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Clannad Episode 1. Not too sure why, but this one didn't hook me as Air and Kanon's first episodes did. I will say this though, it reassured me that the order I chose to watch the trio in was the correct one. Though the three are different in setting, characters and plot, there seems to be a feeling of progression if you watch them in the order of Air, Kanon and then Clannad.

Air feels like the beginning of a story that's bigger then it has time to tell (which based on it's run time is rather true) and when it is over you're left wanting more.

Kanon is in many ways the return to something familiar, like when you find an amazing spot in a park on a hot summer day and don't come back to it until it's the middle of winter and although the spot is the same it has a all around different feel.

Finally, Clannad is much like spring, where the snow finally melts and you walk into a world that has been renewed and full of life. However though you are happy to be back in that world, this time it feels like it might be your very last time to experience it so you decide to make it last for as long as you can.

Rather interesting don't you think?