Okay I love this series but…dear god, at one point a character is forgiven for R*PING HIS DAUGHTER which they dismiss as just a moment of insanity. If there’s any solace this was in Episode 7 which from an anti-fantasy perspective didn’t really happen so it’s more likely a coping mechanism on the part of his incest child (they certainly don’t forgive him in the manga version)
Most of the main cast is killed gruesomely at some point or another, with their bodies staged by the culprit to maximize the horror felt by whoever discovers them. Some of those characters are women. (Is this what "brutalized for spectacle" means?)
A man is described drinking or asking for absinthe a few times onscreen, even after being specifically told by his doctor that he needs to watch his health.
A woman gets slapped in retribution for her making light of the torture and deaths of two other characters; arguably a cathartic moment in context, but still worthy of a warning.
A character is not only sexually assaulted, but it's incestuous involving a parent to be more specific. The only solace is that we don't actually see it on-screen
Shannon, who is (supposedly) sixteen is at the receiving end of a couple of inappropriate comments about her chest size early on.
[SPOILERS FOR EPISODE 7 BUT IT DOES PROVIDE SOME IMPORTANT CONTEXT]
The age of the Stakes of Purgatory (and pretty much most of that furniture) is that kind of ambiguous “anime girl age” where they’re undoubtedly rather youthful looking but you could hypothetically give them the benefit of the doubt. However Requiem reveals that they were based off of Shannon’s teenage co-workers which conforms that yeah they are definetly minor coded 😑.
The side story Our Confession also shows “Beatrice’s” creative process in which there’s there’s emphasis on making a character child like (and is even compared to a MIDDLE SCHOOLER) even though Flautos wears an extremely revealing outfit
The possibility of possession by witches is discussed, and some characters interpret certain behaviors of other characters as the result of possession. Whether or not this is what is actually happening is a spoiler.
there are no depictions of actual 9/11 but there is a scene where "twin towers" are destroyed which can come off as reminiscent of/resembling 9/11 (though i doubt this was the intention??)
While sometimes the characters in the narrative itself trust that the cops can fix everything, the narration says that the cops will barely do anything.
no "official" jails/prisons are involved. but in one episode, several people are locked in a secret dungeon, and a kid is sent to a boarding school that's openly compared to a prison.
Not necessarily any direct slurs but there is one scene where a trans person imagines a scary hypothetical conversation with their partner that includes lines like calling them “disgusting”
[MAJOR SPOILERS] “Predatory” is maybe the wrong word here but the culprit’s gender identity (trans is honestly more “the short answer” the longer answer is a bit more complicated) is something of a twist and a good part of their character arc involves dysphoria and fear of their partner(s) finding about her true nature. Plus they murder people in multiple timelines so maybe in the non-sexual sense?
A shintai (sacred object kept within a Shinto shrine) is deliberately shattered. An expensive vase is accidentally broken. A collection of rare books is destroyed as collateral damage in an explosion.
There's an autistic child, and a suicidal character struggling with body dysmorphia, and an adult with imaginary friends that she can see and hear. Whether any of these qualify as mental illness depends on how you define "mental illness".
Many characters commit violent acts. In some cases it is embedded in a context of the character's trauma and experiences of abuse. However, the story does not perpetuate the trope of "crazy people are randomly violent"
While autism is not explicitly mentioned, there is a character who displays many autistic traits and gets both verbal and physical abuse for it repeatedly throughout the series.
It is a major theme in one of the later arcs. (well, moreso gender dysphoria, however the character talks a lot about their dislike of their body, so it definitely could be a potential trigger)
There is some really aggressive shakey cam on the boat in the PS3 and Umineko Project versions. In all versions, assets on screen will often shake or flash, but the others don't have any shakey cam in the traditional sense.
Not sure why people said no. There are soo many in the VN regardless of version. Many action-related effects will flash on screen and off very rapidly. It may cause some eyestrain if you're prone to that.
Childbirth is discussed, but only very indirectly. Characters will discuss the circumstances under which other characters (now teenagers or adults) were born. The actual process of childbirth is not depicted or described.
Closely tied to the child abuse warning- a child who is clearly neurodivergent (no actual labels are given, but most likely autistic) is severely abused in ways that often center on her not being "normal" enough.
[MAJOR SPOILERS] Your mileage may vary on if you think the Culprit being trans is problematic since the nature of their gender is presented as a shocking twist and plays into their motivation ,but on the other hand is treated rather sympathetically and from a certain view is not even a villain
Not in terms of how large the age gap is but the context, since George started dating Shannon when she was 13-14 and George was 20 [SPOILERS] Now later it's later revealed that Shannon was 19 during the present day (and 16 when they started dating) due to being three years older than thought due to forged documents which would be legal in some countries ,buuuut in Japan the age of consent was 20 in 1986 so it's still kind of sus....not to mention the twist also reveals something else that makes the coupling more problematic
We see depictions of demons (most of them pulled from occult texts) constantly albeit they’re more metaphors from an anti-fantasy perspective. Also the demons in questions appear as normal humans, occasionally with animal ears
There's one nude scene about 25% of the way through the story. If you're playing with CGs enabled, it's visually depicted, but no genitals are visible.
No sex is directly depicted. However, there are two very sexually charged scenes - scenes which would be fair to describe as metaphors for sex - which are played for horror. Lesser sexual content is more common: for example, sexually provocative dialogue, and one character groping another.
Plenty of crying happens throughout the series, and while there are instances of characters being mocked for it, the type of mocking they get is the same regardless of gender.
Jessica seems to canonically have asthma ,but she later claims that her symptoms were more or less "cured" many years ago and that her asthma attacks are more like panic attacks meant to distract from uncomfortable conversations
While not explicitly dementia, one of the older characters is deemed to have outbursts of "insanity" and irrational behavior that is labeled due to his old age (akin to exaggerated dementia traits)
One character constantly panics that the plane they’re riding will fall from the sky, but the other characters make fun of him. It’s played as comical, and the plane doesn’t actually crash.