(#53) Clannad S1-S2 (2007) - [8.5/10]

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Tomoya (Kenji Nojima) has no interest in school until he meets Nagisa (Mai Nakahara) and, to impress her, he helps reform the drama club.

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Note This will be a review of both Clannad and Clannad After Story.

Review Clannad is a slice of life/romance/drama about two high-schoolers, Okazaki Tomoya and Nagisa Furukawa. It’s that anime that could teach you what depression really is. I’ve seen some depressing and eye-watering animes over the past couple of months but nothing ripped my soul out the way Clannad did. Even today I could go back and watch some scenes while struggling to hold the tears. The transition of Clannad from a semi-dramatic rom-com in season 1 to a tragic tale of life and loss in season 2 is stunning. I was too quick to assume that Clannad wouldn’t strike me right in the feels after season 1 but boy was I wrong. The pacing of the story can be a little bit slow but you’ll get used to it, cause by the end of the day, it’s a slice of life anime.

However, the world of Clannad has inbuilt super natural elements with the ability to influence a situation (kind of like the "power of God') and personally, I feel that it tampers the appeal of an otherwise convincing and beautiful story with a cliffhanger ending *sigh*. Anyway, if you’re looking for a feels trip that’ll dismantle you for a couple of days, give Clannad a shot, and no, it’s not an anime for girls, I have no idea where that remark popped up from. I'd give it… RATING: 8.5/10

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Director: Tatsuya Ishihara Rated: TV-PG Runtime: 30 min/episode Genre: Animation, Comedy, Drama Starring: Yûichi Nakamura, Mai Nakahara, David Matranga