04-12-09, 10:37 AM
A note until I get a proper Clannad AS review done
Anime Relations: Clannad: After Story
Although since I haven't gotten a Toradora review started and I haven't even waxed a single line of blog-like poetic on ef ~a tale of melodies~ - which I think did a better job of wrapping everything up and wrapping everything together than Clannad AS did - I doubt such a day will ever come.
Again the problem of ranking shows comes into mind; I wonder how MAL would look if they introduced decimals into the system. Maybe grade inflation has seeped its way into my list (although it's still much below average) but I need a grade between 7 and 8.
Clannad AS is a 7 because its ending was kind of eh, it didn't deliver the emotion promised - although maybe that's because I was spoiled up through the end of episode 21 and episode 22 alternated between blowing my mind so hard I couldn't feel emotion, and being overly cheese. After all, I managed to put AS down for about a month and only finished it out of near-obligation. I never felt like I -needed- to watch the next episode.
Clannad AS is an 8 because pretty much the entirety of it past the Misae and Yukine arcs cover material that no other visual novel / harem anime will touch in a million years. Marriage. Childbirth. Death. To abuse a word, it's 'deeper' than most others of its ilk. I value uniqueness and the willingness to break the mold and I think Clannad did that.
Clannad AS is fundamentally, on paper, a very good show, and its pedigree (first season, Key, etc) is excellent, and it had very standout episodes. The problem is, those episodes didn't come near the end, and so my final impression of it is less than satisfied.
What to do?
-CCY
Again the problem of ranking shows comes into mind; I wonder how MAL would look if they introduced decimals into the system. Maybe grade inflation has seeped its way into my list (although it's still much below average) but I need a grade between 7 and 8.
Clannad AS is a 7 because its ending was kind of eh, it didn't deliver the emotion promised - although maybe that's because I was spoiled up through the end of episode 21 and episode 22 alternated between blowing my mind so hard I couldn't feel emotion, and being overly cheese. After all, I managed to put AS down for about a month and only finished it out of near-obligation. I never felt like I -needed- to watch the next episode.
Clannad AS is an 8 because pretty much the entirety of it past the Misae and Yukine arcs cover material that no other visual novel / harem anime will touch in a million years. Marriage. Childbirth. Death. To abuse a word, it's 'deeper' than most others of its ilk. I value uniqueness and the willingness to break the mold and I think Clannad did that.
Clannad AS is fundamentally, on paper, a very good show, and its pedigree (first season, Key, etc) is excellent, and it had very standout episodes. The problem is, those episodes didn't come near the end, and so my final impression of it is less than satisfied.
What to do?
-CCY
Posted by CCY | 04-12-09, 10:37 AM | 1 comments
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Xrave | 06-25-10, 5:48 AM
D: you were spoiled up until ep 21!? That's so horrible x.x
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