Dear Reader,

I am in the midst of a deep conundrum. I faithfully watched Clannad up until episode 9, the conclusion of Fuuko’s story arc. And I hated it.

I was too busy rolling my eyes to be able to shed any tears. Yet the rest of the blogosphere has been filled with nothing but “FU-CHAN BAAAAAAAAAAAW!!” and endless praise for the story. At first I passed it off as the Key fanboys doing their usual thing, but even Martin over at Concrete Badger, a true man’s man whose opinion I value, gave Clannad a favorable review.

Did I miss something? Am I doing it wrong? I feel like the characters in the story – as though I’m missing something important, but don’t know what it is. Quite honestly, I just don’t see what everyone else seems to be seeing. Read the rest of this entry »

I think I’m in love with the CLANNAD ED. The OP isn’t bad either, especially with KyoAni’s awesome art, but it feels a bit cookie cutter, pretty much much like every other visual novel theme song.

Anyway, here’s the lyrics for the TV size version of Dango Daikazoku, sung by Chata. The translation is something I just threw together on a whim, so it’s not the greatest… Read the rest of this entry »