Bernkastel's Image Song: Seizensetsu/Doctrine of Fundamentally Good English subbed

[@gloomygirlycutie]

The little girl cried when she lost her marbles in the desert. She searched the desert for one hundred years. The little girl cried when she thought she might've lost them in the sea rather than the desert. She searched the depths of the sea for one hundred years. The little girl cried when she thought she might've lost them in the mountains than the sea. How long will it take till she begins to doubt whether or not she actually lost them to begin with? -Frederica Bernkastel

[@maitherolfsenlisa5593]

Omg...

[@moscoelucilfer5829]

Rika/Bernkastel have the saddest fates of any fictional characters I've read. Bernkastel is a Witch of Miracles, but she is also an Executioner who will discard the possibility of a miracle due to the trauma she suffered while being Rika. 😢

[@feduwtc]

​@@moscoelucilfer5829yeah, that's why i think she didn't want to be a villain, she just couldn't believe in miracles anymore

[@Justanotherpokemon]

At the first time, I do my best to try again against the inevitable tragedy. In the second time, I become disgusted towards the inevitable tragedy. The third time, disgust is overwhelmed into painfulness. But by the seventh time, this all becomes a farce comedy. -Frederica Bernkastel

[@eiren387]

Everyone is entitled to happiness. The difficult part is accepting that. Everyone is entitled to happiness. The difficult part is fulfilling that. I, too, am entitled to happiness. The difficult part is working out a compromise. - Frederica Bernkastel

[@feduwtc]

this song is imo the perfect explanation of Bern's character and has a lot of ways to interpret it, but my headcanon and interpretation is that it's about Bern waiting and wishing for her friends, more specifically keiichi, to save her and show her that she can also have her own miracle and be happy, just like she did when she was a human trapped inside the loops i say specifically keiichi because when she was human, he was the one who showed her that fate could be broken in the first place so he should be the one to save her again by killing her dark, "someone please smile at me and learn the unnoticeable truth. i want you to grasp my fingers that tremble too much". that's why she uses "Boku" just like rika did

[@Ander0072originalv2]

I subscribed to the old notion that Frederica is different from Umineko's Bern, but are tied in a way. I say this because, I haven't watched the new animes nor wish to, living only by what was in the original plot. With that out of the way, I can agree with your statement. I was playing Episode 5's Tea Party again last night as that battle is very rewatchable. One thing that sticks out is how pissed Bern is that Battler discovered the truth himself, that he managed to overcome. It might be reading into it too much, but the teasing Lambda does to Bern over it, and her intense reaction back, it almost feels like indignation that that couldn't happen for her (whether by her being able to find the truth in 5 games, or by being saved by someone like Battler, e.g. Keiichi). I also agree that Keiichi, if anyone, would be the focal point of hope for her as him remembering the past events was the first miracle she experienced.

[@Y0UT0PIA]

back then: Rika, what happened to you ;_; now: _Oh._

[@MidnightBlueRed]

That piano playing "You" in the background never fails to give me the chills.

[@エビデンス要求に脱糞で応える]

Because the artists are the same!

[@internetbad3575]

I can only hear Blue Butterfly here

[@RussianGuyBro]

Timestamp?

[@NyarVAthotep]

@@internetbad3575 52 seconds in, You (M.Box) starts playing. At 1 minute 50 seconds in, the left hand is the exact same as the melody of You.

[@feduwtc]

this makes an even deeper connection of Umineko and Higurashi because of Higurashi

[@CrazyMonkeygirl00]

The first time, I would Try harder to avoid the inevitable tragedy. The second time,I would be disgusted with the inevitable tragedy. The third time, my disgust would turn into anguish. The seventh time, I'd Be laughing by then. -Frederica Bernkastel

[@Justanotherpokemon]

What's outside of the well? Is it something worth fighting for? What's outside of the well? Is it something worth getting hurt for? What's outside of the well? I'm going to fight and get hurt in order to find that out. I'm sure what's waiting is a beautiful world. Even if I get to the bottom of the well again. The key to the new world is my willingness to get out of here. Even if I can get out or not, I will eventually get to the new world...

[@fafaaf61]

I love how you can hear elements from both the songs of Umineko and Higurashi.

[@danielm.5078]

The lyrics provide a potentially different context to her actions; I almost feel like her "helping" Ange and making her confront the abject truth so that she gives up on her life was Bern (in her own twisted way) helping someone by (to semi-quote a certain meme) guiding them to a "treasure" that she herself cannot possess. Heck, to her Ange may have even be a "friend" of sorts --despite how she treats her (Look no further than the masochistic lover/plaything relationship she has with Lambda for how twisted things are for her). And Battler casually trying to reach out to her and wanting to consider her a friend after everything is upsetting to her not just because it's so outlandishly stupid, but someone wanting to honestly accept her runs completely counter to how she understands herself and would validate her existence. TL;DR despite appearing as an emotionless kuudere for the first half of the story, Bern's a supremely messed up tsundere who simultaneously wants to die and be hugged.

[@trollex8576]

Girl just needs some tears to shed and a therapist after all the shit she's been through, honestly-

[@neondoublez]

I think Bern's scene with Ikuko in ep8 spells out pretty directly that she was attempting to guide Ange. And then there's the bit in the final scene with Lambda where she talks about Bern playing the role of villain and hoping she gets a better role next time, although Bern is fine with being a villain.

[@trollex8576]

@@neondoublez Perhaps, although wouldn't it be pretty interesting to see her as an Anti-Hero?

[@Blackbeard_The_Pirate]

so..... bernkastel wants to call me "B-BAKA!"

[@alternateperson6600]

@@neondoublez this is just Bern breaking the 4th wall. Every 07th Expansion after-party has those character retrospectives where they discuss their role in the franchise; even Teppei said he didn't like playing the role of a child abuser in Rei's all-cast review, but that doesn't mean the character he played in Higurashi was secretly a hero.

[@furudoerika1472]

Miracles are the most terrible and cruel things more than darkness, honestly I am very concerned about Bernkastel (Rika) fate.

[@sea123olaf]

Where is she now?

[@honeydreams2359]

I cannot quench your thirst Because even if you yearn for the truth you refuse to believe in it. I cannot quench your thirst Because no such truth exists that you are in anticipation for. But I still want to quench your thirst . Because I am the one that put you into the desert - Frederica Bernkastel

[@ShioSloth]

We will take back all the happiness from then til now A hundred years of happiness for me. And a thousand years for you -Frederica Bernkastel

[@shelbymcnew7786]

Fuuuucccckkkk I'm crying.... Bernkastel is probably the most tragic character I've ever come across.

[@whensomethingcriesagain]

I don't know about that. Umineko alone presents several other powerful contenders for that title.

[@ryanelf1738]

Yah I agree that Bernkastel (Rika) had to endure a horrible fate that repeats itself almost endlessly. However Beatrice's, her true self (Y**U), fate is even more tragic. At least Bernkastel (Rika) had a very small chance of breaking out of her cruel fate whereas Beatrice has absolute zero chance of breaking out of her cruel fate and achieve her happy ending.

[@whensomethingcriesagain]

Ryan Elf Well, she did end up getting a happy ending, just not a traditional one. Hell, if one so desired, they could pick any number of the others, be it Eva, Rosa, or even Kinzo, as suitably tragic characters.

[@ryanelf1738]

Who got a happy ending? Do you mean Beatrice? In the fantasy world, maybe, but Beatrice did not get her happy ending in any other possible real world. Even Bernkastel herself, after searching through all possible worlds (kakera), said that Beatrice will never have her happy ending.

[@whensomethingcriesagain]

Ryan Elf As I said, a non-traditional one. At least Meta Beatrice gets to spend the rest of eternity with Battler, and we get perhaps the most heartwarming sequence in fictional history.

[@honeydreams2359]

The most intricate thing to find in this world. Is it a needle that you lost in the desert? The most intricate thing to find in the world. Is it a crow's feather that you lost in the darkness of the night? The most intricate thing to find in the world is. Realizing your own erroneous contemplation - Frederica Bernkastel

[@lillycastitatis6807]

I love how at the end of the song you can hear dear you

[@AlterMesh]

I'd like to mention that although I have not read the Sound Novels, I do know about Umineko and Higurashi, and don't blindly worship the Anime) I think that this song is Bern thinking about how she 'used to be as Rika', and wondering why/how she changed to become a 'demon'. She uses 'Boku' like Rika because she is trying to see whats different about 'Bern' and 'Rika'. When she says 'your' she is refering to Rika. She is asking for 'Bern' to be killed, so that she can become 'Rika' again.

[@minhkhoi98]

A song suggesting hidden emotional depth of a seemingly completely cruel and evil character, very Umineko-esque indeed. I hope it is more explicitly explored in a future WTC, whenever that is.

[@minhkhoi98]

That's Rika's. They seem to be separate now.

[@nilsfrayer]

I have good news for you, buddy...

[@05misogi]

seems like you havent read higurashi

[@IchibanOjousama]

impossible... our Bern can't come back to us

[@BakedBanana]

oh

[@honeydreams2359]

Please do not deplore yourself. Even if the world does not forgive, I will forgive you. Please do not deplore yourself. Even if you do not forgive the world, I will forgive you. So please tell me. What will it take for you to forgive me? -Frederica Bernkastel

[@benjaja12]

cannot quench your thirst Because even if you yearn for the truth, you refuse to believe in it. I cannot quench your thirst Because no such truth exists that you are in anticipation for. But I still want to quench your thirst. Because I am the one the that put you into the desert.

[@rafaeldbx]

the edge

[@minhkhoi98]

Some of the quotes from Higurashi take on even deeper meanings when applied to Umineko. I think this one perfectly sums up Bern's relationship with Ange in a way.

[@benjaja12]

LoneWolf MK yeah, most of them

[@saskueify]

benjamin soldani wow. I feel like this message is to me. Moreover to the viewers. Am I wrong?

[@feduwtc]

If i ever decide to give up and let go of everything, There are still some things i could never forget, And far too many things i'd still long for. It's precisely because i don't know when to give up, That i can day i completely understand you. Oh, you, poor, poor thing ...There, satisfied?

[@megumibandalle3303]

Do you know wherein lies the sin? It wasn't in the partaking of the fruit of the tree? Do you know wherein lies the sin? It wasn't lending an ear to the serpent's emticements. Do you still not know wherein lies the sin? Therein lies your sin? -Frederica Bernkastel

[@blubeagle55]

Shades of "You" and Nigerarenai . Beautiful.

[@Aniver69]

Already over 10 years since it's been uploaded huh. Time flies, glad I came back here again ^^

[@ReunionMana]

This song is really sad tbh, it makes me feel really depressed, which no other song does!

[@GouAndSotsuWereMistakes]

Still one of the best umineko image song

[@meepermoppers8523]

oh this hits extra hard after gou......

[@lambdadelta6140]

What a wonderful song

[@HopefulLass]

I CAN HEAR THE HIGURASHI IN THIS AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

[@darkobarbarejski9705]

there's a background dear you or something...

[@Alex-iq3hj]

I agree with you :D.

[@rkmath4905]

Yea I noticed it too

[@ashleytomlinson-akathedark37]

Darko Barbarejski I can hear a faint melody of Dear You as well, makes it so much better. ☺

[@yothats.taetae5382]

@Cunning Linguist That mistake bothers me aswell. It triggers me how I have to type in “Dear You” to get more results of the songs

[@Myterionx3x3]

@@yothats.taetae5382 why do people call it "dear you" in the first place

[@razuhiko27]

i thought i heard the intro of 'you' from higurashi in this song's outro starting at 2:36

[@meekie0]

The piano sound like dear you I love it !

[@Cococrash11]

Awesome Bernkastel's Image Song: Seizensetsu/Doctrine of Fundamentally Good English Subbed Video.

[@chicafazbear1185]

Bernkastel is Rika confirmed

[@keyopenlock142]

Ryukishi confirmed in an interview that Bernkastel is Rika from Saikoroshi...

[@imtheonewiththebestprofile5648]

rika is her game board version

[@idontwantahandlebutok]

sadly 8 more people don't know what beauty is.

[@imtheonewiththebestprofile5648]

Otakuu they are wortless trash

[@sunnycastiglioni7512]

I'm super late to be commenting, but I would like to know who the "you" she's talking about in this song

[@nuthella5251]

With the way the title appeared on the side bar it read as "Doctrine of Fundamentally Good English" and now I can't stop laughing... indeed.

[@witchofengineering]

[@carriedoughitt9058]

I hear a bit of "Promise" from EP5 of Umineko.

[@Leukresnt]

Sotsu foreshadowing

[@saskueify]

This whole Rika bernkenstell thing has bothered me months and months. Now I find poems and stuff. Somebody please tell me where I can find out about her more

[@YuyuHakurei]

Umineko VN

[@heliodor7679]

Oof my feels

[@Horde1Blades]

this is so very beaatifull

[@solm.6184]

if i’m not mistaken, sometimes bern would tell keiichi to check up on rika or help her. it was by the furude shrine where she took akasaka. i think she’s singing this song to 10 year old rika :(

[@malulb1057]

Where did you saw this info? It sounds so sad :(

[@solm.6184]

i think it was in the visual novel. rika brought keiichi to the shrine but ofc she doesn’t know how to open up. keiichi, thinking rika was just off, heard a voice in the wind asking him to please help/save that child. it wasn’t hanyuu’s voice but adult rika voice

[@malulb1057]

@@solm.6184 Oh in miotsukushi-hen? I thought that was Frederica but if you count her as 'the same' as Bernkastel from umi I think it makes sense

[@WretchedEgg528]

hidden gem

[@RandomAvatarFan]

Do you know your sin? It's not because you ate the forbidden fruit Do you know your sin? It's not because you listened to the serpant Still, you don't remember your sin? Then that itself is your sin -Frederica Bernkastel Many things were found in his room The evidence showed that he loved me. Many things were found in my room The evidence showed that I loved him. Nothing was found in her room but you can't deny the existence of undiscovered evidence Of unfaithfulness -Frederica Bernkastel

[@IchibanOjousama]

Furudo Erika?

[@louiskalinggo1721]

The last one doesn't ring like Bernkastel, but more like Furudo Erika

[@mLn109]

So who do you think this is directed towards? And do you think she's baring her soul here, or it's just more of the sick sarcasm we get from her in umineko?

[@bramblefire17]

mLn109 I think she is baring her soul to us here or rather to Rika. :3

[@liaw3166]

Bern talks here in place of the original person that hides behind the Beato mask.Meaning the good personality (Beato) is talking to Battler and beggining him to her evil half (Erika), because her evil half is a f*** sadist. Battler does this at the end of Episode 6, when he kills X in reality. In the magical interpretation we see this as 18-year-old-Battler shooting Erika with a gun together with Beato. The same applies to Bern's love letter, this is also "X" talking to Battler.

[@feduwtc]

Idk why but i feel like this song can also be directed to Keiichi My interpretation is Bernkastel, the Witch of Miracles herself, is asking for Keiichi to somehow listen to her words and once again show her she can defeat her fate of being a cruel monster, because she can't believe herself, but she can believe in her friends She's the result of all the Rikas that didn't make past 1983, and because of that, she can only wait for a miracle to come, and for a miracle to happen, the boy who proves fate wrong should've appear and help her

[@whensomethingcriesagain]

Huh, so Bern isn't as terrifying as she seems. Who could've guessed?

[@IchibanOjousama]

r u srs

[@XFTFX]

Nipaah ~

[@Kyinnoo]

10/10

[@naviproductions]

question- anyone know what is meant by the "shining blueness"? when I was younger I used to love this song, and now I'm trying to actually understand it, but I fear some things get lost in translation, and that "shining blueness" might mean more in japanese than english

[@bramblefire17]

Bit like how red is associated we hate and anger blue is the opposite of red. So the shining blueness is probably meant to represent calmness. I hope this helps. I'm not very good at explaining.

[@Hwyadylaw]

I'm pretty sure there's not much lost in translation. "glittering blue will fall"

[@Hwyadylaw]

+McDucky Or "shining green", both can be correct

[@naviproductions]

+McDucky what I mean is, the actual meaning might be lost in translation. as far as I know, there aren't really English sayings abt "blueness" and whatnot. I don't know Japanese obviously, so I'm just guessing here, but maybe it's normal for them to talk abt "blueness" so it makes more sense to them? idk

[@emilylokman6274]

Well this song is from umineko and the colours red and blue have a very special meaning in that story. It's definitely a reference to that.

[@RandomAvatarFan]

Darn it, thought it would keep the line breaks. Oh well.

[@zamorak888]

Poor Rika...

[@Luoidebate123]

❤

[@BakedBanana]

oh

[@houndoom1234]

That's for ANge :D

[@RussianGuyBro]

"You" timestamp pls

[@hachijospaniard5643]

Doom Slayers, Bern, Doom Slayers.

[@BN-gk6fc]

could it be possible that rika is bernkastel and Bernkastle is rika

[@pascald6957]

bernkastel is indeed rika...just play the v-novel and you'll know that bernkastel has become a part of a chess piece before, which connect the universe to higurashi itself... that's why you can hear part of higurashi theme in it.

[@Aniver69]

Edited: 2015-07-11. (New Version) All Higurashi/Umineko connections, also Higurashi explanation: imgur.com/aLxPwrW

[@whensomethingcriesagain]

Think of it as Rika creating Bernkastel by sealing off the part of her soul that represents the hopelessness and despair she felt through the hundred years of endless death.

[@whensomethingcriesagain]

***** Bern is the personification of the despair and hopelessness that Rika experienced throughout the hundred years of trying in vain to survive past June 1983. They shared the same body for a while, but separated at the end of Rei, with Bern apparently becoming a witch.

[@whensomethingcriesagain]

***** The problem with that is that Bern is demonstrably a separate being by 1986, so clearly there had to be something like that happening.

[@ciconiawtc5674]

性善説ね

[@エビデンス要求に脱糞で応える]

マイナーなの悲しいなぁ

[@dewniper]

i came here from a fanfic by stolen_writer on ao3

[@bakamotion9486]

That's literally a Higurashi song

[@houndoom1234]

One for Battler and one for Erika

[@furudoerika1472]

Sad fact for me : this song like curse to me, every i listening, singing, or even thinking this song, there's some tragedy on my side (Family, or even my self). And today my uncle got COVID.... Damn man, sorry but i ban this from my playlist.

[@highprinceryoma4410]

Sorry to hear it :( hope things get better

[@furudoerika1472]

@@tommyboyer7000 Thanks, also sometimes i asking why this song felt so real, even i knew that this song from fictional stories...

[@furudoerika1472]

@@highprinceryoma4410 Thanks, already better than before (even when i got covid weeks after my uncle got it, or my godmother died when i still issolated at hospital.. But already fine and better than before.

[@ifwas]

haelequin

[@lilysaintclaire4716]

Bernkastel downvoted this song.

[@Aphelion_k9f]

+Lily Saintclaire For the lulz I'm sure.

[@yothats.taetae5382]

This is quite late and this comment is most likely forgotten,but she was so embarrassed and cringing hard to the point that she disliked it.

[@AlterMesh]

Please do not deplore yourself. Even if the world does not forgive, I will forgive you. Please do not deplore yourself. Even if you do not forgive the world, I will forgive you. So please tell me. What will it take for you to forgive me? -Frederica Bernkastel

[@rikuvakevainen6157]

Or someone hide it in order to break her amd return them the right time. And if in the infinitive monkey theory the letter a is removed no matter how many times the monkey writes the text will never become Hamlet.

[@carriedoughitt9058]

I hear a bit of "Promise" from EP5 of Umineko.