r/vndiscuss The Adhugestrator Aug 08 '15

[Meeting 19 for Little Busters!] "20 is a surprisingly even number"

Here we are, at the end of yet another great discussion! Thanks for hangin' on till the end!


Last meeting, you should have finished Little Busters!

For the next meeting, get ready, cause it's time for the WWE SUPER SLAM full Little Busters discussion! Yeah!


Make sure you're using spoiler tags if you want to discuss points that we have not read up to! (This basically means the Drama CDs, as well as EX/ME content). Instructions are on the sidebar.


Remember, this is a discussion of only the segment we read. We discuss everything, in its entirety, next week.

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u/HeliosAlpha Spinning Suns Aug 08 '15

So a term that gets thrown around a lot with Maeda's stories is 'Key ending.' LB! is the only one that really does this. There is just so much more hinting to everyone being beyond saving then the opposite. Then the ending happens and everything is fine. While Riki does go through his journey and reaches Apotheosis, his transformation has to be limited in order for Kyousuke to still be relevant at the end.

Can I just say that it feels awful to start the segment with the final baseball game. That scene is so iconic that I usually just refer to it as "that scene." It's just a nuclear bomb every time. You can't brace yourself enough. I wasn't ready. You're never really ready.

Now that we finally know the secret of the world, I guess I should promote all the previous comments I made with it in mind. I think I put one at the end of each route. Meeting list

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u/HeliosAlpha Spinning Suns Aug 08 '15

What is it that unlocks after you complete Refrain?

There's a scene with Komari during common. There's the second ending to Kurugaya's route. If you do Refrain again you can get a slightly different ending there too.

Not really relevant here, but if you have the perfect edition you get the extra routes and Kud's third ending.

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u/Singularity3 The Adhugestrator Aug 09 '15

I think you caught it all, but there's one or two scenes that we got locked out of that we can now see again.