^ I've heard that comparison quite a bit myself, though it's always been a comparison of
After Story to the
Little Busters! *VN*, since aside from a couple of scenes I guess pretty much everyone agrees that the original
LB! VN is a good deal superior to the
LB! anime adaptation (and-- usually being a source-firster myself, due to certain adaptations irking me too often in the past-- I've no doubt that's true). In this case, I cannot *personally* comment on that yet, since I'm waiting until after the
LB! anime's done (next week) to start playing the VN, and then I'll watch
Clannad/
After Story after I'm done with that. But yes, I've heard that the
LB! VN, at least, is quite comparable-- and, while I am certainly enjoying the
LB! anime, I'm still wishing I would've gone with the source first like I normally do (regardless of my accidental-plot-spoiling beforehand, which somehow is what swayed me to watch the anime first... and no, don't ask me why, because I have no idea, LOL
). But anyway, yeah, IMO the core story is great, and I'd certainly recommend it (just probably the VN first-- though, again, I'm still working on that...).