ball don’t lie
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In honor of today’s NBA All-Star game, I think I’ll break out a post that should have been named, “clannad 16, twittered.”
Where’s Waldo?
(I understand why he has three different tissue boxes in his room– he’s the real Tissue Princess! Even the white sheet and brownish mattress line up. Now, where’s he hiding that Yuki Nagato outfit…)
(And looking at his baseball posters, the funniest possible poster MLB poster would be of Clemens. Everything would make so much sense… HGH + Tissue Princess = Sunohara!)
Just based on two seconds of footage, I conclude that Kyou would be a better point guard than Oscar Robinson, Isiah Thomas, Magic Johnson, and Steve Nash rolled up in one. She just dribbles so well. And her ball handling abilities don’t seem that shabby as well.
(After every episode credit, I keep thinking I’ll see a “Physics Consultant: Team Ninja and Tomonobu Itagaki,” but, alas.)
Was Nagisa flustered that she has some real competition (Sunohara) to Tomoya? Or was she flustered because she was thinking of inappropriate behavior between Sunohara and Tomoya? Cue Yoko’s “Gattai…? <3”
(Since we know that Tomoyo stumbles across pr0n under the mattress, was it new pr0n? Or did Mei not throw out the old pr0n? Or did she just leave the pr0n where it is? This is the kind of hard hitting analysis you expect– demand!– from Derailed.)
“He is full of fail and lose, but he is a kind brother.”
Mei facepalm 4tw! In a battle of kid sisters, who would win? Kyon’s imouto or Mei? I think we need a Dr. Jack post on it, but I’m already terrified that this blog is already on Chris Hansen’s RSS reader as it is.
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Why is Sanae superior than Nagisa? In any case, I still have Sanae ranked behind Akiko in my back of the envelope calculations. Sanae makes crappy bread. Akiko has jam-mu that could be a springboard for many a doujinshi. At least Sanae is more moe than Nagisa while Nayuki blows Akiko out of the water. Though a Nayuki and Akiko thre– wait, do I have to write another Dr. Jack-style post? I’ll never get around to writing “popular” posts like Gundam 00 20 and Minami-ke ~Okawari~ 7 at this rate.
Well, glad to see that the facial distortions run strong in this family. With Mei being shocked so much, I’m surprised that the “I’d shock her” meme isn’t more popular. Oh right, that Dateline NBC thing.
Akio isn’t even in the same league as Konata’s papi. One’s a tease trying to fluster his daughter, the other wears Dateline NBC appearances as badges of honor. Akio didn’t even take a high-end lens to Kotomi-chan’s “recital.” But he is tapping Sanae, so… *derailed by thinking of Sanae and Akio, with Akio insisting she wears Nagisa’s uniform, much like Kuze and Renji-kun’s mom*
(The original sentence looked like this before I cleaned it up in editing: tapping Sanae, so… *derso;rf nu yjmlomh pg zdsmsr smf zslop eoyh omdodyomh djr erstd zmshsd impgt*)
“This is her family’s specialty: stupid conversations.”
Two questions. One, that’s a really bad thing to say about the parents of the girl your trying to get into the pants of. Mei had the right idea in calling Nagisa’s mom her sister. Second, if their conversation is “stupid,” that doesn’t leave a lot of adjectival room to describe conversations with Sunohara. Don’t paint yourself into a corner like that.
I wonder how many people appreciate the subtlety of Tomoyo admiring the trees in this scene? Honestly, I didn’t. I do now.
(In the 4:3 version, you don’t see the trees on the side so it’s just Tomoyo and a path. Here in the HDTV version, yes, trees around her. I cannot stand 4:3 Clannad… let me break out my imitation “Wait, are you Nagisa building a love nest in my room?” face… WHY ISN’T THIS AIRED HIGH DEF SIMULTANEOUSLY!?)
Tomoyo ranks pretty high moe-wise as well. I think both Tomoyo and Kyou are top tier haremettes… they’re like LeBron and Dwight. Kotomi’s more like a Bosh. And, of course, Fuko is the ball boy. When I saw Tomoyo grab Tomoya’s hand and run away, what are the odds that…
… Kyou would be spying on the two? “A new challenger has arrived!” They should make a 2D sprite fighter for Clannad much like Melty Blood or Guilty Gear mixed with Super Smash Brothers. The object isn’t to knock someout out or out of bounds, but to drag the poor Tomoya sprite to your love nest. The girls would attack each other trying to get Tomoya over, and as an added degree of difficulty, Sunohara would also be grabbable, just instant lose if you grab him. And, if you’re Kyou, Kotomi-chan’s grabbable too. Tell me you wouldn’t continuously feed this game quarters.
(Instead of fatalities, it’ll be “moetalities.” For instance, if you play as Kyou and win, you get a chance to input a quick button sequence. Do it right, she’ll go into Deredere Kyou mode or Deredere Kyou in gym shorts mode and provide some after match fanservice.)
“I can’t lift my arms, Nagisa sucks, so we need a ringer.” I’m pretty sure Jason Kidd said something to that effect when he asked out of New Jersey. Vince Carter and Nagisa seem to have about the same amount of physical toughness.
“Okay!”
“That was fast!”
A lot more fun if you imagine Kyou agreeing to a threesome with Sunohara and Tomoya. She wouldn’t even mull that one over– that’s how far she would (need) to go to win Tomoya from Nagisa.
(When I first watched this scene, I wondered, “Mmm… why doesn’t Tomoya ask Tomoyo?” Now I know. If there’s anything Clannad has taught me, it’s that gym storage areas can lead to kinky sex and any school-related disputes can be settled by three-on-three sporting events. Dozo!)
“The key to great threesomes is team play, right? I need to avoid as much contact with you as poss– I mean– a player who follows the master-slave relationship– I mean– someone who listens to the team leader.”
I hear what I want to he– I mean– *derailed by thinking of dominatrix Kyou*.
(Hierarchical relationships 4tw! Mine hierarchical chart right now has Kyou -> Kotomi-chan rather than Kyou -> Sunohara.)
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So sad, Kotomi-chan and Nagisa eating lunch by themselves because the Kyou/Ryou faction has broken off and abducted Tomoya. With both Kotomi-chan and Nagisa being in the shy and quiet bin, I wonder what the two would talk about during lunch. “Blue.” “Watermelon.” “Shoe.” “Dango Daikazoku.” Or they could be plotting on killing Kyou. “Kotomi-chan, I’ll lead her to the gym storage shed. You set it on fire.”
Like a trained dog…
… that was housebroken by Kana Minami.
Damn, I really wanted Kyou to toss a dictionary at Tomoyo, only she blocks it, and the dictionary hits Sunohara. I’m not a big fan when all the haremettes are friendly with each other, and at least Kyou and Tomoyo have a bit of cattiness between them. I’m not sure what I enjoyed more: Tomoya and Sunohara ducking and hiding out like WWI soldiers stationed at Verdun…
… or Tomoyo correctly nailing Kyou with a “Is it because you like Tomoya?” bomb.
See, my game idea! You grab on Tomoya and take him to various love nests while the other player is trying to do the same. Depending on the stage, it could be the picnic area, the cafeteria, the gym storage shed, Sunohara’s room, etc. Tell me this wouldn’t sell like hot tayuki.
I think Tomoyo’s very interesting because she’s a rare haremette with emotions and is candid with them. Kyou’s very interesting because her deredere act is epic. And they both epitomize delicious thigh meat. Um, what’s my point again? Oh, Kyou counters the Tomoya-Sunohara threesome proposal by offering Ryou in place of Sunohara. Take the offer Tomoya! It’s a great deal.
(Anime is a lot of fun sometimes when you don’t watch with subtitles and don’t bother trying to translate.)
I can understand that he can’t lift his arm, but that vertical… man… that sucked. Even Phoenix Suns Shaq can jump higher than that.
Poor Sunohara. Even Mei treats him badly. The world desperately needs a real Kyou route with ending, that 2D fighter I’m proposing, and a Sunohara harem visual novel spin-off. He deserves one. Except his harem will consist of someone with Tourette’s syndrome, someone with a third nipple, and a creepy 65 year old man. The end girl will be Drew Barrymore.
Kyou in gym shorts and thigh high socks never gets old. Never. Toss in the ponytail she has in this episode… and… whoosh! Utter derailment. And Dictator Kyou is pretty impressive… on par with Haruhi on that front.
Reminds me of Touka whenever she gets gets flustered, only I think Kyou has more murderous intent than the Evenkuruga.
I still don’t see how playing basketball proves one’s devotion. Then I realize you can quickly tell when someone is mailing it in (Carter, Vince) or someone playing like there’s no tomorrow (Garnet, Kevin), and it suddenly becomes clear to me. My only question is if you’re the basketball team, how can you take these guys seriously? They have Sunohara! Their only chance is if the other team gets distracted by Kyou’s deliciously derailing tasty thighs.
(I think I’ll make Team Tomoya a 6 point underdog. I really hope this doesn’t turn into like a 300 point game, like School Rumble. I think Kyoto will show some restraint here.)
Mmm… if playing basketball can reveal one’s devotion, why doesn’t Tomoya stage a March Madness where he gets his haremettes to square off with each other? I’d definitely have Kyou and Tomoyo going to the finals in that one… with Kyou facing off against Ryou in the semifinals with Kyou demolishing Ryou like how Hakeem crushed Robinson that year Robinson won the MVP over him (I think 1994… didn’t even look this one up). But even then, Nagisa might win out of sheer dumb luck and questionable officiating like Miami two years ago.
ZOMG man-to-man. If I were playing against Team Tomoya, I’d start out in a zone, if only because I know Tomoya can’t shoot. And, of course, hard fouls on Kyou. I wonder if groping is a 2 shot penalty or 2 shot and the ball like a fragrant foul two? Oh wait, am I thinking out loud again?
I like the pseudo-pr0n techno music blazing in the background. Kyou’s a gunner, and Tomoya’s a facilitator while Sunohara does the dirty work? So predictable. Beyond predictable. All we need now is Kotomi-chan in a cheerleader outfit with the Yuki Nagato look on her.
If I were on the other team, I think I’d let Kyou score every time just to see her bounce around in celebration. Can you imagine her bounciness if she nailed the equivalent of Jordan’s shot that beat Cleveland? I mean… *derailed by thoughts of Kyou exploding in a burst of moe after nailing the game winner in Cleveland in 1993*
Don’t they run any plays? Like pick and rolls or isos? At least something that’ll let me toss out a line like, “I’d set a hard pick for Kyou, if you know what I mean.”
Best. Shooting form. Ever.
I give it a 461 out of 10. By far better than all the cheap fanservice tossed together by H2O, Rosario + Vampire, and They Are My Noble Masters.
Definitely a gunner. Her game reminds me a bit of Rip Hamilton’s, only without the clear Phantom of the Opera-ish mask.
Sunohara looking and acting cool? And being cheered on by his sister? Wait? Wha? What happened? Did I enter the Vanilla Sky?
I like how in this picture, Kotomi-chan is getting pushed onto the side. Much like in the story.
(Kotomi-chan desperately needs to pull out a “Wait, I was here first! Tomoya and I played doctor when we were kids!” Or else she’d have no chance.)
Kyou can gun for my team anytime. But, seriously, all the speedlines are giving me a headache. Oi.
Kotomi-chan didn’t even make it into this scene. But Kyou needs a bit more to just bouncing around after hitting a shot. Maybe she could add Mutombo’s finger wave or Kidd’s kissing or Kitna’s pointing at the sky (I know, different sport, but it’s still fantastic). Or she could just do the typical body-to-body, genital-to-genital hug that’s so popular in the NBA. It’s disturbing enough to see Jordan and Pippen or Hamilton and Billups do it, but Sunohara and Kyou?! All the more reason Tomoya should have recruited Tomoyo instead: the NBA-approved symmetrical docking celebration between Kyou and Tomoyo. I mean, in that Jordan video, pay attention to Jordan and Pippen after the ma– *derailed by Kyou and Tomoyo symmetrical docking while the “Where Amazing Happens” music plays in the background*
An emo facial distortion during a basketball game? History has been made. Delicious thigh meat is good enough, but with a ponytail and emo facial distortion? I’m not sure if this basketball sequence can ever be topped in anime.
But I don’t understand why they can sub in players. Isn’t that unfair that three rested guys, nevermind that they are better, are coming the middle of the game. Wasn’t the rules “standard rules, no time-outs, twenty minutes”? Well, twenty minutes is a long time to play high level basketball, so subbing in halfway is a huge advantage. Even in the NBA, it’s rare for a player (except someone like Kobe or LBJ) to play twenty minutes in a row. Secondly, one of the rules is that you cannot sub players unless there is a break in the action like a time-out or a foul. You cannot sub during made baskets, and I haven’t seen any foul shots. Greatly unfair rules. It reminds me of Simon and the Anti-spirals, and we all know how that turned out.
(And if Nagisa did the “hikari ni narue!” bit with Tomoyo, Kotomi-chan, and Kyou fighting over Tomoya afterwards, all the better.)
I understand why Kyou is wearing thigh highs and short gym shorts, but why are Sunohara and Tomoya wearing 1980 era NBA short shorts? Bad times. Very bad times. This is my only reservation about the new Will Ferrell movie.
Nagisa did a horrible job doing the commentary for the last part of the game. They desperately needed a Marv Albert or a Gus Johnson. Especially for Kyou’s shots. “Tomoya at the top of the circle… puts the shot in the air… GOOD!!! The game is over, and Kyou’s thighs have won!!!” That would be it. Delicious thigh meat + emo facial distortion + Marv Albert = I’m retiring because there’ll be nothing more to see.
Um, Tomoya drew contact while in the air. That’s a two-shot foul!
(Let me make a “Whose reffing this game? Tim Donaghy?” joke.)
(And, yes, this is even more ridiculous than the MJ-Cleveland shot or of Eli’s helmet play in Super Bowl XLII.)
At this point… yeah… Nagisa is the end girl. Even Ryou’s crappy fortune telling could have told you that, but it won’t sink in for another episodes for poor Ryou. Though the funny thing is that destiny could have changed. It’s like there should have been a breakpoint for the next episode that went like:
A. Do nothing and wait to be found.
B. Rip off shirt, say the words, and hope Yukine’s anti-charm works.
C. Fuck like rabbits.
Only there’s no breakout. Nagisa becomes the sickly end girl, we don’t get a real Kyou arc, we get an uber-short Tomoyo arc, and we wasted five episodes on “Dozo! Here’s a starfish!” Kotomi-chan did get a decent arc, only she’s shoved off and forgotten at the end of the bench.
High definition cheering 4tw! And if I were the basketball team, wouldn’t I be pissed that Tomoya has a cheering section of hawt girls? Wouldn’t I just go all out to begin with and hope to crush him by twenty points?
Cue cheesy end montage! I think I’d rather have Charles, Kenny, and Ernie to taper off with instead. Charles would going off on some rant about how unfair the game was, Kenny commenting on how much Kyou hogs the ball, and Ernie with the “Should I throw it to commercial yet?” face.
Unlike Ayu, who is useless, Nagisa is cute and warm sometimes. She has a great disposition, and she doesn’t shoplift. Do I need to toss a Nagisa vs. Ayu Dr. Jack-style post along with Mei vs. Imouto and Sanae vs. Akiko? Egads.
The fifty-first and final screenshot is of the next episode. Do you believe that every scene Kyoto showed in this preview, I completely ignored in my fifty screenshot post of episode 17? The previews didn’t tease with morning breakfast Tomoyo or delicious thigh meat Kyou. Instead, it was just a series of melancholy Tomoya images. Were they afraid if they showed Kyou’s thighs, there would be a huge riot (due to waiting a week)? Or that ratings would be too high?
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o yum.
I’d like to have Kyou dribble on my balls, if you know what I mean.
Personally, I have yet to see a little sister character who can outdo Asaba’s little sister in Iriya no Sora, UFO no Natsu.
How long did it take you to admit it? :3
I mean, even as one who is more a Tomoyo and Kyou person, the build-up of Tomoya and Nagisa relationship felt more natural than what I’ve witnessed in Kanon 2006. (I think there are still heated discussions over how the hell Ayu is more deserving than Mai and Nayuki. Yeah, in the past, Yuuichi played with Ayu, but in the light of Mai’s past, he did it with Mai too).
Oh man after playing Melty Blood and Guilty Gear all night I found that game idea to be superb, I’ll reserve a copy right now.
I should hope that Fuuko’s “Moetality” is her dying in a fashion similar to Yoshimitsu’s Hara-kiri, just replace the sword with a starfish for good measure.
>>Even Phoenix Suns Shaq….
Do you have to rub it in?
Tomoyo dunks, throw down alley-oops, make shots from anywhere and dominates the board against the starters if you chose her as the third player in the game. It’s pretty h4xxor, but it’s still at least 20 times more believable than Mizuho “shoot me there’s no way there’s a penis on this” nee-sama throwing down dunks with sparkling roses.
“Ponytails really turn me on!” Yup, Kyon-kun nailed it.
In case of a basketball match against Kyou, I’d cover her completely, if you know what I mean.
Seems I’ll have to take my earlier comment back. Jason is NOT afraid of shooting for 3000 word essays on Clannad (although the bit about timely still stands). Fifty-one screenies is just icing on the cake – and highly approved in the light of Kyou ratio on them.
There’s no need for Nagisa – Ayu post, we all know which is the superior one. At least Clannad is not following the theme of going for the most annoying choice, which would be Fuuko. Remind me again, why did we get too many episodes of “dozo” and only a brief spotlight on Kyou (and even less on Ryou)?
For the Clannad fightan gaem, it must somehow incorporate the Kanon joke of “combat moevolved” or it won’t be any good.
Do you thing that Kyou can totally beat Dwight Howard in the Slam Dunk contest or are you of the mind that she and Tomoyo and totally Destroy the East by themselves? Hmm Delicious Thigh Meat + Speed Lines +
Eastern ConferenceThe New York Knicks= Domination on an Epic scale!!!@5:55, he only painted himself into a corner like that because he knew no one in that family would say anything against him. Heck they may not have even noticed that he made fun of them.
Bad news for Sunohara, all the girls like Tomoya. The only ones that dont are Nagisa’s mom, Fuko’s sister and Mei. Unfortunately, the former two are married and the latter… onii-san… imouto… I say go for it, Sunohara!
“Whose reffing this game? Tim Donaghy?”
The home team wasn’t going to cover the spread anyways, his “associates” would have lost anyways.
“But I don’t understand why they can sub in players. Isn’t that unfair that three rested guys, nevermind that they are better, are coming the middle of the game. Wasn’t the rules “standard rules, no time-outs, twenty minutesâ€?”
That’s the way all the pickup games I’ve played worked, but it doesn’t really serve the same dramatic effect. Plus maybe in Japan pickup games have different street rules, who knows. How many guys at KyoAni do you think have actual basketball experience?
Well there is that pack of girls that like Kyou. Maybe Sunohara can get some of them by being associated with Kyou as a team member.
I really didn’t need a reminder of jordan over ehlo. It derailed me from the rest of this post…. mmmmm thighssss
(Clevelander)
To anyone asking why we got more episodes of Fuko and Kotomi together than Kyou/Ryou and Tomoyo, there were a reason brought up by game veterans. The Ryou/Kyou and Tomoyo routes were conflictiing with others’, if I remember right, the other girls litterally slipped off the radar should one go for Kyou/Ryou or Tomoyo. So how could they have done their arcs without plot conflicts and inconsistences?
PS: I am more annoyed at the number of vocal and butthurt Kyou and Tomoyo fans who cast death wishes on Nagisa when Kyoto animation has left hints through the series about Tomoya and Nagisa. FFS, its not like it was “WARNING SHAFTED NAYUKI AND AYU ENDING INCOMING!!!” all over again.
What is coming out of his nose at 09:20?
A Hot Dog (actually it is going into his nose)
Side note: seiyuu time. Rena (I mean Nagisa) took Rika (I mean Mei) home.
@ 10:17 I can swear that is Shana-tan going “Uruchai!”. And the thing that is coming out of Sunohara’s nose is a hot dog-thing. Tomoyo shoved his hot dog up his nose. (Haha immaturity…)
>> “I am more annoyed at the number of vocal and butthurt Kyou and Tomoyo fans who cast death wishes on Nagisa”
Well those people need to calm down and remind themselves that this is just a show. I’ve thought that the writing’s been on the wall since the very first episode, and in any case I’d be surprised if KyoAni went against what is considered the canonical ending. Besides, Nagisa is a far more tolerable character than Ayu. She has grown up a bit during the series so far and is able to show at least some character and decisiveness.
>> Nagisa vs. Ayu
I fail to see how that isn’t a totally foregone conclusion. I don’t actively mind Nagisa being the end girl (unlike with Ayu, where it was painful), but she’s kinda vanilla compared to the other girls.
>>Remind me again, why did we get too many episodes of “dozo†and only a brief spotlight on Kyou (and even less on Ryou)?
Since KyoAni didn’t learn enough lessons from a certain fox and her arc.
But unlike Makoto, unfortunately Fuko just won’t stay dead! Teeth were ground when she popped up at the fight in 17, ruining the atmosphere…and they were ground again in 18. And they’ll be ground again in the last 10 minutes of episode 24 when Tomoya and Nagisa are having a romantic moment trapped in the gym storage room together and there comes a “Dozo!”.
>> Side note: seiyuu time. Rena (I mean Nagisa) took Rika (I mean Mei) home.
Great observation there! XD
In depth analysis ftw! I should start rewatching Clannad in HD.
Clannad’s harem is the most enjoyable I have seen in a while; the Kanon girls were great, but the Clannad girls are more fun (or less sad :P). Yeah, Fuuko included.
If only other harem shows could pull this off. I don’t mind the abscence of deep plots; likable girls do it for me, but even that seems to be asking too much.
Another Side note: seiyuu time. I’ve been looking up voice actresses recently. I’ve noted a lot of mentions of Kyou being like a mix of Haruhi and Kagami. I ‘ve found that Kyou’s seiyuu was the original Drama CD voice of Konata in Lucky Star. I’m trying to picture that, but all I see for some reason is Kyou being Konata and Kagami’s love child.
And find Fuuko amusing in each of her appearances. While some find it jarring or killing the tension, I like humor (Higurashi Kai’s “Zombie Tag” being one of the funny things of seen lately). The little scream in Claanad 18 over Fuuko’s desserts (mixed with Kyou’s reaction shot) sells the joke. While Fuuko is not an end girl material, she has her own following.
I’m curious as to how KyoAni is going to do the rest of the series, especially because they only have 6 episodes to do the entire second half of the game.
Hmmm, delicious post!
I Think its time to rename this site to “Derailed by Epic Thigh Meat”
We desperately needed Bill Raferty announcing this one.
“The basketball club starts… IN THE MAN-TO-MAN!”
“Sunohara drives… ONIONS!”
I’m one of those that found Nagisa extremely likeable because she *was* normal, or rather, the buildup of her relationship with Tomoya was believable and wasn’t as forced as some other shows I shall not name, where the ‘chosen one’ and the male lead are forced together through some sort of cliche. Through the series, we’ve seen Tomoya actually work for the relationship, instead of having it more or less handed to him on a platter.
And I’ll say this again, as I’ve pointed it out in some other blogs, as much as there are fanboys of Kyou and/or Tomoyo, their stories diverge furthest from the theme of ‘Family’ (well, maybe Kyou’s anyway, as Tomoyo’s still had some aspects — but they’re more romance-themed than the other arcs), while Nagisa’s brings it into focus. This is never more apparent than her After Story segment (with Ryou and Kyou cameos here)… Ugh, must, stop before spoiling…
>>I’m trying to picture that, but all I see for some reason is Kyou being Konata and Kagami’s love child.
Hmm, think about it that way, and it logically and naturally follows on that Ryou is Konata and Tsukasa’s lovechild.
And about Clannad and fighter games it’s a pity they aren’t in Eternal Fighter Zero with the Air and Kanon girls. And, if you play Nagisa, Ryou should definitely be grabbable. It’s only fair, what with Kyou and Kotomi.
We need a highres version of the first image. STAT!
And the fangirls? They’re all bi for Kyou. “Unusual popularity” indeed.
>> Jason is NOT afraid of shooting for 3000 word essays on Clannad (although the bit about timely still stands)
So getting a post up in 24 hours of airing isn’t timely? Puh-leeze. Don’t complain to me. Complain to the TV stations for delaying HD broadcasts by three weeks.
>> The home team wasn’t going to cover the spread anyways, his “associates†would have lost anyways.
Could be a two-team teaser wtih Jealous Half-Sister from True Tears.
>> PS: I am more annoyed at the number of vocal and butthurt Kyou and Tomoyo fans who cast death wishes on Nagisa when Kyoto animation has left hints through the series about Tomoya and Nagisa. FFS, its not like it was “WARNING SHAFTED NAYUKI AND AYU ENDING INCOMING!!!†all over again.
Um, why do you even care who other people like? I don’t bash Nagisa lovers… I only bash Nagisa. There’s a distinction. If someone like Nagisa, Fuko, or Akio floats your boat, great for you. It doesn’t change the fact that Nagisa is sub-par when compared to Kyou and Tomoyo.
(And the whole family angle is non-existent. The main character doesn’t even try to redeem his dad. It’s like Sunrise saying, “Gundam 00 is really political commentary.”)
>> I’m curious as to how KyoAni is going to do the rest of the series, especially because they only have 6 episodes to do the entire second half of the game.
I’m hoping for a second season! Or at least a Tomoyo After h-OVA.
>> Do you thing that Kyou can totally beat Dwight Howard in the Slam Dunk contest
Kyou definitely has a chance of winning a slam dunk contest… I’m still confused how a 7 footer won. It’s as bad as when a white guy won in 96.
>> Kyou being Konata and Kagami’s love child.
I think you got the order wrong. Kagami and Tsukasa are Kyou and Sunohara’s love child. It’s the only way to explain the melonpan difference: Sunohara’s inferior genetics 4tl.
>> Side note: seiyuu time. Rena (I mean Nagisa) took Rika (I mean Mei) home.
+10 fanboy points!
>> Hmm Delicious Thigh Meat + Speed Lines +
Eastern ConferenceThe New York Knicks= Domination on an Epic scale!!!Yep… these are my readers.
I’d go man to man on Kyou if you know what I mean >_>
Tomoya doesn’t do anything to redeem his father because he absolutely despises the man. Curse the lack of spoiler tags, but Tomoya’s nonexistent relationship with his father becomes an important plot point, especially in the After Story section, he becomes *exactly* like his father after Nagisa dies, and he abandons their daughter due to guilt over her death.
Argh, disregard me, I su— I’m too fixated on the 4:3 release that I largely forget 16:9 exists, with some living by those release dates. Which does remind me, I need to replace a bunch of 4:3 releases with widescreen versions. I’m hoarding them up and doing a marathon once the show’s been done.
*groans* Why, oh why, didn’t the spoiler tags in the brackets work? Ugh.
“Your application is presently being reviewed for the emo facial distortion pantheon. We will let you know within 8 to 10 weeks about whether or not you will be inducted. Thank you for applying, and please keep up the great work.
Sincerely,
The Committee”
I was wondering if you were ever going to update that.
I can blame you for the fanboyism. I never heard of Rena or Rika before coming here. I even resisted watching the show until last December when Kai was ending.
Good god. 08:13 Kyou
I think you should try to rank the girls of Clannad against the Eastern or Western Conference. That should make for a sizable 3,000 word blog on the state of good thigh meat. Man it sucks that my next hamburger maybe tainted with something. BTW that white guy that won the dunk contest in ’96 it was Brent Barry. I’m still surprised how Harold Miner won the year before that.
>> Why, oh why, didn’t the spoiler tags in the brackets work?
Because it’s not brackets. It’s <spoiler>.
“(When I first watched this scene, I wondered, “Mmm… why doesn’t Tomoya ask Tomoyo?†Now I know. If there’s anything Clannad has taught me, it’s that gym storage areas can lead to kinky sex and any school-related disputes can be settled by three-on-three sporting events. Dozo!)”
This reminded me that in the game you can choose anyone (and i mean ANYONE) to be the 3rd person in the basketball team. The third person determines the outcome of the game. Whoever you choose (akio, kourmura sensei, nagisa) your probably gonna lose unless u choose kyou or tomoyo.
“High definition cheering 4tw! And if I were the basketball team, wouldn’t I be pissed that Tomoya has a cheering section of hawt girls? Wouldn’t I just go all out to begin with and hope to crush him by twenty points?”
As in hawt girls, you meant mei right.
And if they want to go with the story in the game, Nagisa would have to be the end girl or the plot would be messed up. But then again, what plot? I wonder how they would even fit that illusionary world in the remaining episodes let alone tomoyo, kyou/ryou, yukine, and the
oops it got cut off, but i meant the after story (the other half of the game).
bah, Ayu > Nagisa, but only because Kanon > Clannad. u_u