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Mystima said: What if they put the explotion and hospital scene in the final ep? Then most VN player's comments here would be considered big spoilers lol And I wouldn't really mind that, but you know after Rin went through all that, you would usually expect them to move on to the true end already. |
koagzeroDec 21, 2013 12:04 PM
| I honestly didn't find the girl's farewells as sad... Mio though ; 3 ; Also no hospital scene. What the frick. Is it possible for them to show it the next episode? I mean, idgaf about the proposal, but the results of the bus crash should be enough. -Riptide- said: Vladz0r said: Komari with no stars makes me hard. This This |
Vladz0r said: Sure the true end being done in one go will work out fine thematically, but the emotional impact and everything the story was built up to, the inevitability of the bus explosion, is just fucking gone. And yet we still have people on here saying JC Staff is the best, Kyoto Animation couldn't have done better, this adaption is perfect, etc. etc. The number one most important thing about a Key visual novel (emotions) is screwed up/ruined and people still think JC Staff is good. /sighs The episode was decent, but I don't like the shortened scenes (e.x. Rin and Komari's goodbye). Mainly the stuff the other VN players disliked as well. A year of waiting and this is what we get... We called it. 3/5 |
Malus92Dec 21, 2013 12:14 PM
| I just Can't believe the only survivors were Rin and Riki. |
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| The bus crash... was very intense in a way. Though I believe it can more intense if JC Staff is into gruesome stuff. |
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JimRaynor said: Your hate on JC Staff all the way, I wouldn't surprise. Yeah, we do still think JC staff are doing a great job on this project. You doubt is yours, deal with it. At least I gave reason as to why I hate them, whereas you blindly follow them. Alas, this guy has the right idea (below) MCAL said: You know instead of complaining about one small hospital scene that is pointless anyway, why don't people discuss how JC Staff making Run a better character has affected her talk with all the girls. Or what? Someone gonna complain about that too? It was nice to see them add to her character. I thought they'd do both Episodes: Rin and Riki in this episode. They really built her character up in this episode, which was nice. I liked seeing the bus scene too. The only thing that threw me off was what those four or five men were doing in that flashback, since there are some things we think of but it doesn't really show anything. It just takes a part of the VN, makes it possibly perverted, then leaves it. But still, it was alright. However, Rin and Komari's scene was hurt really bad. They cut out the best part of Only One Magic Word and almost ruined it. Having that certain part play when Komari is talking about being able to smile is what made that scene so great, so they remove it. EDIT: Forgot to say, do any of the VN players have a tiny thing in their head saying Mod Edit: possible spoiler |
rodacDec 21, 2013 2:04 PM
| My god. Can't you just, "deal with it"? I'm seriously wondering why are you still watching this in the first place if you keep whining every single episode. I'm getting tired of you whining bullshit. You have the Visual Novel so replay it. KeyIsLove said: EDIT: Forgot to say, do any of the VN players have a tiny thing in their head saying No. We're not going to talk that about here and all about VN discussions. That's why there's an another thread for that kind of thing in the first place. |
rodacDec 21, 2013 2:04 PM
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| OK. Enough of forums for me today... I'll wait until next week to form an opinion. That's all. Period and I'm out. |
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| Sigh.... Here we go again with the KyoAni vs JC Staff comments. Give it a rest please. |
| Or just ignore that narrow-minded person? You won't get any benefit if someone gets an argument with him. And I bet in the end, he's going to say "IT'S ALL MY OPINION". |
rodacDec 21, 2013 2:06 PM
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KeyIsLove said: Vladz0r said: Sure the true end being done in one go will work out fine thematically, but the emotional impact and everything the story was built up to, the inevitability of the bus explosion, is just fucking gone. And yet we still have people on here saying JC Staff is the best, Kyoto Animation couldn't have done better, this adaption is perfect, etc. etc. The number one most important thing about a Key visual novel (emotions) is screwed up/ruined and people still think JC Staff is good. /sighs The episode was decent, but I don't like the shortened scenes (e.x. Rin and Komari's goodbye). Mainly the stuff the other VN players disliked as well. A year of waiting and this is what we get... We called it. 3/5 Hi. Please leave. Thank you. |
| Wafuu~ |
| Tennouji_ & cxu thank you for saying something. If you people want to discuss which studio could have done better, please exchange PMs and don't spam in the forum. Nobody cares about your whining. Just deal with it how it is now and go replay the VN and stop watching the anime. Problem solved. |
KeyIsLove said: Vladz0r said: Sure the true end being done in one go will work out fine thematically, but the emotional impact and everything the story was built up to, the inevitability of the bus explosion, is just fucking gone. And yet we still have people on here saying JC Staff is the best, Kyoto Animation couldn't have done better, this adaption is perfect, etc. etc. The number one most important thing about a Key visual novel (emotions) is screwed up/ruined and people still think JC Staff is good. /sighs The episode was decent, but I don't like the shortened scenes (e.x. Rin and Komari's goodbye). Mainly the stuff the other VN players disliked as well. A year of waiting and this is what we get... We called it. 3/5 To me they got the emotions right because they made Rin a better character. Hence why I felt actual sadness from the Komari and Rin scene here than the nothing that was present in the visual novel (as their friendship was both shallow and unbelievable there). The bus scene and hospital scene are the same as the ushio scene in clannad. It is mere trickery rather than actual emotion. At least the ushio scene is relevant to the plot (but still poorly handled), but the bus scene and hospital scene are ultimately pointless. So yeah I feel its better to do the so called emotions right on the scenes that actually matter. |
| Masato. What a hero. |
| well i was expecting to bawl my eyes out this episode as someone from last week's episode said this would be the climax. now i feel like i get a cliche nakama revival story. oh well. at least rin's autism is gone. i hope. |
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| Yeah jun maeda...the visual novel author with the least amount of guts in the world haha. Actually he might just be the biggest visual novel troll more than a guy with no guts. It has to be intentional by this point. |
Kurogashi said: well i was expecting to bawl my eyes out this episode as someone from last week's episode said this would be the climax. now i feel like i get a cliche nakama revival story. oh well. at least rin's autism is gone. i hope. 'Cause they went with the true end without showing the other ends, which would of lead up to the true end anyways, but IMO better. Oh well. |
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| Mod Note: This is the thread to discuss the episode. There is another thread to discuss at length the VN vs. the adaptation (and the relative merits of the actual production company vs. a hypothetical production company). Posting further derailing comments may be treated as spam. |
Please don't feed the trolls! In my next life I want to collide at the corner with the cute transfer student carrying a piece of toast in her mouth...rodac |
dark06star said: Am I the only one who read the VN and loved this episode? Why compare it to the VN in the first place? They had to put some time for the other girls goodbyes because they had bigger part in the anime version... For me this was a great episode, and I still think this anime is pretty darn awesome :3 Nope, there is a number of vn readers in the earlier posts that spoke their mind and also said they enjoyed it nonetheless thinking they're the only players that liked it. I was disappointed in some changes, but overall I loved the episode too. :3 |
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| So we have the usual whiners in this thread huh!? Anyway I liked the episode, especially the scene with Rin and Komari, Rin is a stronger person now! And I'm looking forward to the final episode! ^_^ |
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| 30+ episodes of waiting for once scene is over... ok going for that ending is fine by me that moment when girls were saying goodbye to Rin was really nice but I can't say that I 100% liked the rooftop scene - it just felt too short (or it might be because that was one part of the game that was devastating for me so it took longer time to get over with). at least there were some parts of Komari screwing up things and pushing Rin to action :) |
| Holy shit I couldn't bear seeing Rin cry... there are no brakes on the feels train these days... |
 "Only one with the courage to shoulder the burden of their own fate can be called a hero.." |
| Kyousuke hiding in the bus, oh my babe. |
| Bus scene was really intense! Good job on that part, JC Staff. And we have one of my favorite scenes in Refrain: when Rin starts thinking about all of her friends at the end. |
 Thanks, person who gave me this on another site a long time ago, lol. |
| Hmm, what to say. I like how they animated the crash. The scene after, well, I expected it to be bit more eerie but it could do. I also like they didn't forget to make Rin POV, that was great. But the end.. I was right before when I guessed they will do only one take of the end. And they even ended on high note, that's really bad approch to end this series. No retry=No despair=No impact=No emotions. Sorry, but you did very wrong decision, J.C.Staff. In one last scene you just destroyed everything this series could ever be. |
Mich666Dec 21, 2013 4:08 PM
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Vladz0rDec 21, 2013 4:14 PM
dark06star said: Am I the only one who read the VN and loved this episode? Why compare it to the VN in the first place? They had to put some time for the other girls goodbyes because they had bigger part in the anime version... For me this was a great episode, and I still think this anime is pretty darn awesome :3 I'm also one of them ^^ I read the VN and loved this episode (the whole anime so far). I have to admit that I felt nothing while reading the VN at this part (including the part with Komari) and the hospital scene was okay but not necessary but thats only my opinion. But am I badmouthing the VN for not making me sad at that point? No. I enjoyed it the same way I'm enjoying the anime now. |
| Wow, what a weak conclusion. It would've been fare more powerful had they stuck to the visual novel and |
| For a minute or so.. I thought I was reading the VN thread lol.. Okay, time to go there. *woosh* |
| They didn't show the hospital scene did they? You know, there's not much impact like this. Not to mention, in the game even though everyone here is calling the ending they're going for right now the deus ex machina ending, you could also interpret that ending as Riki and Rin actually going to a new false world couldn't you? Without the hospital scene though, that interpretation of the ending is just gone. I might be in the minority, but even with the clear bus crash scene, which I did like, I was still left a little unsatisfied. |
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| putting the CG aside that bus scene was really well done felt terrible watching it the rooftop was also good just wish it was longer :(. like other have stated i really wish they kept the hospital part in. |
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| OMG T__________________________T. The bus accident scene + Rin scene with everyone including Komari TwT. Wasn't Riki and Rin suppose to live on without them? Riki and Rin have the power to save the Little Busters??? In the last episode forum you mentioned the ending was post Air. I have seen Air + Movie Air's Ending + question on the last ep of Little Buster |
AnimeFan500Dec 21, 2013 7:34 PM
| wah finally saw it subbed, didn't give me any tears but it was still sad T-T no hospital scene? meh, at least the end won't be so much wtf then~ |
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| And I drew the hospital scene a few months before, hoping that they will show it. http://i.imgur.com/HH5I6je.jpg |
| @inuvivo on twitter! |
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