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- After an initial failed attempt by Komari and Kudryavka to get Riki to follow them because of something seemingly terrible, Rin later texts Riki to come alone to her dorm room. Riki sneaks into the girls' dormitory at night, only to find Rin, Komari, Yuiko, Haruka, Kudryavka and Mio together for a sleepover. Surmising that Riki has been abducted after briefly calling him, Kyousuke plays games with Masato and Kengo to determine who will go rescue Riki. After eating pastries, the girls take turns bathing until Riki is last. However, he is reluctant to learn that his pajamas were replaced by a girl's school uniform to wear. A-Chan drops by to tell all of them to keep the noise down if they do not want a visit from the disciplinary committee. Unfortunately, the disciplinary committee ultimately arrives to warn them for being loud when they roll up some newspapers and start a sword fight. Kanata luckily does not recognize Riki while he is cross-dressing. The next morning, Riki leaves after thanking Yuiko for helping Rin socialize with the other girls. Riki runs into Kyousuke, who had just won the right to go rescue him after playing games the whole night. (en)
- After venturing into three basements of the underground dungeon full of booby traps, Riki and Saya decide that they must first stock up on water, food and supplies for the expedition. On the next day, Riki meets up with Saya at the shopping district after school. While shopping around, Saya is excited when playing a claw crane, which sparks Riki's interest. They return to the mission back in the underground dungeon on the fourth basement, where Riki has the feeling that he has met Saya sometime in the past. While trying to find a downward staircase, Riki and Saya are soon attacked by the Darkness Executives. After Riki activates the downward staircase and covers for Saya, they manage to escape into a room, which contains a hot bath. Saya awkwardly undresses and gets into the bath to relax, much to Riki's anxiety. After she gets dressed again, they decide to have a picnic together. Riki suddenly realizes deep in his heart that he fell in love with Saya some time ago. (en)
- Riki and Rin Natsume spot Sasami Sasasegawa playing with a black cat in the school hallway, but Sasami runs away after she is embarrassed by her secret of being friends with Komari Kamikita. After Riki wakes up from a nap and buys coffee, the black cat strangely follows him back inside his dorm room. During their brief visit, Kudryavka Noumi shares muscle milk with Masato while Mio Nishizono notices something odd about the black cat. At nighttime, Sasami magically appears in front of Riki and Masato, revealing herself as the black cat, but she cannot control her transformations. Although Riki can understand Sasami as a cat, he deduces that she can only transform back and forth near him, so Masato has to leave the dorm room temporarily. Things do not go well when Riki tries contacting Komari to explain the current sitauation, though Riki and Sasami manage to work things out on their own. The next day, Sasami feels secluded because she is treated like an actual cat. However, Komari is the only one who believes Sasami. The following day, while Riki suspects that they are in a parallel world, he is informed by Rin that Komari has gone missing. (en)
- Riki and Rin receive a third mysterious letter tied to Lennon, telling them to cure the lovesickness of a second-year boy named Aikawa who surprisingly likes Sasami. Riki and Rin ask Sasami her hobbies and ideal type of guys, only to find out that Sasami likes Kengo, though he has no interest in her. Aikawa is shocked to hear Sasami likes Kengo, but Rin urges him to sing a hip-hop song to Sasami with some original lyrics to imply his love for her. Aikawa accidentally messes up the last line in the song, leading Rin to suggest a three-way attack on Kengo to get Sasami to fall for Aikawa. However, this backfires and Kengo ends up taking down Aikawa. Sasami arrives on the scene, impressed by Kengo's athleticism. Aikawa decides to give up, and Riki later realizes that they merely have to ease the pain of his unrequited love to fulfill the request. Rin goes to apologize to Sasami, who ultimately agrees to hand over her email address after sympathizing with what Aikawa is going through. Rin gives Sasami's email address to Aikawa, who thanks her for it. (en)
- The Little Busters start a teamwork exercise for their morning practice. Later, Kudryavka decides to apply for the national practical exam in school, and the other members of the Little Busters agree to tutor her, especially in her weakest subject of English. Komari covers English, Mio covers math and physics and Masato covers Japanese history. When classmates Takamiya, Katsusawa and Yamazaki deride Kudryavka while in the cafeteria, Yuiko quickly scares them away. In the library, Kudryavka tells Riki, Masato and Yuiko that her grandfather raised her and took her on many travels, including a small island nation called Tebwa in Southeast Asia where she was born. Kanata comes by to give Kudryavka back her book on the many-worlds interpretation, one of many books she reads for international exams as a hobby. On the day of the national practical exam, Kudryavka accidentally fills in the wrong bubbles on her test, having to take a remedial class as a result. Kudryavka feels bad about failing after her friends helped her study so much, but the others members of the Little Busters show up in the remedial class to show her that she is not alone. (en)
- Riki attempts to invite Masato back into the Little Busters, but Masato refuses the offer and claims that he is the strongest. Soon after, Riki and Rin are informed by the nurse that Masato attacked five male students, prompting the two to devise a trap near the campus sculpture to end his rampage. However, this trap fails to restrain Masato fully, and he starts pursuing Riki and Rin. After Rin uses a net as another trap by means of a distraction, Riki manages to wear down Masato until defeating him barehanded. Masato reminsces that he used to be treated as a fool by his peers until he trained his body enough to beat down whoever insulted him, resulting in his isolation during childhood. Masato began his rampage at high school because he suddenly started seeing everyone else as a reflection of himself, believing that he could only distinguish himself among them by becoming the strongest. During childhood, Masato was defeated by Kyousuke also by use of traps like firecrackers and a mailbox, leading to their friendship. After renewing his friendship with Masato, Riki realizes that he must eventually confront Kyousuke, while a serious Kengo watches over Riki from afar. (en)
- Kyousuke tells the other members of the Little Busters that their first baseball game will be against a team composed of captains from other sports clubs. However, with only eight playable members minus Mio, Kyousuke still needs a final member for the baseball team. Riki, Rin and Masato later spot Kengo talking with Miyuki Koshiki, a former member of the archery club who was forced to quit after she lost an eye during an accident. Masato brings this up during lunch, brewing speculation from others about their relationship, but Miyuki points out that she was just asking him for advice. Riki, Masato and Kyousuke later find out that Miyuki has gone up to the edge of the school roof, where three teachers try to dissuade her. Miyuki slips and falls in the commotion, but is rescued in the nick of time by Kengo, who unfortunately fractures his left arm and is suspended from the kendo club for a semester. Deciding to join the Little Busters baseball team, Kengo manages to hit a home run with one arm after several attempts. With the baseball team complete, Kyousuke transfers his leadership role onto Riki. (en)
- On the school's roof, Riki finds Komari Kamikita, a clumsy girl from his class who craves snacks and sweets. Riki attempts to recruit Komari for the baseball team, only to realize that she may not be well-suited for baseball. After lunchtime, Riki later finds Rin shirking her classroom blackboard duty to play with several cats, in which the white cat named Lennon has two notes tied to it. The first note says, "There is a secret to this world. If you want to learn it, you must complete all the tasks you are about to receive." The second note says, "This is the first task. Resolve the sanitation issue in the boys' dorm storage room." Riki doubts the sincerity of the notes, but Rin is excited to take on the first task. Rin gathers up Riki, Kyousuke and Masato to clean the storage room. Komari finds them there and agrees to join their baseball team, but they all get to work cleaning the storage room first. On the baseball field, Kyousuke welcomes Komari onto the baseball team despite her complete lack of athletic ability. Soon after, Riki collapses from an attack of narcolepsy, which he has suffered since childhood. (en)
- While at the riverbank, Riki and Rin receive a fourth mysterious letter tied to Lennon, which says to put on a puppet show. They soon overhear five kids having an argument, in which a girl named Yumi planned to put on a puppet show for her friend Ami, but the panda doll was damaged by the three boys named Tarō, Jirō and Saburō when they were playing baseball. Eager to clear the task, Rin promises to put on a puppet show for the kids the next day. Rin initially gets help from the rest of the Little Busters to write an approved script, but this is interrupted when curfew is called by Kanata, who sends all of them back to their dorm rooms. Komari secretly visits Rin's dorm room to finish preparations until morning. At the riverbank, Rin puts on a puppet show for Riki and the five kids for their enjoyment. Rin eventually finds Komari on the school roof, where Komari reveals that she was wishing on a night's first star for Rin's success. The two star-shaped ornaments in Komari's hair are also like stars that may grant wishes, one for her own wishes and one for Rin's wishes. (en)
- Riki is entrusted with finding the last member of the Little Busters to have a full baseball team of nine members. Riki hits a foul ball that consequently hits Mio, and he brings her a compress the next day. He notices that Mio always carries a parasol and that he always sees her reading under the same tree in the courtyard. She is known by other classmates as "shadow-less" because of the parasol and the fact that she does not have much presence. Using the same mentality of being helped by Kyousuke and the others during childhood, Riki asks Mio to join the Little Busters baseball team, only for her to decline the offer. After gym class, Yuiko enlists Riki to help find Mio's favorite book. Riki and Mio are unable to find it inside the classroom, thinking that someone may have hidden it as a joke. However, Yuiko arrives to explain that there was no wrongdoing, and Mio briefly meets Itō, the classmate who previously held onto her favorite book, revealed as a poetry collection. Kyousuke, Komari and Kudryavka summon Riki for baseball practice, and Mio goes to watch the Little Busters from the sidelines. (en)
- After baseball practice, Riki and Rin receive a second mysterious letter tied to Lennon, which says, "Save the cafeteria." They go and ask a cafeteria lady if there are any problems, but she says that nothing is wrong. Rin starts an argument with Sasami and the softball team with the sogginess of korokke soba versus tempura soba, though Rin loses the fight again. Rin later informs Riki that all of the cafeteria ladies have left the cafeteria in lieu of preparing dinner due to various emergencies. Remembering the second task at hand, Rin gathers the other members of the Little Busters to help prepare dinner for the whole school. Riki wonders how the writer of the note foresaw this event. The members of the Little Busters help prepare three set meals. During the hustle and bustle of handing out meals to students, Riki collapses from an attack of narcolepsy. Riki wakes up in his dorm room, and Kyousuke comes to bring him back to the cafeteria, where the remaining members of the Little Busters are waiting for Riki to start eating dinner. (en)
- The news only reports the rocket launch failure in Tebwa, giving no updates as to whether or not Chernushka is safe. While other members of the Little Busters worry for Kudryavka, they read from the newspaper that entry into and departure from Tebwa is restricted in order to reduce risk of contamination from the exploded rocket engine. However, Kanata informs them that the Tebwan embassy has delivered a plane ticket to Kudryavka, granting her an opportunity to see Chernushka again. Kudryavka is conflicted about going back to Tebwa because she originally came to Japan in order to escape having dropped out of the Tebwan aviation school after six months. Initially, Kudryavka decides to stay and throws away all of her astronaut memorabilia, but Riki recovers the items and brings them back to her. Riki tells Kudryavka that she can just be herself in chasing her dream of outer space, even if she cannot become an astronaut. Kudryavka admits that she wanted to see Chernushka again and decides to go back to Tebwa. Before departing, Kudryavka leaves Strelka and Belka in the care of Rin and says a heartfelt goodbye to her friends. (en)
- Haruka and Kanata were born from two separate fathers. After Haruka's father Shō Saigusa was arrested for attempted murder, the Futaki family took control of the Saigusa family. The family ultimately chose Kanata to be heir, while Haruka was blamed for everything. This urged Haruka to make trouble for Kanata, causing Kanata to get scolded for not keeping Haruka in line. Her friends reassure Haruka that they would never abandon her despite now knowing the truth. Haruka regains her smile after baseball practice with her friends. Kanata soon warns Haruka not to involve her friends in any trouble. The next day, Haruka bakes chiffon cakes and gives some to Riki and Rin, but they come out bone dry. Riki and Rin then accompany Haruka to see Shō in order to confirm if he is her father, but he refuses to answer. Later that night, Riki tells Kanata that he wants to help Haruka just like he was helped in the past, but he apologizes for his arrogance. The following day, Haruka presents Riki with some chiffon cakes that she baked, surprisingly tastier than the last time. However, this was merely Kanata disguised as Haruka, who then shows up in shock. (en)
- During his collapse from an attack of narcolepsy, Riki realizes that he always falls asleep at the sight of unpleasant situations, starting when he saw his parents' dead bodies in a car accident when he was a child. Determined to overcome this weakness, Riki awakens with Rin's help. Knowing that the bus will explode, Riki and Rin start rescuing the other students from the wreckage, only to discover that Kyousuke is using his own body to prevent the gas from leaking further. This leaves the duo no other option but to pick him up after carrying all the others to safety. The bus explodes just after Riki and Rin return to rescue Kyousuke, but the incident ends with no deaths. Three months later, all of the students have returned from the hospital except a comatose Kyousuke, and the other Little Busters spend their days together, waiting for him to return. Once Kyousuke finally returns, the Little Busters have their own private field trip to the beach together. (en)
- Haruka discovers that Kanata lied about having an egg allergy since childhood. After Kanata and Haruka each leave, Kudryavka tells Riki that Kanata is nice when inside her dorm room, despite her cold demeanor to others. Riki learns that Kanata was protecting Haruka from being hurt by using the egg allergy as a childhood lie, but Haruka finds it difficult not to shoulder all of her hate onto Kanata. Haruka is later convinced by Riki to talk to Kanata in order to learn the truth. Although reluctant, Kanata reveals to Haruka that she was always beaten or abused by the Futaki family if she ever went easy on Haruka, but she had to secure the heir of the Saigusa family and be hard on Haruka in order to protect their lives. Haruka reconciles with Kanata, realizing that they both are having a hard time. Haruka and Kanata decide to visit Shō, who tells them that their mother and other father tried to leave the family with Haruka and Kanata as babies. The Saigusa family took Haruka and Kanata back, prompting Shō to commit arson and attempted murder. Haruka chooses not to know who her real father is anymore. (en)
- Riki learns from Masato that Kengo originally joined the Little Busters after Kyousuke defeated Kengo's father in a kendo match. When Riki tries to convince Kengo to rejoin the Little Busters, Kengo claims that it is pointless to convince him. After Riki visits Kyousuke, who hints that Kengo is lying about something, Riki realizes that Kengo's right arm is not injured as he claims. Riki and Masato encourage Riki to challenge Kengo to a home run match under the condition that Kengo rejoins the Little Busters if Riki wins. After two strikes and many fouls, Riki manages to land a home run. Rin takes Riki's place due to his exhaustion. However, Rin's pitches are fast but lack control. When she manages to pitch the baseball properly, she succeeds in striking out Kengo, thereby winning the home run match. A flashback shows when Kengo was defeated by Kyousuke in a kendo match before joining the Little Busters. Kengo rejoins the Little Busters, determined to follow Riki as long as he can. (en)
- Riki and Rin awaken in the real world and it is recalled that a bus accident occurred during their field trip, in which Masato and Kengo used their bodies to protect them. Despite being injured, they flee from the site of the bus accident to avoid being caught in the impending explosion, but after reaching a safe distance, Riki leaves Rin behind to return and attempt to help the others. However, he starts suffering another attack of narcolepsy and struggles to keep himself awake. Meanwhile, Rin reminisces about when Kyousuke started the Little Busters during childhood to help her overcome her shyness. Rin has encounters with Komari, Mio Nishizono, Haruka Saigusa, Yuiko and Kudryavka in spirit, overwhelming Riki with tears since they each taught her the value of friendship. Leaving behind one of her star-shaped ornaments, Komari wishes for Rin to be able to smile always. Rin decides to look for a way to save her friends as well. (en)
- After having the Little Busters once again reunited, Riki suggests for them to play baseball, and the others accept. Kyousuke takes one last look at the baseball field as he values how each of the members made an impact in his life. Kyousuke reveals to Riki that they are currently in an artificial world created by him and the others after the field trip tragedy, in which only Riki and Rin survived this bus accident. Kyousuke explains that this artificial world was meant to prepare Riki and Rin to move forward with their lives, so Kyousuke and the others gave the duo a series of trials to have them mature and become stronger. Also during the baseball game, Masato and Kengo each bid their farewells and suddenly vanish after they each confirm their friendship with Riki. After Riki hits a home run, Kyousuke tearfully instructs Riki to take Rin past the school gates back to the real world, as the time for them to part has come. As Riki and Rin run past the school gates, Kyousuke has one last tour around the school before sitting at his desk and disappearing along with the artificial world. (en)
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