✦Title: Faraway
✦Characters: Masato Inohara, Kengo Miyazawa & Kyousuke Natsume
✦Arranger: Manack
✦Lyrics: 麻枝 准 (Jun Maeda)
✦Vocals: 理多 (Rita)
✦Album: Little Busters! Original Soundtrack (KSLA-0033~5)
✦Release: N/A
✦Translation: Rizuchan
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✦Image: N-Ga (KEY Studio)
[Visual Novel CG]
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*Spoiler Warning*
The description contains spoilers. If you haven't read the Visual Novel or finished the anime (which isn't even completed yet anyway) then you may not want to read past this section. The images themselves I feel don't spoil much without context, so I used whatever I felt fit best. I just explain my thoughts on the character's routes and such, as well as the song itself.
*SONG*
Fun Fact: Haruka and Kanata's names make the name of the song in romaji (Haruka Kanata / Faraway). This is purely speculation, but I feel the names Haruka and Kanata where chosen for the sisters to show their distance from each other, but, like the phrase (Haruka Kanata) together they can make something... or they can exist together... something along those lines. RANT RANT RANT.
I put Kengo first because I feel it matched the song more at that part of the song. Even though Masato is the first to go... Also, what's up with the weird grey line at the top of the last image on the left and right corners? Weird how it doesn't cover the entire top...
This song makes me so sad every time ;-;
*FINAL CHAPTER*
I did not see this coming at all. Hearing Kyousuke and co. were actually the ones who died on the bus and there is no sister school totally caught me off guard. Bravo, Jun Maeda executed everything perfectly. I loved the ending, too. When you have to decide what to do and in what order to relive the trip, trying to save your friends. My heart was actually pounding.
*MASATO*
Masato trusted Kyousuke wholeheartedly from the very beginning up until the very end, even when Kengo began to waver in his trust. Sure Masato is kind of a derp and isn't the smartest guy, but he's hilarious. I love the guy, both his dance and his "song". He put on his oblivious act forever before it was time to go. I was incredibly confused when he disappeared, but then I figured out everything ;-;
*KENGO*
I initially didn't like Kengo for not wanting to really be involved with everyone, and I feel like the anime is really dragging this one out. I figured Kengo would be be playing by this point, but it's episode 23 and his ordeal hasn't happened yet. When Kengo began to 'lose faith' in Kyousuke's plan, he started siding with Riki more. I was skeptical at first, but knowing why now makes me understand. Kengo wanted to be with his friends and be able to play with Riki and Rin for as long as possible. He didn't want to lose that, so he acted goofy, having the time of his life~
*KYOUSUKE*
I don't know where to begin with Kyousuke, but he's probably my favourite character in anything ever. Furukawa Akio from Clannad used to be top, but Kyousuke is a huge inspiration. From the beginning of the world he and his friends created for Riki and Rin, he wanted them to grow stronger and be able to live without them, as they would have to (since they were no longer living). He tried everything he possible could, and though his initial plan didn't work out and he lost his motivation, he still helped them grow A LOT. He may not have seen it, since he was focused on something else, but everything he did helped them grow bit by bit. Not to mention he's just an overall great guy.
Even in the end, when the bus crashed, he was beat up and STILL managed to put others before himself. Kyousuke positioned himself in front of the gas leak and passed out, hoping it would buy everyone time, at the very least.
