Say it in Red | Episode 18: Umineko volume 3 - Banquet of the Golden Witch

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Welcome Back to Rokkenjima.
Are you settling in to your new surroundings? Please, don't mind the thunder rolling over the cliffs and enjoy this game to its fullest.
This week, Sara, Runa, KT, and Raven meet murderous MILFs, MILF witches, and witches with a tsundere streak, all while Battler finally breaks his streak of losing heart. Sort of.
We continue our stay on Rokkenjima as we read Umineko no Naku Koro Ni, Volume 3: Banquet of the Golden Witch. As the curtain rises on a new game, we see a glimpse into what appears to be Beato's past where her teacher, the former Beatrice, tells her of the Endless Magic. As October 4th dawns again and the typhoon clutches Rokkenjima in its grip, the first twilight unfolds with a baffling series of six interlinked closed rooms and a grand witches' battle between Beato and her teacher. Battler soon learns from her teacher that there are far more options open to him and he has more ways to fight back than he realized. By the time he finds his footing, however, something even more earth-shattering has happened: Ushiromiya Eva has solved the Witch's epitaph, found the gold, and become the new Golden Witch. EVA Beatrice now descends to the rose garden and the murders continue apace, all while Beato and Battler struggle to keep up. Come, come, try to remember, Battler... what is it that you should really be focusing on right now?
Umineko no Naku Koro Ni is the second series of When They Cry games published by 07th expansion and written by Ryukishi07. It focuses on a series of mysterious murders carried out over the course of October 4th and 5th, 1986, on the island of Rokkenjima. In this, the third game of the series, we meet more demons and witches than ever as Battler becomes ever more adamant that witches and demons absolutely do not exist. He becomes more and more adamant that an additional culprit, or perhaps any number of additional culprits, could potentially exist and there could be a 19th, 20th, 30th, or 100th person on this island hiding in the shadows and waiting to act. He holds firm to his Devil's Proof, even when confronted with Beato's new tactic of employing Hempel's Raven to provide proof via the contrapositive. Then, in the midst of all this turmoil, Rosa finally confesses: There was another person on the island, Beatrice, who appeared exactly as she does in the mansion's portrait and who lived at a hidden mansion deep in the forests of Rokkenjima. Rosa knows this for certain, because she met Beatrice 19 years ago,
And then she killed her.
Please remember that KT and Raven are still reading as you listen to this episode, and help us make sure that they don't get spoiled for any of the mysteries and questions they're working hard to understand!
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Content Warnings for this Episode:
General warning for Murder, Violence, Death, Impalement, Shooting/Guns, Blood, and Gore.
00:18:15 - Ableist language in character description
00:48:50 to 00:57:45 - discussion of captivity, grooming, possible incest
1:54:00 - Graphic Fantastical Torture