Clannad (first season) is a great drama series, but that’s all. I’ve lost some interest to continue it because I feel I’m not wrong with my first hypotesis, people just love to overreact something. But at the end, I still continue to After Story, just in case.
Now I got into After Story, the story starts really well and there’s so many happy family moments here and there. Every episode can warm your heart, and calm your mind. Almost half of the series has passed and finally I can feel some heavy atmosphere, and it feels heavier when each episode has passed. Lastly, I got to see the infamous scenes that has the strongest affect to the story. Things got drastically changed after this.
My tears just flowing out naturally, my confidence are gone immediately. I ask to myself “What will I do if this is happened to me?” even though it’s only a little drop, the tears just came out. I keep thinking from the main character’s perspective to got the fullest experience throughout the story, it’s very hurt but it’s worth it. I don’t have any relate story with Clannad from my life, but if you’ve something similar happened to your life, you will get a 10x better experience. Clannad will make you see your life from much bigger picture.
I have to mention the music. The music is one of the biggest reason why Clannad can made people cry, because it’s just perfectly fit with the scenes, and the timing is just brilliant, no other word can describe it better than perfect. The animation, scenes, and transition are also seems very smooth, Kyoto Animation just made their best work in Clannad, a big shoutout to all of the staff, and praise to the director, Tatsuya Ishihara.
From that day, I saw Clannad as one of the most special anime I’ve ever watched, a masterpiece in my book. It’s not because of the story can make my tears came out, it’s just everything about Clannad is very special.
Clannad isn’t supposed to be handled, but you’re supposed to feel it without being held back. Don’t take it as a challange, just let your heart feel it directly, and you will have a phenomenal experience.
