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| Rin said the same stuff in the VN. http://puu.sh/4OfHg.jpg http://puu.sh/4OfIa.jpg http://puu.sh/4OdLw.jpg http://puu.sh/4OfFA.jpg |
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Funya-Usagi said: Rin said the same stuff in the VN. http://puu.sh/4OfHg.jpg http://puu.sh/4OfIa.jpg http://puu.sh/4OdLw.jpg http://puu.sh/4OfFA.jpg Ah, so its just the fireworks scene thats not from the VN? And I wished they added that "get well already dummy!" part xD |
| That was brilliant episode. It gave me hope that JF.Staff manage somehow to pull of Refrain story. Although if they already go with "I like you Riki" why couldn't they go all out. I mean firework scene would be much more if they followed VN. (Just Riki and Kurugaya). Maybe they did it like this so they don't need to reset the story. Why anime can't just do it. Most of VN-based anime just focus on one heroine but in this story those resets are important. If it comes to worse they can never do it. Refraiin without reset. I don't even want to think about it. It's worse case scenario that I can think of. Nothing is imossible but I hope this is. Anyway I loved funny scenes in this episode so much. I laughed for about 15 minutes. I needed to stop it for a second to take another dose of it. I also wanted to see Love-Love hunters part but unfortunately it's not included. Overall. As I said on start it was a brilliant episode. It gave me hope that Refrain will turn out to be 10. So I gave it ten. At least for the time being. |
| Operation: Little Love-Love Hunters or Loli-Loli Hunter to shorten it Oh Kyousuke Ai, Ai, Ai!!!! First Kyousougiga and now Little Busters? I am disappointed Riki, the Kurugaya route was right there with brightly lit arrows telling you how to get to the end. Wonder what's going on with Riki's memory |
HybridMBLOct 12, 2013 9:37 AM
| What I expected from the VN: Riki x Kurugaya: http://i1.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/000/297/746/fe8.jpg All of a sudden... >all girls involved in the fireworks >well at least Mio saves the day, somehow... "THANK YOU BASED MIO" >Rin starts crying over the fireworks being for Kurugaya http://i3.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/000/322/453/3a0.gif Oh well, at least they can do animation well. Hopefully they focus more on the bros in Refrain than Rin, because as of now, Rin has gotten 2 episodes of her route in season 1, and is getting at least 4 for Refrain, and if LB:Refrain is 13 episodes, that means 6 episodes for Rin's route, and 6 episodes for Refrain, which makes absolutely no fucking sense to me. Still, they're doing a good job with the comedy. They left out the approaches on the other girls during the Love Love Hunter part, but there was more bro time so it's fine. |
| I have so many complaints for this episode but I'll keep that to myself because we can't do anything given that Kurugaya's arc is 3 episodes. |
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| Rin, man, I feel so bad ;-; But that was a good episode! It's so fast paced. |
| Another great episode, a good balance between comedy and drama. The fireworks were beautiful but felt bad for Rin for a bit after the that scene. So it's the same day and the same time like yesterday huh, wonder why... |
Draakisback said: No no no. At least, they should just adapt Rin's and Refrain instead of bothering other heroine routes if they aren't taking them seriously. Since Refrain is the only highlight of this series, not adapting the other heroine routes except Rin's wouldn't definitely hurt that much. |
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| I wish I knew what to say, but I couldn't be more confused on the approach J.C. Staff is taking... Personally, I didn't feel enough development between Riki and Kurugaya for them to suddenly be "together"... I'm just confused @_@ |
Draakisback said: i can think of a thousand ways to do that that dont involve a love triangle with Rin and a feeling that Riki is only involved with Kurugaya because Kyouske pushed it on him and she is manipulating him. ... This is why i believe this show should never have been animated. And this is why the problem isn't Little Busters being animated, but JC Staff rushing it incompetently. There WERE better ways to approach this, and it kinda sucks, because there was more romance with Kurugaya in the VN than there was with Rin in the VN, and if they don't manage to emphasize the importance of her route, it'll be kinad dumb. The scenes and everything were nice, and the comedy was good, but Rin killed the mood, and I don't see how any anime viewer is going to understand this any better than Mio or Kud's endings. |
rodacOct 12, 2013 11:45 PM
| Kengo and Kyousuke stole the episode for me with those expressions. |
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| I guess some other Kurugaya fans are settling for what they got, or weren't really upset from the added Rin scenes. It's all up to the last episode, anyway. I still wished Riki was more straightforward about liking Kurugaya, but I guess it's supposed to be considered "obvious", but he's shy about it? |
| Still can't get over the fact that they animated the firework scene! I loved that CG when I first saw it in the VN. This adaptation is going to be outstanding!!! |
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| Oh man wished he confessed would've been interesting with Riki x Kurugaya lol |
| Yeah, it does illustrate that, but Rin crying over it I felt like too much. I mean, it's more realistic, but I hope the next episode doesn't detract too much from what I loved about Kurugaya's route. They have the same director from the good route endings from s1, but I don't know how they're gonna handle the script/story for it. They usually pack a lot of story and screenplay into the finales, though. |
koagzero said: Personally, I didn't feel enough development between Riki and Kurugaya for them to suddenly be "together"... I'm just confused @_@ I really liked the episode (the scene in Riki's room with the bros was epic) but I agree with this. Which is a shame because I really like KurugayaxRiki in the VN... |
| They can stomp on every heroine route, but if they're really only going to give 5-6 episodes for Refrain, I'll be quick to disown this adaptation. They'll never be able to build up the bros to be as lovable as they were in the VN in that amount of time, and this series will all be fanservice episodes for people who played the VN, like many other VN adaptations. |
| well it'd have been nice to have gotten to see the Love Love Hunters missions with the girls but at least it's in there to some extent |
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| Wonderful I hope this doesn't go like endless eight though |
1lau said: Wonderful I hope this doesn't go like endless eight though ...yeah I don't think you'll have to worry about that part at least |
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| :3 Aw, Rin's jealous, how cute~ XD Okay, it's official, I love Kyousuke in this episode. ... 0_0 Every second of every hour of every day... will rewind until things are made right again. |
| "Aiming for the mark takes precision, balance, and patience." ....Screw that, let's shoot the damn thing! |
| Great, Kurugaya looked amazing for some reason this episode. Like others mentioned, hope this doesn't go the endless eight on me. Also, funny when Rin watched from afar and she turned back and walked away it looked like she'd taken a piss. |
| Finally an episode of Little Busters which I really enjoyed. Love-Love Hunters was the best part. |
rodacOct 12, 2013 11:47 PM
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| hahahahah this is getting better and better, probably was my favorite episode so far in LB. Love everything about specially Love Love Hunters. The fireworks scene was wonderful too. Kyousuke expressions are priceless <3 |
| so what does the timeloop mean? |
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| Jesus Christ ......... after a big disappointment on the first season, JC really made comeback on this one. Damn, I mean this season is good, really good, like I enjoyed the first episode more than the previous season. And this episode as well, I love this one. I almost gave up on LB! after what they did with 1st season, but right now I have high expectations and hope it will become a great adaptation. |
| (21)(21) XD I didn't have that imagination =D Great! |
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| Great episode. Loli loli part was amazing. I like how Mio said the headless ghost then Haruka, Kamori, and Kud ran one direction and Rin ran a different directions after that we see Kurugaya and Riki alone in a room. But i was disappointment that Kyousuke didn't call Riki says Yahoo and the teachers are searching for them. Looks like Rin was crying during the fireworks. When Kyousuke said "you're fallen in love with Kurugaya" Riki look at Rin he knew that Rin would be heartbroken not clueless like in the visual novel. |
rodacOct 12, 2013 11:48 PM
LightBladeNova said: It makes me sad to know that still hardly anyone knows what a visual novel is, even in the anime community. |
| Im all confused though, Don't know whats JC Staff trying to prove by putting those extra scene's and making her jealous. |
| I'm loving this. Good thing I haven't read the visual novel. Might as well get to it at some point after this anime is over. That background music gave me flashbacks to Clannad and Kanon. |
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| I'm surprised by the contradiction. I see quite a lot of hating in the forums. But the poll shows a near perfect score XD |
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| Epic episode! *-* How I love Yuiko, and she in the anime're even more tempting, but love even more to Rin, the scene of her watching the fireworks alone almost made me cry. I think the next episode arc comes to an end, but this has been great fun and an animation WELL ABOVE JC Staff, congratulations to the studio and the fans who believed and still believe. Kyousuke always makes me laugh, awesome. |
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| I want Love Love Hunters with the girls but damnnnnnnnn I love this episode so much, my fav one so far <3 Kyousuke and Kurugaya are so awesome *w* |
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| All I can say was that is the way to push Rin alright. XD |
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| Rin being jealous wasn't a surprise to me because in the VN it was hinted that she had feelings for riki when they were little. Lol when episode 4 comes around there's gonna be a huge battle between riki x Kurugaya and riki x rin |
tsuns said: Okay, so everyone keeps saying that "The anime-only scene where Rin cries wasn't needed/unnecessary" but, the truth of the matter is, Rin wasn't crying. Granted, the way her lips curved would definitely make someone believe she did but she didn't. Had she actually cried, they would've shown a tear stain as they fell down her cheeks, but did anyone see that? No, they did not. The ripple effect could've easily just been a bit of rain that was trapped somewhere and fell down into the puddle just as Rin turned her back and walked off. Yes, she is showing signs of jealousy but that's only natural considering how long she's known Riki for - I'm not dismissing the idea of Rin and Riki being the final couple because, with the pace things are going, that's going to happen without a doubt. Oh yeah, finally someone said it. |
| On another note. Everyone keep saying JC Staff butchers stuff and whatnot, but considering the fact that Shimada is also getting guidance from KEY themselves while writing these scripts, technically everyone's bashing KEY for butchering their own story. But hey, not that it matters to me. I enjoy every LB episode no matter how good/bad they are objectively anyway, because bias. |
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