This anime is an absolute masterpiece. It will always be close to my heart no matter what and I will probably remember it for my entire life and remember how this anime changed my perception on life. It reminded me of the importance of having a family and cherishing them while at the same time reminding me of how fruitful a life can be spent. Enough of my rambling for now, here are my thoughts on this series.
I suppose that you have already watched Clannad and know that it is your Romance, School, Comedy typed anime. What made this anime SOOO special, is how they took the concept of "romance" and "slice of life" into a whole new level that I have never seen an anime do so before. Most of the anime that falls under these genres usually stop at the point where the main couple kisses, or confesses to each other and have agreed to continue spending their lives together. Clannad After Story, however, takes a step further and even showcases the everyday life of an working adult and the hardships that a normal human would have to go through as he or she steps into the working life and into society, while at the same time developing the romance between our 2 main characters, Nagisa and Tomoya
Clannad After Story probably has one of the best love story plot I have ever watched, emphasizing on the importance of a family and at the same time, adding in AMAZING drama that left me in tears because of how this anime made us feel so attached to our main characters with the amazing character development of Nagisa and Tomoya and understand how they feel to the point that I felt that I was in that world as well, experiencing the same feeling. From what I have just described, it may seem as though this anime would break anyone and leave them in a state of depression. HOWEVER, this anime did the exact opposite to me. Sure, it did leave me in a state of void after finishing it, which I have yet to recover from and thus I am writing this review to share my feelings on this anime, but even though I cried so many times throughout the entire anime, I somehow felt... good after crying... Call me crazy or what not but every time after I finish crying, I find myself clapping and having a smile on my face and acknowledging the quality of this anime because of how well the emotional scenes were executed.
One last thing I MUST emphasize on is the MUSIC in this anime... OHHH THE MUSIC IS ABSOLUTELY GOD-LIKE. Whenever an emotional scene hits, what made me start having goosebumps and tears rolling down my cheeks is when the background music starts playing. Words cannot be used to describe how amazing the music was and how fitting it was into every scene, its incredible.
If i were to point out any flaw in this anime, well... I can't. This anime is an absolute masterpiece to me and I am really hoping for the day when an anime manages to reach the quality of this anime because I want to experience this kind of feeling all over again and I know that rewatching this anime would not give me as much emotional feels as it did the first time I watched it. 10/10 hands down, my favorite anime of all time.
