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Oct 5, 2013 9:13 AM

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Tr1ckR said:
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hype bus!


lol i clicked to quote your post just so i can use the quote tags but i forgot to remove your name xD


Lol I guess we re eddited ourselves more than 4 times now?
Oct 5, 2013 9:15 AM

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kenshin_sama said:
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I never did get to Refrain in my play through. I stopped during Rin2 because I couldn't take how much of an asshole kyousuke became in it.
I mean what the fuck was that? uninstalled the game there and never looked back.
I thought the guy was my friend, and he wasn't. he was just a
asshole through and through.


Im sure he played refrain more than once
Oct 5, 2013 9:15 AM

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Also remember I called the montage of shota Riki for my signature....
I called shot gun and no one can call Rosa Park because that is a

CHEAAAAAAAAAAAAAP TRICCCCCCCCCK
Oct 5, 2013 9:15 AM
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smilewolfy said:
planetarian said:
I never did get to Refrain in my play through. I stopped during Rin2 because I couldn't take how much of an asshole kyousuke became in it.
I mean what the fuck was that? uninstalled the game there and never looked back.
I thought the guy was my friend, and he wasn't. he was just a
asshole through and through.


......I have no words D:


Well i can understand. Kyousuke is my hero, but during Rin2, I just felt betrayed for some reason.
Oct 5, 2013 9:19 AM

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really not a sad day in the slightest.

you have no idea how happy i am right now
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Oct 5, 2013 9:22 AM

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Oh God, please spare me from more Komarimax!

The pacing felt kinda fast, but we'll see. Wasn't a bad episode or anything 4/5.
Oct 5, 2013 9:22 AM

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Funya-Usagi said:
really not a sad day in the slightest.

you have no idea how happy i am right now

You and I both! When I thought about Refrain being 13 episodes, I had to try really hard to remain optimistic. Now, there isn't a doubt in my mind that Refrain will be as amazing as I'd want it to be.
Oct 5, 2013 9:35 AM

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Anyway, high budget in my Little Busters! WTF!?

Kuruguya is confirmed as the best gir (DAT KICK), even though all those rape face from her and the two other girls were quite ridiculous. I won't even talk about how cliche and lame the whole scene when Riki discovered the bullies was. Anyway, I don't have really high hope for this anime, the comedy parts were as lame as ever, and I still hate most of the cast.

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Oct 5, 2013 9:37 AM

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OH MY GOD! They have improved everything! If this is a sign of things to come, refrain is going to be perfect! :)
Oct 5, 2013 9:38 AM

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I'm happy that there's gonna be 26 episodes, I didn't think there would be only 13 though so I'm not surprised
Oct 5, 2013 9:38 AM

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Kurugaya just skyrocketed into best girl in cast for me with just that scene alone. Oh yes, I am excite for the next episode to come
Oct 5, 2013 9:40 AM

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http://i.imgur.com/PUMhuX5.png
Can someone explain this scene to me please? Dwarfs??
Oct 5, 2013 9:40 AM

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I don't like how bullying had to be the catalyst for Kurugaya's route, looking back at it now. I can't wait till they get passed Tonokawa's shitty writing and get to Rin2 and Refrain ;3
Oct 5, 2013 9:40 AM

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koagzero said:
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The first episode is completely subbed now on Gogoanime.com :)

Crap I have to rewatch it with subs now.. T_T and I was supposed to study for exams today dammnn

And there's one guy who "Hated it" alr according to the poll DX

Damn!But anything can wait when it comes to Refrain right? :)
Oct 5, 2013 9:40 AM

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Stark700 said:
http://i.imgur.com/PUMhuX5.png
Can someone explain this scene to me please? Dwarfs??


That'll be spoilers if anyone will explain.


Oct 5, 2013 9:41 AM

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Stark700 said:
http://i.imgur.com/PUMhuX5.png
Can someone explain this scene to me please? Dwarfs??

Komaris short story
Oct 5, 2013 9:42 AM

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Oh I see. I'll stay to find out then ~
Oct 5, 2013 9:42 AM

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egnaro315 said:
Stark700 said:
http://i.imgur.com/PUMhuX5.png
Can someone explain this scene to me please? Dwarfs??

Komaris short story


I bet he's looking for the meaning behind that story.


Oct 5, 2013 9:43 AM

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SakurasouBusters said:
koagzero said:
SakurasouBusters said:
The first episode is completely subbed now on Gogoanime.com :)

Crap I have to rewatch it with subs now.. T_T and I was supposed to study for exams today dammnn

And there's one guy who "Hated it" alr according to the poll DX

Damn!But anything can wait when it comes to Refrain right? :)


Yep, there are a lot of people on /a/ and crap who hate Clannad but liked After Story, and disliked the heroine routes but liked Refrain. It'l happen with the anime as well, for the people don't like the heroines but stick through it to see what the hype is about.
Oct 5, 2013 9:45 AM

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Stark700 said:
http://i.imgur.com/PUMhuX5.png
Can someone explain this scene to me please? Dwarfs??


it was in the first season after they help the dwarves they disappear
Oct 5, 2013 9:45 AM

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Vladz0r said:
I don't like how bullying had to be the catalyst for Kurugaya's route, looking back at it now. I can't wait till they get passed Tonokawa's shitty writing and get to Rin2 and Refrain ;3

Well, yeah, Tonokawa is a pretty bad writer. Gotta admit though, his characters do at least have a certain charm to them. Just can't help but love Shizuru, Chihaya, Kurugaya, and Komari. ^^
Oct 5, 2013 9:52 AM
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Ain't no party like a pancake party. :D

Glad this show is back I missed it.
Oct 5, 2013 9:56 AM

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Stark700 said:
Oh I see. I'll stay to find out then ~


What we learned from season one is that Komari created a story...
The story is that each dwarf has a problem to be solved and the guy and girl helps each dwarf and the dwarfs dissapear
Oct 5, 2013 9:56 AM
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SO glad they are keeping the romance in this route. Also so glad they have departed from the kyoto style of doing things.
Oct 5, 2013 9:58 AM

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I knew Kurugaya was awesome but damn. This is a fantastic start.
Oct 5, 2013 10:05 AM

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Rushed the whole Kurugaya route? Feels bad.

Or at least, it's a very different approach to it.
Oct 5, 2013 10:07 AM

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Kami-Sama staffing never dissapoints
Oct 5, 2013 10:08 AM

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So it continues
The pancake party was awesome
I liked the slow scenes that were done, they were so beautiful

Kurugaya was really bad ass
It seems like she and Riki had a past or even were lovers
Oct 5, 2013 10:16 AM

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No clue how they'll split it up, but fuck off with the Rin shipping ><
I get from every single comment that you LOVE Rin.
I want more common route with the bros more than anything, or something to flesh out the main characters throughout these 2 cours.
P.S. I hope they don't do the 2nd ending of Refrain at the end ;)
Oct 5, 2013 10:20 AM

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Don't tell me that was it with those two girls who "hated" Kurugaya and thinks her very existence is an abomination >.>

So is this just another route or are they sticking with this the entire run with Kurugaya/Riki?
Oct 5, 2013 10:24 AM

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Vladz0r said:
No clue how they'll split it up, but fuck off with the Rin shipping ><
I get from every single comment that you LOVE Rin.
I want more common route with the bros more than anything, or something to flesh out the main characters throughout these 2 cours.
P.S. I hope they don't do the 2nd ending of Refrain at the end ;)


leave my Rin alone :c You think I don't want more bro time aswell, I really, want that 'entertaining kyousuke" part. 2nd ending will be a defo, sure of it :P why would there be a "romance" tag on refrain if it wasnt gonna be :c
Oct 5, 2013 10:25 AM

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DeathDoUsPart said:
why would there be a "romance" tag on refrain if it wasnt gonna be :c


For the same reason why there's a romance tag for season 1 e.e
Oct 5, 2013 10:25 AM

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That was very good. I'll say it again. S1 was bad. There was so much pointless...yes pointless...bullshit in that season that it took away from the entire experience.

This has a very strong start. The question will be if it can maintain this. I hope it does because if this starts to become pointless as shit again like S1 I'm going to tear. And if I'm going to tear during this show I want it for another reason.
Oct 5, 2013 10:26 AM

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"Genres: Comedy, Drama, School" on the MAL Site

http://myanimelist.net/anime/13655/

Compared to:
"Genres: Comedy, Drama, Romance, School" for Refrain

http://myanimelist.net/anime/18195/Little_Busters!:_Refrain
Oct 5, 2013 10:27 AM

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Vladz0r said:
No clue how they'll split it up, but fuck off with the Rin shipping ><
I get from every single comment that you LOVE Rin.
I want more common route with the bros more than anything, or something to flesh out the main characters throughout these 2 cours.
P.S. I hope they don't do the 2nd ending of Refrain at the end ;)

Amen, I'm looking forward for the bros development.
Oct 5, 2013 10:28 AM

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I like how they change the thumbnail thing from Riki in the visual novel it happened couple days and he had to lie to Kurugaya that nothing was wrong to Kud and Komari where Kurugaya already knows what happened to them and followed Riki.
The door scene was ok because In the visual novel when Kurugaya said "I will kill you" her voice give me shivers while here it didn't give me shivers but I already knew what happened.
They already hinting stuff from Refrain like the dwarf.
I like how they show Riki remembering
I'm wondering which ending they will take for Kurugaya.
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It makes me sad to know that still hardly anyone knows what a visual novel is, even in the anime community.
Oct 5, 2013 10:28 AM

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DeathDoUsPart said:
"Genres: Comedy, Drama, School" on the MAL Site

http://myanimelist.net/anime/13655/

They change it when the s1 finished airing because has 0 romance.
Oct 5, 2013 10:29 AM

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bleh, I still have faith in JC Staff.
Oct 5, 2013 10:30 AM
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I think the lesson to take away from this is "Don't mess with Kurugaya Yuiko! Just don't!"

So now with 26 episodes confirmed, but only three episodes with Kurugaya it seems, there will be 23 for Rin and Refrain. Kind of worried they wouldn't be able to finish her route well, but I can see it working pretty damn well.
Oct 5, 2013 10:46 AM
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CrimsonLight said:
Rushed the whole Kurugaya route? Feels bad.

Or at least, it's a very different approach to it.


No i think they didnt rush it so much as they are doing it backwards if you understand what im saying.
Oct 5, 2013 10:47 AM

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Damn, this was pretty awesome. I already enjoy this arc more than I did almost all arcs from S1. So far the hype about Refrain from the VN fans delivered, I'm glad I stuck with it and finished season 1.
I probably regret this post by now.
Oct 5, 2013 10:49 AM

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Mogami-kun said:
Oh God, please spare me from more Komarimax!

The pacing felt kinda fast, but we'll see. Wasn't a bad episode or anything 4/5.
Unfortunatelly Komarimax is one girl that still has a role to play (no spoiler here: she was only girl appearing in spoiler except Anego) or fortunatelly as my opinion of her changed.

And 26 episodes - I liked the idea of making it shorter and more packed in drama but if rest of episodes will be like this, I won't complain.
Oct 5, 2013 10:50 AM

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I left for an hour and come back then suddenly...news says this is 26 eps!!! @_@

YES!!!!!!!!!!!! Hyped again :D
Oct 5, 2013 10:50 AM

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I think I am gonna kill someone right now. J.C Staff...what the fuck did you do? I mean, like 75% of Kurugaya's route adapted in 10 minutes?

Not even Tsukihime's non-existent anime was so fail.
この世界の秘密が知ってる?
Do you know the secret of this world?
リトルバスターズは不滅だ。
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Oct 5, 2013 10:53 AM

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I only watched the OP/ED so far, but from the ED I can tell they have a good budget and I'm really excited. The first five seconds of the ED took more money to make than some of the early season one episodes, and this in general looks REALLY good. I'm confident Refrain will make up for the follies of season one. =)

The ED is amazing. It just really emphasizes the friendship they have. I just love it. It's so simple but beautiful, and the song is great too. This really could be what we've been wanting this whole time. I'm so excited =)

Also, it's good to see everyone here again. I've been waiting for this since LB ended =)
Oct 5, 2013 10:54 AM

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apau said:
I think I am gonna kill someone right now. J.C Staff...what the fuck did you do? I mean, like 75% of Kurugaya's route adapted in 10 minutes?

Not even Tsukihime's non-existent anime was so fail.

If 75% of one characters arc was adapted in half an episode there must be a lot of story to tell in 26 episodes. The VN must be one of the longest.

Anyways, great first episode. Took a few minutes to get back into it, trying to remember all the characters. There were some great scenes.
5/5
Oct 5, 2013 11:00 AM

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KeyIsLove said:
I only watched the OP/ED so far, but from the ED I can tell they have a good budget and I'm really excited...


The ED isn't even animated ;_;
It still looks pretty nice and I really like the song, but the actual episode looked better than most of the content in the OP or ED, which is kinda the opposite of the first season.
Oct 5, 2013 11:00 AM

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RediceRyan said:
apau said:
I think I am gonna kill someone right now. J.C Staff...what the fuck did you do? I mean, like 75% of Kurugaya's route adapted in 10 minutes?

Not even Tsukihime's non-existent anime was so fail.

If 75% of one characters arc was adapted in half an episode there must be a lot of story to tell in 26 episodes. The VN must be one of the longest.


26 episodes would be incredibly drawn out.
Oct 5, 2013 11:00 AM

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Horrible subs has the subed version if anyone wants to watch that, but asides from that i really really enjoyed this first episode, i thought it was amazing, and tbh i was not expecting much from it.
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