Who is the culprit in umineko

So it may seem like such a thorough explanation video is pretty redundant, if the truth behind the story has already been revealed. After all, the author of the story, also known as Ryukishi07 pretty much confirmed who the real culprit is in interviews. But in a minute you will understand why this video is very very necessary. So let's first summarize in a nutshell what the official explanation is supposed to be: In other words, what the whodunit, howdunit, and whydunit of the story were, according to the author.

At least, in regards of what he confirmed in interviews and what would be the most straightforward interpretation of especially the seventh novel. The "offical explanation" is that the true culprit of Umineko is Shannon, who also happens to be the same person as Kanon.

Both are personalities of a person referred to as Yasu, who is the secret child of Kinzo and the Kuwadorian Beatrice, also known as Lion. This "Yasu character" is also the "witch Beatrice" who appeared on the island and is responsible for the murders. All of Yasu's personalities have or had a relationship with one of the Ushiromiya cousins. In , Yasu committed the mass murder in order to decide everyone's fate in order to see which persona, if any, would live on to experience love with the significant other.

Yasu committed all the murders herself but had Genji, Kumasawa, and Dr. Nanjo as accomplices, plus extra accomplices who differ from game to game. In order to commit the murders, Yasu relied heavily on the ability to switch between her Shannon and Kanon persona, since they both shared the same body.

This is also referred to by fans as the Shkanontrice theory. If you have also read some interviews with the author Ryukishi, you would know that he basically confirms this, so we can basically refer to this as the "official explanation". So from now on, when I use the term "offical explanation", you know what I'm referring to. I will also refer to the culprit of the official explanation as Shannon rather than Yasu. This is to avoid confusion later on, which will become clear later in the video.

So now we have clear what the official explanation of Umineko is supposed to be, I will tell you what my position is. I believe that the official explanation is a lie. Yes, you heard that correctly. I believe that the author, Ryukishi, is deceiving his readers into believing a false explanation.

Now that's a pretty bold statement, but I will make yet another bold statement. I can prove beyond reasonable doubt that the official explanation is a deception. In other words, I am strongly convinced that Ryukishi is trying to deceive his readers into believing that Shannon and Kanon are the same person, that Shannon is the same person as Yasu, and therefore Shannon is Beatrice and the true culprit. In other words, I believe that it is false that Shannon and Kanon are the same person.

It is false that Shannon is the same person as Yasu. That it's false that Shannon is Beatrice. That it's false that Shannon is the true culprit. That it's false that Yasu is an actual existing human being who has ever been really present on the island or anywhere else. And, of course, that I can prove that all these things are false.

I want to make it very clear that it's not my position that the author made a mistake, so I am not claiming that Ryukishi really meant the Shkanontrice explanation to be the truth behind the story, that he simply made a mistake, making the official explanation inconsistent with the facts found in the story itself. I don't believe for a second that someone as brilliant as Ryukishi would make such a mistake. My position is that Ryukishi is purposely deceiving the readers about what the truth behind the story is supposed to be.

Just like the Umineko story, for the most part, consists of the author deceiving his readers, I believe that he's continuing his deception until the very end of the story, and even in interviews. Now I perfectly well understand how controversial and unorthodox it is to go against the author himself.

But I ask you all to have an open mind here and just to be willing to at least consider this possibility, and I think you have two good reasons for being open-minded about this possibility. Think about it. The vast majority of the Umineko story is about the author deceiving the readers.

After all, none of the magical scenes truly take place. It's all about seeing the truth beyond the illusion of magic. So even though it might be hard to imagine the author keeping his deception going until the very end of the story, and even in interviews, it is at least something that should be considered. But, of course, the first reason why you should be skeptical towards my claim that Ryukishi is lying is that you cannot imagine why he would do such a thing.

The persona becomes integral. We also need to keep in mind that her personas have been created with the intention of fracturing her personality. Sayo is weighed down by crushing and overwhelming truths about her body and by her own insecurities. We also know that Kanon was created to shoulder her daily discontent and oppressive feelings of depression and suicidality.

It will probably be a long post. I have trouble with concision, as you all have noticed by now hahaha. In conclusion , Sayo is only a lonely girl with an extremely poor opinion of herself. Her abysmal self esteem was a product of bullying at the hands of her peers. Because she was never able to develop a strong sense of self, Sayo created various personas to fulfill specific roles in her life. She was unable to consider herself a whole person due to conflicts of conscious and behavior, so she used Kanon to vent her daily discontent and Beatrice for a variety of shifting purposes.

The evolution of Beatrice is quite clear: she begins as a prankster and gains and air of nobility, but once come and passes, Beatrice slowly evolves into a monster. Abject cruelty. A sadist. Someone who tortures her conscious constantly and ultimately leads her to give into her desire for retribution.

Beatrice will absolve the sins of Rokkenjima which Sayo considers worthy pay back for the disturbing actions committed there. Sayo is an extremely unstable person. Beatrice was clearly the darkest, most recessive side to her. Which I still wholeheartedly headcanon because seeing more of myself I guess, ahaha. I always waffle around with how I feel concerning diagnosing fictional characters.

However, I think interpreting Sayo as possibly having BPD is useful when considering aspects of her personality-- which is quite convoluted. Allow me to move the factual theorizing to our Umineko Spoilers General topic. He carries all her raw feelings and fears and complexes. However, when she uses magic for the first time, that changes.

That prank she played on the newcomer servants was not just a simple prank, it was arguably the first thing Yasu ever did that she decided on and went through with on her own. But Beatrice embodies the idea that they actually can do something, be more than what she was born as, proactively decide things and make things go not the way anybody else decides, but the way she wants them to go.

I feel if she grew in a normal environment, she would have been quite like Beatrice. Though you can say that she also wanted to be like Kanon at the point she created him too, you know, to be outspoken, blunt and to live as a boy. For a different perspective, how about considering Yasu through Magiere Sorcere. On the surface it appears to be a game or club, but notice that Virgilia was not invited even though she fulfills the requirement for being a witch using magic. The members are all lonely, bullied girls that lost parental love who rely on magic to improve their lives.

Hence you could consider them foils or three different faces of the same woman. Maria brings magic into her reality. Ange keeps magic outside her reality, but allows its existence elsewhere.

Yasu leaves reality to be suffered or enjoyed by his personas to exist within magic. This can be argued by the ability of Yasu to grant a Shannon brother whom she can talk to.

Different reasoning but similar conclusion to PocketyHat. If you want to make a pie chart, her personas are just herself neatly split into 3 distinct selves due to conflicting ambitions. The only commonality they share is anxiety. Being an escapist and an observer does not negate a personality. The problem with Sayo is that she had too much personality which was overwhelming to her frail mental state, so she created fantasy outlets to cope.

In Sayo-Speak, love is what makes a person human, so she only became real to Sayo when she came to shoulder aspects that were integral to her relationship with Battler mystery novels, bawdy humor, etc. And to flush the emotions they felt, they created fantasy outlets and became apathetic to reality and would rather either someone stop her murdering everyone or die. She has a difficulty expressing herself. So she relies on storytelling to express herself writing the message bottles, which also serve as planning the massacre and being really cryptic about it.

In fact, I can even point at the Beatrice from EP5, because she also has the doll-like qualities at those points in time. Being a distant observer and all.

I disagree. Sure, Beatrice herself was one who was confused on why Battler would be so terribly upset on seeing his family members murdered over and over again, but I believe Sayo has a good view on what is good to do and what is bad to do. Killing someone is not okay, especially someone you care about, incest is not okay. Even Kanon is considered a moral compass for Sayo… Mostly.

Not entirely. But they gave up being strong and trying to be good. Their body was already unsightly to them. So they gave up. They are aware that they became a witch. So they went with the bad route. The culprit's identity Umineko spoilers 07th Discussion. This is a question I was thinking about fairly recently. Quite a coincidence. Well, is it wrong to say it may be different? If the reader can find a theory that doesn't contradict the red truth of the VN and fits thematically, then why can't that also be a valid answer while leaving the manga as its own thing?

Shkannon is explicitly said to be the official solution from r07 himself. You could try to get another viable solution, but I heavily doubt that this is possible to get consistent with everything in the answer arc. But I do agree that depending on the rules one set that it's possible to create other valid culprit theories for only question arc.

I am well aware of what Ryu said regarding the official explanation and in red no less and how he has since doubled down on that statement with some additional content like Our Confession. As I said, I never doubted the explanation's validity. And it was ironically because of those remarks and the interview material that made me believe alternate theories are possible within the VN, albeit within a certain Yasu-based framework.