Child hood memories and friends while revisiting a city...
Is a story not of my own unfortunately, nor is it a fantasy story. But an emotional story of an Anime series called Kanon... a series that takes us back to our childhood friends, memories and what one can remember of whom we were and how we've changed...
An almost typical anime with one male and many females around him that we'd all like to think they love him, but after watching the first eight episodes of a thirteen episode tv series with one special. I'm really glad I didn't disregard it as another Tenchi Muyo wanna be, in fact I was totally wrong. For the series Kanon... I think is categorized under Shoujo and I was deeply moved by such a simple title. Kanon starts off with a male character whom we see waiting for a female on a bench covered in snow, trying to warm his hands while looking into his hands. His first words out of his mouth is... "You're late" just as we see him raise his head up looking into a female respond to his words, "The snow's piled up on you" which the male with a grin casually replies though definitely sarcastic... "Well, I've been waiting for 2 hours now." After a brief excuse from the female of being late and with him still joking around, she gives him a hot coffee drink to make up for being late and to celebrate a reunion between them. The male smugly answers, "I haven't seen you in 7 years and all I get is a can of coffee?" In which she replies, "Oh yeah, it's been 7 years already. Hey, do you still remember my name?" The male smiles and sort of not answers directly ask in return, "You're one to talk, do you remember my name?" The female smiles and with excitement answers, "Yup! Yu-u-i-ichi." Yuuichi then gets up while brushing off snow from his hair and backpack and says as he starts to walk, "Well, let's get going." The female chases after and calls out, "Hey! My Name!" Yuuichi stops and turns his head with a confident smile with a reply. "Let's go, Nayuki!" and this is the beginning of episode one... titled. "The Girl of Snow"
The first episode explains here and there of why Yuuichi Aizawa is there revisiting Nayuki Minase his cousin and why he's staying at their place for the time being. We're also introduced to Nayuki's mother, Akiko Minase whom welcomes Yuuichi into her house warmly. The story starts from there as each day Yuuichi starts to become part of their family as time passes to various places that he goes to in revisiting areas from which he vaguely remembers from his childhood memories which were suddenly resurfacing. Memories of which he thought were long gone with first a red hairband in which he found in his packing but doesn't remembering packing it with him... In episode two, we meet Ayu Tsukimiya which I assume is Yuuichi's childhood love interest since she wears the same identical red hairband, but not quite entirely convinced since Yuuichi's memories isn't fully recovered and she doesn't quite reveal much either. Though she does refer to him as Yuuichi-kun... which usually means a close friend or more. In the last few minutes of episode two, we get to see a strange box following Yuuichi through the market. Just before the episode ends the box talks and is revealed to be a female's voice, "I finally found you! I won't forgive you!" Yuuichi quite shocked and surprised answers, "Who are you?! I don't remember angering anyone." The box with the female voice continues, "You might not remember, but I do!" and with that the box is flipped into the air to reveal a kawaii female with red ribbons in her hair. "Now I will finally have my revenge after all these years. Prepare yourself!"
Thus ends the second episode of Kanon which is quite interesting, so far the series shows the good points of being away from a city that you're once was raised in to revisit those whom you once met or have known once again. As well as the past catching up in reminders of things that which was left behind aren't forgotten and still remembered. Other characters that show up in the series are the following:
Mai Kawasumi - a quiet, not out spoken swords lady who attends the same school with both Yuuichi and Nayuki... who hunts demons at school at night...
Sayuri Kurata - the best friend to Mai Kawasumi, the only one that Mai actually responds to and spends time with during lunch...
Misaka Shiori - a shy freshmen student and often lingers around the school yard watching her sister from afar who says to Yuuichi that she's sick and taking some rest away from school...
Misaka Kaori - a best friend to Nayuki who teases Yuuichi and his cousin Nayuki that they get along really well together almost as though they're together... Kaori also claims she has no sister or any relatives when Yuuichi mentions Misaka is an uncommon last name and wonders if she has a sister... which I think is Shiori...
Kitagawa - a guy who sits behind Yuuichi, a charming student who likes to help new transfers I guess. But seemingly has an interest in Misaka Kaori... in several cases he's more than obvious that he likes her at the least...
Sawatari Makoto - a female that seemingly remembers only in hating Yuuichi for she has amnesia... whenever she sees his face she's easily angered... but other than that her origin is mysterious and often assumed that she's a runaway or an abandoned child.
Nayuki Minase - our second main character of the series and the cousin to Yuuichi... she seemingly cares for him a lot and quite often the two are assumed to be a couple. She always wants him around her...
Akiko Minase - the mother of Nayuki Minase, takes care of Yuuichi while he's staying at their house and provides cooking and numerous other things in helping him with the females that seemingly know Yuuichi that she meets at the market. She seems to remember and know Ayu by the way she addresses her as Ayu-chan... I'm guessing there's to be a story told there as well...
An almost typical anime with one male and many females around him that we'd all like to think they love him, but after watching the first eight episodes of a thirteen episode tv series with one special. I'm really glad I didn't disregard it as another Tenchi Muyo wanna be, in fact I was totally wrong. For the series Kanon... I think is categorized under Shoujo and I was deeply moved by such a simple title. Kanon starts off with a male character whom we see waiting for a female on a bench covered in snow, trying to warm his hands while looking into his hands. His first words out of his mouth is... "You're late" just as we see him raise his head up looking into a female respond to his words, "The snow's piled up on you" which the male with a grin casually replies though definitely sarcastic... "Well, I've been waiting for 2 hours now." After a brief excuse from the female of being late and with him still joking around, she gives him a hot coffee drink to make up for being late and to celebrate a reunion between them. The male smugly answers, "I haven't seen you in 7 years and all I get is a can of coffee?" In which she replies, "Oh yeah, it's been 7 years already. Hey, do you still remember my name?" The male smiles and sort of not answers directly ask in return, "You're one to talk, do you remember my name?" The female smiles and with excitement answers, "Yup! Yu-u-i-ichi." Yuuichi then gets up while brushing off snow from his hair and backpack and says as he starts to walk, "Well, let's get going." The female chases after and calls out, "Hey! My Name!" Yuuichi stops and turns his head with a confident smile with a reply. "Let's go, Nayuki!" and this is the beginning of episode one... titled. "The Girl of Snow"
The first episode explains here and there of why Yuuichi Aizawa is there revisiting Nayuki Minase his cousin and why he's staying at their place for the time being. We're also introduced to Nayuki's mother, Akiko Minase whom welcomes Yuuichi into her house warmly. The story starts from there as each day Yuuichi starts to become part of their family as time passes to various places that he goes to in revisiting areas from which he vaguely remembers from his childhood memories which were suddenly resurfacing. Memories of which he thought were long gone with first a red hairband in which he found in his packing but doesn't remembering packing it with him... In episode two, we meet Ayu Tsukimiya which I assume is Yuuichi's childhood love interest since she wears the same identical red hairband, but not quite entirely convinced since Yuuichi's memories isn't fully recovered and she doesn't quite reveal much either. Though she does refer to him as Yuuichi-kun... which usually means a close friend or more. In the last few minutes of episode two, we get to see a strange box following Yuuichi through the market. Just before the episode ends the box talks and is revealed to be a female's voice, "I finally found you! I won't forgive you!" Yuuichi quite shocked and surprised answers, "Who are you?! I don't remember angering anyone." The box with the female voice continues, "You might not remember, but I do!" and with that the box is flipped into the air to reveal a kawaii female with red ribbons in her hair. "Now I will finally have my revenge after all these years. Prepare yourself!"
Thus ends the second episode of Kanon which is quite interesting, so far the series shows the good points of being away from a city that you're once was raised in to revisit those whom you once met or have known once again. As well as the past catching up in reminders of things that which was left behind aren't forgotten and still remembered. Other characters that show up in the series are the following:
Mai Kawasumi - a quiet, not out spoken swords lady who attends the same school with both Yuuichi and Nayuki... who hunts demons at school at night...
Sayuri Kurata - the best friend to Mai Kawasumi, the only one that Mai actually responds to and spends time with during lunch...
Misaka Shiori - a shy freshmen student and often lingers around the school yard watching her sister from afar who says to Yuuichi that she's sick and taking some rest away from school...
Misaka Kaori - a best friend to Nayuki who teases Yuuichi and his cousin Nayuki that they get along really well together almost as though they're together... Kaori also claims she has no sister or any relatives when Yuuichi mentions Misaka is an uncommon last name and wonders if she has a sister... which I think is Shiori...
Kitagawa - a guy who sits behind Yuuichi, a charming student who likes to help new transfers I guess. But seemingly has an interest in Misaka Kaori... in several cases he's more than obvious that he likes her at the least...
Sawatari Makoto - a female that seemingly remembers only in hating Yuuichi for she has amnesia... whenever she sees his face she's easily angered... but other than that her origin is mysterious and often assumed that she's a runaway or an abandoned child.
Nayuki Minase - our second main character of the series and the cousin to Yuuichi... she seemingly cares for him a lot and quite often the two are assumed to be a couple. She always wants him around her...
Akiko Minase - the mother of Nayuki Minase, takes care of Yuuichi while he's staying at their house and provides cooking and numerous other things in helping him with the females that seemingly know Yuuichi that she meets at the market. She seems to remember and know Ayu by the way she addresses her as Ayu-chan... I'm guessing there's to be a story told there as well...