Twilight of the Golden Witch

Twilight of the Golden Witch
Developer	07th Expansion
Publisher	07th Expansion
Arc Type	Answer
Released	December 31, 2010 (C79)
Umineko no Naku Koro ni Chronology
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Twilight of the Golden Witch is the eighth arc of the Umineko no Naku Koro ni series as well as the fourth and final arc of Umineko no Naku Koro ni Chiru.

Plot

The Halloween Party

Twilight of the Golden Witch opens with a Halloween Party attended by the entire Ushiromiya family and their servants. Most notably, a 6 year-old Ange Ushiromiya is present for the party and plays the part of the protagonist for the duration of the party. Ange finds the entire part to be incredibly off due to how strange her family seems to be acting. Prior to the party, Ange is under the belief that Kinzo is a terrifying individual and that the Ushiromiya family is largely bitter to one another. However, during the Halloween party, Kinzo greets everyone quite happily and the entire family gets along very well. The family even performs a gift exchange, something Ange had never seen the family do before. The party is revealed to be taking place in Purgatorio rather than on any Game Board and several characters speak on Ange's future.

The Final Game

Main article: Umineko no Naku Koro ni Timeline (final game)

The final game is a showdown between Bernkastel and the husband-wife team of Battler Ushiromiya and Beatrice with Lambdadelta mediating. The final game is designed to be a simple mystery story, one completely devoid of any magical influence. The final game is bound a set of rules which are set out at the beginning of the game:

• The definition of 'culprit' is 'one who murders'.
• It is possible for a culprit to lie.
• It is possible for the culprit to lie even before committing murder.
• Characters who are not culprits only speak the truth.
• Characters who are not culprits may not cooperate with a culprit.
• A culprit must carry out all murders directly, by their own hands.
• A culprit must not die.
• A culprit must be among the characters appearing in the story.
• Purple statements are as absolute as red truths. However, the culprit alone may lie with purple statements.
• The Reader will tell no lies. In other words, outside of spoken statements, there are no lies in the narration.
• [Lambdadelta] guarantee[s] that it is possible to pinpoint the culprit with this information.

Characters

The Ushiromiya Family

• Kinzo Ushiromiya
• Krauss Ushiromiya
• Natsuhi Ushiromiya
• Eva Ushiromiya
• Hideyoshi Ushiromiya
• Rudolf Ushiromiya
• Kyrie Ushiromiya
• Rosa Ushiromiya
• Jessica Ushiromiya
• George Ushiromiya
• Battler Ushiromiya
• Ange Ushiromiya
• Maria Ushiromiya

Servants

• Genji Ronoue
• Toshiro Gohda
• Chiyo Kumasawa
• Shannon
• Kanon

Witches and Demons

• Beatrice
• Bernkastel
• Lamdadelta

Other

• Terumasa Nanjo
• Tohya Hachijo
• Ikuko Hachijo
• Black Battler

Media

Chapters

• 01 (203). To Rokkenjima
• 02 (204). 6-year-old Ange
• 03 (205). Reversion of Gold
• 04 (206). Survival Goal
• 05 (207). Reversion Ritual
• 06 (208). Halloween Party (1)
• 07 (209). Halloween Party (2)
• 08 (210). Halloween Party (3)
• 09 (211). Banquet of Human and Witches
• 10 (212). Banquet of Human and Witches
• 11 (213). Bern's Questions
• 12 (214). Bern's Challenge
• 13 (215). Latecomer
• 14 (216). Latecomer (2)
• 15 (217). Latecomer (3)
• 16 (218). Black Cat's Scratches
• 17 (219). Black Cat's Scratches (2)
• 18 (220). Black Cat's Scratches (3)
• 19 (221). Black Cat's Scratches (4)
• 20 (222). Chapel's Attack and Defense
• 21 (223). Chapel's Attack and Defense (2)
• 22 (224). The City of Books
• 23 (225). In the Golden Village
• 24 (226). The Book of the Single Truth
• -- (227). interlude —Ikuko Hachijo—
• -- (228). Confession of the golden witch①
• -- (229). Confession of the golden witch②
• -- (230). Confession of the golden witch③
• 25 (231). Cage of Bonds
• 26 (232). Ultimatum
• 27 (233). Detective
• 28 (234). The Outbreak of War
• 29 (235). Game of Love and Hatred
• 30 (236). Trample
• 31 (237). The End of the Fierce Fight
• 32 (238). Death
• 33 (239). Reviving the Dead
• 34 (240). Ange's Selection
• 35 (241). Beyond the Door ―Trick―, And
• 36 (242). Beyond the Door ―Magic―
• 37 (243). When the Seagulls Cry
• 38 (244). The Golden Village

Volumes

• 01 (42). Twilight of the Golden Witch: Volume 42
• 02 (43). Twilight of the Golden Witch: Volume 43
• 03 (44). Twilight of the Golden Witch: Volume 44
• 04 (45). Twilight of the Golden Witch: Volume 45
• 05 (46). Twilight of the Golden Witch: Volume 46
• 06 (47). Twilight of the Golden Witch: Volume 47
• 07 (48). Twilight of the Golden Witch: Volume 48
• 08 (49). Twilight of the Golden Witch: Volume 49
• 09 (50). Twilight of the Golden Witch: Volume 50

Trivia

• Kyrie and Rudolf's riddles during the Halloween party mention 3 girls, Miyoko, Satoko and Rika, all of whom are characters in Higurashi no Naku Koro ni.