Is Clannad a good ánime to learning about the meaning of lífe?

ov3rkill · Jun 27, 2017

Learn about life? You go out there learn from your mistakes.

Anime is for entertainment and fun.
But if you want to learn about existentialism, try watching Evangelion, Puella Magi Madoka Magica, and Inception. The first two are animes, the last one is a movie.

Abu_Senpai · Jun 27, 2017

I am glad you started this thread. its an interesting topic: (Spoilers for clannad follow, You have been warned)

Clannad for me is my favorite anime series of all time. It is my favorite anime in the romance genre too and that is simply because the different story arcs in it are truly beautiful and so amazingly pure. This anime is by far is one of the most realistic and one of the most purest ones that i ever saw when i first got into anime.

The reason for that is simply because i went into this anime blind meaning that i never knew that the series alone was based of adult games for the PC. I started this anime thinking OH MY GOD....this pacing is killing me and it wasn't until episode 7-11 that the story pace finally started to speed up a little bit and when it did the anime itself was truly magical.

I NEVER imagined that we would see the life of Tomoya Okazaki from his teenage years through to his adult life where he was married and had so many responsibilities. The anime itself taught me a lot and i now that it had the whole harem aspect to it. However the harem aspect was NEVER as over the top as SAO and that is what i think truly allowed it to flourish as a pure romance story.

I loved how there were little to no sex or sexual related stuff in it since that is what made it so damn pure. It is the type of romance that we will probably never see in the real world but regardless it was an amazing experience seeing what Tomoya went through. How he met this girl who had her illness and how he ended up marrying said girl and then even having a child with her and this ofcourse led to tomoya having lots of responsibilities as an adult as well as the fact that he had to overcome so many hardships during the course of the anime.

I truly do recommend this anime to ANY anime fan who loves romance. It definitely wont let you down if your one who can appreciate beauty or if you have a kind heart. The anime has two seasons and then there was the movie which served as a great epilogue.

OMG even as im writing about this anime, i am getting flashbacks and so much nostalgia from events that occurred within the anime.

My favorite quote from the anime itself would be:

"I hate this town. It's too filled with memories I'd rather forget. I go to school every day, hang out with my friends, and then I go home. There's no place I'd rather not go ever again. I wonder if anything will ever change? Will that day ever come?"

~ Narration by Tomoya Okazaki

When i first heard this quote, it really resonated with me since it really reminded me of how i felt about my current town and how i myself wanted to escape the drama of life and just settle down somewhere quite.

Well that is the end of my ballad on why Clannad is my favorite anime. :wub:

chaoskagami · Jun 27, 2017

Learn about...life?

I mean, it's based on a Nakige. If you like to be sad and cry, sure.

Joking aside, CLANNAD is classic.

Ordejevych · Sep 26, 2017

Sonic Angel Knight said:
I cried at the end of Code Geass. O_O

You better off listening to MR.PHEENY From Boy Meets World, or that guy from over the fence in Home Improvement. (not sarcasm)

Does it have to be anime? Maybe a video game is up your alley? (See previous post above)

I too was full of emotions when I watched CG. The most emotional moment for me is when Nunnally seeing Lelouch's memories after touching him: The creators of this show failed to mention the fact that Nunnally has an instinct of figuring out if anybody is lying to her by touching their hand.

Although it might seem as a mysterious or supernatural ability, it isn't. It is merely a consequence of her being blind has allowed her develop other senses and by touching a person's hand she can figure out the truth possibly because of their heartbeat(as it may grow abnormally should they lie). Well honestly this part is quite perplexing. Her figuring out the entire plot just by touching his hands is very absurd. It could be the case that after dying Lelouch's code got activated and she managed to see some of his memories just as it happened when Lelouch managed to see C.C.'s during R1.

Reploid · Sep 26, 2017

>Life
>Meaning
Doesn't sound legit

Deleted User · Sep 26, 2017

Byokugen said:
School Days?
Btw love Clannad

School Days is shit imo, it had the worst ending on Earth.
I myself just watched Angel Beats! and I cried buckets of tears so there's that. It really nails down the character development

Byokugen · Sep 26, 2017

Felek666 said:
School Days is shit imo, it had the worst ending on Earth.
I myself just watched Angel Beats! and I cried buckets of tears so there's that. It really nails down the character development

Loved AB, but for me School Days is something very dear, loved the ending.
Watch 5cm per second, prepare buckets

sarkwalvein · Sep 26, 2017

Byokugen said:
Loved AB, but for me School Days is something very dear, loved the ending.
Watch 5cm per second, prepare buckets

If you want to put those buckets to use, just watch grave of the fireflies.

Byokugen · Sep 26, 2017

Higurashi no naku koro ni, oh yeaaaah

pustal · Sep 26, 2017

Life has no tangible meaning. Most probably has no meaning at all. You can't simply 'learn' about it. If you want to learn about different perspectives and takes on it, read Aristotle, Plato (& Socrates), Kant, Nietzche, John Locke, Descartes, etc.

Xzi · Sep 26, 2017

If you want to learn about the meaning of life, watch Rick and Morty.

Spoilers: the meaning of life is to watch Rick and Morty.

DarthDub · Sep 26, 2017

Abu_Senpai said:
I am glad you started this thread. its an interesting topic: (Spoilers for clannad follow, You have been warned)

Clannad for me is my favorite anime series of all time. It is my favorite anime in the romance genre too and that is simply because the different story arcs in it are truly beautiful and so amazingly pure. This anime is by far is one of the most realistic and one of the most purest ones that i ever saw when i first got into anime.

The reason for that is simply because i went into this anime blind meaning that i never knew that the series alone was based of adult games for the PC. I started this anime thinking OH MY GOD....this pacing is killing me and it wasn't until episode 7-11 that the story pace finally started to speed up a little bit and when it did the anime itself was truly magical.

I NEVER imagined that we would see the life of Tomoya Okazaki from his teenage years through to his adult life where he was married and had so many responsibilities. The anime itself taught me a lot and i now that it had the whole harem aspect to it. However the harem aspect was NEVER as over the top as SAO and that is what i think truly allowed it to flourish as a pure romance story.

I loved how there were little to no sex or sexual related stuff in it since that is what made it so damn pure. It is the type of romance that we will probably never see in the real world but regardless it was an amazing experience seeing what Tomoya went through. How he met this girl who had her illness and how he ended up marrying said girl and then even having a child with her and this ofcourse led to tomoya having lots of responsibilities as an adult as well as the fact that he had to overcome so many hardships during the course of the anime.

I truly do recommend this anime to ANY anime fan who loves romance. It definitely wont let you down if your one who can appreciate beauty or if you have a kind heart. The anime has two seasons and then there was the movie which served as a great epilogue.

OMG even as im writing about this anime, i am getting flashbacks and so much nostalgia from events that occurred within the anime.

My favorite quote from the anime itself would be:

"I hate this town. It's too filled with memories I'd rather forget. I go to school every day, hang out with my friends, and then I go home. There's no place I'd rather not go ever again. I wonder if anything will ever change? Will that day ever come?"
~ Narration by Tomoya Okazaki

When i first heard this quote, it really resonated with me since it really reminded me of how i felt about my current town and how i myself wanted to escape the drama of life and just settle down somewhere quite.

Well that is the end of my ballad on why Clannad is my favorite anime.

First anime to make me cry several times.

Paranoid V · Sep 26, 2017

Learning about the meaning of life? I don't think so. As somebody else stated before, now days every well respected geek knowas that the answer to life, the universe and everything is 42. Besides, Monty Python's The Meaning of Life is out there on the net for everyone's enjoyment and covers enough of the ground 42 doesn't.

Seriously though, the most rigorous philosophical exercises conclude that there's no meaning to life, at the very least not one that us humans with our very limited perception and intellect could begin to grasp. So it's in my humble opinion that it's our personal responsibility with our own selfs to define our own personal meaning to all this mess, and to try and be as brave as one possibly can to truly adhere and live by the conclusions we get. On that note, if this anime strikes some chord inside you, and it makes sense to you, congrats! You just found a little piece of the puzzle, your puzzle.

Catsinabucket · Sep 26, 2017

sarkwalvein said:
And why not the classic "higurashi no naku koro ni".

I do love me some Higurashi, it took me an astonishingly long time to realise that 'Furude Rika' is a pun(?) for 'Frederica [Bernkastel]'

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