A middle school cartoonist

As Makoto Takahashi said to Yoshida before, after observing half of the manga, many readers directly chose to give up observing the manga because they could not bear the plot blow of Nagisa Furukawa's death! But just as Takahashi Makoto expected, there are still readers who continue to observe the comics, read the rest of the content with tears, and then talk about their feelings online, showing off that they know things that others don’t know, thus attracting the attention of those who have not finished reading the comics. Curiosity on the comic reader side!

"Although it looks a little depressing at the beginning, the back part is really touching... Naoyuki Okazaki is a good father, and Tomoya Okazaki will also be a good father! (Crying loudly)"

"I agree! The lethality of Xi's words is really too strong... Don't ask me what the content behind it is. If you want to know, read the comics yourself!"

"It's okay if I was depressed and confused at the beginning. At least I was able to hold back my tears, but the plot behind it... I really couldn't help it!"

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More and more people have finished reading this monthly issue, and more and more comments have appeared on the Internet praising the plot behind the comic... Many readers who had not finished reading the comic before because they were sad, depressed and angry saw this on the Internet After these comments, although it was still difficult to accept the plot of Nagisa Furukawa's passing, due to curiosity, I once again started observing this comic that I had planned to give up before!

Since the death of Nagisa Furukawa, Tomoya Okazaki's escape-like lifestyle has made many nervous readers heartache! Even though most readers are not like Okazaki Tomoya, who experienced a beautiful and happy life and then suddenly lost the person he loved, but as an observer and witness of Okazaki Tomoya and Furukawa Nagisa from falling in love to getting married and having children, they can also understand Okazaki's story. Tomoya’s feelings!

In the manga, due to Sanae's calculations, Okazaki Tomoya had to be alone with his daughter Shio! It is revealed through a monologue in the comic that in the few years after Nagisa Furukawa passed away, Okazaki Tomoe rarely visited his daughter... Even on the days when his daughter Shio was most important and needed her father's company, as a father, Okazaki Tomoya Saki always finds various excuses to escape!

Although most readers sympathize with Okazaki Tomoya's experience, they do not agree with Okazaki Tomoya's irresponsible attitude towards his daughter... At least before Shio came out, many readers felt that Okazaki Tomoya did too much. Got it! However, when Xi officially appeared in the comics, some readers looked at Xi's cute appearance and vaguely understood!

Xi's appearance is so similar to that of the deceased Furukawa Nagisa!

Okazaki Tomoya, who has not yet recovered from the blow of [the death of Furukawa Nagisa], if he lives with Shio, he will always be unable to help but recall the things he once lived with Furukawa Nagisa, and the happiness and joy he once had. Happiness... However, the reality is telling Okazaki Tomoya over and over again, the cruel fact that [Furukawa Nagisa has passed away]!

I can't forget the beautiful memories, and I can't face the cruel reality... So the only thing I can choose is to escape, right?

So it's not that Okazaki Tomaya doesn't want to see his daughter, nor does he want to live with his daughter... It's just that when he sees Shio, Okazaki Tomaya can't help but think of his lost love, the one who redeemed his life and gave him People who hope for their own lives!

Okazaki Tomoe, who is living a painful life, cannot accept the reality of "Furukawa Nagisa's death". Okazaki Tomoe, who has been trying to escape, finally cannot escape under the plan of Furukawa and his wife, and has to meet his daughter Shioya. The situation of being alone... The plot of the second half of the comic "CLANNAD" begins under this background!

She disliked the fried rice made by her father because it was not delicious, and even used the fried rice as a condiment with the rice. Every time she finished something, even something as trivial as going to the toilet, she would run to show off to her father. She fell down because she was running too fast, but it was He held back his tears and did not cry or make a fuss; even though he was sad because his beloved toy broke, he did not cry or fuss like other naughty children... Even though the young Xi lost his mother since the day he was born, even though the young Xi lost his mother on the day he was born, Xi has lacked the care of his father since he was a child, but looking at the strong and sensible look shown by Xi in the comics, readers who have suffered severe mental torture and heavy blows are slightly healed!

Although it has not been explained in the manga, it is still easy to see through Sanae's simple plan of letting Okazaki Tomoya be alone with Shio! So after reading the manga, after Tomoya Okazaki finally agreed to take Shio on a trip, most readers have begun to look forward to it!

On the train, when he saw his father, Tomoya Okazaki, losing his temper because of the noise of the children next to him, Shio ran to the toilet alone and secretly cried! Although Tomoya Okazaki has been trying to avoid getting along with his daughter, it does not mean that Tomoya Okazaki ignores his daughter!

"...I told you not to cry! But, there are places where you can cry!"

"Hmm? Where?"

"..." In the manga, Shio did not answer his father Okazaki Tomoya's question immediately. Instead, he stared at his father for a long time before answering, "Toilet!"

"That's right. If you cry in the toilet, no one will notice! Cry when you want to cry. What's wrong with it? Let's cry well now... but you can't cry when you want to. Grow up. This will happen more often in the future..."

, Shio's expectation when she asked Okazaki Tomoya, Okazaki Tomoya revealed his helplessness when answering... It was just this simple dialogue, but the comic took nearly two pages to describe it! At first, most readers who saw this felt that the description here was too detailed. Although Okazaki Tomoya's painful feelings were revealed here, it shouldn't take nearly two pages to describe it, right?

However, regarding this question, when readers saw the following plot, they understood the intention of a certain middle school cartoonist...

The train stopped at the station. Although Okazaki Tomoya didn't know how to get along with his daughter Shio, he still bought her a robot toy on the platform! When night fell, the father and daughter arrived at the end of the journey and stayed in a hotel! During the period, Shio asked Okazaki Tomoya about his mother Furukawa Nagisa, but Okazaki Tomoya, who mentioned his sad past, refused to answer Shio!

Because Okazaki Tomoya still can't accept the fact that Furukawa Nagisa has passed away, so even when facing his own biological daughter, his attitude is so bad...

Although there is no monologue or narration about this in the comics, as a reader of the observation comic "CLANNAD", you can understand what the cartoonist Houhouin Kyouma wants to express!

If the content of the comic "CLANNAD" continues like this, perhaps many readers will give up this comic? After all, compared with the improvement of the relationship between Okazaki Tomoya and his daughter, the previous plot of Furukawa Nagisa's death is too destructive. Not to mention Okazaki Tomoya in the comics, even many readers can't accept this reality in a short time!

The father and daughter came to the sea of ​​flowers. Xi took the toys bought by his father Okazaki Tomoya for himself and played happily in the sea of ​​flowers, while Okazaki Tomoya fell asleep under a tree! When Okazaki Tomoya woke up from his sleep, he found that Xi was looking for his lost toys! While helping Xio find toys, Okazaki Tomoya looked at the surrounding scenery and fell into a brief contemplation...

Because this place, Okazaki Tomoya had been here when he was a child!

Walking in the direction of his memory, Okazaki Tomoya came to the lighthouse and met an old lady who called herself Okazaki Fumino! And this old lady was none other than Okazaki Tomoya's father, Okazaki Naoyuki's biological mother, that is, Okazaki Tomoya's grandmother!

Like Okazaki Tomoya, Okazaki Naoyuki also started a relationship in his student days, lived a happy life after marriage, lost his beloved after giving birth to a child, and suffered unbearable pain in life...But the father and son who encountered almost the same situation had different choices!

Unlike Okazaki Tomoya who chose despair, Okazaki Naoyuki, who was also a father, did not fall into despair! Because Okazaki Naoyuki knew that he could not choose a desperate life at that time, because there was still a young child who needed to rely on himself and needed to be raised by himself!

This child must be raised by himself!

Although he had lost his beloved and was in despair about life, Naoyuki Okazaki still raised the young Tomoya Okazaki with this obsession! No matter how many times he was fired from his job or how busy he was in life, the father named Naoyuki Okazaki never let go of the hand that held Tomoya Okazaki!

He used the little money he saved to buy toys and snacks for his children. For the young Tomoya Okazaki, Naoyuki Okazaki sacrificed all his luck and opportunities for success... Although he was sometimes very strict and rough with Tomoya Okazaki, all of this was to successfully raise Tomoya Okazaki!

"I heard that your current situation is very similar to Naoyuki's... This is very painful! But it is precisely because of this that I will tell you this, I hope you know what kind of father Naoyuki is! Tomoya, do you think Naoyuki is an incompetent father?"

"No, I am more incompetent than him! I am in the same situation as my father that day, but I am so weak and incompetent now..."

"That child is also like this... Even so, he still did his best for his child! As a person, he may have many failures, but as a father, he is very remarkable!"

"I... I think so too!"

The previously serialized comics also told the life of Tomoya Okazaki's father, but it was not too detailed. Moreover, because Okazaki Naoyuki sold contraband, Okazaki Tomoya's job promotion opportunities were ruined... So in the readers' impression, Okazaki Naoyuki is not a qualified father!

However, now, through Okazaki Fumino telling Okazaki Tomoya about Okazaki Naoyuki's past, which was almost the same as Okazaki Tomoya's, Okazaki Naoyuki has saved a lot of impression points for Okazaki Naoyuki! Especially in order to raise Okazaki Tomoya, Okazaki Naoyuki has been struggling silently with despair... Not to mention Okazaki Tomoya in the comics, even the readers who are observing have gradually recognized this great father!

No matter how painful and desperate life is without a loved one, even if you can't bear these pains, even if you can't face these difficulties, you still have to struggle to live... Because protecting and raising children to adulthood is the responsibility of the identity called [father]!

After learning about his father's past, Okazaki Tomoya also made up his mind and decided to live with Xi in the next few days! Seeing Xi's face full of grievances because he couldn't find the lost robot, Okazaki Tomoya tried his best to suppress his guilt, comforted Xi and offered to buy a new one!

"It's unique... It was chosen for me... It was bought for me... Dad's first time..." Although Xi's words were not in a smooth order, both the meaning he wanted to express and the emotional impact brought by the content of the words hit the hearts of Okazaki Tomoya and the readers!

"... Xi, can I stay with you? Although I have always been... I have been an incompetent father for some time before, I will definitely work hard for Xi in the future? So, can I stay with you?"

"Yes! I hope you stay!"

The firm look on Xi's tender face has made many readers' eyes blur... But the real tear-jerking killer is about to be released!

"But I lost something very important today, so I'm very sad..."

"Dad, that, can you... stop holding it in?"

"Sanae said that the only places to cry... are the toilet and Dad's arms!"

My nose is sore...

My eyes are stinging...

Although I haven't finished reading this issue of the comic "CLANNAD", most readers put down the comic book again when they read this... because Xi, a child who has always been strong and sensible, touched the readers' tears with a simple sentence!

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Prejudice is a bad behavior, but sadly, this behavior has penetrated into the human soul and has become a habit that cannot be ignored when humans implement cognition of things! Just like the impression that readers have of the author, it is largely constructed from the content of the comic novel... For example, the author who created the character of Chuunibyou must be suffering from Chuunibyou; for example, the author who created the Demon King who destroyed the world must be the awakener of the dark personality; for example, if a father like Okazaki Naoyuki is created, Takahashi Makoto must be a good father...

But as Miss Ueno said, in reality, Takahashi Makoto may not be a qualified father, especially the obvious difference between his attitude towards his daughter and his attitude towards his son. He can only be regarded as a serious daughter control! However, in the comic "CLANNAD" created by Takahashi Makoto, who uses the pseudonym of cartoonist Houhouin Kyoma, the image of the father character Okazaki Naoyuki is portrayed quite successfully!

Of course, if the reader has finished reading the comic and learned how Takahashi Makoto is a father in reality, he may also resonate with the [strong sense of disharmony] like Miss Ueno Aoi...right?

Dear readers, I apologized yesterday

Then what I want to say today is that tomorrow is Father's Day, so you must remember it! At least you should say "thank you" or "thank you for your hard work over the years" to your father! If I post this chapter tomorrow, will it be considered a synchronization between the novel and reality?

Finally, I remind you again, don't be shy or embarrassed, some feelings can never be expressed without words, especially when facing your father!