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Title: Clannad
Genre(s): Romance, Drama, Comedy, School Life
General info: Tomoya is labelled as a delinquent at his school because he is constantly late and skips classes, but he seems to have little care about how others perceive of him. Everything in his life seemed dull and unchanging until one morning he meets Nagisa Furukawa on the road to his school; he finds her muttering to herself to give her more motivation for the day. She has an odd habit of saying the names of foods she is going to eat to encourage herself. Nagisa has been sick for almost a year last year and subsequently has to repeat her third year of school. But now all her friends have graduated and she feels alone. For some reason, after hearing Nagisa talking to herself, Tomoya becomes interested and befriends her.
Number of Episodes: 23
Original Run: Oct 4, 2007 to Mar 27, 2008
Sequel: Clannad After Story
Number of Episodes: 24
Original Run: Oct 2, 2008 to Mar 26, 2009
Characters:
Tomoya Okazaki: Tomoya is the male protagonist of Clannad. Due to his habit of always arriving late to school, skipping classes during the day, and staying out all night, he has been labeled as a delinquent, or a young person who defies authority. Ever since his mother, Atsuko, died in a car accident when he was young, Tomoya has been living with his father, Naoyuki, with whom he argues constantly. Tomoya was injured during a fight with his father three years ago; since then, their relationship has been very distant.
Nagisa Furukawa: Nagisa is the main heroine of Clannad. Although she is in her third year in high school, as is Tomoya, Nagisa is actually one year older since she had to repeat her third year after an illness that lasted nine months. Tomoya, returning on the first day of school, met her on a long hill path in front of the school. She has a strange habit of muttering the names of food that she plans to eat as a way to motivate herself, such as anpan. She wants to reestablish the once-disbanded theater club. She does not have much self-confidence so she often needs help in order to motivate herself through the day.
Kyou Fujibayashi: Kyou is a bad-mouthed and aggressive girl well known as a good cook. She was in Tomoya's class in their second year, and has maintained a steady friendship with Tomoya even though they are put in different classes on their third year. She is currently the class representative of her class. She has a pet baby warthog named Botan.
Fuko Ibuki: Fuko is a first year student at Tomoya's school (Technically, her age is same as Tomoya's), but she is always alone by herself, making wood carvings of starfish with a small knife to give to others as presents for her sister's upcoming wedding. This hobby drains her concentration and awareness of her surroundings wholly, which Tomoya takes advantage of by playing a variety of pranks on her.
Kotomi Ichinose: Kotomi is another schoolmate of Tomoya's in the same year, but, like Kyou, in a separate class from Tomoya. She is the number one throughout the whole country in standardized exam results — she always goes to library to read extra materials, especially books in foreign languages. Kotomi is a very quiet girl and it is quite difficult to communicate with her. In her spare time, she plays the violin, although she doesn't know how to play it.
Tomoyo Sakagami: Tomoyo transferred to Tomoya's school as a second year student during spring. She is rumored to be violent and to have a misconduct record for fighting. These rumors are later confirmed when she beats up several students from her previous school one day at her new school during school hours. Although Tomoya is older than her, Tomoyo does not show him his due respect as a senior student. Later though,she develops a certain interest towards him and they start to spend some time together. She has a younger brother named Takafumi, whom was injured in an accident.
Opening:
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jDGSjSHQQkQ[/youtube]
My Review: Clannad is a wonderful mix of comedy and drama, the first season being mostly comedy while the sequel is mostly drama. Most of the drama of this series has a deep mystery aspect to it that keeps it interesting until the end. The comedy is well done and at times will even make you laugh out loud. The sequel has less comedy but does turn into a heartwarming story with a wonderful ending.
My Rating: 5/5
Dango: 100