Since Narutaki is still on vacation and Secret Santa project is over now is the time for me to lay the seeds of turning this into the proper Type-Moon blog it has always been destined to be. While most people take enjoyment of the December holidays I have taken immense pleasure in the sheer number of Type-Moon related announcements this month. It is a good time to be me with so much wonderful material coming out next year.
With only a little over a month until the release of last chapter of Umineko no Naku Koro ni I have to say I am giddy with anticipation to see the answers to the questions we have had since 2007. But recently 07th Expansion has released a slew of announcements that are equally exciting. They are obviously striking while the iron is hot and cashing in on the finale of the game but that is fine by me.
I was recently having a discussion with Otaku USA’s Caleb Dunaway about why I thoroughly love 07th Expansion’s When They Cry series, but utterly hate the Zaregoto series. They are both deconstructive looks at the mystery genre that play with tropes and expectations of the genre, but I could not put my finger on what made me love one series and dislike the other, despite being similar in their approach. But then I read this post by Eternal on his new perspective on the series after playing the 5th and 6th games, and it struck me that it was the attitude towards the mystery genre in each series that made my feelings so decisive.
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