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*[[Lion Ushiromiya]] and Willard call each other "Watson" and "Holmes", direct references to the famous [[Wikipedia:Sherlock Holmes|Sherlock Holmes]] franchise.
*In {{end}}, both Soji Shimada's Tokyo Zodiac Murders and Ango Sakaguchi's Furenzoku satsujin jiken are directly referenced.
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**The setting of an isolated island owned by a mysterious wealthy man who is already dead at the beginning of the story occurs in both ''Umineko no Naku Koro ni'' and ''And Then There Were None''.
*In {{requiem}}, [[Gaap]] refers to herself as "U.N. Owen, a 495-year-old witch", another reference to [[Wikipedia:Agatha Christie|Agatha Christie's]] [[Wikipedia:And Then There Were None|And Then There Were None]].▼
**Both ''Umineko no Naku Koro ni'' and ''And Then There Were None'' feature a prophetic passage that ensuing murders line up with ([[The Witch's Epitaph]] in ''Umineko no Naku Koro ni'' and [[Wikipedia:Ten Little Indians|Ten Little Indians]] in ''And Then There Were None''.
**In {{requiem}}, ''[[Wikipedia:And Then There Were None|Ten Little Indians]]'' is directly referenced.
▲**In {{requiem}}, [[Gaap]] refers to herself as "U.N. Owen, a 495-year-old witch",
*[[Battler Ushiromiya|Battler Ushiromiya's]] name may be a reference to [[Wikipedia:Superintendent Battle|Superintendent Battle]], a recurring character created by [[Wikipedia:Agatha Christie|Agatha Christie]].
*[[Sayo Yasuda|Sayo Yasuda's]] nickname "Yasu" is likely a reference to Yasuhiro "Yasu" Mono from the the 1983 game ''[[Wikipedia:The Portopia Serial Murder Case|The Portopia Serial Murder Case]]''.
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