Little Busters!: Difference between revisions

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* [[Alpha Bitch]] - Sasami

* [[All Just a Dream]] - {{spoiler|Almost the entire story takes place in a dream world formed by the Little Busters as they lay about to die in the real world, minus Riki and Rin, with Kyousuke directing the world and Masato and Kengo acting as his subordinates to keep the plan going. The events of the girl's routes appear to be based on wishes or desires of theirs.}}

** [[Or Was It a Dream]] - {{spoiler|But is that all there is to it? Taking a closer look at Kud's route implies that the rioting in her home country ''already'' took place and the shuttle already failed with her having her mother's dog tag and a half melted gear. So those wishes and desires appear to based on real events. Taking that into account, some routes like Kurugaya's, Mio's and Kud's only seem possible in the Dream World, since they involve a lot of symbolism and [[Mind Screw]]. Haruka's and Komari's are the opposite, since these routes use little to no symbolism and throw the harsh reality in the faces of the characters. Yet even Kurugaya's route, one that ''surely'' takes place in the dream world, explicitly has a post Refrain epilogue/alternate ending! How much of the story only happened inside the dream world, how much outside it? Of course, Ecstasy goes the other route with Sasami's route taking place post Refrain, and Saya's route being entirely in the dream world.}}

** [[Or Was It a Dream?]] - {{spoiler|But is that all there is to it? Taking a closer look at Kud's route implies that the rioting in her home country ''already'' took place and the shuttle already failed with her having her mother's dog tag and a half melted gear. So those wishes and desires appear to based on real events. Taking that into account, some routes like Kurugaya's, Mio's and Kud's only seem possible in the Dream World, since they involve a lot of symbolism and [[Mind Screw]]. Haruka's and Komari's are the opposite, since these routes use little to no symbolism and throw the harsh reality in the faces of the characters. Yet even Kurugaya's route, one that ''surely'' takes place in the dream world, explicitly has a post Refrain epilogue/alternate ending! How much of the story only happened inside the dream world, how much outside it? Of course, Ecstasy goes the other route with Sasami's route taking place post Refrain, and Saya's route being entirely in the dream world.}}

*** {{spoiler|To add even more [[Mind Screw]] into it, Kanata's route in Ecstasy goes the same way Haruka's and Komari's, i.e., it's down to earth without supernatural things happening, but Sasami's, even if set after Refrain, uses quite a bit,since she transforms into a cat and can't turn back anywhere but in Riki's room.}}

** {{spoiler|It can also apply to the epilogue: Did Riki and Rin really save everyone via a reset button to the moment of the crash, or did they just build a new dream world more stable than the last? One that wouldn't collapse with a few minor contradictions like Kyousuke's.}}

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* [[Groundhog Day Loop]] - {{spoiler|Everything up to Refrain.}}

* [[Heroic Sacrifice]] - {{spoiler|Masato and Kengo protected Riki and Rin from getting knocked out in the bus accident, and Kyousuke blocked a leak of gasoline (that would've caused an explosion) with his own body.}}

* [[Hey ~~Its~~ That Voice]] - The ones who played/watched [[Ef a Fairy Tale of The Two|ef]] will recognize Chihiro's voice when they hear Komari.

* [[Hey It's That Voice]] - The ones who played/watched [[Ef a Fairy Tale of The Two|ef]] will recognize Chihiro's voice when they hear Komari.

** [[Hikaru Midorikawa|Kyosuke]] appeared in another [[Key Visual Arts|Key/Visual Arts]] work, ''[[Clannad (Visual Novel)|Clannad]]''

** For those who played [[Fate Stay Night]] [[Nobutoshi Canna|Masato]] is Lancer.

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* [[Only Sane Man]] - Riki

* [[Only Six Faces]] - Somewhat averted, at least when compared to prior KEY games. Little Busters! is a unique game in that there were actually two character designers working on the project, each working on three of the six heroines; Hinoue Itaru (who was the primary character designer for Kanon, AIR and Clannad) designed Komari, Haruka and Kuragaya, whilst Na-Ga (Angel Beats) was responsible for Rin, Kud and Mio.

* [[Paper Thin Disguise]] - It's almost painfully obvious to the views who Mask the Saito really is. It's slightly less painfully but still extremely obvious who {{spoiler|Shun Tokikaze}} is, too.

* [[Paper-Thin Disguise]] - It's almost painfully obvious to the views who Mask the Saito really is. It's slightly less painfully but still extremely obvious who {{spoiler|Shun Tokikaze}} is, too.

* [[~~Schrodingers~~ Gun]] - In Ecstasy, a choice between feeling "hatred" or "friendliness" from a character will determine her attitude toward the rest of the cast (and the story path) for the rest of the game.

* [[Schrodinger's Gun]] - In Ecstasy, a choice between feeling "hatred" or "friendliness" from a character will determine her attitude toward the rest of the cast (and the story path) for the rest of the game.

* [[Second Year Protagonist]] - Except Kyosuke, all of the Little Busters are Second Years and all but two of them are in the same class.{{spoiler|This is a minor plot point.}}

* [[Set Right What Once Went Wrong]]