I'm most of the way through chapter 2 of Umineko and honestly I'm pretty disappointed. It really hasn't gripped me like Higurashi has.
I don't really understand why there are these sequences where Battler attempts to argue that Beatrice isn't using magic, and her attempting to persuede him that she is, when we already know that she actually is.
Overall it has just been a slog that I'm forcing myself through.
Do I stick with it? Anyone got any better mystery/suspense VNs that can fill the void Higurashi left?