#because the hard part of umineko is figuring out if the battler pov narration is unreliable or if the third person narration is unreliable | Explore Tumblr posts and blogs

pochapal · 2 years ago

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the fact that kinzo's formal character introduction breaks form by happening in a separate narrative moment and not when battler meets/observes him for the first time in the story and the fact that kinzo is the only character for whom this is the case is. hm. weird to say the least.

#umineko liveblog #ep1 reread #so kinzo being introduced in a third person scene and not a battler pov scene raises some questions #such as who is he being introduced to if not battler?#and why is he introduced in this way?#and what about kinzo means that the pre established pattern doesn't fit with him?#like logically we as readers have to receive kinzo's character introduction #but this introduction is not coming from battler's thoughts/memories/observations but instead from the third party narrative #which is weird and bizarre when you start getting into the times and moments so far that we've broken away from battler's pov #those were kanon and shannon's first scenes and now this one #meaning that if you go by all that stuff i said in future chapters about pov/perspective #there is likely information in these moments that would be lost if relayed through battler's eyes #and yet is needed and relevant for us the reader to witness/understand #the common thread so far is that shannon kanon and kinzo are the ones positioned closest to beatrice #but what that means as to having their first scenes play out away from battler's viewpoint i am unsure of #because the hard part of umineko is figuring out if the battler pov narration is unreliable or if the third person narration is unreliable #just yeah. these three introduce themselves to the story at moments of narrative weirdness. no way this is not important

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