

Well, I’ll be honest – any Komari goes too far, really. I have to start on this episode by saying that for me a little Komori goes a long way. I also suspect, however, that drunk with its newfound power LB is also dropping a few red herrings in there too, just to throw us off the trail. I don’t think it’s all me – LB really has gotten more blatant about dropping hints on our head like 16-ton weights, I’m sure of it – though I wonder how much heightened sensitivity (hey, Hisoka got me thinking about it) has to do with it. I’m seeing ghosts in every corner and hidden meanings behind every phrase in Little Busters now, while in the first cour there were long stretches where I never even thought about the underlying mystery behind the series.

It’s always interesting with a conspiracy tale like this one to wonder whether the style of the series has changed, or just the way I perceive it. “If You’re Happy, Rin-chan, Then I’m Happy Too” Then, an omen surfaces-Rin finds a strange letter attached to her cat, assigning them the duty of uncovering the "secret of this world" by completing specific tasks.「(鈴ちゃんが幸せならわたしも幸せだから」 ( Rin-chan ga Shiawase nara Watashi mo Shiawase dakara) They have a problem though: there aren't enough members! The tables have turned, for it is now Riki's turn to reach out and recruit new friends into the Little Busters, just like Kyousuke had once done for him. Kyousuke decides to re-ignite the Little Busters by forming a baseball team as it will be his last school year with them. Years pass, and even in high school, the well-knit teammates remain together. Accompanied by Masato, Kengo, and Rin, these misfits spend their childhood fighting evil and enjoying their youth.

However, Riki is saved when, one fateful day, a boy named Kyousuke recruits him into a team who call themselves the Little Busters. As a child, Riki Naoe shut himself from the world, thanks to a diagnosis of narcolepsy following the tragic deaths of his parents.
