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Rating: 8.5/10

Overall Series Rating: 8.8/10

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Is it time for me to talk about Clannad as a whole yet? There’s still one more episode to be released as an OAV (I think), and of course there’s the after story which is apparently still in production, but I think it’s safe for me to give my final thoughts on the series. I’ll label this episode as the END, even though it should really either be episode 22 or episode 24, but oh well. I’m going to treat the After Story as a sequel, unless it’s ridiculously short—then it’d have to behave like an OAV or something. Regardless, it won’t change my opinion of Clannad thus far anyway.

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Popularity: 9% [?]

Rating: 8/10

Impressions:

So is this technically the last episode? Well there’s still one left to air, so I will so no for now. But it seems safe to say that the real story has ended (at least in the anime version), so I’ll go ahead and talk about it here. Clannad’s story, or rather, sequence of arks, IMO, is slightly better than Kanon’s. But this ‘ending’ is a lot worse, so in the end, if you ask me to compare the two shows, I’m going to have to say they are roughly equal. Clannad is noticeably more light-hearted and comedic, with that extra romantic element that Kanon did not really have. Overall though, I still like Air better (it was short and very sweet).

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Popularity: 9% [?]

Rating: 7.5/10

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Oh shit, the next episode is already out. Luckily it hasn’t been subbed yet. I think. Anyway, I have to say, if this really is the second last episode, the ending looks like it’s going to be crap. Honestly. Nagisa’s story seriously has nothing. It’s not very deep and has little substance compared to the usual stories of the other girls. And there’s no real climax anywhere, except maybe when Nagisa finds out about her parents, though that’s nothing big anyway. I can’t fathom what’s going to happen in the next episode, because in my mind, I’m seriously expecting something grand and spectacular. Doesn’t look like it’s going to happen from the way things are going now.

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Popularity: 7% [?]

Rating: 8/10

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Haha, it almost seems like KyoAni is ‘forcing’ Nagisa and Tomoya together, with all the references to their love for each other, but it’s a nice and welcome change from Air and Kanon. I really hope they actually get somewhere before the end of things, and not have anything TOO sappy, like confessing to each other and embracing or something. Anyway though, I wonder if the other world sequences are merely just part of Nagisa’s play, or if there’s some supernatural elements to it. Although ridiculous, maybe something like, the little robot is Tomoya from some other dimension, or something like that.

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Popularity: 6% [?]

Rating: 7.5/10

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With the tear jerking end of episode 18, it seems that Clannad has finally moved into its final arc—Nagisa. And because of this, I think it’s safe to say that the mysterious girl with the robot is Nagisa (while I’m guessing that the robot has some strong relation to the current Tomoya). I tend to always like particular characters more during their specific arc, as more attention is usually placed on them, and in every arc, the starring girl will always undergo some kind of change, which thankfully are changes that I usually like. In other words, Nagisa finally does seem like a suitable match for Tomoya now, but only because it’s her arc. =]

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Popularity: 6% [?]

Rating: 8.1 /10

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So it seems Clannad took a break last week…giving me extra time to stay up to date lol. Anyway, while Kyou/Ryou, Tomoyo and Tomoya are spending a noticeably greater amount of time with him that usual, this only goes to further concrete the fact that Nagisa is the only one for our male lead—which is quite sad, for Ryou and Kyou at least. The bawling feels a little too much for me, but I guess that’s not too bad. It’s not like they go ahead and cut each other up or something, like a certain other anime. I’m interested to see how the other girls’ feelings are wrapped up, since it’s all in quite a big mess at the moment. I suspect it will be soon, as Nagisa’s back now.

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Popularity: 7% [?]

Rating: 8.7/10

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I’ve got a LOT of homework today, so it’s very surprising that I’m even blogging this (and even more surprising as I’m planning to blog True Tears after, but that may change). Anyway, I have to say I’m loving Clannad right now. Mainly because they’re employing the use of common harem matters into the show, but actually animating it well and using characters we’re already used to, but in a non-harem way. What’s more, we get more Tomoyo and Kyou time, as it seems like KyoAni are merging the two arcs into one. I love Tomoyo’s random appearances, and the sports storage room scene is just gold.

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Popularity: 7% [?]

Rating: 8.5/10

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So now I’m sitting in my chair, after watching the latest episode of Clannad, wondering what the hell just happened as nothing really made any sense. Did KyoAni SERIOUSLY discontinue their use of set arcs?? The last two episodes really don’t have a particular person that they focus on, but rather, revolves around the Theatre club as a group. Perhaps this is a turning point for KyoAni and related series! =D On the other hand, aside from building character and suggesting that the Theatre club will continue, the past two episodes don’t really do anything. Even Mei, who I found very interesting in the beginning, amounted to nothing and went home just like that.

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Popularity: 8% [?]