Kanon 17

Shiori's my second favorite girl, but wow they really really did her justice here.
More justice than Mai?
It's hard to say...Shiori's story is much less supernatural than the others; it is the sparkling vision of sad/happy? girl in snow.
But just the little moments make watching her oh so worth it.

I like how they're not forgetting everyone else at the same time, like when Yuuichi talked to Makoto on the hill.
You know Yuuichi's still sarcastic and mean and funny, but you can see it wearing on him.
I think this might be a new element of Kanon 2006 really, the fact that since they are going through everyone's scenario, and EVERYONE'S scenario is sad in some way, that the emotional toll is going to be HUGE on Yuuichi.
He's forgotten everything that happened 7 years ago, yet he's managed to realize:
1. He abandoned someone dear to him.
2. He ignored someone who needed him.
3. He met someone new who is going to die soon.
4. Spoiler spoiler spoiler.
5. Spoiler spoiler spoiler.

It's not a good feeling to have.

Kanon 12-13

Mai ai Mai ai Mai ai Mai ai MAI AI.
Wow, 4 years ago I saw this thing called Kanon...and in 13 episodes it managed to deliver a semi-coherent decent emotional story.
Four years later and I'm seeing this thing called Kanon again...and it's completely blowing me away.

Anyway...
Scene 1 hit:
School dance with Mai in the dress.
Completely and utterly awesome.

Squee?

So I finally stopped stalling and started watching Kanon (2006)...
It's...amazing.
It's like the old one +10, and they're going for 26 episodes.
Char development is off the charts, people I didn't like I like (Makoto's a lot cuter instead of being annoying), people I liked I like more.
Kyon as Yuuichi hits so many bullseyes it's ridiculous.
Yes it's sad girl in snow, but it's done so well it's putting a big silly grin on my face when I watch it.

I think...the post title describes what I feel sometimes watching this series...
Since I saw the old one I know what's going to happen, but seeing it redone is worth the time...

And of course I'm looking forward to two scenes:
The dance with Mai at the school.
The dance with Shiori in the courtyard.

No surprise these two are my favorite characters.
Person A: "You're fangirling out on me!"

Kan-nad (Clever pun on Kanon and Clannad, amirite?)

Haeleth's Kanon translation patch project is officially dead due to "moral concerns" of the head man in charge about piracy.

In short, this is a travesty.

I'll let SirAlex argue for me here, but in short:

Again, I agree with everything in that newspost... but it's not the whole story. What's actually happening is that a choice is apparently being made to place a moral responsibility to Key's intellectual property over the moral responsibility to the people who bought the game on the promise of the patch. It is a fact that harm is being done to people by stopping the patch project for this reason at this time. If that's the call being made, okay, you're justified, I understand - but at least acknowledge what's being done.

He also didn't tell the people he was working with either about his decision, Esprite found out about it three days later after #shrinemaiden linked him.
Honestly, this was one patch I personally didn't care about as an end user, but I can see the huge effect it would have had on the community.
There are people who would have bought Kanon, there are people who DID buy Kanon, because of the prolonged promise of this patch.

It's hard to view this without a certain degree of cynicism ever since the WIND shenanigans happened.

Well, stay in school kids and you too can learn Japanese.