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Originally Posted by Archon_Wing

That is a lot of text! And now that I think about it, where the hell did Mai get her sword from, and where does she keep it during the day?

Also, they (Key) sure have an obsession with food and wings. Oh, and snow.

That's exactly what I thought--- santa outfits, lol.

That being said, you brought up one major edge Kanon has over the other key animes. Did they forget how to animate kisses or what?

Good question about her sword, and I'd say they're bit more obsessive on food, and food as a lethal weapon than wings . Though Key sure does like snow too. And I didn't relate their cute uniform to santa thing until now, it's obvious though I did I miss it? D:

Ya the lack of Kiss thing in other Key series is kinda of lame .

And yea, the anime's indecisiveness in having Yuuichi get close to everyone did hurt the final conclusion a lot. It almost yearns for a Kanon After, but that's just me.

Yea that, and the never going to visit Sayuri/Mai/Shiori at the hospital even once kind of hurt the series, and the end of the series in my opinion. Kanon After my opinion on that would be heavily dependent on how they took things from there.

I felt that Kanon used its time better when it mattered the most, though. -That being said, all 4 Key anime suffer from pretty awful pacing issues at one point or another. Clannad S1 actually had the best, but that really depends if you like Fuko or not.

I'll give you the all of the key series[well 3 I've seen anyways], and since I liked Fuko somewhat I'll agree on last part too.

Spoiler for Angel Beats!:

Yea, I kinda pointed that out in my own Angel Beats review. You can view Kanade as a spiritual successor to Mai, being misunderstood and all. But much like the Makoto/Yui comparison, the version over in Angel Beats is a bit more open and had more clearer thoughts on both sides.

Now according to wiki, Jun Maeda wasn't in charge of Kanon, but contributed a bit to the Mai/Makoto's storyline. It all makes sense then. He just loves those silent gamebreaking characters. If Mai wasn't bad enough when it came to being ridiculously overpowered, Kanade is even worse.

That being said, it also leads to the same problem... The story tries to consistently hammer in the fact that:

1.) d00d She's totally awesome! And it can get a bit overboard. Particularly in Kanade's case. Hey Mai's blade was cool, so let's have a character with dual blades!!!111111 And then more random abilities (plot devices) get invented, lol.

2.) The other issue is that they also must insist that both are pure and innocent, and really the victim that can do no wrong. That's not really a bad thing, but it screams "HEY feel sorry for her!!"

In other words, sometimes I feel like they are getting way too excited over these characters. In Angel Beats, I think someone went way overboard and skewed the focus a bit. Now this is actually a strength and a weakness. Most of the goodness of Mai's arc comes from this, but it can backfire in a few cases, like the auto-revive hax in the end.

Then again, being subtle is just not a feature of Key stories it seems.

Ya Kanade did go a bit overboard on that stuff, probably why I prefer Mai , also that reminds I still want to finish reading the Angel Beats LN before I posted a review on it, which I haven't .