
That's not to say the story isn't fun either, in fact there's more of an emphasis on comedy than on romance, and for a harem, the humor's pretty smart. Sad maybe? It's ending isn't depressing either it may even make you smile, while your crying manly tears (or maybe that's just me). After a while, what little which has been established is fully revealed to us, like why Okazaki isn't playing basketball anymore or why Nagisa talks with him.

Of course, the visual novel this is based after was developed by 'Key', and in true 'Key' fashion, the story doesn't end too happily, or begin happily, as a matter of fact.

Okazaki develops a relationship with this mysteriously gentle Nagisa Furukawa, her family, others from his school and all of these girls who all, in normal harem fashion, fall in love with him. This incident sparks a kind of chain-reaction. Okazaki has to go up this hill to get to school one day he meets this girl, who's standing along the path, who asks him if he'd go up it with her. With him on this downward spiral is his 'friend' Sunohara, a former soccer player who had also been forced from his team, after he had attacked his coach it's hard to tell what their relationship actually amounts to, though that'll be mentioned in a minute. Story: Based on the visual novel of the same name, 'Clannad' tells the story of Tomoya Okazaki, a former basketball player who had been forced to quit his school team and all of basketball, and who's now going through life aimlessly. This is a review of both 'Clannad' and 'Clannad Afterstory', if your wondering.
