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Ol-Hybrius said: Just finished ! The animation is definitivly better than season one's. And the tone is more serious also, nothing bad to say about OP and ED too. The episode still feels a bit "quick" to me (RIP Door-kun), and I'm confused with the flashbacks at the end. If Riki and Kurugaya have already been together, did this mean that Riki is reviving the routes again and again (while it was only once for each in the VN) ? Anyway, that was more than satisfaying. But I'm still worried, not about the animation anymore, but about some rush. Wait and see. ;) I don't care if they rush Anego's route (which reminds me, it is actually pretty short in the VN) as long as they take their sweet time in Rin's route and Refrain. Despite the rush, it was actually pretty good, I hope that they will give us this quality episodes on a consistent basis. I honestly can't see this getting cramped in 1 cour. |
| Drama already, nice. Can't wait for the next episode. |
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| WOAH WOAH WOAH!!...DEM FEELS right there TT__TT So that's the way they're gonna do this? The first half was so much fun :D...Smiling throughout. Then the second half with Kurugaya's anger, how she blew the door away and her face when scaring those 2 away was DAMN EPIC!!! The emotions were conveyed perfectly!! Loved the OP...ALL DAT FORESHADOWING!! And the ED was really beautiful :*) Kengo and Komari wearing the Uniform looks soo good :D Thank u JC!! PLZ KEEP THIS UP!!! >_< So I wonder how many eps they're gonna spend on the Kurugaya route? |
Barion-ZaraOct 5, 2013 7:54 AM
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Barion-Zara said: So I wonder how many eps they're gonna spend on the Kurugaya route? Seems like in 3 episodes http://myanimelist.net/forum/?topicid=669379 |
Barion-Zara said: prolly 3So I wonder how many eps they're gonna spend on the Kurugaya route? Read more at http://myanimelist.net/forum/?topicid=672025&show=80#Cq1VGACYeKFeQUCQ.99 Edit: oh, apparently that's confirmed |
| wow that was a awesome start, Kurugaya soooo badass |
egnaro315 said: ExakaTeddy said: I noticed that in the ED song, in front of Kyousuke there is a stick looking object. At first I thought that it was some sort of baseball bat, but when i looked at it again, Kyousuke's hands/arms look as if they are by his side. Does anyone have any ideas as to what that is? I'm pretty sure its a baseball bat its a diploma. looks like the ed is his graduation day |
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Zestian said: Romance confirmed or not? o.o We can only hope.. right? :) RinxRiki please. |
julyan04 said: Barion-Zara said: So I wonder how many eps they're gonna spend on the Kurugaya route? Seems like in 3 episodes http://myanimelist.net/forum/?topicid=669379 Thnx!! :D Really excited to see how they do this. I don't think romance is 100% discarded yet! >_< |
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| Only quality in episode http://i1306.photobucket.com/albums/s569/egnaro315/Ohys-RawsLittleBustersRefrain-01AT-XHD1280x720x264AACmp4_snapshot_1828_20131006_005437_zps873e0b0a.jpg Funya-Usagi said: its a diploma. looks like the ed is his graduation day oh yeah my bad, it looks a lot like a baseball bat though. Kengo and his MEN! lmao |
egnaro15Oct 5, 2013 7:59 AM
egnaro315 said: Only quality in episode http://i1306.photobucket.com/albums/s569/egnaro315/Ohys-RawsLittleBustersRefrain-01AT-XHD1280x720x264AACmp4_snapshot_1828_20131006_005437_zps873e0b0a.jpg Funya-Usagi said: its a diploma. looks like the ed is his graduation day oh yeah my bad, it looks a lot like a baseball bat though. Kengo and his MEN! lmao Kud looks like monster that is only hair, and Komari is an alien. and i just realised now, after so long with the series, that komari has an ahoge o-o |
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| Hype Hype Hype!!! XD It hasn't been subbed for an hour and we've already almost passed 6 pages XD |
Barion-ZaraOct 5, 2013 8:28 AM
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| that was fast and pretty - it seemed they improved a bit visuals. I can't say I liked the OP but well it can be. now for the "fast" part... already going with Anego arc is strange. It's pretty spoilerific (but there is enough of those already). But if they want to fit it into 12 episodes than why not - there might be some material left, of course, but also it might be more dramatic. And since it's Key supervising the script we should assume they know what they are doing. For sure it's a great start. |
| FEW HOURS AND 100 POSTS ALREADY I LOVE THIS. THE DOOR KICKING ACTION Edit: *cough* It's disappointing they didn't put more detail into the bullying. It would've been better proof for kurugaya being able to act like that. Also already adding in "I've been here before" Wonder how this will work. |
ExboOct 5, 2013 8:26 AM
SakurasouBusters said: The first episode is completely subbed now on Gogoanime.com :) Crap I have to rewatch it with subs now.. T_T and I was supposed to study for exams today dammnn And there's one guy who "Hated it" alr according to the poll DX |
| Great first episode, nice to see all the characters again. Not too keen on the OP, I miss the one from the first season. ED was rather decent though. |
| I know that Riki will end up with Rin but is this some evidence that he might end up with Kurugaya? PS: I played VNs. |
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| I still can't get over the fact that the hands linking were actually Kurugaya and Riki. I believed it was Rin and Riki ..for 2 months lol |
| Now that far surpassed my expectations. Hopefully they can stay consistent throughout the entire show. Loving the new OP as well. |
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| oh god those masato/kengo winks. kengo looking fly in the ed guys help me, im going gay for kengo |
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| Oh man, that was great and the OP is pretty much perfect. |
| I just had to laugh when Kyousuke played his guitar and started shouting at the top of his lungs LOL and then Riki had to pat him on the back cause it seemed he chocked hahahaha! |
egnaro315 said: I still can't get over the fact that the hands linking were actually Kurugaya and Riki. I believed it was Rin and Riki ..for 2 months lol I agree. That scene in the PV is a bit misleading, lol. Anyways, I wasn't entirely content with how Kurugaya's route has been handled so far. I'm usually not the type to be bothered by pacing, but I really didn't plan on seeing that moment with the girls come so soon. I guess it was due to my expectations that I was bothered by it that much. I suppose it's understandable, too, seeing how this arc will pretty much be receiving the same number of episodes that the others have. If I were to look at this optimistically, I would at least say that it gives more time for Refrain (and that can easily excuse any flaws in pacing). The scene where the teacher discovers the door was handled a lot more differently as well. In the VN, the teacher ends up feeling sorry for Masato because he supposedly "had an accident", but now it looks like he was just joking around with Kengo. Seeing Kurugaya snap is always a brilliant experience! Though having witnessed it in the VN beforehand took off some of the impact. Still badass though. <3 Kurugaya. Definitely not a bad first episode though. Other than the few nitpicks I had, I really did get psyched from the way it was presented. The animation is noticeably better, the nostalgic value is still there, and the cast of Little Busters is still one that I admire greatly! Really, can't wait to see how the rest of this series turns out. God only knows how much I've been craving an adaption of Refrain. |
| Haven't watch this (damn you slow internet) so I want to ask something. Did this satisfying for VN fans? |
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| R.I.P Door-kun. Badass Kurugaya is badass. Looks like J.C Staff upped the animation quality too. |
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kenshin_sama said: The scene where the teacher discovers the door was handled a lot more differently as well. In the VN, the teacher ends up feeling sorry for Masato because he supposedly "had an accident", but now it looks like he was just joking around with Kengo. Yeah, I'm a bit sad they didn't put in the bit where Kurugaya trolls Masato with the door, that was too funny. poor Masato. At least he received special consideration xD |
| This episode gave me goosebumps! I think this adaptation is going to be fantastic! |
| 'Once an Arsenal man, always an Arsenal man.' - Bob Wilson. |
| Woohoo, worthy of a great and impressive first episode for me! Yep, as I though, it conveniently follows through every heroine's relationship with Riki before moving on to the main arc, but even here in Kurugaya's arc, they still manage to run the apparent turn of events in the background through foreshadowings in Riki's mind. The animation is still the same as the first season, but the OP/ED...I think the OP will grow on me later on, but the ED is just great! Oh shit, this is better than I expected. Hopefully J.C Staff will set it straight with this season and make it even better. |
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| Yea, we were all excited and happy about his episode, but someone has done there research and turns out we might only be getting 13 episodes after all, they checked the code of the refrain website and only goes up to "story 13" :/ http://oi40.tinypic.com/le1d0.jpg |
| I have a feeling it'll get alot better but right now it's all so very meh, it felt a bit rushed aswell and as if they expected the viewer to have just finished the first series. |
CorpseDemon said: I have a feeling it'll get alot better but right now it's all so very meh, it felt a bit rushed aswell and as if they expected the viewer to have just finished the first series. Well, you definitely SHOULD watch the first season. It's common sense. It's one's lost who didn't finish the first season. |
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CorpseDemon said: I have a feeling it'll get alot better but right now it's all so very meh, it felt a bit rushed aswell and as if they expected the viewer to have just finished the first series. Haven't you finished the first series? |
| haha of course, what I meant is that it felt unlike a first episode and more like the first series aired straight before, no building into anything and it just got straight into an arc. |
CorpseDemon said: haha of course, what I meant is that it felt unlike a first episode and more like the first series aired straight before, no building into anything and it just got straight into an arc. it might feel a bit rushed but someone said this season is only going to be 13 episodes. If they want to adapt this decently they will move through this arc at a relatively quick pace to save time for Refrain (The only reason to adapt the entire VN) |
DeathDoUsPart said: Yea, we were all excited and happy about his episode, but someone has done there research and turns out we might only be getting 13 episodes after all, they checked the code of the refrain website and only goes up to "story 13" :/ http://oi40.tinypic.com/le1d0.jpg Aww dang... but I guess it's alright as according to this: VN Spoiler, DON'T READ IF HAVEN'T PLAYED VN! |
| nooo door-kun, you were not long for this world |
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CorpseDemon said: I have a feeling it'll get alot better but right now it's all so very meh, it felt a bit rushed aswell and as if they expected the viewer to have just finished the first series. CorpseDemon said: haha of course, what I meant is that it felt unlike a first episode and more like the first series aired straight before, no building into anything and it just got straight into an arc. I get what you mean. Yeah, it likely would've been for the better if they had included a few more scenes from the beginning of Kurugaya's route before getting to the point it has reached so far. But this arc is only getting 3 episodes, so it just can't be helped. |
| If this is only 1 cour then it will have the same fate as KamiNomi. |
| Kickstarter for Rokujouma is fully funded. Good work everyone. Lets wait for the result of our hard work together. |
| Kurugaya... so damn scary. That part was animated so damn well.. |
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| http://imageshack.us/a/img401/4070/eaow.png dat Kurugaya rape face |
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koagzero said: DeathDoUsPart said: Yea, we were all excited and happy about his episode, but someone has done there research and turns out we might only be getting 13 episodes after all, they checked the code of the refrain website and only goes up to "story 13" :/ http://oi40.tinypic.com/le1d0.jpg Aww dang... but I guess it's alright as according to this: VN Spoiler, DON'T READ IF HAVEN'T PLAYED VN! Seems to me that episodes 9-13 are rushed. But in any case that this will only be 1 cour, I'll just have faith on JC Staff that they won't screw this up. |
| Arcs not over yet |
| I never did get to Refrain in my play through. I stopped during Rin2 because I couldn't take how much of an asshole kyousuke became in it. |
| @koagzero That might actually work really well. Was expecting Refrain to be 2-cour and added a few more episodes to Kurugaya's route, but I'm not too disappointed with it being 1-cour. Fewer episodes can be a desirable thing since it would mean the budget would be less spread out. Still, I can't help but remain somewhat skeptical. The pacing could certainly work in favor of animation, but what worries me is how well it's written. The shift of narration was definitely a great call. Dedicating an entire episode to certain scenes also seems very fitting. But the way the adaption of Rin2 looks on episode 8 leaves me with a little bit of doubt. |
planetarian said: I never did get to Refrain in my play through. I stopped during Rin2 because I couldn't take how much of an asshole kyousuke became in it. |
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