The official English logo of the Umineko manga.
The manga adaptation of Umineko When They Cry was supervised by Ryukishi07 and illustrated by several artists, who differ from episode to episode. This allowed multiple arcs to be serialized concurrently. Ryukishi gave out spoilers for the entire story to manga editors to facilitate the adaptation.[1] The manga first began serialization with the adaptation of Legend of the Golden Witch by Kei Natsumi, which released in the January 2008 issue of Square Enix's Gangan Powered. The manga was later collected into tankÅbon volumes and released under the Gangan Comics imprint.
The manga was licensed in English by Yen Press under the name Umineko WHEN THEY CRY. It was released in an omnibus format, where each volume of the manga would contain two or more Japanese volumes worth of content. The English release was translated by Stephen Paul with lettering by Jennifer Skarupa (Legend of the Golden Witch Omnibus 1), Carl Vanstiphout (Legend of the Golden Witch Omnibus 2 and Turn of the Golden Witch), Stephanie Lee (Banquet of the Golden Witch Omnibus 2), and Abigail Blackman (all other volumes). Due to cost limitations, the colored text in the story is instead represented with different fonts.
The manga adaptations of Requiem of the Golden Witch and Twilight of the Golden Witch contain additional content by Ryukishi07 that provides explicit answers to many of the story's mysteries.
Release Information[]
The official 07th Expansion website categorizes Tsubasa and Murasaki under "Umineko side stories" (ććæććå¤ä¼ Umineko gaiden)[2]. This wiki considers manga works other than adaptations of the eight main arcs and these two side stories as spin-off works, which are not documented on this page.
| Episode | Artist | Magazine | Serialization Period |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kei Natsumi | Gangan Powered / Gangan Joker | February 2008 - September 2009 |
| 2 | Jiro Suzuki | GFantasy | August 2008 - October 2010 |
| 3 | Kei Natsumi | Gangan Joker | October 2009 - July 2011 |
| 4 | Soichiro | Gangan Online | October 1, 2009 - February 2, 2012 |
| 5 | Akitaka | Gangan Joker | November 2010 - December 2012 |
| 6 | Hinase Momoyama | GFantasy | December 2010 - December 2012 |
| 7 | Eita Mizuno | Monthly ShÅnen Gangan | May 2011 - April 2015 |
| 8 | Kei Natsumi | Gangan Joker | February 2012 - July 2015 |
| Tsubasa | Fumi Itou | Young Gangan Big / Big Gangan | June 25, 2011 - April 25, 2013 |
| Murasaki | Kurumi Suzushiro | Comp Ace | July 26, 2012 - April 26, 2013 |
Volume List[]
Legend of the Golden Witch[]
| Global Vol. (EN) | Vol. (JP) | Cover | Release Date | Chapters |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 
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June 21, 2008 (Japanese)
November 20, 2012 (English) |
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| 1 | 2 | 
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December 22, 2008 (Japanese)
November 20, 2012 (English) |
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| 2 | 3 | 
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June 22, 2009 (Japanese)
February 26, 2013 (English) |
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| 2 | 4 | 
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December 22, 2009 (Japanese)
February 26, 2013 (English) |
|
Turn of the Golden Witch[]
| Global Vol. (EN) | Vol. (JP) | Cover | Release Date | Chapters |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 1 | 
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June 22, 2009 (Japanese)
May 28, 2013 (English) |
|
| 3 | 2 | 
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December 22, 2009 (Japanese)
May 28, 2013 (English) |
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| 3/4 | 3 | 
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April 22, 2010 (Japanese)
May 28 / August, 2013 (English) |
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| 4 | 4 | 
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August 21, 2010 (Japanese)
August 2013 (English) |
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| 4 | 5 | 
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December 22, 2010 (Japanese)
August 2013 (English) |
|
Banquet of the Golden Witch[]
| Global Vol. (EN) | Vol. (JP) | Cover | Release Date | Chapters |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 1 | 
|
April 22, 2010 (Japanese)
January 21, 2014 (English) |
|
| 5 | 2 | 
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August 21, 2010 (Japanese)
January 21, 2014 (English) |
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| 5/6 | 3 | 
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December 22, 2010 (Japanese)
January 21 / April 22, 2014 (English) |
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| 6 | 4 | 
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April 22, 2011 (Japanese)
April 22, 2014 (English) |
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| 6 | 5 | 
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August 22, 2011 (Japanese)
April 22, 2014 (English) |
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Alliance of the Golden Witch[]
| Global Vol. (EN) | Vol. (JP) | Cover | Release Date | Chapters |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | 1 | 
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April 22, 2010 (Japanese)
July 22, 2014 (English) |
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| 7 | 2 | 
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August 21, 2010 (Japanese)
July 22, 2014 (English) |
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| 8 | 3 | 
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December 22, 2010 (Japanese)
October 28, 2014 (English) |
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| 8 | 4 | 
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April 22, 2011 (Japanese)
October 28, 2014 (English) |
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| 9 | 5 | 
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August 22, 2011 (Japanese)
January 20, 2015 (English) |
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| 9 | 6 | 
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April 21, 2012 (Japanese)
January 20, 2015 (English) |
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End of the Golden Witch[]
| Global Vol. (EN) | Vol. (JP) | Cover | Release Date | Chapters |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | 1 | 
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April 22, 2011 (Japanese)
May 19, 2015 (English) |
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| 10 | 2 | 
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December 22, 2011 (Japanese)
May 19, 2015 (English) |
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| 11 | 3 | 
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April 21, 2012 (Japanese)
September 22, 2015 (English) |
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| 11 | 4 | 
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August 22, 2012 (Japanese)
September 22, 2015 (English) |
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| 12 | 5 | 
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December 22, 2012 (Japanese)
January 26, 2016 (English) |
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| 12 | 6 | 
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December 22, 2012 (Japanese)
January 26, 2016 (English) |
|
Dawn of the Golden Witch[]
| Global Vol. (EN) | Vol. (JP) | Cover | Release Date | Chapters |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 | 1 | 
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August 22, 2011 (Japanese)
May 24, 2016 (English) |
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| 13 | 2 | 
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December 22, 2011 (Japanese)
May 24, 2016 (English) |
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| 14 | 3 | 
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April 21, 2012 (Japanese)
September 27, 2016 (English) |
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| 14 | 4 | 
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August 22, 2012 (Japanese)
September 27, 2016 (English) |
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| 15 | 5 | 
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December 22, 2012 (Japanese)
January 24, 2017 (English) |
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| 15 | 6 | 
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December 22, 2012 (Japanese)
January 24, 2017 (English) |
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Requiem of the Golden Witch[]
| Global Vol. (EN) | Vol. (JP) | Cover | Release Date | Chapters |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 | 1 | 
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December 22, 2011 (Japanese)
December 19, 2017 (English) |
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| 16 | 2 | 
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August 22, 2012 (Japanese)
December 19, 2017 (English) |
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| 16 | 3 | 
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December 22, 2012 (Japanese)
December 19, 2017 (English) |
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| 17 | 4 | 
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August 22, 2013 (Japanese)
April 10, 2018 (English) |
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| 17 | 5 | 
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December 21, 2013 (Japanese)
April 10, 2018 (English) |
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| 17 | 6 | 
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April 22, 2014 (Japanese)
April 10, 2018 (English) |
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| 18 | 7 | 
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August 22, 2014 (Japanese)
July 24, 2018 (English) |
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| 18 | 8 | 
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December 22, 2014 (Japanese)
July 24, 2018 (English) |
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| 18 | 9 | 
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April 22, 2015 (Japanese)
July 24, 2018 (English) |
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Twilight of the Golden Witch[]
| Global Vol. (EN) | Vol. (JP) | Cover | Release Date | Chapters |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 | 1 | 
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August 22, 2012 (Japanese)
April 30, 2019 (English) |
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| 19 | 2 | 
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December 22, 2012 (Japanese)
April 30, 2019 (English) |
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| 19 | 3 | 
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August 22, 2013 (Japanese)
April 30, 2019 (English) |
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| 20 | 4 | 
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December 21, 2013 (Japanese)
August 6, 2019 (English) |
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| 20 | 5 | 
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August 22, 2014 (Japanese)
August 6, 2019 (English) |
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| 20 | 6 | 
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December 22, 2014 (Japanese)
August 6, 2019 (English) |
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| 21 | 7 | 
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April 22, 2015 (Japanese)
June 23, 2020 (English) |
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| 21 | 8 | 
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August 22, 2015 (Japanese)
June 23, 2020 (English) |
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| 21 | 9 | 
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August 22, 2015 (Japanese)
June 23, 2020 (English) |
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Notes[]
- Yen Press' official release mislabels the Tea Party chapters in Alliance of the Golden Witch as Secret Tea Party chapters.
- The chapters for the Interlude and Confession of the Golden Witch in Twilight of the Golden Witch are unnumbered in the contents page of the manga for both the Japanese and English releases.
External Links[]
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- ā Toratsu 130 Interview. Ryukishi: "Regarding Umineko currently, I've given all the spoilers to everyone at 07th Expansion and to the manga editors. Even the slightest expression could be contradicted if they didn't know the story." (ä»åć®ććæććć«é¢ćć¦ćÆć07th Expansionć®ēćØę¼«ē»ć®ē·ØééØććć«ćÆå Øć¦ć®ććæćć¬ćÆćć¦ćć¾ćććććććŖč”Øē¾ć§ććććæććććŖććØēē¾ććęćććć£ććć§ć)
- ā "Umineko side stories" on 07th Expansion