So after you finish the true end there is a girl under the tree on the main menu, the one fuko was talking about before the end. Is that ushio?

Storytime nobody asked for.

I've watched "Clannad" for the first time on the last four days of February 2021. My sister and I really bingewatched the whole thing and we bawled our eyes out. I related to Tomoya in his high school years because of me being a loner back then as well. I've never been in a proper relationship back then at that point.

Some time before that I've met a person with whom I've spent a lot of evening and nights just talking on the phone about our lives, traumas, insecurities and need for emotional connection with someone. She instantly reminded me of Nagisa with how sweet, caring and stubborn she was. Both of us felt vulnerable during our late night talks and we enjoyed each other's company. We even joked that if we won't find anyone before the age of 30, we're going to get married. But before we realized that, we were already in love. She even sent me a small packet with a letter and small chocolate bar shortly after I finished "Clannad". My brain instantly went into the panic mode when I realized what my feeling were. We got together on 11th of April. I even rephrased Tomoya's confession from episode 22. This year it's going to be our 4th anniversary and we're getting married once we become more financially stable and both of us graduate from college.

During the four years between my first watch and the proper second watch, I got into a relationship, I got accepted to the university I wanted to attend, I got a degree and met a lot of people I've always admired, as well as I do my own work related stuff and make my hobbies reality (music and film related). I feel like this show gave me the push to actually start trying more in real life. Without it, I wouldn't have tried pursuing that relationship or other things and I would have most likely become an equivalent of a hikkikomori.

I feared rewatching the series but I've always wanted to do it again. I even rewatched some episodes in the past because I love coming back to them (S1E1, 18, 22, 23 or S2E1 and more). But now I feel like I'm finally ready to do it but this time I'll watch it with my partner because of how much I told her about "Clannad" and my mental connection between her and Nagisa. She's a little scared because she knows how much I bawled my eyes out during my first watch and she already teared up a little during the first episode.

So anyway, wish us luck!

!P.S. I played the VN before. Honestly, I love how the anime gave the viewers an opportunity to not view the ending through the lens of this whole "another universe" concept. The way the show was directed, I felt like everything that happened past episode 16 in After Story is more of an extended look into Tomoya's mind going haywire. You can roast me for this xd

I noticed that every time it seems like he's disassociating, the colors start to fade for a moment (opening monologue, basketball game and the beginning of S2E17) and that's what it feel to me. Everything that happens in AS is heartbreaking but it also makes the ending more believable to me. That the final message of the show is what he tells Nagisa right after Ushio's birth - "everything will be alright", we're going to manage.!<

Every time we see the Furukawa bakery in the Visual Novel and Anime, it always seems like they don't sell a whole lot of bread and considering the average price of bread being listed is around 150-180 yen, while left over bread being given to the neighborhood free of charge whom seem to be their only consumer base.

It feels they are more likely losing money with the bakery instead of breaking even considering the costs of everything associated with operating an bakery.

Sanae looks like she would bring in more money with her >!School/tutor job!< then the bakery.

I know there is a suspension of belief but it seems a bit ridiculous to me to comprehend this.

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I really enjoyed Clannad. But then took a big pause watching other stuff. Just came back, to after story, but kinda getting bored? Im atm episode 5, not really caring about the dialague much anymore.
I enjoyed Clannad because it was unique? But after i saw a bunch of different animes, doesnt come off that unique or intresting anymore. Maybe its because im not invested after i stopped after season 1? IDK
Also dislike Sunohara, just seems poor writing and only a plot device.
The huge difference of rating in clannad and after story makes me still curious to contuine.
Any Thoughts?

ps. Fuuko best girl :D

hi there, i'm not really good at this, never started something like this in my life but here it goes..i don't know if everyone knows this, but yesterday i learned about jun maeda, and about everything that happen that ended in him quitting.. and i feel really really bad ever since.. this man worked so hard and this entitled trolls broke him.. and sadly it seems like it almost killed him.. it's stupid but i feel like i should do something, he worked really hard on so many animes i consider to be few of the best, i feel like i should do something as well to show i appreciate it.. anyway.. i thought about sending fan mail, or maybe a big collective one i don't know.. the collective fanmail idea came to me when i thought it would be a fun idea if every fan would send him a dango like a really big dango family.. anyway.. i guess i'm asking for suggestions.. is there even a way to show him support as opposed to all the hate he got?

So wtf happened? Ushio disappeared and the route just ends?

So I know there are some communities that are very fanatical "SOURCE MATERIAL IS SUPERIOR IN EVERY WAY SHAPE AND FORM RARRRRR," while I don't get the same sense from the Clannad fanbase. I think the anime is generally well-liked around here, even from the VN readers, but I am curious: what elements do you think were the best adapted? Any changes in the content that you think improved the story? (Nagisa being with Tomoya in the classroom with Fuko during her party, for example)

On the other side, are there any changes that you think were a miss in the anime adaptation? That, or things that were missed out that you would rather have left in?

I wanna read Clannad, I thought there was only one vn, but are there more, and what's the read order

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I know the ending already since I watched the anime and was a bit confused about some things. I read a explanation and most things made sense but I still had a few questions and the thread was very old so I came here. The illusionary world is trying to prevent the deaths of nagisa and ushio, but why? Also how does Ushio know they will die and know to save them? Is the missing piece here that they died once, and time reset after that, to let it play through again just to save them? The anime only went through 1 time but the explanation I read said Ushio sent Tomoya to many different timelines in order to collect the orbs and sends him back to start of anime and resets his memories. We only saw one play through in anime so it seemed like they were trying to be saved before it was ever known or seen what would happen to them.

More specifically, how does the raised part of Tomoya's hair (circled in red) work?

Sometimes it's on the right of his head:

https://preview.redd.it/9kvjgtfqybge1.png?width=692&format=png&auto=webp&s=e1ff5c80ca2fbad037351dee383b54b2989c0b89

Sometimes it's on the front of his head:

https://preview.redd.it/ygfphvsxybge1.png?width=1633&format=png&auto=webp&s=ced05975c3af9df603ed5dfa51c9fe5a7d1d8ef6

Sometimes it's on the left of his head:

https://preview.redd.it/wymnsg7azbge1.png?width=562&format=png&auto=webp&s=169ea72f793bfb1def1a5d427d6dbe99d6b592e5

Sorry if this is a silly question, but it looks like this part of his hair constantly shifts to different position?