History VisualNovel / LittleBusters

* BleachedUnderpants: Inverted with [[UpdatedRerelease Ecstasy]], which added graphic sex scenes to a previously all ages game. And then played straight with the [=PS2=], PSP and PSV versions, along with a limited edition rerelease of the PC version - they have all the extra routes and other content of Ecstasy, excluding all of the porn.

* UpdatedRerelease: Little Busters ME, it is the clean version of the game but with all the extras from the EX (Ecstasy) version, released on the Key 10th Anniversary Box, and the basis for the PSV version.

Little Busters! finally got an anime adaptation that began airing in October 2012 and is animated by Creator/JCStaff. Viewers living in the USA, Canada, UK, Ireland, South Africa, Australia, New Zealand, Netherlands, and Scandinavia may watch the anime legally at [[http://www.crunchyroll.com/little-busters Crunchyroll.]] A second season titled ''Little Busters! ~Refrain~'' aired during the Fall 2013 season, and an adaptation for ''Ecstasy'' was released as a series of [[OriginalVideoAnimation OVA]] episodes bundled with the Refrain UsefulNotes/{{DVD}}s and UsefulNotes/{{Bluray}}s. The adaption, entitled ''Little Busters EX'', is composed of eight episodes. There are seven volumes of ''Refrain'' released in all, and one episode was released with each volume (except for the final volume, which contains the final two episodes). The first volume and thus the first EX episode was released on the 29th of January, 2014.

On October 31, 2015, [[Creator/KeyVisualArts VisualArts/Key]] announced plans to release the [[UpdatedReRelease Updated Re-Release]] of ''Little Busters!'', originally titled ''Little Busters! Perfect Edition'', on UsefulNotes/{{Steam}} with localization work being done by Fruitbat Factory using the FanTranslation of the original ''Little Busters!'' by Team Fluffy, a fan translation group that many Fruitbat Factory staff members were a part of, being used as a basis for the official English release. On November 1, 2017, the Perfect Edition was released on UsefulNotes/{{Steam}} under the title ''Little Busters! English Edition''. The new content in the ''English Edition'' includes the three routes that were included in ''Ecstasy'' alongside the original content, but with the pornographic content removed.

* {{Bishounen}}: Kyousuke. Apparently, people visit his classroom to watch him read manga, fascinated by the sight.
** Riki, heck even Kyousuke calls him cute, and when he is forced to crossdress, he looks like a girl [[spoiler:(those twintail wigs from Saya help too)]]!

* LotusEaterMachine

** One of the lines Kud can say when she catches the ball in practice is [[Anime/CodeGeass "Yes, my Lord,"]] in [[SurprisinglyGoodEnglish surprisingly good English]] [[GratuitousEnglish for her]]

* KarmaHoudini: [[spoiler:Haruka and Kanata's]] family as of the end of Ecstasy. Even though [[spoiler:Kanata's ArrangedMarriage]] was thwarted, the main characters decided just to lay low after rescuing her from the event, rather than to pursue legal action against them for all the years of abuse the two girls endured. They do call the cops on them though, but the reuslt is never shown.

* SlapstickKnowsNoGender: Downplayed, as Masato is the primary ButtMonkey of the group, but there are female characters like Komari and Haruka who end up in the ButtMonkey role, just not as often as Masato.

* GoneHorriblyWrong: [[spoiler:Komari's brother tried to shield her from his death by making her think if it like a dream. She ended up heavily broken at the concept of death instead.]]

* ArtisticLicenseSports: The whole plot about Miyuki quitting archery because of the loss of an eye because pretty laughable when you realize that archery is perfectly possible with one eye and that a [[http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/olympics/archery/9428260/London-2012-Olympics-legally-blind-South-Korean-archer-Im-Dong-Hyun-eyes-gold-medal-at-the-Games.html legally blind Korean archer is considered one of the best archers in the world]]. Might be a deeply Japanese thing though, because at least two other anime had a character quit the sport for similar reasons like a scarred shoulder.

Little Busters! finally got an anime adaptation that began airing in [[Fall2012Anime October 2012]] and is animated by Creator/JCStaff. Viewers living in the USA, Canada, UK, Ireland, South Africa, Australia, New Zealand, Netherlands, and Scandinavia may watch the anime legally at [[http://www.crunchyroll.com/little-busters Crunchyroll.]] A second season titled ''Little Busters! ~Refrain~'' aired during the Fall2013Anime season, and an adaptation for ''Ecstasy'' was released as a series of [[OriginalVideoAnimation OVA]] episodes bundled with the Refrain UsefulNotes/{{DVD}}s and UsefulNotes/{{Bluray}}s. The adaption, entitled ''Little Busters EX'', is composed of eight episodes. There are seven volumes of ''Refrain'' released in all, and one episode was released with each volume (except for the final volume, which contains the final two episodes). The first volume and thus the first EX episode was released on the 29th of January, 2014.

* WeaponOfChoice: Kengo uses a Shinai (Wooden Sword), Masato his FIST, and Rin uses her cats as weapons. The other girls also have their own weapons of choice for the battle mini-games:

* ClassTrip: [[spoiler:Kickstarts the whole plot. Not that we find out until near the very end.]]
* CryCute: Haruka

* PantyShot: There's a noticeable spike in these and other forms of fanservice compared to previous Key games.

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* RealityEnsues:
** When Riki is helping Kud search for a roommate, he can choose between any of the five other original heroines. However, they won't all be able to accept the offer, due to their own personal circumstances. Komari in particular mentions she already has a roommate, and she can't just leave them behind to room with Kud.
** Due to traversing the underground dungeon with Saya at night, Riki ends up being too exhausted to function properly during the day. Saya realizes this and demands Riki to drop out of the ranking system his friends participate in. After all, fighting more fights than necessary would just exhaust Riki even more. To be better prepared, Saya also tells Riki to sleep in class so that he'll have enough energy to function at night. Riki can only get away with sleeping in class because the teachers know about his narcolepsy. However, that also backfires on Riki because being AsleepInClass left him vulnerable to an attack from an enemy agent.