Umineko Episode 2, Pt. VI (BAD END)
The servants have explained what happened in the servant’s bedroom, and while George is skeptical, he is willing to believe them.
Shannon feels like an idiot for breaking the mirror at the shrine, and is inconsolable. one of the servants mentions a mirror Natsuhi had, that was supposedly similar to the one Shannon broke. George proposes that they go break into the chapel and retrieve the key to Natsuhi’s room from her corpse (seeing as they all gave up their master keys to Rosa), get into her room and get the mirror to use as protection against Beatrice. Shannon gets a flashlight, and Gohda finds something to break the chapel window(s) with. Genji says he will stay behind, so he can be on-call for Kinzo if he is needed. As George, Shannon and Gohda set off, Genji sits in front of his unfinished chess game. Placing three knives beside him, he notices a gold butterfly out of the corner of his eye. He throws a knife at it, pinning it to the wall. He sits and waits for whatever will happen.
Meanwhile, everyone else is sitting in the parlor. Rosa barricaded the parlor room with furniture, and sits in a chair watching the window for suspects. Battler and Maria are trying to solve Beatrice’s riddle, but to no avail. Battler asks if Beatrice will really keep her promise to stop the ceremony once the riddle is solved, and Maria says yes. Apparently, with magic, one must take ‘risks’ to get any results. So, no matter what, if the riddle is solved Beatrice must stop the ceremony, and no one else will die. Battler doesn’t believe this, and thinks it’s just Beatrice tricking Maria’s innocent heart.
From their game above, Beatrice declares in red that she keeps her promises. If they manage to solve the riddle, the ceremony will stop. While she [Beatrice] admits she is a complete monster, since she is a witch, she has to follow certain rules. Beatrice asks if humans always follow their promises, to which Battler laughs. He says of humans need phrases like “keep your promises”, then they clearly aren’t very reliable. Beatrice agrees, saying humans aren’t born knowing fraud, they must learn it. Battler then restates that he will never give in to Beatrice. and will continue denying her forever. Beatrice laughs, saying she will help age Battler to the best wine to serve with her 1,000 years of time. She is happy Battler is finally getting back into the fighting spirit, so their game will become fun again.
Gohda, George and Shannon have successfully broken into the chapel, and Gohda asks Shannon to retrieve the key, as he cannot touch Natsuhi’s female body. Shannon agrees, and shares that Gohda was fired from his job and left homeless when Natsuhi hired him, essentially saving his life. As such, Gohda holds deep respect for Natsuhi and, even in her death, will not break that bond. Shannon grabs the key from the now-rotting corpse, and as she’s walking back to George and Gohda, their expressions change for the worse. Gold butterflies are surrounding Shannon at an incredible rate. George yells for Shannon to run, who is startled and only just notices the butterflies. As the windows in the chapel are high, they don’t have the time to get a footstool, so George tries to break the chapel doors down while Gohda protects Shannon. Beatrice appears, laughing at them, telling them if they think the chapel is a suitable cemetary they should just stay put. The door finally gives, and the three of them run into the house, only evading Beatrice and the butterflies thanks to the rain.
They finally arrive in Natsuhi’s room, and start ransacking the room for any sign of a treasure box or mirror. Gohda realizes the door has been left open and goes to close it, noticing the butterlies and 6 new Goat-Butlers approaching the door. Gohda freaks out and attempts to lock the door, only to find something on the other side is unlocking it. He fights back and forth with whoever’s on the other side, until he finally gives up and holds the door closed with his body. Shannon and George have found a locked box, and are trying to break into it. Shannon finds a letter opener, and George frantically tries to open the box. Gohda begs them to hurry, as he can feel the Goat-Butlers pushing to get in. Out of nowhere, an arm appears through the door, and a Stake pops through (I think it was Beelzebub, but I can’t remember what their hair looked like anymore). She laughs, and asks Gohda to scream when his life is over.. of course, at this point. Gohda is already screaming. She promptly kills him.
Shannon and George have gotten the mirror out, but not really in time. Right as they’re about to get killed, a red barrier appears around them, saving them from Beelzebub. Beatrice laughs, having forgotten Shannon was one of Kinzo’s pieces of furniture, and thus pretty badass. Beatrice asks if Shannon has any regrets, and then laughs, saying she can see them drooling out of her mouth. Shannon says no, she has none, since she is able to be with the one she loves no matter what. She tells Beatrice she is pitiful, pitiful, pitiful. Beatrice goes off the deep end, screaming to Shannon that she is nothing but useless, horrible furniture who is good for nothing and she should shut up and not mock Beatrice, the great Golden Witch. Beatrice strikes hard at Shannon’s barrier, and eventually it’s too much for her. The barrier falls, and Shannon apologizes for not being able to protect George until the end. He says it’s alright, she fought for him and that’s all that matters. They hold onto each others hands, and Shannon asks to hear George say “I love you” once before they die. As he’s about to say it, both of them are sliced into pieces.
Genji is wandering around the house, doing his rounds as normal. He finds it odd that he’s able to do things so casually, despite all that’s happened. He assumes it’s just resignation; that he’s given up. Since Rosa took all their master keys, all he really do is make sure windows are closed and locked. As he steps out for a minute, he notices some blood on a set of stairs outside.
Genji alerts Rosa that he’s located Nanjo and Kumasawa’s corpses. Rosa agrees to check it out, as she cannot believe anybody until she sees the corpses with her own eyes. Maria grabs Battler’s hand, telling him it will be okay as long as she is with him. They arrive in the courtyard and find the bodies of Nanjo and Kumasawa as the seventh and eighth twilights. Battler mentions that this means they skipped 4, 5, and 6.. only to realize Gohda, Shannon and George were not with Genji. Genji says he was alone in the kitchen, as the other 3 went to get the key to Natsuhi’s room. They all rush over to the house, and to Natsuhi’s bedroom.
As they arrive at Natsuhi’s room, they find the door covered with hand prints and what looks like blood. Genji tries to open the door, but it’s locked. Rosa gives a master key to Battler, and he opens the door. Inside, they find the bodies of Gohda, Shannon, and George, as the fourth, fifth, and sixth twilights.
Returning to the parlor, Rosa says goodnight to Genji. Battler is confused as to why Rosa is leaving him alone after what they just saw. Rosa again says that Genji is a suspect, especially since he is the only one of the servants left alive. Battler tries to interject, but Genji interrupts and says it’s alright, he will head off to sleep. Inside the parlor, Battler sits down, only to find an envelope on the table. He opens it, finding a page with a magic circle drawn on, and a page with a letter from Beatrice. The letter asks if they’ve solved the riddle yet, and tells them the ninth twilight is coming soon.
Maria notices the letter in Battler’s hand, and says something. Rosa freaks out, as she herself checked all the locks before they left to check the corpses, and now suspects Battler is the culprit. Battler must of placed the envelope there himself, because it definitely wasn’t there when Rosa came in. Battler counters, saying that since Natsuhi’s room was locked, and Rosa’s the only one with keys now, that she must of killed the 3 in there. They go back and forth, accusing one another, until Maria tells them to stop. Maria says not to worry, because the witch did everything. Battler cries out for Beatrice to show herself and admit responsibility for all that has happened today, but to no avail.
Kinzo awakens in his room. He wonders how far along Beatrice’s ceremony is. He approaches her portrait and cries out to her, begging for her to show herself to him, so he can apologize. Beatrice appears and chuckles, laughing at Kinzo. He continues to cry, wishing he could see her, and sets up an ongoing game on the chess board. Beatrice laughs again, saying no woman could fall in love with Kinzo’s tears. He whispers ‘I love you’ to Beatrice, and she laughs again. Someone knocks at Kinzo’s door, and he calls out. Nobody answers, so he calls out again. He then asks if it is Beatrice, and the only response he gets is this:
‘at the ninth twilight, the witch shall be revived and none shall be left alive.’
Battler is in the dining room, getting totally drunk. Genji comes in, and Battler assumes he is about to be killed. Genji summons Battler to Kinzo’s study to learn the ‘truth’. He agrees, and heads upstairs. Once they arrive, he finds Kinzo playing chess with someone.. Beatrice. She laughs, and Battler wtf’s, and Beatrice offers to answer all of Battler’s questions before the ninth twilight..
BATTLER JUST LOST THE GAME. Credits roll. But wait! There’s more!
Rosa is in the chapel, calling for Beatrice. She takes a gold ingot from the table and puts it in a bag. Maria tells her to calm down, Beatrice will be coming very soon.
Beatrice is preparing in Kinzo’s study. Battler has become her furniture. Genji prepares Beatrice’s dress, and him and Kinzo leave so she can get ready. She forces Battler to undo all the buttons on her clothes.
Downstairs, there are guests in goat masks everywhere. Beatrice descends down the staircase, with Battler on a leash behind her, into the crowd. She runs into Bernkastel, who is not very fond of Beatrice’s furniture hobby. Everyone starts to head into the Golden Land.. which entails eating the humans who have survived. Kinzo is devoured, and then, after putting up a bit of a fight, so is Battler.
Rosa and Maria are fleeing from the Goat-Butlers in the garden. Maria trips, and Rosa stops to help her, and kills a Goat-Butler. She is out of bullets, and, while Maria reloads the gun, Rosa is flinging the bar of gold into Goat’s heads and shoves a pen into one of their eyes. They keep running, until Rosa trips on a set of stairs and breaks her ankle. Rosa tells Maria to go on ahead, but Maria ignores her. Rosa asks Maria if she really wants to be with a bad Mama like her, and Maria says yes, of course, you are my only Mama. The two of them are devoured by the Goats together.
BAD END UH OH. I don’t really have any words, especially since I beat this a few days ago and have already beaten EP3 in the time it’s taken me to finish posting these summaries/I’m really lazy. But, in the words of the great witch Bernkastel..
