Yeah, I'm completely checked out. First 3/4s of the tea party was maybe the most hyped I've ever been playing umineko but the sappy way it resolves ruins it, and the rest of the episode's a snoozefest.

Gonna play ep 8 of course but this is a huge step down from higurashi. Ryukishi focused so much on the pointlessly reader-adversarial mystery that he forgot to tell a good story.