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* GameBreaker: The Detective authority is an in-universe example, given to her by Bernkastel. She has the power to perfectly investigate a crime scene, use any means necessary to do so without being hindered, force all everyone to listen to her when she calls for attention, and cannot be suspected by anyone (since "the Detective can't be the culprit"). She can also confirm with 100% accuracy if a corpse is dead… [[spoiler:provided that she actually bothers to look at the corpse, that is.]]
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* GameBreaker: The Detective authority is an in-universe example, given to her by Bernkastel. She has the power to perfectly investigate a crime scene, use any means necessary to do so without being hindered, force all everyone to listen to her when she calls for attention, and cannot be suspected by anyone (since [[FairPlayWhodunnit "the Detective can't be the culprit"). culprit"]]). She can also confirm with 100% accuracy if wether a corpse is dead… [[spoiler:provided that she actually bothers to look at the corpse, that is.]]
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* GameBreaker: The Detective authority is an in-universe example, given to her by Bernkastel. She has the power to perfectly investigate a crime scene, use any means necessary to do so without being hindered, force all everyone to listen to her when she calls for attention, and cannot be suspected by anyone (since the "the Detective can't be the culprit).culprit"). She can also confirm with 100% accuracy if a corpse is dead… [[spoiler:provided that she actually bothers to look at the corpse, that is.]]
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* GameBreaker: [[in-universe]] The Detective authority, authority is an in-universe example, given to her by Bernkastel. She has the power to perfectly investigate a crime scene, use any means necessary to do so without being hindered, and force all everyone to listen to her when she calls for attention.attention, and cannot be suspected by anyone (since the Detective can't be the culprit). She can also confirm with 100% accuracy if a corpse is dead… [[spoiler:provided that she actually bothers to look at the corpse, that is.]]
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* CrazyPrepared: The tape seals. Not to mention how she got them all placed...
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!!!The Witch of Truth
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!!!The Detective, The Witch of Truth
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* RhetoricalQuestionBlunder: Uses this against piece!Beatrice in Episode 5.
-->'''Beatrice:''' You didn't follow Battler in the cousins' room after 3AM, so you can't prove his alibi! Or are you going to tell me you spent the whole night by his side, listening to his breathing?
-->'''Erika:''' Yes, I spent the whole night listening to his breathing.
-->'''Beatrice:''' … What?!
-->'''Beatrice:''' You didn't follow Battler in the cousins' room after 3AM, so you can't prove his alibi! Or are you going to tell me you spent the whole night by his side, listening to his breathing?
-->'''Erika:''' Yes, I spent the whole night listening to his breathing.
-->'''Beatrice:''' … What?!
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* {{Intersex}}: May or may not be this. Although the idea behind the character (and Yasu) is mostly "whether I'm male or female is of no importance."
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* [[spoiler:HopeSpot]]: Serves as an embodiment of this for [[spoiler:Yasu]]. [[spoiler:Unfortunately, Bernkastel has other ideas...]]
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* [[spoiler:HopeSpot]]: Serves as an embodiment of this for [[spoiler:Yasu]]. [[spoiler:Unfortunately, Bernkastel has other ideas...]]ideas…]] However [[spoiler:with the help of Will, Lion does manage to [[ScrewDestiny avoid his/her own fate predicted by Bernkastel.]]]]
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* MythologyGag: His PaletteSwap in ''Ougon Musoukyoku Cross'' gives him a black suit, white shirt, green tie, and white hair, mirroring the color scheme of [[spoiler:Battler's appearance]] in the Episode 8 ???? as [[spoiler:Toya Hachijo]].
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* MythologyGag: His PaletteSwap in ''Ougon Musoukyoku Cross'' gives him a black suit, white shirt, green tie, and white hair, mirroring the color scheme of [[spoiler:Battler's appearance]] in the Episode 8 ???? as [[spoiler:Toya [[spoiler:Tooya Hachijo]].
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* {{Intersex}}: May or may not be this. Although the idea behind the character (and Yasu) is mostly "whether I'm male or female doesn't change anything."
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A cute young detective who fell from a pleasure boat [[ContrivedCoincidence happens to wash up on the shore of an island with an impending murder mystery.]] She calls herself an [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything "Intellectual Rapist"]]. She is the piece set by Bernkastel on the board of Rokkenjima.
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A cute young detective who fell from a the pleasure boat ''Eternal Maid II'' and [[ContrivedCoincidence happens to wash up on the shore of an island with an impending murder mystery.]] She calls herself an [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything "Intellectual Rapist"]]. She is the piece set by Bernkastel on the board of Rokkenjima.
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A cute young detective who fell from a pleasure boat [[ContrivedCoincidence happens to wash up on the shore of an island with an impending murder mystery.]] She calls herself an [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything "Intellectual Rapist"]]. She is the piece set by Bernkastel on the board of Rokkenjima.
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* ExactWords: She's the [[spoiler:18th]] '''human''' on the gameboard, but the [[spoiler: 17th]] '''person'''. That's because [[spoiler:Kinzō's corpse]] is counted as a "human" but not as a "person".
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* ExactWords: The reason why [[spoiler:she failed to resolve the contradiction at the end of Episode 6.]] She's the [[spoiler:18th]] '''human''' on the gameboard, but the [[spoiler: 17th]] '''person'''. That's because [[spoiler:Kinzō's corpse]] is counted as a "human" but not as a "person".
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* ExactWords: There are [[spoiler:18]] '''humans''' She's the [[spoiler:18th]] '''human''' on the gameboard, but [[spoiler:17]] '''people'''.the [[spoiler: 17th]] '''person'''. That's because [[spoiler:Kinzō's corpse]] is counted as a "human" but not as a "person".
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In ''UminekoNoNakuKoroNi'', ''VisualNovel/UminekoWhenTheyCry'', the characters of the '''[[MetafictionDemandedThisIndex Meta-World]]''' are those who have the privilege to fight the Game Master in order to figure out the truth. Other characters who can ascend to this level are the pieces introduced to the game board by the witches.
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* VerbalTic: Only apparent in the Japanese version; when a sentence ends with a "-ru" verbe, he will pronounce it "-raa" instead. His CatchPhrase in Japanese for exemple is "Zutsū ni naraa".
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* VerbalTic: Only apparent in the Japanese version; when a sentence ends with a "-ru" verbe, verb, he will pronounce it "-raa" instead. His CatchPhrase in Japanese for exemple is "Zutsū ni naraa".
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* FlowerMotifs: Fandom often associates Lion with [[SomethingAboutARose roses]], although that isn't present in canon.
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* FlowerMotifs: Fandom often associates Lion with [[SomethingAboutARose golden roses]], although that isn't present in canon.
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* DontCallMeSir: Lion rather dislikes being called "Successor-sama" by the rest of the family.
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* DontCallMeSir: Lion rather dislikes being called "Successor-sama" by the rest of the family.family, especially Jessica. Who calls Lion that [[TrollingCreator just to not give away the latter's gender.]]
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* BadBoss: Please stand. On one leg. *push* *blam* Please stand. On one leg. *push* *blam* Please stand. On one leg…
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* AttentionWhore: She is more cultured and more intelligent than you, and she won't allow you to ignore it.
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* AttentionWhore: She is more cultured and cultured, more intelligent intelligent, and just better than you, and she won't allow you to ignore it.
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* GoGoEnslavement: Inverted: [[spoiler:Erika may be the one wearing the wedding dress, but ''she's'' the one enslaving Battler by forcing him into marriage and outright threatening to ''rape'' him.]]
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The characters of the '''[[MetafictionDemandedThisIndex Meta-World]]''' are those who have the privilege to fight the Game Master in order to figure out the truth. Other characters who can ascend to this level are the pieces introduced to the game board by the witches.
Major '''spoilers''' for the Core Arcs ahead.
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[[folder:Erika Furudo (ヱリカ)]]
!!!The Witch of Truth
!!!Voiced by: NatsukoKuwatani
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-->''"... Without love, it cannot be seen? ... Hah. That's backwards. Because of love, you end up seeing things that don't even exist."''
A cute young detective who [[ContrivedCoincidence happens to wash up on the shore of an island with an impending murder mystery.]] She calls herself an [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything "Intellectual Rapist"]]. She is the piece set by Bernkastel on the board of Rokkenjima.
At the end of Episode 5, she was named the "Witch of Truth" by Bernkastel, [[spoiler:but was stripped of the title shortly after by Battler, who had ascended to Endless Sorcerer]].
[[AllThereInTheManual A TIP in Episode 6]] reveals that [[spoiler:in the real world, she went missing after falling from the boat. Her parents assumed that she washed off on Rokkenjima, and Witch Hunters started to introduce her character in their forgeries when her accident came back to light years later.]]
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* AndNowYouMustMarryMe: Complete with wedding dress.
* AnimalMotifs: At one point in [=EP5=], she's compared to a spider.
* [[spoiler:BackFromTheDead]]: [[spoiler:She comes back in [=EP8=]]]
* BitchInSheepsClothing: She [[spoiler:helps Battler solve the puzzle of the epitaph]] for no reward at all, and then cracks up about the chaos it unleashes in the family (well, not like it wouldn't have been unleashed without her, but...).
* CatchPhrase: "[[GratuitousEnglish GOOD!]]" and "Simply by XX, this level of reasoning is possible for Erika Furudo. What do you think, everyone?"
* TheCorpseStopsHere: Her attitude towards [[spoiler:Natsuhi]] after Hideyoshi's death.
* ClingyJealousGirl: Thought to be this sometime before the story, if the story about her ex-boyfriend is to be believed.
** And, surprisingly (or not), she seems to be this ''for her master'' in the eigth Tea Party. When Bern says that Lambda is the only one she loves, Erika does ''not'' take it well.
* CrazyPrepared: The tape seals. Not to mention how she got them all placed...
** SchoolSwimsuit
* CurtainsMatchTheWindow
* [[spoiler:DeadAllAlong:]] One theory about her is that [[spoiler:in the real world, she did wash off on Rokkenjima after falling from the boat… but as a corpse.]] [[WildMassGuessing Like so many other theories, it's hard to deny or confirm]] and depends greatly on whether you consider the meta-world and witches exist or not.
* {{Deconstruction}}: Imagine what type of personality [[LittleOldLadyInvestigates someone normally harmless]] would develop if everywhere they went, [[MysteryMagnet someone always]] [[AlwaysMurder kills another human being]]. It takes the [[ConvictionByContradiction flimsiest]] and occasionally [[ConvictionByCounterfactualClue technically wrong]] reasoning to cause the killer to break down into a MotiveRant and everyone praises her for it; so this person came to enjoy her life. She has never been wrong ever; even when actual facts didn't match up. The above description [[MurderSheWrote should]] [[Creator/AgathaChristie sound]] [[DetectiveConan very]], [[Series/{{Columbo}} very]], [[Literature/EncyclopediaBrown familiar]]. This is possibly a {{Flanderization}} or {{Satire}}, but given PoesLaw it is hard to tell.
** She could also be seen as a deconstruction of ConvictionByContradiction.
* DefectiveDetective: Taken UpToEleven.
* TheDragon: To Bernkastel.
* DuctTapeForEverything: Especially for creating closed rooms. In fact Erika is so good at solving everything with duct tape that in her second game [[spoiler:she was forbidden from using it and had to haggle just to get enough duct tape to cover three rooms.]]
* EurekaMoment: In Episode 5, "You are the culprit, [[spoiler:Ms. Natsuhi Ushiromiya]]."
** [[spoiler: Except Natsuhi was denied as the culprit in red. Not that it stopped her.]]
* ExtremeDoormat: No matter how much she is abused, ignored or thrown into oblivion by her master, she will continue to admire and serve her. Granted, a piece cannot disobey its master, but she seems to do her job very eagerly nonetheless.
* [[spoiler:AFateWorseThanDeath]]: [[spoiler:She is banished to oblivion by Bernkastel after she loses to Beatrice in [=EP6=].]]
* FauxAffablyEvil: Very polite, and very psychotic. By [=EP6=] she drops the politeness act for the most part.
* {{Fetish}}: She likes [[http://mangafox.me/manga/umineko_no_naku_koro_ni_chiru_episode_6_dawn_of_the_golden_witch/v01/c004/21.html chopsticks]] a ''tad bit'' too much.
* FlungClothing: Wears her regular clothes under her [[spoiler:'''wedding dress!''']] Yes, there's no way her normal clothes would have fit. ''[[AWizardDidIt Magic]]''.
** ''Ougon Musoukyoku'' takes it UpToEleven where she wears her standard costume beneath her '''''sleeveless, legless, skintight swimsuit'''''.
* FreudianExcuse: Touched on in ''Dawn''; the failure of her romantic relationship gives her a fanatical obsession with the truth and [[DisproportionateRetribution the need to utterly defile anything that might obscure it, be that magic or love]]. [[spoiler:Erika even considers herself more powerful than Bernkastel and Lambdadelta in a way, because they'd rather distract themselves from their past miseries with other people's suffering than face those memories (and thus the truth) head-on.]]
* GenreSavvy: Deconstructed, as her analysis of the deaths as if they were from a novel is used to make her come off as evil and insane. You just don't tell a mother her child died in a way that sounds like from a third-rate mystery.
* GirlishPigtails
* GirlWithPsychoWeapon: [[SinisterScythe A giant scythe]].
* [[spoiler:GoKartingWithBowser]]: [[spoiler:Wandering the realms of nothingness doesn't stop Battler from wanting to invite her to his party in [=EP8=].]]
* GreatDetective: Actually tries to refer to herself as such, and if you look at the description, she does match. [[spoiler:Although the description doesn't necessarily include being, you know, right]].
** AmateurSleuth
* [[spoiler: HeelRealization]]: Near the end of [=EP6=].
* [[spoiler:IHaveYouNowMyPretty]]: To Battler in [=EP6=].
* IJustWantToHaveFriends: Seemed this way at the end of [=EP6=] when she declares to Dlanor that she is happy that someone finally protected her.
* ImageSong: "Intellectual Rapist", which has [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-qegCR2h-Rc two]] [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S8HzGrB9WhY versions]].
* InsufferableGenius
* InterplayOfSexAndViolence: There's some pretty heavy sadomasochistic subtext between her and Bernkastel. And let's not get into her "wedding" with [[spoiler:Battler]].
* {{Jerkass}}
* LackOfEmpathy
* LargeHam
* LawfulStupid
* {{Leitmotif}}: [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kE7Qvi2V-8o The great detective knows]]
* LittleMissBadass
* LogicBomb: The end of Episode 6, which meaning is subject to intense debate.
-->'''Erika:''' [[red:"Hi, pleased to meet you! I am Furudo Erika, the detective! I may be an uninvited guest, but please, welcome me!! I am the visitor, the 18th human on Rokkenjima!!"]]
-->'''Battler:''' "......Sorry, but…"
-->'''Beatrice:''' [[red:"Even if you do join us-"]]
-->'''Both:''' [[red:"There are 17 people."]]
* MeaningfulName: Unsurprisingly, her name is very similar to "[[HigurashiNoNakuKoroNi Rika Furude]]".
* {{Munchkin}}: Of the Metagamer variety. She ''knows'' she's playing in a murder mystery game, so she does things that would be insane and illogical if she didn't know she was in a murder mystery.
* MundaneMadeAwesome: "I, Furudo Erika, have [[DuctTapeForEverything duct tape]]!!"
* [[spoiler:NeverFoundTheBody]]
* NiceHat: [[spoiler:Dons a pirate hat while raiding the Golden Land, which we see in its full glory in the PS3 port.]]
* PhotographicMemory: Proclaims herself to have one.
* PimpedOutDress: Which was originally Jessica's when she was younger. Natsuhi lends it to Erika since she had nothing suitable to wear.
* [[spoiler:PuffOfLogic]]: [[spoiler:Disappeared at the end of ''Dawn'' because she couldn't figure out how she could be the 18th person on the island if, including herself, there are only 17 people on the island.]]
* [[spoiler:RedemptionEqualsDeath]]: [[spoiler:Subverted by [=EP8=].]]
* SelfInsertFic: The entire concept of her is basically a parody of these. Bernkastel actually states that she used Erika to "insert herself into the game".
* SeriousBusiness: Not that her boyfriend cheating on her wouldn't serious business in RealLife, but investigating it like a criminal case is a bit over-the-top…
* ShoutOut: Her PaletteSwap in ''Ougon Musoukyoku'' has [[Music/{{Vocaloid}} Miku Hatsune's]] colours.
* ShyBlueHairedGirl: Completely {{averted}}.
* SinisterScythe: Her WeaponOfChoice is a blueish-colored scythe made of light.
* SmugSnake
* TheThingThatWouldNotLeave: Technically she ''can't'' leave as long as the storm is going, but the way she turns into one of these within only a few hours really speaks for the depth of her self-entitlement.
-->''At first, everyone thought of her as a guest who would stay here until the typhoon passed. Now everyone thought of her as an uninvited guest who would not leave until the typhoon passed.''
* TyrantTakesTheHelm
* VillainousBreakdown: [[spoiler:After Battler breaks her locked room theory, then ''again'' during the climax of [=EP5=].]]
* VillainousRescue: [[spoiler:She rescues Ange from a horde of goats who taunt her over her parents and brother being the culprits.]]
* [[spoiler:WorthyOpponent: Her ultimate impression of Battler by the end of the series.]]
* WrongGenreSavvy
* XtremeKoolLetterz[=/=]MyNaymeIs: The "''E''" in "Erika" uses ヱ, the archaic katakana "we", that apparently makes it look cooler (as opposed to the orthodox エ). Call it another Sue trait.
* YouGottaHaveBlueHair
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[[folder:Willard H. Wright]]
!!!Wizard-hunting Wright, Wright of the Twenty Wedges
!!!Voiced by: HirokiTakahashi
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--> ''"We are Inquisitors of Heresy. Felling evil witches is our job. However, we must not risk hurting the innocent. We must not suspect them...!"''
The detective of [=EP7=]. He is the former head of the SSVD, the 8th District Repentance Agency. He is first mentioned in [=EP5=] in the TIPS, where he is referred to as "Wizard-hunting Wright". He has since then resigned from his post. He is called to Rokkenjima by Bernkastel in order to solve [[spoiler:Beatrice's murder]].
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* TheAce: And how.
* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: He is this to Dlanor, being not only competent at using his own rules, but also a mighty detective himself. Adding that he has twice the amount of rules she has to that result… Subverted that when they do meet, she seems to regard him with respect and a hint of admiration.
* BackToBackBadasses: [[spoiler:With Dlanor in the LastStand.]]
* BadassLongcoat
* BerserkButton: Do not, DO NOT insult the mystery genre. [[spoiler:You'll get HEADBUTTED TO DEATH IF YOU DO.]]
* [[spoiler:BroughtDownToBadass]]: [[spoiler:In [=EP8=], he and Dlanor face a gigantic goat who nullifies their rules. As they are both without any power to face the goat, he proceeds to do the next logical thing and defeat him with a HEADBUTT because that's what he does.]]
* ButThouMust: He initially attempts to refuse to play along with Bernkastel's game; she promptly responds by trapping he and everyone else on the island until he cooperates.
* CatchPhrase: "Don't think too hard about it. You'll get a headache."
** Also "Don't ignore the heart". Pretty ironic when you know the mark of the real Willard H. Wright's novels was exactly that.
* ChekhovsGunman: He got a mention in the TIPS section of [=EP5=].
* CoolSword: Will's WeaponOfChoice, which he uses to separate truth from fiction.
** BlackSwordsAreBetter
* DeadpanSnarker
* {{Determinator}}: [[spoiler:Loses an arm fighting Bern, still thinks he has a chance of winning and saving Lion. Made it all the more surprising by the fact that he ''does'' win and save Lion in [=EP8=].]]
* EstablishingCharacterMoment: His introduction has him kicking down doors to rescue an innocent maid from a sham trial run by his own SSVD. Talk about leaving a first impression.
* [[spoiler: FacingTheBulletsOneLiner]]
-->[[spoiler:It's about time someone trimmed your claws! My name is Willard H. Wright, this will be the last time I will draw my sword!]]
* TheFettered: In spite of his irritability, Will is probably the most unabashed example of [[NeutralGood Neutral Good]] in the series.
* GreatDetective: The smartest character in the series by far. He solved [[spoiler:all of Beato's games and riddles, as well as her true identity]] without breaking a sweat.
* GrumpyBear
* [[spoiler:HandicappedBadass]]: [[spoiler:One of the most widely accepted theories about his duel against Bern is that he didn't use all of his twenty wedges, as ''Umineko'' clearly violates some and he refused to destroy the gameboard, as it would be the same as denying Lion a happy ending. This makes him unusually weak from a meta-perspective, as he doesn't have access to any reds the other detectives have, and can only use around 3 or 4 rules from his arsenal. This makes him understanding the truth behind Shkanon and the four games, something that even Erika couldn't do, that much more impressive. The heartwarming part comes from him putting that handicap on himself.]]
* HeelFaceTurn: His profile states that he used to be utterly cold-hearted, cruel, and ruthless in his job as a witch-hunter, but something happened that drastically changed his attitude, sending him into a disillusioned downward spiral until he resigned from the court of heaven altogether.
* [[spoiler:HeroicSacrifice]]: [[spoiler:Barely averted in that he survives while succeeding at doing what he tried to sacrifice himself for.]]
* HiddenHeartOfGold: He's got a gruff demeanor, but he's actually an incredibly good person, becoming disgusted with his own inquisition agency for their brutality, being incredibly kind to Rosa, and [[spoiler:eventually turning against Bernkastel for Lion's sake.]] Not exactly what you'd expect from the guy who banned love from his detective novels. Or the guy who was brought in by [[spoiler:Bernkastel]].
* ImageSong: [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iKdNWrySMT0 One in 2.57 Million]], which is shared with Lion.
* KindHeartedCatLover: Dotes on his pet cat, Diana, to the point of referring to her as his ''girlfriend''.
* MajorInjuryUnderreaction: "[[spoiler:My left arm?]] Ah yeah, I must have forgotten it there."
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Referred to almost exclusively as Will by both the characters and the narrative.
* RageAgainstTheAuthor: He eventually explains that his reason for quitting the SSVD was due to becoming sick of dealing with nothing but tragic mysteries, which seems to partially fuel his [[spoiler:impassioned defiance of the idea that a happy ending is impossible for Beatrice]].
* [[spoiler:{{Retirony}}]]: [[spoiler:Subverted by [=EP8=].]]
* RetiredBadass: Pointed out in his description.
* ShoutOut: His PaletteSwap in ''Ougon Musoukyoku'' has [[Music/{{Vocaloid}} Kaito's]] colours.
* SupernaturalGoldEyes
* [[spoiler:UnwittingPawn]]: Was driven by understanding and compassion when he [[spoiler: agreed to put down the last traces of the witch Beatrice in the form of Clair.]] This is, of course, exactly what [[spoiler:Bernkastel was counting on.]]
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Lion Ushiromiya (理御)]]
!!!Voiced by: AyakoKawasumi
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-->''"I'm the embodiment of the one hope held by the Beatrices of a million worlds... So, even at times like this, I have to be everyone's hope. I'm not giving up on this game yet."''
A version of the man from 19 years ago, as in the baby [[spoiler:Natsuhi]] was given by Kinzo, who exists in alternate universes where they weren't thrown of a cliff and where he grew up to be first in line for the headship of the Ushiromiya family instead. Lion teams up with Willard H. Wright in his investigation of [[spoiler: Beatrice's death]].
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* TheAce: To the point where George notes that Lion tends to come across as a little too perfect sometimes.
* AlternateSelf: To [[spoiler:Yasu]].
* AmbiguousGender: Very intentionally; the narration refers to him very gender-neutrally, she has an androgynous appearance, and nobody seems to know what his/her gender actually is.
** {{Bishonen}}/{{Bifauxnen}}
** LampshadeHanging: Even Will doesn't know what it is, and it's one of the mysteries that he's supposed to solve. When he actually asks Lion, he doesn't get a straight answer.
* BerserkButton: While the whole "pinching people's butts for being rude" thing is mainly for mild annoyances, what ''really'' seems to make Lion angry is insulting or making fun of Natsuhi. Lion continues to be protective of her even after finding out that [[spoiler:in almost every other world, Natsuhi is responsible for Lion's suffering as Yasu by rejecting him/her]].
* [[spoiler: BreakTheCutie]]
* [[spoiler:ButNotTooForeign]]: [[spoiler:Lion is of mostly Japanese heritage, but has some Italian blood due to being Beatrice Castiglioni's grandchild.]]
* ClassyCravat
* DeadpanSnarker: When around Will, who's also quite the snarker.
** NonActionSnarker: Not a fighter, but Lion nevertheless has a witty tongue at the right moment, even in the fighting game.
* {{Determinator}}: Has definitely become this by the end of the [=EP7=] Tea Party.
-->[[spoiler: "I'll definitely survive... and so will you...!"]]
* DontCallMeSir: Lion rather dislikes being called "Successor-sama" by the rest of the family.
* EtiquetteNazi: Woe betide anyone who doesn't act politely enough in front of Lion's relatives.
* FlowerMotifs: Fandom often associates Lion with [[SomethingAboutARose roses]], although that isn't present in canon.
* ForWantOfANail: As previously stated, Lion is [[spoiler:Natsuhi]]'s first child if s/he wasn't thrown off the cliff. Bernkastel actually states that the probability of that was [[MillionToOneChance 1/2578917]]. It's also interesting to note that in the world where he exists [[spoiler: Beatrice, the epitaph, Shannon and Kanon do not exist, Battler does not go back to the island, and the murders do not occur]].
** Not so much on [[spoiler:that last one, as Bernkastel takes great delight in revealing... though the reasons are completely different this time.]]
* [[spoiler:HappilyAdopted]]
* [[spoiler:HopeSpot]]: Serves as an embodiment of this for [[spoiler:Yasu]]. [[spoiler:Unfortunately, Bernkastel has other ideas...]]
* HeroicBastard: [[spoiler: Lion, like Yasu, is the child of Kinzo and Beatrice II, [[ParentalIncest Kinzo's daughter]]]].
** [[spoiler:ChildByRape]]
* ImageSong: [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iKdNWrySMT0 One in 2.57 Million]], which is shared with Will.
* MeaningfulName: Possibly. Lion's name might come from "Beatrice Castig'''lion'''i", [[spoiler:since Lion is her grandchild]].
* RunningGag: Has quite the reputation as a butt-pincher in the Ushiromiya family, and winds up doing this to Will whenever he gets out of hand.
* [[spoiler:ScrewDestiny:]] He/she pretty much embodies the trope for [[spoiler:Beatrice. And even manages to avoid his/her own fate predicted by Bernkastel.]]
* ShoutOut: While Lion isn't a playable character in ''Ougon Musoukyoku'', when playing as Will Lion will appear next to him before vanishing in a cloud of golden butterflies when the fight begins, and will occasionally appear during the fight to comment on the goings-on. If you play as Will using a PaletteSwap, Lion will also have different colours: Lion's suit will be black, looking rather like [[VisualNovel/FateStayNight Saber]] in LightNovel/FateZero. Also counts as an ActorAllusion, since AyakoKawasumi voices both Saber and Lion.
* SiblingYinYang: With Jessica; she's rebellious, free-spirited and not very formal, while Lion is calm, polite and dedicated to being Kinzo's successor.
* SpellMyNameWithAnS: Is referred to as Lion, Leon, or even Lyon. But WordOfGod says that Lion is the correct spelling.
* StudentCouncilPresident: Was this in middle school and high school, according to George.
* TemporalParadox: The gameboard of Episode 7 is made of contradictory fragments mashed together; as a result, not only is Lion put in the same room as [[spoiler:his alternate selves Shannon and Kanon]], his family's memories contradict themselves (like the seat arrangement in the dining hall not including him). All this serves as a hint for Will.
* TheWatson: Will H. Wright calls him/her this. Lion even turns it back on him at one point by calling him "Willard Holmes".
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Black Battler]]
!!!Voiced by: DaisukeOno
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-->''"Battler Ushiromiya. That's supposed to be my name. I've been called that many times... I guess it's obvious, since it ''is'' my name. But me and the Battler Ushiromiya I know... sad to say, we're pretty different."''
A version of Battler that appears only in the AllThereInTheManual short story "[[http://umineko.wikia.com/wiki/Forgery_no.XXX Forgery no.XXX]]" and the FightingGame ''Ougon Musoukyoku Cross''. He represents the idea that Battler is responsible for the Rokkenjima murders.
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* AllThereInTheManual / CanonForeigner: Of sorts. He is given a minor shout-out in Episode 8 [[spoiler:since the solution to Bernkastel's culprit game is that Battler, Rudolf and Kyrie are the culprits]].
* AnthropomorphicPersonification: Of the belief that Battler is the culprit.
* AxCrazy
* CardCarryingVillain
* ClapYourHandsIfYouBelieve: The story where he appears in basically says he's powered by ''in-universe WildMassGuessing and FanFiction''.
* CreepyMonotone: When he's not hamming it up.
* DarkIsEvil
* DissonantSerenity: His default expression.
* DissonantLaughter: He even laughs when you attack him while he's guarding in ''Ougon Musoukyoku Cross''.
* EvilCounterpart / EnemyWithout
* EvilLaugh
* EvilRedhead
* {{Expy}}: He is very similar to Shiki Nanaya in ''VisualNovel/{{Tsukihime}}[=/=]VideoGame/MeltyBlood'' in that he's the evil counterpart to the protagonist.
* FanNickname: Culprit!Battler
* ForTheEvulz
* GlassCannon: Is capable of doing crazy amounts of damage but has the lowest health in the game.
* LackOfEmpathy
* LargeHam: He has his moments.
* LaughingMad: Many, many times.
* {{Leitmotif}}: Taken [[UpToEleven up to eleven]] in ''Ougon Musoukyoku Cross'' where has has several tracks devoted to him. Namely, 'Smileless Soiree' plays whenever he wins a fight.
* MirthlessLaughter: Only once in the [[spoiler: Black Battler/Shannon ending in ''Ougon Musoukyoku Cross'', after he kills everyone on the island.]]
* MythologyGag: His PaletteSwap in ''Ougon Musoukyoku Cross'' gives him a black suit, white shirt, green tie, and white hair, mirroring the color scheme of [[spoiler:Battler's appearance]] in the Episode 8 ???? as [[spoiler:Toya Hachijo]].
* ObviouslyEvil: DissonantSerenity? Negative palette swap of Battler? His name is "Black Battler" and his special ability in ''Ougon Musoukyoku'' is "Massacre"? [[SarcasmMode He's obviously the most trustworthy person on the island!]]
* PrimalFear: A lot of these. In his victory dialogue in ''Ougon Musoukyoku Cross'', references him not only killing everyone on the island, but also suggests to most female character's he's going to [[RapeAsDrama rape]] them, and to a few other characters that he [[EatenAlive 'tastes']] them.
* PutTheLaughterInSlaughter
* RedEyesTakeWarning
* SecretCharacter
* SlasherSmile
* SNKBoss: [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yrFx_JRstoY&feature=related Just watch.]]
* UnlockableContent: [[spoiler: You have to go through Battler/Rosa's scenario, in which Rosa irrationally assumes Battler is the culprit and kills him. It's implied that Rosa [[EvilAllAlong has been the culprit]] and Battler has unwittingly helped her.]]
[[/folder]]
Major '''spoilers''' for the Core Arcs ahead.
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[[foldercontrol]]
[[folder:Erika Furudo (ヱリカ)]]
!!!The Witch of Truth
!!!Voiced by: NatsukoKuwatani
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-->''"... Without love, it cannot be seen? ... Hah. That's backwards. Because of love, you end up seeing things that don't even exist."''
A cute young detective who [[ContrivedCoincidence happens to wash up on the shore of an island with an impending murder mystery.]] She calls herself an [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything "Intellectual Rapist"]]. She is the piece set by Bernkastel on the board of Rokkenjima.
At the end of Episode 5, she was named the "Witch of Truth" by Bernkastel, [[spoiler:but was stripped of the title shortly after by Battler, who had ascended to Endless Sorcerer]].
[[AllThereInTheManual A TIP in Episode 6]] reveals that [[spoiler:in the real world, she went missing after falling from the boat. Her parents assumed that she washed off on Rokkenjima, and Witch Hunters started to introduce her character in their forgeries when her accident came back to light years later.]]
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* AndNowYouMustMarryMe: Complete with wedding dress.
* AnimalMotifs: At one point in [=EP5=], she's compared to a spider.
* [[spoiler:BackFromTheDead]]: [[spoiler:She comes back in [=EP8=]]]
* BitchInSheepsClothing: She [[spoiler:helps Battler solve the puzzle of the epitaph]] for no reward at all, and then cracks up about the chaos it unleashes in the family (well, not like it wouldn't have been unleashed without her, but...).
* CatchPhrase: "[[GratuitousEnglish GOOD!]]" and "Simply by XX, this level of reasoning is possible for Erika Furudo. What do you think, everyone?"
* TheCorpseStopsHere: Her attitude towards [[spoiler:Natsuhi]] after Hideyoshi's death.
* ClingyJealousGirl: Thought to be this sometime before the story, if the story about her ex-boyfriend is to be believed.
** And, surprisingly (or not), she seems to be this ''for her master'' in the eigth Tea Party. When Bern says that Lambda is the only one she loves, Erika does ''not'' take it well.
* CrazyPrepared: The tape seals. Not to mention how she got them all placed...
** SchoolSwimsuit
* CurtainsMatchTheWindow
* [[spoiler:DeadAllAlong:]] One theory about her is that [[spoiler:in the real world, she did wash off on Rokkenjima after falling from the boat… but as a corpse.]] [[WildMassGuessing Like so many other theories, it's hard to deny or confirm]] and depends greatly on whether you consider the meta-world and witches exist or not.
* {{Deconstruction}}: Imagine what type of personality [[LittleOldLadyInvestigates someone normally harmless]] would develop if everywhere they went, [[MysteryMagnet someone always]] [[AlwaysMurder kills another human being]]. It takes the [[ConvictionByContradiction flimsiest]] and occasionally [[ConvictionByCounterfactualClue technically wrong]] reasoning to cause the killer to break down into a MotiveRant and everyone praises her for it; so this person came to enjoy her life. She has never been wrong ever; even when actual facts didn't match up. The above description [[MurderSheWrote should]] [[Creator/AgathaChristie sound]] [[DetectiveConan very]], [[Series/{{Columbo}} very]], [[Literature/EncyclopediaBrown familiar]]. This is possibly a {{Flanderization}} or {{Satire}}, but given PoesLaw it is hard to tell.
** She could also be seen as a deconstruction of ConvictionByContradiction.
* DefectiveDetective: Taken UpToEleven.
* TheDragon: To Bernkastel.
* DuctTapeForEverything: Especially for creating closed rooms. In fact Erika is so good at solving everything with duct tape that in her second game [[spoiler:she was forbidden from using it and had to haggle just to get enough duct tape to cover three rooms.]]
* EurekaMoment: In Episode 5, "You are the culprit, [[spoiler:Ms. Natsuhi Ushiromiya]]."
** [[spoiler: Except Natsuhi was denied as the culprit in red. Not that it stopped her.]]
* ExtremeDoormat: No matter how much she is abused, ignored or thrown into oblivion by her master, she will continue to admire and serve her. Granted, a piece cannot disobey its master, but she seems to do her job very eagerly nonetheless.
* [[spoiler:AFateWorseThanDeath]]: [[spoiler:She is banished to oblivion by Bernkastel after she loses to Beatrice in [=EP6=].]]
* FauxAffablyEvil: Very polite, and very psychotic. By [=EP6=] she drops the politeness act for the most part.
* {{Fetish}}: She likes [[http://mangafox.me/manga/umineko_no_naku_koro_ni_chiru_episode_6_dawn_of_the_golden_witch/v01/c004/21.html chopsticks]] a ''tad bit'' too much.
* FlungClothing: Wears her regular clothes under her [[spoiler:'''wedding dress!''']] Yes, there's no way her normal clothes would have fit. ''[[AWizardDidIt Magic]]''.
** ''Ougon Musoukyoku'' takes it UpToEleven where she wears her standard costume beneath her '''''sleeveless, legless, skintight swimsuit'''''.
* FreudianExcuse: Touched on in ''Dawn''; the failure of her romantic relationship gives her a fanatical obsession with the truth and [[DisproportionateRetribution the need to utterly defile anything that might obscure it, be that magic or love]]. [[spoiler:Erika even considers herself more powerful than Bernkastel and Lambdadelta in a way, because they'd rather distract themselves from their past miseries with other people's suffering than face those memories (and thus the truth) head-on.]]
* GenreSavvy: Deconstructed, as her analysis of the deaths as if they were from a novel is used to make her come off as evil and insane. You just don't tell a mother her child died in a way that sounds like from a third-rate mystery.
* GirlishPigtails
* GirlWithPsychoWeapon: [[SinisterScythe A giant scythe]].
* [[spoiler:GoKartingWithBowser]]: [[spoiler:Wandering the realms of nothingness doesn't stop Battler from wanting to invite her to his party in [=EP8=].]]
* GreatDetective: Actually tries to refer to herself as such, and if you look at the description, she does match. [[spoiler:Although the description doesn't necessarily include being, you know, right]].
** AmateurSleuth
* [[spoiler: HeelRealization]]: Near the end of [=EP6=].
* [[spoiler:IHaveYouNowMyPretty]]: To Battler in [=EP6=].
* IJustWantToHaveFriends: Seemed this way at the end of [=EP6=] when she declares to Dlanor that she is happy that someone finally protected her.
* ImageSong: "Intellectual Rapist", which has [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-qegCR2h-Rc two]] [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S8HzGrB9WhY versions]].
* InsufferableGenius
* InterplayOfSexAndViolence: There's some pretty heavy sadomasochistic subtext between her and Bernkastel. And let's not get into her "wedding" with [[spoiler:Battler]].
* {{Jerkass}}
* LackOfEmpathy
* LargeHam
* LawfulStupid
* {{Leitmotif}}: [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kE7Qvi2V-8o The great detective knows]]
* LittleMissBadass
* LogicBomb: The end of Episode 6, which meaning is subject to intense debate.
-->'''Erika:''' [[red:"Hi, pleased to meet you! I am Furudo Erika, the detective! I may be an uninvited guest, but please, welcome me!! I am the visitor, the 18th human on Rokkenjima!!"]]
-->'''Battler:''' "......Sorry, but…"
-->'''Beatrice:''' [[red:"Even if you do join us-"]]
-->'''Both:''' [[red:"There are 17 people."]]
* MeaningfulName: Unsurprisingly, her name is very similar to "[[HigurashiNoNakuKoroNi Rika Furude]]".
* {{Munchkin}}: Of the Metagamer variety. She ''knows'' she's playing in a murder mystery game, so she does things that would be insane and illogical if she didn't know she was in a murder mystery.
* MundaneMadeAwesome: "I, Furudo Erika, have [[DuctTapeForEverything duct tape]]!!"
* [[spoiler:NeverFoundTheBody]]
* NiceHat: [[spoiler:Dons a pirate hat while raiding the Golden Land, which we see in its full glory in the PS3 port.]]
* PhotographicMemory: Proclaims herself to have one.
* PimpedOutDress: Which was originally Jessica's when she was younger. Natsuhi lends it to Erika since she had nothing suitable to wear.
* [[spoiler:PuffOfLogic]]: [[spoiler:Disappeared at the end of ''Dawn'' because she couldn't figure out how she could be the 18th person on the island if, including herself, there are only 17 people on the island.]]
* [[spoiler:RedemptionEqualsDeath]]: [[spoiler:Subverted by [=EP8=].]]
* SelfInsertFic: The entire concept of her is basically a parody of these. Bernkastel actually states that she used Erika to "insert herself into the game".
* SeriousBusiness: Not that her boyfriend cheating on her wouldn't serious business in RealLife, but investigating it like a criminal case is a bit over-the-top…
* ShoutOut: Her PaletteSwap in ''Ougon Musoukyoku'' has [[Music/{{Vocaloid}} Miku Hatsune's]] colours.
* ShyBlueHairedGirl: Completely {{averted}}.
* SinisterScythe: Her WeaponOfChoice is a blueish-colored scythe made of light.
* SmugSnake
* TheThingThatWouldNotLeave: Technically she ''can't'' leave as long as the storm is going, but the way she turns into one of these within only a few hours really speaks for the depth of her self-entitlement.
-->''At first, everyone thought of her as a guest who would stay here until the typhoon passed. Now everyone thought of her as an uninvited guest who would not leave until the typhoon passed.''
* TyrantTakesTheHelm
* VillainousBreakdown: [[spoiler:After Battler breaks her locked room theory, then ''again'' during the climax of [=EP5=].]]
* VillainousRescue: [[spoiler:She rescues Ange from a horde of goats who taunt her over her parents and brother being the culprits.]]
* [[spoiler:WorthyOpponent: Her ultimate impression of Battler by the end of the series.]]
* WrongGenreSavvy
* XtremeKoolLetterz[=/=]MyNaymeIs: The "''E''" in "Erika" uses ヱ, the archaic katakana "we", that apparently makes it look cooler (as opposed to the orthodox エ). Call it another Sue trait.
* YouGottaHaveBlueHair
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Willard H. Wright]]
!!!Wizard-hunting Wright, Wright of the Twenty Wedges
!!!Voiced by: HirokiTakahashi
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--> ''"We are Inquisitors of Heresy. Felling evil witches is our job. However, we must not risk hurting the innocent. We must not suspect them...!"''
The detective of [=EP7=]. He is the former head of the SSVD, the 8th District Repentance Agency. He is first mentioned in [=EP5=] in the TIPS, where he is referred to as "Wizard-hunting Wright". He has since then resigned from his post. He is called to Rokkenjima by Bernkastel in order to solve [[spoiler:Beatrice's murder]].
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* TheAce: And how.
* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: He is this to Dlanor, being not only competent at using his own rules, but also a mighty detective himself. Adding that he has twice the amount of rules she has to that result… Subverted that when they do meet, she seems to regard him with respect and a hint of admiration.
* BackToBackBadasses: [[spoiler:With Dlanor in the LastStand.]]
* BadassLongcoat
* BerserkButton: Do not, DO NOT insult the mystery genre. [[spoiler:You'll get HEADBUTTED TO DEATH IF YOU DO.]]
* [[spoiler:BroughtDownToBadass]]: [[spoiler:In [=EP8=], he and Dlanor face a gigantic goat who nullifies their rules. As they are both without any power to face the goat, he proceeds to do the next logical thing and defeat him with a HEADBUTT because that's what he does.]]
* ButThouMust: He initially attempts to refuse to play along with Bernkastel's game; she promptly responds by trapping he and everyone else on the island until he cooperates.
* CatchPhrase: "Don't think too hard about it. You'll get a headache."
** Also "Don't ignore the heart". Pretty ironic when you know the mark of the real Willard H. Wright's novels was exactly that.
* ChekhovsGunman: He got a mention in the TIPS section of [=EP5=].
* CoolSword: Will's WeaponOfChoice, which he uses to separate truth from fiction.
** BlackSwordsAreBetter
* DeadpanSnarker
* {{Determinator}}: [[spoiler:Loses an arm fighting Bern, still thinks he has a chance of winning and saving Lion. Made it all the more surprising by the fact that he ''does'' win and save Lion in [=EP8=].]]
* EstablishingCharacterMoment: His introduction has him kicking down doors to rescue an innocent maid from a sham trial run by his own SSVD. Talk about leaving a first impression.
* [[spoiler: FacingTheBulletsOneLiner]]
-->[[spoiler:It's about time someone trimmed your claws! My name is Willard H. Wright, this will be the last time I will draw my sword!]]
* TheFettered: In spite of his irritability, Will is probably the most unabashed example of [[NeutralGood Neutral Good]] in the series.
* GreatDetective: The smartest character in the series by far. He solved [[spoiler:all of Beato's games and riddles, as well as her true identity]] without breaking a sweat.
* GrumpyBear
* [[spoiler:HandicappedBadass]]: [[spoiler:One of the most widely accepted theories about his duel against Bern is that he didn't use all of his twenty wedges, as ''Umineko'' clearly violates some and he refused to destroy the gameboard, as it would be the same as denying Lion a happy ending. This makes him unusually weak from a meta-perspective, as he doesn't have access to any reds the other detectives have, and can only use around 3 or 4 rules from his arsenal. This makes him understanding the truth behind Shkanon and the four games, something that even Erika couldn't do, that much more impressive. The heartwarming part comes from him putting that handicap on himself.]]
* HeelFaceTurn: His profile states that he used to be utterly cold-hearted, cruel, and ruthless in his job as a witch-hunter, but something happened that drastically changed his attitude, sending him into a disillusioned downward spiral until he resigned from the court of heaven altogether.
* [[spoiler:HeroicSacrifice]]: [[spoiler:Barely averted in that he survives while succeeding at doing what he tried to sacrifice himself for.]]
* HiddenHeartOfGold: He's got a gruff demeanor, but he's actually an incredibly good person, becoming disgusted with his own inquisition agency for their brutality, being incredibly kind to Rosa, and [[spoiler:eventually turning against Bernkastel for Lion's sake.]] Not exactly what you'd expect from the guy who banned love from his detective novels. Or the guy who was brought in by [[spoiler:Bernkastel]].
* ImageSong: [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iKdNWrySMT0 One in 2.57 Million]], which is shared with Lion.
* KindHeartedCatLover: Dotes on his pet cat, Diana, to the point of referring to her as his ''girlfriend''.
* MajorInjuryUnderreaction: "[[spoiler:My left arm?]] Ah yeah, I must have forgotten it there."
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Referred to almost exclusively as Will by both the characters and the narrative.
* RageAgainstTheAuthor: He eventually explains that his reason for quitting the SSVD was due to becoming sick of dealing with nothing but tragic mysteries, which seems to partially fuel his [[spoiler:impassioned defiance of the idea that a happy ending is impossible for Beatrice]].
* [[spoiler:{{Retirony}}]]: [[spoiler:Subverted by [=EP8=].]]
* RetiredBadass: Pointed out in his description.
* ShoutOut: His PaletteSwap in ''Ougon Musoukyoku'' has [[Music/{{Vocaloid}} Kaito's]] colours.
* SupernaturalGoldEyes
* [[spoiler:UnwittingPawn]]: Was driven by understanding and compassion when he [[spoiler: agreed to put down the last traces of the witch Beatrice in the form of Clair.]] This is, of course, exactly what [[spoiler:Bernkastel was counting on.]]
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Lion Ushiromiya (理御)]]
!!!Voiced by: AyakoKawasumi
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-->''"I'm the embodiment of the one hope held by the Beatrices of a million worlds... So, even at times like this, I have to be everyone's hope. I'm not giving up on this game yet."''
A version of the man from 19 years ago, as in the baby [[spoiler:Natsuhi]] was given by Kinzo, who exists in alternate universes where they weren't thrown of a cliff and where he grew up to be first in line for the headship of the Ushiromiya family instead. Lion teams up with Willard H. Wright in his investigation of [[spoiler: Beatrice's death]].
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* TheAce: To the point where George notes that Lion tends to come across as a little too perfect sometimes.
* AlternateSelf: To [[spoiler:Yasu]].
* AmbiguousGender: Very intentionally; the narration refers to him very gender-neutrally, she has an androgynous appearance, and nobody seems to know what his/her gender actually is.
** {{Bishonen}}/{{Bifauxnen}}
** LampshadeHanging: Even Will doesn't know what it is, and it's one of the mysteries that he's supposed to solve. When he actually asks Lion, he doesn't get a straight answer.
* BerserkButton: While the whole "pinching people's butts for being rude" thing is mainly for mild annoyances, what ''really'' seems to make Lion angry is insulting or making fun of Natsuhi. Lion continues to be protective of her even after finding out that [[spoiler:in almost every other world, Natsuhi is responsible for Lion's suffering as Yasu by rejecting him/her]].
* [[spoiler: BreakTheCutie]]
* [[spoiler:ButNotTooForeign]]: [[spoiler:Lion is of mostly Japanese heritage, but has some Italian blood due to being Beatrice Castiglioni's grandchild.]]
* ClassyCravat
* DeadpanSnarker: When around Will, who's also quite the snarker.
** NonActionSnarker: Not a fighter, but Lion nevertheless has a witty tongue at the right moment, even in the fighting game.
* {{Determinator}}: Has definitely become this by the end of the [=EP7=] Tea Party.
-->[[spoiler: "I'll definitely survive... and so will you...!"]]
* DontCallMeSir: Lion rather dislikes being called "Successor-sama" by the rest of the family.
* EtiquetteNazi: Woe betide anyone who doesn't act politely enough in front of Lion's relatives.
* FlowerMotifs: Fandom often associates Lion with [[SomethingAboutARose roses]], although that isn't present in canon.
* ForWantOfANail: As previously stated, Lion is [[spoiler:Natsuhi]]'s first child if s/he wasn't thrown off the cliff. Bernkastel actually states that the probability of that was [[MillionToOneChance 1/2578917]]. It's also interesting to note that in the world where he exists [[spoiler: Beatrice, the epitaph, Shannon and Kanon do not exist, Battler does not go back to the island, and the murders do not occur]].
** Not so much on [[spoiler:that last one, as Bernkastel takes great delight in revealing... though the reasons are completely different this time.]]
* [[spoiler:HappilyAdopted]]
* [[spoiler:HopeSpot]]: Serves as an embodiment of this for [[spoiler:Yasu]]. [[spoiler:Unfortunately, Bernkastel has other ideas...]]
* HeroicBastard: [[spoiler: Lion, like Yasu, is the child of Kinzo and Beatrice II, [[ParentalIncest Kinzo's daughter]]]].
** [[spoiler:ChildByRape]]
* ImageSong: [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iKdNWrySMT0 One in 2.57 Million]], which is shared with Will.
* MeaningfulName: Possibly. Lion's name might come from "Beatrice Castig'''lion'''i", [[spoiler:since Lion is her grandchild]].
* RunningGag: Has quite the reputation as a butt-pincher in the Ushiromiya family, and winds up doing this to Will whenever he gets out of hand.
* [[spoiler:ScrewDestiny:]] He/she pretty much embodies the trope for [[spoiler:Beatrice. And even manages to avoid his/her own fate predicted by Bernkastel.]]
* ShoutOut: While Lion isn't a playable character in ''Ougon Musoukyoku'', when playing as Will Lion will appear next to him before vanishing in a cloud of golden butterflies when the fight begins, and will occasionally appear during the fight to comment on the goings-on. If you play as Will using a PaletteSwap, Lion will also have different colours: Lion's suit will be black, looking rather like [[VisualNovel/FateStayNight Saber]] in LightNovel/FateZero. Also counts as an ActorAllusion, since AyakoKawasumi voices both Saber and Lion.
* SiblingYinYang: With Jessica; she's rebellious, free-spirited and not very formal, while Lion is calm, polite and dedicated to being Kinzo's successor.
* SpellMyNameWithAnS: Is referred to as Lion, Leon, or even Lyon. But WordOfGod says that Lion is the correct spelling.
* StudentCouncilPresident: Was this in middle school and high school, according to George.
* TemporalParadox: The gameboard of Episode 7 is made of contradictory fragments mashed together; as a result, not only is Lion put in the same room as [[spoiler:his alternate selves Shannon and Kanon]], his family's memories contradict themselves (like the seat arrangement in the dining hall not including him). All this serves as a hint for Will.
* TheWatson: Will H. Wright calls him/her this. Lion even turns it back on him at one point by calling him "Willard Holmes".
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[[folder:Black Battler]]
!!!Voiced by: DaisukeOno
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-->''"Battler Ushiromiya. That's supposed to be my name. I've been called that many times... I guess it's obvious, since it ''is'' my name. But me and the Battler Ushiromiya I know... sad to say, we're pretty different."''
A version of Battler that appears only in the AllThereInTheManual short story "[[http://umineko.wikia.com/wiki/Forgery_no.XXX Forgery no.XXX]]" and the FightingGame ''Ougon Musoukyoku Cross''. He represents the idea that Battler is responsible for the Rokkenjima murders.
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* AllThereInTheManual / CanonForeigner: Of sorts. He is given a minor shout-out in Episode 8 [[spoiler:since the solution to Bernkastel's culprit game is that Battler, Rudolf and Kyrie are the culprits]].
* AnthropomorphicPersonification: Of the belief that Battler is the culprit.
* AxCrazy
* CardCarryingVillain
* ClapYourHandsIfYouBelieve: The story where he appears in basically says he's powered by ''in-universe WildMassGuessing and FanFiction''.
* CreepyMonotone: When he's not hamming it up.
* DarkIsEvil
* DissonantSerenity: His default expression.
* DissonantLaughter: He even laughs when you attack him while he's guarding in ''Ougon Musoukyoku Cross''.
* EvilCounterpart / EnemyWithout
* EvilLaugh
* EvilRedhead
* {{Expy}}: He is very similar to Shiki Nanaya in ''VisualNovel/{{Tsukihime}}[=/=]VideoGame/MeltyBlood'' in that he's the evil counterpart to the protagonist.
* FanNickname: Culprit!Battler
* ForTheEvulz
* GlassCannon: Is capable of doing crazy amounts of damage but has the lowest health in the game.
* LackOfEmpathy
* LargeHam: He has his moments.
* LaughingMad: Many, many times.
* {{Leitmotif}}: Taken [[UpToEleven up to eleven]] in ''Ougon Musoukyoku Cross'' where has has several tracks devoted to him. Namely, 'Smileless Soiree' plays whenever he wins a fight.
* MirthlessLaughter: Only once in the [[spoiler: Black Battler/Shannon ending in ''Ougon Musoukyoku Cross'', after he kills everyone on the island.]]
* MythologyGag: His PaletteSwap in ''Ougon Musoukyoku Cross'' gives him a black suit, white shirt, green tie, and white hair, mirroring the color scheme of [[spoiler:Battler's appearance]] in the Episode 8 ???? as [[spoiler:Toya Hachijo]].
* ObviouslyEvil: DissonantSerenity? Negative palette swap of Battler? His name is "Black Battler" and his special ability in ''Ougon Musoukyoku'' is "Massacre"? [[SarcasmMode He's obviously the most trustworthy person on the island!]]
* PrimalFear: A lot of these. In his victory dialogue in ''Ougon Musoukyoku Cross'', references him not only killing everyone on the island, but also suggests to most female character's he's going to [[RapeAsDrama rape]] them, and to a few other characters that he [[EatenAlive 'tastes']] them.
* PutTheLaughterInSlaughter
* RedEyesTakeWarning
* SecretCharacter
* SlasherSmile
* SNKBoss: [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yrFx_JRstoY&feature=related Just watch.]]
* UnlockableContent: [[spoiler: You have to go through Battler/Rosa's scenario, in which Rosa irrationally assumes Battler is the culprit and kills him. It's implied that Rosa [[EvilAllAlong has been the culprit]] and Battler has unwittingly helped her.]]
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