Little Busters 11 : The Test of Courage

Ghosts! Traps! And more!

This episode had the entire Little Busters team members (and member to be) on board.

We saw the three groups split up. Masato and Kengo in their muscle-bound sword slashing power; Rin, Komari and Kud in their Cat-Sweets-Dog combo; and we saw Kurugaya, Haruka and Riki with the most relaxed group filled with sarcasm and charisma.

4 talismans placed by Kyousuke. Many traps.


And ghosts! And a big thing flying through the whole school! Fun times for all, especially since Nishizono was able to lend a hand despite being called out at night.


Then it ends with a lovely reunion, plus a mysterious omen by the muscle sword's prolonged abscence.



Oh and today was the end of the world right? Feels normal.

Little Busters 10 : Book and Parasol

Today I was able to catch the latest episode of Little Busters almost right away.

This episode was all about Nishizono-san and how Riki befriends her. She seems to have quite a particular view of the world and seems to be a bit out there sometimes. Though in the end you can tell that she really does pay attention to all the things around her, especially those that she would seemingly try to ignore. With the kind help of Yui-chan Kurugaya-san plus the strong word from Riki, they were able to reach out to her and now she can join the Little Busters, albeit on the sidelines for now.

Now the Little Busters seems to have a full roster... but next episode is the time for... being scared?

Little Busters 9 : Jelly to the Rescue!

Due to my internet being wonky (and procrastination as usual), the post is "late" but I'm not going to mark it as such.

So today I had a chance to catch up on Little Busters.

Jelly.

So the episode seemed to me like a big plot point wrapped around a pretty silly situation. The situation itself seemed silly, but the objectives and outcomes were all really good. Rin finally gets to get out of her shy shell when times of crisis.

This crisis? Save the Cafeteria! Or... "Cook Dinner for All!". With the awesome help of Little Busters, they were able to do it. The food they cooked all seemed simple yet tasty indeed. How I'd like to eat a curry, jelly, omelette, jelly, fried shrimp, jelly, and lettuce combo with miso soup (and jelly) on the side. With some more jelly.

And then... it hits Riki again. I wonder why? Mission complete?


Anyways, next episode seems to have more Nishizono. Will she join the Little Busters? Or will it be just a slightly more in-depth intro?

Little Busters 8 : Kud gets a Roommate!

In this episode of Little Busters, Kudryavka Noumi or Kud tries to find a roommate!

But before that, she joins Little Busters because of her awesome dog-like fetching catching skills!

A whole lot of prospective candidates are there, including Rin who's too shy around people, Mio who we didn't get a proper introduction with yet, and Kurugaya-san who's attraction to cute little girls is too dangerous.

So who does she end up with?


The most unlikely candidate, the Disciplinary Head Kanata! She's nicer then everybody thinks for sure. Plus she already knows Kud's dogs Strelka and Belka, as they help around chasing down those who do bad.

Little Busters 7 : Haruka joins the Team

Haruka Saigusa gets to join the Little Busters!

Haruka with her playful and trickyness. Also, introduction to the Disciplinary Officer Kanata Futaki. They seem to constantly be at odds; one being the playful and prankster type and the other being the serious and strict type. But they have the same hair colours... hmmm.

Haruka being in the maintenance club (or whatever it was called) was interesting.

Then Riki, being the friendly guy that he is, helps her out as usual.

Next episode is more Kud! Fun times to be had for sure.

Little Busters 6 : Remembrance Day

How fitting that today, the day where people in Canada and the States remember those who have fallen in war, coincides with the day Komari remembers everything.

This episode was somber indeed. Learning about the past of Komari and seeing her suffer through that. And the whole dead eyes thing...

BUT, like lightning the whole episode was going quick. Problem meets solution, as Riki gets an idea to get Komari back to her cheery disposition while moving forward. Of course, this is all with the help of Little Busters and co.

And then it became a Happy Remembrance Day.

Little Busters 5 : Journey of Memories; Leafa Party

Today I watched Little Busters 5, and caught up on Sword Art Online episodes 17+18.

Let's start with SAO, since I blasted through that first.

These episodes were mainly to get the ball rolling as Kirito gets to know ALO and Leafa. Of course, Kirito gets to be the hero and what not, and is in "newbie" mode by asking all sorts of questions. While Leafa ends up being a bit tsundere as she gets closer to Kirito. Of course Leafa's real identity is pretty obvious, but they are both very oblivious. Later on they leave for the World Tree (or Yggdrasil). There were also some... Asuna moments as she is being held up by the creepy man. However, fun times await as it ends with a great Asuna moment.

All in all it's moving slowly but surely. I kind of hope Kirito can meet up with more old friends along the way.


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And now for Little Busters!

As we journey along Komari's arc, there's a small interlude of baseball to start. Rin is always very cute when trying to handle anyone besides the Little Busters, especially with Komari. Komari has the strange and great aura that makes anyone feel different and great, even Kurugaya Yuiko, cutely called Yui-chan by Komari.

Then we get to the more serious parts. Again with the "who is Komari's brother". Shooting stars, old man getting serious, memories lost, rain and thunder, a walk through nostalgia. All of these and more in this episode.

What awaits Komari and the crew is a mystery until the next episode. Good luck Komari.

Little Busters 4 : Kud + Komari; Shiny Festa Play

I watched episode 4 of Little Busters today! Greatly looked forward to seeing Kud for the first time in the anime. Although her appearance was brief, it was absolutely wonderful especially her English.

And then we got more Komari! Komari with her sunny disposition along with the rest of the Little Busters crew help out with a retirement home. Fun times ensue, as well as a bit of drama to add to the mix. What's up with that book and dream Komari has? Who is this "Takuya"? I guess we'll find out next episode.


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Also, I got a chance to play a bit of Shiny Festa today. And by a bit, I mean maybe 2 hours of random on-off playing. I skipped out on the special OVAs packed in because I want to watch them subbed first, but the gameplay is actually a bit fun. It's mostly the songs and accompanying music videos though. Especially looked forward to "Music" and the three other videos with new animation.

I only played a bit of Funky Note (with Ami, Mami, Hibiki, Yayoi, and Iori) as well as a tiny bit of Groovy Tune (with Makoto, Yukiho, Miki, and Takane). For the ones I played through, Music was quite fun as well as Honey Heartbeat and Next Life. I've yet to play a lot of the rest though, but will surely try it out when I get back from this weekend field trip.

Little Busters 3 : Kurugaya-san

Kurugaya-san being a badass as usual.

In this episode of Little Busters, we get a tiny bit of Haruka screentime as well as a lot of Kurugaya-san action. Like everyone else in the Little Busters world, she's a bit crazy. Skipping class and doing whatever she wants, including toying with Riki a bit. She's also mysterious, almost like every other character...

This episode was quite fun, though of course the rest of the crew only got half the screentime due to introductions. It took a while to take off, but it's going pretty ok. Comedy is great, action is funny, and everyone is awesome. Although I'm not sure if it's just me, but the voice recordings seem a bit low quality sometimes. Could just be their voices.

Next episode is the long awaited Kud episode I hope!

Pop-up Pirate vs Katana. Only in Little Busters.

Little Busters 2 : Komari joins the Team

I recently watched the second episode of Little Busters. As random as ever, and the episode thoroughly introduced Komari. Komari seems to be a cloudcuckoolander huh... How interesting. Also great are the cute Rin moments. Oh so awkward, oh so cute.

And then narcolepsy. What will happen in the next episode? Who knows, but it seems to have someone who is very charismatic.

"What's necessary for baseball?"

"Guts! Courage! And Friendship!"

Little Busters : The Baseball Team anime

This is it. It's time for Little Busters the anime! I've been looking forward to this for years.

And here it is. First episode starts with crazy stuff and awesome characters. Riki (with Yui Horie voice acting) actually sounds [slightly] more boyish now! Glimpses of the future Little Busters team are also shown, but not quite introduced yet.

The Opening and Ending sequences are the usually fare of showcasing the characters, but not quite the visual novel opening I expected. Also, the added "rock" feel to it wasn't that great in my opinion. I really like the original 'Little Busters!" and "Alicemagic" better. Oh well, they're still ok.

The whole "building a baseball team" thing was really a strange premise, but hey it works.

As for the animation... well it's not quite Kyoto Animation, but JC Staff seems to be pulling it off so far. Would've been better if there was actually more animation, but hey they got to make do until the very end. I'm liking the character designs so far and Yui Horie's voice is actually very suitable. Too bad they didn't add in the battle interface, but that whole "awesome quotes" section along with the "title" that Rin got was golden.

Looking forward to the next episode!

Dearly Busters SP [Little Busters IM@S OP Parody]

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Dearly Stars + Idolm@ster SP + Little Busters. Although the editing isn't the best, I thought it was quite nice.

Little Busters! Anime PV

With all these April Fool's Day jokes going around in Japan, I would've been a little skeptical or this before that announcement a few days ago.

Now all that's left is to... rejoice! I really hope this goes well, and from the looks of it the animation is pretty nice. Not quite sure if it's Kyoto Animation, but it retains a strikingly similar eye style. I wonder how they're going to handle the story this time around...

Little Busters! Anime announced!!

Well then... I almost gave up hope for this game. Almost. And now that it's announced, I'm in full fanboy mode. Got to go play Clannad now, since I promised to put that off until it was either 100% translated OR Little Busters gets an anime. Now that the latter is true, it's time for some tears to be shed.

This anime better be animated by Kyoto Animation...

Clannad Ace Combat

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Just like yesterday, I looked around Nico Nico and found some Ace Combat crossovers. This is one them, and it's so ridiculous that it's funny.

In other news (or lack thereof), the translation patch for Clannad is still not done... I guess I'll wait patiently before playing it as always. Even if it's pretty much 99.9% complete.

Or until Little Busters gets an anime. I wish.