Discussion topic for CLANNAD -Hikari Mimamoru Sakamichi de- Episode 15: Together in a public bath, narrated by Tomoya Okazaki as written by Kai. It is a direct sequel to Episode 14: The reunion of the Furukawa bakers.
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How would you rate this episode?
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I smell a fanservice storyā¦
Theeeeeeeeere it is.
Admittedly, it did have some funny and cute moments. It ended on a nice note, much like the baseball route. Still, itās mostly fanservice 
I havenāt read this yet but itās already 10/10
( Ķ”Ā° ĶŹ Ķ”Ā°)
This is absolutely fanservice in every way and its great. Not really a whole lot happened other than some funny interactions between characters but it was a really entertaining read. This is one that I can see myself coming back to down the road just to read for the fun of it.
Iām usually not the biggest fan of such fanservice-episodes, but this one had enough nice points that I didnāt hate it. Really, the closing words of this one make very clear that the Baseball-Route from Clannad is definitely also a good ending. From Clannad itself it was a bit more ānothing really happenedā, but here, the implications that people on that discussion were talking about were made a bit more clear.
Itās strange enough that this story continues from the previous episode, but it also seems to have changed hands in the process, so itās like a fanfiction of the previous fanfiction.
(obligatory BWOM)
With that out of the way, it feels like a natural continuation of the previous episode, complete with similar jokes and character moments, save the fact that itās about āthe wonders of a public bathā rather than baseball. Bathhouse scenarios are pretty tired tropes in anime, and I imagine Kai writes this kind of stuff all the time, so it seems like there wasnāt much effort put into this scenario.
Do I think this story is bad? No, I think itās just as fluffy and enjoyable as the previous episode. Thereās nothing substantial to either save a few good moments with Fuko and Sunohara, and while those are few and far between, theyāre enough to make the experience enjoyable at the very least.
One story remains. Will it be the best one of all? Canāt wait to find out~ 
In CLANNAD, a nice way to rate an episode or route is to see how much Sunohara appears, and this episode had a ton of Sunohara. The more Sunohara we have, the better. Iāll rate this side story 4/5 Sunoharas.
But seriously, Sunohara was just hilarious in this episode, which surprisingly, as @EisenKoubu said, continued The reunion of the Furukawa bakers while changing the writer. This struck me. Is this episode some fanfiction KEY wanted to include but Maeda refused to write? Sincerely, this is a question Iād like to ask them directly if they appear in another convention.
This aside, while it surely was a fan service episode, I thought that it was outstanding in spite of its fanservice episode status. It was hilarious without having to explicitly exploit the fact that they were all naked, and it also delivered a heartwarming ending without it being too cheesy. Brilliant execution I must say. The reason Iām not rating this a 5 is because even though I found it splendid, I thought it lacked that something inexplicable that you can find in Akioās side story, or Koumuraās one.
Overall, a very good side story. You shouldnāt be misled by its title. This is a quality-comedy episode, at least in my opinion (not that itās high quality comedy, but rather that itās very well executed).
Well if you must have almost the entire cast of Clannad naked in a bathhouseā¦
Itās the sort of comedic story that only really works because we know the characters so well - I mean imagine if this had just been a short completely standalone KN! The humour is a bit predictable but in the end at least we have the notion as Yoshino states that shared memories like this become precious and irreplaceable, even if they are a little embarrasing at the time. Well that and the boob and knob gagsā¦
Iād give it 3.5 / 5 if I could.
