Visionary Nexus Network

I was pretty damn sad when CLANNAD ended a couple of months ago, as it’s one of my favorite series now. I kinda forgot about what they did with the first season, and how they bundled an extra episode with the DVDs, so I was pretty excited when I heard they were doing the same with the After Story DVDs. Last time, they decided to cover the later half of the Tomoyo arc, and with this episode, they covered Kyou’s arc, which I’ve played through in the visual novel, so I was interested to see how they’d run with it, and they actually surpassed my expectations.

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If you’ve been reading my Weeklies, you’ll probably notice that my stance towards K-ON! has gradually soured, and now, I think it’s at the point where I feel compelled to air my disgruntled thoughts about it. I’m hardly the first person to bring up the fact that K-ON! is an utterly crappy anime series. Zenk has already treated us to his vitriol regarding the first episode and elsewhere, Baka-Raptor gave us an entertaining, yet insightful post as to why the show is terrible. The tide in favor of that show continues to be strong and given its popularity, I suppose there can never be enough people out there railing against K-ON!’s insipid, uninspired nature. (continue reading…)