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| I really love this episode. Its a really great episode ^^ |
| Good, but lacked the depth of character development from Clannad (although there was two series of that). Makoto and Ayu, in my eyes, were quite annoying, and the climax left me in limbo. It happens, where you try to create your own reality because your scared of the real world, but Makoto being a fox, Mai fighting illusionary demons, and Shiori surviving a terminal disease, not to mention Ayu being in a coma for over 7 years? And even hints of insest (if you count counsins relationships as that)? It seems far too farfetched and unexplained, even if the supernatural elements were deliberate. Clannad explained its arcs far better, even if it was a bit cliche, and the comedy was better than just 'Insult -> "Auuuu"/"Uguuuu!"'. It was not bad, but not great either. |
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| Great anime, just... awesome. But the corny happy ending was just... bleh. 8.5/10 |
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| Well, I think I followed the ending a lot better my second time through the series, but it's still a bit confusing. I'm still not sure if the entire series was part of Ayu's dream or just the last episode. Obviously Shiori's recovery and Nayuki's mom getting better didn't really happen since that doesn't fit with what we know of reality at all, but I'm not sure if the last scene showing Ayu's recovery was real or not. It is implied that Ayu is dreaming all this as Yuuichi is by her bedside telling her about everything, so perhaps all the events are slightly based in reality but with the supernatural parts added in by Ayu's subconscious. This is all just speculation on my part though. |
| HAHA LOVED THIS! Though i still loved clannad more. haha any hope for Kanon After Story? |
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| so Ayu woke up eh? Is ayu's last wish is to forget her? |
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| wow what a great ending!!:D and it's not that surrealistic either(in some parts) Akiko go out of the hospital...possible Mai and Sayuri also got well...posible Shiori was cured...that's pretty hard to belive because her ilness really sounded bad but hey,so did for Stephen Hawking :) and last but not least(actually the most important)...Yuiichi MISUNDERSTOOD,so Ayu wasn;t dead but in a coma...you can't imagine how happy i felt when i did found out this :D... that's it,kanon goes up to #2 on my favorites list,after clannad :) great show,i will happily rewatch it sometime this year 10/10 PS:Nayuki,Ayu,Yuiichi,Shiori and Makoto all have their chance to get on my top 10 characters xD |
clannad4everMar 11, 2010 10:40 AM
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clannad4ever said: wow what a great ending!!:D and it's not that surrealistic either(in some parts) Akiko go out of the hospital...possible Mai and Sayuri also got well...posible Shiori was cured...that's pretty hard to belive because her ilness really sounded bad but hey,so did for Stephen Hawking :) and last but not least(actually the most important)...Yuiichi MISUNDERSTOOD,so Ayu wasn;t dead but in a coma...you can't imagine how happy i felt when i did found out this :D... Interesting. That's the same reaction I had when I first watched the series, but (as I stated above) I'm not so sure anymore after re-watching it. I have 2 reasons for this: 1) Shiori pretty much states in the last episode that all the miracles are the results of a dream. Well, okay she is speculating but I think this is the writer's way of telegraphing their intentions to the audience without stating them outright. 2) Up to this point, the whole story has been building up to a wonderful, awful tragic ending. Giving it a happy ending at this point through a series of Deus Ex Machina ruins it (for me at least.) So it is possible I'm simply projecting my own opinions into the story, but the way I see it viewing the ending as realistic would be like having the title characters survive at the end of Romeo and Juliet. |
| the story of this is like in clannad.. but i like it |
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| wait... so does he end up with Ayu?... because Ayu is in a coma, does she ever wake up? |
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| Wow... I thought the main character was gonna commit suicide in the ending but the ending was disappointing in my opinion... Miracles don't happen that way O_O |
| the scenes where everybody took care on Ayu were very heartwarming to me too bad that they didn't show the moment as Ayu awoke of her coma well the ending scene wth Ayu and Yuichi was very nice. I think if they had shown her running around it would have been a bit unrealistic. Till episode 13 I loved this show but,I didn't really liked the Mai and Shiori arc after that. I also didn't liked that Yuichi showed love interest in so many girls. At the end of this show the dream scenes, flashbacks and the present were mixed around like crazy,so it was hard to follow 8/10 |
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Fabienne said: the scenes where everybody took care on Ayu were very heartwarming to me too bad that they didn't show the moment as Ayu awoke of her coma well the ending scene wth Ayu and Yuichi was very nice. 8/10 You should probably try watching the end of Kanon 2002 as the scene that I felt should have been there in this is definitely in that. =) |
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SuperKyou said: thx for the hintFabienne said: the scenes where everybody took care on Ayu were very heartwarming to me too bad that they didn't show the moment as Ayu awoke of her coma well the ending scene wth Ayu and Yuichi was very nice. 8/10 You should probably try watching the end of Kanon 2002 as the scene that I felt should have been there in this is definitely in that. =) |
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| I don't get the part where he said he was living an illusion or something after he finds the headband in the shrubs But didn't he already gave it to her? This the only thing that really confused me overall I think the anime was pretty good |
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Fabienne said: I also didn't liked that Yuichi showed love interest in so many girls. Haha I have to agree with this quote right here, throughout this whole thing I could no stop thinking that Yuichi was a player. I thought Yuichi being with Ayu was an OK ending, it might have been more interesting for me if Yuichi and Nayuki somehow got together. But it seems the anime didn't go into how much she liked/loved him. |
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| So I admit it takes a lot && I mean a LOT to make me cry. I never cried at any films such as the Notebook, and none of my friends have seen me cry. I think my family saw it once when my dog died when I was in second grade. Other than that I hardly cry. But for some reason, during this show I found myself crying, and during this last episode I couldn't help but just burst out in tears. Everything that was going on with Ayu just got to me, && earlier on in the series with Makoto the story just pulled on my heart strings && it still makes me tear when I think about it... This anime effected me so much, it's a true masterpiece, to me anyway. I could watch it again and again and again. Although I was not a big fan of Yuichi and Ayu at the beginning by the end of the series I was happy they got together (personally I would've liked him to be with Makoto though). |
| Finished watching for the second time. blu ray this time. Still as dramatic as the first time I saw it, but remembering what happens next really kills it a little. P.S. I liked this better than Clannad. Maybe cause I'm old. Or cause the eyes in this are bigger. no idea. |
| Twas a good series. Clannad is better though. |
| Great serie, but... Clannad > Kanon |
| God!! Don't scare me Key!! I really thought this was going to be a sad ending.. >.< Great ending!! All is well and alive!! What could be better.. ^_^ Likes from the episode: 1. Shiori is alive!! Yay!! That's all I've wished to happen ever since I finished watching her arc, I was literally jumping from joy when I heard Shiori's voice in the preview from ep23 and more so when she really appeared in ep 24, this really made my day.. ^_^ 2. Finally learned all the mysteries behind Ayu! I really thought she would just turn out to be spirit that just came back to the real world to fulfill her promise to Yuuichi, it turns out that she's the original Fuuko!! XD 3. There are lots of hints of most of the people recovering fast from their injuries and always hinting of it as a miracle.. hmm.. I think Mai has been busy lately.. Also, Megane Mai!! WIN :) 4. Clannad trailer at the end of the episode!! Though I watched Clannad first before Kanon, I'm glad I learned that some elements shown in Clannad were reference from Kanon i.e anteater doll and akiko's jam!! Really glad I watched Kanon!! :)) Hmm.. for me Clannad = Kanon, both get equal <3 from me.. |
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| A bit late with watching this but better than never. Kanon really was touching in a kind only Clannad could have gotten me before. Key's Projects are Masterpieces most of the time and they always get me, with their profundity. I think if i'd have watched Kanon earlier than Clannad, this would had a more emotional effect on me, because there were too many parallels with Clannad.. But nonetheless a great series and a happy ending =) |
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| Loved this anime. Had a very nice happy ending <3 But geez, too much comparison with Clannad :P |
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| I really liked this show and as again....I will never forget it as I won't Clannad and Air TV. As for ending...I wouldn't have expected something like this.It leaves the same feeling as Clannad did.It means...That I totally loved it! Thank you for such great series. |
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| For a while there, I thought it was going to have an ending that didn't make much sense, but the ending was great. I like it and it made sense. |
| maaaan, i wished i watched Kanon first before Clannad. it would be a better experience damn'it -,- but overall, Kanon was a very great anime. at first i thought Ayu will never come back (hmm, do u think Key is nice, NAWWT read "Tomoyo After" manga) i would have given this anime a 10 but the ending couldve gotten more amazing, if they showed like Ayu can run again, they got married, or show every1's life, ryt? that would be better :D so its a 9.7 for me, but theres no decimal here ryt, so ill drop it to a 9.0 =D |
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| wow, kanon is well and truly a superb anime series and one of the best i've seen. i think i prefer kanon over clannad, although i have yet to see clannad after story. its soo good how they wrapped it all up and although it doesnt make total sense, there has been a supernatural element throughout the series. i had a feeling ayu might have been in a coma because back when ayu and yuuichi were in hospital and bumped into shiori, the doctor who looked at ayu looked a bit startled upon first glance of ayu. but anyways. kanon = amazing <3 |
| "Fun things...Happy things...They'll all...They'll all eventually change some day, you know? But can you still love this place?" - Nagisa |
| Guess I'm not the only one with that dissapoint for watching Clannad first, many places, I was telling myself "ClannadClannadClannadClannad" forever instead of enjoying it fulfully. Some soundtrack are also very similar, but oh well... Gets an 8 from me, nice masterpiece with a cool ending I loved. |
| My ranking: Nayuki > Shiori > Mai > Ayu > Makoto Aww I didn't cry at all throughout this series except during Sayuri's flashback with her brother. Which is strange since she isn't a main character. |
| Mmm Ayu's hair is just funny anyway his hat is just so cute ... Well i totally became a cryng girl after watching this so yeah Kanon 2006 FTW!! |
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| I thought this series was going to be touching like Clannad and make me tear up but not even close. It was nice at some points but I found it quite bland. I probably wont find anything as touching and amazing as Clannad and Clannad AS. Then again I did watch Clannad before this so that might be what it is. |
animegurl09Oct 31, 2010 2:44 AM
| I totally expected a miracle ending. I was also expecting everyone to magically come back, but... MAKOTO! At least we saw a fox at the end, whatever that can mean. ;) |
| ok that was not a bad serie.. but i really cant understand why people love crying, illnesses, dying so much?? :S |
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| Kanon FTW!!! ... I can't believe this was the last episode! T_T |
| Terrific show, wished there were more episodes. And if anything would've liked seeing Yuichi hook up with Mai (shes my fav^^). It was funny to see Ayu in boy form, and if I wanted anything, it would be a better reason other than a "miracle" to justify every character's magical recovery.... and maybe a last vision of Mikoto instead of a cameo type appearance by the real one. But she was nice too! |
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| I'm a little confused. Is Ayu awake at series end? We never saw her wake up. -We see Yuuichi with the headband. Mentions how he replaced reality with anillusion. -We see a fantasy of child Yuuichi give the headband to child Ayu. -Then we see present day Yuuichi with present day Ayu, indicating she awoke. Yet we never saw her wake up so how do we know thats not an illusion/dream of Yuuichi's either? Otherwise, I'll accept that Ayu did wake. She was my favourite girl on the show and Yuuichi's was also a likable character. |
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| Okaaaay, so Yuuichi finally gives the hairband to Ayu...while they are still ten years old. She dosnt have the hairband in the last scene. So...i guess she never got it then?! I thought I'd be crying continuously throughout this series...but I didnt. Maybe I need a rewatch, un-marathoned next time, marathoning lessens impact for me for some reason :-/ Also, I was never a big fan of Yuuichi x Ayu, it was more of a brother & sister relationship until that random kiss :-/ Surely Yuuichi x Mai?! Anyway, enough nitpicking. Fantastic series overall, and it seems to fit more into it's 24 episodes than the original Clannad did, which is really saying something. Still no match for After Story though :-D I'ma give it 9/10 |
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| This anime is one of favourite and I'm gonna miss Kanon for sure. I'm happy to see everyone character in one episode :) Espacially Shiori I like her very after Mai and her best Sayuri. Nayuki is cute too ^_^ And her mother Akiko she's so simple I like her too :) |
| Great end, everyone is alive~~ Except for Makoto err maybe not sure... I still prefer Nayuki ^^! Overall liked this show a lot but love Clannad more. 9/10 FightO dayo~ |
| ITS A MIRACLE!!! EVERYONE'S ALIVE!!! awesome anime!!! i wish there were more X{ but they ended it great! YAY MIRACLES! |
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autisticanime said: There's an scene that they skipped where Yuuichi is informed that the"girl who fell from the tree" woke up from her coma. Ayu is hence not a ghost but rather what you'd call an astral projection (if you saw Clannad they re-use the same concept). What Yuuichi refers to when saying he made it up was not Ayu, but rather, his memories of 7 years ago.. He made himself believe he actually said his goodbyes to her and slowly erases his memories subconsciously as the years pass.I'm a little confused. Is Ayu awake at series end? We never saw her wake up. -We see Yuuichi with the headband. Mentions how he replaced reality with anillusion. -We see a fantasy of child Yuuichi give the headband to child Ayu. -Then we see present day Yuuichi with present day Ayu, indicating she awoke. Yet we never saw her wake up so how do we know thats not an illusion/dream of Yuuichi's either? Otherwise, I'll accept that Ayu did wake. She was my favourite girl on the show and Yuuichi's was also a likable character. |
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| Oh god the nostalgia of the Clannad opening at the end D:!!!! Was a good episode. His cousin is so cool. <3 her |
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| it is satisfying..but i didn't expect to cry (i expected i would)--well,that only means clannad is still the best |
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| Just finished this series recently, put it straight into my top 5 fave anime. An absolutely brilliant series and i think it was pretty obvious Ayu's 3rd wish was for a miracle for everyone to get better or something along those lines. I feel that i dont think the series would of worked as well in the end if Yuichi fell in love with somebody other than Ayu, so 10/10 from me and in my top 5. Dont understand all the clamoring over Mai though seems shes got some fangirls and fanboys, if you wanna see Yuichi x Mai just go play the visual novel its pretty amazing, for an eroge. |
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