Little Busters - ep01

The series is focus in on a group of five friends that have been together for a long time, and the groups name is the Little Busters like the title of the series. The series so far seems to focus in on two key characters Riki who lost both of his parents, which ultimately leading to him become part of the little busters because they help him over come his loss. The other key character is Kyousuke who is the leader of the group but has a habit of being incredibly random and does things in way that only make sense to him.

Also what is interesting is how Masato and Kengo are intense rivals but they won't fight unless Kyousuke is around. That being said in the start of the episode Kyousuke returns from a trip, and for Masato and Kengo this is a call to arms. However it turns that Kyousuke is too tired to even care, so this cause a bit of chaos. It is only when Riki wakes him up to do something about since they will only listen to him, his solution is that because both of them are too strong in their respective fields they will fight using whatever the spectator watching throw in to the ring. Things don't go over too well in the practical application of this rule, which leads to Kyousuke's sister stepping into the ring when Masato decides to use a cat as his weapon of choice.

Then later on once everything settle down the series start progressing towards the key point of the plot. Since Kyousuke is in his last year of school, he needs to decide whether he is going to get a job or continue with his education. However Riki feels that in time they will all go there own separate ways, how about they do something together like they use to. This gives Kyousuke the idea to start up a baseball team, and his reason for it being baseball is just because. There is a little problem with this sudden decision, together that only makes five and you need at least nine to form a team. Although Kengo isn't going to be apart of it so that means that they will have to recruit five more people before their first game.

This seems to be the main focus of the series get enough people to form a team, however beyond that point it is unclear where they will be going with the series. I find to some degree it is a lot like Clannad. Which was about reforming the drama club but it end up focusing more on the unique personality of the characters involved. I have a feeling this series is similar that the goal that the series has create is just the backdrop, that the real driving force isn't the plot but the characters themselves.