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Nov 3, 2012 8:00 PM

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blasterion said:
This thread is now officially the Trap Riki expectations thread

Oh, what have we done... XD

But why the hell not? Everyone knows Riki makes the best heroine.

And am I crazy, or does this show up at 15:49 precisely...


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SleepingEntity said:
blasterion said:
This thread is now officially the Trap Riki expectations thread

Oh, what have we done... XD

But why the hell not? Everyone knows Riki makes the best heroine.

And am I crazy, or does this show up at 15:49 precisely...


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Yeah thank you! so I'm not the only one who saw it. It flashed for like a milli second, i kept pausing to check it out expecting it to be a hidden message or something. Turns out to be an ad? xD
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SleepingEntity said:
blasterion said:
This thread is now officially the Trap Riki expectations thread

Oh, what have we done... XD

But why the hell not? Everyone knows Riki makes the best heroine.

And am I crazy, or does this show up at 15:49 precisely...


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So that was what the flash was... It kinda annoyed me :S
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Slicer22 said:
blasterion said:
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blasterion said:
Mary_Vanucchi said:
blasterion said:



There is no official sprite though that's just pulled from the manga, so we're not sure what he looks like until; we actually see it.


Now I understand what kind of inspiration Pixiv artists took to draw trap Riki. lol


Indeed now we know, but in the VN they never mentioned a wig, they just said Female Uniform, Trap Riki may very well have short hair.

Oh my god. I'd completely forgotten about that scene.


And am I the only disappointed when Kurugaya didn't seem to actually follow up on her threat of sending the pictures to everyone? I was hoping I'd get to see too.

nah I'd love to see Kyouske's reaction to Trap Riki, would totally be compatible with Operation Loli Loli Hunters


I also want to see the scene when


It feels like they are cutting off a little bit to much of Komari's scenes and the Yui / KomariMax part was a little short, but the parts they are doing they are doing quite well.

Oh and Riki has pretty good taste in clothes, though he always seemed to dress quite well in the VN as well. It is nice they put the effort into animating them as well. Though Komari always looked a little off to me in goth loli not that it is horrible it just took some getting used to, it might be her hair colour does not go to well with the black and white.


There's another scene of Kyousuke losing:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JDUT7SN_A7w

But this one is so mean lol
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jasque said:
Slicer22 said:
blasterion said:
SleepingEntity said:
blasterion said:
Mary_Vanucchi said:
blasterion said:



There is no official sprite though that's just pulled from the manga, so we're not sure what he looks like until; we actually see it.


Now I understand what kind of inspiration Pixiv artists took to draw trap Riki. lol


Indeed now we know, but in the VN they never mentioned a wig, they just said Female Uniform, Trap Riki may very well have short hair.

Oh my god. I'd completely forgotten about that scene.


And am I the only disappointed when Kurugaya didn't seem to actually follow up on her threat of sending the pictures to everyone? I was hoping I'd get to see too.

nah I'd love to see Kyouske's reaction to Trap Riki, would totally be compatible with Operation Loli Loli Hunters


I also want to see the scene when


It feels like they are cutting off a little bit to much of Komari's scenes and the Yui / KomariMax part was a little short, but the parts they are doing they are doing quite well.

Oh and Riki has pretty good taste in clothes, though he always seemed to dress quite well in the VN as well. It is nice they put the effort into animating them as well. Though Komari always looked a little off to me in goth loli not that it is horrible it just took some getting used to, it might be her hair colour does not go to well with the black and white.


There's another scene of Kyousuke losing:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JDUT7SN_A7w

But this one is so mean lol

He wins because you still end up going
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blasterion said:
jasque said:
Slicer22 said:

I also want to see the scene when


It feels like they are cutting off a little bit to much of Komari's scenes and the Yui / KomariMax part was a little short, but the parts they are doing they are doing quite well.

Oh and Riki has pretty good taste in clothes, though he always seemed to dress quite well in the VN as well. It is nice they put the effort into animating them as well. Though Komari always looked a little off to me in goth loli not that it is horrible it just took some getting used to, it might be her hair colour does not go to well with the black and white.


There's another scene of Kyousuke losing:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JDUT7SN_A7w

But this one is so mean lol

He wins because you still end up going


Yeah he still wins in the end, the one time i tried to reject him it made me feel so bad Kyouske is really hard to say no to xD Well Mio is actually pretty good at messing with Kyouske she gets him a number of times through-out the VN lol. One of the many reasons Mio is one of my favourite girls.

btw my top 4 girls in no particular order have to be Rin, Kud, Mio and Kurugaya (I have sadly never played the EX routes so i can not count them.)
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jasque said:


There's another scene of Kyousuke losing:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JDUT7SN_A7w

But this one is so mean lol

Don't forget Operation Love Love Hunters if you pair up Kyousuke and Mio!

"Kyousuke-san, you look cool as long as you're quiet, please don't be doing these bizarre things. You'll ruin your image."

"Sorry to be a bother."

"Yes, you were a bother."

Ouch, Mio.

But Kyousuke is so much cooler when he wins:


I will never forget that scene.
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Oh wow this was rather a good episode ...


This could turn into something dramatic ...
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jasque said:


There's another scene of Kyousuke losing:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JDUT7SN_A7w

But this one is so mean lol

Don't forget Operation Love Love Hunters if you pair up Kyousuke and Mio!

"Kyousuke-san, you look cool as long as you're quiet, please don't be doing these bizarre things. You'll ruin your image."

"Sorry to be a bother."

"Yes, you were a bother."

Ouch, Mio.

But Kyousuke is so much cooler when he wins:


I will never forget that scene.

Not exact winning fair but winning nonetheless
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blasterion said:
jasque said:
Slicer22 said:
blasterion said:
SleepingEntity said:
blasterion said:
Mary_Vanucchi said:
blasterion said:



There is no official sprite though that's just pulled from the manga, so we're not sure what he looks like until; we actually see it.


Now I understand what kind of inspiration Pixiv artists took to draw trap Riki. lol


Indeed now we know, but in the VN they never mentioned a wig, they just said Female Uniform, Trap Riki may very well have short hair.

Oh my god. I'd completely forgotten about that scene.


And am I the only disappointed when Kurugaya didn't seem to actually follow up on her threat of sending the pictures to everyone? I was hoping I'd get to see too.

nah I'd love to see Kyouske's reaction to Trap Riki, would totally be compatible with Operation Loli Loli Hunters


I also want to see the scene when


It feels like they are cutting off a little bit to much of Komari's scenes and the Yui / KomariMax part was a little short, but the parts they are doing they are doing quite well.

Oh and Riki has pretty good taste in clothes, though he always seemed to dress quite well in the VN as well. It is nice they put the effort into animating them as well. Though Komari always looked a little off to me in goth loli not that it is horrible it just took some getting used to, it might be her hair colour does not go to well with the black and white.


There's another scene of Kyousuke losing:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JDUT7SN_A7w

But this one is so mean lol

He wins because you still end up going


Well, at least for a moment he lost, because he believed.

But that guy always get what he wants lol

Except he lost to Kurugaya once, lol
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jasque said:
blasterion said:
jasque said:
Slicer22 said:
blasterion said:
SleepingEntity said:
blasterion said:
Mary_Vanucchi said:
blasterion said:



There is no official sprite though that's just pulled from the manga, so we're not sure what he looks like until; we actually see it.


Now I understand what kind of inspiration Pixiv artists took to draw trap Riki. lol


Indeed now we know, but in the VN they never mentioned a wig, they just said Female Uniform, Trap Riki may very well have short hair.

Oh my god. I'd completely forgotten about that scene.


And am I the only disappointed when Kurugaya didn't seem to actually follow up on her threat of sending the pictures to everyone? I was hoping I'd get to see too.

nah I'd love to see Kyouske's reaction to Trap Riki, would totally be compatible with Operation Loli Loli Hunters


I also want to see the scene when


It feels like they are cutting off a little bit to much of Komari's scenes and the Yui / KomariMax part was a little short, but the parts they are doing they are doing quite well.

Oh and Riki has pretty good taste in clothes, though he always seemed to dress quite well in the VN as well. It is nice they put the effort into animating them as well. Though Komari always looked a little off to me in goth loli not that it is horrible it just took some getting used to, it might be her hair colour does not go to well with the black and white.


There's another scene of Kyousuke losing:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JDUT7SN_A7w

But this one is so mean lol

He wins because you still end up going


Well, at least for a moment he lost, because he believed.

But that guy always get what he wants lol

Except he lost to Kurugaya once, lol

Of course, he's Kyouske. Except he'll never get Rin's affection
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Well that was an underwelming episode for me emotionally. Pretty sure I won't feel much by the end of next episode...everything just feels like it is too forced.
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Anyways back to the main topic
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blasterion said:
jasque said:
Slicer22 said:
blasterion said:
SleepingEntity said:
blasterion said:
Mary_Vanucchi said:
blasterion said:



There is no official sprite though that's just pulled from the manga, so we're not sure what he looks like until; we actually see it.


Now I understand what kind of inspiration Pixiv artists took to draw trap Riki. lol


Indeed now we know, but in the VN they never mentioned a wig, they just said Female Uniform, Trap Riki may very well have short hair.

Oh my god. I'd completely forgotten about that scene.


And am I the only disappointed when Kurugaya didn't seem to actually follow up on her threat of sending the pictures to everyone? I was hoping I'd get to see too.

nah I'd love to see Kyouske's reaction to Trap Riki, would totally be compatible with Operation Loli Loli Hunters


I also want to see the scene when


It feels like they are cutting off a little bit to much of Komari's scenes and the Yui / KomariMax part was a little short, but the parts they are doing they are doing quite well.

Oh and Riki has pretty good taste in clothes, though he always seemed to dress quite well in the VN as well. It is nice they put the effort into animating them as well. Though Komari always looked a little off to me in goth loli not that it is horrible it just took some getting used to, it might be her hair colour does not go to well with the black and white.


There's another scene of Kyousuke losing:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JDUT7SN_A7w

But this one is so mean lol

He wins because you still end up going


I had to do that. The look on Kyosuke's face. Oh I'm such an ass XD
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Anyways back to the main topic

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blasterion said:
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blasterion said:
Anyways back to the main topic



XD

Oh my...the memories... XD

...I think we need to start a "The Awfully Fun-Filled Sleepover Party Thread".
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SleepingEntity said:
blasterion said:
SleepingEntity said:
blasterion said:
Anyways back to the main topic



XD

Oh my...the memories... XD

...I think we need to start a "The Awfully Fun-Filled Sleepover Party Thread".

Speaking of Kud
Nov 3, 2012 9:24 PM

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Damn... that was quite a sad episode. I thought her brother did something bad and was kicked out of the family but I never knew he was dead. Komari must have suffered a lot... I feel so bad for her. The rest of the episode was kind of nice though. She gets a date with Riki and even hugged him. I can't wait for the next episode. I bet it's going to be good. ^_^
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The drama in this episode is so forced to me that it didn't leave any impact on me at all, and Komari's arc (so far) doesn't seem interesting either. But since this is the beginning of more serious stuff, i'm just going to wait for next ep to see how thing turn out...
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damn, that was painful to watch komari's breakdown at the end there ;_;

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Damn that voice was getting on my nervs thanks go this episode is over.
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Don't know why people think their suppose to cry from a scene of shock that was in this episode..
Got to prepare myself for more aches (╥﹏╥)/

@@ Can't wait for the next episode!
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The end of this episode is sad T____T




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blasterion said:
SleepingEntity said:
blasterion said:
SleepingEntity said:
blasterion said:
Anyways back to the main topic



XD

Oh my...the memories... XD

...I think we need to start a "The Awfully Fun-Filled Sleepover Party Thread".

Speaking of Kud

It's a shame we won't see that animated, since it's completely out of character for Riki lol. You know, when I first got up to there, for a second I thought you actually would get to be her roommate, leading to some hilarious shenanigans. You can imagine my disappointment.
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This reminded me of Kotomi breakdown from Clannad. It just seems similar to me. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZB40_Vxd2Fw
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The drama in this episode is so forced to me that it didn't leave any impact on me at all, and Komari's arc (so far) doesn't seem interesting either.


Most apt description of this episode. At least they didn't introduce any new characters. And the 'What is this Yui-chan that you speak of…' line was amusing. Oh well, we'll see where it goes.
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Classic Key, trying their hardest to make you cry, and usually failing.
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Classic Key, trying their hardest to make you cry, and usually failing.

It depends on the person really. I bet most of the people here has jerked off (tears of course...what were you thinking you sicko? :P ) to key animes such as clannad. Though it does affect most of its viewers, it is still prone to peoples different opinions and therefore remains the same as everything else in life: either hit or miss. I'm presuming that key works are a miss for you.

A significant factor is the characterisation. Your view on the character heavily influences you're enjoyment to their story. When you find a character interesting and enjoyable, it would be likely to be tearjerking if the character goes through something harsh. However, if you hate and find the character annoying, then you probably would not care at all. An example is Nagisa from Clannad. There are people who found her annoying and disliked her which caused them to be unable to enjoy afterstory as much as the people who didn't mind her. It's also the same as Komari here. There is quite a lot of hate for her voice, which lowered the impact of her story right now as can be seen by a few previous comments.

lol, wow... I accidentally wrote a long response...whoops :P
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egoplant said:
Classic Key, trying their hardest to make you cry, and usually failing.

It depends on the person really. I bet most of the people here has jerked off (tears of course...what were you thinking you sicko? :P ) to key animes such as clannad. Though it does affect most of its viewers, it is still prone to peoples different opinions and therefore remains the same as everything else in life: either hit or miss. I'm presuming that key works are a miss for you.

A significant factor is the characterisation. Your view on the character heavily influences you're enjoyment to their story. When you find a character interesting and enjoyable, it would be likely to be tearjerking if the character goes through something harsh. However, if you hate and find the character annoying, then you probably would not care at all. An example is Nagisa from Clannad. There are people who found her annoying and disliked her which caused them to be unable to enjoy afterstory as much as the people who didn't mind her. It's also the same as Komari here. There is quite a lot of hate for her voice, which lowered the impact of her story right now as can be seen by a few previous comments.

lol, wow... I accidentally wrote a long response...whoops :P
I don't hate Komari though, she is easily my favourite character on the show. I love her, but then the last two minutes hit and all of a sudden a dead kitten appears and she breaks down crying, remembering her past. How fucking manipulative can you get? I thought Clannad was decent, up until Fuko gave that starfish to her sister and that song started playing, after that I cannot take anything Key does seriously.
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eltonsu999 said:
egoplant said:
Classic Key, trying their hardest to make you cry, and usually failing.

It depends on the person really. I bet most of the people here has jerked off (tears of course...what were you thinking you sicko? :P ) to key animes such as clannad. Though it does affect most of its viewers, it is still prone to peoples different opinions and therefore remains the same as everything else in life: either hit or miss. I'm presuming that key works are a miss for you.

A significant factor is the characterisation. Your view on the character heavily influences you're enjoyment to their story. When you find a character interesting and enjoyable, it would be likely to be tearjerking if the character goes through something harsh. However, if you hate and find the character annoying, then you probably would not care at all. An example is Nagisa from Clannad. There are people who found her annoying and disliked her which caused them to be unable to enjoy afterstory as much as the people who didn't mind her. It's also the same as Komari here. There is quite a lot of hate for her voice, which lowered the impact of her story right now as can be seen by a few previous comments.

lol, wow... I accidentally wrote a long response...whoops :P

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Okay, I did feel this episode was running a bit too fast especially when it's going through the drama.

The comedic moment at the start was refreshing though, and the main story is there, but the pacing needs to slow for it to have a greater impact, at least towards me.

Though I must say, after the episode sinks in, they did cover quite a bit & clearly the narrative is well written.
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A Beautiful Episode.
But I Feel Sad For Komari-chan.
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Heh... seems like the majority doesn't seem to like Komari. Ah well, what am I getting all upset over other people's opinions for? Geez...

Anyway, I felt like doing a screenshot review of Little Busters! for a while now, but right now, I felt like doing one straight away in dedication to Komari's arc being so well-adapted. Those who've played the VN (and have no complaints about it) should know what I'm talking about, but I digress.

Honestly, when the episode started with this scene, I'd thought that Komari would squeal.


And it looks like they've finally adapted that scene many fans had cried out for the previous week.


This is where she made the first squeal of the day - yes, that squealing sound everyone seems to have a problem with. Personally, I adore it. Yeah, it's moe, but it's cute. I mean, if you don't like cute things, maybe you shouldn't be watching Key works, 'coz after many 'Uguus' and 'Wafuus' and 'starfishes,' I thought one would get used to it by now.


It is at this part of the show where the foreshadowing begins. The quote really reminds me of what Komari's character is like - smiles and sunshine. Simple and cute, normally something that most guys would probably get turned off by, but I find it surprisingly endearing in this context.

The foreboding music comes in, and you know that things are getting serious. This becomes one part of the production that I find myself to like. There's constantly, since episode 2, a subtle hint of grimmer things to come (much like the uncensored versions of childhood fairy tales) throughout each episode, no matter how moe things get. This tone of grimness works really well. Those who like the moe goes for the moe, and those who want more things than that could pick up the hidden adult humor and... other unappropriate grim stuff that Pixar kept subtle visible in the Toy Story movies.

In fact, IIRC, Clannad never showed this hint of darkness until After Story.

Could I just comment on how they didn't choose the "Komari smiling as a shooting star flew past behind her" image in this part of the OP? Seriously, just compare the anime OP to the VN's one. In the VN, this part of the OP should have an image like this:

rather than the hands clasping the shooting stars. It's not that big of a deal, considering that they might be trying to portray Riki's hands releasing the hopes of his friends into the air. It's rather a nitpick, really.

When this scene came along, I was reminded of how both Riki and Rin are working together to help with the problems of their friends in the anime version of LB!. Not a bad choice, either, and is in fact an improvement.

(MAJOR SPOILER)

Around the time when I first saw how young Riki was actually in the VN, it felt kinda weird to me, considering the age of the previous protagonists.
Yep. He's definitely more moe than the Tomoya and Yuichi.

Is the painting a representation of the old man's volcanic personality?

Looks like Riki chose the plain pattern-less donut. ;) And this is another of those subtle things (or rather, not so subtle) I talked about just now - I couldn't remember a panties shot in any of Key's anime back then.

Kawaiiiii nei? There were several times in the VN where I just wanted to hold onto Komari tightly and tell her it's alright and stuff. Heh...

So the anime actually cut out a lot of things from the VN, including a discussion of what to bring for the shooting stars viewing, which they'd further discussed upon beforehand after Komari mentioned that there's a certain rare series of shooting stars that will appear only on... a certain amount of time per a certain amount of years. Can't remember how many was mentioned. The point is, a lot of pointless stuff was cut out, and the anime got right to the point instead of info-dumping. This, my friends, is why Type-Moon games dull me.

This line actually sounds a lot better in the VN... probably because the subbers misinterpreted it. The line said in the VN... I can't recall exactly, but I remember it wasn't this. It was something... a little more sadder. Something that hinted of sadder things to come, like how Komari only wanted to see things that are happy while discarding things that are not. In a way, this is a deconstruction of all the moe and happy stuff you see in anime *cough*lookingatyouKOn!*cough* In fact, just about the entire Komari arc is a deconstruction of this: happy and lighthearted stuff is not always good.

As a kid, I remember reading about this in a Chinese textbook. I was too young to fully comprehend it back then, but there was a tinge of sadness when I got to the ending, and a bit of shock, too. For a kid's story, it was surprisingly grim. And for a Key's work comprised of moe and fluff, J.C. surprisingly turned it into something along the lines of Higurashi.

However, it was somewhat disappointing. In the VN, although a lot of the speech was pointless banter, there was a specific speech at this scene that talks about how fairy tales were used to be grim and dark before they were torn down and reconstructed to the modern day childhood fantasy that they are today. This was cut out from the anime, even though so many grim stuff was already subtly inserted... Contradicting-much?

And then there was actually a moment of description in the VN regarding how beautiful the city scene looks like from the rooftop. When I finally got to this scene in the anime, my hopes of seeing how beautiful it would be on the anime was... kinda dashed. Ah well.

TBH, they do look kinda inappropriately mature for Komari. Sure, she is a mature girl to begin with (yes, despite the moe, she is a straight-woman studious mature girl in the VN who even gave Kud English lessons), but I felt she'd look... cuter, in other, clothes. Yeah. This clothing seemed like it'd be more effective on Yui-chan.

"A storm is coming." - Terminator.

Gawd, I hate that scene. Not the Terminator one, the LB! one. And I love it, too, at the same time. It's not exactly the same as it is shown in the VN, but it is so effective as it is here, in the anime, showing that your moment of happiness is temporal and futile. Gawd, this is depressing.

As we slowly approach the inevitable scene that's to come, there was only one thought reeling through my mind, that was, for the show to stop, for the grim stuff to come only in the next episode, and for this episode not to end things on a tragic note.

Of course, it doesn't. And we're treated to this Higurashi moment when the music is cut, and only a lack of response from Komari filled the scene.

KyoAni was known for greatly emphasizing the disturbing moments of Key's works throughout the worse of times (remember Kotomi's breakdown, anyone?). J.C. Team did it just as splendidly here... but I do have one complaint - the cat. They didn't include the monologue where Riki was wondering if he could've saved the cat from drowning. Ah well. Guess things are already grim enough. Don't need to have that much genre-shift here already.

The silence over here was some very powerful stuff (go watch Kanon (2006) again, there's a lot of examples of such in there), much more than any emotional OSTs to ruin the mood... until it actually did, when Komari's flashback occurs and she remembers her brother. Ah well.

Overall, it was still a great episode, despite the nitpicks here and there. But it's always like this with adaptations, and I can't complain too much. TBH, though, if you like Komari's arc so far and how it develops, go play the VN - much more satisfying than the anime presentation. And this is coming from a guy who hates reading. The VN was a total heartstring tugger compared to the anime up to this point of the story and beyond. The choice of OST sequence was well, and the descriptions made it very hard for me to continue reading the thing without breaking down myself. The empty eyes, BTW, looked a lot more distinct and horribly disturbing in the VN than it is here.
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Did anyones heart break a little?
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]I don't hate Komari though, she is easily my favourite character on the show. I love her, but then the last two minutes hit and all of a sudden a dead kitten appears and she breaks down crying, remembering her past. How fucking manipulative can you get? I thought Clannad was decent, up until Fuko gave that starfish to her sister and that song started playing, after that I cannot take anything Key does seriously.

I guess you could say its manipulated but if you think about it, it doesn't seem too outworldly like the Fuko moment(though I'm pretty sure that's a symbolism the bond and care for each other) I'm just presuming here but I'm sure that big things start from small catalysts. However, they did leave it in suspense and didnt explain it yet so its natural for people to think its forced out.

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But heck, you can just treat what I said as rambling random facts. I was feeling kinda bored XD
You were eaten by the eel pie instead
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OminousFlare said:
Heh... seems like the majority doesn't seem to like Komari. Ah well, what am I getting all upset over other people's opinions for? Geez...
Komari is cute, friendly and helpful. She teaches Rin to reach out and interact with people for example. She may sound a bit air-headed and too soft, but how can she be not likeable I can't understand...
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Anyway, I felt like doing a screenshot review of Little Busters! for a while now, but right now, I felt like doing one straight away in dedication to Komari's arc being so well-adapted.
This is great stuff you share with us. Hope to see similar in other character's routes ;-)

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This parody of the popular BOSS canned coffee reminds me how much I drank this in Japan...
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.
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egoplant said:
]I don't hate Komari though, she is easily my favourite character on the show. I love her, but then the last two minutes hit and all of a sudden a dead kitten appears and she breaks down crying, remembering her past. How fucking manipulative can you get? I thought Clannad was decent, up until Fuko gave that starfish to her sister and that song started playing, after that I cannot take anything Key does seriously.

I guess you could say its manipulated but if you think about it, it doesn't seem too outworldly like the Fuko moment(though I'm pretty sure that's a symbolism the bond and care for each other) I'm just presuming here but I'm sure that big things start from small catalysts. However, they did leave it in suspense and didnt explain it yet so its natural for people to think its forced out.

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But heck, you can just treat what I said as rambling random facts. I was feeling kinda bored XD

I was thinking the exact same thing.

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OK HERE WE GO KEY! MY HEART IS READY TO BE TORN!
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Aww poor Komari, it was really sad to see her break down like that. And it looks like the sadness will continue on next episode. Expected myself to tear up when Komari began to remember but it didn't happen, guess that was because things just happened too suddenly. I am expecting the next episode to get even more emotional though and oh man I dno if my heart is going to be ready.

Those blank depressing eyes. :(
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Lol just finished Komari route in the Visual Novel xD. Was pretty sad seeing it through the anime adaptation here to.
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What an amazing episode. It was so beautiful. Good job JC Staff, I believed in you and I love that I was right to do so.

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SleepingEntity said:
eltonsu999 said:
egoplant said:
]I don't hate Komari though, she is easily my favourite character on the show. I love her, but then the last two minutes hit and all of a sudden a dead kitten appears and she breaks down crying, remembering her past. How fucking manipulative can you get? I thought Clannad was decent, up until Fuko gave that starfish to her sister and that song started playing, after that I cannot take anything Key does seriously.

I guess you could say its manipulated but if you think about it, it doesn't seem too outworldly like the Fuko moment(though I'm pretty sure that's a symbolism the bond and care for each other) I'm just presuming here but I'm sure that big things start from small catalysts. However, they did leave it in suspense and didnt explain it yet so its natural for people to think its forced out.

SleepingEntity said:


But heck, you can just treat what I said as rambling random facts. I was feeling kinda bored XD

I was thinking the exact same thing.



Me too.

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And the Komari arc continues~
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OminousFlare said:
And it looks like they've finally adapted that scene many fans had cried out for the previous week.

Only the first half of it, sadly. The best part was the "fight" afterwards:
It was even more hilarious in the VN with the battle GUI coming up and everything :D
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I was pretty bored for the first 10 minutes, but holy shit that ending got me, I was stunned by it.
I hope next episode will be more interesting in general since I wanted to delay watching this episode because of the boring start. But it's Key, something is bound to happen.
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I like Komari's character but goddammit her voice is so annoying.
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JC make komari arc so quick but its ok, because they manage to put it all together.
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ClannadIsLove said:

Could've been really good, but naturally JC Staff fucked it up. First episode I'm actually disappointed in since it could've been so good =/

First episode that your disappointed my ass you've been bitching about JC staff's adaption since episode 1
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Sigh naturally... little busters VN players will protect and say the anime is good because that's what they think... but how about those who doesnt have any idea what little busters is?

as a NOOB on the little busters, we dont know about the story, (and we are not lame enough to spoil ourselves read the story on wikipedia) so we have been looking for the STORY, the point of everything, the reason why we should stay and watch. and now just as when there's finally some sort of story and character progression (though between the two), it ended within just 1 episode. (now that's RUSHED). so you cant blame if we talked about disappointed about the adaptation. clannad hooked NOOBS like me on episode 3 (some ever since the start on that anime) why cant little busters do that? there must be reason...

THOUGH, its indeed wrong to blame JC staff for the failure. they have been rocking on sakurasou no pet na kanojo. so its either the staff JC staff/key placed to head the production who is doing the mistake. the pro anime folks on 2ch also pointed this out.
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