Clannad
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[🇯🇵] ＣＬＡＮＮＡＤ -クラナド-
Synopsis:
Tortured by his past and pained by an uncertain future, Tomoya drifts through life with an almost overwhelming anger and emptiness. But when he meets the mysterious, charming and shy Nagisa, his world seems to change. Drawn in by her gentle but lonely spirit, he begins to experience the joy life can bring.
(Source: AnimeLab)
Main Characters:
Nagisa Furukawa
🇯🇵 古河渚
Character ID: 4604
About Character and Role:
Height: 155 cm
Favorite TV Show: Dango Daikazoku
Favorite song: Dango Daikazoku
Favorite animal: Cat
Favorite food: Anpan
Nagisa is the main heroine of Clannad, and the daughter of Akio and Sanae Furukawa. Though she is in her senior year, Nagisa is one year older than her classmates; she had to repeat her third year again after an illness that lasted nine months. Nagisa meets Tomoya on the first day of this year. Nagisa is very timid, and has a habit of saying the names of food that she wants to eat as a way of motivating herself. She wants to reestablish the suspended Theater Club, but does not have enough self-confidence to do so.
In After Story Nagisa begins dating Tomoya, and the couple are married soon afterwards. Nagisa becomes pregnant with Ushio - unfortunately, due to her weak body, she passes away shortly after childbirth. In the true ending of After Story, Nagisa survives, and lives together with Tomoya and Ushio.
Fuuko Ibuki
🇯🇵 伊吹風子
Character ID: 4601
About Character and Role:
Height: 150 cm
Fuko is a first year student at Tomoya's school (Technically, her age is same as Tomoya's), but she is always alone by herself, making wood carvings of starfish with a small knife to give to others as presents for her sister's upcoming wedding. Whenever Fuko sees something she thinks is incredibly cute she completely loses awareness of her surroundings, which Tomoya takes advantage of by playing a variety of pranks on her.
It is later found that Fuko is actually in the hospital, still in a coma from a car crash. Everyone slowly starts to forget her when her health condition gets worse. Tomoya and Nagisa were the last to forget her since she spent most of her time with them. After accidentally releasing one of the light orbs, Tomoya unwittingly brings Fuko out of her coma. She has no memory of what happened, but her personality hasn't changed one bit. She is extremely fond of Ushio.
Kotomi Ichinose
🇯🇵 一ノ瀬ことみ
Character ID: 4602
About Character and Role:
Zodiac: Taurus
Height: 160cm ~ 5'3''
Favorite animal: African Elephant
Favorite food: Pork cutlet
Kotomi is another schoolmate of Tomoya's in the same year, but, like Kyou, is in a separate class from Tomoya. The "Koto" in Kotomi is derived from the Japanese musical stringed instrument of the same name. She is in the top ten for every subject throughout the whole country in standardized exam results—she always goes to library to read extra materials, especially books in foreign languages. Kotomi is a very quiet girl and it is quite difficult to communicate with her. In her spare time, she plays the violin, although she is very poor at it to the point of causing pain to those who hear her play.
Tomoya meets her for the first time when he enters the library and found Kotomi sitting on the floor barefoot, reading books with scissors in her hand, and acts oddly with Tomoya. After several meetings with Kotomi, Tomoya starts skipping the fourth period and spend time with Kotomi in the library. Tomoya decides to force Kotomi to join the drama club to make her more sociable. Just when Kotomi starts to open up to everyone, a bus accident causes her to breakdown in front of everyone and returns home later. Tomoya visits her in her house and learns that he and Kotomi were childhood friends, but lost contact with each other after Kotomi's parents died in an plane-accident. Not wanting to feel the pain of losing someone important anymore, and asks Tomoya to leave her alone. Wanting to bring Kotomi away from her past, Tomoya decides to renovate her garden, while the drama club members decide to gift her a violin, but was unfortunately destroyed. After renovating Kotomi's garden, Kotomi appears to Tomoya, and after some poignant conversation, Tomoya brings Kotomi out of her house to see the outside world inside her heart. The next day, her guardian presents Kotomi her parent's briefcase that has traveled all the way to Japan, and inside is a teddy bear and a testimony, asking Kotomi to live the way she wants and grow up to be an adult. Kotomi realizes she is still being loved by her parents even after their death and cries. After this, Kotomi becomes more mature, and the drama club members finally give Kotomi a violin.
In After Story In the anime adaptation Clannad After Story, Kotomi moves to America to further her studies. She, however, occasionally visits Tomoya and the others, and in the movie adaptation, Kotomi only made a cameo appearance, as she is only seen conducting a song for the members of the Choir Club.
Tomoyo Sakagami
🇯🇵 坂上智代
Character ID: 4603
About Character and Role:
Zodiac: Libra
Height: 161cm
Tomoyo transferred to Tomoya's school as a second year student during spring. Although Tomoya is older than her, Tomoyo does not show him his due respect as a senior student. She has a younger brother named Takafumi (鷹文).
She is rumored to be violent and to have a misconduct record for fighting. These rumors are later confirmed, when she beats up several delinquents from her previous school at a day during school hours. Youhei challenges Tomoyo, unable to believe what he saw. After several meetings with Tomoyo, Tomoya learns from Tomoyo that she wants to be a student council president, and later, her reason of wanting to be one.
In Clannad: Another World, Tomoyo Chapter Tomoya and Tomoyo find interest in each other and become lovers. Although reluctantly, Tomoya assists Tomoyo in becoming the student council president. With Tomoyo's relationship with Tomoya spreads fast in school, the school bodies try to separate Tomoyo and Tomoya, in hope Tomoyo will concentrate more in her position. With Tomoya worrying about his delinquent status will hold down Tomoyo, Tomoya reluctantly breaks up with Tomoyo in order to let her keep moving forward. After several months, Tomoyo meets up with Tomoya, telling him that she successfully saved the cherry blossom trees from being cut down but she lost something precious in return: her time with Tomoya. She then confesses to Tomoya that she wants only him and will follow him to the odd ends. Tomoya is touched by her words and decides to resume being lovers. After Tomoya graduates in spring, he sees both Takafumi and Tomoyo off to school, with both of them admiring the beauty of the cherry blossom. Tomoyo's story continues at Tomoyo After: It's a Wonderful Life, Key's fifth game, a sequel to Clannad, as the main heroine. In the Movie In the movie, Tomoyo was already a student council president when Tomoya just met Nagisa, and her relationship with Youhei and Kyou is better compared to the game and anime.
Kyou Fujibayashi
🇯🇵 藤林杏
Character ID: 4605
About Character and Role:
Zodiac: Virgo
Height: 160 cm
Kyou is a bad-mouthed and aggressive girl well known as a good cook. She was in Tomoya's class in their second year, and has maintained a steady friendship with Tomoya even though they are put in different classes on their third year. She is currently the class representative of her class. She has a pet baby boar named Botan. She owns a scooter and she throws various types of dictionaries towards anyone she gets furious with, especially Youhei.
In Clannad: Kyou Chapter
Kyou's story starts when she tries to make Tomoya get intimately close with Ryou. However, when a rumor about Tomoya being two timer with Ryou and Kyou spread around the school, Kyou starts avoiding Tomoya, Ryou becomes more bold. Youhei finds out that Kyou has a crush on Tomoya too, and advises Tomoya to settle things out before more misunderstanding happens. After much conflict of playing boyfriend and girlfriend with Ryou, Tomoya breaks up with Ryou and confesses his love to Kyou. Kyou in return confesses her love to him and they become a couple.
In Clannad ~After Story~
Kyou works as a kindergarten teacher in the After Story portion, and coincidentally is also Ushio's teacher. According to Tomoya, her personality is still the same even after reunion, but Ushio says that Kyou is a good teacher.
Youhei Sunohara
🇯🇵 春原陽平
Character ID: 4610
About Character and Role:
Zodiac: Aquarius
Height: 167 cm (5.48 ft)
Weight: 55 kg (121.25 lbs)
Occupation: Student
Youhei is Tomoya's friend and also a delinquent. He entered the school on an athletic recommendation in football (soccer), but was kicked out of the soccer club after being involved in a fight. After this incident, he became lazy, becoming the only student with a higher absence rate than Tomoya. He and Tomoya are known as the "Dirty Pair" in school. Youhei plays a major role in some character paths. Youhei plays the most role in Sunohara siblings' arc, which centers around his relationship with his sister Mei, who tries to bring back her brother's former self. In After Story arc, he attends Nagisa's fake graduating ceremony after being begged by Tomoya, and visits Nagisa when she is sick and pregnant. According to the scriptwriters, he has the most appearance in the School Life arc. In the movie, Youhei is depicted less as a comic relief character and is more serious about life, such as when he gets a part-time job due to his family's financial situations. He also gets along with Tomoyo and the two even worked together to ease Tomoya's depression.
Ryou Fujibayashi
🇯🇵 藤林 椋
Character ID: 4608
About Character and Role:
Zodiac: Virgo
Height: 159 cm
Ryou is Tomoya's classmate and class representative. She is the younger of the Fujibayashi twins. Unlike her older sister, she is timid and doesn’t cook well, though she is good with other household chores. Ryou is very keen about fortune telling, but her predictions, while incredibly specific, always manage to be either somewhat skewed or extremely wrong. She aspires to become a nurse. Ryou actually has a crush on Tomoya. She finds out that her twin sister, Kyou, loves him too, but uses her sister's help despite that. Ryou gradually gets over her crush when she realizes that Tomoya's true love will always be Nagisa (and in the Another arc, it would be Tomoyo). In ~After Story~ Ryou becomes a nurse, and is seen working towards the end of the series. In Another World: Kyou Chapter Knowing that Tomoya loves Kyou, Ryou gives up on Tomoya and tells Kyou to confess to him.
Tomoya Okazaki
🇯🇵 岡崎朋也
Character ID: 4606
About Character and Role:
Height: 173cm
Class: 3-D
Tomoya Okazaki is the male protagonist of Clannad. Due to his habit of always arriving late to school, skipping classes during the day, and staying out all night, he has been labeled as a delinquent, or a young person who defies authority. He is best friends with Youhei Sunohara. As he progresses through high school, he meets many new friends, such as Kyou, Ryou, Tomoyo, Fuko, and of course Nagisa. He has a knack for solving his friends' problems and seems to care for all of them deeply. He is also seemingly unaware that some of the girls at school show interest in him. The major story in Clannad is about Tomoya learning about the point of having family and friends. He also has alternate timeline counterparts that end up with Tomoyo and Kyou respectively in the anime. Ever since his mother, Atsuko, died in a car accident when he was young, Tomoya has been living with his father, Naoyuki Okazaki, with whom he argues constantly. Tomoya was injured during a fight with his father three years ago, and their relationship has been very distant since then. Tomoya later marries Nagisa, where they soon have a child, Ushio, together. But upon giving birth, Nagisa dies soon after. Having felt he has lost everything, Tomoya leaves his daughter Ushio to live with Akio and Sanae for the next five years, where he constantly works and wastes money to forget the pain of losing Nagisa. When Ushio turns five years old, Tomoya reluctantly takes her on a trip with him, where they quickly bond and he asks Ushio to stay with him. Ushio contracts the same illness as Nagisa, and, grief-stricken, Tomoya quits his job to take care of her. She begs him to go on a trip with her, and he agrees. As they walk towards the train station in the snow, Ushio collapses and dies in her father's arms. Tomoya, crying for Nagisa to help him, collapses soon after, and awakens to a world where Nagisa and Ushio survive. It is later found out that Tomoya had used the orbs of light to grant his wish of his wife and daughter surviving. The three live together happily as a family.
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Started On: 5/10/2007
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