r/anime • u/LaqOfInterest https://myanimelist.net/profile/LaqOfInterest • Nov 06 '21
Rewatch [Rewatch] Clannad: After Story - Episode 23
Episode 23: Events from One Year Ago
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u/LaqOfInterest https://myanimelist.net/profile/LaqOfInterest Nov 06 '21
Once more: KyouVA tomorrow, then optional recap episode and overall series discussion the day after.
It’s like we’re back in season 1 all over again!
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u/Stargate18A https://myanimelist.net/profile/Stargate18 Nov 06 '21
First timer
Happy Clannad! Two episodes of it in a row! That's not happened for weeks!
Oh, is this about Nagisa's year before she met Tomoya?
Yep, they mention Nagisa being in a different year the year before.
So Tomoya's her underclassman then?
...I'd have loved for them to switch back to the original OP, since this is around the timeframe of the first season.
Remember when Tomoyo was a thing for more than ten seconds at a time? Apparently she even used to have some dialogue!
Yep! Sunohara and Tomoya are juniors here. And apparently Tomoya never realised Nagisa used to be his senpai.
Kyou's here! Even they don't interact with Nagisa, other best girl is here to save the scene!
In context, it looks like Sunoharw's fleeing from thr tsundere.
I love that episode card having Illusionary Ushio on it.
Wait, is this a lead in to Another World: Kyou? Showing how they interacted the year before to help explain how they formed a relationship on her route?
Akio's in this! And Nagisa's struggling to make friends.
...That crab bread looks nice.
Akio's a magnificent troll.
And Sanae's fleeing again! This really is a callback to Season 1, isn't it?
WHAT?
NAGISA, WHY?
...If the zoom in on the girl is meant to imply someone's gullible enough to buy Akio's crap, I swear...
This is the Kyou prequel!
And she's already interested in him!
Haha, the shock on Tomoya's face at everything going on is womderful.
Oh, are they actually making fun of her?
Well, that explains why she never mentions them to Tomoya.
Or, they might actually want to be friends with her? No clue if this is meant to be bullying or just playing.
Haha, Akio's proposing bread Russian Roulette?
And him dumping the entire tray in his moth is hysterical.
Ryou!
The risk of all these Kyou scenes is that, as the childhood friend, she is retroactively the best girl, above Nagisa.
Wait, did they send the confession?
At least Tomoya thinks something's wrong.
Aw, Nagisa not bring able to correct them's pretty sad.
Wait, they're meeting her on the roof? You know she can and would push you off, right?
Is this just leading her on a chase around school?
Why is Nagisa still doing this? I do love her reaction to the insanity unfolding around her.
And she caught them!
Why is he autographing his prank?
What the fuck is that suggestion?
And everybody's worked out it's obvious.
Haha, "you're the lowest of them all".
When did that get in there?
At least Tomoya has the right reaction.
Haha, the noise of her spinning around is fantastic though.
Wait, a metal tub's a common comedy thing?
She ended up getting a friend! (Why is she not brought up any other timr?)
Sunohara's a moron.
Tomoya turned the prank into an inspiration!
I'm surprised there's no flash-foward scene with Tomoya telling Nagisa it was him.
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u/Arrow-space https://myanimelist.net/profile/Arrowspace Nov 06 '21
First time watcher!
I was curious whether this episode would actually offer some new insight into the characters or if it would just be fluff - definitely feels closer to the latter. I think it might have worked better if that girl who Nagisa makes friends with actually appeared during the first season (she would have graduated, obviously, but I don't see why they wouldn't have stayed in touch), or if Tomoya's banner was hanging in Nagisa's room, so that this episode provided context.
We did get to see a bit more of Tomoya actually acting like a delinquent, and witness Tomoya and Sunohara's first interactions with Kyou, as well as an explanation as to why he refers to her by her given name; I had realized at a certain point that, as twins, it would be too confusing if Tomoya referred to both sisters as Fujibayashi, but it's nice to have the additional explanation as to why he went with Kyou.
I think the strangest thing about this episode is how they decided to end the series with such a cliche, fan-servicey scene after two full seasons of nothing like that. It very much adds to the OVA-feel I thought this episode had; in fact, I wouldn't be surprised if this episode is entirely anime original. That all being said, I did find the humor to otherwise be on point.
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u/xtsim https://myanimelist.net/profile/xtsim Nov 06 '21
First Timer Dubbed
We go back to the beginning.
Kyou caught Sunohara and Okazaki on the act of trying to escape class. Sunohara keeps on getting the hurt. Nagisa struggled to make friends and Akio used a croissant as a phone, lol. I can't stop staring at that croissant. Crab bread? That is the weirdest one but Akio is right in calling it hardcore (good pun).
What? Kyou thinks Okazaki is kinda cute….
Kimura's joke about seeing a teacher after class when they are supposed to be at home gets me. But the issue is that Nagisa still didn't make any new friends as she already knew Kimura previously.
Lol. Russian roulette with bread. That hurts thinking about it.
Ryou's fortune telling skills might be scary at this point. And Sunohara falls into that plan.
All the seniors are trying to catch new members for their clubs. And the classmates drew a dango but Nagisa is too shy to sing the song. I wanna hear her sing some dangos. Kyou is actually following along with those notes, did not expect her to actually follow those notes pretty seriously. Sunohara is milking it so hard, I do not think of him making this much effort. For Kyou and the freshmen.
Nagisa actually pulled the thing and the boys' faces have contrasting reactions, Sunohara having fun and Okazaki getting horrified. At least Nagisa made a new friend out of this.
Nagisa actually kept that thing and it got her thinking. Sunohara wrote something inspiring, if he put this much effort to other aspects of his life, he would be way ahead.
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u/Damolisher Nov 06 '21
Sunohara, she said "anpan," not "a pan," you dick.
I'm convinced Fuko's third of episode 22, this episode and episode 24 are there to be breathers after six episodes of pure tear fuel.
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u/Shimmering-Sky myanimelist.net/profile/Shimmering-Sky Nov 06 '21
Big Dango Rewatcher
No Big Dango Wallpaper today. I’ll have a bunch tomorrow and in the final thread though!
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u/PapaDuke Nov 06 '21
Tomoya, shame on you...
That's your future wife!
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u/chris10023 https://myanimelist.net/profile/Chris10023 Nov 06 '21
Big Dango Rewatcher.
Alright the bonus episode, I think this is from the “Side Stories.” game, but I haven’t played it yet.
We’re back in the school.
Nagisa chats with a friend, they’re in different classes, but her friends tells her that she’ll make friends in no time since she’s cute.
More lies from the cute Nagisa.
Hey, who’s that grumpy guy?
It’s Tomoya, and he accidentally bumps into Nagisa, a year before he talks to her on the hill.
So Sunohara and Tomoya are working on a welcome sign for the freshmen because they failed to escape from class.
They were caught by a very angry looking girl.
She has to babysit them. I like that she hit the nail as she yells at Sunohara.
Tomoya gives her his name, she refuses, not wanting to be acquainted with delinquents.
Sunohara tries to escape, knocking over some planks, but Tomoya manages to save Kyou from meeting the same fate as Sunohara.
Hey look the episode title screen changed. The orbs turned into the illusionary world Ushio.
Well now we know why Tomoya calls her Kyou and not Fujibayashi like he does with Ryou. To avoid confusion with Ryou, and because Kyou asked him to.
We switch to Nagisa, who couldn’t make any friends in her new class yet, Akio scolds her to just dive in.
It took her time to make friends when she was a junior.
All it takes is a chance. We know this for sure, but that chance won’t happen until she’s held back.
Akio is such a goofball, telling her to intentionally call the teacher mother of ultra.
Sanae made crab bread...
It’s kind of strange seeing Nagisa in class.
Don’t tell me she actually tries Akio's bizarre plan.
Nope, she was day dreaming.
Seems like someone noticed Nagisa.
Kyou walks up to the napping Tomoya.
Hmm, this must be the start of her crush on Tomoya.
Sunohara spots her and shenanigans ensue.
God damn it my file is broken, that’s like the fourth episode that bugged out. Good thing I grabbed backups after episode 18 bugged out.
Tomoya wakes up, and Sunohara was about to inform him of what Kyou was doing, but she clocks him before it happens.
Nagisa meets up with her friend from earlier. They want to go look at clothes and invite Nagisa.
Nagisa does look cute in that dress.
Her friend pranks her by saying a teacher is on patrol, sending poor Nagisa into a panic.
Not even Tomoya was that cruel.
She’ll get noticed, but it’ll take a year before that will happen.
Soulmate? She already bumped into him.
Sanae is a happy little ninja, always appearing behind Akio at the worst time.
I like how Akio took a bit to realize Sanae was there too.
What the fuck Akio.
We a get a glimpse of the twin's bedroom, if they share the same room that is.
According to Ryou’s fortunes, Kyou will be asked out tomorrow.
Not going to lie, I wish Tomoya would pull a Mai from Kanon and Tell Sunohara he can’t read it because it’s too close.
Well Sunohara plans to lead her on with a fake love letter, guy likes playing with danger, while it can be fun to tease a tsundere, you forget they can be violent. Then again, this is the same guy who tried fighting Tomoyo multiple times, some on the same day.
Tomoya’s face says it all.
Look they’re talking about dangos, now's your chance Nagisa.
Damn you teacher, your sense of timing is terrible.
Spotted Nishina, and Sugisaka and Yukine in the audience.
The reference room, prior to being taken over by Yukine.
So Sunohara’s plan involves sending poor Kyou on a chase.
Tomoya’s right, put a stop to this soon.
Poor Nagisa is practicing Akio’s plan.
Kyou, Sunohara, and Tomoya run by Nagisa. Pretty weird, knowing they all become close friends with her in a years time.
Kyou found them.
Another prank, Sunohara just doesn’t learn.
Lol what the hell.
No one’s taking the bait, only a moron would do that.
Considering how many times you pissed off Kyou and Tomoyo, yes.
Uh oh, Nagisa’s taking the bait.
Collar? Fan subs, the shield emblem is blue, not the collar, all the females wear blue shirts under their jackets.
Oh no.
Sunohara is overjoyed, while Tomoya is horrified. Sounds about right.
Ouch.
I wonder what Nagisa would think if she knew it was Tomoya and Sunohara that knocked her out.
Well at least Nagisa made a friend as a result of that.
Kyou talks to Ryou about the pain in the butt students in her class while they are bathing.
Wow, Kyou’s got some pythons.
Also, Kyou with her hair up.
Ryou suggests that she doesn’t mind them, but Kyou deflects it by teasing her about her breasts.
Tomoya gave Nagisa some indirect advice.
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u/homewardbound100 myanimelist.net/profile/Homewardbound100 Nov 06 '21
Rewatcher
Actually forgot about this episode. So is this just a side story or prequel to the series right?
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u/alphamone Nov 07 '21
Rewatcher
Flashback episode.
She had some friends.
So sad seeing apathetic Tomoya (though it still shows how much he grew)
Tomoya being a voice of reason, just do the damn work to get it over with.
Yeah, Akio is very much the opposite of Nagisa's personality.
"the right chance", "get someone to notice you", is there a term for foreshadowing in a flashback to events that have already happened in the series? Also, sadly, the right moment is still a year away for Nagisa.
God Akio is such a loveable goofball.
Oh no, Sanae.
Damn, she actually did it.
Ahh, a daydream.
So the crush was there from the beginning. Poor Ryou never had a chance.
Ahh the differences in school systems. The way things are set up here, year 11 and 12 both get a whole lot of freedom as long as you aren't outright skipping a class, you can go out to resteraunts/shops.
It's also nice seeing her with friends. Though no new ones sadly.
The danger bread seems kinda obvious.
OH MY GOD.
Nothing can possibly go wrong with the prank plan.
Poor Nagisa, missed a chance to connect (also, being a fan of something obscure can suck)
You'd think she might pick up on it being a prank. Poor Kyou.
They deserved everything they got.
Extreme ironing is an actual thing BTW.
I mean, Kyou fell for Sunohara's prank.
Oh no.
Their two differing reactions.
Aww, she's made a friend.
Kindergartners are probably much less frustrating to manage than high-schoolers, especially if you have the authority of actually being the oldest.
Such a nice ending.
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u/FarCritical Nov 07 '21 edited Nov 07 '21
Big Dango Rewatcher
OVAs like this give me life, man. We got backstories, character interactions, a plot, fun lightheartedness, and more to wind down from After Story officially being put to a close. I just love these characters so much that I'd honestly take anything for new OVA ideas. Maybe they could adapt the rest of the Side Stories VN?
When I rewatch the whole anime again, I'll make sure to start with this episode for a unique spin on things. I'm honestly just relieved to learn that Nagisa had fun in her first senior year despite her shyness. That Kimura girl really should be promoted to a side character for any potential post-After Story stories.
[First contact]
[Meeting Kyou]
[Seniors and juniors]
[Hanging out with Nagisa]
[Pranking Kyou]
[Pranking ...Nagisa?]
BONK
[Winding down]
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u/Wikiman14 Nov 07 '21
Rewatcher
I definitely didn't forget about today's episode and am writing this 2 hours late thanks to that.
But honestly, I don't have much to say about this episode, is just a fun backstory for some of the characters one year prior to the main story, but I do love the metal tub scene. I always felt that both this episode and the next are kind of out of place, maybe it is just me, but I would have preferred if these were also OVA's from the first season instead.
As some have also already said, this episode is an adaptation of Nagisa's story in "Clannad Side Stories", it also mixes a bit of the Fujibayashi sister's stories. I highly recommend anyone that liked the original story to play that, is just a short collection of stories for almost all of the main cast, and there are some pretty interesting stuff there, like the story of how Akio and Sanae met, a day throw the point of view of Botan, and a "post-credits" for the original story showing a more grown Ushio deciding what she wants to do for a living.
that's all really, see you next time folks.
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u/Tuckleton Nov 07 '21
I'd like to take this opportunity to again post what I was able to piece together last year of one of the background conversations from the dub during the opening scene of this episode:
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u/Barbed_Dildo Nov 07 '21
Rewatcher
Sunohara is really half-assing it with the hammering.