CLANNAD: Episode 23 (END)
Rating: 8.5/10
Overall Series Rating: 8.8/10
Impressions:
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.
Firstly, this episode as a standalone is, in my opinion, fantastic. Personally, the drama employed in Clannad isn’t really all that good, so sticking with comedy and this type of character development suits the show to a greater extent. The return of Clannad’s famous Imouto-san, as well as some great comical development between Tomoya and Nagisa really heightens my opinion of the ‘ending’ of Clannad (which I have profusely expressed about how…average it is). But remember, there’s still the After Story, but who knows when it’s going to air…I doubt I will be nearly as enthusiastic about the show as I am now when it does air.
And as for Clannad as a whole? Well, it’s about the same as Kanon, and not as good as Air. It is somewhat average for a KyoAni show, though that in itself is quite a big thing. Overall, I would have to say that Clannad is a great show, and a must watch if you liked the predecessors that were Air and Kanon. If you think about it though, Clannad is really only good in its slice-of-life genre. It’s doesn’t deliver as a drama, is half-assed as a comedy, and is almost non-existent as a romance/harem. But slice of life is a good genre if you ask me, so no complaints from me. If anything, I can only say I’m tired of seeing so many Key products by KyoAni; they need to find something new.
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“Is it time for me to talk about Clannad as a whole yet?”
Nope. =D
I’d treat this as the end of the first half, if anything.
clannad is nothing without the afterstory
Yes, we need the Afterstory BUT i hope they will choose the true (good) ending.
The movie choose the bad ending and missed the last part with Ushio’s… Show Spoiler ▼
…so that it looked like a half bad and half good ending.
Production! Decied for one and finish it till the end, ONEGAI!
First series = good. I thought the interaction in CLANNAD was pretty good considering it’s supposed to be a splice-of-life and dramatic experience. I really liked Tomoya as the male lead and Nagisa as the female lead. But as many of you may already know, Tomoya will face more hardships and hopefully, the true good ending will be shown in the After Story.
Personal Rating: 8.5/10
It was hard to watch at first, but somewhere during the Fuuko arc, I found myself hooked. Good job, KyoAni.
“I can only say I’m tired of seeing so many Key products by KyoAni; they need to find something new.”
Not until I get my Little Busters 8D
Which I’ve heard is possibly airing in 2009, but that’s just a rumor
What more could you really want with Clannad’s first season. This is just depicting the school life of these characters and how they are progressing through life in general. Overall I thought it was really good and compared to Kanon and Air it doesn’t do to bad at all. Sure it wasn’t as romantic or had as many tear jerking scenes but it had some really good comedy and a mix of other stuff to keep it nice and balanced.
So if you wait and watch the next season you will see a lot more drama if you were missing that sota thing and quite a few more hardships with those “tearjerkers” cause we all love emotions.
Oh man…..that after story is going to be reeeeally sad… T-T