RE: The Anime Thread
October 21, 2012 at 12:07 am
(This post was last modified: October 21, 2012 at 12:12 am by Gilgamesh.)
(October 20, 2012 at 11:53 pm)8BitAtheist Wrote: Nice and harmless? Did you watch all of it? Are you forgetting the part where *spoiler* Nagisa becomes pregnant? Falls sick? Repeats Senior year 3 times? Dies from child birth? And then Tomoyo abandons lil baby Ushio for 5 years? That as soon as he comes to terms with a father he once held incredible disdain for and begins to repair his relationship with his daughter she dies? Totally Harmless.
The only bullshit with Clannad are the scifi elements and the trick ending, which I choose to think of as an alternate one.
Clannad has strong story progression and very little fanfare. The characters grow up, their lives dynamically change, they behold responsibilities, it's one of the most mature anime I've seen. Very real.
I have watched all of Clannad and After Story; Like I said, nice and harmless. Also, the baby lives with loving grand parents.
All of the characters are portrayed as air-heads who completely rely on the main character (the only one who is capable of problem-solving thought, apparently) for everything. The bland softness is what I'm taking about. From friendly street gangs to Okazaki and Sunohara’s implied deliquency, everything seems to have a fluffy coating around it. Actual pain, trouble, and strife are for different anime.
Key force-feeds you emotion and just expects you to hold onto it - which most people do, hence Clannad being so popular. It doesn't work with me, though. You're kidding yourself if you think this anime is mature. It's barely anything more than your typical slice-of-life anime story.
Also, did you watch it dubbed or did you watch it subbed?
