Umineko no Naku Koro ni

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umineko is like the raw family drama and psychologically stressful plots of no home and clever tearjerking character weavings related to family, but with gore, magic, fantasy and meta/fantasy, and horror. and chess 

This rec may seem far-fetched, but I love these two series for many similar thematic reasons. Umineko's themes dealing in child abuse, especially from the issues of a mother upon a child, have strong parallels to Denji's relationship with Makima. The struggle of breaking a cycle of trauma and abuse through the lens of compassion is a constant theme. The realities of death and grief and how to move on in the aftermath play a huge part in both. Further, both have absurdist and fantasy-laced battles that are more about the characters and their interactions than pure action. They are deeply invested in how japanese society frequently fails its youth and have strong relationships with the continuing recession that has been affecting youth since the 1990s. read more