Should i watch clannad before after story

Their involvement with her case may put them in the crosshairs of one gang. Yukine and Tomoya try to de-escalate tensions between the two gangs before the police get involved, and Tomoya may have to go to great lengths to bring peace. Graduation approaches! The group discusses their plans for the future, but Nagisa's sickness returns, forcing her to miss exams. Tomoya takes a job at a bakery, hoping to become more independent while Nagisa returns to school and tries to revive the theater club.

Tomoya struggles to find his stride at his new job, and his responsibilities take its toll on his relationship with Nagisa. Yusuke shares some of his painful past with Tomoya. Later, Tomoya's promotion falls through as a result of his father's misconduct. Tomoya wants Akio to accept his future marriage to Nagisa. Months later, the group prepares to celebrate Nagisa's long-awaited graduation. Now a happily married couple, Nagisa and Tomoya start to find their stride in life together.

The two are worried that their old school will be turn down and move to save it. A pregnant Nagisa is spending more time in bed, weak with morning sickness. Tomoya is worried about her health, but Nagisa tries to assure him. In the latter part of her pregnancy, Nagisa has become sick again and goes into premature labor.

Due to the snow, she is unable to be taken to the hospital. Five years later, Tomoya is a workaholic who spends his money on drinking and smoking. Sanae tricks him into being alone with Ushio, but he can't seem to connect with her. Ushio accidentally loses a toy robot Tomoya bought for her and searches for it. Tomoya comes to an understanding about his relationship with his father and his daughter. After returning from their trip, Tomoya finally takes Ushio home to live with him, permanently.

The two meet up with old friends. Ushio's teacher in school is none other than Kyou. Tomoya asks Fuko to play with Ushio as he gets ready to participate in the school's sports day. At discovering that Ushio has the same sickness that took Nagisa, Tomoya drops everything to take care of her.

I don't need no signature! I don't have to show you any stinkin' signature! If you want to ruin it, yes. You should watch Clannad first.. Clannad is a nice anime too. And the first episodes of Clannad After Story are so boring. Better watch Clannad first, but you could skip a few episodes. You'll miss a lot of awesome scenes if you skip Clannad, especially the ones including Tomoyo.

Why, of course you can. It would be pretty stupid but it's not impossible. You can, but I encourage you to not watch Clannad at all. The answer was in your question. You'd ruin it for yourself Clannad first season kinda sucks, but the emotional aspect of After Story was amazing, second most touching anime ever.

Clannad first, for the love of god To be honest, the first season of Clannad is really boring but you need to watch it in order to understand After Story which is FAR better. Thr first season pretty much bored me out of my wits except Kotomi's arc, I enjoyed that but it's only a set up. The vast majority love After Story way more so watch that instead. After Story I didn't find boring a bit. HKenji said: Clannad is a nice anime too. Confucius said: You can, but I encourage you to not watch Clannad at all.

It's better to watch the first season before After Story to gain a better understanding of the characters. Actually no.. You can, but you would be missing a lot of background info, knowing the characters, etc etc.

Basically you'd be a bit confused at first so it's probably not the best idea. Decent romance anime! Remembering my first years as an anime reviewer, I often remember the anime "Clannad" warmly, for it's sympathetic yet admirable characters, and tragic storyline.

And yet, when I stop to think about it twice there are a few low points this anime has, so for the purpose of simply getting it out of my system, I will begin with the low points. First off, a little near the middle we are introduced to a character named "Fuko. I'm not gonna try to get too into it, because, not only is the character arc long and boring, but it's also very confusing and unrealistic.

Basically, Fuko was a girl who used to be very antisocial, refusing to talk to anyone but her sister whom she loved very much. One, day, while Fuko is walking to school, she's hit by a car. This impact sends her into a comma, and somehow.. Fuko comes back to life but she's still in the hospital?

Is she like a ghost or something? She definitely doesn't seem like one in the show, if that's what the director's were aiming for? Like I said, very confusing storyline, very long, and not memorable at all. However, there are many high points to make up for the whole, boring, Fuko storyline.

Like the fact that this anime features an admirable couple, a couple that kids and teens should look up to. Tomoya and Nagisa, the lead couple, start things off slow as friends and then slowly progress with the friendship, overcome many tragic obstacles to build on their friendship, and finally in season 2, they finally start dating. This is WAY better than having your kid watch some other film where the lead couple hooks up in the first 12 minutes of the show. Things parents should watch out for: Even though the overall feel of this anime is warm and sensitive, there are some hazy moments where things turn very comedic.

These comedic moment might include the usage of explicit language and some brief yet blunt! You and your child will not regret watching! This title contains: Sexy stuff. Teen, 14 years old Written by whimsicalreviewer July 27, Day before yesterday I saw a rabbit, and yesterday a deer, and today, you. Indifferent and resentful to his surroundings, he dances to the beat of his own drum, yet lives under a raincloud in a sea of sunshine, as shown in his first words: ""I hate this city.

It's full of memories I want to forget about. Go to school every day, chat with friends, and then go back to the home I don't even want to go back to. Will something eventually change, doing this? What he doesn't know, is that his world is going to get rattled pretty soon. Not only by running into the sweet, caring, Nagisa Furukawa, who is susceptible to illness and has the oddest, yet most fantastic set of parents to ever enter the anime realm, but by a train of friends that steadily grow as the story progresses:Youhei Sunohara, Kyou Fujibayashi, Kotomi Ichinose, Tomoyo Sakagami, Fuko Ibuki, and many, many more.

Sounds like your average rag-tag group of anime kids who are out to slay demons and save the day, right? Honestly, don't even let your thoughts wander there.

Clannad is a beautiful, richly textured story that has keen eye for detail, human nature, emotion, and life. Each episode is so wrought with thought and feeling in such a way that it doesn't just shove itself down your throat--it feels like a seed planted in your body, growing and growing, until you are so overwhelmed and captivated, that your house will flood with tears and joy and pain and confusion and sentiment and so, SO much more.

Personally, I am a person who doesn't cry at much. But with Clannad? The amount I was bawling, I thought I was going to make myself sick. The main draw to the show, is the characters. Each person has their own individual quirks, unique personality, and a special something that makes them endearing; they aren't mere carbon copies of other anime superheros you've seen floating around, oh no.

The best part is, NO ONE, and I mean NO ONE in this anime, is merely a background character that is there for comic relief and noise: the guy in the corner you see walking out of the store, the little girl who skips down the hallway, even the dormkeeper's CAT, aren't what they seem. The thing about these guys is, they each have something tragic that corrupts them--something that they wish they could swallow down, but during the course of the anime, you'll see each and every one of them crack open and expose their heart.

It is eye-opening, messy, and raw, but don't worry; these are not boo-who-get-over-it, eye-roll worthy problems. These are the kind of stories that, surprisingly, plague a people.

It can be anything from wanting to become a stronger person, learn how to make friends, dealing with grief and loss, losing your parents at a young age, trying to be a good big brother,to getting a ghost girl to stay in the real world, turning into a cat because your purpose for one life is done, etc.

If it seems stupid now, then trust me; you'll be feasting your eyes once the show is on. Just because some of these seem far-fetched, it doesn't make them any less real, plausible, and downright frightening. You can identify with them, laugh with them, hurt with them, think with them. And, sometimes, you can hate them, too.

But that just makes them better characters! Most importantly, even though everyone in this show has been through a lot, the last thing they do is lock themselves up in their room and mope around like Bella Swan. Personal opinion here: I'm pretty certain that their issues run deeper than being dumped by your creepy vampire boyfriend. Plus, burdens and all, they don't keep anything to themselves for long, anyway , but instead they REACH out to one other.

Okazaki is seemingly cold, unloving person; throughout the story, Nagisa shows him the importance of family and friendship, and he evolves into a kinder, open-minded guy. Nagisa, on the other hand, learns to stand up for herself, chase her dreams, and become an overall stronger person. In this lovely, close-knit town, everything is give and take, even if it unintentionally.

On that note, Clannad isn't just a marvelous showcase of friendship and love, it poses a lot of intriguing points and questions. It doesn't tack it on in a cheesy, Disney-type fashion. These things just slip in there and root themselves before you eyes, to be admired and appreciated. Even when your life is filled with sadness and tears, open your eyes. Do what you wish to do.

Become what you want to be. Make friends. In this world, we take so, so much for granted. We are easily get discouraged and make molehills into mountains. It's nice, sometimes to get little reminders like this. Like: yes, to you, your life may be awful. You're not getting told you're pretty often, you want to have more friends, you want to be more social, your tanlines are awkward.

On and on and on. But how often do we really stop for a moment and just think? When do you ever take pressure off of ourselves, and pause to absorb the beauty of our surroundings, not what society has made it out to be? Whatever messages we are given seem to be so cryptic that we don't even want to take the time decoding them. This is sweet, simple, and direct. I am as much of a fan of symbolism as the next person, but just feeling the simplicity of the message resonate through you All in all, Clannad has really changed my life after I watched it--no joke.

I have learned to become more thoughtful, optimistic, appreciate what I have, reach out to others, and be thankful for my friends and family who are willing to support me.

If I feel like I have lost all of that, I don't feel afraid to really step up and seize the opportunity.