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Kanon

Alternative Titles

Japanese: Kanon


Information

Type: Manga
Volumes: 2
Chapters: 6
Status: Finished
Published: Oct 21, 2000 to May 21, 2002
Genres: Drama Drama, Romance Romance
Serialization: Dengeki Daioh
Authors: Key (Story), Morishima, Petit (Art)

Statistics

Score: 7.021 (scored by 10341,034 users)
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Ranked: #86342
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Popularity: #7411
Members: 2,763
Favorites: 21
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Volumes: /2
Chapters: /6

Synopsis

Kanon is the story of Yuuichi Aizawa and his return to his always snowy hometown after eight years. The problem is that Yuuichi doesn't remember his time there and all the people he met, so he has to gradually begin to remember everything. Of course this being a love story Yuuichi meets several girls including his cousin Naiyuki, the taiyaki obsessed Ayu, the silent Mai, the cute yet aggressive Makoto, and the terminally ill Shiori.

(Source: Otakuism)

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Reviews

Jun 20, 2008
Preliminary (1/6 eps)
Kanon is the manga adaption of Key's Kanon PC game:

Story: 10
To make this brief, Kanon is about a guy (Aizawa Yuichi) who started living in a town, where he meets lots of chicks and had fun everyday. Every chapter of the manga is dedicated to one chick, where their entire arc from the game is summed up and "manga-nized". This Manga is all joy. There are a lot of cute and funy bits and most of the sad moments are taken out.

Art: 9
The art, while unrealistic, is cute and cuddly. The art is very lively and informal, perfect for leisure reading.

Character: 10
This might be ...
Jan 14, 2025
Do you like Kanon and are considering reading the Kanon manga? For the love of God! Don't!

The source material is the Kanon visual novel. Thus, the manga is just another adaptation and not the source material.

If you read it independently, you will be bewildered because the chapters don't flow. It's just discrete arcs.

The complete volumes were published months after the original TOEI adaptation of Kanon in 2002. I suspect that the manga is supposed to be read after watching the anime and/or playing the visual novel. It is something one can physically read and visit individual arcs.

When I started reading the manga, I ...

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Poll: Kanon Chapter 1 Discussion
patkarunungan - Nov 3, 2024
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Nov 3, 2024 1:14 AM
Poll: Kanon Chapter 6 Discussion
waalex11 - Sep 18, 2023
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Sep 18, 2023 7:41 PM
What website can I read this at?
Princess_syrup - Apr 2, 2009
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Apr 2, 2009 6:09 PM