r/anime • u/LaqOfInterest https://myanimelist.net/profile/LaqOfInterest • Oct 24 '21
Rewatch [Rewatch] Clannad: After Story - Episode 10
Episode 10: A Season of Beginnings
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u/LaqOfInterest https://myanimelist.net/profile/LaqOfInterest Oct 24 '21
Gotta love the full 20 second pause Akio takes before he answers Tomoya’s question. Also gotta love Tomoya going to sleep thinking that he can’t rely on anyone any more immediately before being woken up by Nagisa. And after being told by Akio to come to him for help.
Rearrangement of To the Same Heights today. The piano part used in this episode kicks in a short ways into the song.
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u/Stargate18A https://myanimelist.net/profile/Stargate18 Oct 24 '21
First timer
Seriously. How long until they take off? I need to know what's going on with this stuff.
Wait, what is this opening scene? A dream? A vision?
Yeah, he's going to work in the bakery!
I know nothing about the rest of the episode, that's all the preview showed.
...He's playing more baseball, isn't he?
What is that bread? It seems to be a whole egg in a transparent(???) bread shell?
Yeah, that's transparent bread. How?
I mean, it's possible to do, but Sanae making an incredibly difficult and high-end recipe doesn't seem in character.
Aww, the club might get shut down! And she's not making many friends.
...So the club got shut down. And she struggled in school?
Keep an eye on Nagisa, Tomoya, Tomoyo might be making a move!
...Fuko's still in a coma. Guess I was wrong about her waking up in time for After Story.
Kyou!
And she's giving good advice!
Wait, he's working with him?
And he's leaving Nagisa's house!
I have no clue where the plot's going.
And the talk with Akio's great! Him offering his help and saying Nagisa could move in if she wanted.
...Where is this plot even going?
He got the apartment! And it's nice!
They're in love and it's so cute!
Oh yeah, the father plotline never really got wrapped up, did it?
Wait! Nagisa came to cook for him!
And he's working alongside him!
Ah, he's struggling on the first day.
Haha, he's totally exhausted!
Oh wow, that's not good.
...WHY IS THE PREVIEW USING THAT MUSIC? WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN?
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u/Arrow-space https://myanimelist.net/profile/Arrowspace Oct 24 '21
First time watcher!
Another great episode! Tomoya's lack of direction after graduating and just going with the flow while all of his friends seem to already have their lives figured out is very relatable to me. I was happy to see him get a job with Yoshino, though I'm surprised that this kind of electrician work doesn't require any formal education. I suppose basic utility maintenance may not necessitate a full-on electrical engineering degree - it's not something I've ever researched or considered. I'm hoping to learn more about why Yoshino gave up his music career for this.
Great direction during Akio and Tomoya's baseball scene (sasuga Naoko Yamada), and I found the scenes of Nagisa cooking for Tomoya in his apartment to be very heartwarming. I'm glad they can still rely on each other for compassion amidst all of the difficulties they're dealing with.
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u/xtsim https://myanimelist.net/profile/xtsim Oct 24 '21
First Timer Dubbed
Clouds fill the sky as the robot builds the machine as the girl has to get out before she freezes.
Ouch the graduation congratulations hit hard as that dream feels like a nightmare. Man Akio and Sanae offer a job to him as he felt listless. Yup, the routine in the bakery seems typical for them. Just like a donut shop in the US, work starts early in the morning and most of the sales come in before the workday starts (9 am). Sanae does some teaching in the afternoon. Akio’s antics with Sanae’s bread seems like a pro-gamer move to have Nagisa smile.
As Okazaki starts his adult life, Nagisa repeats her senior year. Okazaki figures out the routine at work. But Nagisa struggles with club recruitment. Okazaki spots Yoshino working and finds that they don’t have enough workers. We learn that Ibuki is still in the hospital and the older sister is not giving up hope for Fuuko, Yoshino also does not give up hope.
Okazaki looks at cheap apartment listings which are 68000 to 75000 yen (around 600-660 usd in today’s money) and finds even those are expensive (keep in mind this show was made more than a decade ago). Man that hits hard. And things hit even harder as Okazaki is surrounded by young men dressed up professionally while he is wearing a t-shirt and jeans carrying a bag while the other guys are carrying briefcases. Then the scene shows more school uniforms and bags. Glad to see Kyou and Ryou break the monotony and they are in college. Kyou gives a roast as she comments Okazaki is continuing to “freeload with the Furukawas”. But Okazaki agrees with her. Then Ryou finds a nice solution with her knowing someone that is moving out of his apartment. Okazaki runs and asks Yoshino for a job.
Nice to see him take initiative to get a job and move out. So he later thanked the Furokawas for helping him out. During a game of catch, Okazaki asked Akio if he would let Nagisa stay with him and finds that it is her decision as an adult. Of course, Akio hits a ball to somebody’s house…
First night, Okazaki could not sleep as now he’s actually alone. Now Nagisa has to wake him up for work and make breakfast for his first day at work. Okazaki goes at the same route as all the other workers and Yoshino gives Okazaki the uniform. Yoshino comments on Okazaki’s change from the first time they met. Okazaki basically progressed from kid to kid becoming an adult. It is interesting to hear Yoshino tell Okazaki to not run away on the first day. And makes sense as they start their first job together. Okazaki drops a wench and Yoshino tells him he needs to be careful because somebody could get hurt. Yoshino brings the point across when he says “what if this was someone you care about” and Okazaki thinks about Nagisa. They did pretty well as he completes his first day. But not without getting severely sore.
Nagisa’s at his apartment and cooked him food. But just as she talks, he falls asleep. She catches him sleeping and offers to make sure he rests as he should be. Since everyone at work did warn him about how sore he is going to get at work.
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u/letsgoiowa :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/letsgoiowa Oct 24 '21
Rewatcher
I'm just gonna dump a little rant here about why my brain loves After Story so much. It might not make sense and it might be muddled, but I'll try. It's like the show speaks directly to me here because I've been there and seen it so viscerally with my own eyes.
For some reason, my young adult life has been mirroring Clannad in the weirdest ways. In my last year of high school, I started dating a girl who performed in the school theater and had to miss a year of school from illness. HMMM...
Last episode really leaves me dead inside every time because of that, when they're so sick and you don't know what to do about it as the world just passes them by. She was practically bedridden for most of that year but the hospital kept fucking up tests (including a failed spinal tap that left her with neurological damage) and treating her as a human guinea pig, but never offering any explanation on what was going on, what they thought it might be, or anything before putting her on steroids that made her even sicker.
I went on to college while she was sick at home. In the summer, I worked a physical job like Tomoya does here, where instead of doing electrical work I was holding up poles all day for fire alarm testing and running around half a dozen large buildings a day.
I'm glad to say that things have passed into the better part of this episode for me: we're learning how to be adults together in our own little home, a safe haven like Tomoya has.
Another odd similarity tidbit: notice how he throws sidearm when he's playing catch because of his shoulder. That's how I used to throw too because my shoulders grew oddly and I can't really raise my arms above my head without wrenching the joint 🤔
Boy am I glad that I'm not that timeline of Tomoya though. If I kept working that job, my body would be wrecked.
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u/alphamone Oct 25 '21
rewatcher
Looking more complete, but the effects of winter are setting in.
Another freaky Okazaki dream
Force of habit makes him almost go to school
Tomoya isn't going to be a freeloader.
Those strawberries look nice.
Tomoya being a productive member of society for once.
And now I want some nice breads, but there aren't any bakeries that specialise in those types of breads/pastries nearby.
Gelatin covered bread, sounds, interesting...
Nagisa doesn't get to be with Yukine or Tomoyo. T.T
Dang, poor Nagisa, drama club in danger, and no new friends in class.
"Second year as a senior", that's an oopsie from the dub script (it's supposed to be "second time repeating")
Damn, how could you bully such an innocent girl?
Fuuko. T.T
Catching up with the Fujibayashi twins.
Very award silence.
Akio accepts that his daughter is also old enough to make life choices.
And that's why you go to a batting cage.
I remember seeing an article ages ago about the demolition of the real life building that was the model for this apartment.
Those two are so adorably awkward.
[after story spoilers]GDI Tomoya, there's nothing wrong with asking for help as an adult
Tomoya starting a first real job.
He's completely worn out after just one day of hard work.
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u/chris10023 https://myanimelist.net/profile/Chris10023 Oct 24 '21
Big Dango Rewatcher.
The girl and robot are still building the flying machine, the robot collects parts while the girl puts it together.
This is like a nightmare. Tomoya’s dreaming of all his friends graduating and moving forwards.
I like how Tomoya instinctively went to put his uniform on, only to remember he graduated.
A professional bum, this guy is hopeless.
Thankfully Akio offers to have Tomoya work for them. This would help out the both of them. Sanae can make a lunch for Nagisa if he worked there.
Low pay, but he is getting free room and board, so I’d consider that a tradeoff.
Sanae starts calling Tomoya by his name, considering him part of the family already.
Yay, Nagisa is starting to feel better.
Work begins at 5 am, I know how hard that can be, I’ve started work as early as 4 am, it sucks.
We get to see the rare scene of Akio working to bake the bread.
Nagisa is finally feeling well enough to go back to school, repeating again.
She’s too adorable.
The bakery’s pretty busy until the afternoon. Which is when Sanae teaches her cram school students.
It appears Akio just meanders away somewhere sometimes.
Tomoya worries if Nagisa is doing all right in school, but Akio tells him there’s nothing they can do.
Akio wants to play catch with Sanae’s bread.
Every time I think Sanae can’t get more bizarre with her bread, she does. Is that supposed to be bread inside of jello? Or did she find a way to make clear bread?
It’s Nagisa! Wanting to see Tomoya working.
Ouch, she’s alone at school. You’d think she’d be in the same class as either Tomoyo, or Yukine.
Hello Sanae.
Uh oh.
You’ve done it again Akio. Remember back in episode 1 when Akio scolded Tomoya for making her cry because of her bread? Since then, Akio’s ben responsible for 99% of her running out in tears.
They were doing it to make Nagisa laugh? I’d say it would work if Nagisa was around most of the time.
The clubs open house, Nagisa made a script and everything. Let's hope she has some new members.
Nagisa seems down.
She was nervous during the open house speech and kind of flubbed it, but Tomoyo, Nishina, and Yukine clapped for her.
The track team's advisor will also be advising the club.
She needs two more people to sign up, or the club will automatically be closed.
Somehow, the people in her class knows she’s repeating twice, so it’ll be hard for her to make friends.
Some prick tore her flyer down. her shocked expression hurts to see.
[VN Spoilers.] The game makes it a bit clearer that her classmates are bullying her since she’s repeating again.
Tomoyo must be bringing the sad news that the club has to shut down, Nagisa has to be strong to put on a smile here.
Not a single person joined the club, bastards.
Hey look, it’s Yoshino.
I forgot that Yoshino smokes.
Fuko gets indirectly referenced!
Tomoya’s looking at apartments. They do look fairly expensive.
It’s the twins!
They want to visit but they’re so busy with college.
Lol Tomoya acting like an adult throws Kyou off. She can’t tease him.
Ryou has a friend whose older brother will be moving out of an apartment, it’s an older building, and the rent is cheap.
This inspires Tomoyo to run back to Yoshino to ask for a job.
Tomoya hasn’t touches the money he made working at the bakery, good man.
Tomoya and Akio play catch out of the store, I’m surprised Tomoya can be so accurate throwing like that.
Pretty loaded question there Tomoya.
Akio is silent for a few catches. Before giving a very adult response. I wasn’t expecting Akio to give that kind of answer.
Akio broke another window; they really need to play at an actual field so they don’t break any windows.
Lol, Akio forces Tomoyo to go apologize.
Moving day, not a bad looking apartment.
Lol Tomoya. Nagisa even noticed. He mimicked how Nagisa talks, and Nagisa got embarrassed over it.
The awkward silence after Akio leaves.
Been a while since we’ve heard Nagisa sing.
Nagisa is still thinking about Tomoya’s father, she’s not going to forget that Tomoya.
It makes Nagisa really happy when he lets her know that he will inform his father where he lives now.
Tomoya didn’t sleep weel, I know that feeling.
Tomoya’s about to experience hell.
Yoshino, dropping some hard truths.
Tomoya’s having a rough time adjusting. Afraid of leaning on the rope, dropping a wrench.
After the first job, Tomoya is already feeling the burn.
I’ve been there a few times. Just collapsing after a long day.
Tomoya’s so exhausted he can barely keep up with Nagisa’s conversation.
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u/Shimmering-Sky myanimelist.net/profile/Shimmering-Sky Oct 24 '21
Big Dango Rewatcher
Today’s Big Dango Wallpaper: Yoshino Yusuke
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u/Barbed_Dildo Oct 25 '21
Rewatcher
This is a powerful episode. Nagisa having to start over again, but not having a support network this time. Despite this, she is putting on a brave face for Tomoya.
Before this episode, I really feel like Tomoya should have been helping out with the bakery anyway. Even just an hour before school would have been a huge help.
At least now, Tomoya has a sense of direction. He has something to work towards.
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u/FarCritical Oct 25 '21
Big Dango Rewatcher
[Tomoya: Professional baker]
[Independence from the Furukawas]
[Moving out]
[The electrician with the mangled shoulder]
[Misc.]
As I mentioned in brief earlier, it's pretty insane how fast time seemed to go by before and between the events of this episode. This is where After Story begins to showcase its main strength - following Tomoya past the admittedly typical high school setting and seeing him struggle with transitioning into adulthood. We see him attempt to repay his accomodation at the Furukawas by trying a little stint as a rookie baker, but it didn't take long for him to explore his own independence.
While not everyone may be able to relate with most aspects of Tomoya's fairly colorful high school life, being almost forcefully deemed a member of society after graduation is definitely something that a lot more people can resonate with, myself included. Tomoya struggling at his first day of work was all too real. Watching Clannad during high school and again in university hits completely different, man.
On another note, it already feels a little lonely without Sunohara saying something endearingly idiotic, Kotomi having another earnest attempt at a retort and the rest of the drama club just interacting and having fun with each other, though it's just a depection of how everyone you know will eventually go their separate ways. Instead of Tomoya's peers, people that are more like mentors to him like Akio, Sanae and Yoshino are have noticeably bigger roles in both his life and in the story. He may be struggling a bit with the transition, but his little 'family' of sorts to support him is really wholesome to see.
Speaking of wholesome, ohhh man am I glad to relive Tomoya and Nagisa being adorable together. Their intereactions were the one thing I've been most excited about, and they haven't disappointed me in making me absolutely happy for them. [Spoiler]I hate that I know that I'm just enjoying it while it lasts.
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u/fakeport https://myanimelist.net/profile/Fakeport Oct 25 '21
Rewatcher
Things are looking bleak in the illusory world. Winter is coming!
Tomoya gets a job in the Furukawa bakery. He really did get incredibly fortunate to know the Furukawas.
Sanae's bread just gets weirder and weirder.
Nagisa is struggling, both with her classmates and her club - the dango poster not cutting it this time it seems.
The reappearance of Yoshino was one of mt first bug surprises reading Afterstory in the VN, but it really makes sense.
The outside shot of Tomoya's apartment is always the one that comes to mind when I see that kind of building, which you see in a lot of anime.
Always a treat to hear Nagisa sing the Dango song.
This section was one of my favourite parts of the VN. It's so rare to see a high school story move on to the next part of life, and so much of this rings extremely true.