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thanks for trying to see it from our view! Yeah I can get that it can feel cathartic to relate to characters problems if you have experienced that yourself. and I have had my fair share of family issues myself, I can promise you that. I personally relate more to Tomoya's story than anyone else's. My problem I think more specifically comes from how the show communicates drama (maybe). I cant quite nail down the specific thing the show is doing to cause this feeling with me. However, I've recognized with both this show and other slice of life series, there often comes a point when I find myself watching the characters treat a seemingly easily solvable problem with the gravity of a collapsing star. And I know thats partly what it feels like to be a teenager. During our bunny girl reactions, I talked openly about how I feel like I'm just getting to the age where I dont feel connected to teenage anime girls crying about a boy not paying attention to them. I just dont care. And I recognize that it might be my age. In the case of Clannad, I think there are a number of things contributing to this feeling of annoyance apart from simply my age (because I AM capable of caring about relatively mundane problems. Life is hard on its own even without world ending nuke monsters). I often feel that due to the quick pacing of the arc, it seems like the story being told is operating on an assumption of care that I just dont feel. Probably because these connections formed are too shallow and jump to the overly personal faster than was earned. (meanign we start diving into a characters deep woes in a 3 minute monologue explaining their feelings and relationships too early after meeting a character). I could probably point the finger at other things, but this comment is getting a bit long lol
BOLDcast
2021-08-15 21:00:34 +0000 UTCReally interesting to hear your thoughts on the episode - I disagree on a few points (which is fine, that's what makes things interesting haha) For me personally, I've had loads of family issues and none of them have ever been solved easily or quickly. So I think if they did it here it would feel a bit cheap to me, my reaction would be like "Really he was able to fix his relationship with his sister a day?" lol. I do agree it can be frustrating not watching people not communicate their problems, but I mean they're middle schoolers/high schoolers so I'd expect the same thing IRL In terms of the pacing (you mentioned "they're all down and discussing their feelings and not working toward a solution) I wonder if this is just a preference thing. For me personally, I like to "sit in the problem" and feel the emotion, maybe take some time to think about it and relate it to the things happening in my own life. Maybe if you don't have any family issues (I'm not assuming this is true for you guys or anything haha, just speaking in generalities) then I could totally see this being pretty boring and you just want to get to a solution haha Either way, looking forward to future episodes!
Empyre
2021-08-14 22:57:22 +0000 UTC
