Reviews

Please, don't watch the Umineko's Anime, read the visual novel instead. If you don't have enough time to read the vn (i mean, you need at least 120hs minimum), read the manga adaptation. But, really, don't watch the anime adaptation if you are interested in Umineko. There are dialogues in the anime and some changes that make impossible to solve the mistery. Don't ruin your experience, read the novel or manga please. Also, there's only the first half of the story adapted.

Umineko no Naku Koro Ni is the best story written by Ryukishi07, this anime adaptation doesn't do justice to it.

If you came from Higurashi no Naku Koro Ni, and you probably think "It's from the same studio and time period, how bad umineko adaptation can be? I mean, higurashi's one is good", here's your answer: Umineko is a mystery story, so the details, the little conversations between the characters, the scenario, the pacing, the atmosphere and the alibis are fundamental hints to solve the enigmas presented. In Higurashi, on the other hand, you have many "Slice of Life" scenes you can ignore for an anime adaptation, and that doesn't affect the plot at all.