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REVIEW: Clannad: Complete Collection Blu-Ray

Good or not, I simply cannot watch this series because those character designs. I have never seen more unattractive character designs in FOREVER. Especially since they are supposed to be attractive but aren't. This is a major problem in all of Key's works. This is whay happens when you take Moë too far.

What's the matter? 'Dem big ol' anime eyes scare you?

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What's the matter? 'Dem big ol' anime eyes scare you?

No, it's the faces. I can't exactly tell what, but the faces of Key characters seriously triggers the uncanny valley in me. They just look so.....fish-eyed. It's disturbing.

Chagen46 wrote:

Quote: What's the matter? 'Dem big ol' anime eyes scare you? No, it's the faces. I can't exactly tell what, but the faces of Key characters seriously triggers the uncanny valley in me. They just look so.....fish-eyed. It's disturbing.

So you are saying the faces look too realistic?
Your first line says it is not about the eyes then your last line says it is about the eyes. What the hell.

Chagen46 wrote:

Quote: What's the matter? 'Dem big ol' anime eyes scare you? No, it's the faces. I can't exactly tell what, but the faces of Key characters seriously triggers the uncanny valley in me. They just look so.....fish-eyed. It's disturbing.

So you are saying the faces look too realistic?
Your first line says it is not about the eyes then your last line says it is about the eyes. What the hell.

ArsenicSteel wrote:

Chagen46 wrote: Quote: What's the matter? 'Dem big ol' anime eyes scare you? No, it's the faces. I can't exactly tell what, but the faces of Key characters seriously triggers the uncanny valley in me. They just look so.....fish-eyed. It's disturbing. So you are saying the faces look too realistic? Your first line says it is not about the eyes then your last line says it is about the eyes. What the hell.

I tend to think in a schozophrenic manner.

I'm also bad at explaining myself. What I meant was that the faces of key characters really are different from the usual face designs in other anime. It just doesn't feel right to me.

For all the people asking "what's so bad about being blatantly manipulative", what's bad about it is that when you can *tell* the screenplay is going way out of its way to make you cry in extremely hacky, obvious and telegraphed ways, it takes you out of the experience. It's like seeing the strings at a puppet show.

The thing with emotional manipulation is that when it's done carefully and with grace and skilled writing the audience doesn't notice that you're trying to make them cry at any cost and the emotions come from a genuine connection they've created with your characters.

Actar wrote:

I never really understood the idea that all good stories must have their characters grow and change. Sure, this might be considered the 'ideal' story-telling and character progression method, but I don't think that all shows need to follow this formula to be good, especially in the case of slice-of-life shows.

Regardless of what it is, all stories need good characters. And good characters change throughout the story. They react and learn to the thigs that happen around them. Even in a slice-of-life (which usually at least have continuity), shouldn't the characters grow from all of their experiences?

After all, real people grow and learn from the things that happen to them. Hell, SOL's should have the most character development because they focus on everyday life.

boredandlazy wrote:

All I'm just trying to get across is that if arguably Clannad is being manipulative, then basically every romance story with a bit of tragedy involved should also be labelled as such.

The issue here is not about romance stories being manipulative, it's whether you feel like you're being manipulated.

The thing with emotional manipulation is that when it's done carefully and with grace and skilled writing the audience doesn't notice that you're trying to make them cry at any cost and the emotions come from a genuine connection they've created with your characters.

For all the people asking "what's so bad about being blatantly manipulative", what's bad about it is that when you can *tell* the screenplay is going way out of its way to make you cry in extremely hacky, obvious and telegraphed ways, it takes you out of the experience. It's like seeing the strings at a puppet show.

The thing with emotional manipulation is that when it's done carefully and with grace and skilled writing the audience doesn't notice that you're trying to make them cry at any cost and the emotions come from a genuine connection they've created with your characters.

so those who disagree can just take heart that Clannad is the number-1 viewer-rated show on ANN, despite the discordant C-minus story rating here.