Umineko no Naku Koro ni - Episode 3: Banquet of the Golden Witch

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Synonyms: When Seagulls Cry Episode 3: Banquet of the Golden Witch

Japanese: うみねこのなく頃に - Episode 3: Banquet of the Golden Witch

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Type: Manga

Volumes: 5

Chapters: 22

Status: Finished

Published: Sep 19, 2009 to Jun 22, 2011

Genres: Drama, Horror, Mystery

Theme: Psychological

Demographic: Shounen

Serialization: Gangan Joker

Authors: Natsumi, Kei (Art), Ryukishi07 (Story)

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Score: 8.35¹ (scored by 7,243 users)

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Ranked: #251²

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Popularity: #1272

Members: 14,623

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Ranked #251Popularity #1272Members 14,623

MangaGangan JokerNatsumi, Kei (Art), Ryukishi07 (Story)

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Chapters: /22

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Ever since she was young, Eva Ushiromiya has worked tirelessly to prove herself as the ideal successor to the Ushiromiya family headship. Despite facing endless discrimination as a woman, she is determined to overcome the odds and surpass her older brother Krauss, who is set to inherit the position by way of birthright.

An opportunity to realize her dream comes at the annual conference on the island of Rokkenjima. With the announcement of the epitaph's riddle, Eva believes that finding the hidden gold will force the rest of the family members to acknowledge her. However, as the adults of the Ushiromiya family decipher the puzzle, a string of unexplained murders ensues, forewarning the unfortunate fate that awaits them in the end.

Meanwhile, the game board between the Golden Witch Beatrice and Battler Ushiromiya commences once more—bringing new yet unlikely accomplices to participate in the duel.

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Umineko no Naku Koro ni - Episode 3: Banquet of the Golden Witch was published in English as Umineko When They Cry Episode 3: Banquet of the Golden Witch in two omnibus volumes by Yen Press from January 21, 2014 and April 22, 2014. It was also released digitally from April 22, 2014 to April 29, 2014.

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Prequel:	Umineko no Naku Koro ni - Episode 2: Turn of the Golden Witch
Sequel:	Umineko no Naku Koro ni - Episode 4: Alliance of the Golden Witch
Alternative version:	Umineko no Naku Koro ni
Adaptation:	Umineko no Naku Koro ni

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Beatrice

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Ushiromiya, Battler

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Ushiromiya, Eva

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Eva-Beatrice

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Bernkastel, Frederica

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Ushiromiya, Ange

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Lambdadelta

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Ushiromiya, Maria

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Kanon

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Ushiromiya, Natsuhi

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May 16, 2022

TAMNI-GT

Recommended

One of the main ways to create a mystery is to not recognize your own limits, to advance as intensely as a ferocious predator and still have the flight instincts of a herbivore. A well-aimed good story is seldom built straight from start to finish, but first a blueprint is created to determine its function. The finish line is built right after the starting line and so the author just needs to do his best in this crazy marathon.

That said, Umineko shows itself to be a rising line of quality and just like an investor seeing his company's profit soar, all that's left is a ...

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Jan 20, 2016

SodiumChloride

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Banquet Of The Golden Witch .

The 3rd installment of the Umineko series and an episode which is more enjoyable than the previous ones in many ways .

Story - 8

WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON ??????????????????????????

That's probably what a completely new reader to this would ask on more than one occasion .Which is pretty understandable .Weird "furniture" being summoned with absolutely no explanations .No answers to the matter of what exactly "witches" are and no proper bearing of the situation as a whole being given by the author .
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Oct 11, 2023

agensi

Not Recommended

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Umineko continues to showcase its utter fraudulence in the face of storytelling. Tell me, if everything the characters do is the result of Beatrice's game, does any of the characters have meaning? If I am watching a Family Guy episode and Peter makes the decision to save his wife instead of his kids but then we find out that the situation itself was staged, would it not make the "character writing" null and void?

The contrivances and nonsense that take place in this episode have peaked past a point of return. Kanon, who has no prior experience fighting, can keep up with an Angel of Death ... using his magical zanpakuto he manifested because of his dick and balls. After Kanon wins his fight, he promptly gets jumped by the rest of the Angels of Death. Kanon is in a dire situation to which Shanon summons a magical danku barrier and saves Kanon's life. How one looks at these FURNITATURE servants use magic and think "this is good" is beyond delusion.

The entire episode is centered on Beatrice's actions and her relationship with Battler-kun. With absolutely no pretense, Battler and Beatrice have a defined rival type of relationship. This notion is completely unfounded because the audience has literally seen Battler stripped buck naked because he cannot win against Beatrice. What type of rivalry results in one party consistently getting out-paced and losing? The type of nonsense logic Umineko absolutely loves to throw in the audience's face. The red herring of "smart" sounding phrases such as "Devil's Proof" and "Hempel's Raven" only serve to implicate the story has more wits to it.

The garbage worldbuilding within episodes 1-3 only serves to promote more contrivances. Apparently, without any setup, Beatrice can use her red command to destroy a witch that is objectively stronger than her. On some JJK shit, Eva Beatrice forgot to "put up a curtain" that will make her magic items impervious to real-life things such as guns and whatnot. Meaning, regular degular humans such as Kyire and Rudolf can fight and win against these trained Angels of Death. Imagine I'm a 16-year-old boy and I'm supposed to fight against Mike Tyson, but, luckily, Mike Tyson forgot to drink water the day of the fight and now I can beat him. It does not make any damn sense. Just because the Angels of Death can be touched, it does NOT mean these regular humans should be able to beat them in a 1v1.

Furthermore, the action in this manga is straight-up terrible. If anyone in their life has read a battle shonen before, it is EXTREMELY easy to see how Umineko shits itself in this department. The action has zero choreography often resulting in thick lines moving across the screen. The dialogue is so unnecessarily corny and cringe, it is like asking your nephew to write what he thinks is cool. Rudolf fighting this 13-year-old-looking Angel of Death and consistently flirting with her while fighting? Heat bro gas fire raw. Kyrie having a "jealously-off" with an Angel of Death whose powers directly come from being jealous? GOAT RAW KINO!!!!!!

In addition to the plot, I would love to touch upon the bigger picture things in episode 3 like how apparently Beatrice was lying to Battler virtually the entire episode. Or how the other witch is manipulating Beatrice but I feel that is above my pay grade for now. Overall, goated manga of course. Either turn off your brain or tune into therapy because there is no way anyone with standards could consider this good.

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