I dropped Umineko after Kinzo's flashback at the beginning of chapter 7. This was in English, but I have no plans to read it in Japanese, because the problems I have with it run deep. It has its place, it's just not for me at all. I'd probably like it if it got rewritten by a different author, but doing so would turn it into an entirely different story.

The only things I know about Higurashi are memes and snippets of the anime I saw on abema.