Another World - Kyou's Arc

*Note* This is not an article about the entirety of Clannad. A better Clannad article, which will introduce the anime itself and its characters, may come later.

This is an episode summary for the bonus OVA titled Another World: Kyou's arc. This episode is based off one of the multiple-endings in the Clannad dating simulation game, focusing on Fujibayashi Kyou.

Kyou, as well as her twin sister Ryou, have both like Okazaki Tomoya for quite some time. However, Ryou asked Kyou how to get Tomoya to like her, and Kyou attempted to put aside her feelings in order to help Ryou get together with Tomoya. After many trials, and failed attempts to gather courage to ask him out, Ryou finally confronts him and confesses her feelings.

The episode starts there.


(Ryou is listening to Tomoya say he is willing to give a relationship a try.)

After that, the episode gives enough of a visual to show that they are seeing each other regularly, and are acting like a typical couple.

But the thought of Kyou still lingers in the back of his head, and he is not completely sure why.


(At a picnic with Ryou, he looks at the vacant spot where Kyou once sat.)

On a day away from Ryou, Tomoya is wandering around town and comes across Kyou, who is also wandering around town, albeit with a lot gloomier of a countenance. He stops her, and they go to the park to chat.

Kyou asks questions about how Tomoya and Ryou have been doing, almost as if to see what she has been missing/if she has been missing anything. The topic comes to kissing, and Kyou is suprised to hear that the two have not even done that yet. She suggests, perhaps out of some sort of hope of her own, to practice kissing with her, so that when he does kiss Ryou it will be memorable. Tomoya agrees somewhat reluctantly, and they slowly move towards each other.


(Hopeful?)


(That's it, just a little closer...)

But just before the lips lock, Kyou relizes what she is doing and stops, pushes him away, and quickly leaves the scene.

But no selfish deed goes unpunished, and someone at their school saw them "kissing" and spread a rumor around quickly that Tomoya was playing the Fujibayashi sisters, or else just flat-out betraying Ryou. Kyou tries to remedy the situation by asking Sunohara Youhei, Tomoya's friend, to be her boyfriend. Sunohara sees through it quite quickly and clearly, points this out, and even goes as far as to ask if Kyou liked Tomoya.


(Kyou thinking, "And just HOW THE HELL DID YOU FIGURE THAT OUT?!?!")

Tomoya shows himself, making them both realize that he heard the whole thing.

Afterwards, Kyou tries to brush it off and tells Tomoya to forget about it. Ryou becomes increasingly aware of Tomoya's thoughts about Kyou.

In an unknown amount of time later, Tomoya is walking along in the rain, and sees a sad Botan (Kyou's pet boar), and follows the sad Botan to a drenched Kyou, who confesses her love for Tomoya, who is then put in a very awkward situation.


(Uhh... what?)

Tomoya dwells on it, and Sunohara, who is seeing it eat him alive, gives Tomoya his words of wisdom, telling him that no matter what he chooses to do, one of them will be hurt; and if he chooses to do nothing, he will end up hurting everybody.

Tomoya realizes that he is an idiot, and chooses the girl who he had the most feelings for, which was Kyou. He attempts to break up with Ryou, who leaves because she does not want to accept that response.

Later, Ryou shows up again, and Tomoya tries to break up with her again. She runs at Tomoya, and reveals herself to actually by Kyou, who cut her hair to Ryou's length and explains how Ryou has thought it best that Kyou approach Tomoya to hear his feelings for herself.


(Oh. You were Kyou. You have the purple eyes.)

It is important to note that this episode is more directed towards those who have played the game. It condenses a story that was at least four hours long into 20 minutes. And this episode focuses on one of the few stories that the main anime itself did not cover. And while this episode did not cover all of the content in the original story, it is still something to see if you find yourself wondering, "what would have happened if he (the main character) ended up with someone else?"



~Koubo