Umineko no Naku Koro ni Chiru - Episode 8: Twilight of the Golden Witch

It's time once again for the annual family gathering on Rokkenjima! Ange Ushiromiya is just getting over a cold, but that won't dampen her excitement at seeing her cousins again! Granddad couldn't be more thrilled to see his beloved grandchildren and throws a special Halloween party where everyone gets lots of treats! By lunchtime on the first day, the aunts and uncles are chatting up a storm, and the cousins are eagerly planning the afternoon's fun. It's the very picture of a happy family-one that in no way resembles the bickering, bitter Ushiromiya clan! What is going on?!

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Umineko no Naku Koro ni Chiru - Episode 8: Twilight of the Golden Witch was published in English as Umineko When They Cry Episode 8: Twilight of the Golden Witch by Yen Press as 3-in-1 omnibus volumes from April 30, 2019, to June 23, 2020.

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Jun 27, 2025

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"...a story should be like a roller coaster. That is to say before writing a really cruel scene, I have to lift the people's spirits, for example, with a fun scene... Before writing a scene of pure despair, we must go through scenes of hope. And indeed, when I write, all of this amuses me very much."
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Story: 10/10

A witch is born when human reasoning is incapable of explaining a mystery.
A witch is born out of the need for escape.
The previous episodes explained that the difference between reality and fantasy might only be paper-thin, at the same time only ever giving part of an increasingly ...

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Umineko is unironically a peak fiction. No, really, it's undoubtedly the best literary work of the detective genre I’ve ever read (not just among manga, but in general), and I very much doubt any other story will surpass it.

This is, as you might have already guessed, a review for the Umineko manga as a whole, not just part 8 separately. It is also intended to be without spoilers.

Ryukishi07 is a great writer. He also likes to do a little bit of trolling from time to time. These two aspects of him culminate in a work that has greatly written twists and turns. Twists so good, ... he frequently seems to be able to predict the conclusion reader would make themselves, bait them into it and laughs as the conviction is turned on its head. Reading Umineko feels like playing chess with the gigabrain author, the reader losing not because they haven’t been given a fair chance, but because the author is just so much better at setting the bamboozle.

This is the great strength of Umineko – the outcomes are shocking, you’d have to be a next level genius to arrive at the correct solution before its revealed, but the hints are all there. As long as you understand how the mechanics works, you can backtrack the clues and it all adds up. It make a sense, you just weren’t able to see it. And that’s exactly how mysteries should be written, the conclusion not being some bullshit asspull “explained” by the detective’s unfathomable genius. Yes, I’m looking at you BBC Sherlock.

Another majorly interesting aspect of Umineko is the meta narrative. To explain too much would be spoilers, but I absolutely love how it takes aspects relating to writing detective fiction and transforms them into actual elements within the detective fiction itself.

The art is also well executed, with multiple artists across the parts with fitting tones. The art not only makes for really cool action scenes and really frightening horror imagery, it also lends itself to the narration greatly.

What surprises me about Umineko is how it’s living rent free in my head. It’s been almost two years since I’ve finished the manga, yet I still frequently think about the plot. It is complex, but not unbearable so, rather than that being delightful to muse about it. I think that shows the best the quality of the franchise.

There are no bad aspects I could think of. A true 10/10.

So yeah, absolutely do give this a try. Though my one advice would be to read the fan translation rather than the official Yen Press translation for this one, as the Yen Press unfortunately leave out one very important element throughout the parts.

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Umineko is a story I believe for those with no standards, or rather I should say, its for those with very different standards from me. I think this series is quite cool conceptually but handled very poorly at times. It is very repetitive. I also find its characters outside of Beatrice to not be even slightly compelling lol. There were many times where I found myself quite bored I was just reading to progress, not because I was interested which isnt a healthy way to experience anything. I think Umineko is very lacking in atmosphere, compelling characters, and class. The manga is terrible, no ...

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