2013-03-16, 11:19 | Link #1221 |
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I'm a little confused. It looks like Mio and Haruka are back from Ep.23's screencaps, but shouldn't they still be missing like how Mio was last arc? Mio looks so cute smiling, though, but still. I highly doubt they'd explain it in the actual episode, too, so it's definitely strange. I thought I knew what JC Staff was doing, but now I'm not too sure.
I also just finished Refrain yesterday at last! Now I'm just wondering what happened to Rin when she was young to traumatize her so. Clearly, the whole Rin 2 ending is similar to what originally happened, but I can't really imagine what she had to go through as a kid that ruined her social life, effectively. |
2013-03-17, 16:30 | Link #1226 |
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There was never a traumatizing event in Rin past, it was a lie from Kengo, Masato and Kyousuke during Refrain to explain to Riki why Rin was in such a state to begin with.
In refrain Rin still remembered the events at the ending of Rin2 but not clearly, the loop should have wiped her memories but the event traumatized her so much that the loop didn't manage to erase it completely for her, but it did erase Riki's memories of it. So to explain to him why she was in that state they simply told him the traumatizing event she remembered happened when she was a kid. |
2013-03-17, 17:03 | Link #1227 |
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Hmm, alright. I just thought it was mentioned a few times in Refrain later on, vaguely, but I've only read it once (and quickly at that). Time to reread it! Speaking of which, was it ever outwardly stated that Koshiki's dead in the real world, because if it did, I missed it. I wish she had a little more involvement when it came to Kengo's episode asides from the "don't invade my privacy" bit with Kyousuke.
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2013-03-17, 18:49 | Link #1228 | |
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2013-03-17, 23:31 | Link #1230 | |
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Great comparissons. I too have noticed that almost all KEY works have some kind of other world and/or ties in with dreams. This even is like ONE from pre-KEY as well. I believe this stems from the influence of Maeda reading "Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World". Which is a good read btw. Last edited by Leo_Otaku; 2013-03-17 at 23:42. |
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2013-03-18, 04:09 | Link #1231 |
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ONE is like the mother of all Key works with dream,other world,sad snow,lack of parent,childhood,forgotten memories etc...It's thanks to ONE success that Key came to existence so this is quiet literally as well.
It's also interesting each Key game so far represent a season but LB! isn't one of them. Clannad: Spring Air: Summer Rewrite : Fall Kanon: Winter |
2013-03-18, 08:59 | Link #1232 |
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Air and Kanon have an obvious season theme, but for Clannad and Rewrite is a little far fetched. Clannad does start in spring, but it usually goes past it, and doesn't really have any spring symbolism, and the only fall-like thing in Rewrite is the festival (which is not that important).
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2013-03-19, 19:30 | Link #1234 | |
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2013-03-19, 20:39 | Link #1235 | |
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2013-03-20, 14:36 | Link #1236 |
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After searching for the scene on Youtube (Would've went to the game itself but I had to move the saves somewhere else) the most I could find was this.
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This scene was when Kyousuke was explaining how he was willing to do anything to make Rin and Riki stronger. Considering the context and the wording, the full sentence being "Drove Rin into a corner, made her dig up her personal trauma, and drove her to despair", it does seem like a childhood trauma is being implied. Granted it has been a while since I last played so I might be mistaken.
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2013-03-20, 18:12 | Link #1238 |
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With regards to the setting and context, I would say he was just referring to events from Rin 2. Can't recall any other scenes that hinted much about traumas from before the dream world events.
Had fun taking some liberties in this playthrough . Now a few questions (apologies if redundant, but I did take a look through past pages): Which installments are generally considered canon? Little Busters! Ex Kud Wafter Perfect Edition Drama CD How did Kyousuke ask Riki "It's enough, isn't it?"? Wouldn't he have been long dead by that point if Riki had opted to immediately run? Since Lennon = Kyousuke, was Kyousuke being a Loli-Loli Hunter each time Lennon slid onto Rin's face? |
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Little Busters! is definitely canon, considering its the original and all. As for EX, Saya and Kanata are most likely canon, however Sasami's route is debatable (And by that I mean literally, there have been flame wars over it) since it occurs after Refrain. I have no idea about Kud Wafter, since it is the same style as Tomoyo After, it might be more of What If? type of thing. And the Drama CD (which I'm assuming is the one where they go to the beach) is canon. Quote:
Considering Kyousuke's conversation with Mio about the whole "Onii-san" thing, I wouldn't put it past him if he was a Siscon in addition to being a Lolicon.
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2013-03-29, 09:43 | Link #1240 | |
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I have a question about Sasami's route.
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But that also means SasamiXRiki is canon? Last edited by Chr0nicz420; 2013-03-29 at 09:57. |
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