Episode guide
Umineko no Naku Koro ni episodes
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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…
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…
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…
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.
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.
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…
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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…
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.
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.
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.
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…
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.
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.
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.
