Planetarian: Chiisana Hoshi no Yume Episode 5 Discussion

Rei366 said:
no idea why but I am under the impression I already watched the same story in some US series or movie.

Revvie-chan said:


The KN was released at 2004 (in Japanese, ofc. The fansub... I forgot, maybe 3 years after that? But the official English ver. is rather new.)
Always went underground as one of the lesser known KEY works, before this adaptation happened.
Well... but professional writers all over the world... you would expect them to not be that much of a picky reader and would have read all KEY's VNs and KNs, don't you think?

Revvie-chan said:


The KN was released at 2004 (in Japanese, ofc. The fansub... I forgot, maybe 3 years after that? But the official English ver. is rather new.)
Always went underground as one of the lesser known KEY works, before this adaptation happened.
Well... but professional writers all over the world... you would expect them to not be that much of a picky reader and would have read all KEY's VNs and KNs, don't you think?

sat2400 said:

reading all the VN and KN from key? I m sry I don't have time to do that! Plus, Mr Maeda is not my favorite writer, but I still appreciate his contribution to "key" VN studio

Revvie-chan said:

wow an actual pro writer here? 0 0
gomen, then. my bad. I shouldn't have generalized.

sat2400 said:
It makes me feel chill, I m not a pro writer, seriously, I mean, If I have time, why should I spend time on reading all the key vn? I can read some literature and novels, which seems to be more helpful.

Revvie-chan said:

wow an actual pro writer here? 0 0
gomen, then. my bad. I shouldn't have generalized.

sat2400 said:

He mentions the same story, but those stories are actually long enough and has more plot. However, the longer the plot and story is, the more audience expect. So, although the story is the same, I will still evaluate the shorter one higher because I expect more knowledge, more development, more depth, and more impression from longer story.
That's the advantage and excellence of planetarian, although, despite being short and simple, the story itself actually possesses a very powerful and impressive theme: what makes human unique in the world and whether human shall maintain this uniqueness. Another thing is that casual readers only care about what the story is, but experienced readers will think about why writers write like this. Knowing "why" and "what" really leads（courts-a gre vocab) to different interpretations.

sat2400 said:
Saddly, For some reason, the author resign from key, otherwise the story will continue and become a exclusive novel developed by key.
Key studio is not somewhere which people wants to stay eternally, or at least for five years or even longer. For Mr Maeda, Without those praise and zeal from his fans, he may have already resigned.
btw, planetarian is still rank pretty high on vndb, the only short vn exceed is saya no uta, but after I finished it, I found some issues regarding to the story, which courts(leads) me to rate it below 8

Revvie-chan said:

nah it won't develop further than what it already is. (KN + 4 short stories (+ 1 movie) + epilogue)
and there's no need to. It's perfect as it is.

Well... all writers need that, zeal of fans. But you know: in Maeda's case, I think he deserved it. (You should try reading Air & Kanon. There are things anime's short time span cannot capture.)

lol Saya no Uta. Urobutcher.

AX2015 said:
why does Yumemi say she is the bargain model android that cant produce tears, when she is clearly crying in the end?