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=== Van Dine's First ===
=== Van Dine's First ===
The reader must have equal opportunity with the detective for solving the mystery. All clues must be plainly stated and described.
The reader must have equal opportunity with the detective for solving the mystery. All clues must be plainly stated and described.

In ''Umineko no Naku Koro ni'': It is forbidden to have a crime without all blues presented.
In ''Umineko no Naku Koro ni'': It is forbidden to have a crime without all blues presented.
=== Van Dine's Second ===
=== Van Dine's Second ===
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=== Van Dine's Seventh ===
=== Van Dine's Seventh ===
There simply must be a corpse in a detective novel, and the deader the corpse the better. No lesser crime than murder will suffice. Three hundred pages is far too much bother for a crime other than murder. After all, the reader's trouble and expenditure of energy must be rewarded.
There simply must be a corpse in a detective novel, and the deader the corpse the better. No lesser crime than murder will suffice. Three hundred pages is far too much bother for a crime other than murder. After all, the reader's trouble and expenditure of energy must be rewarded.

In ''Umineko no Naku Koro ni'': It is forbidden to have a crime without a corpse.
In ''Umineko no Naku Koro ni'': It is forbidden to have a crime without a corpse.
=== Van Dine's Eighth ===
=== Van Dine's Eighth ===
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=== Van Dine's Eleventh ===
=== Van Dine's Eleventh ===
A servant must not be chosen by the author as the culprit. This is begging a noble question. It is a too easy solution. The culprit must be a decidedly worth-while person — one that wouldn't ordinarily come under suspicion.
A servant must not be chosen by the author as the culprit. This is begging a noble question. It is a too easy solution. The culprit must be a decidedly worth-while person — one that wouldn't ordinarily come under suspicion.

In ''Umineko no Naku Koro ni'': It is forbidden for a servant to be the culprit!
In ''Umineko no Naku Koro ni'': It is forbidden for a servant to be the culprit!
=== Van Dine's Twelfth ===
=== Van Dine's Twelfth ===