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“Little Busters! Ecstasy adds 3 new heroine routes bundled with Refrain BD/DVD releases.”
Little Busters! EX
リトルバスターズ！EX
7.68
1,451 rank · 58,692 viewers · 159 favorites
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Synopsis
Little Busters! Ecstasy adds 3 new heroine routes bundled with Refrain BD/DVD releases.
The main additions in "Little Busters! Ecstasy" are 3 heroine routes involving the characters Futaki Kanata, Sasasegawa Sasami and Tokido Saya. The 3 EX heroines' routes take place of the following: Saya's route - Before the events of Refrain. Sasami's route - After the events of Refrain. Kanata's route - First half of her story is before Refrain and second half is after Refrain. The episodes will be bundled with the BD/DVD releases of Little Busters!: Refrain.
What people say
Community consensus
Derived from 12 sampled reviews
7.2
/10
What 12 viewers settled on.
80%
recommend
Score distribution
median 7.5
mode 9
σ 2.03
Agreement
Polarized
σ 2.03 · split reception
The polarity gap
4.9 pts
Recommenders 8.4 · others 3.5
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Score over time
↓ 2.83
Running avg · Apr 2014 → Apr 2024
Snap verdicts
· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 9 “Little Busters EX delivers three emotionally varied OVA routes—featuring new heroine Saya plus expanded stories for Sasami and Kanata—cleverly set before, during, and after Refrain, giving the...”
- 8 “Kanata's route stands out as brilliantly executed, with its clever split timeline and emotionally perfect ending where the team saves her from forced marriage. However, Saya's route suffers from...”
- 7 “This special delivers powerful, untold stories of three supporting characters, blending cinematic action with the original’s signature mix of emotion, twists and dark sides. While the first segment...”
Verbosity
Short · 17%
Medium · 42%
Long · 42%
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A Special Production
J.C.Staff.- Format 8 × 24′ eps × min
- Total runtime 3h 12m all episodes
- Aired Jan 2014 – Jul 2014
- Source Special media type
- Rated PG 13 - Teens 13 or older
- Ref. BS-8265 catalog
Licensed by
- Sentai Filmworks Licensor