It seems that I am facing an exam of an epic difficulty tomorrow. Great, that means that it’s time to spend the evening posting. Today Jinx! features sad men in the snow. Ready your boxcutters, folks.
Twelve Moments #3 – Clannad After Story Episode 19
Many people thought ep 18 was the emo bomb but in my case, episode 19 was the one that did the trick. I was mildly drunk, sitting alone in a dark hostel room somewhere in Austria, watching this particular episode on my old and beat-up laptop. The first part was pretty bland stuff, about Tomoya bringing his daughter to preschool and stuff. It was good but nothing worth writing about – in fact the only thing I remembered about the episode before looking it up was the latter part. You know, when Tomoya finally sets aside his grudge and confronts his father Naoyuki as a grown man. I don’t know exactly why but I found this scene extremely touching and I don’t think I’ve ever been that close to tears when watching anime, not even at the end of AIR. Of course AS had a lot of emotional scenes but for me this hit the hardest. I can’t even pin down what part exactly was the critical element but it was just damn touching.
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