BEST GIRL IS HARUKA.
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I second this.
Thirded.
I fourth this (^_^)/
I have to take a moment and appreciate how really good this route was. Haruka has one of the most believable and genuine voice actors, some of the most carefully thought out writing (Little Busters! EX) ie Kanata route and her design and overall character is great. I’ve always said and will stay say that my favorite route is Kurugaya, but I stand by Haruka being the objectively best route outside of the obvious, Refrain. I’m always one to hate genkis that are bad, like Yui, but good ones are really really very good, such as Haruka and Sekine. While a lot of routes had some issues, this one was almost perfect, I simply can’t help but, while admittedly slightly intoxicated, share this fact.
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Reading through EX a bit now, I found a disturbing part I wasn’t aware of before. There are hints to this in the original, but I only noticed because of EX spelling it out, so I’ll tag it. In the biggest bad end Haruka jumped off a building. Just before Riki blacks out, Kanata says that she doesn’t want to see the flower of blood on the pavement, and there’s a siren in the background. That just blew my mind; LB! is so dark!
That scene happens in the last bad ending. They included that scene where Kanata tries to seduce Riki, and they give you a choice to go along with it or not. If you go along with it, you get they normal ending with the Kanata CG, though there’s also a little extra addition. If you tell her to chill, Riki notices her minty scent, and shit hits the fan in a new ending.
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I was always wondering what really happend to Haruka. They just give a hint that something happend with her, with kanata being hysterical and Riki noticing a sieren in the background. But nothing to what might have happened.
Good to know that they give more information on such things in EX.
Thank you HeliosAlpha, but I would like a little clarification if you don’t mind.
[spoiler]So the scene happens when you let yourself be seduced by her if I understand well and Riki don’t know that she did a twin switch.
What is the reaction of Riki when he finds the truth and how Kanata explains him that he failed ?
I find the idea of this H-scene really twisted, in a good sense. It give another level of involvement to Kanata and shock for Riki and Haruka.[/spoiler]
That’s basically going into the new ending in EX (EX+Refrain) There’s not much to Riki’s reaction; he’s confused and realizes that he has ended up hurting both sisters. Kanata calls this the worst possible conclusion, but she’s grateful that Riki managed to see through her lie eventually. After that she tells Riki to stop the farce and run away with Rin, then she forcefully resets the world. She also says to leave her alone, obviously referencing her own route.
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Thank you, even if it is a h-scene, if it brings the details to the story, it’s always good.
I hope she will be present in the Perfect Edition.
I should not be surprised that Haruka told she doesn’t like the mint in her route.
From what I recall, Haruka is the only Key girl, actually, Key character in general (along with Kanata from what we know from Haruka’s route alone), to be physically abused over time and time am I right ?
Props to Key to finally making a route about abuse. Key has covered so many things, but (consistent) physical. abuse was something they’ve never dealt with before.
Can’t deny. Haruka was my favorite route because not only did it talk about a new subject that Key has never brought up much before, but it also gave a reasoning as to why the characters we hated so much did what they did. The whole Kanata being forced to do what she did, for Haruka’s sake was such a beautiful scene.
Haruka as a character in general, is such a great character. I can honestly say that I didn’t like her at first (since she showed the normal routine of a happy girl with a tragic backstory), but actually understanding her backstory, how it’s not just any typical backstory, made me interest in her story.
Haruka taught me many wonderful things. If she could forgive Kanata after all Kanata has done, then i think we should take away the lesson of being able to forgive people no matter what they’ve done to you. Just knowing that you can forgive someone after all they’ve done to you, looking the other way and having forgiveness is the strongest thing we can do.
I also loved the ending to her route, the happy ending. When she went to meet 1 of the fathers. I’m a anime-only watcher for Little Busters! If you’re wondering. When the father was about to tell her if he was her father, or Kanata’s father. Then she declined. At that point in the story, it was more about forgiveness, rather than finding out which twin was which fathers child. That’s something that I’m glad Shirokiri (scenario writer for Haruka’s route) did. It was so vital to the story. The fact that Haruka realized that she had friends, the Little Busters!, and how she didn’t need a answer then, because as long as she could love herself, and know that there are people who love her, then she was happy and satisfied.
Another reason why I love the concept of Little Busters!, a place where everyone belongs, and everyone is loved.
Shirokiri, you need to come back to Key again. Haruka’s route was pure beautiful… Such a great message and such a great plot… (But Wtf happened with Kud’s route ?! Did you loose motivation or something ?!)
Haruka’s route (out of all the heroine’s route in the anime) made me shed tears the most. Actually, Haruka’s route is 1 of 2 out of all the girls routes to actually make me shed a tear at all. (Excluding EX girls).
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I know how much you love Mio and her route, @Aspirety but… was there anything wrong in Haruka’s route that makes it undeserving of that pedestal?? :kudshock:
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The core message of the entire route is terrible because it’s blatantly contradicted by a very prominent aspect of the route. This is a MASSIVE flaw in the writing that I can’t overlook.
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This is something I’ve never heard you say. Care to discuss it? I’m definitely interested in talking about it!
Haruka learning to overcome her hatred and understanding of other human beings. The whole idea behind it is that Haruka understands that “There’s no such thing as true evil in the world”, after coming to understand Kanata’s intentions.
But, there is true evil in the world. The route never makes any attempt to justify the actions of her crazy parents family, they’re just left to be an unambiguous antagonist figure, the pinnacle of evil in Little Busters.
This is baaaaaad. I can’t overlook it.
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It’s not the parent who are bad. It’s the polluted mass of sludge that is the Saigusa/Futaki house.
Edit: I gotta remember to come up with a bunch more insulting similes for the bookclub.
Sorry yeah, not the parents, the grandparents rather. The family is fucked.
Huh, I always thought that the message was to be honest to yourself about how you feel towards others (especially family). Neither Haruka nor Kanata never really hated each other, but because of the strain of their family situation, they had to justify that they hated each other or that the other couldn’t exist. If they’d have just been honest to each other and not worry about that family strain, they could have had a much better relationship… Well, which they eventually ended up doing by the end of her route.
But hey, I guess that’s all open to interpretation~
My memory is horrible but is that in the VN as well?
If so then welp, you sure ain’t wrong about that.
But hey, maybe they do have a point and we simply aren’t shown it. Maybe the Saigusa/Futaki family aren’t necessarily evil and have their own reasons for being all crazy about it.
oh who am I kidding
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