Rankeo manga № 302

Umineko When They Cry Episode 1: Legend of the Golden Witch

9 parts

7.79/ 10 · vote-weighted across the whole series

Each year, the Ushiromiya family gathers at the secluded mansion of its patriarch, the elderly Kinzo. It has been six years since Battler joined his cousins at the annual event, but their happy reunion is overshadowed by worsening weather and an eerie premonition from his youngest cousin—not to mention their parents’ feud over the inheritance. Battler doesn’t hold much stock in dark omens, nor does he believe the tales of the witch rumored to have given his grandfather a fortune in gold…and who walks the halls of the mansion to this day… But when the eighteen family members and servants are trapped on the island by the raging typhoon, the grisly events that follow leave Battler shaken to his core. Is one of his relatives desperate enough to kill for the family fortune? Or is this the work of the Golden Witch? (Source: Yen Press)Note: Volume 4 also contains the tea party chapter for this episode.

Why this rank?

The series score blends every entry below, weighted by vote volume — see the full methodology. Each entry's page breaks its own score down per source.

Entry	Score	Sources	Votes (weight)
Umineko When They Cry Episode 8: Twilight of the Golden Witch	8.20	3	21,531
Umineko When They Cry Episode 7: Requiem of the Golden Witch	7.97	3	15,656
Umineko When They Cry Episode 5: End of the Golden Witch	7.90	3	17,808
Umineko When They Cry Episode 6: Dawn of the Golden Witch	7.86	3	15,876
Umineko When They Cry Episode 3: Banquet of the Golden Witch	7.84	3	19,562
Umineko When They Cry Episode 4: Alliance of the Golden Witch	7.81	3	17,833
Umineko When They Cry Episode 1: Legend of the Golden Witch	7.54	3	33,791
Umineko When They Cry Episode 2: Turn of the Golden Witch	7.50	3	21,418
Umineko no Naku Koro ni Tsubasa	7.25	2	1,495

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