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MexicanAnime said: Episode 15 happened in where the girls captured the main character and kept him for the night. Yeah, I don't think I need to explain what happened as i'm sure it's exactly what everyone is thinking and many of the scenes were just generic and made me sigh. Early on though, there was a homosexual undertone which I think would make some fujoshi's happy...if some of them watched the show anyways. Overall, not really amused. I guess people just don't get the full mileage when they only watch the anime =/ It was a good adaptation of a nice and humorous scene of a great VN though. |
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| When Mio said "I showered before I came." I was quite disappointed, but not surprised. Still, damn it... In any case, it was a funny episode and cute episode all in all. (A nice contrast from the couple of Higurashi episodes I'd finished before...) |
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Raikenzera said: When Mio said "I showered before I came." I was quite disappointed, but not surprised. Still, damn it... In any case, it was a funny episode and cute episode all in all. (A nice contrast from the couple of Higurashi episodes I'd finished before...) Her guard is flawless. |
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Raikenzera said: When Mio said "I showered before I came." I was quite disappointed, but not surprised. Still, damn it... In any case, it was a funny episode and cute episode all in all. (A nice contrast from the couple of Higurashi episodes I'd finished before...) I lol'd, because they both follow a |
Wordsmith said: This episode was epic. And DAMN! Trap!Riki is so moe >.< Also... Dammit! I was going to post that gif butt you beat me to the it XD |
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Vladz0r said: Raikenzera said: When Mio said "I showered before I came." I was quite disappointed, but not surprised. Still, damn it... In any case, it was a funny episode and cute episode all in all. (A nice contrast from the couple of Higurashi episodes I'd finished before...) I lol'd, because they both follow a |
| Absolutely hilarious episode. After all the seriousness lately it needed this. Hoping the next arcs are good, as I haven't seen the VN. Komari arc was horrid but I quite enjoyed the the latest one. Absolutely knew the boys weren't going to be saving Riki from anything. I'd love for them to have tried to sneak in but them mucking around until morning was quite amusing, topped off when Kyousuke came and said Riki was cute. GOLD! |
| The episode was fun and next is Haruka arc - good. But... Score: 7.36? Seriously? |
Funya-Usagi said: it did happen bro. That was pretty blatant and i guarantee you its gonna happen again on episode 20 If you don't know what happens in the VN, then by the end of the series there would still be NOTHING that signifies It's not happening dude. |
ClannadIsLove said: Funya-Usagi said: it did happen bro. That was pretty blatant and i guarantee you its gonna happen again on episode 20 If you don't know what happens in the VN, then by the end of the series there would still be NOTHING that signifies It's not happening dude. As I don't care anymore |
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| Wow, Riki became their toy just like that. The girls sure are manipulative. They didn't even find out. His crossdressing was indeed perfect. xD |
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Katorski said: The episode was fun and next is Haruka arc - good. But... Score: 7.36? Seriously? I can't understand how these other travesties of animes are boasting higher ratings than Little Busters. I guess it has to do with how generic LB seems, and first impressions of animes. Season 2 will probably be significantly higher rated, since it will have a separate MAL page, and maybe people will change their ratings for the first season ;/ It's definitely worth more than a 7.36, even now. K took 10 episodes to even get close to revealing the most simple yet convoluted mystery part of the anime. The slice and life fanservice crap didn't even yield any character development. There were stalemate fights between characters for no reason, but it has a higher rating because of fanservice... Zetsuen has the most mediocre plot, and even worse plot PACING. Characters repeat the same things over and over again, and more than half the show seems like uninteresting filler, as the characters are jumping through unnecessary loops to get to a main plot. Holy shit, if anyone has seen up to like episode 12, you'll know what I'm talking about. Yoshino- (tries to convince the princess and Samon something) Samon- Oh no, my plan has been foiled! It looks like the logic of the world is siding with the Princess yet again. Mashiro- "Wait Yoshino, that can't be right!" Samon- maybe there's still a chance for my plan to work! Yoshino- "Hold it right there, Mashiro, you're wrong!" Samon- "Yoshino's right. Damn, the logic of the world is siding with the princess yet again!" And it literally repeats for multiple episodes. I can't believe I even watched this show, and it has a 7.97 on myanimelist. It was alright in the beginning though. Robotics;Notes has even less of a plot than LB appears to have right now. Every episode of R;N is some ridiculous scavenger hunt, with an underlying "Save the world from robots and corrupted government" plot that is badly mixed into the lives of these kids. The beginning of the anime was good though. Sakurasou- MC has involved to a scummy f@gg0t. He literally deserves the School Days treatment at this point. The beginning was pretty creative and hilarious, but now, everyone's feelings are getting unnecessarily trampled on as each character is dense as neutronium and can't understand emotions to the level of a 6th grader. It was good in the beginning, but now it's devolved into garbage. The ending will most result from cancelling out all the negative attitudes of the male main characters who are rejecting the females, because they think they're either too weak to manage a career while dating them, or want to become successful first without finding love, even though the emphasis of the first season was that they could all strengthen each other while enjoying their passions. Now they all want to fly solo and be dicks to each other. Cool. But yeah, it seems like first impressions mean a ton for anime, and Little Busters didn't quite do that. I'm sure that once the show ends if the ratings start to consist of people who fully watched the show, they will drastically increase. Luckily, a lot of VN players in Japan know of its potential, or are into the moe anime motif, and have bought a lot of LB Blurays, so we'll have sufficient funding for when SHIT GETS REAL next season. ^My $0.02. |
Vladz0rJan 21, 2013 8:50 AM
Katorski said: The episode was fun and next is Haruka arc - good. But... Score: 7.36? Seriously? For some reason my memories told me that the score after 14th episode is around 7.6, or I am mistaken? o___o About the episode, new OP scenes is good and the episode is fine. Never been a huge fan of this part in the VN, but I guess it's a pretty good laugh and chillin down + some more rin developments. And trap riki. |
zeroyuki92 said: Katorski said: The episode was fun and next is Haruka arc - good. But... Score: 7.36? Seriously? For some reason my memories told me that the score after 14th episode is around 7.6, or I am mistaken? o___o About the episode, new OP scenes is good and the episode is fine. Never been a huge fan of this part in the VN, but I guess it's a pretty good laugh and chillin down + some more rin developments. And trap riki. Meh, That's kind of what you get when you have anime only watchers score these things when they can't relate the references and homages |
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blasterion said: kenshin_sama said: blasterion said: giusex27 said: And this episode confirmed that Riki and Kyousuke are absolutely gay Riki slept with like 9 girls (actually 10) He's the most sexually active Key Protagonist .... ever. He even beat Tomoya in bed skills. In this case, I'd have to call him a bi. Yes, Riki's landed more chicks than any other Key protagonist, but he still shows some sort of feeling towards Kyousuke. XD The only one who hasn't landed a chick =/ poor Protagonist. PrimeBeefer 2 weeks ago Why can't we be like that in America?! Why can't guys just be good friends and shit? Why Is any sign of a guy showing compassion and affection considered gay or makes you a flamer? Honestly I believe at least 95% of all guys know its true but are afraid of being labeled... |
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omfgugay said: blasterion said: kenshin_sama said: blasterion said: giusex27 said: And this episode confirmed that Riki and Kyousuke are absolutely gay Riki slept with like 9 girls (actually 10) He's the most sexually active Key Protagonist .... ever. He even beat Tomoya in bed skills. In this case, I'd have to call him a bi. Yes, Riki's landed more chicks than any other Key protagonist, but he still shows some sort of feeling towards Kyousuke. XD The only one who hasn't landed a chick =/ poor Protagonist. PrimeBeefer 2 weeks ago Why can't we be like that in America?! Why can't guys just be good friends and shit? Why Is any sign of a guy showing compassion and affection considered gay or makes you a flamer? Honestly I believe at least 95% of all guys know its true but are afraid of being labeled... You see we Asians (I mean Asian in Asia) are actually extremely homophobic (most of us) but our definition of gay and what Americans define as gay are completely different. tldr: we do a lot of shit (that only an American can see as weird and gay) but most of us are straight. |
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| Ah back to the fun light hearted episodes! It's nice seeing all the girls together in a happy environment, and to Mio back to her old self after the completion of her arc! Must say I think Kurugaya is my favourite! |
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blasterion said: Excuse me for being an uncultured anime only watcher.Meh, That's kind of what you get when you have anime only watchers score these things when they can't relate the references and homages |
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Cratex said: blasterion said: Excuse me for being an uncultured anime only watcher.Meh, That's kind of what you get when you have anime only watchers score these things when they can't relate the references and homages A good visual novel now and then is good for the soul. I can recommend a few, Little Busters being one of them. |
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| The only thing that really bothers me about the score is that it's literally only .01 higher than tsukihime |
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| Can't believe someone could wonder why this was rated so low. Obviously it's because the overhype that it was given before. Now that those people who couldn't see the hype on this makes them want to rate them so low so I ain't surprised. Even the source material itself isn't perfect. |
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Funya-Usagi said: The only thing that really bothers me about the score is that it's literally only .01 higher than tsukihime that would make any VN Reader more than just cringe. |
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| Like I said, it's because of the overhype. Tsukihime anime didn't give any hype before that was aired unlike LB anime. |
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Sa-chan_ said: Like I said, it's because of the overhype. Tsukihime anime didn't give any hype before that was aired unlike LB anime. Eh true, Moral of the story expect nothing. So you can be happy. |
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| The score is low because the first half of this series is bad. We anime-only people find ourselves asking, "What's the point?" more often than not. There's no plot to drive this thing forward; they haven't even played baseball yet! I apologize for referencing KyoAni, but at least in Clannad they were trying to form the drama club. What're they trying to do in Little Busters? Play baseball (which they haven't) and discover the secret of this world (which they've only taken two steps toward). I'm sure that when you first played the VN, you also were confused as to why you were performing all of these seemingly pointless tasks. Good for you if you get the references, but the anime still has to yet to appease non-VN people. LB doesn't really advertise itself as slice-of-life, so we can't dismiss the SOF episodes. Not only that, but the humor is hit-or-miss. The other things that would've boosted the score were the arcs. Komari's sucks and Mio's is almost there, but not quite. However, I still enjoy the anime, even this pointless and hilarious episode (not sure why, either). I'm just giving a theory as to why the score is so low. LB is weak in its first half and at this point isn't worthy of receiving an 8.00+ score. Will it get better? Is a series that is only good for half of its episodes deserving of an 8+ score? That depends on how mind-blowing this second half is. Don't expect LB to get great reviews otherwise. Just keep assuring us that this will all pay off in the end. I, for one, will continue to believe in the famous Refrain. |
| welp little busters can be lower than an 8 for all i care. however if refrain doesnt make it in the top 100.... |
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Funya-Usagi said: however if refrain doesnt make it in the top 100.... That'll depend on JC Staff and Warner Bros, right? After Story is #4. The problem definitely doesn't lie in the source material then. And are we even going to see Refrain in the second season? They haven't done Kurugaya, Rin, the EX characters, or the other two side missions (Muscle and Mask). Considering how long it took this season to just get two routes done, I doubt they'll fit Refrain into the second season (if they don't want to rush it). |
Funya-Usagi said: welp little busters can be lower than an 8 for all i care. however if refrain doesnt make it in the top 100.... shirayuki75 said: Just keep assuring us that this will all pay off in the end. I, for one, will continue to believe in the famous Refrain. My bros :> And I hadn't considered the possibility of a third season. Mightbcool. |
| Since everyone's on the topic of LB's rating: LB's common route, unlike Clannad, is VERY light-hearted and humourous. Even Clannad had these constant undertones of sadness, mostly from Nagisa's loneliness and Tomoya's screwed up family. That sort of makes it more interesting and gives people a reason to believe that it will actually have dramatic development. On the other hand, LB relies of just plain of "school life" comedy humour, and the reason why, is part of Refrain, and makes it even sadder. But of course those who have no idea see this as pointless and boring, and think LB has nothing to offer. Even after two character routes, most people have dropped a rating and left, so they don't even know about the better parts. In any case, when the anime has finished airing, the ratings should start going back up. And if Refrain is season 2, it's slate should be clean. Oh, and regarding Clannad's theatre and LB's baseball. There is actually more baseball in LB than theatre in Clannad, so that argument doesn't hold at all. |
xfire011 said: The ED has changed though, and I love the change they made. Same with the change in the OP.New Op → good!! Though no new ED. |
| 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. |
SleepingEntity said: Since everyone's on the topic of LB's rating: LB's common route, unlike Clannad, is VERY light-hearted and humourous. Even Clannad had these constant undertones of sadness, mostly from Nagisa's loneliness and Tomoya's screwed up family. That sort of makes it more interesting and gives people a reason to believe that it will actually have dramatic development. On the other hand, LB relies of just plain of "school life" comedy humour, and the reason why, is part of Refrain, and makes it even sadder. But of course those who have no idea see this as pointless and boring, and think LB has nothing to offer. Even after two character routes, most people have dropped a rating and left, so they don't even know about the better parts. In any case, when the anime has finished airing, the ratings should start going back up. And if Refrain is season 2, it's slate should be clean. Oh, and regarding Clannad's theatre and LB's baseball. There is actually more baseball in LB than theatre in Clannad, so that argument doesn't hold at all. it is too dangerous if you spoiled it here... XD just be carefull |
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SleepingEntity said: Since everyone's on the topic of LB's rating: LB's common route, unlike Clannad, is VERY light-hearted and humourous. Even Clannad had these constant undertones of sadness, mostly from Nagisa's loneliness and Tomoya's screwed up family. That sort of makes it more interesting and gives people a reason to believe that it will actually have dramatic development. On the other hand, LB relies of just plain of "school life" comedy humour, and the reason why, is part of Refrain, and makes it even sadder. But of course those who have no idea see this as pointless and boring, and think LB has nothing to offer. Even after two character routes, most people have dropped a rating and left, so they don't even know about the better parts. In any case, when the anime has finished airing, the ratings should start going back up. And if Refrain is season 2, it's slate should be clean. Oh, and regarding Clannad's theatre and LB's baseball. There is actually more baseball in LB than theatre in Clannad, so that argument doesn't hold at all. I completely agree. I could describe my experience in the common route as being the same way. There is little to hint at what would make Refrain so great and the only clue they give you is the messages left by Lennon (which sort of draws you in, but not by a lot). But I agree, that aspect of the game is what made Refrain so incredible and how it manages to tie everything together so damn well. It's the only reason I look forward to Little Busters as much as I do. |
SleepingEntity said: So, am I weird in that I've never played the VN yet I'm finding this show decent, interesting and entertaining?But of course those who have no idea see this as pointless and boring, and think LB has nothing to offer. Even after two character routes, most people have dropped a rating and left, so they don't even know about the better parts. I guess where I'm going is, be careful about generalizations about the audience. In fact (and I'll admit I am going out on a limb here as well), I suspect most of the people who have not liked this show probably would not have liked the VN either, so it's kinda pointless to make that sort of argument. In any case, my opinion is that the anime should stand on its own - viewers should never have to refer to other material to appreciate a show unless the goal of the show is along those lines (such as a parody). |
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Cratex said: SleepingEntity said: So, am I weird in that I've never played the VN yet I'm finding this show decent, interesting and entertaining?But of course those who have no idea see this as pointless and boring, and think LB has nothing to offer. Even after two character routes, most people have dropped a rating and left, so they don't even know about the better parts. I guess where I'm going is, be careful about generalizations about the audience. In fact (and I'll admit I am going out on a limb here as well), I suspect most of the people who have not liked this show probably would not have liked the VN either, so it's kinda pointless to make that sort of argument. In any case, my opinion is that the anime should stand on its own - viewers should never have to refer to other material to appreciate a show unless the goal of the show is along those lines (such as a parody). Everyone has their subjective enjoyments and disappointments. What we're arguing against doesn't apply to everyone who hasn't read the visual novel, it is meant for those who don't like it right now. And it can be said that there aren't many people who like any of the character routes in the visual novel, but like Refrain. |
| Well I'm (mostly) an anime-only watcher and I'm certainly enjoying it. I think too many people overhyped this and didn't expect it to be so much more light-hearted than other Key stuff. I really hope that people stick around for Refrain though. |
 What "Adolescence" do you have? Do you remember "Childhood"? The irreplaceable one existed there. |
| It's probably just me, but I never noticed that people where overhyping this. Not even now. |
Cratex said: SleepingEntity said: So, am I weird in that I've never played the VN yet I'm finding this show decent, interesting and entertaining?But of course those who have no idea see this as pointless and boring, and think LB has nothing to offer. Even after two character routes, most people have dropped a rating and left, so they don't even know about the better parts. I guess where I'm going is, be careful about generalizations about the audience. In fact (and I'll admit I am going out on a limb here as well), I suspect most of the people who have not liked this show probably would not have liked the VN either, so it's kinda pointless to make that sort of argument. In any case, my opinion is that the anime should stand on its own - viewers should never have to refer to other material to appreciate a show unless the goal of the show is along those lines (such as a parody). The difference is that VN readers generally go into a VN knowing it is good (from others' opinions within the community usually). Not many would have played the VN, not knowing what to expect, and dropping it before any routes. When people read a VN, they go in expecting to finish it (usually). On the other hand, anime watchers tend to watch animes just because they are airing for this season, and thus have little or no background knowledge about it. Thus, they give their early impressions of it, and if they think the first few episodes are boring, often will drop it and never discover the real "meat" of the show. I mean, you only have to look at LB's rating on MAL to see what I mean. Of course, these are just generalisations, but I'm going to say that they're pretty accurate generalisations. If you like LB as it is right now that's great- it'll get even better. But for those who dropped it because they think it's boring, well they're missing out on a really great story. |
| omg that ep was really a fun episode, laughed so hard :D fanservice was satisfying, new op visuals give me the chills really got goosebumps. riki has to stay overnight.. nice idea. Overall really entertaining imo 5/5 H-How vexing... |
SleepingEntity said: Trap riki kind of nailed it on the head. Then again I dropped some VNs too but I can probably count them with my fingers. Cratex said: SleepingEntity said: So, am I weird in that I've never played the VN yet I'm finding this show decent, interesting and entertaining?But of course those who have no idea see this as pointless and boring, and think LB has nothing to offer. Even after two character routes, most people have dropped a rating and left, so they don't even know about the better parts. I guess where I'm going is, be careful about generalizations about the audience. In fact (and I'll admit I am going out on a limb here as well), I suspect most of the people who have not liked this show probably would not have liked the VN either, so it's kinda pointless to make that sort of argument. In any case, my opinion is that the anime should stand on its own - viewers should never have to refer to other material to appreciate a show unless the goal of the show is along those lines (such as a parody). The difference is that VN readers generally go into a VN knowing it is good (from others' opinions within the community usually). Not many would have played the VN, not knowing what to expect, and dropping it before any routes. When people read a VN, they go in expecting to finish it (usually). On the other hand, anime watchers tend to watch animes just because they are airing for this season, and thus have little or no background knowledge about it. Thus, they give their early impressions of it, and if they think the first few episodes are boring, often will drop it and never discover the real "meat" of the show. I mean, you only have to look at LB's rating on MAL to see what I mean. Of course, these are just generalisations, but I'm going to say that they're pretty accurate generalisations. If you like LB as it is right now that's great- it'll get even better. But for those who dropped it because they think it's boring, well they're missing out on a really great story. It's pretty amazing if you know how many I have read. |
blasterionJan 23, 2013 6:42 AM
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| Enjoyable episode. + new sequences@OP~ Looks like more drama is on it's way. |
HauntingShock said: Enjoyable episode. + new sequences@OP~ Looks like more drama is on it's way. Yeah, they're doing the routes in order from like worse to best xD |
| question: didn't they say whoever gets hit the most loses and has to say who they like? so did they just forget about that or what haha anyway i think komari lost that game she got hit like 23 times (yea i tried to count) |
therandomestguy said: question: didn't they say whoever gets hit the most loses and has to say who they like? so did they just forget about that or what haha anyway i think komari lost that game she got hit like 23 times (yea i tried to count) I think when the Disciplinary Committee came around they forgot. And yes, Komari does lose. As for who they like, well, take a guess =p |
therandomestguy said: question: didn't they say whoever gets hit the most loses and has to say who they like? so did they just forget about that or what haha anyway i think komari lost that game she got hit like 23 times (yea i tried to count) if one of three (rin,komari,kud) lose probably they will say riki... haha i don't know about saigusa, mio, and kurugaya. |
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ryshin said: therandomestguy said: question: didn't they say whoever gets hit the most loses and has to say who they like? so did they just forget about that or what haha anyway i think komari lost that game she got hit like 23 times (yea i tried to count) if one of three (rin,komari,kud) lose probably they will say riki... haha i don't know about saigusa, mio, and kurugaya. Haruka actually loses to Kud, Mio comes in third, Riki coming in second with Rin and Kurugaya tying for first with both 0 "deaths" |
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blasterion said: ryshin said: if one of three (rin,komari,kud) lose probably they will say riki... haha i don't know about saigusa, mio, and kurugaya. Haruka actually loses to Kud, Mio comes in third, Riki coming in second with Rin and Kurugaya tying for first with both 0 "deaths" yea... but we know that every girls except kurugaya and saigusa (i don't know about mio) possible fall for riki. so they all will say the one who they like is riki haha,, XD it's called true harem... |
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ryshin said: blasterion said: ryshin said: if one of three (rin,komari,kud) lose probably they will say riki... haha i don't know about saigusa, mio, and kurugaya. Haruka actually loses to Kud, Mio comes in third, Riki coming in second with Rin and Kurugaya tying for first with both 0 "deaths" yea... but we know that every girls except kurugaya and saigusa (i don't know about mio) possible fall for riki. so they all will say the one who they like is riki haha,, XD it's called true harem... Harem, that's every man's dream. |
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| ive never read the VN so im totally speculating here but I think Rin, Kud, Mio, and Haruka would all like Riki. I would actually say that Komari likes Kengo....I don't know why I just see this ship happening. Kurugaya is an enigma so who knows. also apparently kyousuke likes riki...(lol)] this is always the case with harems but i don't understand what they like about riki. if this episode told us anything its that riki is pretty much a girl. a kyousuke harem would be much more preferable...but alas that is this shows story line and I quite like Little Busters overall. |
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