CLANNAD is a hugely popular romance adventure game released by Visual Arts/Key in 2004 as a PC game, and has been ported to various platforms, including the PS2. The game was adapted into an anime in 2007, and the second season, the After Story, was also made into an anime the following year in 2008. It remains a hugely popular work even today, 15 years after the game's release and over 10 years after the anime. The story was a very heartwarming one, and the touching story that moved viewers to tears became a hot topic. This time, we will introduce the charm of Sakagami Tomoyo, who is one of the most popular heroines.
CLANNAD Content Introduction
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The protagonist Okazaki Tomoya, who had given up sports due to an injury and was living as a delinquent, met Furukawa Nagisa, who was standing alone on the slope leading to school one day. This encounter brings color to Okazaki Tomoya's otherwise grey life. His school life with Nagisa is completely different from what it used to be, and the two of them overcome various difficulties to get closer and grow together in the story in order to fulfill Nagisa's wish to revive the drama club.
Introduction to the contents of CLANNAD-AFTER STORY-
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This is a story about Tomoya Okazaki and Nagisa Furukawa up until their graduation and what happens after. Nagisa graduated a year late due to illness, and Okazaki works as an electrician where an acquaintance of his works. The two of them started living together and their happy days began, and they thought that they would continue like that forever. However, a very sad fate awaited them. What will the future hold for them?
Sakagami Tomoyo CV: Kuwashima Houko
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She is a transfer student who is one year younger than the main characters Okazaki and the others. She is an incredibly intelligent and beautiful woman, with excellent athletic ability and no flaws, but she used to be a legendary delinquent among delinquents, and has a rough past in which she would beat up anyone she didn't like. Since transferring to the school, she has been working hard to change her past, and is working hard every day to become student council president in order to protect the cherry blossom trees that line the slope.
Sakagami Tomoyo's charm #1: Her outstanding beauty
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Even though CLANNAD is filled with beautiful women, she has such good looks and beauty that she stands out from the rest. In the anime, she has very few scenes and few main scenarios, but she has always been one of the most popular characters. Even within the Key brand, which has many popular works and characters, I think her looks are a major factor in why she is always ranked so highly in popularity. Of course, she has many other attractive features, so please see below for more details.
Sakagami Tomoyo's charm part 2: A mature atmosphere
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Among the characters like Nagisa, Fuuko, Anzu, and Kotomi, who are relatively their age or have a slightly lower mental age, she is a little rare in that her everyday remarks, actions, and way of speaking are extremely mature, and she is cool in that she maintains a consistent attitude regardless of the age of the other person. Basically, even though she is older than him, she still talks to him in a casual manner, which is probably why she looks so mature.
Sakagami Tomoyo's charm point 3: Her overwhelming strength
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Even though he has good looks and a nice figure, from the first time he appeared, he easily defeated a group of delinquents who came to thank Tomoyo, and even though he is not a strong opponent, he was victorious against Haruhara, who is still a delinquent, after many battles. A bit off-topic, but Miyazawa Yukine's brother is also known as a legendary delinquent and has a little acquaintance with Tomoyo (from Hikari wo Mimamoru Sakamichi de.)
Sakagami Tomoyo's charm point 4: loyalty
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When Okazaki was suspended from school after getting him involved in her own affairs, she felt responsible and went to the Okazaki household to be his wife. She is the type of person who will always repay the favor when she has caused trouble, and her excellent housekeeping skills were also extremely impressive, which was an important factor in increasing Tomoyo's popularity. At that time, she also got involved in the Okazaki family's affairs to some extent, and I think it was only Tomoyo who could encourage them or give them advice in her own way. She also went to wake up Okazaki and Haruhara in the morning to make sure they went to school properly. I'm jealous...
Sakagami Tomoyo's charm point 5: Her straightforward personality
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If she decides to do something, she will do it! If something is no good, it will be no good. To put it negatively, she may seem like an inflexible type, but she is the type of person who will always achieve her goal, even if it means sacrificing something important. Rather, even if chasing two rabbits is not an easy feat, she has the mental strength to try to achieve both if they are both important to her. That's why people may think she's strict, but I think her strong mental strength is truly amazing because humans tend to take the easy way out.
Sakagami Tomoyo's charm point 6: femininity
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As she herself is aware, she believes she lacks the typical girlish qualities, and when she transfers to a new school she tries to reinvent herself, but because of the way she has lived her life up until now, her sense of what is normal is a little off, and when Sunohara teases her about being a boy, she tries to do something a little off the mark to Okazaki to prove that she is a girl. I think that slightly off-putting sense is also one of the reasons why Tomoyo is so popular.
Sakagami Tomoyo's charm No. 7: A girl after all
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In the Tomoyo arc, another world in the anime's spinoff, you can see Tomoyo in love with love. It's a story that shows that Tomoyo was a proper girl after all, and features rare embarrassing scenes of Tomoyo, a heartbreaking crying face, and a smile that will never be the same again, making this a must-see episode for Tomoyo fans. Despite her limited screen time, the fact that a spin-off was made is proof of her popularity, and a "Tomoyo After" story has even been released about Tomoyo. It really shows how popular she is. I don't know much about the after story, but it seems to have received mixed reviews...
A summary of Sakagami Tomoyo's charms!
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First, Tomoyo Sakagami became popular for her looks, then she gained popularity by showing her feminine side from her cool personality, and before we knew it, she had become a very popular character. She is not involved in many branching events in the anime, but she is so popular. I forgot to mention that she is also wonderful as a family-oriented character who wants to become student council president for her younger brother. Please check out the charm of Sakagami Tomoyo through anime and games. Thank you for reading to the end.
