Recommended play order

[TrickZZter]

Recommended play order from Fuwanovel:

To view the most scenes the suggested play order and the order i'm doing this walkthrough by is:
Komari -> Rin part 1 -> Kurugaya -> Haruka -> Kud -> Mio -> Rin part 2

Reasons:
One of Komari's route's scenes with Kurugaya only occurs if Rin part 1 or Kurugaya's route isn't finished.
One of Haruka's bad end extra scenes requires Kurugaya's route to be locked and Kud's route to not be locked.
The childhood friends have some extra scenes during the baseball match, but only if Rin part 1 isn't completed.

Recommended play order from Kazamatsuri:

Originally posted by Aspirety:

Almost all walkthroughs put Komari first and Kurugaya last for the heroine routes, but I believe there's a lot of merit in an alternative order.

Rin 1 > Mio > Komari > Kurugaya > Haruka > Kud > Rin 2 > Refrain > Saya > Sasami > Kanata

https://forum.kazamatsuri.org/t/little-busters-bookclub-questions-feedback/4176/3 I wrote a reasoning for it here for the Bookclub, but it contains spoilers so I won't paste it here. But basically, it's written around getting the most scenes, Komari being a poor introduction, better showcasing some of the more interesting features of the game, and because I think Kurugaya serves a lot more purpose than merely being a prelude to Refrain.

Original post:

What's the recommended play order for this version?
It was recommended to play the original version in
Komari -> Rin -> Kurugaya -> Haruka -> Kud -> Mio -> Rin
order, but this one has 3 additional routes...

[Tsuna]

Probably you'll have to complete the additional routes before Rin because Rin is the main route.

I can't remember if LB has extra stuff happening during certain routes if you've played some other routes before. I know that CLANNAD has this sorta thing, I might be mixing them up since it's been a long time since I played LB.

[両備]

In the Ecstasy Edition, you had to complete Refrain and know "The secret of the world" to play the three new routes. Would not be surprised if we have to do it again in Perfect Edition. (English Edition)

[Yurie]

Originally posted by 恭介-さま:

In the Ecstasy Edition, you had to complete Refrain and know "The secret of the world" to play the three new routes. Would not be surprised if we have to do it again in Perfect Edition. (English Edition)

Yeah, that's what I'm expecting too.

As for me, I'm planning to do this order: Komari, Rin 1, Haruka, Kudryavka, Kurugaya, Mio, Rin 2/Refrain, Saya, Sasami, Kanata. That's how I played it originally (minus the EX routes, obviously).

If for some reason however the "new" routes are playable before finishing Refrain, then I might get onto those sooner.

[TrickZZter]

Originally posted by Yureina:

As for me, I'm planning to do this order: Komari, Rin 1, Haruka, Kudryavka, Kurugaya, Mio, Rin 2/Refrain, Saya, Sasami, Kanata. That's how I played it originally (minus the EX routes, obviously).

You should change it.

To view the most scenes the suggested play order and the order i'm doing this walkthrough by is:
Komari -> Rin part 1 -> Kurugaya -> Haruka -> Kud -> Mio -> Rin part 2

Reasons:
One of Komari's route's scenes with Kurugaya only occurs if Rin part 1 or Kurugaya's route isn't finished.
One of Haruka's bad end extra scenes requires Kurugaya's route to be locked and Kud's route to not be locked.
The childhood friends have some extra scenes during the baseball match, but only if Rin part 1 isn't completed.

[Yurie]

Originally posted by TrickZZter:

Originally posted by Yureina:

As for me, I'm planning to do this order: Komari, Rin 1, Haruka, Kudryavka, Kurugaya, Mio, Rin 2/Refrain, Saya, Sasami, Kanata. That's how I played it originally (minus the EX routes, obviously).

You should change it.

To view the most scenes the suggested play order and the order i'm doing this walkthrough by is:
Komari -> Rin part 1 -> Kurugaya -> Haruka -> Kud -> Mio -> Rin part 2

Reasons:
One of Komari's route's scenes with Kurugaya only occurs if Rin part 1 or Kurugaya's route isn't finished.
One of Haruka's bad end extra scenes requires Kurugaya's route to be locked and Kud's route to not be locked.
The childhood friends have some extra scenes during the baseball match, but only if Rin part 1 isn't completed.

And here I picked that other order specifically because it had extra scenes like that... Gyaaa.

[Kanshisha13]

I can't remember if Winning the competition had extra scenes in general. or should of only been attempted in one route because of the amount of effort/luck required.

Not looking forward to unmasking Saito again <_< Those minigame bosses were rough XD

[Yurie]

Originally posted by Kanshisha13:

I can't remember if Winning the competition had extra scenes in general. or should of only been attempted in one route because of the amount of effort/luck required.

Not looking forward to unmasking Saito again <_< Those minigame bosses were rough XD

I don't remember, but I expect that if this game has achievements winning the baseball game and beating Saito will be among them. Doing both of those becomes much easier after finishing Refrain... though Saito still is a jerk.

[RegalStar]

From what I remember reading Ex a few years ago, you can't even enter the additional routes unless you answered yes to "Do you know the secret of the world" (or until you clear Refrain). If you did select yes you could enter them before Refrain, but it seems pretty clear to me that they're not meant to be done unless you have read all the original routes.

[Sophilautia]

Almost all walkthroughs put Komari first and Kurugaya last for the heroine routes, but I believe there's a lot of merit in an alternative order.

Rin 1 > Mio > Komari > Kurugaya > Haruka > Kud > Rin 2 > Refrain > Saya > Sasami > Kanata

https://forum.kazamatsuri.org/t/little-busters-bookclub-questions-feedback/4176/3 I wrote a reasoning for it here for the Bookclub, but it contains spoilers so I won't paste it here. But basically, it's written around getting the most scenes, Komari being a poor introduction, better showcasing some of the more interesting features of the game, and because I think Kurugaya serves a lot more purpose than merely being a prelude to Refrain.

[TrickZZter]

@Aspirety: Thanks for sharing. Added it to the fist post.

[Canicheslayer]

Thank you very much, Asperity. I like your reasoning