Clannad - Episode 12 Discussion / Poll

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P.P.S. Episode 13 will not air until Jan 13, 2008.

[toxic_trance]

By any chance this is the last episode in he Kotomi Arc??? The preview gav e that sort of vibe a bit... but still, it feels a bit early...i thought the arc will end at ep 14 aybe

[Kang Seung Jae]

Originally Posted by toxic_trance

By any chance this is the last episode in he Kotomi Arc??? The preview gav e that sort of vibe a bit... but still, it feels a bit early...i thought the arc will end at ep 14 aybe

I believe not, the story is a bit too big to end in one episode.

[minhtam1638]

And so begins the two week hiatus of Clannad... no wonder I see 24 episodes instead of 26. (referring to two-cours anime in general)

[Phoenix14]

Well, this is episode 12, so we have 3 other arcs to cover...I think this could be Kotomi's last (or at least we are getting to the climax of it)

[The Chaos]

Yay another Ep With Kotomi violin....

[Dark Wing]

Originally Posted by minhtam2448

And so begins the two week hiatus of Clannad... no wonder I see 24 episodes instead of 26. (referring to two-cours anime in general)

Wait I thought the actual number of episodes were still unknown?

[Skyfall]

Originally Posted by Phoenix14

Well, this is episode 12, so we have 3 other arcs to cover...I think this could be Kotomi's last (or at least we are getting to the climax of it)

I don't believe that to be the case. It is way too early for that ... her arc just started, so i see no reasonable way of it reaching the climax this week (let alone the end).

[toxic_trance]

If Nagisa Arc is supposedly bigger than Fuko arc from what i hear... then within 20 i think rest neeed to be wrapped up. That leaves 8 to 9 episodes for 4 girls including Kotomi. From what it looks like, I think Kyou arc has already started a bit...so most probably we will have an end to Kyou arc almost just after Kotomi. Neway.. I have faith on KyoAni.. I m sure they know how to handle a story better than me, so hoping that every girl gets good screentime

[Phoenix14]

Originally Posted by toxic_trance

If Nagisa Arc is supposedly bigger than Fuko arc from what i hear... then within 20 i think rest neeed to be wrapped up. That leaves 8 to 9 episodes for 4 girls including Kotomi. From what it looks like, I think Kyou arc has already started a bit...so most probably we will have an end to Kyou arc almost just after Kotomi. Neway.. I have faith on KyoAni.. I m sure they know how to handle a story better than me, so hoping that every girl gets good screentime

That's what I was thinking. Nagisa is the main heroine, so I'm pretty sure they are going to give her more time.

[Kristen]

Originally Posted by Phoenix14

Well, this is episode 12, so we have 3 other arcs to cover...I think this could be Kotomi's last (or at least we are getting to the climax of it)

I kind of doubt it. I sort of feel like we haven't gotten into her arc at all, we just did the comedic start to it. My guess is that we still have this episode, episode 13, and episode 14 about Kotomi. So, I'm not even expecting this to be the climax, that's next episode.

Dark Wing: All we know as for now is that there are 8 DVDs announced on the official release schedule, each one holding 3 episodes. So, that means that this season will be 24 episodes. We don't know if there will be a continuation of it later in the year (Probably going from July to September)

[minhtam1638]

Originally Posted by Dark Wing

Wait I thought the actual number of episodes were still unknown?

You don't read parentheses, do you?

[ReizoSan]

Well i saw on wiki they say that clannad will have 26 episodes with maybe a second series which i don't think will happen but i hope it will, i would like to see kyou and okazaki get together after she kinda mentioned she fancied him, i know it looks set to be okazaki and nagisa but i think they both more than want to be friends but as she hasn't come on to him or said anything like that to okazaki then to me this will happen, anyone got any idea who that bloke is that tryed to snatch kotomi??.

[Xiaolang]

Random Curiosity now has a blog entry. Looks like this episode will end in a cliffhanger.

It looks like it's gonna be a loooooooooong wait.

[Cyz]

Screenshots of ep. 12 courtesy of Random Curiosity. Look at it at your own risk!

Spoiler:

Hm, what's Fuko doing there?

--> On another note, we won't be seeing CLANNAD until next year

[ThoHell]

Ep 12

Spoiler:

LOL....Fuko-chan is back! That was a great introductory scene by her! Guess she recovered finally from the accident.

And what's with the black butterfly that keeps following Tomoya around, that's like a death symbol or something, like those butterflies from Bleach.

[Klashikari]

Episode 12 : bullet summary and screencaps

Thanks protoman for the little points ^^

This episode was yet again another great one for the friendship/family touch: seeing how the group is now really solid is a nice touch. Fuko appeared from nowhere, but they certainly didn't want her to be brushed off since she was done.
More toughts to come, but i feel this kind of nice structure and content become a routine ^^"

[Proto]

complementing Klashiklari's summary...

Spoiler for part b:

It seems the old man was an acquaintance of their parents as well. It seems he (and a group of friends) was somehow involved in the accident that befell Kotomi's parents. He asks from Tomoya that tell Kotomi that he knows that she can't forgive them, but at least know that they have been regretting it since that day. He doesn't go into any further details.

What Tomoya mentioned in the final scene was:
-We have met before, right?.... when we were children

[kct]

I am appalled at the people that drive the car that crashed the bus. People like that should not deserve to drive that sort of cars.

[Kang Seung Jae]

Damn.....

The last scene nearly confirms that the next episode will be the end/near end of Kotomi's episode.