Umineko: When They Cry
Umineko: When They Cry
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Umineko: When They Cry

7.0 / 10
2009
1 season
26 episodes
AnimationSci-Fi & FantasyDramaMysteryCrime

As customary per year, the entire family is gathering on the island for a conference that discusses the current financial situations of each respective person. Because of the family head's poor health, this year involves the topic of the head of the family's inheritance and how it will be distributed. However, the family is unaware that the distribution of his wealth is the least of Ushiromiya Kinzo's concerns for this year's family conference. After being told that his end was approaching by his longtime friend and physician, Kinzo is desperate to meet his life's true love one last time: the Golden Witch, Beatrice. Having immersed himself in black magic for many of the later years in his life, Kinzo instigates a ceremony to revive his beloved upon his family's arrival on Rokkenjima.

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Cast

Seasons

  • Opening

    1.Opening

    02-07-200923m

    The Ushiromiya family gathers on Rokkenjima, a small island off the coast of Japan, for their annual family conference to discuss how the inheritance of the ailing family head, Kin...

  • First move

    2.First move

    09-07-200923m

    After dinner is over, Maria reads a letter she says she received from Beatrice earlier. The contents stipulate that Beatrice will take everything the Ushiromiya family owns if no o...

  • Dubious move

    3.Dubious move

    16-07-200923m

    While attempting to figure out what had happened, the remaining guests discover that their radio is not working, effectively leaving them stranded on the island with the culprit un...

  • Blunder

    4.Blunder

    23-07-200923m

    Everybody tries to determine how Eva and Hideyoshi could have been killed when an odd smell begins to fill the mansion. Kanon goes to investigate the boiler room along with Kumasaw...

  • Fool's mate

    5.Fool's mate

    30-07-200923m

    Upon being pressed about the murders, Maria tells them that Beatrice is the culprit, though Battler refuses to accept this explanation. As they argue, Natsuhi bars everyone inside...

  • Middle game

    6.Middle game

    06-08-200923m

    After one of the family meetings in 1984, Shannon admits to Jessica that she has a crush on George. Eva mentions that George will be taking part in an arranged marriage to keep Sha...

  • Early queen move

    7.Early queen move

    13-08-200923m

    Battler and Beatrice begin their debate of logic vs. magic from Purgatory when the Ushiromiya family members gather for their annual conference. This time, however, Beatrice appear...

  • Week square

    8.Week square

    20-08-200923m

    Rosa's siblings and their spouses go missing, while the remaining guests find the chapel door locked. Finding the key inside the envelope Beatrice gave Maria, everyone enters and f...

  • Skewer

    9.Skewer

    27-08-200923m

    Everyone finds Jessica's body in her locked room, while Kanon's is nowhere to be found, having been erased by Beatrice. After the notion of Kanon killing Jessica is deterred since...

  • Accept

    10.Accept

    03-09-200923m

    The servants try to explain what happened to the others, but when they return to the room where Nanjo and Kumasawa were killed, their bodies are missing. In an effort to gain Rosa'...

  • Back rank mate

    11.Back rank mate

    10-09-200923m

    Shannon attempts to defend herself and George, but are killed by Beatrice. The remaining survivors find Nanjo's and Kumasawa's bodies, followed by the bodies of George, Shannon, an...

  • Castling

    12.Castling

    17-09-200923m

    Several years in the past, a young, human Beatrice meets the Golden Witch "Beatrice" preceeding her and becomes her apprentice in magic. Back in 1986, Eva has recurring visions of...

  • Gambit

    13.Gambit

    24-09-200923m

    Rosa recounts how she met the human Beatrice confined in a hidden mansion, Kuwadorian, on the island twenty years ago and helped her escape, only to see her accidentally fall off a...

  • Positional play

    14.Positional play

    01-10-200923m

    Beatrice and her predecessor engage in a magic battle, though a surprise attack allows Beatrice to kill her teacher. Battler is bewildered by the entire spectacle, but regains his...

  • Isolated Pawn

    15.Isolated Pawn

    08-10-200923m

    Eva is discovered by Rosa and leaves to discuss how Kinzo's gold should be divided among the siblings. The young Eva, however, refuses to share the gold and remains behind, declari...

  • Queening Square

    16.Queening Square

    15-10-200923m

    After the bodies of Rosa and Maria are found, Rudolf, Kyrie, and Hideyoshi go to retrieve food from the mansion, only to be trapped inside by Eva-Beatrice. Two Stakes of Purgatory,...

  • Promotion

    17.Promotion

    22-10-200923m

    Battler decides to give Beatrice another chance to change her ways, so Beatrice goes to the real world to visit George, who is still grieving over Shannon's death, and offers to br...

  • Swindles

    18.Swindles

    29-10-200923m

    Beatrice resurrects Kanon's spirit for Jessica and defends her against Eva-Beatrice, nearly getting killed in the process. Before Eva-Beatrice can finish her off, Battler brings he...

  • End Game

    19.End Game

    05-11-200923m

    Between 1986 and 1998, Ange leads a harsh, isolated life at St. Lucia Academy, a boarding school Eva sent her to. Between classes, Ange learns about magic from Maria, whose soul is...

  • Zugzwang

    20.Zugzwang

    12-11-200923m

    Ange briefly withdraws from Beatrice's game to confront Maria over her denial of being neglected by Rosa, but Maria tells her that she is content with Sakutaro ensuring her mother'...

  • Prophylaxis

    21.Prophylaxis

    19-11-200923m

    During her years at Saint Lucia Academy, Ange is distracted from her studies by Maria, Sakutaro, and the Sisters of Purgatory, and is humiliated by her classmates after failing a t...

  • Problem Child

    22.Problem Child

    26-11-200923m

    Kinzo appears at the family conference and denounces his children as being unfit to succeed him as the head of the Ushiromiya family. Deciding that his grandchildren may be more su...

  • Breakthrough

    23.Breakthrough

    03-12-200923m

    In 1998, Ange interrogates relatives of the Rokkenjima murder victims and hires a boat captain to take her to Rokkenjima, discovering Sakutaro's torn remains as well. In 1986, the...

  • Adjourn

    24.Adjourn

    10-12-200923m

    Jessica and George are about to land their blows when Gaap teleports them into each other, killing both. Temporarily resurrected Jessica calls Battler to warn him. The hostages bre...

  • Forced move

    25.Forced move

    17-12-200923m

    In 1998, Ange arrives at Rokkenjima and continues on alone with Mammon and Sakutaro, only to be ambushed by Kasumi and her men, who proceed to beat and taunt her mercilessly, and d...

  • Sacrifice

    26.Sacrifice

    24-12-200923m

    Ange enters the Golden Land where she happily reunites Maria with Sakutaro and forces Beatrice to continue the game. Battler, however, has lost his soul due to his uncertainty of h...

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