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Old 2009-08-14, 18:33   Link #1
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Old 2009-08-14, 18:38   Link #2
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Hey, it's the emo kid! *shot*

I really do like Kanon, he's an interesting character, with his weird obsession with being "furniture" and all. His relationship with Jessica is always very interesting too.
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I really do like Kanon, he's an interesting character, with his weird obsession with being "furniture" and all. His relationship with Jessica is always very interesting too.
Yeah but somethin I just noticed after trying to explain a certain friend the reason jessiKanon is canon and not just one-sided...I tried and tried but in the end she was still able to say that Kanon likes Jessi is just my wishful shipping thinking. And while watching the anime I felt a bit...well..it does seem rather one sided or?


About that furniture thing. I still think that he is just saying that to protect himself. He is basically a scared child trying do not let anyone close that's the reason that he is so obsessed. Not because he really thinks so, but because he doesn't want anyone close who could hurt him. You must consider that he is an orphan, the person who he could seem to relate to (Shannon) left when both where 6 year old, we don't know what happened before he became an orphan, it's only natural that he is scared of being hurt. But as "furniture" no one can hurt him, cause no one is close to him and as "furniture" he doesn't have to think about his past, present or future, nor about himself. Everything is easy and in peace. there is no risk of being hurt. For me he is basically the emotional wise most fragile of the cast ('cept Maria she is a special case)


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Yeah but somethin I just noticed after trying to explain a certain friend the reason jessiKanon is canon and not just one-sided...I tried and tried but in the end she was still able to say that Kanon likes Jessi is just my wishful shipping thinking. And while watching the anime I felt a bit...well..it does seem rather one sided or?
It probably just seems that way in the anime because...
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I have little doubts in my mind that Kanon had a rough childhood, whether it was in the orphanage or beforehand, and probably is trying to protect himself from being hurt but also trying to protect others from it--which potentially explains why he rejected Jessica so harshly. If he didn't lock away his emotions so much, he would probably be really sweet and caring.
Basically, to me he's a kuudere.
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Yeah but somethin I just noticed after trying to explain a certain friend the reason jessiKanon is canon and not just one-sided...I tried and tried but in the end she was still able to say that Kanon likes Jessi is just my wishful shipping thinking. And while watching the anime I felt a bit...well..it does seem rather one sided or?
Back in the VN I could tell the main reason that he rejected her was because he was furniture () but the anime made it seem one-sided, yeah.

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But as "furniture" no one can hurt him
Furniture have SUPER POWERS and can shoot lazars out of their mouths. 8D *shot*

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About that furniture thing. I still think that he is just saying that to protect himself. He is basically a scared child trying do not let anyone close that's the reason that he is so obsessed. Not because he really thinks so, but because he doesn't want anyone close who could hurt him. You must consider that he is an orphan, the person who he could seem to relate to (Shannon) left when both where 6 year old, we don't know what happened before he became an orphan, it's only natural that he is scared of being hurt. But as "furniture" no one can hurt him, cause no one is close to him and as "furniture" he doesn't have to think about his past, present or future, nor about himself. Everything is easy and in peace. there is no risk of being hurt. For me he is basically the emotional wise most fragile of the cast ('cept Maria she is a special case)


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Yeah, I've sorta thought that way too ever since our "source of the emo" conversation on the episode 6 thread.

Not only is Kanon an orphan, but the only person he really feels okay getting close too is Shannon, who left when he was only six, and he was alone for so long knowing that he'd have to work as a butler for his entire life. I don't think seeing Shannon get pushed around when she made a mistake helped either.

As I mentioned on said thread, I kinda like to think the people at the orphanage weren't very nice, and made sure he knew he was furniture. He became obsessed with being furniture because furniture is an inanimate object that has no feelings, or relationships, or any real purpose besides being sat on and, eventually, being thrown away. He just doesn't care; he'll live his life, die, and hope to do better the next time.

His aggressive-ness probably comes from this, as he's got no way to vent his emotions.

He's kinda reminding me of Yuki from Haruhi Suzumiya, who
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...Wow, we talk about Kanon more than Battler
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Wait what? He admitted? I played that scene two days ago and couldn't recall that but oh well I think Deen is going to cute every scene in which a guy starts crying.

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I have little doubts in my mind that Kanon had a rough childhood
I don't believe that as well, but I think that the being an orphan is already enough, there is no need for abuse. He lost his parents at such a young age. that must have hurt enough.



I don't really know if he did that to protect others, if he wanted to protect Jessica he wouldn't have it done that way. Think about it. There are other way to reject a girl that was just tactless and hurt her more than protected her, also like the stubborn girl she is she wouldn't give up anyway. Especially sine he got totally emotional in that scene (Deen..-.-) He started screaming at her that he wasn't human and that it was so cruel of her to try shoowing him the blue sky and all that crap. In the anime he came over rather ehm "I will never love you. Go cry in a corner -.-" I don't think he thought about other people except himself while rejecting her.
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If he didn't lock away his emotions so much, he would probably be really sweet and caring.
I agree with you. If he would act like he actually feels and stuff I think he really would be nice guy. Maybe not the type who smiles all day but just plain nice and caring.

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kuudere
Okay...I halfheartly agree with that but to be honest it just don't feels right to call him that.

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He's kinda reminding me of Yuki from Haruhi Suzumiya
Na! No way! Yuki didn't had real feelings in the beginning. He had a lot of them, too much I would say. With his emotionless site he tried to cover those up so he wouldn't get hurt. And then people started to try to get inside that barrier... he gets scared and agressive. basically the behaviour of a child.
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Wow, we talk about Kanon more than Battler
I like Battler but I don't think you can discuss as mcuh about him as about Kanon
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As I mentioned on said thread, I kinda like to think the people at the orphanage weren't very nice, and made sure he knew he was furniture. He became obsessed with being furniture because furniture is an inanimate object that has no feelings, or relationships, or any real purpose besides being sat on and, eventually, being thrown away. He just doesn't care
Disagreed, partly. I think the people in the orphanage could have been the nicest person in the world., he still owuld have called himself furniture. and he do care. He cares so much but tries to convince himself that he doesn't cause otherwise he would get hurt. He is protecting himself with that. After loosing someone close he just decided to never let someone come close again.
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Old 2009-08-14, 19:54   Link #7
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...Wow, we talk about Kanon more than Battler
Probably because Battler's personality is really straight-forward by comparison.
There's so little we know about Kanon though, so it's rather fun to speculate.

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I don't really know if he did that to protect others, if he wanted to protect Jessica he wouldn't have it done that way. Think about it. There are other way to reject a girl that was just tactless and hurt her more than protected her, also like the stubborn girl she is she wouldn't give up anyway. Especially sine he got totally emotional in that scene (Deen..-.-) He started screaming at her that he wasn't human and that it was so cruel of her to try shoowing him the blue sky and all that crap. In the anime he came over rather ehm "I will never love you. Go cry in a corner -.-" I don'T think he thought about other people except himself while rejecting her.
Differing opinions I suppose. I definitely won't deny that he was trying not to get hurt himself. I can't shake the feeling that he also considered Jessica and how she would be affected even if it was just a fraction of the reason but he came across as harsh because of his inexperience with people and/or he just outright didn't know how to reject her in a way that didn't hurt her.

Regardless of what he was thinking at the time it can be agreed upon that his furniture mentality, whether it be a true belief or just a front to protect his own frail emotions, screwed him over there.
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Na! No way! Yuki didn't had real feelings in the beginning. He had a lot of them, too much I would say. With his emotionless site he tried to cover those up so he wouldn't get hurt. And then people started to try to get inside that barrier... he gets scared and agressive. basically the behaviour of a child.
That's what I mean by "kinda" xDD
Yeah, Kanon is very overprotective of...well...himself. Well, his emotions, anyway. He won't let anything crack his "I am furniture" demeanor, and really this might end up as his greatest downfall.

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I like Battler but I don't think you can discuss as mcuh about him as about Kanon
You actually can, but not until we get to that point in the anime, haha.

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Disagreed, partly. I think the people in the orphanage could have been the nicest person in the world., he still owuld have called himself furniture. and he do care. He cares so much but tries to convince himself that he doesn't cause otherwise he would get hurt. He is protecting himself with that. After loosing someone close he just decided to never let someone come close again.
That's true. Kanon could have had a good life at the orphanage, but was too sad and lonely to really acknowledge it.

What he really needs is a good friend. He has Shannon, but she's becoming more "human" in a sense and they're kinda beginning to drift apart from it.

Maybe he should talk to George, Jessica and Shannon are already good friends

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Regardless of what he was thinking at the time it can be agreed upon that his furniture mentality, whether it be a true belief or just a front to protect his own frail emotions, screwed him over there.
Yes, very true. He just doesn't really know how to live a different way, I guess. He doesn't really know the meaning of "family" either, besides Shannon, now that I think about it.
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When I saw episode 6, I actually thought there were very subtle hints that he also loved Jessica:

-When Shannon mentions her, just before the school festival scene, he immediately looks interested

-Kanon doesn't actually say he doesn't love Jessica. Sure, saying "furniture can't love ahuman" means almost the same thing, but not quite. To me that phrase made me think he does love her, but he shouldn't.

-When he's screaming at Beatrice, he says she was "giving false hopes to couples who could never be together". Now, if Jessica's love was one-sided, he wouldn't have considered himself and Jessica as a coupe, would he? He would have said something about giving false hopes to people of a love that would never happen.

...at least that's what my fangirl mind saw...


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I don't really know if he did that to protect others, if he wanted to protect Jessica he wouldn't have it done that way. Think about it. There are other way to reject a girl that was just tactless and hurt her more than protected her, also like the stubborn girl she is she wouldn't give up anyway. Especially sine he got totally emotional in that scene (Deen..-.-) He started screaming at her that he wasn't human and that it was so cruel of her to try shoowing him the blue sky and all that crap. In the anime he came over rather ehm "I will never love you. Go cry in a corner -.-" I don't think he thought about other people except himself while rejecting her.
Kanon really wanted to make Jessica stop loving him, and what's better than to sound cruel and tactless? I mean, when i saw him scream and get angry with her, it just made me think "ok, he loves her, so now all she has t do is prove he isn't furniture". Saying coldly "Furniture can't love a human" is way more efficient.

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Disagreed, partly. I think the people in the orphanage could have been the nicest person in the world., he still owuld have called himself furniture. and he do care. He cares so much but tries to convince himself that he doesn't cause otherwise he would get hurt. He is protecting himself with that. After loosing someone close he just decided to never let someone come close again.
I disagree a bit with both of you ^^ I think that the way he was treate dat the orphanage+ the way he's treated at Rokkenjima made Kanon believe he was worthless. By considering himself 'furniture' he might be below a normal human being, but at least he is usefull.
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Maybe he should talk to George
Oh no, I can see that coming
"Since I'm gonna marry your sister, how about starting to call me "Nii-san" ??"
"I hate you"

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What he really needs is a good friend. He has Shannon, but she's becoming more "human" in a sense and they're kinda beginning to drift apart from it.
The problem is, he might don't want to have friends. Even friends are close to you and can hurt you pretty badly. I think this is Battler's role in his life. I would bet on it that those two will become pretty good friends in the end.

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Regardless of what he was thinking at the time it can be agreed upon that his furniture mentality, whether it be a true belief or just a front to protect his own frail emotions, screwed him over there.
Badly. Cause since then,
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Since Jessica showed him her tears, his heart slowly started to change
or so it says. After seeing all of her emotions he felt bad and stuff her tears moved something. As stated in the talk between him and Shannon.
Oh btw. He never admitted his crush to Shannon in that scene. (just replayed the scene) Only that he wanted to fall in love as well (he talked about true love *giggle*)


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...at least that's what my fangirl mind saw...
That's the problem, that's why my friend doesn't really believe me. I can argue what I want and all she says is "Yeah, yeah that's what you see" but I bet she's just not accepting that cause we can never agree on a pairing



Owaaah~ okay I did bring out a good discussion^^
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Why does mere furniture get its own topic?

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Cause we can discuss about him more than about some spoiled rich kids xDDD
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Oh no, I can see that coming
"Since I'm gonna marry your sister, how about starting to call me "Nii-san" ??"
"I hate you"
Well...

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I think this is Battler's role in his life. I would bet on it that those two will become pretty good friends in the end.
"Hey, since you're marrying my cousin, can you call me Battler-kun instead of Battler-sama?"
"I hate you."

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(he talked about true love *giggle*)
*fangirl squee*

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I actually think that's what Kanon would say if he saw this
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"Hey, since you're marrying my cousin, can you call me Battler-kun instead of Battler-sama?"
"I hate you."
Oh well let's hope that he came over this hate thinking before marrying Jessica. Btw you don't use -kun while talking to older boys. Only while talking to younger ones


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Well >I thought it was pretty much hilarious...I mean what guy talks about true love?


But we are getting into randomness again, so Nifty where did you actually get the "kanon admits his crush" from

EDIT: Taking it back found it^^ Forgot that there are two times both speak about it
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Oh btw. He never admitted his crush to Shannon in that scene. (just replayed the scene) Only that he wanted to fall in love as well (he talked about true love *giggle*)
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I think this is Battler's role in his life. I would bet on it that those two will become pretty good friends in the end.
This I can definitely see. Who knows, they might get a chance to bond in the next few games. Oh, the yaoi community will definitely spring to life there.
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Well >I thought it was pretty much hilarious...I mean what guy talks about true love?
The same type of guy who calls himself furniture

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But we are getting into randomness again, so Nifty where did you actually get the "kanon admits his crush" from
Doesn't he admit it to beatrice just before...
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Edit: Nifty just explained it ^^

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Or Kanon would start hating Battler even more for always trying to touch Jessica's breasts XD
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Doesn't he admit it to beatrice just before...
Like I said I found it, it#s after Shannon gets engaged. he shouts at her and she tells/asks him why he thinks of himself as funiture and why he has regrets. He starts crying badly and makes "Uuuu" sounds (the reason I'm laughing badly right now) and tells her that

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I liked Milady! And after seeing Milady on that day, I started liking her even more...! And when I heard that she liked me, I was really happy...! But I'm furniture, ... and I can't accept Milady's feelings.
Then he talks how he thought it would be better to not return her feelings but someday he might disappear and that this would hurt her. What is he talking about, disappear? Does he mean his own death?

But uhm excuse me....what day does Kanon actually mean? He can't mean the school festival cause he already knew that she liked him on that day. SO what does he mean?
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I liked Milady! And after seeing Milady on that day, I started liking her even more...! And when I heard that she liked me, I was really happy...! But I'm furniture, ... and I can't accept Milady's feelings.
Then he talks how he thought it would be better to not return her feelings but someday he might disappear and that this would hurt her.
He really does care~ xD I remember reading that part in the VN and my fangirly heart exploded.

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He starts crying badly and makes "Uuuu" sounds (the reason I'm laughing badly right now) and tells her that
xDD Uu sounds.
BUT IT'S QUITE SAD OTHERWISE. *gives Kanon Jessica plushie*

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Well >I thought it was pretty much hilarious...I mean what guy talks about true love?
A guy who REALLY wants true love. And love in general. xD

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Darn!
...Whatever, Battler is Battler, he does not really care xDD
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But uhm excuse me....what day does Kanon actually mean? He can't mean the school festival cause he already knew that she liked him on that day. SO what does he mean?
*eyes sparkle with hope* maybe tere's a jessixkannon scene we have yet to see?
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*eyes sparkle with hope* maybe tere's a jessixkannon scene we have yet to see?
I would prefer something future verse but oh well maybe there is maybe there isn't. I mean we have enough of JessKanon background, don't we?

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He really does care~ xD I remember reading that part in the VN and my fangirly heart exploded.
I just thought "Wrong girl, dude, wrong girl. You should tell that the girl you like not your sister."


But isn't it strange that he didn't even shed a tear seeing his dead sister's body in EP 1 but starts crying like a baby for a "minor" thing in EP 2. always bugged me
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