:O REQUEST ACCEPTED *hugs*
Really, it's so great to finally see my opinion being shared! ;D
Oh, by Kanon, I did mean Kanon 2006 (shame on me for not specifying) ^ ^;
To be honest, I was pretty disappointed with Clannad actually. I remember, when Kanon 2006 was being released episode by episode each week and I'd watch it the day it was out, and how fantastic it was. Then on the 24th episode where there would usually be a preview of the next episode, I remember a short preview clip of Clannad, the very first one at the time, and it got me so hyped for it. I'd also heard that the Visual Novel for Clannad was supposed to be the best yet, so I thought "Better than Kanon? Wow, it must be beyond fantastic!" But Kanon....Kanon was amazing because aside from the well-paced humor (yes I remember the alarm-clock scene xD) every one of its emotional arcs was filled with this intense depth that was so superbly done, and also seemed to get progressively better until it absolutely made my heart explode in Ayu/Nayuki's arc at the end. Clannad excelled with its humor, but I felt that it's drama arcs seemed to fall so, so far short. Kotomi's arc never peaked for me, and instead seemed to drag on for far too many episodes, while Tomoyo who I'd had the most hope for alongside the twins were all lumped into an episode or two; Fuko's arc never peaked for me either, and Nagisa's arc which I'd been hoping would redeem the series a little being the finale arc just seemed to fall to the floor, especially beside Kanon's finale arc. This may sound like me complaining too much, but after seeing Kanon's nearly faultless level of excellence it's hard for me not to. That's why it really grates me to see Clannad's overblown level of popularity when Kanon (and Air, I do feel) are the more precious gems that seem to constantly get the shaft. Honestly, I really couldn't understand why they decided to dedicate an entire other season to After Story at the time they'd announced it. Though I will say after seeing it, After Story I felt was quite an improvement on the first season, because it had some arcs that impressed me to the level of Kanon's, mainly Yukine's arc, Sunohara's arc, and Misae's arc. But for me to be impressed by the series as a whole, everything has to interweave within each other wonderfully; Clannad's fell here whilst Kanon excelled. Gosh....now that I'm thinking about it, I really want to watch it again. I think I'll go do that! =P
Ah, and yeah my profile theme was orange at some point, but that was quite a while ago~ I'm surprised you remember! x3
