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Umineko no Naku Koro ni episodes

26 episodes
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26
episodes listed
  1. Episode 1 · Opening

    Aired Thursday, July 2, 2009 · 23 min

    The Ushiromiya family gathers on Rokkenjima, a small island off the coast of Japan, for their annual family conference to discuss how the inheritance of the ailing family head, Kinzo, will be…

  2. Episode 2 · First Move

    Aired Thursday, July 9, 2009 · 23 min

    After dinner is over, Maria reads a letter she says she received from Beatrice earlier. The contents stipulate that Beatrice will take everything the Ushiromiya family owns if no one can solve the…

  3. Episode 3 · Dubious Move

    Aired Thursday, July 16, 2009 · 23 min

    While attempting to figure out what had happened, the remaining guests discover that their radio is not working, effectively leaving them stranded on the island with the culprit until the typhoon…

  4. Episode 4 · Blunder

    Aired Thursday, July 23, 2009 · 23 min

    Everybody tries to determine how Eva and Hideyoshi could have been killed when an odd smell begins to fill the mansion.

  5. Episode 5 · Fool's Mate

    Aired Thursday, July 30, 2009 · 23 min

    Upon being pressed about the murders, Maria tells them that Beatrice is the culprit, though Battler refuses to accept this explanation.

  6. Episode 6 · Middle Game

    Aired Thursday, August 6, 2009 · 23 min

    After one of the family meetings in 1984, Shannon admits to Jessica that she has a crush on George. However, Eva mentions that George will be taking part in an arranged marriage to keep Shannon away…

  7. Episode 7 · Early Queen Move

    Aired Thursday, August 13, 2009 · 23 min

    Battler and Beatrice begin their debate of logic vs. magic from Purgatory when the Ushiromiya family members gather for their annual conference.

  8. Episode 8 · Week Square

    Aired Thursday, August 20, 2009 · 23 min

    Rosa's siblings and their spouses go missing, while the remaining guests find the chapel door locked.

  9. Episode 9 · Skewer

    Aired Thursday, August 27, 2009 · 23 min

    Everyone finds Jessica's body in her locked room, while Kanon's is nowhere to be found, having been erased by Beatrice.

  10. Episode 10 · Accept

    Aired Thursday, September 3, 2009 · 23 min

    The servants try to explain what happened to the others, but when they return to the room where Nanjo and Kumasawa were killed, their bodies are missing.

  11. Episode 11 · Back Rank Mate

    Aired Thursday, September 10, 2009 · 23 min

    Empowered by Natsuhi's mirror, Shannon attempts to defend herself and George, but they are both killed by Beatrice.

  12. Episode 12 · Castling

    Aired Thursday, September 17, 2009 · 23 min

    Several years in the past, a young, human Beatrice meets the Golden Witch "Beatrice" preceeding her and becomes her apprentice in magic.

  13. Episode 13 · Gambit

    Aired Thursday, September 24, 2009 · 23 min

    Rosa recounts how she met the human Beatrice confined in a hidden mansion, Kuwadorian, on the island twenty years ago and helped her escape, only to see her accidentally fall off a cliff to her…

  14. Episode 14 · Positional Play

    Aired Thursday, October 1, 2009 · 23 min

    Beatrice and her predecessor engage in a magic battle, though a surprise attack allows Beatrice to kill her teacher.

  15. Episode 15 · Isolated Pawn

    Aired Thursday, October 8, 2009 · 23 min

    Eva is discovered by Rosa and leaves to discuss how Kinzo's gold should be divided among the siblings.

  16. Episode 16 · Queening Square

    Aired Thursday, October 15, 2009 · 23 min

    After the bodies of Rosa and Maria are found, Rudolf, Kyrie, and Hideyoshi go to retrieve food from the mansion, only to be trapped inside by Eva-Beatrice.

  17. Episode 17 · Promotion

    Aired Thursday, October 22, 2009 · 23 min

    Battler decides to give Beatrice another chance to change her ways, so Beatrice goes to the real world to visit George, who is still grieving over Shannon's death, and offers to bring Shannon back to…

  18. Episode 18 · Swindles

    Aired Thursday, October 29, 2009 · 23 min

    Beatrice resurrects Kanon's spirit for Jessica and defends her against Eva-Beatrice, nearly getting killed in the process.

  19. Episode 19 · End Game

    Aired Thursday, November 5, 2009 · 23 min

    Between 1986 and 1998, Ange leads a harsh, isolated life at St. Lucia Academy, a boarding school Eva sent her to.

  20. Episode 20 · Zugzwang

    Aired Thursday, November 12, 2009 · 23 min

    Ange briefly withdraws from Beatrice's game to confront Maria over her denial of being neglected by Rosa, but Maria tells her that she is content with Sakutaro ensuring her mother's love.