#higurashi & umineko are both ridiculously dark but like... the purity panic just did not exist back then? | Explore Tumblr Posts and Blogs

fortune-maiden · 3 months

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Having been reminded of Umineko for a bit, it's honestly wild for me to remember just how many insanely messed up things occur in that series (and also its sister series Higurashi, and likely Ryukishi07's later works) and then also remember that that series was very formative for me during my high school years.

Today's kids could never xD

#don't mind me having a moment #higurashi & umineko are both ridiculously dark but like... the purity panic just did not exist back then?#(i was in middle school for Higurashi!)#and like... my friends and i knew this stuff was dark and we could talk about it and analyze it for hours #so much disturbing horrifying stuff (outside of the gruesome murders lol) but like... this stuff occurs in real life #and it didn't feel wrong or shocking to see it actually depicted (if that makes sense)#the characters were awful but sympathetic and compelling #they had moments where you despised them and moments where you were cheering loudly for them #they really felt like actual people #and with one exception the fandom back then was pretty good at acknowledging their flaws and their strengths #at least the parts I interacted with #(anyway Umineko has some of the most realistic depictions of child abuse i have ever seen in media)#(and this feels like an incredibly weird thing to praise in a series)#(but there is just generally a lot to praise in umineko lol)#(but also i would love to see some put together a content warning list for umineko just to see how long it would be)

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