However, I doubt that she actually lost her memories like total amnesia. That rant aside, I think they have handled Komari's breakdown well.
The constant flak this series has been receiving has been grinding my gears since the "WAH WHY ISN'T THIS PRODUCED BY KYOANI?" reactions before Episode 1, and I hope that I don't explode as the latter episodes go under fire by the unsatisfied viewerbase. Staff has been handling the series, either deal with it or drop it. I'm not exactly sure of your intentions, so that's why I'm just leaving a generalization.Īs an anime-only viewer, I'm starting to lose my patience not on the below-average direction and problems with handling the adaptation per se, but to the fans of the original visual novel that can't seem to stop complaining on each episode! I'd give it just a bit more time until you fully decide, but that's if you were planning to leave now. Little Busters never exactly excelled in the comedic sense as my opinion of Clannad's did, but where it gets really good is when it gets down and dirty with the story. The baseball and classroom scenes definitely didn't have as much emotion invested into them as the VN did, but they're still there as placeholders for character development. It just kicked into Komari's route and will only get better from here it seems unfortunate to drop it here. This is why I run by my 7-episode rule which I adapted from watching K-ON (which I almost dropped). I will agree with you that it had a slow start, but so did Clannad, Air, Kanon and well.most series that run past the half-cour length. I hope this show comes around for me, and ep5 made me think it just may.Īlmost missed this, my apologies. That being said, I'm a fan of some of the Da Capo series, and I enjoyed Fortune Arterial. TJR makes a good point that we might better compare this to Da Capo, Fortune Arterial, or To Heart 2, rather than to Kanon or Clannad, because of the amount of money and effort that went into those KyoAni versions. But I have still found just about nothing of interest in any of the baseball or classroom scenes. What can change is the forward drive of the plot, and it does seem to be coming around now. The dialogue, voices, and humour are not that likely to change. I think it's fair to judge a show based on five episodes: no matter how long it is, they should be able to get their act together by this point. I'm an anime-only viewer, and I was really disappointed in the first three episodes, for humour, script, and voices. Fair evaluation is not possible at this stage, especially for a 20+ episode series. Wait, are people still complaining? Be glad something's finally happening- isn't this what everyone wanted? We're on Episode 5, damn.