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| What the hell kind of family does she have . Kicking kids out of the house because food they made wasn't tasty lol. |
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| BANZAI for Kud's route next :DDD Amazing episode :> |
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| Kanata left the family. Just like that? That was easy. She should have done that years ago. Still, that was a solid route. |
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| Twin bond > Everything. You simply can't beat 2 lives that known each other before they're even born into the world. I think the episode could be handled much better... But at least the message is delivered. Somebody call child service on that family. |
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| Ahh..nice thinking from Haruka:D |
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| I'll forgive you Kanata. Good thing she wasn't 100% evil but was forced to do that. Has Haruka already left the family? And it seems that the father was planning attempt murder to protect them instead. Good guy Dad lol. I'm really happy that the twins reconciled, TWINYURINCEST. Loli Haruka and Kanata were cute and i'm really happy that they still share a bond. |
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| This is the saddest arc i`ve ever watched on Little Busters T^T I`m glad Haruka and Kanata get along each other. Komrari arc finished, Nishizono arc finished, Haruka arc finished. so what`s next? Kurugaya arc or Noumi arc? i am expecting Rin`s arc will be the last arc |
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ElfinMint said: so what`s next? Kurugaya arc or Noumi arc? i am expecting Rin`s arc will be the last arc Kud's. |
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| I'm still crying, the family reunion was so emotional! 5/5 |
| Great episode, I can't believed little Haruka still had a smile on her face after being tossed out like a piece of trash it was kinda of sad, They probably won't go into it but what would the abusive family do to them now? I never played the VNs. Can't wait for the next one should be a fun episode this time :D |
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| 2/5 character in this show arent believeable at all.atleast the ones that try to act like they are grown ups. i was more annoyed than sad this episode. really overhyped show. 6/10 at this point. i dont wanna hear that VN crap.. |
| ^well tbh you'd probably hate the VN too if your gonna get into little busters without suspension of disbelief |
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| It was an ok episode Kanata's confession felt weird and too sudden But, happy for Kanata & Haruka :") Why didn't Kanata leave the family earlier? |
| Awesome episode :,) Reading the comments for each episode is starting to make me want to play the VN more and more... maybe I really should check it out, lol |
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Kratos_Ortega said: Sa-chan_ said: Kratos_Ortega said: Kud's route next. Kinda interested to see which Ending they would use for her Which ending? What do you mean? Her Bad End and True End. Oh that. Well, obviously it'll be True End. |
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| I'm not in a talkative mood, so I'll be quick: I loved this episode and I add: "finally!". This time was really touching when Kanata has said "because you are my imouto". So many feels... 5/5. I'm hyped for Kud's route next week. |
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| Couldn't have asked for more to end Haruka's arc. It was the obvious conclusion but it's still nice to see them both get a happy ending. |
| I have a question: If the clan behind Haruka and Kanata was so serious about succession, how could they just stand by when Kanata told them she is going to break with the family? Didn't the family threaten violence like taking the "unneeded" away, especially if they deem both are no use for their succession plan? And not just Haruka and Kanata, perhaps even their parents and the Little Busters could be in jeopardy if the clan decides to use force to punish or deter? Still I think this episode is very powerful emotionally, and I think much credit should go to Keiko Suzuki, who voices both Haruka and Kanata. It is all the more amazing since she almost never voices in anime, and so far only voices a few games released by Key. |
symbvFeb 10, 2013 6:36 AM
| 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. |
| Too me, without a doubt, Harukas story has been the weakest, and a disappointment.. What a relief that it's finally over, let's move on please. ┐(‘～`；)┌ |
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| how dare you saigusa family!!! XD |
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| That family is shit, though I would not be surprised at such a think being real. The Rich can get away with alot of crap, hell I personally know of a case of a family doing some crap like that but moving on. The ep I liked the way it ended, but like so many of the eps it felt rushed, also I still haven't seen much of a romance plot for the MC. I'm figuring it might either pull a Clannad route, or it might be a popularity contest for the final ep, who knows. Its a shame really as in this type of show, a romance plot fits, ah well I'l lgive the ep a 4/5. |
| Whole arc feels very rushed, and Kanata's confession was both sudden and out of character. Drama was really forced. 2/5 for me. I havent played the VN so not sure about how they handle this arc there. But anime is bad. |
| A good Little Busters episode!? Tell me it isn't so! A nice followup to such a bad start for Haruka's arc. 3/5 |
| This was a good episode it explained a lot for the relationship between the sisters they where both victim of child abuse. If word of that got out it would definitely ruin the reputation of the family beyond repair and it would serve them right for what they have done to the sisters. It's nice that they put there differences together and became happy sisters and solve there problems. And even going back to there parents they looked like a happy family and there mother must be very happy to have them back. |
Mini_Lancer said: It's not very OOC if she's hiding this side of her from Haruka from the start, and like Kud said, she's actually pretty nice around her.Whole arc feels very rushed, and Kanata's confession was both sudden and out of character. Drama was really forced. 2/5 for me. I havent played the VN so not sure about how they handle this arc there. But anime is bad. The VN made the drama beforehand so heavy that it's difficult to believe that Haruka would forgive Kanata, so IMO the anime did it better. Haven't played Kanata's route since the patch is unreleased but apparently it gives a lot more depth to Kanata's character too. Hoping it'd be animated. I'm just confused how Kanata can just go all "I'm leaving the family" without any consequences... Couldn't she have just done that earlier? I forgot what happened in the VN's conclusion though... |
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| Phew, this horrible arc is finally over. At least the ending of it was surprisingly decent. |
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| It was somehow rushed obviously but the final scenes still made me a bit teary. And if we'll see Kud's arc next than it's obvious that they made S2 for Refrain or at least the movie. |
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| RUSHED, seriously. |
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| That family is so damn awful, to both of them. What kind of family would even go as far as killing one of them because one of them is the daughter of a criminal? I'm glad this awful (as in sad) arc is over. This was too damn depressing. |
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| Nice end, loved it!!! The PV was so funny, Kud: "I am Japanese stupid" LOL!! Also, I take it that Haruka is really Shou's daughter right??? since she was on the left side with Shou in the flashback, and on the right with Shou in the family picture. Can someone tell me plz?? |
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GateLambda said: xfire011 said: Nice end, loved it!!! The PV was so funny, Kud: "I am Japanese stupid" LOL!! Also, I take it that Haruka is really Shou's daughter right??? since she was on the left side with Shou in the flashback, and on the right with Shou in the family picture. Can someone tell me plz?? I also want to know this .. they call them twins but that would be impossible if they have different parents. No, it's theoretically possible to have fraternal twins from two fathers if there were two eggs produced and fertilized from two separate sperm. If the two fathers had relations with the mother within a short time (hours, I'd say), it's possible for those two sperm to be each from a different father. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superfecundation |
| i think they did a REALLY good job with this episode, overall. the rain scene wasnt as powerful as it was in the VN, but it was still pretty good (i think because futaki was WAY more sympathetic and not as much of a bitch in the anime) but that scene between futaki and saigusa, wow ;_; futaki's revelation to saigusa was so emotional that it made me cry, and i didnt even cry at all for this arc in the VN they did a really fantastic job with that. i wish they went more in depth with that final saigusa shou scene, like why he became a "criminal", rather than just him becoming all nice all of a sudden overall, they did a really nice job with this arc. cant find any way to justify any hate for this adaptation and LOL @ kud in the preview "I am a Japanese stupid." |
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| A major underlying issue with the anime adaptation is Riki's role as a protagonist... In the VN, Riki is the primary source of aid to each of the girls. They did a good job of including the Little Busters helping out Haruka, but... that wasn't the goal of the Secret of the World, you guys know what I'm talking about... Riki did a great job of helping out Komari like in the VN, and during Mio's route, so that was pretty cool. I just hope that Kud and Kurugaya's routes don't degenerate into "The Little Busters are here for you, everything will be okay!" from Riki seriously contemplating what he should do to try to be strong for each of the girls and help them himself. I thought that the Little Busters all being there for Haruka was awesome in the short term, but the less Riki is being involved with each of the heroines, the more awkward and unrealistic Refrain is going to be for anime watchers. I had a great overall opinion of Riki, similar to Tomoya from Clannad After Story, but I doubt any anime-only watcher has that kind of opinion of Riki. He did do a good job of standing up to Saigusa Shou, however, so he did a decent job. I really enjoyed the end of the episode with the reunion and everything. The ending took a lot more time and had a much darker and serious tone, with much more crazed hate going on between the two sisters before they could find a resolution. I was always thinking that these two would've never acted as kind siblings to each other throughout the majority of Haruka's route, but they had to streamline the relationship for length purposes. If anyone who didn't play the VN is interested, and you have some free time, check this out: http://youtu.be/TkXaIjqYX-U?t=56m46s It starts from when Futaki meets Riki dressed up as Haruka. And http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mUA4HAYkEqI is the resolution to everything. |
Vladz0rFeb 10, 2013 10:40 AM
| This was beautiful and touching. |
| I cried like a motherf*cker, just as I wanted... Rating: 5/5 The best episode so far of the few good that has done the not so good direction. Haruka FTW! PD: If this message is reposted, is because a MAL failure. |
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Nachtwandler_21 said: It was somehow rushed obviously but the final scenes still made me a bit teary. And if we'll see Kud's arc next than it's obvious that they made S2 for Refrain or at least the movie. Remember Yuiko and Rin´s arcs. Probably J.C. will also send them to the 2nd season. |
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xHikaru13x said: This Season definitely will end with Kurugaya or Rin Definitely, yes. |
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| Does it ever reveal who Haruka's real father is? My guess is that Shou is the father of both of them. The sisters must look almost the same (identical twins) to fool Riki in the beginning of the rain scene. |
| Jeez, when Kanata was speaking I actually cried a bit - one of my most emotional moment in this series so far. Though, I must say that when I saw twins, their two fathers + mom it looked kinda... Silly, yeah. It's a sick idea for a family, as for me, at least. Vladz0r said: I just hope that Kud and Kurugaya's routes don't degenerate into "The Little Busters are here for you, everything will be okay!" from Riki seriously contemplating what he should do to try to be strong for each of the girls and help them himself. I know exactly how you feel about this, same here. I mean, the thing that Anyway - Kud's next week... My first played route. I was hyped for that after seeing in the opening some CG arts - |
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| Heh, I keep wishing that LB was a 3 season anime romance harem with a blatantly obvious Secret of the World. Alas, we'll have to wait about a month before Kud's route finale ;> |
| I must admit that I was pretty satisfied with the resolution of Haruka's arc. |
| Nice episode. Many things were done differently than in the VN but they were well-adapted. No real disappointments here. It's also great that they integrated Kud into this route. Having someone with a different opinion and extra knowledge on the matter made the setting more deep. I wonder why Kud didn't trade places with Komari in the 'holding hands' scene. That would be kind of more fitting. I also enjoyed seeing more of Futaki's feeble side. |
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| yeah... personality 180degrees turn was kinda like eh... i still think you're a bitch but at least you're now kind of cute... is my take on the sister. 3/5... at least the animation stepped up and what's with the skimpy outfit at the end when seeing her parents. dafaq |
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Kurogashi said: yeah... and what's with the skimpy outfit at the end when seeing her parents. dafaq Yeah, it does seem out of nowhere, but it's taken directly from the VN. It makes more sense in the VN because Haruka is one of the more affectionate of the girls Riki interacts with. |
Vladz0r said: Heh, I keep wishing that LB was a 3 season anime romance harem with a blatantly obvious Secret of the World. Though I do not wish for something like that, I think I'd kind of like it if at the end, when everything is said and done, all of the Heroines would confess to Riki on the same day so that they'll have no regrets. And so that he could give them a clear answer, like a man. Oh well, sometimes I turn out to be quite the daydreamer. I kind of look forward to seeing Kanata in her fancy white dress instead of that granny outfit... |
Naoki-SatenFeb 10, 2013 1:41 PM
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| another 5/5 episode this arc made me like LB. excellent |
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