@d4885_ i’d say def the relationship between love and hate and “without love it cannot be seen” aspect of umineko is very similar to the way heejae is portrayed. jeffery’s confusion of “how can love coexist with hate?” is very much in line w this too
there is 0 harm in using as many references as possible to make your vision come to life and i find putting down other artists for being more obvious out it to be very silly. the best of the best are doing the same thing!