It took four episode, but I finally have something to say about Clannad. It won’t be overtaking its predecessor in the tag cloud any time soon, that’s for sure. Anyway…
I’m surprised with how utterly normal the heroines are. They have their personality quirks, of course, but I don’t get the feeling any of them are walking around with the weight of the world on their shoulders. In particular, Nagisa has turned out to be a sensible character. She’s shy, but not pathologically so. And, as far as Key characters go, she’s pretty transparent. What you see is what you get. Of course, I fully expect this to change.
I’m also surprised with how utterly pointless the show is. And I don’t mean that in a negative sense; I actually find it fairly engaging. However, I’ve yet to get a handle on what sort of story the show is trying to tell. A number of plot threads have been introduced and touched on thus far, but the only one that’s gotten much attention has been Nagisa’s continuing efforts to establish a theater club. And I can’t quite decide yet if that’s an ancillary plot thread or a central element of her scenario. I suppose it provides an avenue for which Nagisa and Tomoya can get to know each other better, at least.
Of course, the Kanon remake probably got off to a similar start. It’s just that, in that particular case, I already knew where all the individual storylines were going, so I understood how all the bits and pieces introduced early on contributed to the big picture. With Clannad, however, I’m completely clueless. I’m playing connect the dots.
Which is probably why I find the show engaging. I’m anxious to see what becomes of the story as all those bits and pieces continue piling up.
And it goes without saying, but please mind the spoilers. I know Fuuko ain’t normal, but I don’t want to know how just yet.
I have to say, I’ve had exactly the same problem. I’ve really enjoyed what I’ve seen of Clannad so far, but it’s not exacttly prompted me to put finger to keyboard in the same way that Kanon did. I don’t even have your excuse in that I was a Kanon newbie as well as a Clannad one.
I’m thinking in Clannad it’s a case of the main guy being more fucked up than any of the girls.
Im trying to connect the dots too, but so far I haven’t been able to. I can’t blame the show (yet) since it’s somewhat obvious they are throwing random pieces of information one bit at time.
And Fuuko* is growing on me.
*(It’s that with two u’s?)
Her name is spelled with ?, which is pronounced ??. There’s a long vowel sound there, so “fuu” is acceptable. However, I could have just as well written it as “f?” or “fu”. Romanization is an inexact science, and I’m too lazy to start breaking out the macrons in blog posts.
Oh, thanks!
I agree with Wildarmsheero.
lol, I noticed it too - after ep 1 I was thinking how if I didn’t already know that it was a Key adaption and all I’d be wondering what the hell the show was all about.
I think I like how aimless it is so far. Makes things interesting.