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>>16680192
>Is Umineko more popular among western fans or something?
It's generally better received for sure.
A lot of Japanese players came directly from Higurashi and a big percentage of those already jumped the boat when Kanon took out his blade.
The magic battles in general are something many Higurashi fans there seem to complain about.
Now obviously there's also the same things some people in the west say. Things like it's too difficult and that it is all over the place in Chiru because of BT's death.
Umineko still has a lot of fans in Japan though which is already obvious by the high amount of fanart. It just seems to be harder to talk about it over there since the amount of butthurt goats who either came from Higurashi expecting something similar or people who stopped thinking after the magic battles appeared.
Compare the ratings of Umineko's PS3 version and Umineko Chiru's PS3 version on amazon.