Clannad After Story – 15
The feed Nagisa game~!
Summary:
With two months until Nagisa’s baby would be born, Tomoya declares to Akio that he would protect the child. This makes Sanae express how much he resembles Akio, as even Akio recalls what he went through before Nagisa was born. Tomoya thinks about how he will have to work enough for three people from now on, wondering if his father thought of the same things before he was born. At his workplace later, Yoshino and the other employees congratulate Tomoya as well. Nagisa is unable to move around as much in the following days, so Tomoya helps her perform tasks at the apartment. When this phase passes, Nagisa makes plans for their baby that would be born in their home and town.
Tomoya and Nagisa spend quite a bit of time with the rest of the family as well, as Akio has his silly rivalry with Tomoya as always. Sanae eventually introduces a doctor friend of hers to Tomoya, Yagi, having her take care of Nagisa. Sanae secretly tells Tomoya that Yagi knows about Nagisa’s health, but Nagisa later reveals that she knows that everyone is doing their best to help her. Nagisa hopes that her baby would be born despite her circumstance, but Tomoya assures her that both she and the child would be okay. He also brings up the time they spent in high school, where all of their friends supported her as well.
Tomoya returns one night to see Sanae and Yagi at Nagisa’s side, learning that she had collapsed earlier. He wishes that Nagisa would have contacted him as well, but she did not want to trouble him at work. Yagi relieves Tomoya by saying that the baby is healthy, however, and Sanae agrees to stay with Nagisa for awhile to further assure him. Sanae eventually meets Tomoya in private, telling him about something that she and Yagi have not told Nagisa yet. As Tomoya suspected, this has to do with her health. As Nagisa’s life could even be in danger by giving birth, Tomoya can only wonder if it would be better to give up on the child. When he brings this up to Nagisa though, she of course states her wish to see her child.
Tomoya expresses his worries to Akio later, even though Nagisa would be brought to a hospital for more safety. In response, Akio has Tomoya follow him somewhere outside. This turns out to be his secret area; a construction site where two boys are currently playing baseball. Continuing the story he first told Tomoya two years ago, Akio brings up what had happened after Nagisa had collapsed as a child. Uneasy about her health and no where to turn to, Akio had ran with her in his arms to the once completely green area. He yelled only for someone to save his daughter, and miraculously, the sun rose above the greenery around him in what seemed like a response. From that point on, he had continued to watch the area. At the current time, a hospital is planned on being built in the very place.
Akio declares that he and Tomoya are family, and that they would overcome the upcoming hardships together. When Tomoya later spends time alone with Nagisa, she notices that their child has seemed to move. This brings them to decide on a name for it. The two decide on “Ushio”, based on the meaning of Nagisa’s name. Ushio would be like the tide, an even greater existence than the water’s shore. This makes Tomoya recall that he and Nagisa were both unable to go to the beach in the past years, so he has Nagisa promise that they would see the beach the next year with their child. Nagisa promises, but the couple obviously isn’t absent of worry.
Preview: Ogawd.
Impression:
I don’t like where this is going at all. I mean, so many signs of foreshadowing just don’t come out of nowhere like this. Still, this episode had quite a few good moments in it; despite the worry it causes for Nagisa. Akio’s finally revealing his secret area to Tomoya brings up an interesting parallel. Nagisa was seemingly saved by the green field, but now that it is being destroyed to build a hospital, it seems like Nagisa’s health has been depleting as well. The funny thing about Keyani productions is that they always seem so realistic, yet there is always that fantasy element that always has to remind us that it has been there since the beginning. Tomoya and Nagisa’s planning for their baby is an aspect of life that is not commonly shown in anime at all, but to anyone who has been around such a couple before, it was easily believable. Judging by the episode preview, it looks like we’ll be getting ever closer to getting to see Ushio. I’m looking forward to seeing more of the illusionary world as well.
Notes:
- Nice drift! Grand Turismo?
- Sanae and Tomoya! The date gone wrong??
- Ookiku Furikabutte!!!
- I didn’t see Makoto anywhere.
- Sorry this is late. We’re all busy people.
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Next episode will not end well. I will cry.
…there is always that fantasy element that…
Which I hate. Clannad is tolerable only because it has the least supernatural bullshit compared to Kanon and Air. I want shit that makes (at least half) sense.
Also, those writers at Key are sadists. They are bad people. Baaaaaaad. *drops a dead Fuuko at Totali’s doorstep*
Fu-chan?
Hmph. This is Key. Don’t count your dead until the end.
Still waiting for Show ▼
People who have played the game or watched the movie, should already know the ending, but for some reason, I really don’t want to watch the next episode.
I swear I will cry because I just did in this episode, knowing the inevitable will come. The good thing is, after the birth and after Tomoya’s soon-to-be depression, he’ll have some chit-chat time with his old man and finally provide a bittersweet reunion with Ushio. There are other details, but I won’t spoil them.
Fuuko is not dead, just unconscious (taking too long carving octopi…I mean stars..no, starfish, sorry, Fuuko)
One last thing, Ushio will develop Nagisa’s lovable trait to “make it one happy family” which is too adorable to ignore. (that means I will watch the melancholy angst episodes)
I need to prepare some tissues.
Bawwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww— Oh wait, that’s next episode…
I don’t think KyoAni will end the series on a sad note. I mean, if you played the games, you know what happens at the end if you ______ ___ ___ ______. So don’t waste all of your tissues yet, as you’ll still need them to cry for the happy-beautiful ending during the last episode… I hope.
What’s with Makoto? oh probably reminded of Sekai’s pregnancy in School Days.
Anyway looks like this will be a bad ending *Nagisa dead!?* (where it should be a good ending since they finish every other arc before proceeding with this one) for checking the preview scenarios just give me a hunch.
Auuuu~
Auu… =( I miss Makoto.
aww i hope next epoisde don`t die negisa ;3;
Is very obvious that Nagisa won’t die if KyonAni is tryin to surprise us. Kyoani can’t do it.
I’m still scared to watch the upcoming ep >_<
I hope that everything will be alright… The baby will be cute~~!
All right, Tomoya. Just collect enough happy lights to unlock the happy route. Just do that for me, kay~?
I don’t understand this fixation with the home birthing thing. Given that there’s an issue of frail health involved, I would have insisted on delivery at a hospital had I been in his shoes. I would want competent medical personnel present in the event of any kind of difficulty or sudden complication, whether it be with the baby or its mother.
Ugh, that post was a bit early. (about halfway through the episode)
It seems that they did decide on a hospital delivery, but circumstances changed rather abruptly. I’m wondering though, since the time spent in labor seemed rather lengthy, why not call for emergency help services? I probably would have…