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and i don't think that's a copout

it's like if you tried to argue

"is umineko a mystery? or a fantasy?"

you could say "it's a mystery, everything can be explained with reality"

and yet, half the game is spent on witches and magic creating fantastical scenes on screen.

but you can't say it's a pure fantasy, because it ultimately always comes down to "what really happened?"

so it's both.

if the game ended without taking an official side, it might feel like a copout. but the game is what it is. it's clearly both. it'd be wrong if it ultimately came down on one side, probably? the theme, i think, is that both are valid. no matter how much you insist that the magic isn't real, you cannot prove that. hempel's whatever.