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January 8th
Asa, Asa dayooooo~ Asa gohan tabete, gakkou iku yoooo~
Faiiito, dayo~ Unyu~ Uguu~ Kanon sure is a world of catchphrases and favorite foods. I’m to believe this is Hisaya’s fault but it works out fine since the girls have enough depth to be characters who’s purpose is not to just spout them.
Now look at that background I’ve chosen as the day image. Look at how drab and dark it is, it’s great, even this cheery ass high school scene has the somber mood lurking outside in the sky. I am firmly in love with the snowy town of Kanon, it’s atmosphere and setting are one of its greatest assets.
OH BABY THE SCENE WHERE THEY GET LOST RUNNING AWAY. Gimme dat natural juice, a natural segue that leads to Yuichi saying ‘I dunno the way, I just got back here’, allowing Ayu to confirm it’s her Yuichi, ez game writing is easy guys just do shit like this. And we’re not even done, Shiori is seamlessly introduced, she serves a purpose in helping Ayu and Yuichi be not lost while also being introduced. Is gud.
Ayu starts going on about promises, and the king of promises, the pinky swear. And we’re going to ignore it because this is a Nayuki playthough, see you guys in the Ayu thread!
January 9th
I told you guys promises were all over this shit.
Kitagawaaaaaaa. Here we see Kitagawa make his debut and immediately try and push Yuichi on the Shiori route. On that note, Shiori gets a proper introduction and it becomes clear that ALL THE GIRLS IN KANON ARE WEIRDOS, not that they don’t all call Yuichi weird himself(I don’t disagree, my god does he make some absolutely bullshit up on the fly). She establishes all her key points, her weak body, her mandatory catchphrase, and her first of many comparisons of life to a drama, they’re out of the way, everything you need to know about her character is established and those who desire her personality are given enough fuel to pursue her and learn more about the mysterious girl.
makoto is here too i guess
Peeps are we gonna have to fight?
The snow is important, the snow helps bring the mood, Kanon is known for having it’s sad scenes and the snow is the perfect backdrop to all that, it’s cold and generally unpleasant. If you wanna get really pretentious you could also say the blank white expanse represents Yuichi’s memories in how empty they are, he can’t remember and see the town because it’s just covered in whiteness from the snow/blank memory.
However a lot of the more heartwarming scenes turn it around somewhat, a lot of such scenes find themself taking place at Sunset, where the cold featureless snow is instead dyed a warm inviting orange, Yuichi tends to encounter Ayu in the wild when it’s sunset and Ayu plays off this by having colours that match it, with a browny/orange character design.
Shit like this is the reason Kanon’s atmosphere is truly unmatched.
