Kyou happens to be my favorite character in the Clannad series, and I have played her route a few times in the game.
Truthfully, the kyou arc deserved its on multipart OVA, as THE scenes were cropped to fit the available time frame and werent as good because of it. Also, the atmosphere of the Kyou arc wasnt captured. The Kyou x Tomoya almost kissing scene was one of THE scenes mentioned, and had a ton of buildup, the episode had to rush it though. There were also alot other scenes that were chunked as a result, and at the end were Kyou disguises as Ryou had potential to heavily dramatic but wasnt near the kind of thing it was for Tomoyo in her story(and Kyou had a dramatic ending like hers too, it just wasnt in the snow or classroom). Though, I will give them credit for doing the Rain scene properly.
In the end though, it is alot better than the nothing we could have gotten. One thing never answered in the game or anime, and something I always wanted to know, was their history .And just how Tomoya came to address her informally.
All in all though, it was a decent episode for what it was, I can only hope Kyou gets some third party spinoffs because of this.
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Originally Posted by DeX-kun
As for giving this a 10, in my opinion, it's far from it. I haven't played the game either but it still felt rushed, it didn't have the same impact as the regular season episodes and Kyou seemed to be out of character in how she acted. We barely got to see the complete package of a Tsundere, we only got half
Still, I don't believe that it's necessary to play the game for it to feel rushed, not matter how you look at it, everything went by too quickly. Aside from all the flaws, it was still a decent episode but it wasn't on par with the overall series, at least in my opinion.
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This is also correct. I dont believe that anyone should have to play a game to understand the anime(which is why I didnt like the ending to the overalseries) but I guess I should clarify a few things since some are confused.
In the game, after hearing that Kyou and Tomoya kissed, Ryou began acting more and more outgoing like her sister. She WAS out of character, but it was the point. She also started to become clingy. Kyou didnt seem out of character for the most part. Sadly, the scenes where she attempts to murder Tomoya were omitted, so I guess she didnt seem as Tsundere as she normally is.
But yes, again it was hella rushed. I wouldnt give it a ten at all. I will only say that if they had done it justice, you might think it was awesome.
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