Clannad - Episode 8 Discussion / Poll

[kim8268]

I might agree with mithtam, that the story of fuko is mostly like ayu and makoto( a little bit of shiori) I have a little hunch about the story, demo I'll keep it for myself
Gooooooooo. ........
Nice ending............................................ ........
Plssssssssssssssssssss............................ .............................
and I was thinking, if fuko was in a coma if i was her sibling I would try to talk to the students that saw her, if it was me demo its the writer's decision. I hope it's not a bad ending like school days. I still had a trauma after watching the final episode

Spoiler for hunch:

im not good at this but this is what my analysis.
I think that some of the ending will turn what would we expect because at the begging of the anime tomoyo said something about hating the city before meeting fukukawa
I think that it is much deeper than his fight with his otosan and he didn't knew that there were many weird people in this town it is almost like the story ended a long time ago and he is remembering it again. It is almost like the writer is giving us a preview about what kind of ending it might be. that what I think(I don't like to say about my first hunch

[Divini]

Originally Posted by holyman282

You see that's the problem with viewers. After seeing one series that was amazingly done i.e. Kanon. People keep expecting better and better adaptation but do not realise that there is a saturation point for creativity and innovation in bishoujo game adaptation.

That's exactly what was in my head this whole time but I couldn't put into words. Really, each time KyoAni produces a new anime, their storytelling technique reaches milestone after milestone and a lot of people think it will just keep going. This is readily apparant if you have watched KyoAni's productions (think Air -> FMP -> Haruhi -> Kanon).

You can see how they got better in pacing and story interweaving from Air to Kanon, and although Kanon has some gripes from fans (a certain character's route and a certain character's amount of screentime, for example); In my opinion I thought they reached the pinnacle in their game -> anime conversion skill with this anime, while still keeping the 'magic' alive even for the veterans of Kanon. (at least that was the case for me)

As I am watching Clannad now; Yes, I can see the similarities, and I would be lying if I didn't think about how Fuuko relates to certain character arcs in the Kanon anime, but still... I think people are setting their bar *way* too high for something new/innovative/genre-defining to happen. There's only so much freedom and creativity you can inject in a bishoujo adaptation. Considering they're both KEY games too you can expect similar themes.

For me, I am highly enjoying Fuuko's arc atm, so whatever they're doing, it works. Even if Clannad has/will have parts that aren't exactly the most unique snowflakes, that doesn't make this anime any less enjoyable for me.

[FatPianoBoy]

+1, Divini.

I can't help but think that, had KyoAni done Clannad before Kanon, people would be whining about how Ayu's story was just a rip off of Fuuko

[The Chaos]

Ep So sad When Every one Start to forget Fu-chan ....
I gauss She Gonna Also forget in the next Ep ...I don't want that to happened ...
I loved her the most..

[kimchipride]

Looks like everyone who watched raw of ep 9 seemed to really enjoy it. I can't wait for subs.

[Ultima_Rasengan05]

This episode was really emotional. I really didn't like watching all of the students forgetting about the wooden star that they got from Fuuko...that was really sad seeing all of them forgetting or not even seeing her.

Spoiler for thoughts:

Not to mention from the Fujibayashi sisters...they seem to remember, but couldn't. Same goes with Tomoyo. She tried her best to remember, but couldn't. Sunohara had a different change of pace in terms of character in this episode. He went from comedy relief character to actually becoming serious and involved in this story. I really liked how he had the ambition to find out who Fuuko was, but end up forgetting about her. But the scene where he tried his best to remember Fuuko was an emotional one. But the really emotional scene in this episode was towards the end, where Nagisa's mom tried to remember who Fuuko was, but in reality, she too couldn't see her, so she broke down in tears.

Great episode!

[HandofFate]

Sunohara is so awesome.
What's with the best/good friend of the main character being so manly?
I really felt the scene when he was trying to remember but was deeply troubled that he knew something was missing.

[AlwaysThinking]

Hello everyone!

Just finished watching A.F.K.'s version of this episode. Is the sound out of sync for anyone else?

[boggart]

Originally Posted by AlwaysThinking

Hello everyone!

Just finished watching A.F.K.'s version of this episode. Is the sound out of sync for anyone else?

Not watching a.f.k.'s sub so can't say...

[konstargirl]

OMG it was so sad that people forgot about Fuko. I can wait until I watch episode 9 tommorow.

I almost cried in the parts that Nagisa-chan and Okazaki-san try to tell people to remember Fuko.

[Proto]

Get a hold of a pack of tissue boxes. You'll need it

[Shinigami_Mello]

Ahaha, you'll sure enjoy the next one then xD

[metal-blaze]

I Swear I Could have cried when They were tryin to get Sunohara to remember

[iori21]

it was really sad

[OkamiNoKaze]

Wow, this was an even more heartfelt episode then the last one, this series just gets better and better with each episode. The part with Nagisa's mom was probably the sadist moment in the episode, and probably the story arc in general. Hmm, I wonder what would happen if they took Fuuko to the hospital to see herself? I wonder if she would wake up?

[Khu]

Wait, never mind this post. Thought she couldn't leave the school, but she goes to Nagisa's place. :/