New
What did you think of this episode?
DO NOT discuss the source material beyond this episode. If you want to discuss future events or theories, please use separate threads.
DO NOT ask where to watch/download this episode or give links to copyrighted, non-fair use material.
DO NOT troll/bait/harass/abuse other users for liking or disliking the series/characters.
DO read the Anime Discussion Rules and Site & Forum Guidelines.
DO NOT ask where to watch/download this episode or give links to copyrighted, non-fair use material.
DO NOT troll/bait/harass/abuse other users for liking or disliking the series/characters.
DO read the Anime Discussion Rules and Site & Forum Guidelines.
Nov 3, 2012 8:00 PM
#101
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... photo storage |
Nov 3, 2012 8:03 PM
#102
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... photo storage 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 |
Nov 3, 2012 8:04 PM
#103
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... photo storage So that was what the flash was... It kinda annoyed me :S |
You were eaten by the eel pie instead |
Nov 3, 2012 8:04 PM
#104
Slicer22 said: blasterion said: SleepingEntity said: blasterion said: Mary_Vanucchi said: blasterion said: No one can deny the appeal of Trap riki. 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. MUST SEE CROSS-DRESSING RIKI 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 they all make fun of Kyouske calling him a lolicon that part was pretty funny especially when Rin walked in. It is one of the few times when Kyouske is on the losing end. 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 |
Nov 3, 2012 8:11 PM
#105
jasque said: Slicer22 said: blasterion said: SleepingEntity said: blasterion said: Mary_Vanucchi said: blasterion said: No one can deny the appeal of Trap riki. 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. MUST SEE CROSS-DRESSING RIKI 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 they all make fun of Kyouske calling him a lolicon that part was pretty funny especially when Rin walked in. It is one of the few times when Kyouske is on the losing end. 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 |
Nov 3, 2012 8:13 PM
#106
blasterion said: jasque said: Slicer22 said: I also want to see the scene when they all make fun of Kyouske calling him a lolicon that part was pretty funny especially when Rin walked in. It is one of the few times when Kyouske is on the losing end. 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.) |
DragoonDeusNov 3, 2012 8:21 PM
Othinus Touma Pairing http://hestia.dance/ |
Nov 3, 2012 8:17 PM
#107
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. |
Nov 3, 2012 8:22 PM
#108
Oh wow this was rather a good episode ... So finally Komari regained her memories about a dead brother This could turn into something dramatic ... |
Nov 3, 2012 8:23 PM
#109
SleepingEntity said: 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 Poor Kengo |
blasterionNov 3, 2012 8:27 PM
Nov 3, 2012 8:29 PM
#110
blasterion said: jasque said: Slicer22 said: blasterion said: SleepingEntity said: blasterion said: Mary_Vanucchi said: blasterion said: No one can deny the appeal of Trap riki. 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. MUST SEE CROSS-DRESSING RIKI 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 they all make fun of Kyouske calling him a lolicon that part was pretty funny especially when Rin walked in. It is one of the few times when Kyouske is on the losing end. 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 |
Nov 3, 2012 8:31 PM
#111
jasque said: blasterion said: jasque said: Slicer22 said: blasterion said: SleepingEntity said: blasterion said: Mary_Vanucchi said: blasterion said: No one can deny the appeal of Trap riki. 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. MUST SEE CROSS-DRESSING RIKI 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 they all make fun of Kyouske calling him a lolicon that part was pretty funny especially when Rin walked in. It is one of the few times when Kyouske is on the losing end. 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 |
Nov 3, 2012 8:35 PM
#112
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. |
Nov 3, 2012 8:47 PM
#113
Anyways back to the main topic |
Nov 3, 2012 8:54 PM
#114
blasterion said: jasque said: Slicer22 said: blasterion said: SleepingEntity said: blasterion said: Mary_Vanucchi said: blasterion said: No one can deny the appeal of Trap riki. 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. MUST SEE CROSS-DRESSING RIKI 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 they all make fun of Kyouske calling him a lolicon that part was pretty funny especially when Rin walked in. It is one of the few times when Kyouske is on the losing end. 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 |
Nov 3, 2012 8:55 PM
#115
blasterion said: Anyways back to the main topic Oh god. You know there's something wrong when the male protagonist makes the cutest heroine. Damn the VN for not having more of this! BRB playing that section again. Oh, and that party also involved the revealing of Riki's pervertedness (sort of) towards Rin when they were younger... "Riki's quite the pervert." "He only stuck his hand up my skirt once." ~ZIIIIIIIINNNNNNNNNGGGGGGGG~ |
Nov 3, 2012 8:57 PM
#116
SleepingEntity said: blasterion said: Anyways back to the main topic Oh god. You know there's something wrong when the male protagonist makes the cutest heroine. Damn the VN for not having more of this! BRB playing that section again. Oh, and that party also involved the revealing of Riki's pervertedness (sort of) towards Rin when they were younger... "Riki's quite the pervert." "He only stuck his hand up my skirt once." ~ZIIIIIIIINNNNNNNNNGGGGGGGG~ Rin, who has been a tomboy all this time suddenly started to wear a skirt, Riki was just curious! |
Nov 3, 2012 9:03 PM
#117
blasterion said: SleepingEntity said: blasterion said: Anyways back to the main topic Oh god. You know there's something wrong when the male protagonist makes the cutest heroine. Damn the VN for not having more of this! BRB playing that section again. Oh, and that party also involved the revealing of Riki's pervertedness (sort of) towards Rin when they were younger... "Riki's quite the pervert." "He only stuck his hand up my skirt once." ~ZIIIIIIIINNNNNNNNNGGGGGGGG~ Rin, who has been a tomboy all this time suddenly started to wear a skirt, Riki was just curious! XD Riki: "Oh I remember. It was during the cocklebur battle." Kud: "What's a cocklebur?" Kurugaya: "It's where you grope a girl." Kud: "T-t-t-that must have been a great battle!" Oh my...the memories... XD ...I think we need to start a "The Awfully Fun-Filled Sleepover Party Thread". |
Nov 3, 2012 9:19 PM
#118
SleepingEntity said: blasterion said: SleepingEntity said: blasterion said: Anyways back to the main topic Oh god. You know there's something wrong when the male protagonist makes the cutest heroine. Damn the VN for not having more of this! BRB playing that section again. Oh, and that party also involved the revealing of Riki's pervertedness (sort of) towards Rin when they were younger... "Riki's quite the pervert." "He only stuck his hand up my skirt once." ~ZIIIIIIIINNNNNNNNNGGGGGGGG~ Rin, who has been a tomboy all this time suddenly started to wear a skirt, Riki was just curious! XD Riki: "Oh I remember. It was during the cocklebur battle." Kud: "What's a cocklebur?" Kurugaya: "It's where you grope a girl." Kud: "T-t-t-that must have been a great battle!" Oh my...the memories... XD ...I think we need to start a "The Awfully Fun-Filled Sleepover Party Thread". Speaking of Kud Choose a roommate chooses "Me" |
Nov 3, 2012 9:24 PM
#119
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. ^_^ |
Nov 3, 2012 9:26 PM
#120
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... |
Nov 3, 2012 9:26 PM
#121
Nov 3, 2012 9:27 PM
#122
Damn that voice was getting on my nervs thanks go this episode is over. |
Nov 3, 2012 9:34 PM
#123
Don't know why people think their suppose to cry from a scene of shock that was in this episode.. What gave me impact from Komari's route wasn't the beginning of her breakdown, but the events during that shock and how she was affected by it. @@ Can't wait for the next episode! |
MagicFlierNov 3, 2012 11:49 PM
Nov 3, 2012 9:35 PM
#124
The end of this episode is sad T____T |
|
Nov 3, 2012 9:41 PM
#125
blasterion said: SleepingEntity said: blasterion said: SleepingEntity said: blasterion said: Anyways back to the main topic Oh god. You know there's something wrong when the male protagonist makes the cutest heroine. Damn the VN for not having more of this! BRB playing that section again. Oh, and that party also involved the revealing of Riki's pervertedness (sort of) towards Rin when they were younger... "Riki's quite the pervert." "He only stuck his hand up my skirt once." ~ZIIIIIIIINNNNNNNNNGGGGGGGG~ Rin, who has been a tomboy all this time suddenly started to wear a skirt, Riki was just curious! XD Riki: "Oh I remember. It was during the cocklebur battle." Kud: "What's a cocklebur?" Kurugaya: "It's where you grope a girl." Kud: "T-t-t-that must have been a great battle!" Oh my...the memories... XD ...I think we need to start a "The Awfully Fun-Filled Sleepover Party Thread". Speaking of Kud Choose a roommate chooses "Me" 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. |
Nov 3, 2012 9:43 PM
#126
This reminded me of Kotomi breakdown from Clannad. It just seems similar to me. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZB40_Vxd2Fw |
Nov 3, 2012 10:07 PM
#127
dreznovk said: 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. |
Nov 3, 2012 10:10 PM
#128
Nov 3, 2012 10:29 PM
#129
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 |
You were eaten by the eel pie instead |
Nov 3, 2012 10:49 PM
#130
eltonsu999 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.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 |
Nov 3, 2012 10:51 PM
#131
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 You also have to factor in that for VN readers, you don't get to heroine routes until after the entire common route; that is, a hell of a lot of messing around, having fun, baseball practice, pancake parties, etc. And at the end of all that, you all go ahead and play against the captain team, which really helps you bond with the characters (especially if you win and get the epic group photo). I actually agree with those who say this lacks emotional development, because, although I understand JC Staff's reason for putting Komari Arc earlier, it just doesn't have the same effect as in the VN. Not that I'm saying they're doing a bad job, quite the contrary. It's just that we haven't had the time to build affection for the characters yet in the anime. |
Nov 3, 2012 10:53 PM
#132
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. |
Nov 3, 2012 10:55 PM
#133
Nov 3, 2012 11:04 PM
#134
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. Almost forgot that she's not as squeamish towards bugs as most average moes would. And it looks like they've finally adapted that scene many fans had cried out for the previous week. Too bad they didn't adapt the part where Komari mentioned how 'cool' the nickname sounds - and TBH, nothing sounds cooler than Komari-max to me. 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. In fact, IIRC, Clannad never showed this hint of darkness until After Story. 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. (MAJOR SPOILER) Things did feel kinda weird when it was commented in Refrain that Riki and Rin were doing this all along in since the beginning of the game - or beginning of the groundhog loop - but we didn't see Rin by the side of Riki at all when we were playing through all of the other routes that came before Refrain (save Rin's own route, of course). So it's good that they are shown doing this right from the start in the anime. 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. 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. 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. 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. |
Nov 3, 2012 11:11 PM
#135
Nov 3, 2012 11:34 PM
#136
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: You also have to factor in that for VN readers, you don't get to heroine routes until after the entire common route; that is, a hell of a lot of messing around, having fun, baseball practice, pancake parties, etc. And at the end of all that, you all go ahead and play against the captain team, which really helps you bond with the characters (especially if you win and get the epic group photo). I actually agree with those who say this lacks emotional development, because, although I understand JC Staff's reason for putting Komari Arc earlier, it just doesn't have the same effect as in the VN. Not that I'm saying they're doing a bad job, quite the contrary. It's just that we haven't had the time to build affection for the characters yet in the anime. lol, this is the first time I've finished the story before the anime. I guess I have forgotten that the story is already developed in my head. Probably the reason why I found it sad when they wished for the Little Busters to be happy T.T 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 |
Nov 3, 2012 11:45 PM
#137
OminousFlare said: 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...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... OminousFlare said: This is great stuff you share with us. Hope to see similar in other character's routes ;-)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. OminousFlare said: 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. |
Nov 3, 2012 11:52 PM
#138
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: You also have to factor in that for VN readers, you don't get to heroine routes until after the entire common route; that is, a hell of a lot of messing around, having fun, baseball practice, pancake parties, etc. And at the end of all that, you all go ahead and play against the captain team, which really helps you bond with the characters (especially if you win and get the epic group photo). I actually agree with those who say this lacks emotional development, because, although I understand JC Staff's reason for putting Komari Arc earlier, it just doesn't have the same effect as in the VN. Not that I'm saying they're doing a bad job, quite the contrary. It's just that we haven't had the time to build affection for the characters yet in the anime. lol, this is the first time I've finished the story before the anime. I guess I have forgotten that the story is already developed in my head. Probably the reason why I found it sad when they wished for the Little Busters to be happy T.T 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. When Riki wished for the LB to be happy forever, and the secret of this world NOT to be sad, I was just like: "You just HAD to jinx it didn't you Riki..." |
Nov 3, 2012 11:57 PM
#139
Nov 4, 2012 12:25 AM
#140
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. :( |
Nov 4, 2012 12:51 AM
#141
Nov 4, 2012 12:52 AM
#142
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. 5/5 - da water workz 's startin' |
Nov 4, 2012 1:30 AM
#143
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: You also have to factor in that for VN readers, you don't get to heroine routes until after the entire common route; that is, a hell of a lot of messing around, having fun, baseball practice, pancake parties, etc. And at the end of all that, you all go ahead and play against the captain team, which really helps you bond with the characters (especially if you win and get the epic group photo). I actually agree with those who say this lacks emotional development, because, although I understand JC Staff's reason for putting Komari Arc earlier, it just doesn't have the same effect as in the VN. Not that I'm saying they're doing a bad job, quite the contrary. It's just that we haven't had the time to build affection for the characters yet in the anime. lol, this is the first time I've finished the story before the anime. I guess I have forgotten that the story is already developed in my head. Probably the reason why I found it sad when they wished for the Little Busters to be happy T.T 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. When Riki wished for the LB to be happy forever, and the secret of this world NOT to be sad, I was just like: "You just HAD to jinx it didn't you Riki..." Me too. It reminds me of the saddest scene in Refrain. My heart hurts a little. VN Readers will feel twice more impact in that line that most anime-viewers. |
~ IA- Aria on the Planetes ~ Vocaloid V3 voiced by LiA (Clannad Afterstory, Angel Beats! theme song singer) |
Nov 4, 2012 1:31 AM
#144
And the Komari arc continues~ |
Nov 4, 2012 1:15 AM
#145
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: |
Nov 4, 2012 1:16 AM
#146
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. |
Nov 4, 2012 1:23 AM
#147
I like Komari's character but goddammit her voice is so annoying. |
Nov 4, 2012 1:30 AM
#148
JC make komari arc so quick but its ok, because they manage to put it all together. |
Nov 4, 2012 1:55 AM
#149
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 |
Nov 4, 2012 2:26 AM
#150
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. |
More topics from this board
Poll: » Little Busters! Episode 6 Discussion ( 1 2 3 4 5 ... Last Page )Yumekichi11 - Nov 10, 2012 |
397 |
by DELLspencer
»»
Dec 17, 1:11 PM |
|
Poll: » Little Busters! Episode 26 Discussion ( 1 2 3 4 5 ... Last Page )Stark700 - Apr 6, 2013 |
308 |
by eblf2013
»»
Nov 6, 3:02 PM |
|
Poll: » Little Busters! Episode 18 Discussion ( 1 2 3 4 5 ... Last Page )Stark700 - Feb 9, 2013 |
289 |
by eblf2013
»»
Nov 5, 6:57 PM |
|
Poll: » Little Busters! Episode 14 Discussion ( 1 2 3 4 5 ... Last Page )Stark700 - Jan 12, 2013 |
266 |
by eblf2013
»»
Nov 3, 6:12 AM |
|
» Why should i watch it?ilayia - Aug 17 |
8 |
by YordaTrico
»»
Sep 26, 5:00 PM |