The Official Little Busters Thread

[solidbatman]

1 hour ago, Darklord Rooke said:

Dear Key fans from Kazamatsuri

Your recent comment on Fuwanovel's Little Busters review was a wonderful read. No recent comment has filled me with such derisive laughter. I want to thank you, the chuckling was very therapeutic and the perfect way to start the day.

Very true. The Bible is also a story about all these things (except the having fun with friends part.) Consequently I expect you to have loads of fun with it, and for it to ‘change your life’. What’s that? It’s boring as all shit? But it contains almost all of the above, so it can't possibly be 'boring as all shit'.

In fact I could write a 5 line story which encompasses most of those beloved themes above and it’d be utter shit. A story is more than it’s ‘themes’. It’s more than the characters, it’s more than the plot. Rather it’s HOW it delivers all of these aspects to provide an experience in the reader. You can have the best plot in the world and ruin it by (for example) destroying all the mystery or repeatedly halting the progress and pacing of the plot to go off and do other things (like STUFF AROUND.) You could have the best characters in the world and ruin it by not knowing the purpose of a scene and therefore showing those characters at the wrong time (or repeatedly including those characters in scenes where they do nothing more than STUFF AROUND. Which also means you don't get the purpose of a scene.) You could have the best themes in the world in the most boring story in the world which would make it (overall) still a poor story. Reviewers that think ‘oh shit. Such themes. Must be awesome’ are never worth listening to, TBH.

A philosophical idea that’s been around for millennia and is in countless media. Little Busters is surely at the top of the tree for including this idea.

Pfffft. I’d comment but I’m too busy laughing.

Kazamatsuri, have a care. Your arguments for everybody loving Little Busters are not as cogent as you think. SolidBatman had plenty of valid reasons for not liking the VN. It's time to let it go.

I mean, at least this one didn't tell me to go kill myself. They're learning. 

[Shota_Victory]

59 minutes ago, UnlimitedMoeWorks said:

So... Any reason why a thread that's been dead for four years gets revived?

Someone felt the need to comment on a recent bit of drama, and decided to repurpose this thread for it rather than create a new one.

[solidbatman]

1 hour ago, Shota_Victory said:

Someone felt the need to comment on a recent bit of drama, and decided to repurpose this thread for it rather than create a new one.

Not really drama. Just a funny comment on my old LB! review. 

[Zakamutt]

I mean, there is an actual thread for said review... or at least was, maybe it got locked or something /shrug

Nice throwdown by Rooke otherwise, not much else to say. Bats' review score is well justified; me liking it more is just a matter of taste and being able to overlook the admittedly disappointing cheap-out ending (which also killed themes btw lol).