari" can also be spelled as 縁, if you do that and switch it around with 寿, you get "Ange" (縁寿)}}.
* [[Significant Anagram]]: In the hidden Tea Party of Episode 8, {{spoiler|decades later, she becomes a famous fantasy author, "Yukari Kotobuki" (寿 ゆかり). Considering "Yukari" can also be spelled as 縁, if you do that and switch it around with 寿, you get "Ange" (縁寿)}}.
* [[Spell My Name With an "S"]]: Ange, Anje, Anju, Enje, Enjye, it's all been seen. In addition, the translators had a debate on how to spell {{spoiler|her alias "Yukari Kotobuki"}}, debating on whether to preserve the wordplay in the original Japanese in the translation or keep it as it is without an explanation.
* [[Spell My Name with an "S"]]: Ange, Anje, Anju, Enje, Enjye, it's all been seen. In addition, the translators had a debate on how to spell {{spoiler|her alias "Yukari Kotobuki"}}, debating on whether to preserve the wordplay in the original Japanese in the translation or keep it as it is without an explanation.
* [[Strange Girl]]: Considered this way by her class.
* [[Strange Girl]]: Considered this way by her class.
* [[Summon Magic]]: Ange can summon the [[Assist Character|7 stakes and Sakutarou]] to fight for her on ''Ougon Musoukyouku''.
* [[Summon Magic]]: Ange can summon the [[Assist Character|7 stakes and Sakutarou]] to fight for her on ''Ougon Musoukyouku''.
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* {{spoiler|[[You Have Outlived Your Usefulness]]:}} As of EP6, {{spoiler|a large conspiracy has been revealed that places Ange in the middle of this: Okonogi is working for the main Sumadera family and had been tasked to eliminate Kasumi and her branch, and hired Amakusa for this job specifically. Ange was to only be protected until Kasumi could be brought out into the open and eliminated. Amakusa killed everyone present when Ange went to Rokkenjima, killing Ange last as she had been regarded as a liability if she were to live any longer.}}
* {{spoiler|[[You Have Outlived Your Usefulness]]:}} As of EP6, {{spoiler|a large conspiracy has been revealed that places Ange in the middle of this: Okonogi is working for the main Sumadera family and had been tasked to eliminate Kasumi and her branch, and hired Amakusa for this job specifically. Ange was to only be protected until Kasumi could be brought out into the open and eliminated. Amakusa killed everyone present when Ange went to Rokkenjima, killing Ange last as she had been regarded as a liability if she were to live any longer.}}
** Even in the meta-world, she gets this.
** Even in the meta-world, she gets this.
{{quote| {{spoiler|'''Bernkastel''': Go back to being scrap meat.}}}}
{{quote|{{spoiler|'''Bernkastel''': Go back to being scrap meat.}}}}
* [[Zettai Ryouiki]]
* [[Zettai Ryouiki]]


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== Kasumi Sumadera ==
== Kasumi Sumadera ==
==== Voiced by: [[Atsuko Tanaka]] ''(anime)'', [[Sumi Shimamoto]] ''([[PS 3]])'' ====
==== Voiced by: [[Atsuko Tanaka]] ''(anime)'', [[Sumi Shimamoto]] ''([[Play Station 3]])'' ====
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* [[Unusual Euphemism]]: If she says she wants to make you some matcha, then (a.) she does not mean that literally, and (b) you might want to [[Ax Crazy|run in the other direction]].
* [[Unusual Euphemism]]: If she says she wants to make you some matcha, then (a.) she does not mean that literally, and (b) you might want to [[Ax Crazy|run in the other direction]].
* [[White-Haired Pretty Girl]]
* [[White-Haired Pretty Girl]]
* [[Yamato Nadeshiko]]: Well she definitely ''looks'' the part...but you know the rest by now.
* [[Yamato Nadeshiko]]: Well she definitely ''looks'' the part...but you know the rest by now.




== Tetsuro Okonogi ==
== Tetsuro Okonogi ==
==== Voiced by: [[Jurota Kosugi]] ''(anime)'', [[Ken Narita]] ''([[PS 3]])'' ====
==== Voiced by: [[Jurota Kosugi]] ''(anime)'', [[Ken Narita]] ''([[Play Station 3]])'' ====
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** [[Homage]]/[[Mythology Gag]]
** [[Homage]]/[[Mythology Gag]]
* [[The Other Darrin]]: Odd considering his first voice actor from the anime voiced Okonogi from ''[[Higurashi]]''
* [[The Other Darrin]]: Odd considering his first voice actor from the anime voiced Okonogi from ''[[Higurashi]]''
** That's because in the [[PS 2]] version of Higurashi (which came out before Higurashi Kai's anime version), Okonogi was voiced by Ken Narita, but the anime used Jurota Kosugi. As a result, a strange situation occured where Kosugi voiced Okonogi in animated productions, while Narita voiced Okonogi in all game productions.
** That's because in the [[PlayStation 2]] version of Higurashi (which came out before Higurashi Kai's anime version), Okonogi was voiced by Ken Narita, but the anime used Jurota Kosugi. As a result, a strange situation occured where Kosugi voiced Okonogi in animated productions, while Narita voiced Okonogi in all game productions.
* [[Pointy Ears]]: For some reason.
* [[Pointy Ears]]: For some reason.
* [[You Owe Me]]: Okonogi is evidently pretty good at this. It's part of the reason Amakusa is rehired to help Ange, and Amakusa speculates that the reason for his being hired for this was in order for Okonogi to later be able to get some favors from Ange.
* [[You Owe Me]]: Okonogi is evidently pretty good at this. It's part of the reason Amakusa is rehired to help Ange, and Amakusa speculates that the reason for his being hired for this was in order for Okonogi to later be able to get some favors from Ange.
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A college professor who is a member of the Rokkenjima [[Shout-Out|Witch Hunt]], a group of occult enthusiasts who attempt to look at the Rokkenjima murders from an occult perspective. Ange interviews him in order to learn more about the Rokkenjima incident.
A college professor who is a member of the Rokkenjima [[Shout-Out|Witch Hunt]], a group of occult enthusiasts who attempt to look at the Rokkenjima murders from an occult perspective. Ange interviews him in order to learn more about the Rokkenjima incident.
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* [[Gentleman and A Scholar]]
* [[Gentleman and a Scholar]]
* [[Mr. Exposition]]
* [[Mr. Exposition]]
* [[Occult Detective]]
* [[Occult Detective]]
* [[Shout-Out]]: His group, the Witch Hunt, is a shout out to the group of fansubbers who translate the VN series into English.
* [[Shout-Out]]: His group, the Witch Hunt, is a shout out to the group of fansubbers who translate the VN series into English.
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== Masayuki Nanjo ==
== Masayuki Nanjo ==
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* [[Dead Little Sister]]: His daughter.
* [[Dead Little Sister]]: His daughter.
* [[Paparazzi]]: Is particularly angry with them (similar to Eva)
* [[Paparazzi]]: Is particularly angry with them (similar to Eva)
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== Sabakichi Kumasawa ==
== Sabakichi Kumasawa ==
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* [[Eyes Always Shut]]
* [[Eyes Always Shut]]
* [[Meaningful Name]]: A "saba" is a type of mackerel.
* [[Meaningful Name]]: A "saba" is a type of mackerel.
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== Captain Kawabata ==
== Captain Kawabata ==
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* [[Redemption Quest]]: Seems to consider taking Ange to and from Rokkenjima as a type of this as atonement for what had happened there 12 years prior.
* [[Redemption Quest]]: Seems to consider taking Ange to and from Rokkenjima as a type of this as atonement for what had happened there 12 years prior.
** {{spoiler|Unless you go with the trick ending, that is.}}
** {{spoiler|Unless you go with the trick ending, that is.}}
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Latest revision as of 15:04, 19 June 2020


Starting from the end of the third arc, Umineko introduces characters from the year 1998 which are observing the game board of Rokkenjima, 1986. These characters cannot interfere directly with the game board, but help put into perspective the effects of the events on the island on the future. Naturally, major spoilers for the third arc onward.


Ange Ushiromiya

Ange Ushiromiya/Ange-Beatrice (Gretel)

The final Endless Witch, Witch of Resurrection

Voiced by: Rina Sato

 
 

"Leave the jokes to your hairstyle."

 

Battler's half-sister. She was only six in 1986, and didn't go to Rokkenjima with the rest of her family due to flu. The one we see has grown up in the world that stems from the third arc. She started to learn some magic from Maria. After the third arc, she becomes Ange-Beatrice and in a deal with Bernkastel, agrees to travel back to 1986 Rokkenjima in order to change the events to make it so that everyone does make it back. She later on serves as Featherine's miko, which for the most part consists of reading Featherine the stories of Rokkenjima.

 

Bernkastel: Go back to being scrap meat.

 


Juza Amakusa

Voiced by Koji Yusa

 

Ange's bodyguard in 1998. He was assigned to guard Ange by Eva, but was later fired because he was flirting with her. He is apparently blacklisted in France.

In Episode 6, he apparently betrays Ange. It seems that Ange was a "liability" and he doesn't really care about what happens to her. The only order given to him was to dispose of Kasumi.


Kasumi Sumadera

Voiced by: Atsuko Tanaka (anime), Sumi Shimamoto (Play Station 3)

 

Kyrie's younger sister. She was forced to marry Kyrie's previous fiancee when Kyrie ran away and married Rudolf, so Kasumi has never forgiven Kyrie for it. After Kyrie dies, Kasumi takes out her frustrations on Ange, since she's Kyrie's daughter.


Tetsuro Okonogi

Voiced by: Jurota Kosugi (anime), Ken Narita (Play Station 3)

 

An old business partner of Hideyoshi's. After the Rokkenjima incident, he was one of the few people Eva still trusted (although the term "trust" is being generous). After she died, he was put in charge of her company until Ange could take the reigns on her own. Ange approaches him in order to learn more about Eva, whom he says he does not think is the Rokkenjima murderer. He hired Amakusa, who was indebted to him for undisclosed reasons, to serve as Ange's bodyguard and protect her from the Sumadera family.

  • Expy: Of the other Okonogi from Higurashi.
  • The Other Darrin: Odd considering his first voice actor from the anime voiced Okonogi from Higurashi
    • That's because in the PlayStation 2 version of Higurashi (which came out before Higurashi Kai's anime version), Okonogi was voiced by Ken Narita, but the anime used Jurota Kosugi. As a result, a strange situation occured where Kosugi voiced Okonogi in animated productions, while Narita voiced Okonogi in all game productions.
  • Pointy Ears: For some reason.
  • You Owe Me: Okonogi is evidently pretty good at this. It's part of the reason Amakusa is rehired to help Ange, and Amakusa speculates that the reason for his being hired for this was in order for Okonogi to later be able to get some favors from Ange.
    • Also supports the idea that he is the same Okonogi from the Hinamizawa incident and Amakusa was one of the men that worked for him.


Professor Otsuki

Voiced by: Takayuki Kondo

 

A college professor who is a member of the Rokkenjima Witch Hunt, a group of occult enthusiasts who attempt to look at the Rokkenjima murders from an occult perspective. Ange interviews him in order to learn more about the Rokkenjima incident.

Masayuki Nanjo

Voiced by: Akihiko Ishizumi

 

Doctor Nanjo's son. A rather reclusive person who has tried to move on with his life after the Rokkenjima incident, but who has had trouble doing that thanks to a badgering news media that he believes has dragged his father's reputation through the dirt. He had a daughter, but she was terminally ill and died at a young age. It's from him that Ange learns about the mysterious letters that were sent to surviving relatives of the Rokkenjima victims.

Sabakichi Kumasawa

Voiced by: Hideyuki Umezu

 

Chiyo Kumasawa's son. He is a fisherman who fishes off the coast of Niijima. He is another one of the people Ange talks to in order to try to understand what happened on Rokkenjima.

Captain Kawabata

Voiced by: Daisuke Matsuoka

 

The captain of the speedboat that went to and from Rokkenjima. He is the one who takes Ange to Rokkenjima.

  • Ascended Extra: Kawabata actually appears since EP1, has the captain of the boat that takes the family to Rokkenjima, but it was not until EP4 that he got an actual portrait and a name. Subsequent appearances of him use his actual portrait.
  • The Mole: Ange accuses of him being this in the Trick Ending. Then she shoots him.
  • Punny Name: His name contains the kanji for "river".
  • Redemption Quest: Seems to consider taking Ange to and from Rokkenjima as a type of this as atonement for what had happened there 12 years prior.
    • Unless you go with the trick ending, that is.
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