Umineko no Naku Koro ni takes place in the year 1986, during
the time frame of October 4 and October 5 on a secluded
island named Rokkenjima (六軒島, Rokkenjima). The head of a
wealthy family named Kinzo Ushiromiya, who lives on and owns
Rokkenjima, is near death, and eight of his family members
arrive on the island to discuss how Kinzo's assets will be
divided once he is dead. Also on the island are three family
members who live there, five of Kinzo's servants, and his
personal physician. After the eight family members arrive, a
typhoon traps them on the island and shortly after people
start to get mysteriously murdered.
