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gaguri · 2008-08-31, 07:18

Bit late, but it was a good watch before going into the sequel this season. Tomoyo was my favourite one ouf of Tomoya's harem and I had absolutely no problem with a chapter entirely dedicated to his relationship with her.

This was surprising for me but I think I liked Tomoyo better in previous episodes than in this chapter. It's not because she has become a different character (well, to a certain extent she has). It's because her relationship between Tomoya has changed. In this world, they've progressed far as to becoming so open to each other and expressing their feelings towards another so freely. I preferred that more distant interaction between Tomoyo and Tomoya, where Tomoyo had feelings for Tomoya beyond friendship but never crossing that line (similar to Kyou). Tomoyo I like and admire from the series is a determinate person, who with the embrace and help of the "family" (powerful theme of CLANNAD), strives with great efforts to achieve her goal. She is strong-minded and selfless enough to understand Tomoya's feelings for Nagisa despite her feelings for him, she doesn't struts and frets trying to win him over, but is content with letting him be with a girl that can probably make him happier than she can. I have no problem with the choices she made in this chapter (except maybe her side that seems to place her boyfriend before her goals, something that I think is on contrary to the previous episodes), I simply liked how Tomoyo was presented as a character better in the series.

Narzia · 2008-08-31, 07:42

I want a Kyou Episode. She deserves one as much as Tomoyo.

Harimo Haria · 2008-09-01, 19:27

Kyou is my favorite out of the Harem, that episode that had them both trapped in the storage room had my lmao.

Tyabann · 2008-09-01, 23:41

Quote:

Originally Posted by Narzia

I want a Kyou Episode. She deserves one as much as Tomoyo.

To do Kyou (and Ryou, especially Ryou) justice, it needs to be a movie-length OVA, not just a single episode.

Thth · 2008-09-02, 13:08

Very late.
I has some preconceived notions about how this episode will be considering as I never played or spoiled myself from the game .I was surprised ,it was beautiful.
Tomoyo was my favourite among the girls.Now I like her even more.

Eczema · 2008-10-08, 16:02

Just found out this existed and watched it ASAP. Throughout the main series, I didn't really think much of Tomoyo. I much preferred Nagisa or even Kyou, so seeing the Tomoya/Tomoyo coupling was a bit weird at first. But as the episode progressed, I realized the reason I wasn't very fond of Tomoyo in the series was that the series didn't do her justice. This episode portrayed the aspects of Tomoyo that make her such an amazing character. It is a showpiece for what girls, no, anyone should strive to become.

This episode is better than any of the original 23, and one of the reasons is that it's able to standalone by itself, with a definitive and fitting conclusion. It also manages to pack in a great love story in under 25 minutes. The lengths Tomoyo and Tomoya go to for each other is truly heartwarming. The image of Tomoyo with the snowflakes slowly descending around her is the most memorable and beautiful of all Clannad.

It's not perfect. It's a bit short of humour by Clannad standards, and Tomoya's behaviour is a slightly different from what one would expect from the main series. And as always with KeyAni, they went a bit overboard on the tears. I've never given a 10 before, but I didn't feel that these faults warranted a deduction of one point. 9.5/10 rounded up to a 10.

Shadow Kira01 · 2008-10-08, 16:07

Pairing up Tomoya with Tomoyo is better than the Okazaki-Dango Daikazoku pair. (^.^)

hero147 · 2008-10-09, 20:08

Wow....I didn't know this even existed till like 2 months after...Lol...I must admit, even though the animation was a bit off, this was one of the better episodes than the original 23. So much sentimental glory...

bran · 2008-10-10, 04:53

tbh i always prefered guys to stick with one girl
when nagisa got sick and tomoyo approached tomoya i though hay don't jump on another one when the other is missing
nagisa is cute but tomoyo is actually the type of anime girl i love the most
very strong and a little shy
not so tsundere to the point it hurts your brain
so i enjoyed this episode a lot but in the whole tomoya x nagisa story it doesn't fit that well
i wish ToTo (lol) was the original pairing of the anime

Nerroth · 2008-10-10, 17:24

Finally got to see the ep - it's pretty good!

Although,

Spoiler for story:

Mega-Japan · 2008-10-14, 09:16

I personally don't like when stories make a "side-story" to themselves as if ignoring everything that has happened, or more like as if stuff that never happened. The episode itself was good, but when thinking of the main story, I think "this would really never happen" and kills off the mood. At least this is how I see it.

Takuto19 · 2008-10-14, 11:49

Bit late on this but i gave it a 10/10

I loved Tomoyos' arc in the in game and its still good as a 24 min special, just hope they're thinking about doing Tomoyo After, would love to see that.

LustfulEnvy · 2008-10-17, 01:16

Masterpiece! Only wiah it was longer. I actually like this arc better than nagisas. 9/10

CuXe · 2008-10-25, 13:38

Too dam sad

... I felt it was a good illustration about how things would have gone down should Okasaki have chosen Tomoyo .. (who was one of my fave characters) ... I didn't need to watch this sadness tho. ....

I hope season 2 won't go down the total sadness path... I really REALLY liked the first season

Spring_sakura111 · 2008-10-28, 04:19

Wow~ I'm a Tomoyo fan myself. She ain't a damsel of distress either. Wow. She can really take care of herself and I find it cute that she find Okazaki more important than her future and studies. So cute~ I like the break up scene, too. It wasn't the usual break up scene you'd find and I love Okazaki because he's really loyal to Tomoyo. 10/10

HayashiTakara · 2008-10-28, 14:53

OMG, I can't believe I avoided this episode due to the last 23 episode of fail... Tomoyo should've been the main girl from the start >_>... `10/10

siber222000 · 2008-10-28, 22:16

i just watched this episode and overall it was pretty good. i liked it. now they need to make OVA for tomoyo after~ *even though ending is blah

SemperMalum · 2009-02-16, 02:37

I just discovered this episode.

I love Tomoyo.

I don't think I have to say anymore, do I? She deserves to have an entire season devoted to her and Tomoya's relationship. Tomoyo After would be fantastic, too... I just read up about that, of course they'd have to do a PS2 ending for that. My god, I was as touched with this episode as I was with some of the episodes in Air. Not a coincidence it's the same group, I suppose.

Miraluka · 2009-02-19, 10:45

I like Tomoyo more than Nagisa(fortunately dead <3) and I cried watching the episode I thought that Tomya could kill himself.

justinstrife · 2009-07-11, 17:40

I'm bringing this thread back from the dead. My apologies to anyone who is offended for that, but this episode warranted me actually joining into the Clannad sub-section.

Nagisa was a nice enough girl, but far from a favorite for me. Her character types have never appealed to me as main leads, and she did nothing to change that view. I thought Tomoyo and Kyou were far more interesting characters, and matched Tomoya far better. Maybe it's my age, I don't know.

I didn't expect too much considering we were only getting 20 minutes or so of a condensed story arc, but was floored with the results. I even got choked up a bit seeing Tomoya's internal struggles as he fell mentally, while he watched Tomoyo from afar. Seeing them re-unite in the end was very powerful to me. This is the couple I would have prefered to be canon. I have only seen the first season and this episode, and already I've lost almost all enthusiasm towards watching AS after seeing such a superior relationship in one episode.

A perfect 10 for me, as this one episode at least gave me a glimpse at what could have been a great series.

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2008-08-31, 07:18	Link #241
gaguri Senior Member Join Date: May 2007	Bit late, but it was a good watch before going into the sequel this season. Tomoyo was my favourite one ouf of Tomoya's harem and I had absolutely no problem with a chapter entirely dedicated to his relationship with her. This was surprising for me but I think I liked Tomoyo better in previous episodes than in this chapter. It's not because she has become a different character (well, to a certain extent she has). It's because her relationship between Tomoya has changed. In this world, they've progressed far as to becoming so open to each other and expressing their feelings towards another so freely. I preferred that more distant interaction between Tomoyo and Tomoya, where Tomoyo had feelings for Tomoya beyond friendship but never crossing that line (similar to Kyou). Tomoyo I like and admire from the series is a determinate person, who with the embrace and help of the "family" (powerful theme of CLANNAD), strives with great efforts to achieve her goal. She is strong-minded and selfless enough to understand Tomoya's feelings for Nagisa despite her feelings for him, she doesn't struts and frets trying to win him over, but is content with letting him be with a girl that can probably make him happier than she can. I have no problem with the choices she made in this chapter (except maybe her side that seems to place her boyfriend before her goals, something that I think is on contrary to the previous episodes), I simply liked how Tomoyo was presented as a character better in the series. __________________

2008-10-10, 04:53	Link #249
bran h e a d s h o t Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Bulgaria Age: 39	tbh i always prefered guys to stick with one girl when nagisa got sick and tomoyo approached tomoya i though hay don't jump on another one when the other is missing nagisa is cute but tomoyo is actually the type of anime girl i love the most very strong and a little shy not so tsundere to the point it hurts your brain so i enjoyed this episode a lot but in the whole tomoya x nagisa story it doesn't fit that well i wish ToTo (lol) was the original pairing of the anime __________________ Farewell...and thank you.

2008-10-10, 17:24	Link #250
Nerroth NePoi! Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Ontario, Canada Age: 43	Finally got to see the ep - it's pretty good! Although, Spoiler for story: I would have suggested they intentionally choose to take things more slowly for the duration of the project to save the trees, or something - with the intention that they wold pick things up again afterwards. Although, I guess that's less dramatic than him taking one for the team... __________________

2008-10-14, 09:16	Link #251
Mega-Japan Capuchuuuuuuuuuu!!! Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: New York	I personally don't like when stories make a "side-story" to themselves as if ignoring everything that has happened, or more like as if stuff that never happened. The episode itself was good, but when thinking of the main story, I think "this would really never happen" and kills off the mood. At least this is how I see it. __________________

2008-08-31, 07:42	Link #242
Narzia ┐(-｡ｰ')┌ Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Eden Hall	I want a Kyou Episode. She deserves one as much as Tomoyo.

2008-09-01, 19:27	Link #243
Harimo Haria Member Join Date: Aug 2008	Kyou is my favorite out of the Harem, that episode that had them both trapped in the storage room had my lmao.

2008-09-02, 13:08	Link #245
Thth ??? Join Date: Aug 2008	Very late. I has some preconceived notions about how this episode will be considering as I never played or spoiled myself from the game .I was surprised ,it was beautiful. Tomoyo was my favourite among the girls.Now I like her even more.

2008-10-08, 16:02	Link #246
Eczema Ah! Pretty Shining Love! Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Australia	Just found out this existed and watched it ASAP. Throughout the main series, I didn't really think much of Tomoyo. I much preferred Nagisa or even Kyou, so seeing the Tomoya/Tomoyo coupling was a bit weird at first. But as the episode progressed, I realized the reason I wasn't very fond of Tomoyo in the series was that the series didn't do her justice. This episode portrayed the aspects of Tomoyo that make her such an amazing character. It is a showpiece for what girls, no, anyone should strive to become. This episode is better than any of the original 23, and one of the reasons is that it's able to standalone by itself, with a definitive and fitting conclusion. It also manages to pack in a great love story in under 25 minutes. The lengths Tomoyo and Tomoya go to for each other is truly heartwarming. The image of Tomoyo with the snowflakes slowly descending around her is the most memorable and beautiful of all Clannad. It's not perfect. It's a bit short of humour by Clannad standards, and Tomoya's behaviour is a slightly different from what one would expect from the main series. And as always with KeyAni, they went a bit overboard on the tears. I've never given a 10 before, but I didn't feel that these faults warranted a deduction of one point. 9.5/10 rounded up to a 10.

2008-10-08, 16:07	Link #247
Shadow Kira01 Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: PMB Headquarters	Pairing up Tomoya with Tomoyo is better than the Okazaki-Dango Daikazoku pair. (^.^)

2008-10-09, 20:08	Link #248
hero147 Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2008	Wow....I didn't know this even existed till like 2 months after...Lol...I must admit, even though the animation was a bit off, this was one of the better episodes than the original 23. So much sentimental glory...

2008-10-14, 11:49	Link #252
Takuto19 Yarrrr Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Bonnie Scotland Age: 37	Bit late on this but i gave it a 10/10 I loved Tomoyos' arc in the in game and its still good as a 24 min special, just hope they're thinking about doing Tomoyo After, would love to see that. __________________

2008-10-17, 01:16	Link #253
LustfulEnvy Casanova Extraordinaire Graphic Designer Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: California Age: 31	Masterpiece! Only wiah it was longer. I actually like this arc better than nagisas. 9/10

2008-10-28, 04:19	Link #255
Spring_sakura111 Kanashimi o mukou eto~! Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Pizza	Wow~ I'm a Tomoyo fan myself. She ain't a damsel of distress either. Wow. She can really take care of herself and I find it cute that she find Okazaki more important than her future and studies. So cute~ I like the break up scene, too. It wasn't the usual break up scene you'd find and I love Okazaki because he's really loyal to Tomoyo. 10/10

2008-10-28, 14:53	Link #256
HayashiTakara Chicken or Beef? Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Seattle Age: 41	OMG, I can't believe I avoided this episode due to the last 23 episode of fail... Tomoyo should've been the main girl from the start >_>... `10/10 __________________ http://htakara82.deviantart.com/

2008-10-28, 22:16	Link #257
siber222000 미, 미, 미 미쿠루빔~!!! Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Florida Age: 32	i just watched this episode and overall it was pretty good. i liked it. now they need to make OVA for tomoyo after~ *even though ending is blah __________________

2009-02-16, 02:37	Link #258
SemperMalum Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: California	I just discovered this episode. I love Tomoyo. I don't think I have to say anymore, do I? She deserves to have an entire season devoted to her and Tomoya's relationship. Tomoyo After would be fantastic, too... I just read up about that, of course they'd have to do a PS2 ending for that. My god, I was as touched with this episode as I was with some of the episodes in Air. Not a coincidence it's the same group, I suppose.

2009-02-19, 10:45	Link #259
Miraluka Banned Join Date: Jan 2009 Age: 34	I like Tomoyo more than Nagisa(fortunately dead <3) and I cried watching the episode I thought that Tomya could kill himself.

2009-07-11, 17:40	Link #260
justinstrife Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Galt's Gulch Age: 44	I'm bringing this thread back from the dead. My apologies to anyone who is offended for that, but this episode warranted me actually joining into the Clannad sub-section. Nagisa was a nice enough girl, but far from a favorite for me. Her character types have never appealed to me as main leads, and she did nothing to change that view. I thought Tomoyo and Kyou were far more interesting characters, and matched Tomoya far better. Maybe it's my age, I don't know. I didn't expect too much considering we were only getting 20 minutes or so of a condensed story arc, but was floored with the results. I even got choked up a bit seeing Tomoya's internal struggles as he fell mentally, while he watched Tomoyo from afar. Seeing them re-unite in the end was very powerful to me. This is the couple I would have prefered to be canon. I have only seen the first season and this episode, and already I've lost almost all enthusiasm towards watching AS after seeing such a superior relationship in one episode. A perfect 10 for me, as this one episode at least gave me a glimpse at what could have been a great series. __________________