| Please don't just tell VN is better than anime !!!. Tell me what is the exact difference, I don't mind spoiler at all. (though don't include spoiler of VN 5-8) Please read this blog before answering. https://subtlechaos.wordpress.com/2011/03/01/umineko-an-anime-and-vn-comparison/ I was searching through internet about difference. Nobody is clearly mentioning what the exact difference are, except for this blog. But after reading the blog, i feel trolled because non of the differences mentioned matter that much (except maybe left out explanation at the ending). I plan on reading VN. But I don't want to read it from beginning if the difference is minor things such as those mentioned in blog. So yeah, spoil me a big difference that would make me want to start from beginning |
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| I played first chapters a long time ago and don’t remember much but I think eventhough anime tried to cover main events, it still cut out HOURS of actual plot and also character development. Both are needed for understanding everything in long term. Anime is more like murder mystery with horror elements, VN goes much much deeper. |
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Vendea said: I played first chapters a long time ago and don’t remember much but I think eventhough anime tried to cover main events, it still cut out HOURS of actual plot and also character development. Both are needed for understanding everything in long term. Anime is more like murder mystery with horror elements, VN goes much much deeper. Can u tell me few major difference u noticed or remember? |
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| I only watched the 1st arc. I noticed no differences from the game's story, yet I felt none of the excitement I felt with the game. The anime's faster pace results in an entirely different tone. After checking out your link, I see the blogger agrees the 1st arc made no changes to the story. You'd think that means I would have loved the anime, but I did not. |
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Lucifrost said: I only watched the 1st arc. I noticed no differences from the game's story, yet I felt none of the excitement I felt with the game. The anime's faster pace results in an entirely different tone. After checking out your link, I see the blogger agrees the 1st arc made no changes to the story. You'd think that means I would have loved the anime, but I did not. Whenever, I read any source, I am pretty apathic about "tone" problem. I have noticed a lot of people hate it in many other anime too. But i usually tend to not mind it overall, unless there is something concrete enough. Even in reverse cases where the tone is praised, but content is changed. I usually am the minority who hate it. |
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| @Lucifrost Ok, thanks If there is not major plot event missing or altered in a drastic way, i guess i will continue with answers arc |
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Unless they miss out some big event/happening or altered some plotline. I don't seen why I should waste 50 -100h. That is too much tbh >VN has one of best and most fitting OST you’ll ever hear That is hardly a reason. Anyways I am quite satisfied by anime sound track. Also even if I play answer arc I will hear that, wont I? >anime shows Beatrice to actually have heart and then it turns out it was just a prank to convience Battler that witches exist, in VN it is not a prank but character development I kind of can sence it even in anime. >overall every single character has better development in the VN, like do you even know who Kyrie is after watching anime? Kyrie is mc's stepmom. I am not sure what is there to not get Once you read episodes 1-4 you’ll understand why people talk shit about anime But it takes too much time especially if its same content just expanded, I would be immensely underwhelmed (I dont even rewatch any anime). Plus I hate reading vn format tbh. Only reason I want to check vn is because I desperate to know what happened next and how are the murders done. Is it really hard to understand rest of vn if I have just seen anime? |
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nexuro01 said: I'm just trying to point out that anime is a recap of episodes 1-4. I won't be forcing you to read them tho. You can go ahead and read episodes 5-8. After you're done there is a chance you might want to go back and read episodes 1-4 anyway. well, its a proper recap then its ok. Point of asking this question was to know if its a alternate version or anime original ending/second half or characters were entirely omitted or replace with anime original new ones etc |
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| Adaptation's extremely fast pacing made a lot of scenes diffrent from the original VN, few scenes doesn't even make any sense because it was hella rushed and they skipped everything on storyline. |
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Fernehem said: I don't know what harm it is in experiencing the story in a better way. If you can't download vns then you can just watch the playthrough on YouTube. It wil count as playing the vn. No difference. Plus, you have so many anime on your completed list which took years to complete and here you don't have even some hours to spare? People need to stop looking down on visual novels as medium I already have the vn. Watching anime and playing vn are entirely different experience. its not about me having time, I feel extreme boredom while playing any VN (that i dont feel while watching most anime). it cant be helped, VN is just not my thing. |
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Fernehem said: People need to stop looking down on visual novels as medium Fernehem said: If you can't download vns then you can just watch the playthrough on YouTube. It wil count as playing the vn. No difference. You're one to talk. |
| I'm in the same boat as you! I'm finally gotten around a decade after watching the umineko anime like ok fine I'll read the VNs. Here's what I got so far: 1 - There appears to be a mistake in the anime adaptation for the last twilight of the 3rd game. In fact in the wordpress post you link the author says the details omitted are mundane, but I don't find the omitted details mundane at all! See for yourself (No spoilers for VN 5-8): https://anime.stackexchange.com/questions/66524/web-of-red-truth-does-the-anime-make-an-adaptation-mistake-for-the-last-part-of 2 - I haven't read the VNs apart from some clips and scenes I've seen on youtube, but I tried looking up solutions to the games in each of the 4 arcs. I was able to understand all of them except the aforementioned. Like it seems that apart from the aforementioned, the anime didn't miss out important info in terms of the mystery and stuff. Afaiu, the anime adaptation is correct but just not so good. I've been meaning to ask about this on reddit to be make doubly sure though. |
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Edocchi said: Fernehem said: People need to stop looking down on visual novels as medium Fernehem said: If you can't download vns then you can just watch the playthrough on YouTube. It wil count as playing the vn. No difference. You're one to talk. Huh? Afaik, there is only 1 choice to make in the VNs leading to 1 of 2 endings. It's not like a multi ending thing like Life is Strange or School Days or a thing where you can die in the middle of playing and so you start over (sort of) like Game of Thrones or The Walking Dead...Am I wrong? |
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nicbentulan said: Huh? Afaik, there is only 1 choice to make in the VNs leading to 1 of 2 endings. It's not like a multi ending thing like Life is Strange or School Days or a thing where you can die in the middle of playing and so you start over (sort of) like Game of Thrones or The Walking Dead...Am I wrong? Not wrong. But you're still being disrespectful if you "read" a ノベルゲーム by watching a video of it being played in auto mode, all while claiming to be a big fan of the medium. I personally wouldn't like the idea of having someone to flip the pages of the book that I'm reading. I'd want to do it myself. If you could count the number of titles you've "read" on the fingers of two hands, you probably wouldn't understand the sentiment. Looks like the guy I quoted has deleted his comment, that's good, it means he's reflecting on what he said after I called him out. And you should too @nicbentulan |
Edocchi said: nicbentulan said: Huh? Afaik, there is only 1 choice to make in the VNs leading to 1 of 2 endings. It's not like a multi ending thing like Life is Strange or School Days or a thing where you can die in the middle of playing and so you start over (sort of) like Game of Thrones or The Walking Dead...Am I wrong? Not wrong. But you're still being disrespectful if you "read" a ノベルゲーム by watching a video of it being played in auto mode, all while claiming to be a big fan of the medium. I personally wouldn't like the idea of having someone to flip the pages of the book that I'm reading. I'd want to do it myself. If you could count the number of titles you've "read" on the fingers of two hands, you probably wouldn't understand the sentiment. Looks like the guy I quoted has deleted his comment, that's good, it means he's reflecting on what he said after I called him out. And you should too @nicbentulan Ok thanks...Happy Easter! |
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Gustaw said: I know I'm late to the discussion but want to point out a few things as someone who did what author intends to do aka watch anime and read VN. As a whole while I personally agree with many previous statements that you are more invested in the VN and you are able to better understand the story but it is partially because of the reason that it is so long that makes you so invested in it. I personally liked the anime and I believe it did a good job at retelling the events. You may be lost a little bit in few moments while reading chiru, but as a whole you learned most of what you needed to know. The main issue here is the fact, that, the whole idea of this VN is that it is like a mystery novel of old (As it was clearly based on And then there were none), and that idea becomes kind of distorted if you watch the anime, as you will lack some smaller details that were provided in the VN (as pointed out in previous posts). It is still possible to find out answers yourself though, especially if you're familiar with at least a few mystery novels. It is just a bit more difficult. That being said you can also simply not care and enjoy the story as it unfolds. Also search for ps3 version restoration patch as version on steam etc is clearly inferior in terms of art, and lack of voice acting which was actually great(especially Furudo Erika and her shenanigans). Is ps3 = console and steam = original? Happy Easter! https://anime.stackexchange.com/questions/66700/whats-up-with-these-2-versions-of-umineko-theres-something-about-original-a |
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Edocchi said: nicbentulan said: Huh? Afaik, there is only 1 choice to make in the VNs leading to 1 of 2 endings. It's not like a multi ending thing like Life is Strange or School Days or a thing where you can die in the middle of playing and so you start over (sort of) like Game of Thrones or The Walking Dead...Am I wrong? Not wrong. But you're still being disrespectful if you "read" a ノベルゲーム by watching a video of it being played in auto mode, all while claiming to be a big fan of the medium. I personally wouldn't like the idea of having someone to flip the pages of the book that I'm reading. I'd want to do it myself. If you could count the number of titles you've "read" on the fingers of two hands, you probably wouldn't understand the sentiment. Looks like the guy I quoted has deleted his comment, that's good, it means he's reflecting on what he said after I called him out. And you should too @nicbentulan Ah ok I also checked out the previous comments made. For visual novels that have choices and stuff, ok I get, but Umineko seems very sui generis here. What am I missing? |
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nicbentulan said: Edocchi said: Not wrong. But you're still being disrespectful if you "read" a ノベルゲーム by watching a video of it being played in auto mode, all while claiming to be a big fan of the medium. I personally wouldn't like the idea of having someone to flip the pages of the book that I'm reading. I'd want to do it myself. If you could count the number of titles you've "read" on the fingers of two hands, you probably wouldn't understand the sentiment. Looks like the guy I quoted has deleted his comment, that's good, it means he's reflecting on what he said after I called him out. And you should too @nicbentulan Ah ok I also checked out the previous comments made. For visual novels that have choices and stuff, ok I get, but Umineko seems very sui generis here. What am I missing? What are you missing? You are missing the whole point. Read my post again. |
| the anime is an ok adaptation of the question arcs. Did it cut some content? sure, but nothing that was really relevant/not fluff anyway. But then again, when 98% of the VN was fluff that doesn't matter in the end, it's hard to screw up. If anything, the anime was better because it didn't repeat the same sentences 4x like the VN did. Is the series good? no, but the adaptation is pretty accurate, certainly better adaptation than higurashi ever got. |
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