Talk:A Study in the Dubious Meiho-sou/@comment-32856683-20190521165720

I can't help but think that story was a massive let-down. Yes, that's probably in part to the high investment I had in the first part, but this ending is ridiculous. I believe you can set up a story where it turns out that the actors have derailed the plot from what it was supposed to be, but I also firmly believe that you can do this without slapping your engaged readers into the face with: "Got ya! All the hints were meaningless, this wasn't a mystery at all and your reasoning was a waste of time and we feel actually pretty proud and clever about pulling the rug under you."

I am also very aware that there are many Umineko readers who were also upset about the way its ending subverted expectations in similarly saying "Exposing Beatrice was the never the point, it was to bring closure to the characters", but the critical difference was that the story of Rokkenjima would be hollow without the mystery and it was absolutely necessary to do some reasoning to understand the heart of the story. That's something this ending is totally lacking. It just spits into your face and calls it a day.

And what a shame this is. Because it had the makings of being really clever and awesome.