Yeah, it's super convenient isn't it?
I'm up to episode 7 now. I think the sad eyes feeling I got was whenever Nagisa Furukawa was crying for Fuko Ibuki's sake. I still think the eye size of the main Clannad female characters are overly large (not a bad thing), just different style from what I'm used to I guess. I actually had the same feeling from Angel Beats with Yuri Nakamura - her green eyes were very large and mesmerising so that was my benchmark.
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Up to episode 11 and finished Fuko Ibuki's story after the wedding event. So touching, will create a gallery of her now. :'(
I'm hoping she makes another appearance (of course @drill you probably already know having watched it ) later in the series.
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Finally finished Clannad and looking forward to seeing After Story later down the track. Tomoya and Nagisa though are such a reluctant couple. I'm sure After Story builds on their relationship heavily.
[spoiler=Episode 22]
Nagisa's emotional turmoil after unexpectedly discovering her parents successful career past was something I definitely wasn't expecting. Well of course we knew it would affect her but I didn't expect her to discover it shortly after Tomoya learned about it from Nagisa's father.
It was touching see the rest of the group encourage her to continue on during the play, especially from her parents too.
[spoiler=OVA]
The OVA episode featuring an alternative timeline where Tomoya and Tomoyo are dating was really interesting. Their relationship deteriorated due to Tomoyo's strong resolve towards her academic and student council achievements, but in the end the two got back together, much to Tomoyo's insistence after not seeing each other for months.
Tomoyo's personality in this one seemed to be similar compared to the normal timeline. Tomoya on the other hand felt different. In a way I found it refreshing as we normally see Tomoya teasing Nagisa a lot and generally be laidback.
In this timeline we see Tomoya having to actually work hard to improve himself.