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| You mean at the end of episode 25 if this season really contains 25 episodes. |
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hpulley said: Little Busters bonus disc is mail in only, total pain in the butt. Ninth volume has mail in form, attach previous eight proofs of purchase and ¥800 money order ONLY for shipping and handling within a month after the August 28th release date of volume nine... Reminds me of the old cereal box tops offers... So I guess that extra episode is separated then. ^^" |
| Best kud episode imo. I'd rather be skeptical to the refrain adaptation honestly. Disappointments are born from high expectations. |
And a sad episode again Damm.... I had watery eyes thru this whole episode and plus the preview for the next episode ohh god...  |
| I have a feeling I'm like one of the few that has no idea what is going to happen (or what is really going on) because I have never played the VN or looked at spoilers >.> |
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| What was the memory flash Riki had i believe he had something like that in a previous episode a while back as well. He also appears to be insecure about something the question is what. Kud leaving like that is probably the best thing but judging from the preview it wasn't it almost looked like a treatment she would have received when Stalin was still in power. About the drama with previous anime from Key i felt much more involved in the story that with Little Busters did JC Staff just fail with making a good adoption of the original Key story? |
AversaMar 10, 2013 9:16 AM
Aversa said: That was in episode 2 (I think) then they got this letter telling them that there is secret in the world. What was the memory flash Riki had i believe he had something like that in a previous episode a while back as well. He also appears to be insecure about something the question is what. About the drama with previous anime from Key i felt much more involved in the story that with Little Busters did JC Staff just fail with making a good adoption of the original Key story? We don't know how bit is their involvement here and was in case of Clannad. All that was said is that Key is working to make good adaptation and that script was written before they choose JC Staff to do the drawings. So in case of drawings, music and overall look of episode it's JC doing but pacing and weird plot decisions (if one sees them) well we can credit it to Key. |
| HOLY FUCK!! the field trip, "missing" haruka, kyousuke seemingly knowing so much, the flashes??? REFRAIN SEASON 2!!!!!! AND KANA HANAZAWA TO TOP IT ALL OFF?!? |
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zakkun89 said: ...Are the people here all this crazy/hyped for refrain ? Yes and Yes. Its what we've all been waiting for. Masato's tears were kind of funny :D |
billngMar 10, 2013 10:47 AM
| I'll laugh if it takes them a year between seasons 1 and 2, and then it still turns out to be a poor adaptation. |
| kuds gonna get arrested and chained |
| "Currently playing the Game of of Life" Poppin Pills is All We Know - Antidote |
-Fuji- said: kuds gonna get arrested and chained Totally |
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| Well, a massive tearjerker. Waiting for 23. |
| My body is ready for Refrain. |
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bluemage said: My body is ready for Refrain. |
| Still couldn't grasp the plot. Hope the next 2 eps will make everything come to light. |
| Keep moving forward |
| Damn Kud's route ending next week TwT. |
| Nice episode, so much to learn from it as well |
| I'm starting to like this series more n more!!! |
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| LOL why there's a new breed of complain that sounds like "I don't get this plot, J.C staff fail." "Secret of the world" plot is the ultimate plot behind every things in LB and you don't supposed to grab the whole things soon. While every other KEY works so far are pretty simple and straightforward (ex: Clannad basically revolving around Even some seemingly innocent episodes such as episode 1 has a lot of things hidden behind them. So,if you "don't get it",try to grab some more clues scattered in the whole story, or stop complaining and just enjoy the story. All of the answer will definitely come, although it will be in the next season. I guess I have to start a speculation thread for non-VN player as soon as I get some more free time... |
| Hope Rin and Kurugaya's arc will be in the sequel. Don't you dare chain our Kud! D:<. |
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So many hints this week all i can think of is Yes you can count me on the hype train! |
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| That was a good way to deal with Kud's route, I like the fact that they threw Rin into the process too. I enjoyed the way they adapted the path, the way they made Riki decide as he should for Kud. Also it was so touching to see everyone help Kud out and even Futaki giving advice as she does in the VN. |
shcboomerMar 10, 2013 5:42 PM
| Part of Refrain Subs for Little Busters!: Refrain Recently Played/Read VNS (Most Recent to Oldest): - Da Capo - Grisaia no Kajitsu - ef - a fairy tale of the two - G-senjou no Maou - Sharin no Kuni, Himawari no Shoujo & Sharin no Kuni, Yuukyuu no Shounenshoujo (Fan Disk) - Rewrite - Hoshizora no Memoria -Wish upon a shooting star- - Clannad - Little Busters EX! |
| Kud. ;_; Also, those hints. |
 What "Adolescence" do you have? Do you remember "Childhood"? The irreplaceable one existed there. |
| This was pretty good, actually. Except the weird voices and derp art. |
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| Not bad. 2.9/5. I could see that the chars in some scenes had the same arts of Clannad. I didn´t feel so much the emotions of the story, but it leaved some good impressions for the next chapter. Also, what´s all about with those "flashbacks" who Riki saw when He was trying to call Haru-chin? (NO SPOILERS PLEASE). Next cap. will be intresting, as I could see in the preview. So, this is going to have 25 or 26 chapters? (I must say: if this is going to have 25 chapters and no 2nd Season i´ll be really dissapointed with this serie, because I started watching it since Chapter 1 and I really liked it so much...) |
TimeToRepentMar 10, 2013 7:35 PM
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SleepingEntity said: I think us VN readers are mentally torturing the poor anime watchers with our constant references to the "Secret of this World". Rest assured, anime watchers. Be patient, and you shall be rewarded. Character routes? They're nothing. Tears are gonna flow soon, in season 2. You are :'( but in a good way, cus now I'm hyped as well. |
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TimeToRepent said: Not bad. 2.9/5. I could see that the chars in some scenes had the same arts of Clannad. I didn´t feel so much the emotions of the story, but it leaved some good impressions for the next chapter. Also, what´s all about with those "flashbacks" who Riki saw when He was trying to call Haru-chin? (NO SPOILERS PLEASE). Next cap. will be intresting, as I could see in the preview. So, this is going to have 25 or 26 chapters? (I must say: if this is going to have 25 chapters and no 2nd Season i´ll be really dissapointed with this serie, because I started watching it since Chapter 1 and I really liked it so much...) The emotions felt more forced in this episode than in others. I think the real ones will come next week but thus far I felt far more in most of the previous arcs which had me really into them, just rewatched 11-14 and man that was heavy, so was 4-6 but so far I think Nishizonochan takes the prize. Hopefully Kud takes it next week with the chains and shackles in the preview, looks shocking. |
hpulley said: TimeToRepent said: Not bad. 2.9/5. I could see that the chars in some scenes had the same arts of Clannad. I didn´t feel so much the emotions of the story, but it leaved some good impressions for the next chapter. Also, what´s all about with those "flashbacks" who Riki saw when He was trying to call Haru-chin? (NO SPOILERS PLEASE). Next cap. will be intresting, as I could see in the preview. So, this is going to have 25 or 26 chapters? (I must say: if this is going to have 25 chapters and no 2nd Season i´ll be really dissapointed with this serie, because I started watching it since Chapter 1 and I really liked it so much...) The emotions felt more forced in this episode than in others. I think the real ones will come next week but thus far I felt far more in most of the previous arcs which had me really into them, just rewatched 11-14 and man that was heavy, so was 4-6 but so far I think Nishizonochan takes the prize. Hopefully Kud takes it next week with the chains and shackles in the preview, looks shocking. Really shocking, as You said. And Yes, the best is coming next week. |
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| as an anime-only watcher i gotta say, i feel the hype. even i really want refrain right now especially since ive obviously caught onto the idea that there are going ot be time loops and stuff. i don't know where little busters goes, or all of the symbolism that people keep mentioning, but i AM a pro anime watcher and i can see all of the hints and forshadowing going on here. ive been looking for abnormal things ever since the cat's note in the first episode and ive always been really suspicious of kyousuke and his role in everything. i really really realllllly want to know all of this secret of the world business now and the reason for mio and haruka disappearing. i dont understand how mio disappeared at the end of haru-chins route but was there again at the beginning of kuds? and i can see that rin is becoming increasingly important or involved somehow also, i never really cared for kud but i really like her arc..is that weird? its obviously the most plot-forward right now and has all these interesting hints but i just find kud's character kind of boring. i wish the other girls' arcs could have been as interesting. i can feel the build up for rin's arc gaining intensity in my mind since i have been anticipating hers the most. i hope it all lives up!! |
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| 0_0 Oh good grief, they're gonna actually show the class trip. I slightly panicked inside when I saw the slip for it, because I spoiled myself on what happens in it after finishing Haruka's arc. I actually love Kud's arc, though she isn't my favorite heroine. I just feel a sort of connection to her situation because I've been in it once, though not exactly. 0_0 And I'm hoping it ends on a sold note. |
| "Aiming for the mark takes precision, balance, and patience." ....Screw that, let's shoot the damn thing! |
| i love this show so much. i really hope we get a second season of this. |
| All of a sudden it gets depressing. X.X |
uzy5o said: All of a sudden it gets depressing. X.X All of a sudden?!?! |
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| I really love seeing anime-only watchers speculate~ |
| What "Adolescence" do you have? Do you remember "Childhood"? The irreplaceable one existed there. |
Amutofan123 said: I really love seeing anime-only watchers speculate~ It is funny for me because I don't play VNs. However, I read manga and novels in Japanese so usually I am the one annoying everyone saying, in the manga... This happens. In the novel... It was different. Here I am an anime only know nothing which is actually kind of fun for once LOL As other experienced anime only watchers have said, we still know this is based on a Key game so it isn't just about baseball. We can anticipate that the secrets of the world mean it is fantasy, not slice of life. |
hpulleyMar 11, 2013 6:24 AM
| Little Busters' world seems to be following our world pretty close - the newspaper also shows the Italy election and the rise of alternative parties and concern about its impact to its fiscal condition LOL I guess it is something the English sub does not translate? |
| So MAL finally starts locking news threads that are only a few weeks old? I wonder where was the announcement of this change? Or we are seeing yet another case of changes made that impacted users but not communicated to them? I wonder how long people would put up with this. As much as I have a bunch of information to share about anime announced recently I cannot share it in news board, and the anime series is too disorganized and chaotic to share information except with people already interested in the particular series. |
| Guys, it's really freaking simple. The "flashbacks" Riki has are foreshadowings of what will happen. They're there to remind the anime-only viewers that it will get interesting (or now, keep being interesting). It's a hint for what's to come for Riki. So technically, they aren't flashbacks at all. JC Staff added it in, it's not a story element or anything. Quit freaking out about it. They are not in Refrain yet, nor Rin 1 or 2 or Kurugaya. Hell, they could But all in all, it's no big deal. |
ClannadIsLove said: Wait, why is it simple for the audience to interpret that the flashback scenes, which are about what already happened, as some foreshadowing scenes, which are about what are going to happen? To a general anime viewer it would not be that straightforward to make such association I would say.Guys, it's really freaking simple. The "flashbacks" Riki has are foreshadowings of what will happen. They're there to remind the anime-only viewers that it will get interesting (or now, keep being interesting). It's a hint for what's to come for Riki... |
| So MAL finally starts locking news threads that are only a few weeks old? I wonder where was the announcement of this change? Or we are seeing yet another case of changes made that impacted users but not communicated to them? I wonder how long people would put up with this. As much as I have a bunch of information to share about anime announced recently I cannot share it in news board, and the anime series is too disorganized and chaotic to share information except with people already interested in the particular series. |
ClannadIsLove said: JC Staff added it in. How about just sticking to the original and don't add anything ? >.> |
| Poor Kud. She finally decides to go there, but the preview doesn't look too good. :( |
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Irustua said: Those flashbacks are |
zakkun89 said: ClannadIsLove said: JC Staff added it in. How about just sticking to the original and don't add anything ? >.> First,JC is not responsible for the script. Second,that kind of attitude is pissing me off. Hello,this is an anime adaptation. Adaptation,not a VN retelling in animated format. TV series has time limit, has different audience, has different (uncontrollable) pacing. You don't play the anime from the beginning again to get into the next route, so there's no way to emulate the non-linear feeling of the storyline... except if they're creative and doing some adaptation so they could emulate the similar feeling with the VN. Don't tell them to stop at doing what they should do! I'm not annoyed because you're offending me at any sense,but I'm annoyed that there are some person who are having a stupid expectation of having 100% accurate adaptation. Because, you know, 100% accurate adaptation of LB would be impossible.... and terrible. |
| a lot of hints to the Refrain arc here.... i don't know what it is, but i didn't really "feel" this episode. The VN was so much better. for the 1st half of the episode, i thought they might have been going for Kud's bad ending, which would have been cool. Got to see some more Kyousuke! Yay! |
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