Which scene hit you the most, in Refrain or After Story:
| kinda weird in a way how animal deaths can feel just as bad as human deaths, but I guess with proper writing it's sensible saddest VN scenes huh... well other than what's already mentioned, the ending of Aiyoku no Eustia hit me pretty fucking hard as well 2manyfeels t.t also MLA has quite a lot of emotions all over the place but they're more continuous rather than one big climax (although *that* part stands out a bit) |
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| Swan Song had quite a few moments which made me feel like the earth was ending (no pun intended). That and MLA had to be the cruelest blackest void of emotions a player had to experience. Kira Kira also had some key feels in one route. |
| You know darkstar is right that Shizuru's route is one of the only key routes that has the ending leave off on such a bummer. But for some reason...I didn't feel anything from it. I think it was too rushed to be truly effective really. It just felt like a bunch of stuff was "happening" but there was no build up to really anything. |
| Shizuru's route was sad in my opinion I mean Her route was the only one that had a sad ending in Rewrite tbh, all the other routes were okey. Made me sad since I really liked Shizuru and Kotarou together. |
| As much as I love Clannad and After Story, I never really understood why people seem to LOVE episode 18 so much more than the rest of the series. Yes, I'm aware of the scene's significance for both characters. |
| I've heard from quite a few people that Shizuru's route is shit, and to add on that I find her really really boring in common route, I think I wouldn't feel anything at all from her route. to the people who have played her route, would I be able to skip it and go on to the terra route? or is there important info there? |
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smilewolfy said: I've heard from quite a few people that Shizuru's route is shit, and to add on that I find her really really boring in common route, I think I wouldn't feel anything at all from her route. to the people who have played her route, would I be able to skip it and go on to the terra route? or is there important info there? You grow to love her. She doesn't talk much or attract much attention in the common route. Heck, I never liked her that much at first. Her route makes her cute though. You can't really "skip" routes. Unless you mean not paying attention to detail, but it does give more information on the Key and its effects, and shows some importance of the Occult Club affecting the whole group. Other than that, only the Akane and Kotori routes give much information that relate to the Terra route. (I haven't played in a while, but I just replayed Akane's route :3) Also don't play Shizuru's route before Chihaya's. Edit: remembered that it has information regarding Koutarou's powers. |
ExboDec 18, 2013 8:34 PM
smilewolfy said: I've heard from quite a few people that Shizuru's route is shit, and to add on that I find her really really boring in common route, I think I wouldn't feel anything at all from her route. to the people who have played her route, would I be able to skip it and go on to the terra route? or is there important info there? Shizuru's route was shit, but I still teared up towards the end. It's hard not to value some of the character attachment by the emotional parts of the story. |
| I'll be honest, you can near skip the entire game of Rewrite and go to Terra. It feels terribly disconnected from the rest of the story. Yeah there's plot details, but it generally contradicts itself and there's plot holes up the wazoo anyway. Heck you might enjoy Terra more that way. You know what would have made Shizuru's route good? Character development from her...that would have been nice. You know what would have also made it good? Solving the problem with her parents...yeah those things would be nice indeed. It's like here's Shizuru..this is everything to her character and you can't help her at all...in fact you only make her more miserable by letting her get attached to another person who she eventually loses as well. I think the writer really friggin hated her or something. As much as I love Clannad and After Story, I never really understood why people seem to LOVE episode 18 so much more than the rest of the series. Yes, I'm aware of the scene's significance for both characters. Good directing and budget, as well as Tomoya coming to terms with his father problem finally. Just makes you feel all warm and fuzzy by the end seeing so much positive development from him. Ushio scene is really sincere and heartfelt, even with the limited exposure to her character it's hard not to feel happy for her when you saw her struggle so much the previous episode. |
hyperknees91Dec 18, 2013 8:43 PM
| or you can read the entire game and skip Terra, might be better :P |
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| hmm i see i see, well thanks guys xD i guess i'll do Akane then Lucia routes, followed by Terra and keep Shizuru route for, like, if the anime gets announced and I need to have more knowledge before it airs xD (my friend did something with save files, i have no idea what, and unlocked the entire game for me and all CG's when i got it :3) |
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| In a comparison between the animes, it's no contest. Clannad made me tear up a bit whereas Little Busters just made me feel sad. If we're comparing Visual Novels, then Little Busters wins hands down - the part where Kengo is saying his good-bye really made me start to tear up. That being said, both scenes are excellent in their respective shows. Edit: Is it ok if I take it back? I want to vote for Little Busters now, because upon second viewing, the dude who voices Kyousuke does such a DAMN good job at displaying how distraught Kyousuke is with what's going on that it makes me feel goosebumps every time I hear it. What a fantastic performance. |
Random45Dec 19, 2013 10:40 AM
| Midorikawa Hikaru is king. I can't imagine how much better received this episode was simply because of how voice acting. If it was as weak as the VN by comparison, I don't think I would've felt any emotion at all when I watched it, but I got chills and it seriously felt like he was crying when I watched it. |
| So many KEYfags here, it's impressive xD Oh and, sorry, but I liked the anime adaptation of clannad the most... |
Kanapesh said: So many KEYfags here, it's impressive xD Oh and, sorry, but I liked the anime adaptation of clannad the most... http://cdn.weknowgifs.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/ur-gay-gif.gif |
| この世界には。。。秘密がある |
Kanapesh said: So many KEYfags here, it's impressive xD Oh and, sorry, but I liked the anime adaptation of clannad the most... It's okay. You're still a bro for having Kyousuke on your favorites and reading hella VNs. |
| For me, Kyousuke's part is the only scene in anything I've watched that hits me harder after every subsequent re-watch. First time: Yeah pretty good, no tears though. nth time: ;_; Midorikawa, deserves a medal. |
| Definitely LB for me. Only Anime that hit so hard I picked up a VN. (Though I am heavily considering picking up some more) Also, Most of ~Refrain's adaptation didn't quite hit home (I'll get back after a marathon) but that scene had me bawling harder than anything else in LB, and I certainly HAVE lost my diginity many times because of LB... smilewolfy said: I think one factor would be what people cherish more, family or friendship. Smilewolfy hits on the money I think. I value family, but right now I have no plans of making one of my own, so friends (especially ones that would care enough to quickly sacrifice themselves for you like all three of the bros did) mean the world to me. Hence, Little Busters hits home more than anything else. [If I didn't think that, then I would have just wasted the last 3 days trying to make it through Rin2 onward (-_- ) ( T.T ) ] |
| The vibe I get from this thread: "I'm sooo superior to all ya'll! I'm on that VN shit! YOU ALL ARE FAGS! G O M L!" I can't even put down a serious personal opinion because of the overflow of bias xD |
| Please send me a message/profile comment since I will most likely not check my forum posts. Thank you. |
| made the thread before Refrain's anime farewells were even animated. I made it to prove that as great of a job as Clannad did with KyoAni, Little Busters stood strong as a VN, specifically in Refrain. It's the better version of the story for Little Busters, and comparing Refrain in the VN to people's experience with KyoAni's adaptation of Clannad is fair, because it's for most people who have seen both. Little Busters would have to go far in order to top that entire episode 18 of After Story for people, and despite the forums being full of LB fans, you'll see a lot of people with Clannad After Story in their top favorites as well. It's not just full of people who shit on Clannad because it's not Little Busters. Clannad's scene was really emotional, and I wanted to see if people felt that Refrain's farewells were comparable. I even helped Clannad out a bit by mentioning that they could choose Nagisa or Ushio's death, as there were some people who found that to be more emotional than the flowefield and reminiscence. There's no fair way to do this poll, because if I went to a discussion for anime in general to make it, Clannad's anime is 20x more popular than Little Busters, and the anime pales in comparison to the VN, so the polls would be at least 90% in favor of Clannad. So yeah, this poll wasn't to compare each anime with each other, or even each anime's adaptation of those scenes with each other. I wouldn't dare to make that thread, because Clannad would win even in these forums if we're comparing the anime quality. |
| I love Clannad but Little Busters ending was easy to understand plus awesome, I really loved seeing all the characters back together, such a warm feeling.. |
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| Anime Adaptation: Clannad > Little Busters (JC Staff Shit) VN: Little Busters > Clannad Sorry, but the anime of LB! was ruined by JC Staff. only way they going to sell a lot of BD/DVD's is because of the bundled OVA's that come with it. |
| Definitely After Story, you know. I was rewatching it at the same time while watching LB! and there's big emotional difference between these two. The scene which hit me the most this time was when Tomoya recalls the time he spend with his father when he was a kid, and realizes that he wasn't such a bad guy. It was even stronger than Ushio x Tomoya's scene imo. Boys' farawell was also amazing, but didn't make my cry THAT much. |
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| As much as JC Staff tried to bring it together, I was expecting as much UMF in drama as KyoAni... so I guess I was let down. Being a fan of all Clannad, Kanon and Air... Clannad had an over all impact for me [anime wise] but while playing Little Busters! I just can't help but *tear* click *tears* click *more tears* while playing XDDD |
| Season 1 sold well? This must be key magic working in, cause fuck Season 1 was horrible. |
Ol-Hybrius said: Season 1 wasn't that bad. I agree the art/animation quality is pretty low and the comedy is weak most of the time (sleepover/boys playing's episode being an exception). Some characters are a bit messed up also (Masato...), but there were some damn good idea. Kyousuke always watching over Riki, KomaRin's relationship's improvement, subtle hints like Riki waking up after completing a route and other stuffs in Kud's route, episode 25 better than the short passage Miyuki had in the VN... It could have been way better for sure, but it still deserves a 8 or, at least, a 7 for me. Lol i gave it a 9/10, but that was before I did the VN, after I did the VN I gave the anime adaptation a 7/10, Wouldve been better if the animation quality didnt suck shit! But I agree that some parts in the anime were better then the VN, but that doesent make it that worthwhile as its only a few pieces. |
| Season 1 sold 10.5k BDs average. They came in 9 volumes of 3 episodes each, 2 episodes in the final volume. The OVA was a mail-in thing where you had to send in tickets from each of the 9 volumes before like September or October 2013 in order to receive the OVA. Season 2 is selling at a higher retail price per BD disk. I think the retail is close to 9600yen, but it's lower on Amazon, but still a higher price than s1 from what I've seen. Each BD has 3 episodes total. V1-6 have 2 episodes + 1 EX episode. V7 has episode 13 and the last EX route. (Salami-san) And yeah, despite this, the BD preorder count is close to where it was for season 1. Pretty sure Warner Bros. is cashing out on LB regardless, since people say that an anime has to sell like 2-5k BDs to break even, and Little Busters is pretty average when it comes to quality. |
| I'm upset that what was probably my favorite of the bro arcs, and the one I was looking forward to the most turned out like this. http://imgur.com/a/DAnYs I couldn't enjoy these interpretations of the story, and I'm still baffled at some of these decisions from the company aside from it being 13 episodes of varying budget. |
| Sigh... Changing the presentation of the information changes the impact of the deconstruction. People didn't even overwhelmingly like the episode, when Masato was a favorite in the VN. It was seen as one of the worst episodes in the entire show. Your whole mentality "No info was cut, so it's good..." Simply put, I hate that mentality with every fiber of my being. If you don't think that seeing Masato struggling during his rampage and having eyes that looked so dead in the VN wasn't an important aspect to his character, I'd ask you to consider how that parallels the young Masato's tiredness and rampage, or at least, it was supposed to parallel that, and it seemed like an epic shonuen battle that didn't pack the proper tension in order to relate to help relate to and understand character. JC Staff did a lot of hints for Kyousuke to show that his antagonism was half hearted, and that he was suffering on the inside. They didn't do it even as well as the VN for Masato. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HE56NGAMlZU That song was for things like this. Riki didn't even feel that uneasy that Masato was turning against everyone. The text had some hints like "Masato can't be a bad guy!" but that doesn't translate well when we have this fight that Riki and Rin seem excited to have. It could've been better done, because I didn't see people exactly relating to Masato that well from the forum discussion. The deconstruction attempt was underwhelming in the anime. I'm not even asking for the impossible like increasing the length of Masato's delusions, but jeez, they didn't even go back to explain why Masato went on a rampage in the first place later on in Kyousuke's arc. It's a 21 minute episode, and we're supposed to suddenly feel for Masato all of a sudden. They could've set it up much better. There, I managed to withhold my personal hatred and explain why I feel the execution is weak. |
Vladz0rDec 30, 2013 1:09 PM
| Little Busters Refrain EASILY I did not like Nagisa at all in Clannad, so it didn't affect me at all |
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