How Long is Umineko When They Cry?

[@Chronoxtriggers]

So what you are saying is, we should all be reading umineko twice, just in case.

[@RedBardIsCool]

Exactly

[@Chronoxtriggers]

@@RedBardIsCool Since you are here, what are your thoughts about the upcoming Umineko Gold Edition by Sound Cadence Studios.

[@RedBardIsCool]

Well, it sounds like we'll know a lot more when the Kickstarter goes live so I wanna hold off on saying much before I know more about the project, but it seems like it could be pretty cool!

[@shinyorbo9353]

jokes on you I've read it 5 times so far. no im definitely not facing a midlife crisis why do you ask?

[@bubblycrash9611]

This VN was definitely a beast to get through, but it really changes how you think in a powerful way. I'd way it was worth it.

[@taseti3607]

In which sense? That truth is subjective and can be doctored? Episode V showcases this very well.

[@brobot550]

@@taseti3607 I confirmed that in RED TRUTH.

[@edumeleroverdu8509]

@@taseti3607 In pretty much every sense: it makes you think about the nature of fiction and reality, about the nature of people, how we perceive fiction and characters, about love and hate (and their thin separation line), and about life and death. It's truly a masterpiece of literature, to me.

[@wizarywizary9713]

@@edumeleroverdu8509 It became a part of me

[@richard35791]

yeah and good luck with abandoning reality in life

[@pancakes4193]

It's a big chunk, but it'll stay with you for life. Umineko is honestly one of the most literally, and metaphorically, mind-blowing things I've ever laid my eyes on. It's a one-of-a-kind experience to engross yourself with. It's definitely worth it.

[@catcay2995]

For those considering playing, please look up the umineko steam mod. It adds voice acting and allows you to replace the sprites. The pachinko ones in the video are baaaaad. Also, Beatrice is worth every second of those 100 hours.

[@RedBardIsCool]

PS3 sprites best sprites

[@larged0g838]

Personally I think the PS3 sprites are generally bland and unappealing, without a distinct style to them. Though the voice acting was nice, I much preferred the Pachinko sprites. That's just me though.

[@catcay2995]

@@larged0g838 I prefer mittenhands to pachinko, personally, though both are a bit offputting for a newcomer. The pachinko sprites are a tad wonky for my taste.

[@greatdetectivefurudoerika1589]

Original sprites are best sprites.

[@suiseiyabe6966]

Bro can i ask where and how can i change the mod of umineko on my steam? Ive been searching for like a eternity right now and i dont know how and where can i change it

[@Saragraph]

I'm a slow reader, so I spend 20+ hours reading an arc (based on the first two arcs). That'd put me at 160 hours at the very least. But! I am determined to read all of it! Currently on arc 3.

[@blabbitybla2780]

Yeah that's pretty much the pace I read it at, and it did end up taking 160 hours. Worth it though, Umineko is *bad* to speedread with how much there is to read between the lines

[@wcjerky]

Arc 3 is a solid arc. Enjoy! Currently at 65h at halfway through arc 7.

[@diokollias4561]

did you actually read it after all?

[@rannnk2129]

god I'm a slow reader too, wish me luck

[@crash1x_]

that's my speed too dw

[@TheMrcolumbo]

Umineko took me a fairly huge amount of time but damn it has gone by so fast. It’s been almost two weeks since I’ve finished reading it and it’s haunting me more and more, not ceasing at all. What a fascinating work.

[@TheFacal]

Reading umineko was one of the best experiences I've ever had in any kind of media. Took me around 200 hours to finish it, mainly because most of the time I was just listening to the amazing bgm.

[@krissjoe5052]

The definitive way to read Umineko is with Sayaka Ohara's laughs

[@ThePreciseClimber]

I thought those were Boo laughs from Luigi's Mansion.

[@Yubu]

cackle*cackle*cackle

[@Sobata92]

Umineko is definitely one of those experiences that stick with you. I was skeptical when i started it but boy oh boy did i fall in love with it. It was worth going through the whole story and helped change my perspective on a lot of things.

[@the_other_seto_kaiba]

I assume you have seen the Umineko (UMG motion graphics) then. That legendary awesomely disturbing messages will haunt you to the day you die. More than decades ago coming up now.

[@blandon93]

I fucking learned advanced genetics and still have no conclusion what gender Sayo is. Much depends on source, if author never contacted a genetician, answer is mostly correct based on simple assumption.

[@soldat3710]

ouji subete o at first i thought she was a girl, because of her voice(and kanon's) and the fact that genji was afraid of the possibility that Kinzo could do the same thing he did to her mother, but now i'm confused since Natsuhi refers to him as the "boy from 19 years ago" and since Natsuhi was the "mother" she would know it

[@blandon93]

@@soldat3710low height, weight, no body hair, fragile, shows affection to boys, has whole "cannot have children" issue, very soft basic voice, afraid of spiders, etc. To me, no matter how gayish/weak boy is, this phenotype screams she's a girl. Also read Turner syndrome patients, they hate their life pretty much like Sayo does, to get pregnant they have to do hormonal therapy and still chance is very low, basicly it's a "curse" to them.

[@soldat3710]

ouji subete o i agree about the physical traits, someone could say that it was all because of the accident but i find that quite forced, i think the accident just made her unable to procreate, and also why would she think she is a girl? It's not like Genji or someone else forced her to believe so(i think) Was yasu actually scared of spiders? I think that was just for elder Beato, since she was supposed to be a spirit like the legends iirc I don't think that syndrome has anything to do with yasu's problem but some things were interesting. So was that Natsuhi thing just a red herring by Lambdadelta?

[@Tartar]

When I converted the original Witchhunt translation to work on android through VNDB interpreter it said that it converted 680k words for the question arc and 550k words for the answer arc. Mind you, the steam version had an edited script, so it may have been slightly longer or shorter.

[@TheGoldenAlchemist86]

Another frame of reference. There was a youtuber, newt3012(?), who went through Umineko and uploaded a 30 minute section each day with 1 - 2 hour sections for the most intense parts. It took him from June of 2017 to March of 2018. Umineko is a monster to get through and I can't get enough of it

[@lautael5299]

Ah, so he finished his LP? I wasn't sure he would!

[@jinx17]

Dithiannim is the user is saw it from. 158 videos, mostly around an hour long, all in one playlist.

[@peacewalker3344]

Umineko no naku koro ni is one of the best, most memorable, and impacting experience i've ever had from Any story based entertainment medium i've ever consumed in my life. And i haven't even finished the last episode....

[@crossthreaded6867]

I am now scared of a Visual Novel, thank you

[@justanoldsnufkin9747]

Same. And i felt like reading it 😂😭

[@omh2200]

@@justanoldsnufkin9747 you must have some time free in your day. And you must get interested in the story. I read umineko while attending high school, so it doable. The important thing is that you should never try to force yourself, if you feel like reading it and you're interested enough. Then you should definitely read it, and the story is separated into 8 episodes. With each being a different book in a big story, you can definitely take a break after finishing every episode. And you will always be able to jump to any part you want in the story, if you want to remember something. Or you can look at the hints and character page of a specific episode to get a quick recap. I took about a month between every episode. So don't just feel like you have to speed run it. You should definitely take it slow, and take that amazing experience. I also took a 4 month break before finishing the last 2 episodes. And all I have to do was have a quick look at the previous hints and i was good to go. I never actually played long visual novels at the time, but you can get with how long it is and how hard it is to get into it. I took it as a challenge, and just jumped in. And honestly it's a tale that is worth reading. Because of Music, characters, twists and logic. Also the f****** ending songs are amazing.

[@WhatIsLove170]

Spent a month going through it, was worth it.

[@justanoldsnufkin9747]

@@omh2200 wow, thank you for such a long reply and all explaination and advice ❤💋 you're an angel. I'm in high school too so i struggle with time and i very often feel like i have to run with things because there is always something to do, my mind just won't stop creating new interests for me but anyway, thanks!

[@omh2200]

@@justanoldsnufkin9747 i forgot to mention this, but you can treat each episode as a different game. Because If you look at the release date of every episode, the first episode was released on 2007-8-17, and the last episode(8) was released on 2011-01-01. And it's a very big gap, So I hope that motivates you a bit.

[@Ralphiriusgr8]

And of course the perfect way to read it is with the Japanese voice acting and autoplay so you take in every second of those "aaaaaaaaaaah"s and evil laughters

[@konaccha]

ahaha.wav

[@Zoran54321]

That's basically how I read it so it took me closer to >150h to finish the damn thing.

[@ratboythin8870]

yeah, you really gotta experience "DEMO DAMEEEEEEEWEWEWEWEHHHH" in its beautiful, auditory form.

[@yobrethren]

@@ratboythin8870 OHHH YEAAAAH VERY GOOOD ONE MORE!

[@singularitym16a15]

Doesnt matter how long Umineko is IT'S SO FKING GOOOOOOOOOOOOD

[@TheRedfieldWay]

umineko is the best series I've ever had the chance to read/watch /play. the beauty and passion behind its creation is deep and moving. magical indeed

[@PatirroHenry]

It took me 95 hours to read it on Steam and I'm still trying to recover.

[@Omnibus4Everyone]

Best piece of fiction I've ever read! It completely deserves the time spent!

[@Mahboilo]

I have no clue how I managed to find the time, but I read the whole thing. Twice. And I'm planning on reading it again!

[@blabbitybla2780]

Umineko is so good it creates free time you didn't know existed

[@hasankarakus6456]

for the people didn't read this novel: when you finish reading this your life will completely change. the way you think, contemplate and live. it can even change your entire personality. personally i dont regret reading it. i really worship to Ryukishi07.

[@McHaxercid]

GOD DAMNIT MAN ALL THESE PEOPLE SAYING IT WILL CHANGE YOUR LIFE READ IT MY LIFE HAS BEEN DIFFERENT NOW WHATS THE HYPE ABOUT? You guys are making me curious and hyped for this thing 😒 Just tell me what's it about?

[@MichaelArsenal]

@@McHaxercid "Without love, it cannot be seen."

[@marchdarkenotp3346]

@@McHaxercid It's better to _just dive into it!_ Did you already?

[@VaniG91]

I'm still surprised by myself in how I managed to read this in 2 weeks considering that I don't like to read. Umineko is THAT good.

[@VaniG91]

@@Lucy-cl2qk @Spiderman I think I read like 12 hs a day

[@deracacabnoob26]

2 weeks???? I've been reading it since november 2020 and it's almost may 2021, I'm only halfway through btw

[@Pure_117]

2 weeks?! Thats around 7.8 hours daily?! I think you need to touch grass 😂😭

[@yobrethren]

ain't no freakin way I'm only on 7th arc and i've spent 9+ months reading it already Т-Т

[@megarboh790]

@@Pure_117 took me a bit more than a week. My schedule was wake up -> read for 12+ hours -> sleep -> wake up -> repeat

[@michaelodonz3520]

It was a long journey, but trust me I've done it's worth it. This VN (and manga) was change my life and my precepetion about life once and for all. Best story on my life, at least until now haha

[@xkyawla]

How the HELL did I manage to read Umineko from start to finish TWICE when I was in school, taking even longer because I'm not a native speaker!? Nowadays, I can't even find the time to shop for fod ;___;

[@kyaksachan502]

I played Umineko's EP1 when I was a preteen took me a whole damn ass week, when I binged Arc 1 of Higurashi in a day or two. This was release fantranslation days. God, I really wish Higurashi had kept the TIP extra page of explaining Japanese cultural context from the fantranslators because those were a major help when getting into the Visual Novel more descriptive stuff.

[@Kuraskvids]

I am a simple man. I see Umineko, I hit like and favorite. By FAR my favorite work ever to come out of Japan. Wahahaha.wav

[@Razor1Name]

Did... you make a joke about the soundtrack, just now... by highlighting FAR, which is... one of my favorite pieces in the whole VN?

[@lastbastion3333]

The visual novel is legit the best vn I've read

[@adnanasghar1087]

House in fata morgana disagrees

[@lemonov3031]

Muv-Luv Alternative laughs at both of you

[@alteriasaber]

@@lemonov3031 fate hentai vn is clears

[@Gr8WchM]

I watched this video idly back when it first came out, but I recently decided to deep-dive myself into WTC and of course that meant reading through Umineko. Now, *now I understand. I understand the enormity of what you were stating.* It’s ingenious. Umineko is fucking amazing, but it’s sheer *length* is it’s greatest weapon. You end up spending so long immersed in this epic tale of witches and death that it *eats away at your mind until all that is left is Umineko.* Beato has consumed my very being.

[@arikaczmarek3930]

"Beato has consumed my very being." Why hello there, Kinzo Ushiromiya

[@thegreatdetectiveknows4057]

Umineko is so sooooooooo everyone should read it once in his life, it can truly change your way of thinking.

[@moonie1488]

Ahh! Finally, a video talking about my favorite VN franchise! Finishing the series took me a long time not gonna lie but it is fantastic! So if anyone is reading this comment please read the visual novels and have the ride of your life! *just avoid the anime*

[@loupaladdm3468]

There's no anime of course, what are you talking about :)

[@moonie1488]

@@loupaladdm3468 Mhm, never existed, never will :)

[@osuanime7925]

I wish I read this comment few months ago...

[@TheUnknownOtaku]

This is the scariest story ever... purely on how long it is

[@zacharyt.2694]

1,127,000 words is almost as long as some fanfictions. I don't know what that says about our society or if it's relevant but I thought it was worth mentioning. Edit: I see you mentioned that infamous Smash fanfic but I think that has been dethroned.

[@appleb0btime]

Took me three years, but I read it happily and now it is my favorite piece of media of all time.

[@randomname3709]

I didn't play the VN but I read the whole manga. One of the best mangas out there. Not just an opinion, but an actual fact. The way they slowly develop Beatrice's Character is just amazing. I cried when I know who Beatrice was and what she's been through. The way they had the mind-itching crimes and the play of words and how they were exchanging arguments. It was a masterpiece.

[@joaquinjovane1211]

The vn was better

[@randomname3709]

@@joaquinjovane1211 I actually played the VN, I'm currently on Twilight. While I preferred the manga in the answers arc, the questions arc of the VN are way superior. Especially Alliance, it was like a journey that I'll never be able to move on from

[@eduardo1220]

Me: (Read 2 books for summer homework for AP lit) "Nah too boring" Also me: (Reading Umineko with the PS3 Voice acting) "Of course I'll read it."

[@SekiAsaka]

Monogatari series is a light novel series with 20 books translated to English, that would beat it easy. Also you should read it it’s good

[@GouAndSotsuWereMistakes]

I remember the good all days when me and my bro waited for witchhunt to release translation then binge read it.

[@dwmlue9299]

I made the mistake of giving this info to my friends before telling them to read Umineko. "I don't want to read the friggen bible twice, man."

[@muppyheingardt8597]

I've been a lifelong reader with decades of books, obscure and known, under my built, and Umineko is the greatest story I've ever read. It is such a wonderful homage to the mystery and thriller genre, with so many delightful tributes to Agatha Christie, Knox, Souji Shimoda, Doyle, Stout....many others. The logic puzzles are cleverly folded into a neat package that slowly expands for the reader, raising new questions to be answered inch by inch, until the pieces start to fall into place. The characters are incredibly fun, and Ryuukishi turns logic battle into epic struggles straight out of a Shonen Jump action show. My point is, you have good taste. And for my money, this is the best visual novel out there. Fans of mystery- or conspiracy-themed VNs such as Steins;Gate would definitely love it. I was lucky enough to start it when it first came out, at the same time as a friend. For years, I would call him during my drive to work, and as the story went on, we would discuss and debate possible solutions to the mysteries. I have never enjoyed any discussion of a work of media that much since.

[@PatchyE]

Umineko is one of my favorite VNs, but I've actually played a game that has an even larger word count... Torment: Tides of Numenera, a CRPG from 2017, has 1.4 million words... Took me more than a month to beat that game. That is the longest thing I've ever read.

[@whxii]

PATCHY

[@glytergyrl123]

honestly as soon as you get through about mid-episode 4 you’re golden i almost stopped around then but after you get past it the story picks up SO much

[@LAMBDADELTO]

Am uploading the ps3 port ver of this novel :)

[@regularshowman3208]

Thank you this video for introducing me to Umineko, because I just finished reading it a week or two ago and I do not regret it one bit.

[@ttank0_0]

If I could erase one experience from my mind it would be reading umineko, so I could read it for the first time again.

[@PhileasLiebmann]

Turns out this video was actually about the length of One Piece the entire time! What a twist!

[@ghostsalamander4870]

for you filthy homestucks. homestuck itself is 817,612 words. the epilogues combined is 190,668 words. put together that's 1,008,280 words. umineko is 1,127,000 words. that's 118,720 more than hussie's monstrosity.

[@turian1moose]

I've always heard umineko was a monster of a text but after looking into it. It's actually got less text than trails in the sky and honestly after playing many a trails game I feel confident I can handle this.

[@ojmachine9545]

As a writer i hope never to make anything as long as umineko. I cry for anyone who goes in blind

[@パンダの死体]

I know length fucks many people up in beforehand, but I get excited over this.

[@ハトシェプスト-f7c]

Best vn ever

[@j.thomas1420]

When I was 20 years old, I heard about Umineko, but since I just speak at that time my native language, aka french, I was kind of frustrated to not be able to read that story. So I did buy a dictionnary and started hardcore reading it in english. It took me about one year to finish it, but by the end of it I was fluent in english... I'm currently reading Umineko in japanese.

[@cruelcumber5317]

It actually makes a lot of sense that Harry Potter would compare in word count, because it is simplifying things a bit to say that Umineko is one VN, when it really is more like a series of 8 VNs. It get's kind of lost due to the official english release being based on the releases that are all the question arcs and all the answer arcs (not to mention Umineko Project putting all episodes under one executable), but each episode had about 6 months between them.

[@yosute__]

This video was the one that got me to read umineko, it took me 139 hours with the voices (it was completely worth it and i'm sure i'll re-read it later!)

[@arisha39]

the best novel, i love it so much

[@EBroxas72]

Now I legit Wonder how does this stack up against Homestuck in word count.

[@frejo1931]

homestuck + the epilogues that came out last year are about a million words long, so still shorter than umineko!

[@uba754]

I am on the last chapter of Higurashi and half of why I read it was to read Umineko... I am now really starting to wonder just what I got myself into O_O

[@MasterAlucardGV]

congrats on discouraging everyone to start umineko. bern is pleased

[@tvdvd8661]

She cant keep getting away with this!

[@WitchLunaEstrella]

Man, it's crazy to think that it was roughly 100 hours of my life I spent on Umineko. Worth every second though, Umineko has stayed with me for years after I first read it and it's had a huge impact on me. I think it's just one of those experiences that is long and sometimes confusing, but in the end, you're rewarded with something special that'll stay with you for the rest of your life.

[@justarandomyoutubeaccount6812]

Haha, what a coincidence, I started the VN a few hours ago.

[@TheMrcolumbo]

Enjoy it! bastard

[@justarandomyoutubeaccount6812]

Thank you! Asshole

[@saxor96]

That's why I only recomend Umineko with people that I know had enough patience to read so many hours. ... The others get un "read the manga" instead.

[@unmeaninglessly143]

Bernkastel's moments as GM legit gave me deep chills. its like watching an A-rated horror movie at night, alone in the house. i didnt know VN could do stuffs to me

[@asdfghjkzxcbnm]

Things to show to your English teacher when she asks what you read over the summer.

[@wendydaley5238]

BEATRICE MY LOVE I love this visual novel, but asking me if I love this or Fata Morgana more is like asking me to pick a favourite child. Both have their own strengths and weaknesses, they share similar themes, the emotional aspects of both are pretty much equal to me, and I’ve fallen in love/unhealthy obsession with the witches of both games, which never usually happens. I’d say Umineko is the older, more sophisticated sibling, and Fata is the younger, but more mature sibling. I don’t know where I’m going with this, but yeah, they’re like sisters to me. Or wives. I’ll just say this, I love Beatrice and Morgana equally. They’re amazing.

[@AirAtNight6977]

Volume 7 of the wandering Inn is 5001 pages (single spaced, times New Roman, size 12). And that's just one volume Edit: umineko is "only" 2830

[@RosieGaga]

I had to come back to this video to let everyone know I finally started Umineko! I've been watching umineko streams for months and i am about halfway through- oh and also that i started watching one piece 1 year ago and I am about 75% through to being caught up.

[@sirthrand1234500]

your book comparisons seem to have overlooked a few notable series. Wheel of Time: 4M 360k A Song of Ice And Fire: 1M 770k Malazan Book of the Fallen: 3M 325k The Dark Tower: 1M 295k The Expanse: 1M 334k

[@yurironoue5888]

The Alchemist sprites are the best. Plus, the gorgeous background art that appears with the Alchemist adaptation of sound novel.

[@Докторпарадокс]

I can't believe it is longer than war and peace yet i read it in one breath

[@Mastpar]

At least the stormlight archive (at least books 1-3 and edgedancer since those were the ones out when this video came out) did have a word count slightly higher at around 1.28 million words.

[@lambiamusic]

TOOK ME OVER A YEAR WORTH IT

[@kanonyasu7261]

This VN changed my perspective on how I see life

[@MachinimaGothic]

Thank you now I know how long is Umineko

[@alphamone]

I am predicting that this video will be getting some more views in the coming weeks.

[@SilverDragoon7395]

Wheel of time has over 4.5 million words.

[@subarunatsuki1902]

The whole Video: Umineko is long. VERY LONG

[@peppercat1887]

Glad to see so many people seem to have enjoyed Umineko.

[@UltimateCarl]

Sounds about right. I've been playing it for literally days now and Beatrice hasn't even shown up yet.

[@sir6311]

My animal crossing hours trumps this game by 400 hours, and dont even get me started on my preteen time minecraft hours (which i lost track of) and i accept any shame for it.

[@fluffyboi6451]

Now I'm wondering how the hell did I finish it in two months :D But seriously, I loved almost every minute of it! Umineko is one of the best things ever written with the most amazing soundtrack out there. Thanks for the video. It's a little bit scary, but a potential new reader should know what they're getting into. An important warning for first time players: youtube comments tend to spoil a lot under soundtrack videos, DO NOT read them!!!!

[@neonrelmsproductions4224]

Here because of Silent Hill F.

[@GodzillaFreak]

There are people on my pokemon discord who have well over 1000 hours. In each generation.

[@SirEvilestDeath]

Giving a script in the size it’s characters take up space is fucking issueless. Those characters can be in different resolutions meaning some of equal size can take up more space. The script character count in total is the only logical way to understand a visual novels script length…fucking duh.

[@rannnk2129]

reading all of these comments is starting to genuinely make me feel scared to actually start playing umineko

[@DivineXPotato]

did you start?

[@rannnk2129]

@@DivineXPotato no I did not

[@konaccha]

It took me two years to finish Umineko, about 250 hours of actually playing it. Started off as a pastime game to play with my friend after midterm season. It took us about 6 months to finish arc 1 and half of arc 2 (I visited every friday night - sunday night) and then he gave up due to lack of "gameplay". We played 999 after that, but I couldn't let Umineko go. I wasn't very invested in it to be honest, considering that arc 2 felt a lot like a rehash of arc 1 so I played it very moderately, about a half hour every weekend. It wasn't until I finished arc 2 that I became engrossed in the story. The ending of arc 2 got me completely in love with Umineko and every ending of every episode after that seemed to one up the previous arc. The beginnings of each new arc is always a little slow, but is a wonderful respite from the amount of hype the ending before gave. The entire story was a roller coaster, one that I could not get off. It had me scared, it had me screaming, it had me crying, it even had me dying of laughter. Halfway through episode 3, I discovered a let's play channel by Mr250. There I discovered a wonderful community in live streams/comments that helped me understand/another perspective on the story. The story is definitely an unforgiving one. Without love, the truth cannot be seen. My friend who decided to drop the story before it became absolutely exceptional didn't have that love for the story and missed out greatly. One thing I noticed at the end was the fact that I loved every character, whether it be the "antagonists" or "side characters", they are all very special to me. I haven't found a similar story that could make me feel the same way for every character. If you are unable to read the VN, I'd also recommend reading the manga and checking out Goldsmith's youtube channel. He has videos of the various chapters from the manga but with the VN music/voices. The VN isn't perfect, it's long and verbose, but I don't regret reading it at all.

[@FFXfever]

That's close to my experience. I complained alot about first arc for constant repetition, then complained second arc for being too boring for too long. Then the third arc came, and forever my life changed. Umineko asked really meta questions, from how we view literature, to how mysteries are written, to where are the heart for all of these. They didn't even give you all the answers in chapter 7, just so the person will continue to think about the story and the messages. It's crazy to me that the author was willing to put that much faith into his audience.

[@konaccha]

@@FFXfever I'm happy our sentiments were the same! On another note, please check out this parody someone made. It's an actual playable episode of Umineko with Tea Party and ??? included. It was so well done! kzbin.info/www/bejne/mpWteXaLoq52bq8

[@ArkOfTurus]

I've been reading through the Wheel of Time series lately. Wikipedia has it at a word count of 4.4 million words. Almost four Uminekos! What am I doing with my life?

[@caliaster]

well I finished WoT a year ago, it's pretty cool, though series go flat in between like 6th book but it picks up and is a blast to finish

[@Ulta_Nagenki]

Make bacon.

[@lynnclaywood4043]

That's basically all of Homestuck (not counting the epilogues or Homestuck^2) with a couple hundred less words. Oh my god.

[@lupusgirl64]

Keep in mind that Umineko in itself is just a subseries of When They Cry which includes Higurashi as well which is also REALLY FUCKING LONG! I'm pretty sure their combined length put most fantasy epics to shame

[@mlgproplayer2915]

You should have mentioned Higurashi, if you want the full experience. lol

[@Omahdon]

I made the mistake of speedrunning Umineko and by the end of the Question Arc (squeezed into just under 48 hours!) I realised "oh no. oh no, do I. HATE? this?" and sure enough, when I started the Answer Arc and even MORE batshit crazy plot twist-y stuff happened I confirmed that I hated Umineko and immediately stopped less than three hours in. The moral of the story: don't speedrun Umineko like I did, because the density of PLOT TWISTS and their velocity straight from the game text and into your eyeballs will render you numb and apathetic after a certain point. I might pick up Umineko again someday, when the resentment wears off some.

[@asdasvelet6243]

speed reading umineko is the worst crime you can commit, you have to take in what you're reading and think about it to understand the heart of umineko

[@crazy_pink_haired_bitch]

Never speed read Umineko it's literally like you're destroying your own life

[@asdasvelet6243]

@@crazy_pink_haired_bitch well said bro

[@lambdadeltasfanclubmanager9078]

s-speed reading... u-umineko??

[@asdasvelet6243]

@@lambdadeltasfanclubmanager9078 no fucking way am i right?

[@shaowgamerxt101]

I’ll just be here Reading Homestuck 1358808 words not including the epilogues.

[@MachinimaGothic]

Even 120H is not enough on vndb medium score is 147H. For me it will be even longer because I am not native in English. I expect that it will take me at least 4 months to finish it. 200H/14H/perr week=4 months. It will be my way to stay focus during my time working abroad to keep me sane.

[@frenkiekaki7948]

I went 4 years reading umineko

[@vjm3]

There's this great video I saw featuring the girl with the pipe. All it is is her cackle laugh, followed by "Still the best."

[@leilaclarridge5807]

I'll read it when I have the time. ...I mean, that's what I said about Mob Psycho and My Hero and I STILL haven't seen either of them past their first few episodes, but I swear I'll do it!

[@Senumunu]

I think the best point to commit to this is when there is a weak anime season. It will carry you for months and if you are hooked you will get what most modern anime lacks, a good plot.

[@Jay6x]

I'm reading through Higurashi no naku koro ni, and I've only made it through Ch.1. I'm about halfway through Ch.2, and enjoying it thoroughly. I'm aware there's still 2 chapters yet to be released in english, but I'll still be picking them up when they release, even if I don't get to it for another several years.

[@skylarsunday]

I'm a huge Higurashi fan, so I'm curious if I should check out Umineko.

[@acciogagaloo]

You definitely should. I went into Umineko thinking it was some kind of sequel to Higurashi but I was wrong (ish). I ended up loving it more than Higu.

[@Merapsco]

Gud vid will play, get back to you in approximately 4 - 6 business days.

[@saraslavica2128]

Took me 5 days to finish episode 4, now on the next 5 phew BUT JESUS what a fantastic and interesting story. I feel like I'm being drugged by the adrenaline, I never read anything which actually made me burst out with energy, sadness, laughter, and pure madness and I'm only on ep 4. One thing tho, it starts SLOW, ep 1 may be the weakest but it is important, it is a good introduction to the characters and I respect that an actual day doesn't pass in mere minutes so I respect why it is slow. But each episode is better then the other one so yeah READ THIS, it is AMAZING AND PEOPLE WEREN'T KIDDING WHEN THEY SAID IT

[@k.b2367]

The manga is fantastic. I actually didn't know it had a visual novel, very informative

[@joaquinjovane1211]

The vn came first

[@witch9282]

Finally someone make video about this series, seriously this thing sooo long I havent read the vn yet but its on my library since 2 years ago I only read the manga but damn this series so amazing I cant even tell which one is fantasy and reality maybe I should start read the vn now lol Beato bess girl and u know that