Let me make that five ^^

You might want to grab a bag of donuts before reading this part. Mmmh... donuts.

Chapter 1, Part 16

So last time we found Aikawa, our lovesickness patient, and resolved to call Haruka by her first name from now on. Also, we finished off Saturday, May 19th, and so...

Music for this part: Waking up in the Morning



That would actually be pretty awesome.



Don't mind them, Kyousuke. I'm up for some baseball.



Hah hah. Okay that face makes up for the disappointment of not playing baseball. Just look at that face.



You can guess how Masato and Rin reacted to those news.



Not positively, at least.




We're still lacking members, actually...



He's got you there.



Kyousuke is such a good speaker.



An ulterior motive for agreeing, huh.




There's no going against Kyousuke's will. But for the heck of it, I picked "Don't go".




You heard me the first time. Don't make me repeat myself.






I went with "Yes, it's true". Just to see what happens.



Music for this part: In The Town of Incessant Rain



Ah man, now you're making me feel bad.






Well he's an idiot! ...but fine.



Ah well...





Music for this part: Boys Don't Cry



Well that turned around quickly.





Ah, that face



they're such kids.



True enough, we've never seen this background before.




He says that in a really rough voice.



I love this group so much.

So because I kept declining I now get treated to hearing this next scene with really raspy voices. Such little details make this visual novel all the more fun.



Another background we've never seen before. This is turning out to be quite a nice Sunday.




Kyousuke and traveling? Huh.



Ah I see. That explains that.



Gone for a day, huh.



I feel like this whole scene does wonders to further establish just how much Riki really treasures his group of friends.



A depressed look just from the thought of being alone for a day. By the way, the raspy voices stop here.





I can so see Kyousuke doing that.



...



It's probably not hard to tell who that is even without hearing the voice, is it?




Definitely her.

Music for this part: Magic Ensemble



Hiya, Komari.




Huh.




So she's doing this completely voluntarily.



You're pretty good at making people you don't know into people you know really well, though.





Ah yeah, the spiral of happiness, right?



Heh. He really is.




Around 5 cents or 100 dollars, huh.






I don't know whether to call that cheesy or deep.



You're not gonna donate the 10000 yen, are you?



...dude.





...Thanks Komari. He totally would have done it, too.




I wonder how much money she manages to raise. For... uh, what is she collecting donations, anyways?




So the two guys arrive.



They don't seem too happy about it.



Tee hee. I especially like Kengo's "You know I can't refuse you".



I love this trio so much ^^

Hmm, trio ...




*sigh* too shy to come along, is she?






Ah, sure.





This gives me such a nostalgic feel. It's like watching my brothers argue over totally meaningless things.




And then there's this guy.





It's not quite the same, huh.





Komari is not quite on the same level as these guys.



Not everything is as touching to others as it is to you. Sad, but true.




Not that this guy would ever learn or care about that.



It's wonderful, isn't it ^^




Hmm, I also don't have any friends I've been with since childhood. But I don't regret that.




Yeah, I agree wholeheartedly.



Oh, right, picture book, I remember.




Great, thanks.



See ya later.

Music for this part: My Brave Smile





Hmm, well. A person who finds happiness in bringing other people happiness, I guess you could call them a "good person". Whatever way you like to look at it.





Hmm, I suppose. The last time must have been before the game started... and the game started with Kyousuke returning, so it must have been quite some time ago.





Heh. No matter what Kengo says, he really enjoys the company of the other Little Busters, doesn't he?



I like that line. To me, that's exactly what the Little Busters are like. Looking at it from the outside, it's like "kids fooling around". But of course, you would never want to stop being a part of it.

So the strolling around comes to an end. "Independent training", huh?



Well Riki's there too.



The others aren't just quite AS motivated as you are.




I'll look for a partner, why not.




Since we're gonna go through Rin's route, might as well go with her.





Yeah, it's basically just a pick-and-choose-who-gets-stat-ups. Since I picked Rin, maybe I can beat Sasami's minions next time.




Maybe we can still do something.



Hmm...



I think it's fairly obvious whose voice that is, even if you can't hear it, isn't it?

There's only one person who apologizes like that.





Of course it's her.

Music for this part: Magic Ensemble




You really don't need to be in tears all the time.



Well I can probably guess what happened.



If you've already had a hunch of what happened, this should just be confirmation.




Pastry?



Mmm, sounds deli~sh.



I sure wouldn't say no, though. And it doesn't look like Riki has any intention to do so either.





Just saying "we have donuts" is probably enough, ain't it?





Would you look at that, even Rin's shyness can't prevent her from eating donuts with Komari.




Mmm... just thinking about it...




...this choice actually has a long-term effect. But you don't want to know what that is...

For now I just went with the top option, the basic donut. I'll go with the others in subsequent playthroughs.





It seems I made a good choice without knowing.



A nice little pre-dinner snack. Sounds good.



Tee hee. Now you get to enviously watch as the others still have donut.



Maybe he just heard Komari praising the plain donut and rolled with it. That reminds me though, donuts aren't common in Japan, are they?



How sweet~




Everyone can have donuts, there were six of them after all.







Slowly but surely, she's opening up to others.



That leaves...




Yeah, you already finished your donut.




Idiot.



That was very nice of her, wasn't it?






Heh, Kyousuke is still always looking out for his younger sister, isn't he. He's probably happy that she managed to interact with Komari a bit more.

So, skipping ahead until after dinner...




That's probably true, actually.



Whatever you say...



Okay, so short version of what happened, Rin was feeding her cats and apparently offered something to Sasami as well, which she took as an insult. Really, do they need any reason to be fighting at this point?




How else could it end but in ...

Music for this part: Heroic Battle





Ah dang it. I hoped I could beat them.



So that's the end of this part. Turns out I was able to get all of Sunday May 20th into one part after all. I really appreciate this day, honestly. The Little Busters are basically a family for Riki, and it's nice to just see them interact and live their lives like that.

Next time, another week begins. See you then.