It is not Engrish but it does sound like it when spoken by Tomoyo. lol
The first thing that crossed my mind about this attempt to pander to fanboys DVD exclusive episode is how did they even squeeze all that stuff in just 20 plus minutes?
Anyway I just felt that while this was not too bad, it certainly could have been done better. And because we are talking about one single episode, this is not meant to be some tear jerking drama but simply an ephemeral glimpse into a secret window of possibilities.
There were two main points that attributed to this special episode being unable to be as magical as the rest of Clannad. What most people have praised Kyoani of achieving is having the skillz of portraying human dynamics as subtle as possible through the anime medium, but I felt it was not demonstrated in this one. This observation is based mainly on how the story wanted to show the viewers that there are those who bear issues about Tomoya dating Tomoyo by just simply having people fail at whispering! Apart from that, the limit of a single episode prevented the story from having a proper built up to the ‘AWWW I WANNA CRY SO MUCH BECAUSE THIS IS SO TOUCHING’ climax. And having the the break up in the middle of the show meant there was very little space for a development.
The break up should have had happened prior to the start of this episode, and ought to focus more on the struggles of being seperated while reminiscing on those magical moments while they were dating so that the Kyoani fanboys will not be denied of seeing Tomoyo and Tomoya! Yes, those lovey dovey scenes should have been short flashbacks.
Please do not hate me just because I was not impressed this time. It is just me… srsly.
By the way, is it just me or was Tomoya simply useless this time? lol. I think Lelouch geassed him into being a pussy.
Take that Shin Asuka! Two can play that game!
This was meant to quench the thirst of the Tomoyo fanboys wanting to see more Tomoyo, so I wasn’t expecting anything grand from it. But it feed my CLANNAD needs while waiting for the After Story!!
And no, you’re not the only one to think Tomoya was a bum this episode ^_^
Oops…sorry bout that, meant to link to this. ^_^’
“I think Lelouch geassed him into being a pussy.”
Fukuyama Jun who voice acts Lelouch also voice acts that guy in the student council…
Yeah that was why I wrote that! It was kind of funny seeing Fukuyama Jun’s character screwing with Tomoya’s mind.
i’m downloading the episode now. which fansubs are u watching? sprocket?
@gordon
My friend downloaded the Sprocket fansub and I just happened to be at his house! Really.
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