History Recap / UminekoWhenTheyCryEpisode1

** Kinzo throws away his family ring, which is the proof of the family head and is used in personal letters, into the window. It's implied Beatrice has picked it up right away.

** Beatrice for one moment uses "you who calls yourself Battler". This gets addressed in another Episode.

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* PowerTrio: Battler, Jessica and George spend most of their time together, not being part of the inheritance talks. Maria is often grouped with them, but she's gets increasingly aloof as time goes on.

* NotNowKiddo: On multiple occasions Maria bluntly tells that she knows more than everyone else, but due to her being TheBabyOfTheBunch, sometimes she gets completely ignored, leading to missed clues. Even after she starts going crazy, others doesn't find it strange and thinks it's just a habit they didn't know of. Only near the end she's taken seriously as an accomplice.

** How the murder mystery is done also splits the party into those who think there are supernatural means involved, and those who believes in the human factor. The magic argument leans on that it's magic, if Beatrice is real how to impossible murders are done is self-explanatory. The human argument argues more that the other one is a defeatist mindset and they are being mislead, though there are moments where the culprit appears to be not as powerful as Beatrice is supposed to be.

** Eva and Hideyoshi are murdered in a locked room. While the door is on a chain, the gap is to small to pass through.

* DyingAsYourself: In the after-party, as everyone reverts to corpses they once were, Jessica suddenly switch from praising Beatrice to encouraging Battler to deny her.

* DyingAsYourself: In the after-party, as everyone reverts to corpses they once were, they suddenly switch from praising Beatrice to encouraging Battler to not give up.

* DueToTheDead: At the first murder, everyone considers convering the corpses with towels to give them some dignity. But Eva doesn't let to to preserve the crime scene. Additionally, Hideyoshi prevents George seeing Shannon to he'd remember her smiling, and confirms if she has the ring for him.

* DidYouJustFlipOffCthulhu: Whenever it gets more likely that the culprit is a demonic entity, Battle says in a way that everyone can hear that it must be a trick and he's not going to do what the culprit expects him to. In the after-party, Beatrice herself shows how easy everything would be for her and Battler will regret challenging her, yet he insists that even is she can, it doesn't mean that she did.

* TheComplainerIsAlwaysWrong: Natsuhi is quick to aggressively claim that there's nothing shady in Kinzo's or Krauss's practices until there's a stacking evidence for it. Krauss keeping secrets from his wife nearly breaks her. She is also against statements that Kinzo's health is poor, he may be a victim, or the culprit, despite not having an argument for otherwise. She's also on side that Beatrice is not real, but it in turn makes her suspect everyone else.

** Kinzo throws away his family ring, which is the proof of a family head and is used in personal letters, into the window. It's implied Beatrice has picked it up right away.
** Natsuhi and Battler are given different good luck charms. Later they are cited as the reason Beatrice hasn't targeted them.

* BlackMagic: Maria and Kinzo are noted to have odd interest with the occult. Maria just thinks witches are awesome, while Kinzo may or may not have signed a literal DealWithTheDevil. When the murders starts, they are done in ritualistic manner, and several people claim to see Beatrice when others can't.

At the Witch Party, Beatrice and Bernkastel have a chat about their powers and motives. Beatrice intends to use Beatrice's captive against her.

Suddenly, the phone rings, on the other side is Maria singing, but far away from the phone. Everyone agrees to [[SchmuckBait take the bait]] and look for her. They find dead Genji, Kumasawa and Nanjo, with their faces smashed up and daggers hit in locations describes in the Epitaph. According to Maria, Beatrice appeared from butterflies, admited the three are the only viable options left, and asked Maria to face the wall and to not listen. A fourth letter is found, after which Natsuhi runs away challenges the Beatrice to a duel, gets surrounded by butterflies and hears a laugh. The kids find Natsuhi shot in the head with her own gun. Midnight.

The [[CutPhoneLines phoneline is broken]]. Natsuhi finds bloodstained scratches around the doorknob to her room. Gohda, Krauss, Rudolf, Rosa and Shannon appear to be missing. Kinzo refuses to leave, but praises Natsuhi for loyalty to the family. Kanon is hesitant to talk about the storehouse, so adults go to check it. There's a [[BloodMagic magical circle in blood]] painted on the wall. Genji rushes to get Nanjo and Natsuhi in an emergency, the kids except Maria decide to follow them.

Suddenly, the phone rings, on the other side is Maria singing, but far away from the phone. Everyone agrees to [[SchmuckBait take the bait]] and look for her. They find dead Genji, Kumasawa and Nanjo, with their faces smashed up and daggers hit in locations describes in the Epitaph. According to Maria, Beatrice appeared from butterflies, admits the three are the only viable options left, and asked Maria to face the wall and to not listen. A fourth letter is found, after which Natsuhi runs away challenges the Beatrice to a duel, gets surrounded by butterflies and hears a laugh. The kids find Natsuhi shot in the head with her own gun. Midnight.