CLANNAD - Tomoyo Sakagami Route & Character Discussion

Hmm, I don’t think it’s quite that simple tbh. The problem is less with her prioritizing her love over her other goals, but more with her being unwilling to commit to it, trying to balance both sides and failing really badly at doing so without realizing it.

She’s also naive, in that she doesn’t realize that “what she can contribute to society” is so important to the people around her, Tomoya, classmates and teachers alike, because to her, that’s her own problem - as it should be, no less!.. but it just isn’t how things are, and she doesn’t take notice of just how much this affects Tomoya in particular.

So really, I’d say while people like to attribute her priority issues to Tomoya instead of Tomoyo for some reason, the problem is more fundamental in that none of them really care about Tomoyo as a person, they just care about her as a contributor to society. And so Tomoya becomes the ‘liability’. Tragic, isn’t it.

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