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| Godammit Clannad, making me cry again! Why do you have to do this!? Was quirky high school antics not good enough? Sure, everyone grows up and has to face real life eventually, but why... why does it have to be like this? I want to go to sleep happy, not thinking of the words “the only places where its ok to cry is in the bathroom and in daddy’s arms.” |
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| Holy hell I absolutely bawled my eyes out. Phenomenal episode. |
| Easily the best episode so far. Nagisa's death made me very sad but the final scenes between Tomoya and Ushio actually brought tears to my eyes. Fantastic stuff. |
| Ushio's feelings about that toy was how I felt at some point, and I wasn't prepared for that... the rest was beautiful. decent series |
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| I'm... wow Just wow |
| I rewatched the last 8 minutes of this episode five times this morning and it never failed to make me cry. Shigatsu is still my pick for saddest anime overall, especially because it sticks with it until the very end. However, this is probably the single most touching episode I've ever seen. |
| Oh God..Why I'm crying again?? This is too sad |
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| Praise the lord for this episode |
| Man, this was an emotional rollercoaster. I'm so happy for Ushio that she finally gets to live with her dad |
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ThomVD said: Yeah defenitely aggree, Shigatsu wa Kimi no Uso is my favourite anime and I defenitely cried, but clannad afterstory almost brought me to tears so props to this episode.I rewatched the last 8 minutes of this episode five times this morning and it never failed to make me cry. Shigatsu is still my pick for saddest anime overall, especially because it sticks with it until the very end. However, this is probably the single most touching episode I've ever seen. |
| Gnyo ho! |
| Every time I hear "Hajimete Papa ga" I just lose myself to tears, I have never been so moved in my entire life by 3 little words. |
KamijouToumaIBNov 9, 2018 2:13 PM
| This is one of th most beautiful anime episodes I ever watch. |
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| omg i cant no longer hold my tears, this anime is killing me y'all know |
fallingfromskyJan 23, 2019 8:26 AM
| If I want to cry, I always watch this episode. Never fails to make me cry. And this is the best episode in the series IMO. |
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| Even after I watched hundreds other animes, still this episode is the best episode ever. Always lost especially when Tomoya cried at the train while remembering Nagisa. |
| At first I was going to write how Ushio saying "robot" was the best part of this episode, but then one of the most moving scenes in all anime happened before my eyes. This episode in particular made me realize how truly excellent this series is. |
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| Man, I haven't cried so hard in a long time... |
| This show is my weakness |
| I haven't shed this many tears since Caesar's death in part 2. Where the ninjas cutting onions at? |
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| This episode really brought me to tears. Just when I thought After Story had reached its emotional peak, it outdoes itself. That scene at the flower meadow as Ushio cried and Tomoya apologised to her, embracing her, brought tears to my eyes. It feels so sad that all this time Ushio had always wanted to be with her father and that she had been lonely. That scene on the train was tragically beautiful too. As Tomoya started crying remembering Nagisa, I couldn't help but be tearful too. And when Ushio started crying too I just couldn't handle it anymore. She's finally hearing about her mom. History repeats itself really. I didn't expect Tomoya's father's story to be like that. It mirrors Tomoya's so well. But he worked too hard and it makes me feel bad that accidentally that led to Tomoya growing more distant from him, despite what he had sacrificed. But I'm glad that Tomoya met his grandmother (kudos to Sanae for planning all this). It put me back onto the right path, made him realise what he had to do and made him realise how much his father sacrificed for him. And how much he could see his father as an example, and become a better father for Ushio. That scene where Tomoya holds Ushio's hand in his and they meet Nagisa in that white space, it felt like Nagisa was really seeing them and happy that they were together again. This is probably the gazillionth time that I'm saying this while watching this amazing series, but this is yet again the best episode so far. So touching, emotional, heartwarming. Can't wait to see more and see how their lives progress, and seeing more of Tomoya with his daughter Ushio. Nagisa, I still miss you :( |
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| I cried alright. They really know how to tug your emotions. I just hope all this has a happy ending. |
| The only opinion that should matter to you is yours. |
| Damn these onion cutting ninjas |
| I find this ep is more emotional compared to ep 16 where Nagisa died. Now I see why people find this show as a train of feels. |
andrearionaDec 15, 2019 2:56 PM
| I didnt tear up a little when Nagisa died but om this episode holy shit man. This is something else. |
| I haven't cried this hard in so long...Thank you KyoAni for another amazing episode. |
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| Been 10 years since I watch this, and it still hits hard. |
| Don't want to sound so insensitive but if all Tomoya needed to get his shit together was a talk with his grandmother, why not doing it sooner instead of having him neglecting his daughter for five years? And by the way, if Naoyuki's situation was so rough, why didn't his mother help him raising Tomoya? This said, it's not that I dislike the episode (it wasn't that spectacular either, being honest) but if it was that "easy" to make Tomoya realize he was being a pathetic mess, the 5 years period seems more like an excuse to add more drama than necessary. Anyways, pretty decent episode overall. The execution during those last minutes at the sunflowers field was great and particularly, the part with Ushio saying she only cried in the bathroom was truly devastating. |
| Been 10 years and it still hurts like hell. This episode is the reason why I still like watching anime. |
| "Life is too bitter, so coffee, at least should be sweet..." - Hikigaya Hachiman (Yahari Ore no Seishun Love Come wa Machigatte Iru) |
| As far as I know, this episode has the highest % of 5/5 ratings. |
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Shizokami said: As far as I know, this episode has the highest % of 5/5 ratings. I think you're right. Episode 135 of Hunter x Hunter is sky-high as well -- probably 2nd highest on MAL with around 95.5% 5 stars. Both deserve it, really. |
Rose_Bomb said: Shizokami said: As far as I know, this episode has the highest % of 5/5 ratings. I think you're right. Episode 135 of Hunter x Hunter is sky-high as well -- probably 2nd highest on MAL with around 95.5% 5 stars. Both deserve it, really. Actually, 2'nd is ep 19 of Kimetsu no Yaiba (Demon Slayer), Hinokami, with a total of 95.66% 5/5 ratings. So I believe Hunter x Hunter's would be 3rd. |
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Shizokami said: Rose_Bomb said: I think you're right. Episode 135 of Hunter x Hunter is sky-high as well -- probably 2nd highest on MAL with around 95.5% 5 stars. Both deserve it, really. Actually, 2'nd is ep 19 of Kimetsu no Yaiba (Demon Slayer), Hinokami, with a total of 95.66% 5/5 ratings. So I believe Hunter x Hunter's would be 3rd. My mistake, episode 54 of AOT has a total of 95.83% 5/5 ratings. I believe ranking any of these episodes would be disrespect to those which are even greater but we don't know of. |
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Shizokami said: There are a huge amount of episodes scored more than the two you just mentioned, I think, Gintama has around 10 of them, Aria has 2 or 3, the list goes on... But yeah, this Clannad AS ep has the highest rating of them all.Shizokami said: Actually, 2'nd is ep 19 of Kimetsu no Yaiba (Demon Slayer), Hinokami, with a total of 95.66% 5/5 ratings. So I believe Hunter x Hunter's would be 3rd. My mistake, episode 54 of AOT has a total of 95.83% 5/5 ratings. I believe ranking any of these episodes would be disrespect to those which are even greater but we don't know of. |
| "Life is too bitter, so coffee, at least should be sweet..." - Hikigaya Hachiman (Yahari Ore no Seishun Love Come wa Machigatte Iru) |
| Even years later, as soon as I hear the OST and as soon as I think about the second half of the episode I instantly start tearing up T_T . It devastates me still just like in Kanon |
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| Wow, this episode.... This episode was something else. This anime could end right here and I could actually be satisfied. |
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| this was the saddest episodes yet and had me crying for a while too...god these were some superbly crafted characters and the plot progression is amazing.... |
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