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The end of rewrite terra where kotarou kills kagari made me cry 
Also everything in clannad with ushio. the flower fiiiield
I only get a single scene hmm. I’m way too indecisive for this so don’t pay much attention to order.
Little Busters!: Kanata’s Route Wedding Busters Yes it’s actually not that scene. The scene from Kanata’s route just perfectly encapsulates the essence of LB! for me.
Clannad: The flower-field and the first scene. Flower-field shouldn’t need an explanation and the prologue is just establishes the mood perfectly. I guess it becomes intriguing because it’s extremely dull.
Air: Misuzu’s death, this is the climax of the whole story so it’s the cookie-cutter choice. What’s good about this scene? Well what’s not amazing about it, is more accurate. The music is used so perfectly with Aozora playing, first it’s just the instrumental then the lyrics come in when the tension is at max. I think Misuzu is one of the strongest characters ever and this scene is just one of many that show that. How she strives to reach her goal is just so good, I can’t throw enough adjective at it. Now that I think about it, this may be my #1 of all time but I’m not sure.
I can’t pick out a single one for Kanon or Rewrite. They both have many things of equal value so I can’t choose.
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It’s hard to think of single scenes…
The ones that come to mind are the “yo” scene in Mai’s route, and the fight in the Sunohara route. The credits to TA were nice too.
The scene that made me happiest though, was this one from planetarian:
Gotta say, I didn’t like episode 10 of Angel Beats. It just kinda… came out of nowhere.
I never thought about it but that scene in Kanata’s route is actually such a fantastic one. Definitely one of my favourites. I also really liked the scene at the end of Sasami’s route in a similar way, since it’s the last point in the LB timeline it’s kinda like a nice epilogue where they’re all still playing baseball and having fun.
For now it’a from Refrain in Little Busters: The parting of the boys and also Komari with Rin. Especially the moment with Masato, which hit me the hardest because of how well it is done. I really love how he says his last words throws the baseball back to Riki and then disappears and the bat just falls to the ground.
That’s the one for now.
Follow up is in Kotori’s route in Rewrite: The end of the route were Kotori does all she can to save Kotaro, this scene in particular is what made me love Kotori and her route most out of all
There are many others that I like, but dont come close to these two at all. I might post here again after I was finally able to completly read LB Ex, since I think there will be some changes then.
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Oof, this is difficult. Well top of the top are three scenes from Little Busters!. Spoiler warning for Refrain.
Firstly, naturally Last Episode: Little Busters. The buildup, the drama, everything, it was just perfect.
Secondly, Cheap Tricks, Called Game. From all three perspectives, forming the full picture. Easily one of the most memorable scenes in any Key visual novel.
Thirdly, saving everyone from the bus. Going through that series of choices with the ‘Unnamed Track’ playing in the background, finding Kyousuke, being forced to temporarily leave him behind …just wow. If this scene hadn’t been executed as well as it was, the ending of Refrain wouldn’t have sat nearly as well with me.
These three are definitely my favorites overall. But just leaving it at that is doing all the other amazing scenes an injustice.
From Tomoyo After, final arc, the final computer monologue. Oh my god did that get me emotional.
From CLANNAD, After Story arc, Naoyuki’s backstory, the scene where Tomoya hugs Ushio in the field, and then when Tomoya and Naoyuki have their final talk. The anime REALLY did these scenes justice, and if it hadn’t been for them I might not have continued to look into Key at all.
From Rewrite, Lucia’s arc, when Kotarou rewrites himself. Bar none my favorite applicance of the Rewrite power, as it really goes deep into what it’s actually capable of. Without Kotarou Lucia really wouldn’t have had anyone beside her.
Some Angel Beats!, although not on the same level as the others, Episode 9. All of it. Easily my favorite part of the series.
And then there’s more Little Busters! of course. From Haruka’s arc, the bad end as well as the reconciliation, from Kud’s arc, the bad end, from Refrain, the hospital scene, again from Refrain, Episode Masato, Kengo and Kyousuke.
I think that should do it for now.
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The Little Busters! (Ending spoiler) Fake ending destroyed me.
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There just too nuch to name all of them So ill choose only some from series I loved.
Clannad (anime) - trip with ushio and “tell me about mommy” + tomoya remembering how he met sunohara for the first time… + tomoya hugs nagisa… I could go on but it would feel like spamming, I cant decide which is my top favorite.
Rewrite - definitely Sakuya’s memories and Terra route’s Esaka vs Kotarou + end of terra route I think Ill add some later.
Angel beats - Graduation aaaand. OH OH I CANT FORGET THIS :'D - Populsion Engines
Little busters! (anime) - parting of the boys
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Oh gosh this is way too hard D: how about ALL OF KEY xD and I hope it’s not too late to jump into this
For Little Busters, probably all the farewells with Kyousuke, Kengo, Masato, and Komari takes first, with a close second being the called game/cheap tricks scene, especially when you replay the scene in Kengo’s perspective (for the VN players). Lastly probably the bad ends with Haruka, Komari, and Mio - they pretty much all shocked me to the core
For Rewrite, my favorite scene is probably the ending to Shizuru’s route, especially that freaking diary scene, like gah. Other than that there was the ending to Moon route with the death of Sakura, which idk why but just appealed to me in the most epic of ways, as it was his last farewell for the rest of the game. And lastly there was (still in Moon route) the small slice-of-life scene with all the members of the occult club finally reunited once again playing the earth simulator. It just hit me extremely hard because I didn’t realize how much I missed the small comical scenes before the game just hit the feels button
Clannad was my second anime I’ve ever seen (with the first being SAO, so not really any high expectations set for anime xD) except for my younger shonen stage, and thus I can’t really pinpoint any particular moment that I favored more than the rest because in all honesty, the entire anime was new to me and completely stood out to me in every way, making me the Key fan I am today.
For Air, I forgot the episode numbers but the entire 2 episode flashback in the past with Kanna, particularly the death of her mother
For Kanon, Mai’s dancing ball scene. Her theme song has always been my favorite and it fit the ball theme so well I get chills every time I watch that scene
In Planetarian probably her death scene while she was remembering all the employees telling her they were going on a trip
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@IkaCZ Your Rewrite answer is pretty unique. Didn’t think that stood out to much people XD
Actually same with @SirLemuel5. I guess Rewrite isn’t like Little Busters that had one gigantic scene that everyone remembers, but had little scenes that different people found memorable in their own way
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Which one? His first is Sakuya, and people love him for some reason. The second is a pretty popular scene, and a lot of people would say it’s their favorite. The third, I’m not sure I understand.
I don’t think I’ve heard anyone say Lemuel’s though. I don’t have any strong feelings on that scene. It happened~
Since I’ve just finished Rewrite, I’ll mention this serial’s first.
Rewrite :
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Shizuru’s route is the most emotional for me, I’m not a big fan of her, but damn, I cried on Touka’s death scene. And there’s also the scene when they visit her parents for the last time, Esaka’s last conversation with them, and of course Kotarou’s last moments with Shizuru and that love song at the end. (She had lost everyone she really cares about…!!) Shizuru’s lost voice got me really bad (it’s like my heart is cut in smithereens when she yelled Toukaaaaaaaa) and the BGM is really well-placed as it had successfully emphasise the feelings.
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Akane’s route: His new life with Akane and Shimako. Damn that loli is too cuteeee! Kotarou’s last fight with the earth dragon is also epic and when he stole a kiss from Akane to save her from commiting a suicide.
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Sakuya’s route his last fight with Kotarou and his past with Chihaya. The fight vs Shizuru was also nice. Sakuya moments in Moon route is also my favorite. There’s no way I can hate this guy.
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Lucia’s route: Shizuru vs Lucia, epic battle! The ghost hunting at the start of this route is also refreshing. I also love the conversation in the bus with Kotarou.
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Moon Route: Miracle Adventure, earth simulator, the reinforcement, and the conclusion. Also, when he said ‘I love you, talk to you later’ to Akane. And also his farewell with Haruhiko. And also when he called Haruhiko and Sakuya his brother. Damn, I love those moments.
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Terra route: Luis’ death, not favorite, but quite sad. For some reason, I really like Kotarou’s new life at that other country. It’s not KEY-ish, so it’s unique.
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Common Route: Every single of Yoshino moments! The club encounter the leaf dragon. That scene is the most memorable scene in the whole vn. Very well-written.
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Last, of course, Alternate 'True End’
(OOT) : That said, Kotori is my favorite girl. It’s just… her route’s ending is too…
Dang it. Now my memories on other KEY series are fuzzy…
Little Busters! : farewell scene and Kurugaya’s ending
CLANNAD : The main characters working together for the drama; it’s fun even though it was not much. Kotomi’s route is also quite emotional (that letter). Sunohara trying his best to remember Fuuko. Of course, Ushio and Tomoya’s day out.
Tomoyo After: Takafumi’s story, the conclusion of Tomoya’s neverending fights, Tomo’s farewell with Tomoyo, and of course the last moments in the ‘real’ plot.
Kanon: Makoto’s last moments
AIR : Misuzu at the beach, picking Haruko’s side. (T-T)
Angel Beats!: Graduation scene
Planetarian: Haven’t read yet…
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All of them, really. I guess it’s because they didn’t really stand out to me, but I can imagine how they could have stood out for many other people
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@pepe I would add all the funny scenes since they are all my favs, but when I wanted to think of something, that came up in my mind :p.
There is so much more tho, Im just really lazy to write them all down >_<
Topic revive time! Favorite scene is definitely Clannad After Story Episode 18. I fricken memorized the episode number because I love the flower field scene. This was the first time I ever believed that anime was a medium that could express such emotion and meaning in its scenes. It was the only thing I ever cried to. Also "The Place Where Wishes Come True II is fricken amazing here.
In second place I have the Little Busters! parting of the boys. I think the other replies to the topic adequately describe this.
In third place… wow holy crap the Clannad After Story anime just has so many scenes I love, like getting a hit against Akio to request Nagisa’s hand in marriage. And the last scene at the hill. I especially love the usage of Nagisa Warm.
Ever Key story has at least one memorable scene and they are all beautiful. Those scenes contribute a lot to why I became a Key fan in the first place and why I joined kaza.
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Another dead thread revived, guess I should get in on it!
It definitely has to be the parting of the boys scene in Refrain.
Since it’s hard to compare them all after that, I’ll list one from each series, even though there are so many from all of them.
Rewrite: Shizuru’s ending, and everything about it. It’s actually the only scene in anything to get me to actually break down and cry, heh.
Kanon: Makoto’s “death”
AIR: When Misuzu ran to Haruko, instead of staying with her father.
Clannad: Tomoya forgiving his father.
Angel Beats!: Where Yuri shouts the line “Let me tell you something. Humans don’t even have the patience to wait even ten minutes for something!” to the NPC.
planetarian: If we include the Drama CDs, The Junker finding that heaven hasn’t been split in two, after all.
Little Busters! (I’ll include another because why not): Masato’s mini-arc. I love Masato so much.
Charlotte: Kimi no Moji playing at the end, because that song is absolutely gorgeous.
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Little Busters!:
donna hikari demo
sugaru ikusen no hoshi wo koete
kimi ga warau kara boku mo waraun darou
sonna hi ha yoku harewatatta sora no shita
http://youtube.com/watch?v=ly5NiKQqJvc
That scene is just so far ahead of everything else for me, the closest second would be (LB!) CHEAP TRICKS!, counting both perspectives as one scene and (CLANNAD) the damn flower field. This is what moved me enough to want to dig up everything KEY had ever done, leading to me finding LB!.
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I’ve got two from Clannad (After Story): [spoiler]
- Tomoya tells Ushio about Nagisa during the train ride back from meeting his grandmother, and is shown crying for the first time since Nagisa died.
- Nagisa tells Tomoya not to regret meeting her.
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…and three from Angel Beats!: [spoiler]
- Episode three: Masami achieves enlightenment entirely on her own, and leaves, saying, “just as I was saved, I’ll go save somebody else”.
- The ending of episode nine: Yuzuru gives hope to the other crash survivors, as well as completing his mission just before he dies; then, he wakes up and decides to join Kanade on her own mission.
- Episode thirteen: The whole final scene–all of it. From the moment Yurippe and Hideki set off, leaving Yuzuru and Kanade alone at last, to the final notes of Ichiban no Takaramono as the credits fade out, to that last flash of the EKG graphic and the heading “NEXT STAGE”, everything about this sequence is just perfect.
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Little Busters!: the baseball game. I am mostly refering to the VN here. Minor anime and VN spoilers ahead. In the anime the team loses, and I’m glad that they kept it realistic instead of having an ass-pull. You lose a lot in the VN too. But every time you play through a route, you get stronger. By the end, if you are lucky, you are strong enough to win without save-scumming. I only did end up winning once the entire VN, but that one time was enough. After getting your shit kicked in every other time, finally winning is so exhilarating. Its like a last chance at fun times before Refrain kicks off, so its fitting in that regard too.
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