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View Poll Results: Little Busters ~Refrain~ - Episode 3 Rating | |||
Perfect 10 | 24 | 53.33% | |
9 out of 10 : Excellent | 14 | 31.11% | |
8 out of 10 : Very Good | 5 | 11.11% | |
7 out of 10 : Good | 0 | 0% | |
6 out of 10 : Average | 1 | 2.22% | |
5 out of 10 : Below Average | 0 | 0% | |
4 out of 10 : Poor | 0 | 0% | |
3 out of 10 : Bad | 0 | 0% | |
2 out of 10 : Very Bad | 0 | 0% | |
1 out of 10 : Painful | 1 | 2.22% | |
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2013-10-19, 17:02 | Link #21 | |
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Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: Planet Earth
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Here's the sprite for anyone who's interested: Last edited by Tempester; 2013-10-19 at 17:24. |
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2013-10-19, 17:44 | Link #22 |
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Join Date: Nov 2007
Age: 32
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Really couldn't of asked for much better, perfect episode and the feels. ;_;
And yeah, while it might be difficult to talk in absolutes, I think the general idea regarding Yuiko is that she had trouble experiencing different emotions since she was young and the Little busters, and especially riki, gave her a place to feel home.
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2013-10-19, 17:53 | Link #23 |
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Well, to be fair, I took Kurugaya's comment to mean that she never smiled until she met the Little Busters. And Season 1 doesn't really contradict that, imo.
And even in Season 1, Kurugaya's smile was usually pretty slight and her laughter often had this "Star Trek's Data faking laughter" feeling to it.
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2013-10-19, 18:06 | Link #24 |
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Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: The Netherlands
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That was a beautiful episode. Kurugaya's route was handled much better than the routes of season 1. While executing Kurugaya's route very nicely, JC Staff managed to turn her route into some kind of prologue to Refrain as well. Well done. I'm having high hopes for the last two routes.
Kurugaya's route was animated without delving too much into romance, but JC Staff still got the message across that Kurugaya indeed has feelings for Riki. This made the ending of her 'wish' really sad. I wasn't expecting 'Song for friends' at this point, so it kind of surprised me, but it really fit the moment and made me feel even more depressed. Thankfully, they left out the ED after this. (There's a certain studio that could learn something from this...)
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2013-10-19, 18:13 | Link #25 | |
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Although I'm curious about the studio you're referring to.
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2013-10-19, 21:59 | Link #29 | |
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I expected this would be the last episode for Yuiko's arc because all the other arcs each had 3 episodes. |
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2013-10-19, 22:50 | Link #30 |
...Is that so?
Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: Central Queensland, Australia
Age: 43
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That was quite well done, and fairly subtle. That's something I wasn't sure I'd ever say about this show. I clearly need to watch more Key-based anime, because the magical-seeming nature of the mystery, and many of the girls' problems and/or solutions have a largely unreal aspect to them. It still seems weird to me. That's just a personal issue though, not an actual problem with the show.
This has nothing to do with your point (which I agree with), but that should read "couldn't have asked". I realise that it's not the end of the world, but it's a pet peeve of mine when the shortened have ('ve) becomes "of". It seems to be getting increasing common online, sorry to go all grammar nazi. |
2013-10-19, 23:23 | Link #31 | |
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2013-10-19, 23:42 | Link #32 |
...Is that so?
Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: Central Queensland, Australia
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Hah, I know how that feels. That particular thing- I get where it comes from. It is the same sound, after all. I get annoyed about lot of inconsequential things- "PIN number" instead of PIN, "ATM machine" instead of just ATM, incorrect use of "your", "their", or "it's", and bad apostrophe use. It's probably just my perfectionist streak at work. I should stop being off-topic though.
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2013-10-19, 23:44 | Link #33 | |
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Join Date: Jun 2011
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2013-10-20, 00:07 | Link #35 | |
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Join Date: Jun 2011
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What hasn't been explained...well, you've watched Clannad and we're only 3 episodes in. You do the math. |
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2013-10-20, 00:14 | Link #37 | |
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Join Date: Aug 2010
Age: 36
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Some kind of explaination what happened to her in the first place. Or a world that has already ended >>
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2013-10-20, 03:52 | Link #39 |
はりゃほれうまうーっ!
Join Date: Nov 2007
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Good job, might as well use Kurugaya's arc as a stepping stone for Refrain, seeing as how they already botched the other arcs. In all seriousness, this was a great episode, especially if contained in just the anime. Looks like Refrain is going to be a solid stand-alone anime, worthy of an 8-9 rating at this rate. As opposed to the 5-6 the first season almost universally gets on vote sites. They're actually telling an intriguing story now, good stuff!
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2013-10-20, 04:51 | Link #40 |
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Holy fuck that ending was ;; It was just a little wish for Yuiko, but nothing lasts forever and as we could see the dream world was decaying. She really didn't have too much emotion until she met the Little Busters and we could kind of see it that her behavior was somewhat forced. And then she finally reveals her true colors, but it doesn't seem like anyone will remember. Tragic really, and is this really the last of her? :S
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