Clannad: After Story

Review for clannad after story:

Man this season really really lives up to how everyone describes this show and genuinely to me in the most unexpected ways.

The beginning of this season didnt really feel all too different from the first season. You could even easily split it into three little arcs with the third one being the longest one none of which I really have much to say about due to how short they are so they're all gonna be in one paragraph. (:

The first arc was about sunohara and his relationship with his sister which was just a few episodes and was really sweet and cute. I really enjoyed learning more about sunohara. My favourite part of this arc has to be the fight in the end between him and tomoya.
The second arc was about misae. This arc was really well done in my opinion. The way it turned into a flashback from the cat directly speaking to tomoya was such an interesting way to do a flashback in my opinion and the flashback itself was really well done. They were able to do so much in so few episodes and I think this arc is where I knew I was gonna really love this season.
The third arc was about miyazawa which honestly i didnt expect. The fact that they decided to focus on the gangs within the town was really interesting to me and I think it made for a really great arc. Not only was the way both of these gangs acted really interesting but so was Miyazawa's relationship with them both. I thought it was really sweet that neither of the gangs hated her because she was always helping them out whenever they were hurt. I genuinely think this arc was insanely well done from start to finish. The way all the characters interacted with each other was super cute and engaging and the way it ended was pretty beautiful.

(Apologies if this next part of the review is too vague I wanna keep it as spoiler free as possible since I think one of the best parts of watching this was having absolutely no idea where it was going.)

After these first three arcs is when I think the “after story” part of this show really began and when I say began I mean BEGAN.
I was fully pulled in from the moment we saw tomoya leave high school all the way till the end. First off, seeing both Tomoya and Nagisa grow after they left high school was so nice along with how Tomoya's relationship with both of Nagisa's parents grew throughout the season. Tomoya truly became a part of the family during this season. I also really enjoyed seeing tomoya just grow in general during this part of the season with him getting a job and getting to know and getting closer to yoshino which was definitely another highlight. But I think the moment this show went from really good and attention grabbing to absolutely amazing was when Tomoya and Nagisa decided to have a child. The build up for the birth itself was really well done with every conversation between all the characters really pulling me in and getting me more and more interested in what on earth is gonna happen along with each of these conversations just being filled with so much character.

Episode 16 is the episode where all the build up finally culminates and I genuinely think it's a masterpiece of an episode. I wont spoil what happens in it but oh my god that episode from its writing to its animation. ESPECIALLY the last scene. After this episode is where this show is at its absolute best. Seeing Tomoya finally realize his love for Ushio in the next was so beautiful and just the entire episode is so well done and is honestly on par to me with episode 16. The episodes after these two episodes up until the last two episodes were also really well done and it was so nice to see how a lot of these characters have grown especially compared to when we first met them in the first season and Tomoya's relationship with Ushio is genuinely the best written relationship in the entire show to me.

As for the last two episodes. I dont really know what to say without spoiling but they were once again insanely beautiful episodes through and through i didnt expect the show to end the way it did but I'm so glad it did. Seeing the scenes of the other world that we’ve been seeing throughout the entire show becoming more and more common during these episodes was such a great choice and every single interaction that each of these characters had with each other was genuinely so beautiful. I honestly think the best way to describe the ending of this anime and just the entirety of after story is "beautiful".

Overall I really loved this season and am so surprised about the way it ended and im so glad that I finally decided to watch it.
9.9/10