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Interesting conclusion adaptation~
Anyway, check out my gallery for some cool Little Busters foreshadowing and symbolism: http://imgur.com/a/fSJLK
Dat Riki and his suffering ;.; Mini Rin looks cute though. But still her suffering hit me a bit this episode. Not sure how this was adapted from the VN though. Nice to see some of the girls especially KURUGAYA :3
Finale should be interesting I guess, dat talk about the world.
Kyousuke...
Just kidding, it's never stated.
Seriously though, I don't even know what to say.
Sure the true end being done in one go will work out fine thematically, but the emotional impact and everything the story was built up to, the inevitability of the bus explosion, is just fucking gone.
You mean they didn't do the deus ex machina ending?
Thank friggin god that was the stupidest part of the game. Now I'm...actually going to be really ok with the ending. Plus it makes no sense in the anime adaption due to the power "waning" in the other world.
Also thank you for
no proposal scene.
It's just too early in their relationship for that to be believable to most anime viewers.
Doing the deus ex machina wouldn't be as bad as not having the bad end in the first place.
Now you just have one story ending that built up to nothing, where before you at least had the normal/bad end that stuck to its themes to the end, and didn't lie with the whole "You can't save us" part of the story.
Kyousuke's sacrifice is just gone entirely now, and there's no buildup of emotion from everything the dream world built up to.
The Deus Ex Machina ending was a fanservice ending. JC Staff is making that shit the only ending for the anime.
Riki is also a bipolar wuss in this episode, and didn't even mention his narcolepsy. He just panicked and ran away and then ran back.
All that buildup in the beginning of the episode was going great. Kengo calling out to Masato as they both held onto Rin and Riki...
And judging from how they showed Riki going back to his birth in the season 1 opening, they'll likely show Riki getting over his narcolepsy next episode.
But seriously, what's the point of his narcolepsy never caused relevant issues in the real world? It wasn't even properly prevalent in Rin's arc. This shit is a mess.
You can argue all you want that this is a nice ending without KEY magic to undo the bad ending, but now the emotions of the show are so conflicted with there never being a tragic end to be built up to. I would've rather they concluded with the bad end then do it this way.
Remember the whole point of the "dream world" isn't for their to be any sort of sacrifice though. It's literally just for Riki to "get stronger" and not run away from things. Kyousuke couldn't come up with a solution for everything so it's actually understandable that Riki proved him something that he didn't expect. Heck that's what refrain is all about, it was about repeating a world because kyousuke felt like he failed and had no choice.
Not sure how that's a problem here, as from what's described that's exactly what happen. Fan-service ending or not, that was the canon ending in the VN.
Actually I would say the hospital scene is more of a fan-service ending for Rin shippers as it's essentially pointless (in a twisted kind of way). It's only purpose is to fool you.
After hearing what you guys just said I am thinking whether to watch the episode all not lol
The scene I treasured the most in the whole VN is the KomaRin parting and I don't want the anime to ruin it for me :/
xMaebaraK1x said: After hearing what you guys just said I am thinking whether to watch the episode all not lol
The scene I treasured the most in the whole VN is the KomaRin parting and I don't want the anime to ruin it for me :/
That scene was alright. I didn't like how they cut off the chorus to One Magic World though unless I missed it.
Except that the themes of "becoming stronger" leading up to Riki and Rin being able to save them on the first attempt wasn't the point.
Kyousuke's intention was for Riki and Rin to become strong enough to live without the Little Busters. That was what made Little Busters, the dream world, and everyone's love and emotions was intended for.
Now, the dream world was a place for Riki and Rin to get strong enough to save them. There's less plot hole asspulling, but it's a different story direction than the original because now there's one timeline.
I mean, we still get the turnaround with Riki and Rin subverting Kyousuke's plan and intentions, but now there's just one happy ending. I can't imagine how weak Clannad would've been if
Nagisa and Ushio were saved on the spot.
It would be hard to say that I don't feel left out, now, having already anticipated the original ending.
But that's the whole point of Rin and Riki rescuing them from the bus explosion. It's a crazy task, but they did it without the help of Kyousuke or any of the other little busters. The point was is if they can do something like that, then they can very much live without them (they just don't want to).
It shows they can think and act on their own if you ask me. Also Riki not running away and trying to do something about it shows more growth as kyousuke didn't expect or require that much out of him.
Ok. Did they just forgo Kyousuke's plan and made Riki go back to the bus? Looks like Kyousuke's plan failed lol.
Kyousuke's plan was to strengthen Riki and prevent himi from staying around the bus and die, which he did.
At least I generally liked the farewells (the 2nd half).
Well, that's where the themes of "becoming stronger" conflict with the actual story intentions.
You can dispute that this story works thematically all you want, but now it's less emotional, and now everything the dream world has ever stood for is turned to melodrama in retrospect, unless they have a way to show that Riki and Rin weren't strong enough to save everyone.
Well that's just how key handles things. I mean...it's not any different then the VN. What it does is still a cop out, but at least its a thematic cop out. I mean this has been the same since Air, Kanon and Clannad all cop out in the same fashion. It's just what jun maeda does.
Yes its less emotional hence why I wasn't pleased with the ending in the VN at first. But then I more understood it's purpose in the grand scheme of things and it actually was kind of cool.
I think this is why Romeo wrote Rewrite the way he did. He didn't want to rely on any "key" magic methods to solve anything.
Vladz0r said: Except that the themes of "becoming stronger" leading up to Riki and Rin being able to save them on the first attempt wasn't the point.
Kyousuke's intention was for Riki and Rin to become strong enough to live without the Little Busters. That was what made Little Busters, the dream world, and everyone's love and emotions was intended for.
Now, the dream world was a place for Riki and Rin to get strong enough to save them. There's less plot hole asspulling, but it's a different story direction than the original because now there's one timeline.
I mean, we still get the turnaround with Riki and Rin subverting Kyousuke's plan and intentions, but now there's just one happy ending. I can't imagine how weak Clannad would've been if
Nagisa and Ushio were saved on the spot.
It would be hard to say that I don't feel left out, now, having already anticipated the original ending.
First of all, spoiler tag all of this shit, because anime-only peeps will be pissed. Second of all-
If you play through Episode: Kyousuke once again in the VN, he wishes that Riki and Rin would get strong enough to save everyone from the bus. The only reason he brushed it aside was because he didn't think they'd be able to get that strong. He didn't think his plan would be good enough to make the two that strong. But part of the True Ending is that whole idea of proving Kyousuke wrong. It was meant to be the ultimate proof of their growth. Also, concerning your whole idea of Clannad not being good enough if Nagisa and Ushio were saved on the spot, wasn't that the reason why the ending was so utterly shit? I mean, it was a huge deus ex machina. They ended on Ushio dying, which is a huge kick in the feels, then next ep 'Oh look, everyone's happy now'. I think the idea that J.C. were having at that point was 'We need to make this ending feel satisifying rather than a cop-out' which it certainly feels like with the normal end in tact. I'm not trying to say that J.C. made the entirely right choice here, but I see the logic. I'm more annoyed at the fact that Riki fell asleep right by the fucking bus and then Komari's goodbye got shortened.
Vladz0r said: Except that the themes of "becoming stronger" leading up to Riki and Rin being able to save them on the first attempt wasn't the point.
Kyousuke's intention was for Riki and Rin to become strong enough to live without the Little Busters. That was what made Little Busters, the dream world, and everyone's love and emotions was intended for.
Now, the dream world was a place for Riki and Rin to get strong enough to save them. There's less plot hole asspulling, but it's a different story direction than the original because now there's one timeline.
I mean, we still get the turnaround with Riki and Rin subverting Kyousuke's plan and intentions, but now there's just one happy ending.
I can't imagine how weak Clannad would've been if
Nagisa and Ushio were saved on the spot.
It would be hard to say that I don't feel left out, now, having already anticipated the original ending.
First of all, spoiler tag all of this shit, because anime-only peeps will be pissed. Second of all-
If you play through Episode: Kyousuke once again in the VN, he wishes that Riki and Rin would get strong enough to save everyone from the bus. The only reason he brushed it aside was because he didn't think they'd be able to get that strong. He didn't think his plan would be good enough to make the two that strong. But part of the True Ending is that whole idea of proving Kyousuke wrong. It was meant to be the ultimate proof of their growth. Also, concerning your whole idea of Clannad not being good enough if Nagisa and Ushio were saved on the spot, wasn't that the reason why the ending was so utterly shit? I mean, it was a huge deus ex machina. They ended on Ushio dying, which is a huge kick in the feels, then next ep 'Oh look, everyone's happy now'. I think the idea that J.C. were having at that point was 'We need to make this ending feel satisifying rather than a cop-out' which it certainly feels like with the normal end in tact. I'm not trying to say that J.C. made the entirely right choice here, but I see the logic. I'm more annoyed at the fact that Riki fell asleep right by the fucking bus and then Komari's goodbye got shortened.
Well well, for someone who gave Clannad a 10, you have alot of stupid stuff to say about it. I do agree with you that Kyousuke´s plan was just to get the two idiots out of the artificial world, at the end of Refrain he even said:
You´ve performed a miracle, even I couldnt have done that, you´ve surpassed me, etc
So yeah, skipping the bad ending isnt a terrible decision if you ask me.
Vladz0r said: Except that the themes of "becoming stronger" leading up to Riki and Rin being able to save them on the first attempt wasn't the point.
Kyousuke's intention was for Riki and Rin to become strong enough to live without the Little Busters. That was what made Little Busters, the dream world, and everyone's love and emotions was intended for.
Now, the dream world was a place for Riki and Rin to get strong enough to save them. There's less plot hole asspulling, but it's a different story direction than the original because now there's one timeline.
I mean, we still get the turnaround with Riki and Rin subverting Kyousuke's plan and intentions, but now there's just one happy ending. I can't imagine how weak Clannad would've been if
Nagisa and Ushio were saved on the spot.
It would be hard to say that I don't feel left out, now, having already anticipated the original ending.
First of all, spoiler tag all of this shit, because anime-only peeps will be pissed. Second of all-
If you play through Episode: Kyousuke once again in the VN, he wishes that Riki and Rin would get strong enough to save everyone from the bus. The only reason he brushed it aside was because he didn't think they'd be able to get that strong. He didn't think his plan would be good enough to make the two that strong. But part of the True Ending is that whole idea of proving Kyousuke wrong. It was meant to be the ultimate proof of their growth. Also, concerning your whole idea of Clannad not being good enough if Nagisa and Ushio were saved on the spot, wasn't that the reason why the ending was so utterly shit? I mean, it was a huge deus ex machina. They ended on Ushio dying, which is a huge kick in the feels, then next ep 'Oh look, everyone's happy now'. I think the idea that J.C. were having at that point was 'We need to make this ending feel satisifying rather than a cop-out' which it certainly feels like with the normal end in tact. I'm not trying to say that J.C. made the entirely right choice here, but I see the logic. I'm more annoyed at the fact that Riki fell asleep right by the fucking bus and then Komari's goodbye got shortened.
Clannad had a deus ex machina ending, but you do not see it having such a low score? Look how popular Clannad was, who gives a FUCK about a deus ex machina ending. Barely anyone I know does.
hyperknees91 said: What's the problem with Riki falling asleep right by the bus?
It shows that he needs to cure his narcolepsy
It shows us that he didn't listen to Kyousuke when he was told " You can't save us, You and Rin must survive". If the bus explodes right there, all of the LB! sacrifices would be in vain especially Kyousuke's since he is buying time for them by blocking the gasoline leak with his body and Riki just runs back to the scene and falls asleep lol.
Liked the episode. Must agree with hyperknees91 and Seano299 on the "Deus Ex Machina" part. Rin is my favourite girl in LB, and i wanted to see the proposal scene, but I'm not dissapointed with the changes. Actually, I thought they will do something like that from the start :)
hyperknees91 said: What's the problem with Riki falling asleep right by the bus?
It shows that he needs to cure his narcolepsy
It shows us that he didn't listen to Kyousuke when he was told " You can't save us, You and Rin must survive". If the bus explodes right there, all of the LB! sacrifices would be in vain especially Kyousuke's since he is buying time for them by blocking the gasoline leak with his body and Riki just runs backs to the scene lol.
And figures he needs to fix his narcolepsy before he can rescue them.
I see no problem? And it's not like he can choose when to fall asleep anyway.
hyperknees91 said: What's the problem with Riki falling asleep right by the bus?
It shows that he needs to cure his narcolepsy
It shows us that he didn't listen to Kyousuke when he was told " You can't save us, You and Rin must survive". If the bus explodes right there, all of the LB! sacrifices would be in vain especially Kyousuke's since he is buying time for them by blocking the gasoline leak with his body and Riki just runs backs to the scene lol.
He doesn't listen to him anyway in the VN. Yeah he fainted but that's going to be what makes him realize he needs to cure his narcolepsy. Basically he knows he has it in him to save them at this point, but he has that one problem he needs to take care of.
Little Busters Refrain:
Score: 8.321 (scored by 4304 users)
Ranked: #1852
Popularity: #1126
I don't see a problem with a "dues ex Machina" Ending, If ppl hated it, then why would Clannad be so popular when they had one of those endings.
DeathyZA, believe me, barely anyone I know was bothered by the ending, maybe 2 people at the most, when I know 20+ others that loved it as much as us. However, this shitty community needs a reason to criticize everything they watch, so they pick on the ending (which wasnt even bad IMO), they dont watch anime to enjoy themselves, they watch anime to find flaws, which is utterly stupid if you ask me.
Little Busters Refrain:
Score: 8.321 (scored by 4304 users)
Ranked: #1852
Popularity: #1126
I don't see a problem with a "dues ex Machina" Ending, If ppl hated it, then why would Clannad be so popular when they had one of those endings.
Because it's lazy writing mainly. Obviously not everyone has a problem with that, but hey clannad could have pleased even more of it's watchers if it didn't have such a pathetic excuse for an ending.
Though like you said, it doesn't bother everyone. We can argue about subjective stuff all we want, but it really comes down to if it personally bothers a person or not. Same with anything really.
Therefore yeah it's kind of pointless to argue about. And like said even if I think it's a terrible ending, other people do indeed like it. So who am I to judge?
Basically people need to chill out around here lawl. It's the same with you guys being overly critical with the adaption. Just enjoy it for what it is, and if you don't like it...well just read the VN. Very simple solution actually.
Vladz0r said: Except that the themes of "becoming stronger" leading up to Riki and Rin being able to save them on the first attempt wasn't the point.
Kyousuke's intention was for Riki and Rin to become strong enough to live without the Little Busters. That was what made Little Busters, the dream world, and everyone's love and emotions was intended for.
Now, the dream world was a place for Riki and Rin to get strong enough to save them. There's less plot hole asspulling, but it's a different story direction than the original because now there's one timeline.
I mean, we still get the turnaround with Riki and Rin subverting Kyousuke's plan and intentions, but now there's just one happy ending. I can't imagine how weak Clannad would've been if
Nagisa and Ushio were saved on the spot.
It would be hard to say that I don't feel left out, now, having already anticipated the original ending.
First of all, spoiler tag all of this shit, because anime-only peeps will be pissed. Second of all-
If you play through Episode: Kyousuke once again in the VN, he wishes that Riki and Rin would get strong enough to save everyone from the bus. The only reason he brushed it aside was because he didn't think they'd be able to get that strong. He didn't think his plan would be good enough to make the two that strong. But part of the True Ending is that whole idea of proving Kyousuke wrong. It was meant to be the ultimate proof of their growth. Also, concerning your whole idea of Clannad not being good enough if Nagisa and Ushio were saved on the spot, wasn't that the reason why the ending was so utterly shit? I mean, it was a huge deus ex machina. They ended on Ushio dying, which is a huge kick in the feels, then next ep 'Oh look, everyone's happy now'. I think the idea that J.C. were having at that point was 'We need to make this ending feel satisifying rather than a cop-out' which it certainly feels like with the normal end in tact. I'm not trying to say that J.C. made the entirely right choice here, but I see the logic. I'm more annoyed at the fact that Riki fell asleep right by the fucking bus and then Komari's goodbye got shortened.
Well well, for someone who gave Clannad a 10, you have alot of stupid stuff to say about it. I do agree with you that Kyousuke´s plan was just to get the two idiots out of the artificial world, at the end of Refrain he even said:
You´ve performed a miracle, even I couldnt have done that, you´ve surpassed me, etc
So yeah, skipping the bad ending isnt a terrible decision if you ask me.
DeathyZA said:
Seano299 said:
Vladz0r said: Except that the themes of "becoming stronger" leading up to Riki and Rin being able to save them on the first attempt wasn't the point.
Kyousuke's intention was for Riki and Rin to become strong enough to live without the Little Busters. That was what made Little Busters, the dream world, and everyone's love and emotions was intended for.
Now, the dream world was a place for Riki and Rin to get strong enough to save them. There's less plot hole asspulling, but it's a different story direction than the original because now there's one timeline.
I mean, we still get the turnaround with Riki and Rin subverting Kyousuke's plan and intentions, but now there's just one happy ending. I can't imagine how weak Clannad would've been if
Nagisa and Ushio were saved on the spot.
It would be hard to say that I don't feel left out, now, having already anticipated the original ending.
First of all, spoiler tag all of this shit, because anime-only peeps will be pissed. Second of all-
If you play through Episode: Kyousuke once again in the VN, he wishes that Riki and Rin would get strong enough to save everyone from the bus. The only reason he brushed it aside was because he didn't think they'd be able to get that strong. He didn't think his plan would be good enough to make the two that strong. But part of the True Ending is that whole idea of proving Kyousuke wrong. It was meant to be the ultimate proof of their growth. Also, concerning your whole idea of Clannad not being good enough if Nagisa and Ushio were saved on the spot, wasn't that the reason why the ending was so utterly shit? I mean, it was a huge deus ex machina. They ended on Ushio dying, which is a huge kick in the feels, then next ep 'Oh look, everyone's happy now'. I think the idea that J.C. were having at that point was 'We need to make this ending feel satisifying rather than a cop-out' which it certainly feels like with the normal end in tact. I'm not trying to say that J.C. made the entirely right choice here, but I see the logic. I'm more annoyed at the fact that Riki fell asleep right by the fucking bus and then Komari's goodbye got shortened.
Clannad had a deus ex machina ending, but you do not see it having such a low score? Look how popular Clannad was, who gives a FUCK about a deus ex machina ending. Barely anyone I know does.
DeathyZA said:
Seano299 said:
Vladz0r said: Except that the themes of "becoming stronger" leading up to Riki and Rin being able to save them on the first attempt wasn't the point.
Kyousuke's intention was for Riki and Rin to become strong enough to live without the Little Busters. That was what made Little Busters, the dream world, and everyone's love and emotions was intended for.
Now, the dream world was a place for Riki and Rin to get strong enough to save them. There's less plot hole asspulling, but it's a different story direction than the original because now there's one timeline.
I mean, we still get the turnaround with Riki and Rin subverting Kyousuke's plan and intentions, but now there's just one happy ending. I can't imagine how weak Clannad would've been if
Nagisa and Ushio were saved on the spot.
It would be hard to say that I don't feel left out, now, having already anticipated the original ending.
First of all, spoiler tag all of this shit, because anime-only peeps will be pissed. Second of all-
If you play through Episode: Kyousuke once again in the VN, he wishes that Riki and Rin would get strong enough to save everyone from the bus. The only reason he brushed it aside was because he didn't think they'd be able to get that strong. He didn't think his plan would be good enough to make the two that strong. But part of the True Ending is that whole idea of proving Kyousuke wrong. It was meant to be the ultimate proof of their growth. Also, concerning your whole idea of Clannad not being good enough if Nagisa and Ushio were saved on the spot, wasn't that the reason why the ending was so utterly shit? I mean, it was a huge deus ex machina. They ended on Ushio dying, which is a huge kick in the feels, then next ep 'Oh look, everyone's happy now'. I think the idea that J.C. were having at that point was 'We need to make this ending feel satisifying rather than a cop-out' which it certainly feels like with the normal end in tact. I'm not trying to say that J.C. made the entirely right choice here, but I see the logic. I'm more annoyed at the fact that Riki fell asleep right by the fucking bus and then Komari's goodbye got shortened.
Clannad had a deus ex machina ending, but you do not see it having such a low score? Look how popular Clannad was, who gives a FUCK about a deus ex machina ending. Barely anyone I know does.
Do you actually frequent many anime related forums other than this one? Don't you realise that there are hundreds of people who complain about Clannad's ending, myself included? The anime's ending was terrible. It lacks a decent explanation and comes out of nowhere. The only reason I didn't drop the score for the Clannad anime is my VN bias, which I'm trying not to keep with this adaptation. I don't think that a VN bias should get in the way of the adaptations score. It's for this reason I think that some of the VN players are giving this a low score just because it wasn't like the VN. Rate it as an anime, because that's what anime-only viewers looking for a good anime will want to know. Not how decent of an actual adaptation it is.
Basically people need to chill out around here lawl. It's the same with you guys being overly critical with the adaption. Just enjoy it for what it is, and if you don't like it...well just read the VN. Very simple solution actually.
Pretty much what I think loool, the adaptation isnt horrible, its true they made a couple of bad decisions, etc, and the animation is obviously subpar, but if you don´t care about the animation (like I dont), and if you see LB for what its supposed to be, you can enjoy this adaptation to the fullest.
DeathyZA said: Clannad:
I don't see a problem with a "dues ex Machina" Ending, If ppl hated it, then why would Clannad be so popular when they had one of those endings.
DeathyZA, believe me, barely anyone I know was bothered by the ending, maybe 2 people at the most, when I know 20+ others that loved it as much as us. However, this shitty community needs a reason to criticize everything they watch, so they pick on the ending (which wasnt even bad IMO), they dont watch anime to enjoy themselves, they watch anime to find flaws, which is utterly stupid if you ask me.
"They don't watch anime to enjoy themselves, they watch anime to find flaws."
Exactly what you VN players are doing. ;) You VN players are so entertaining. LOL.
DeathyZA said: Clannad:
I don't see a problem with a "dues ex Machina" Ending, If ppl hated it, then why would Clannad be so popular when they had one of those endings.
DeathyZA, believe me, barely anyone I know was bothered by the ending, maybe 2 people at the most, when I know 20+ others that loved it as much as us. However, this shitty community needs a reason to criticize everything they watch, so they pick on the ending (which wasnt even bad IMO), they dont watch anime to enjoy themselves, they watch anime to find flaws, which is utterly stupid if you ask me.
"They don't watch anime to enjoy themselves, they watch anime to find flaws."
Exactly what you VN players are doing. You VN players are so entertaining. LOL.
When did I badmouth this adaptation? I dont remember doing it as far as I remembered. I always said it was "decent", and I enjoyed Kengo and Kyousuke´s episode alot. Please don´t compare me to those VN readers that hate the adaptation.
hyperknees91 said: What's the problem with Riki falling asleep right by the bus?
It shows that he needs to cure his narcolepsy
It shows us that he didn't listen to Kyousuke when he was told " You can't save us, You and Rin must survive". If the bus explodes right there, all of the LB! sacrifices would be in vain especially Kyousuke's since he is buying time for them by blocking the gasoline leak with his body and Riki just runs back to the scene and falls asleep lol.
I don't think the whole 'Not listening to Kyousuke' thing doesn't matter much, because he does that in the true ending anyway. But Riki falling asleep by the bus that's just about to explode is dumb. Unless J.C. can explain that in some way next episode, I'm gonna be pretty pissed.