@JPJoker02 In the original timeline, Cathy is supposed to end her own life by throwing herself in front of a train, right? And Mark doesn't manage to save her because he was too shocked by Maria's disappearance.
@CoopiRP Cuando me pasa eso cambio de medio un tiempo y despues vuelvo a disfrutar como nunca, no se, me canso del anime y me pongo a ver series o pelis, o leer manga, o leer visual novels o lo que sea, lo bueno de no tener peros con según que medios jaja
@SnowBusterVN I understand that Umineko is especially difficult to adapt, but if they're so afraid of the novel, there's the manga, which is a decent adaptation that the anime could follow. On the other hand, I don't like the idea of another Umineko anime with DEEN...
I hope the first episode is regular Onikakushi and then in the second episode Battler crashes through the screen and it turns into a 12 cour Umineko anime remake.
Finished
Until Then: Afterimages
10/10
Not gonna get into spoiler specifics
I'm going through every single stage of grief, and then cycling back around.
I'm still baffled and in awe of what I just played. And I keep replaying the finale. Greatest romance of all-time for me, I'm not afraid to say it tbh.
The music, the direction, every aspect was just upped even more from base game. The writing was even tighter where it needed to be, and even messier (positive) EXACTLY where it needed to be. A story focusing on a handful of key characters and giving them even more depth. For two of them, I didn't even think that was possible, but here we are.
"Carrying on living in the presence of absence" and everything that means. Whether it's loss or growing apart. The messy, gritty nature of it—mixed with the warm and blossoming passion of a heated, genuine love. It just leaves me thinking over and over again about what I saw. What it means. What could be next. The type of ending that, depending on your outlook, can have so many heavy implications. Both good and bad.
Taking place before and after covid, they very-well capture the era. The types of struggles that went on. The attitudes and challenges. The way we developed and changed as people due to isolation. The speed at which the world was before the shutting down of society.
And all of that comes together to make an emotionally messy masterpiece with very intentional, intense, focused writing.
And after all of that, how can I afford to not be left in an emotional rut, unsure what to do with myself? Once again, Until Then reminds me of why it's one of my favorite stories ever.
So if you're struggling with grief and loss, trying to move forward with your relationships with people, doing your best to love yourself, or even fighting to love others as life causes you to drift apart—this may not fix everything, but maybe it could help a little. As per usual, it's a heavy recommendation.
@MaxErtus@gabigupi7 Yes, although in the DLC I'm not sure if Mark got over Cathy's death or not, from the flashbacks at the end it seems that he didn't, and that's what made him gradually distance himself from Nicole.
@AsdByte@MaxErtus@gabigupi7 Expelled and facing serious legal charges, he and everyone else from Mechie, I wouldn't rule out Des deciding to end his life seeing how she was behaving in the end, ironically he was the only one making the effort to make the event work but he was alone.