Also known as: うみねこのなく頃に, 海猫鸣泣之时, うみねこFA, うみねこのなく頃に散
Visual novel by 07th Expansion with an anime adaptation (aired 2009) and a version for the Playstation 3 (released 2016).
Part of the When They Cry series, along with Higurashi No Naku Koro Ni and Ciconia No Naku Koro Ni. 07th Expansion also developed a fighting game for it called Ougon Musou Kyoku.
The story focuses on a group of eighteen people on a secluded island trapped by a typhoon for a period of two days, and the mysterious murders that befall them. Most of these eighteen people are members of the wealthy Ushiromiya family.
The division of assets belonging to the ailing head of the Ushiromiya family is a primary source of conflict amongst much of the cast.
The story also centers around a group of witches, angels and demons.
Arcs
- Episode 1: Legend Of The Golden Witch
- Episode 2: Turn Of The Golden Witch
- Episode 3: Banquet Of The Golden Witch
- Episode 4: Alliance Of The Golden Witch
- Episode 5: End Of The Golden Witch
- Episode 6: Dawn Of The Golden Witch
- Episode 7: Requiem Of The Golden Witch
- Episode 8: Twilight Of The Golden Witch
Characters
Untagged spoilers abound for ease of reading.
Ushiromiya Family
- Ushiromiya Kinzou
- Ushiromiya Hideyoshi
- Ushiromiya Eva
- Ushiromiya George
- Ushiromiya Rudolf
- Ushiromiya Kyrie
- Ushiromiya Battler
- Ushiromiya Ange
- Ushiromiya Krauss
- Ushiromiya Natsuhi
- Ushiromiya Jessica
- Ushiromiya Lion
- Ushiromiya Rosa
- Ushiromiya Maria
Ushiromiya Servants
Former Servants
- Lunon (Umineko)
- Lenon (Umineko)
- Sanon (Umineko)
- Leion (Umineko)
- Manon (Umineko)
- Belne (Umineko)
- Asne (Umineko)
Witches
- Beatrice (Umineko)
- Frederica Bernkastel
- Furudo Erika
- Lambdadelta
- Virgilia (Umineko)
- EVA-Beatrice
- MARIA
- ANGE-Beatrice
- Featherine Augustus Aurora
- Piece (Umineko)
Furniture
- Stakes Of Purgatory
- Lucifer (Umineko)
- Leviathan (Umineko)
- Satan (Umineko)
- Belphegor (Umineko)
- Mammon (Umineko)
- Beelzebub (Umineko)
- Asmodeus (Umineko)
- Chiester Sisters
- Chiester45
- Chiester410
- Chiester00
- Chiester556
- Eiserne Jungfrau
- Dlanor A. Knox
- Gertrude (Umineko)
- Cornelia (Umineko)
- Other
- Ronove (Umineko)
- Gaap (Umineko)
- Furfur
- Zepar
- Goatman (Umineko)
- Sakutarou (Umineko)
- Willard H. Wright
- Clair Vaux Bernardus
- Flauros (Umineko)
- Virgilius (Umineko)
Characters of 1998
- Okonogi Tetsurou
- Amakusa Juuza
- Sumadera Kasumi
- Professor Ootsuki
- Nanjou Masayuki
- Kumasawa Sabakichi
- Captain Kawabata
- Hachijou Ikuko
- Hachijou Tooya
