CLANNAD
A story of listless student Tomoya Okazaki, whose meeting with Nagisa Furukawa gives him friends and a place to belong. Beyond graduation, joy and devastating loss as husband and father lead him toward the town's lights and a family miracle.
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- 青春 / 学園 / 恋愛 / 家族 / ファンタジー / ドラマ
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- Game / Anime / Manga
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CLANNAD — Timeline12 events
Tomoya meets Nagisa on the hill
Tomoya Okazaki, drifting through high school without purpose, meets Nagisa Furukawa on the hill to school. Learning that illness forced her to repeat a year and that she wants to revive the drama club, he begins helping her.
Vol.TVアニメ CLANNAD 第1話 第1話 桜舞い散る坂道でCh. — Official season 1 episode 1 synopsis; spring is estimated from the new-school-year setting. ↗
Fuko invites people to her sister's wedding
Tomoya and Nagisa help Fuko Ibuki, who appears at school as a spirit separated from her hospitalized body. They distribute her carved starfish and preserve her fading wish long enough for Kouko and Yusuke Yoshino's wedding to take place.
Vol.TVアニメ CLANNAD 第4〜9話 第9話 夢の最後までCh. — Official season 1 episode 4–9 synopses; timing is estimated from its early position in the drama-club revival effort. ↗
Kotomi reconnects with her parents' love and the world
Tomoya reunites with his childhood friend Kotomi Ichinose and helps her build friendships with Nagisa and the others. Withdrawn after losing her parents, Kotomi receives their suitcase and birthday gift after it has traveled around the world.
Vol.TVアニメ CLANNAD 第10〜14話 第14話 Theory of EverythingCh. — Official season 1 episode 10–14 synopses; placement before Kotomi's birthday is estimated from episode 14. ↗
Nagisa takes the stage and becomes Tomoya's girlfriend
With Tomoya and their friends' help, the drama club returns and Nagisa takes the stage at the school festival. Learning that her parents abandoned their dreams for her nearly breaks her, but Akio's encouragement carries her through the play, and she later accepts Tomoya's confession.
Vol.TVアニメ CLANNAD 第19〜22話 第22話 影二つCh. — Official season 1 episode 19–22 synopses and the conclusion of episode 22. ↗
Tomoya graduates while Nagisa repeats her final year
After winter illness leaves Nagisa short of attendance, she remains in school another year while Tomoya graduates with their friends. Working at the Furukawas' bakery, he supports Nagisa as she begins a third senior year.
Vol.TVアニメ AFTER STORY 第9〜10話 第10話 始まりの季節Ch. — Official After Story episode 9–10 synopses. ↗
Tomoya becomes independent and marries Nagisa
Tomoya begins work as an electrician through Yoshino and moves out of the Furukawa home. After Nagisa graduates, he earns Akio's consent through a baseball challenge, marries Nagisa, and begins life with her.
Vol.TVアニメ AFTER STORY 第10〜14話 第14話 新しい家族Ch. — Official After Story episode 10–14 synopses; first working year is estimated from the immediate post-graduation progression. ↗
Nagisa becomes pregnant with Ushio and chooses a home birth
Tomoya and Nagisa learn they are expecting a child and choose the name Ushio. As local hospital arrangements change, the physically frail Nagisa chooses a home birth supported by her family.
Vol.TVアニメ AFTER STORY 第15話 第15話 夏の名残りにCh. — Official After Story episode 15 synopsis and the birth preparations within the episode. ↗
Nagisa gives birth to Ushio and dies in Tomoya's arms
With a snowstorm preventing medical help from reaching them, Nagisa gives birth to Ushio after a difficult labor. After hearing her daughter's first cry, she dies in Tomoya's arms, leaving him without hope for family or future.
Vol.TVアニメ AFTER STORY 第16話 第16話 白い闇Ch. — Official After Story episode 16 synopsis and the episode's conclusion. ↗
Tomoya leaves Ushio with the Furukawas and shuts down
After losing Nagisa, Tomoya leaves Ushio with Akio and Sanae and sinks into a life of work and empty spending. Five years pass while he refuses to face his daughter as her father.
Vol.TVアニメ AFTER STORY 第17〜18話 第17話 夏時間／第18話 大地の果てCh. — Official After Story episode 17–18 synopses; the five-year interval is explicit in episode 18. ↗
Tomoya reconciles with Ushio and begins raising her
On a trip arranged by Sanae, Tomoya spends time alone with Ushio for the first time. Hearing from his grandmother Shino about his father Naoyuki, he recognizes his own repetition of that failure, embraces Ushio, and begins living with her after they return.
Vol.TVアニメ AFTER STORY 第18〜19話 第19話 家路Ch. — Official After Story episode 18–19 synopses and Shino's explanation during the trip. ↗
Ushio succumbs to Nagisa's illness in Tomoya's arms
Ushio collapses with the same unexplained fever that afflicted Nagisa and fails to recover after a month. On a snowy day, she tries to fulfill her wish for another trip but dies in Tomoya's arms, and his world goes dark.
Vol.TVアニメ AFTER STORY 第21話 第21話 世界の終わりCh. — Official After Story episode 21 synopsis and the episode's conclusion. ↗
The town's lights fulfill a wish, leading to a world where Nagisa and Ushio live
The journey of the girl and the junk doll in the Illusionary World ends, and the lights gathered through the town carry Tomoya's wish. Choosing his meeting with Nagisa again on the hill, he returns to Ushio's birth and receives a family life in which both Nagisa and Ushio survive.
Vol.TVアニメ AFTER STORY 第22話 第22話 小さな手のひらCh. — Official After Story episode 22 synopsis and its Illusionary World and childbirth scenes. The causal relationship and world placement require interpretation, so dateReliability is marked interpretation. ↗
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