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Originally Posted by Kaoru Chujo
Another wonderful episode, leaving us emotionally twisting in the wind. Saikou!
Shin is really trying to do things right, but it's not easy. He and Hiromi are advancing their relationship, but he realizes that he loves Noe, too -- or at least that he likes her and owes her a lot. As usual, I don't blame him. Real life is not as simple as fiction. Oh, wait, this is fiction. It's good fiction, then.
At this point, I just can't be sure how things are going to end: the picture book is in play. We have reached the point prophesied in ep1, and the writers could take this any direction they choose. Although ShinxHiromi is still most likely, I think.
What I'm afraid of is Noe throwing herself off the breakwater. I don't really care about the chicken.
I loved how Shin's mother had settled down and was herself again -- the self we hadn't seen before in this show, happy and hard-working.
This episode was written and storyboarded by the director, Nishimura Junji. And animation was by the Korean crew. The episode was even directed by a Korean. I don't know how his name 許 琮 would be pronounced in Korean. Can anyone tell me?
After watching Clannad 21, I think true tears has the best animation going this week.
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Yeah I agree with you; it definitely seems like this is a continuation of Shin doing what he said he'd do at the end of ep 10.
We knew that 11-13 would be about him "doing it properly" and tying up loose ends and whatnot, which means Noe-centric episodes.
I'm not surprised that Hiromi misunderstands the picture book, it seemed early on like she would naturally from the subject matter.
One final thing, I like Nobuse as much as any other poster, but Shin has always been between a rock and a hard place in his relationships with Noe and Hiromi; let's at least admit that he has the far harder situation to resolve, since Nobuse's relationship with Ai was just an unrequited love and was nowhere near as entangled... as this triangle that the animes is dealing with now.