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Neverending New Beginnings: July 2008

17 Jul 2008


Posted by

Haruka Takahashi

Clannad: Tomoyo chapter (episode 24)

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7 June 2008:


This episode is an alternate world of CLANNAD, where Tomoya and Tomoyo are going out with each other. The setting is the voting day for the student council election, where president candidate Tomoyo is set out on protecting the school greenery. As with each morning, Tomoya is woken up by Tomoyo, where the usual opening sequence starts.

At school, the results of the vote is announced over the PA system, where Tomoyo has been officially named president elect. With her responsibilities ahead of her, Tomoyo can no longer find time to spend her lunch break with Tomoya and Sunohara in their classroom, although she continues to make their lunch box.
However, Tomoyo inadvertently abuses her new-found authority over the PA system, telling Tomoya not to wait for her, setting off a controversy. One of Tomoyo's immediate duties is to prepare for the School Festival, as she is bombarded with work over the course of several days, where she is unable to make time to meet Tomoya. She attempts a secret rendevous by masquerading in her bear outfit, but she is found by a second year student council officer, who later gets into a skirmish with Tomoya, demanding him to break up with Tomoyo, for the sake of keeping her credibility as a president.

One day, one of the school alumnus who agreed to cooperative on preserving the cherry trees, witnessed Tomoyo coming out of Tomoya's house on the morning of a school day, and notifies the student council. The faculty express dismay over such actions, and compounded with the two's history for misbehavior, pressure Tomoya into distancing himself from Tomoyo.

Tomoya decides to break up with Tomoyo, but she doesn't buy his story, saying she's fine with the situation. Tomoyo finally gives in to Tomoya's persuasion, where they break up and head their own ways. Tomoyo not only goes about executing her duties as president, she excels in her academics, placing fourth in the school, prompting talks of overseas study as an exchange student. She's even depicted showcasing her skills at an English speech contest.

The ending credits appear as both Tomoya and Tomoyo receive their diplomas during graduation convocation. Tomoya finds employment at a local company while Tomoyo seeks higher education at the big city. Time flies, where it is already winter. With Lia's "Ana" in the background, Tomoya and Tomoyo meet each other on a snowy day. Tomoya confesses that he's a nobody who's stuck in town for the rest of his life, and doesn't deserve someone like Tomoyo, who can be successful anywhere in the world. Tomoyo digresses, saying only that if Tomoya wants her to stay, she'll be more than happy to oblige. Tomoyo cries in Tomoya's arms, where the story comes to and end.

2 Jul 2008


Posted by

Haruka Takahashi

New Summer 2008 Anime

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With the spring season coming to a close, summer has started with shows like "The Tower of Duraga: The Aegis of Uruk" and "Library War" just ended and shows like "Code Geass: Leouch of the Rebellion R2", "To Love-Ru" being carried over. The spring season saw many anime being dropped, with most at the first episode and some like Persona -trinity soul- (Winter 2008), Special A, Kamen no Maid Guy with more than half-way through the series.


Besides "The Telepathy Girl Ran", which actually belongs under Spring Anime, there isn't much new anime that interest me, but nevertheless, I shall list them anyway. Since there isn't much that interest me, I'll just list them (shows that actually interest me are in bold):
  • Ultraviolet Code044
  • Sekirei
  • Slayers REVOLUTION
  • Someday’s Dreamers
  • Scarecrowman
  • Antique Bakery
  • Birdy the Mighty DECODE
  • Hidamari Sketch X 365
  • Strike Witches
  • Ryoko's Case File
  • Zero no Tsukaima ~Princesses no Rondo~
  • Natsume Yuujin-Chou
  • MISSION-E
  • World Destruction ~Sekai Bokumetsu no Rokunin~
  • Koihime†Musou
  • Nogizaka Haruka no Himitsu
  • Blade of the Immortal