History Headscratchers / UminekoWhenTheyCry

******* Yes and no; this creates an even bigger problem; Erika is portrayed as an intellectual rapist but still as someone quite smart. This means that even if it wasn't from her point of view, she SAW that "everyone on the island" is one less person that she thought, and she didn't say anything about it, at all. During ep5 and even during ep6 when the number of people on the island was often an important subject. Not even a word when this isn't something she would have forgotten; even if we play the "e5 was about Natsuhi" card (which is still strange; she isn't the kind who woul not even say a word about this) ep6 would have been solved from the start. Even if what we saw isn't from her point of view, this is still very, very out-of-character for her.

******* Yes and no; this creates an even bigger problem; Erika is portrayed as an intellectual rapist but still as someone quite smart. This means that even if it wasn't from her point of view, she SAW that "everyone on the island" is one less person that she thought, and she didn't say anything about it, at all. During ep5 and even during ep6 when the number of people on the island was often an important subject. Even if what we saw aren't from her point of view, this is still very, very out-of-character for her.

** As far as I can gather, it goes like this: The Red are objectively true facts, though they can be worded in ways to mislead people. The Blue are hypotheses that can be confirmed or denied by the fact, aka the Red. The Gold, on the other hand, is a WordOfGod, a statement from someone who know the right answer, but you have to actually trust them that they are telling you the right answer. Let's put it into a different context for an example: You are playing a DnD game. You rolling a ten is a Red, a fact that cannot be questioned. The DM saying that it dealt 8 damage and the monster is still alive is a Gold, since he is the only one who has the monster-table in from of him and you have to trust his word on and that he wouldn't lie to you about it just to mess with you.

**** Actually there are three possible explanations for why Hideyoshi lied. Bribe: Yasu had the gold and Eva and Hideyoshi were in need of money fast, so she simply bribed them. Threat: Remember that Yasu had the entire island rigged to blow into high heavens. If someone like Genji vouched for this, it would have served as a very potent and credible threat. Finally, ignorance: Taken some of Eva's comments and actions (calling the mashed-up faces of the victims "scribbles", leaving the safety of the group in the middle of the night to return to their room, etc.), it is not entirely impossible that she and Hideyoshi thought they were only playing along to a big prank played on Battler and weren't even aware that there were real murders.

* In the visual novel, the voice of the Man from 19 Years Ago is described as being like a boy's voice that hasn't broken yet...so in the PS3 version, why did they have him being voiced by DaisukeOno, who clearly makes him sound like an adult man?

******* Correct. Erika is the detective, but ''we are not seeing the scene from her point of view.'' It is Battler's viewpoint, which is stated in red (Knox's 9th) to be subjective in this game. [[http://kerkec.tumblr.com/post/69554824714/regarding-ep5 This post]] does an excellent job of pointing out how cleverly Ryukishi played with the narrative there.

******* Correct. Erika is the detective, but ''we are not seeing the scene from her point of view.'' It is Battler's viewpoint, which is stated in red (Knox's 9th) to be subjective in this game. [[This post http://kerkec.tumblr.com/post/69554824714/regarding-ep5]] does an excellent job of pointing out how cleverly Ryukishi played with the narrative there.

******* Even if Erika did see Shannon and Kanon, that scene isn't actually from Erika's perspective. It's from Battler's, whose perspective is stated to be unreliable in [=EP5=]. So we don't know what she actually saw.

*** Maria's knowledge is true, but she knows a lot less them it seems. For starters, the Scorpion Amulet is hinted to be a simple toy, not a genuine charm. Her Hebrew is crappy because she doesn't really knows the language but, instead, memorized how to 'draw' them in these specific magical circles. In [=EP7=] [[spoiler:it is reveled it was ''Maria'' who taught Beatrice. This, however, doesn't mean she is all the knowledgeable in the occult, but, rather, that the murderers happen following the few things Maria knows]]. Maria only knows about some random specific topics but as, 'by chance', Beatrice used pentagrams Maria knew and Maria is the only one explaining them to Battler, it seems he knowledge is more vast than it actually is.

*** Maria's knowledge is true, but she knows a lot less them it seems. For starters, the Scorpion Amulet is hinted to be a simple toy, not a genuine charm. Her Hebrew is crappy because she doesn't really knows the language but, instead, memorized how to 'draw' them in these specific magical circles. In [=EP7=][[spoiler:it is reveled it was ''Maria'' who taught Beatrice. This, however, doesn't mean she is all the knowledgeable in the occult, but, rather, that the murderers happen following the few things Maria knows]]. Maria only knows about some random specific topics but as, 'by chance', Beatrice used pentagrams Maria knew and Maria is the only one explaining them to Battler, it seems he knowledge is more vast than it actually is.

*** [[spoiler: It's both a yes and a no. ''Long answer'': Battler survived the Rokkenjima accident, but he went through multiple accidents before being found by Hachijo. He had amnesia as a result of all the trauma but slowly and surely, he started to remember his life as Ushiromiya Battler except he didn't feel like it was his life or his memories. Every time he tried to remember, they said something along the lines of how "his body would reject it" and at one point he remembered and attempted to commit suicide, which resulted in him permanently forced to use a wheelchair. He wrote the stories, not just to jump start his memories, but also to put his past life as Battler behind him. '''TL;DR''': Battler does get his family and Beatrice back and live happily ever after in the Golden Land… in the world of the forgeries, written by Hachijo Tooya, who is actually Battler after the accident trying to put the past that is his--but doesn't feel like it is his-- to rest.]]

*** [[spoiler: It's both a yes and a no. ''Long answer'': Battler survived the Rokkenjima accident, but he went through multiple accidents before being found by Hachijo. He had amnesia as a result of all the trauma but slowly and surely, he started to remember his life as Ushiromiya Battler except he didn't feel like it was his life or his memories. Every time he tried to remember, they said something along the lines of how "his body would reject it" and at one point he remembered and attempted to commit suicide, which resulted in him permanently forced to use a wheelchair. He wrote the stories, not just to jump start his memories, but also to put his past life as Battler behind him. '''TL;DR'': Battler does get his family and Beatrice back and live happily ever after in the Golden Land… in the world of the forgeries, written by Hachijo Tooya, who is actually Battler after the accident trying to put the past that is his--but doesn't feel like it is his-- to rest.]]