Clannad - Q & A

[Rookie103]

Originally Posted by MercFH

Quick Question: what exactly are the ages of the main characters? their in highschool right?
thx

Most probably 16 or 17, like most other high school animes.

[Zenemis]

Third year in high school, is 17 (I think).

[Klashikari]

Canoncially, Tomoya is 17 years old, while Nagisa is 18 (she will be 19 during the christmas of the current year the story takes place). Kotomi is "currently" 18 years old.

As for Youhei, Kyou, Ryou and Fuuko, they are all between 17-18 (I don't think they ever mentioned their birthday or age for these characters).

Tomoyo, obviously, is still 16-17.

[harukamae]

Not really earth-shattering or anything, but - I've seen on wiki and other forums random bits of trivia about the characters such as "Akio is into the Gundam fandom" or "Sunohara's favorite song is the Tenjou Tenge opening" - did this information ever come up in the original PC game or just a fanbook or doujinshi or something? If it is from the game, does it also appear in the PS2 port (as I remember stuff about KFC and Card Captor Sakura had to be removed from the Higurashi port.) Just curious about all these little copyrighted things...

[ZhangKhaiEn]

Akio likes Gundam plamos and Sunohara really likes Bomb A Head, yes.

[GyroidFanatic]

Originally Posted by harukamae

Not really earth-shattering or anything, but - I've seen on wiki and other forums random bits of trivia about the characters such as "Akio is into the Gundam fandom" or "Sunohara's favorite song is the Tenjou Tenge opening" - did this information ever come up in the original PC game or just a fanbook or doujinshi or something? If it is from the game, does it also appear in the PS2 port (as I remember stuff about KFC and Card Captor Sakura had to be removed from the Higurashi port.) Just curious about all these little copyrighted things...

Higurashi is a different story, because the PC version of it is a doujin game.

[Rookie103]

This is going to sound stupid, but; what does 'tsundere' mean?

[Sterling01]

Here a defintion of Tsundere

[Rookie103]

Originally Posted by Sterling01

Here a defintion of Tsundere

Heh, that would explain it. Thanks.

[harukamae]

Originally Posted by GyroidFanatic

Higurashi is a different story, because the PC version of it is a doujin game.

Good point - so Key probably could afford to get permissions from the beginning. Thanks for answering.

[IRJustman]

Originally Posted by harukamae

Good point - so Key probably could afford to get permissions from the beginning. Thanks for answering.

Someone mentioned copyrights earlier on in the thread. That's only part of the equation, and certainly not the only one.

Before I continue, I invoke the ever-popular "IANAL". If you want legal advice, buy it from a lawyer.

The main type of intellectual property they're talking about here is trademarks. Unlike copyrights which have a set term (which, in the United States, seems to get longer for as long as Disney can buy lawmakers and the SCOTUS can maintain the Eldred v. Robert Ashcroft decision), trademarks last as long as the owner defends their trademark. If the owner does not properly defend their trademark, they risk losing it to being generic (e.g. "zipper", "aspirin") or a genericized trademark (e.g. Google, Xerox, Sheetrock, etc).

Hope this helps.

--Ian.

[germanturkey]

i'm aware that there's a tomoyo after manga, however, i've only been able to find the first two chapters translated. is there any word on when the other two chapters will be scanlated?

[Kristen]

Originally Posted by Klashikari

Canoncially, Tomoya is 17 years old, while Nagisa is 18 (she will be 19 during the christmas of the current year the story takes place). Kotomi is "currently" 18 years old.

As for Youhei, Kyou, Ryou and Fuuko, they are all between 17-18 (I don't think they ever mentioned their birthday or age for these characters).

Tomoyo, obviously, is still 16-17.

Kyou and Ryou were born on September 9th. Tomoyo was on October 14th. Kotomi is 5/13. Fuuko is 7/20. Nagisa is 12/24.

I cannot find Youhei. So, after 5/13, Kotomi is 18, Nagisa is 18, Kyou/Ryou are 17, Tomoyo is 16, and Fuuko is 15.

[HashiriyaR32]

Fuuko is 15

You sure? She's 17 years old, a year younger than Nagisa, because she entered high school 2 years before the beginning of CLANNAD. That's what I learned from playing the game.

Spoiler for ............:

If she wasn't in a coma, she would be currently be a 3rd year student.

[AuditionEX]

Is there a kyou after manga with subs?

I just read tomoyo after and it is damn good.

[Klashikari]

Originally Posted by ChrissieXD

Kyou and Ryou were born on September 9th. Tomoyo was on October 14th. Kotomi is 5/13. Fuuko is 7/20. Nagisa is 12/24.

I cannot find Youhei. So, after 5/13, Kotomi is 18, Nagisa is 18, Kyou/Ryou are 17, Tomoyo is 16, and Fuuko is 15.

Err, nope. I just remembered (and also checked) about the Fujibayashi birth date, and it is on September 14th.
And yep, Fuuko IS 17. (though where her precise birthdate was shown in fact? I remember she mentioned july in the game, but without much precision). Same question for Tomoyo (I guess I was too fast on her route XD)

Originally Posted by AuditionEX

Is there a kyou after manga with subs?

I just read tomoyo after and it is damn good.

No there isn't such thing to my knowledge, until it is a novel, just like "Clannad - Another Stories" (yes, engrish plural).

[Kristen]

Originally Posted by Klashikari

Err, nope. I just remembered (and also checked) about the Fujibayashi birth date, and it is on September 14th.
And yep, Fuuko IS 17. (though where her precise birthdate was shown in fact? I remember she mentioned july in the game, but without much precision). Same question for Tomoyo (I guess I was too fast on her route XD)


No there isn't such thing to my knowledge, until it is a novel, just like "Clannad - Another Stories" (yes, engrish plural).

Ah yeah, Fuuko is 17. I forgot about the 2 year thingy.

All of my information comes from the Clannad Visual Fan book, which has all the birthdays. They had Kyou's birthday at 9/9, so maybe Ryou was born 5 days later?

[mandarb916]

Originally Posted by ChrissieXD

All of my information comes from the Clannad Visual Fan book, which has all the birthdays. They had Kyou's birthday at 9/9, so maybe Ryou was born 5 days later?

can identical twins be born 5 days apart? atleast...i thought they were identical twins, not fraternal twins...

[*Forte*]

Oh...I just wonder...

Why Tomoya and Kyou call each others by first name but Tomoya and Ryou call them by family name?

[navab]

I think it's because Tomoya has known Kyou longer, and in Japanese culture if you've known someone for a while it's fine to call them by their first name. But in Ryou's case, she's not that close with Tomoya therefore they use family names to address each other.