Farewell parties are so sad.

TV series: CLANNAD
Episode: 09

Yeah, Fuuko’s arc has ended. At first, I’m sure most viewers felt that this arc was kinda dull because basically it was just “Fuuko gives a starfish to some students, then she gets forgotten by someone.” every week. But the ending must have totally made up for it.

The happy wedding moment.

This episode was full of beautiful scenes. First, we have the whole wedding party (no, it wasn’t a farewell party… even if it seemed like one) with Nagisa, Tomoya and Fuuko at the school. Everything’s all happiness and fun stuff, until the next day when both Nagisa and Tomoya wake up and finally forget about Fuu-chan. I got kinda annoyed since I thought Fuuko wasn’t going to make it to the wedding, but then Nagisa and Tomoya manage to remember about her again, so in the end they’re able to go to the celebration together.

When the wind vanishes into the twilight.

The second segment, which covers Kouko’s wedding, is undoubtedly the most emotional one. The scene where Fuuko thanks her friends for all the fun moments she had with them, and when she gives a starfish to her sister wishing her a life full of happiness, both of these parts were so sad and I actually got teary eyes (something that didn’t happen during Kano/Makoto’s story arcs, the initial ones from previous Key adaptations). The music played during both scenes contributed a lot to the mood, and I’m glad I’m not that good with English since noticing the engrish lyrics from that last insert song (which I’m pretty sure is called “Ana”) would have ruined the moment for me. Luckily, I didn’t pay that much attention to the song until I watched the episode a second time. ^^

I guess this is the true nature of CLANNAD.

I would have been depressed all day long if it wasn’t for that humorous next-episode preview with Kotomi going ijimekko’d and the other girls agreeing to them being bullies. XD So, next week starts the genius girl’s story arc, huh. I guess I’m fine with it since I don’t like her as a character that much.