Hello! I’m Ost, hailing from Sweden. I first got into Key’s visual novels through Rewrite roughly a year ago. Since then I have read CLANNAD, Tomoyo After, Little Busters! and planetarian. Little Busters! is my current favorite and I plan on reading Kanon and AIR as soon as I have time and money to spare. Leaving Key aside, my biggest interests are mathematics, philosophy, linguistics, visual novels and Fire Emblem/TearRing Saga.
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Welcome to Kaza! We hope you enjoy it here. Don’t be afraid to ask if you need any help. Since you’ve read Little Busters and like it, you are more than welcome to join our bookclub and post your thoughts and experiences with it in our topics.
Thank you for joining!
Welcome to Kazamatsuri! I see you’re quite experienced with Key. That’s cool. I would recommend reading Harmonia as well because it’s there. Fire Emblem eh? That was actually one of the reasons why I originally made an account here haha. We have discussions for all the Key VNs but there is also quite a few off-topic discussions like the Visual Novel General Discussion and Fire Emblem Discussion. Anyways, I hope to see you around!
Hey there! Key has fans all over the world, including Italy.
How long has it been… I think it was more than 8 years ago when I began watching Clannad. It wasn’t much since I had started watching anime, and in my frantic search to sate my new hobby, a dear friend whose name and visage still escape my meager memory recommended me an anime series which, according to him, was kinda pretty good. My first “Key experience”
Clannad was indeed, pretty good. It had less romance than what my young imagination (now I’m sounding far older than I actually am) had built in expectations for it.
After Story wasn’t anything like what I had imagined. It wasn’t anything like what I had watched until then.
I’m one of the many who was happy for them. One of the many who was shocked. Then had hope. Then grieved. But at the end -is this what they call “Key magic”?- there was still light. And after the images and the sound stopped, As I threw away the soaked tissues I accumulated besides me, I said to myself “Aren’t I supposed to be manlier than this?”. Oh well. I’m allowing myself to be this cheesy here so I guess I haven’t changed one bit.
My journey didn’t end there. I went right towards Kanon. I love Pachelbel’s Canon, I thought, an anime series with Canon as leitmotif would be awesome. Hm? This Kanon doesn’t look very Canon-ish. I know I’m dumb and don’t get symbolism, but I expected more from you, Kanon-senpai. But I’ll forgive you, even though you still felt a bit rushed here and there. I still have to blame you for actually getting to the point of saying “uguu” while talking, during my most weebish phase.
What’s this? You’re saying there’s a game which isn’t really a game, and all you do is read text? Isn’t that what a book does? There’s no way I could picture myself enjoying that. Moving pictures are much more nicer.
I guess I’ll make an exception for this one, but only because the anime isn’t out and the girls look cute…
And that was another step on my Key journey. The day I met Little Busters.
I can’t really remember the reason why I picked it up. Most likely because I thought the girls were cute, and because it was Key. I slapped on it the English fan translation. I played the Kud route. I played the Komari route. I thoroughly enjoyed both of them. It’s hard now to compare feelings from so long ago, but I want to believe I had more fun reading the VN than watching the anime. You know, now that I think of it I think it went like that. Yep, it surely went that way.
And then, I stopped.
Why did I stop? I don’t even know myself. I didn’t go through all the other routes even though I enjoyed so much the first two. Maybe I was foolish, but it’s definitely not something I regret now.
But even though my journey stopped, a lot of things happened in this world. I went from 14 to 22 years old. I went through quite some things. If I had to bet on the 8 years that change someone the most, I’d bet on these years. I didn’t actually bet though, so don’t come ask me for money.
Flash forward to 2017. And October 2017 to boot, that’s almost 2018 if you think about it.
After coming home from a rather long but safe study trip, I finally decided to pick up on what I had left on the corner of my heart for so long. I took Little Busters, and went at it again from the starting point.
2 months is a long time to “finish” any game, but 2 months passed on a game you love every moment of is probably the dream of any gamer. And non-gamer.
I was bent on going through each and every route. Let me start with Haruka this time. She looks so nice.
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I have to rest for some time. I can’t keep on playing right after this route. How long has it been since I felt like this?
Let’s try again. Maybe this time I’ll go for Mio. She sounds like someone you can quietly spend time with.
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That wasn’t so bad. Is it that I liekd Haruka more, or am I just getting used to this? Maybe it’s both.
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Uh, this ended quite abruptly. I’ll go through the “days I haven’t experienced”, like it told me to.
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Refrain.
Anyone who has played it knows what I’m talking about.
Today, I learned about the secret of the world, and today, I went through all what came after it.
If this game was special for me so many years ago, it’s even more special now. My cheesyness level is probably overflowing as I say this, but I hold that game, and all the emotions it brought to me, deep in my heart.
Is this how you end a story? Or is it the beginning?
Today, after going through Refrain’s emotional rollercoaster, I came across this forum. I was mainly interested in the Discord chat, but it looks like you need to hang out here a bit first, and that’s why I wrote this mess of a story I won’t bother rereading because it’s late and it’s long and it’s embarassing. I hope it’s not too incoherent.
On second thought, I think I just need a certain amount of posts to join the chat, so writing long and weird posts isn’t probably very effective. And to think I had so much fun writing this. I’ll just delete this without posting.
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Hey there! welcome to Kazamatsuri! we’re actually doing a Little Busters bookclub right now in celebration of the visual novel’s official english release, feel free to join in by posting in the route discussion topics.
Don’t worry, i did the same, the clannad anime was an eye opening experience for me.
Again, i did the same when i was reading the official clannad steam release, i was about 25% through After Story and got distracted with other stuff, i think i took my around 4 months to pick it back up and finish it.
You’ve come to the right place, everyone in this community does.
Hope to see you around! 
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Interesting introduction you have there 
Welcome, draconyan! If you’d like to talk more about Refrain, I suggest heading over to the Refrain Discussion topic: Little Busters! - Refrain Arc Discussion
I’m sure you’ll be able to experience more interesting things by reading others views on this VN 
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Welcome to Kazamatsuri! Wow, I really enjoyed reading your journey through Key stories; and oh man Little Busters, 10/10 can relate. Anyways, there are a ton of interesting topics for you to read, I guarantee it. Especially right now, we are having the Little Busters Bookclub. Currently this week’s topic is Komari but we’ll definitely get to Refrain in the coming weeks. I hope to see your thoughts and I hope to see you in the discord soon!
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Hello there,
Going by the name Lionpaw, I firstly wish to greet everyone here on this interesting website I stumbled upon by chance while browsing on the internet. I decided to create an account on this website for that I feel that studio Key has given me a certain purpose (not the fanatical kind) in my everyday life. Especially if you would consider me being one of those kids nearing the end of high school while not having any clear ambitions or aspirations.
The visual novel Rewrite changed that completely for me.
For once I felt I had a certain calling, a certain aspiration, a path in life I wished to pursue. Hence, as a result I signed up to the study environmental sciences. While some/many may find it a little bit exaggerated or rather impulsive (I sort of talk around the visual novel when I’m talking to important people about my motivation at my university), I wish to express my gratitude towards Key for guiding me to such an interesting study with so many wonderful people, of which I have the privilege to be part of.
Till this day onward, while I am still a kid in some/many aspects, I have not a single regret about my decision and am enjoying myself plenty.
I am not someone who reads visual novel after visual novel however, the works of Key managed to impress me every single time: Clannad & after story, Planetarian, Little Busters (currently reading) and I am grateful and glad that I have stumbled upon visual novels by chance like I have stumbled upon this website.
That being said, I am open to any discussions about environment related topics (although I am of course not all-knowing, let alone have I finished my study) and of course other topics as well.
Long story short, Key composes some great story, hence I joined this website.
Cheers
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Welcome to Kazamatsuri! We hope you enjoy our community here. It is amazing to see one of Key’s visual novels inspire you; it means they have succeeded. I’m glad it has helped you like it has helped so many others.
Since you’re reading Little Busters, I hope to see you around for our bookclub, where we discuss and celebrate the work on the forum and record podcasts. Thank you for joining!
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Everyone needs a purpose to move forward, and sometimes that purpose sparks from simple things, like a good reading. I’m sure there are myriads of people who have decided to pursue a goal based on the words in a book, or on the words of a friend. Visual Novels are definitely not different.
I myself think that the thought of becoming able to read Kud Wafter played a big role in the decisions I made about my career. I’ll let you know if and when I’ll have any regrets about it.
I’m looking forwards to hearing your opinions on Little Busters!
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Hey there, welcome to Kazamatsuri! it’s pretty impressive to hear that the story of Rewrite moved you so much, although Key’s stories have not impacted me so deeply they have definitely made me change my view of life (and made me cry quite a bit 
). If you’re currently reading Little Busters you should certainly participate in the bookclub we’re having right now!
Hope to see ya around! 
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Welcome to Kaza! I think Key being able to influence our lives in this manner is a very wonderful thing. It’s really cool to see your resolve to do good in the world based on that. I hope to see you in various discussion topics! Feel free to ask questions if you need any help!
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Hi, I’m SG, and I’m looking forward to being a part of this community. My first experience with Key’s works was through the anime adaptation of Clannad almost 2 years ago. Since then I have played the Clannad and Little Busters VNs and have fallen in love with them.
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Welcome to Kazamatsuri! We’re glad to have you here, especially since the Little Busters is going on right now. You’re welcome to join the discussion and celebrate it with us, and of course you can share your thoughts on Clannad as well. Don’t be afraid to necro old topics. More than anything, we want you to feel comfortable. If you need anything, don’t hesitate to ask. Thank you for joining!
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Welcome to Kaza! Clannad and LB are both amazing introductions to Key… well I guess all Key works are ahaha. I hope you’ll share your opinions on both those stories as well as continue to check out other Key works such as planetarian or Harmonia. Also, did you draw your avatar yourself? Hope to see you around and don’t be afraid to ask for help!
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I’m looking forward to checking out more of Key’s works and being a part of this community. (I’m eagerly waiting for the English release of Rewrite) I got my avatar pic from here:
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Welcome! Let us hear your opinions on Little Busters by joining the bookclub, if you’d like
Hello there i registered here a litlle bit earlier,but i forgot to introduce myself. My name is Miky nice to meet you. My favorite characters are Kurugaya,Kud,Mio Rin from Litlle Busters.I finished Original Litlle Busters currently playing Litlle Busters English Edition .
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Welcome to Kazamatsuri! I hope you have a good time discussing Key with us. As you may know, we are currently having the Little Busters Bookclub so I encourage you to check out the LB related topics. How far are you along in English Edition? Have you read or watched any other Key works? When you say you finished the original Little Busters do you mean the vn without EX routes? I hope to see you around and feel free to ask for help if you need it!
Yes i finished all routes.I writed in General Visual Novel Discussion what i played in past.
