Umineko: When They Cry/Tear Jerker: Difference between revisions

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Be warned. Umineko is eight games of murder, mystery and hardship. The faint of heart should have a tissue [[Gorn|(and a bucket)]] ready at all times.

* And in the fourth arc, when Rosa {{spoiler|smashes up one of Maria's ceramic rabbits and then tears up Sakutaro, who was ''virtually Maria's only friend.'' }} That scene by itself was heartbreaking in the original Visual Novel, but it's worse in the anime for two reasons: First, because Maria tries to calm her mother down by {{spoiler|explaining her "uu" sound is a spell for happiness,}} trying to remind her of the good times they shared together, and her mother doesn't remember. Second, we get a flashback of Maria and Rosa walking together happily right after {{spoiler|Maria asks Beatrice to teach her dark magic to kill her mother. Knowing she does kill her mother in the Visual Novel (and she does so in the next episode) does not soften the blow.}}

** Maria herself underlines this in the scene where she {{spoiler|kills Rosa}}. "But Sakutaro won't be fixed, right? Because Mama, who created Sakutaro, won't accept him. Mama also created me and won't recognise me. So the broken Maria won't be fixed either."

** This [[Davis Robinson|Troper]] thought it was an epic moment for Beatrice though. It showed how much of a [[Troll]] she was.

** Then we have their {{spoiler|death together}} in the third arc, where George and Beato {{spoiler|struggle together to revive Shannon, and accomplish it in what has to be one of the biggest double [[Crowning Moment of Heartwarming|Crowning Moment Of Heartwarming]]/[[Hope Spot|Hope Spots]] ever, only to have the Siesta sisters' arrows promptly skewer both George and the newly-revived Shannon. And George's last words are spent thanking Beatrice for allowing them to see each other again}} ...ugu...

** Or the [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JLsr2MBHD2c music box version] which manages to turn the song into [[Beyond the Impossible|even more of a Tear Jerker]] by including {{spoiler|Beato's [[Famous Last Words]] }} during the interval, adding to the impact behind the lyrics.

*** The [[PS 3]] remake also uses this version of the song to intensify the drama even further.

*** Now try watching the scene in episode 6 {{spoiler|right after Battler "imagines" the plate of cookies and Beato and everyone else joking around, then afterward when the "illusions" disappear and only Battler and Beato are left standing there having a heartfelt talk about chick Beatrice. Beato says to think of her as her daughter, cue "Thank you for being born" RIGHT AT THAT MOMENT.}} Instant buckets of tears

*** Thank You For Being Born. Play it during any sad scene anywhere and you'll become a sobbing mess. Even the last preview for the anime manages to do so with this.