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kurtisc 15 May, 2020 @ 4:09am
HIGURASHI & UMINEKO SPOILERS - Dear publishers
You know when acknowledging that something is a spoiler is itself a spoiler?

The banner and icon for this game are $CHARACTER. Yes, players of Chapter 7 will already be aware of $CHARACTER's significance, but the banner for this game is used to advertise it on the page for Chapter 1.

It would be essentially impossible to buy the full series without realising that $CHARACTER is more important than they appear to be in Chapter 1.

To a lesser degree, this also applies to Chapter 7's artwork implying that a character with supernatural features will appear. That spoiled me when I read the series before Chapter 8's release. Umineko's answer arcs also reveal the existence of a character that doesn't appear before them.

If a character must be used, couldn't a different on be chosen?

Devils advocate: The original Japanese cover seems to be the same character:
http://07th-expansion.net/hig_gensaku
However I guess this was sold at Comiket mostly to readers who'd already finished the previous chapter.
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fllthdcrb 15 May, 2020 @ 6:36am 
Originally posted by kurtisc:
Devils advocate: The original Japanese cover seems to be the same character:
http://07th-expansion.net/hig_gensaku
Who, Rena? I don't see the one you seem to be talking about anywhere on that page. Or the other one you mentioned. Are we seeing the same thing?

But yeah, I agree with this complaint. You'd think they could have come up with a less spoilery solution.
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fllthdcrb 15 May, 2020 @ 7:09am 
Originally posted by darksagerk:
The game is 30 years old who cares
People who are reading it for the first time, often because Steam is their first exposure to it.
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kurtisc 15 May, 2020 @ 7:31am 
Originally posted by fllthdcrb:
Originally posted by kurtisc:
Devils advocate: The original Japanese cover seems to be the same character:
http://07th-expansion.net/hig_gensaku
Who, Rena? I don't see the one you seem to be talking about anywhere on that page. Or the other one you mentioned. Are we seeing the same thing?

But yeah, I agree with this complaint. You'd think they could have come up with a less spoilery solution.
wrong link
https://07th-expansion.net/archives/1041

It's hard to navigate because I don't speak Japanese. Which is probably why I read English translations without being aware, or wanting to be aware, of characters Japanese readers are aware of.
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fllthdcrb 15 May, 2020 @ 7:54am 
Originally posted by kurtisc:
https://07th-expansion.net/archives/1041
Hmm, I guess that is her, though it took me a while to see the resemblance.
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niniusnunius 15 May, 2020 @ 3:43pm 
That's actually a good point. I knew Higurashi story already long before reading it here so I never realized how much of a spoiler they actually are. Pretty sad tbh for the new readers of the story.
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Alice 15 May, 2020 @ 4:38pm 
Originally posted by fllthdcrb:
Originally posted by kurtisc:
https://07th-expansion.net/archives/1041
Hmm, I guess that is her, though it took me a while to see the resemblance.
That's the light novel cover and that's also not exactly her.

The original Japanese cover only has Rena on it.
Last edited by Alice; 15 May, 2020 @ 4:38pm
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Mothy 1 Jul, 2020 @ 10:52am 
I don't think it's a big deal. "the murder victim will be important and have their story explored" is all the banner really tells you, which is a no-brainer. It doesn't give away her specific role in the plot, and as early as Chapter 3 the game straight up tells you "she did a murder".
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