...Umm... Help with Umineko: When they Cry?

[Omachy]

I went to the scans of the manga on manga reader and I see that there are 8 episodes plus a X episode that splits 4 and 5 (becoming chiru? Not sure if they are related in story at all, but they share episode number chronically) . It says that each episode is ongoing, so I was wondering how are they supposed to be read? Do I read all there is for episode 1 then go to episode 2? Or are the episodes completely separate, as in 8 ish story arcs running at the same time that are separate (I watched most of the anime, but even in the anime the *episodes* or games were related slightly to each other)?

 

[whatpu]

When they cry is always done in a ton of alternate arcs. so I can see the confusion.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Umineko_no_Naku_Koro_ni_chapters Look at these, read them in order from up to down.

I might be being no help at all right now lol :D Tell me if this helped at all

 

[Bay K.W. Arde]

Episode 1-4 is the question arc and episode 5-8 is the answers arc. Episode 1 question correspond with the answers in episode 5 and so on. The godawful anime only cover the question arc, barely. You are supposed to read the chronologically.

Anyway, it is better if you read the VN first. The manga and the anime are supplementary material. They are supposed to be service for those who have read the VN. All the VN (Episode 1-8) have an english patch you can download at the WitchHunt site.

You can buy the VN for cheap or grab a torrent somewhere (google it).