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When Seagulls Cry

Season 1 Episode 5: Fool's Mate

Upon being pressed about the murders, Maria tells them that Beatrice is the culprit, though Battler refuses to accept this explanation. As they argue, Natsuhi bars everyone inside the room and demands Beatrice show herself. By the time everyone breaks out of the room, they see Natsuhi as she drop...

Season 1 Episodes:

Episode 1 Opening

1. Opening

Aired: Jul 2, 2009

The Ushiromiya family gathers on Rokkenjima, a small island off the coast of ...

Episode 2 First Move

2. First Move

Aired: Jul 9, 2009

After dinner is over, Maria reads a letter she says she received from Beatric...

Episode 3 Dubious Move

3. Dubious Move

Aired: Jul 16, 2009

While attempting to figure out what had happened, the remaining guests discov...

Episode 4 Blunder

4. Blunder

Aired: Jul 23, 2009

Everybody tries to determine how Eva and Hideyoshi could have been killed whe...

Episode 5 Fool's Mate

5. Fool's Mate

Aired: Jul 30, 2009

Upon being pressed about the murders, Maria tells them that Beatrice is the c...

Episode 6 Middle Game

6. Middle Game

Aired: Aug 6, 2009

After one of the family meetings in 1984, Shannon admits to Jessica that she ...

Episode 7 Early Queen Move

7. Early Queen Move

Aired: Aug 13, 2009

Battler and Beatrice begin their debate of logic vs. magic from Purgatory whe...

Episode 8 Week Square

8. Week Square

Aired: Aug 20, 2009

Rosa's siblings and their spouses go missing, while the remaining guests find...

Episode 9 Skewer

9. Skewer

Aired: Aug 27, 2009

Everyone finds Jessica's body in her locked room, while Kanon's is nowhere to...

Episode 10 Accept

10. Accept

Aired: Sep 3, 2009

The servants try to explain what happened to the others, but when they return...

Episode 11 Back Rank Mate

11. Back Rank Mate

Aired: Sep 10, 2009

Shannon attempts to defend herself and George, but are killed by Beatrice. Th...

Episode 12 Castling

12. Castling

Aired: Sep 17, 2009

Several years in the past, a young, human Beatrice meets the Golden Witch "Be...

Episode 13 Gambit

13. Gambit

Aired: Sep 24, 2009

Rosa recounts how she met the human Beatrice confined in a hidden mansion, Ku...

Episode 14 Positional Play

14. Positional Play

Aired: Oct 1, 2009

Beatrice and her predecessor engage in a magic battle, though a surprise atta...

Episode 15 Isolated Pawn

15. Isolated Pawn

Aired: Oct 8, 2009

Eva is discovered by Rosa and leaves to discuss how Kinzo's gold should be di...

Episode 16 Queening Square

16. Queening Square

Aired: Oct 15, 2009

After the bodies of Rosa and Maria are found, Rudolf, Kyrie, and Hideyoshi go...

Episode 17 Promotion

17. Promotion

Aired: Oct 22, 2009

Battler decides to give Beatrice another chance to change her ways, so Beatri...

Episode 18 Swindles

18. Swindles

Aired: Oct 29, 2009

Beatrice resurrects Kanon's spirit for Jessica and defends her against Eva-Be...

Episode 19 End Game

19. End Game

Aired: Nov 4, 2009

Between 1986 and 1998, Ange leads a harsh, isolated life at St. Lucia Academy...

Episode 20 Zugzwang

20. Zugzwang

Aired: Nov 11, 2009

Ange briefly withdraws from Beatrice's game to confront Maria over her denial...

Episode 21 Prophylaxis

21. Prophylaxis

Aired: Nov 18, 2009

During her years at Saint Lucia Academy, Ange is distracted from her studies ...

Episode 22 Problem Child

22. Problem Child

Aired: Nov 25, 2009

Kinzo appears at the family conference and denounces his children as being un...

Episode 23 Breakthrough

23. Breakthrough

Aired: Dec 2, 2009

In 1998, Ange interrogates relatives of the Rokkenjima murder victims and hir...

Episode 24 Adjourn

24. Adjourn

Aired: Dec 9, 2009

Jessica and George are about to land their blows when Gaap teleports them int...

Episode 25 Forced Move

25. Forced Move

Aired: Dec 16, 2009

In 1998, Ange arrives at Rokkenjima and continues on alone with Mammon and Sa...

Episode 26 Sacrifice

26. Sacrifice

Aired: Dec 23, 2009

Ange enters the Golden Land where she happily reunites Maria with Sakutaro an...

Info about When Seagulls Cry

Current Status: Ended

Network: Teletama

Production Country: Japan

Genres:Horror, Mystery, Animation, Fantasy