I think that remarking that the Kanon girls act like cute puppies is going alittle too far. Geez, Mai wields a sword. Nayuki is a captain of a sports team. Makoto slugs Yuuichi. Kaori twists Jun around her little finger. These are not actions of cute puppies. They are acting like human beings.
Shiori's storyline is evident that she is not a cute puppy. Ayu is a sweet soul with a good reason to be dewy-eyed around Yuuichi, as does Nayuki.
musuoka, if you want a title that females act less traditional (or more Western). this is not it imo. Heck, you're in the wrong genre. You need to watch josei and shoujo titles with a modern setting, instead imo.
Well anyway, Kanon's titles have musical references too. Since, it was too much to retype, it's posted
here along with the pics of Yuuichi's memory bell moments.