The second arc of Umineko no Naku Koro ni has been pretty crazy, especially towards the end where Beatrice is having way too much fun. However, I am not sure how much we can believe what was seen on screen: perhaps it was all what Beatrice wants us to believe, rather than what actually happened. Like I did for the first arc, I have organized a timeline of events that might help figure things out. I have also gathered the truths revealed by Beatrice for this arc.
1985
- October
- Eva, Hideyoshi, and George visit Rokkenjima.
- Shannon and Kanon encounter Beatrice.
- December
- Shannon smashes mirror in shrine.
1986
- Summer
- Shrine destroyed by storm.
- George and Shannon go on date in Okinawa. Start of episode I-I.
- Autumn
- Jessica’s school holds school festival, Kanon shows up. End of episode I-I.
October 4, 1986
- Episode II-II begins.
- Ushiromiya family members take boat to Rokkenjima.
- Rosa and Maria encounter Beatrice, receives letters.
- 11:30AM
- Genji greets Beatrice.
- Kirie encounters Beatrice.
- Kanon serves tea to Beatrice in guest room.
- 6:00PM
- Shannon serves dinner to Beatrice.
- Dinner, where presence of Beatrice is announced.
- Grandchildren and Nanjo are sent to guest house.
- 10:00PM
- George proposes to Shannon.
- Parents accept that Beatrice is a witch.
October 5, 1986
- 6:00AM
- Episode II-III begins.
- Bloody drawing found on door of chapel.
- Rosa retrieves key to chapel from envelope Maria received from Beatrice.
- Klaus, Natsuhi, Eva, Hideyoshi, Rudolph, and Kirie found dead in chapel.
- Nanjo discovers letter in chapel.
- Jessica, Kanon, and Gouda find Beatrice gone from her room, discover new letter.
- Jessica and Kanon encounter Beatrice.
- 6:43AM
- Gouda makes report about letter found in Beatrice’s room.
- Jessica and Kanon are killed.
- Genji and Shannon finish report to Kinzou.
- 7:30AM
- Rosa, Genji, and Shannon return from Kinzou’s study. Rosa now has a gun.
- 7:52AM
- Episode II-IV begins.
- Jessica found dead in her room.
- 8:04AM
- Battler convinces Rosa to back down on her accusations.
- 1:00PM
- End of lunch.
- Employees sent away.
- Fake Kanon kills Nanjo and Kumasawa.
- 1:17PM
- Episode II-V begins.
- Servants make confusing report about deaths of Nanjo and Kumasawa.
- Bodies of Nanjo and Kumasawa are gone from employee room.
- New letter discovered.
- Rosa receives all master keys.
- Servants and George head to kitchen.
- 6:00PM
- Shannon remembers about Natsuhi’s mirror.
- George, Shannon, and Gouda head to chapel for Natsuhi’s key. Genji stays behind.
- George, Shannon, and Gouda encounter Beatrice.
- Box containing Natsuhi’s mirror is found.
- Gouda is killed.
- Episode II-VI begins.
- George and Shannon are killed.
- 9:00PM
- Genji discovers bodies of Nanjo and Kumasawa.
- George, Shannon, and Gouda are found dead.
- Rosa, Maria, and Battler return to parlor.
- Battler discovers new letter, prompts accusations between him and Rosa.
- 11:30PM
- Someone knocks on the door to Kinzou’s study.
- Battler is summoned to Kinzou’s study.
- 11:45PM
- Rosa and Maria are at chapel retrieving a gold bar.
- Celebration of Beatrice’s resurrection.
- 11:57PM
- Kinzou and Battler are killed.
- Rosa fights off hordes of goats, protecting Maria.
- Midnight
- Everything ends.
Beatrice’s truths
While I have no idea how much we have seen on screen can be trusted to have really happened, meta-Beatrice did reveal definite truths in the form of text marked by red. While it is possible that Beatrice was simply lying about her red revelations being true, I find this to be extremely unlikely and consider them to be gospel truth. So while what we saw might not be trusted, I trust the truths revealed by Beatrice, which I have organized here.
About murders in chapel
- Ignoring whether they were alive or dead, the six victims got into the chapel through the door.
- Only one key to the chapel exists.
- It is impossible for anything besides the key to the chapel to unlock or pick the lock on the door.
- The key in the envelope given to Maria was indeed the key to the chapel.
About Jessica’s murder in her room
- Each servant has a master key that can open the door to almost every room, for a total of five master keys.
- There are no hidden doors in the room.
- The only way in and out of the room is through the door.
- The only keys that could have locked the door is Jessica’s keys and the servants’ master keys.
- The window is locked from the inside.
- Kanon was killed inside the room.
- When the door is locked, there is no way to go in or out of the room through the door.
- The door cannot be locked from outside the room without using a key.
About murders in employee room
- The keys for the employee room are all within the key cabinet in the employee room.
- There is no way in or out besides the sole door and the sole window.
- Both were locked.
- No one can go through the door or window when they are locked.
- The door cannot be unlocked without either the key in the employee room or one of the master keys.
- There are only five master keys.
