Much to Furudo Erika's chagrin, we're in the part of the buildup to the Rokkenjima incident that focuses on the relationships between people on the island, this time with a lot more focus on the servants and cousins.

But why is George confessing some rather dark shit about himself?

And why does the chick Beatrice exist in the first place?

And why is nothing we've seen thus far as weird as the two love demons that have manifested and intend to turn this story in to a strange romantic game show?

Once more, we shout - RYUKISHIIIIIIIII!

Okay we started off a little weird, but now that Battler's game is underway surely things will start to make sense.

Wait, why are Shannon and Kanon getting confrontational with each other over their relationships with George and Jessica?

Wait, why is Furudo Erika arguing about pointless crap with Maria?

Where the fuck are you going with this, Ryukishi?

Battler's Game to prove he understand's Beatrice's truth is almost complete. Surely we'll get some answers now!

Wait, why is there a wedding?

Wait, why is Ange back?

Wait, who the hell is Featherine?

RYUKISHIIIIIIII!!!!!!

After an Umineko episode all about the relationship between the creator and the reader, what would be a better minilog than Zenshu, the 2025 anime that's all about misunderstood media and the power of love. Natsuko Hirose is a virtuoso animator, but she has never experienced love before and is struggling to bring it to the big screen as part of her first movie directing job! But bad clams contrive to isekai her to the world of her favorite movie, the depressing flop A Tale of Perishing, where she must awaken the power of animation to push back the void and fix the story!

Good to see you again, Child of Man. The story seems to have reached the point where the detective reveals the whole truth - and yet, instead of doing so, the truth is obscured from our eyes. From our vantage in the world of gods, let us consider the how and the why. It's time for the first godcast of the final season of When They Cry.

It's time once more to let our theater kid energy flow, because the Episode 5 Tea Parties are too important to cut anything. This one has it all - a defeated hero rising to claim victory, discussions on the relationship of trust between an author and a reader, and the most epic yap battle of mystery yet. We'll discuss it all next week in the godcast!

After Hideyoshi is murdered, Erika declares an early checkmate on Natsuhi and initiates a trial! The first part of the End of the Golden Witch finale contains a full court proceeding and lots and lots of trauma. It's the beginning of the end, so buckle in!

Oh shit the murders are still happening what the fuck! Battler wakes up to find everyone else in the cousin room dead, but that's the least of Natsuhi's worries as she learns Genji was also murdered and Krauss was kidnapped! As the rest of the family forces their way in to Kinzo's empty study, Erika turns to divine knowledge in the form of a small girl personifying the rules of Detective Fiction to try to corner the culprit once and for all...

Furudo Erika and Battler have solved the Epitaph! As they discover the hidden gold, Battler learns just how awful Erika's personality is as she describes herself as something that we are not keen to repeat in polite company. But strange things are still afoot on the island, as Natsuhi finds herself cornered both by the relatives trying to gain access to Kinzo now that Battler is the new head, and the strange man that keeps calling her...

Lambdadelta's game reaches October 4th, 1986, and what starts as a fairly normal game is swiftly diverted when Bernkastel drops a completely new piece on to the board - Furudo Erika, her arrogant jerk Detectivesona! And if that's not strange enough, Natsuhi is getting unusual phone calls from a young man claiming to be a child she murdered 19 years ago! As Battler can do nothing but observe, the pieces start to move in unusual ways.