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>>36808443
You're right. I finally can sleep peacefully, knowing that all is right in the world.
Finally, I don't have to glance at these threads with a fear of spoilers
>>36808148
I have finished the Tea Party.
Brilliant. A good final act, a good final twist, a great final scene.
I'd say this was a great journey through and through. I took my time, went through the game slowly, and I feel so great about where I ended up.
If you don't mind, I'm going to go into a long spiel going over my experience and my thoughts and I won't go through the trouble of using spoilers to block out details.
At the beginning I got a clue that this was a true mystery when at the beginning Maria's rose was a detail that could be solved from paying attention to one small line an hour before became a critical piece of the storyline that allowed Beatrice to introduce herself to Maria, but I sort of... didn't know what I was doing... in the game and stopped thinking.
In the second game I completely gave up and said magic was real, Beatrice is the Golden witch there are 19+x people on the island, etc.
Third game I put some thought into it and played around with some theories in my head, but as soon as the Battler's Sin was mentioned in game 4, I made the connection immediately and knew at that very moment who was Beatrice. 7 confirmed it over for me, which in retrospect I should have replayed chapter 1-4 again to resolve and lock in my answer before that, but whatever. I know technically there are two options, but I prefer it if the first obvious answer. I know that bit where they talk about the ruined body, but I don't think it's solid enough to be called a fact and consider it bullshit.
I also knew that the Epitaph was Japanese Pun bullshit, so I didn't even bother and I don't feel bad.
I saw the parallels between fantasy and mystery characters, especially in the character menu when it mentions the one bunny who never shows up... which is a shame. But as far as I'm concerned, magic is real and everything that happened happened.
I don't want to talk too much about all the characters, but I have to say I'm glad I ended up liking all of them eventually. It's a shame that I can only like Bern after episode 8 which I feel like she seems at her best, but also at her most interesting only at this final hour.
My favorite character above all else is Battler, because he's the entire reason I even picked up this VN. Second would be Beatrice who gives a lot of charming character to the story altogether. And thirdly, I equally also like Virgilia and Rosa and find myself doodling them a lot. There is so much to like about the rest which is pretty amazing.
As far as the best chapters, I'd say 8>4=3>5>6>2>1>7 even though I do like Lion and Will
Overall, I have never been rewarded so much by any media ever from investing my passion and attention into the material itself.
Now time to read the manga. I know someone mentioned that the anime is shit, so I'll refrain from that. I'll probably replay the game in January or February, because I am a bit drained, but equally excited to go through it again now knowing everything I know.

>>36651258
A game master can make a piece act in any way he wants. What you think Kyrie and Rudolf were like is just what the game masters made them out to be like.

>>36613175
>and the kind kind grandpa Kinzo.
about that...