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Clannad question
kenshin-dono:
well i was gonna just post this at the end of a clannad thread i saw but it hasn't been posted in in over 120 days and it told me to just make a new topic so here goes
clannad was on my back burner of stuff to watch when im playing catch up. i still havent even d.loaded it but i heard it was one of the better slice of life shows from the past few years. Anyway i was checking out rightstuff and theyre selling the series for about 45 bucks (first season) I was gonna buy some other stuff and figured id pick this up if its any good too so im going to give it a d.load and check it out
couple quick questions
im asuming the viewing order should go
Clannad
Clannad after story
but wheres the clannad movie fit in? between the two? after the after story?
also are there any specials or anything i should check out? And it doesnt' list it as particularly ecchi so should i worry about finding uncensored versions or anything when d.loading after story (since that ones not out on dvd here yet) It doesn't look like it from the little bit i read. I was just going to snag them from here real quick since i dont feel like looking around.
oh ya.. i guess i'll see soon enough but hows the series? Is it mostly slapstick or does it have some real drama in it? I heard afterstory is suposedly a tear jerker or something. Does it actually follow up to clannad? just wondering what this is really about, the description sounds like a plain vanilla slice of life/relationship show but its rated really well and ive had a few people mention its one of the better ones of the past few years
tnx guys
Rozzly:
Ha, I support this thread. I happen to have the same questions because I dug the files from the depths of my HD, but i'm only on episode 13.
ant900:
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im asuming the viewing order should go
Clannad
Clannad after story
but wheres the clannad movie fit in? between the two? after the after story?
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it is an alternate story, I suggest watching it after ~after story~
--- Quote ---also are there any specials or anything i should check out? And it doesnt' list it as particularly ecchi so should i worry about finding uncensored versions or anything when d.loading after story (since that ones not out on dvd here yet) It doesn't look like it from the little bit i read. I was just going to snag them from here real quick since i dont feel like looking around.
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there are 3 specials where the main character likes a different girl, some of them are good, some of them are just ok. And the show doesn't have anything along the lines of real ecchi content, so no need to worry about other versions
--- Quote ---oh ya.. i guess i'll see soon enough but hows the series? Is it mostly slapstick or does it have some real drama in it? I heard afterstory is suposedly a tear jerker or something. Does it actually follow up to clannad? just wondering what this is really about, the description sounds like a plain vanilla slice of life/relationship show but its rated really well and ive had a few people mention its one of the better ones of the past few years
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The first season starts rather meh... mainly because the first arc tends to drag on (IMO). After that the series picks up and After Story just gets better. The first season has a lot of slapstick comedy (the main character's jokes are what kept me entertained during the first arc), but the second season tones it down a lot.
IX:
In before lock...
1) Clannad S1 Episodes 1-23
2) ~After Story~ Episode 23(An interesting prequel special to S1. While it comes before S1 chronologically, certain elements within it make it best to be watched after instead of before.)
3) ~After Story~ Episodes 1-22
4) ~After Story~ Episode 24 (Series Re-Cap Episode)
5) Clannad S1 Episode 24 (Tomoyo Arc)(Because it's a side story special that uses a different storyline than most of the first and second seasons.)
6) ~After Story~ Episode 25 (Kyou Arc)(See #5)
7) Clannad the Motion Picture(Because the movie isn't very good and will tarnish the series for you.)
--- Quote from: kenshin-dono on October 09, 2009, 01:48:50 AM ---also are there any specials or anything i should check out? And it doesnt' list it as particularly ecchi so should i worry about finding uncensored versions or anything when d.loading after story (since that ones not out on dvd here yet) It doesn't look like it from the little bit i read. I was just going to snag them from here real quick since i dont feel like looking around.
oh ya.. i guess i'll see soon enough but hows the series? Is it mostly slapstick or does it have some real drama in it? I heard afterstory is suposedly a tear jerker or something. Does it actually follow up to clannad? just wondering what this is really about, the description sounds like a plain vanilla slice of life/relationship show but its rated really well and ive had a few people mention its one of the better ones of the past few years
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Nothing ecchi about it, so right, no need to worry about those little things. BBT's Clannad torrents are the best you're going to find anywhere.
The first season is probably best labeled as Slice of Life, with the general things that come with it: light comedy, light romance. It's more or less there to serve as a conduit to After Story.
The second season shifts to a Coming of Age story a few episodes into it, and it could be said that it "grows up" in a hurry. Not in a bad way at all though. More in a way that really puts you on the defensive for how fast it matures.
The second season is the part that gives the story it's high rating, but the first season carries the same weight due to the fact that a good Coming of Age story needs a good, carefree, juvenile backbone to set it up for success.
kenshin-dono:
i cant see why it would be locked. I tried to post in the old general clannad thread but it gave me a message saying it was so old that i should start a new thread, so i did
blea im not liking this list of mixed eppisode watching im seeing. Last time i did that with Haruhi it ruined the series for me after the endless 8 garbage.
will it be fine to just watch clannad>afterstory>movie? or should it go Clannad>movie>afterstory? I really dont feel like mixing the seasons up back and forth. seems the movie may be saved for last
im a bit confused on the specials. if i look at the info the show is listed as 22 epps, but the list here goes up to 24.. just numbered that way. Are the last 2 specials or something? same with after story. ADB shows it as 22, but the file here goes up to 25 actually. Are the specials just mixed in there at some point?
im just snaggin them here because theyre fast and i want to look if its worth pickin up the DVD's. At least the first season for now
one thing i dont get is a lot of comments i keep seeing about after story is that its really sad.. sad how? like tragic or something? or just super drama sad? It looked like a low key slice of life show though some of you are saying after storys more 'mature'
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