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To tell the truth, this series i hold to a higher standard than any other i have watched before, it exists on a whole other scale. I sat here watching, and I realized that this was the closest possible experience to real life I would ever receive from anime, and I treasured it. I learned lessons that I thought I would never get the chance to hear from my own father, who passed away not long before I began this series. I experienced struggles from an outsiders view, and felt the pain and joys of it as if my own heart was there alongside it. ... As a whole, Clannad: After Story filled a hole in my life that had been torn asunder by death, and gave me something to live by. I learned as if my own flesh and blood sat here and spoke to me, I felt loved as if my own heart was touched by the story, and when the time came, i felt lost when it was all torn from his as well, the pain of loss and death, and I realized that when it was labeled "Slice-of-Life" it meant it in the most sincere possible way.
So now I say this. This story has added to my life in a way I cannot fully describe with written word, and saved me from something that fate carried to my door.
Thank You, for helping to shape my life.

Oh, SO many things can be said about this series. Sure, when I first picked it up, i couldn't stop reading all the way until chapter 300 or so. The i realized something. The manga was no longer just a bunch of zingers thrown together by some random plot (Randomness is 75% of Hayate's daily routine) and made into print. There was slowly starting to become visible a main story line, and somewhat of a deep romance as well. Before that, it was sheer comedy with occasional bouts of romance.

With the arrival of a certain lady into the story, the genre seems to change almost ... instantly, and become a true romance. I found myself becoming more and more attached to the story, and was swooning over the plot as soon as the classic love triangle formed. However, it all came to ruin. Soon enough, the romance broke off, and simply vanished.

As a storywriter myself, i do not agree with establishing a romance 1/2 way through the plot and not even finishing it at the end, just continuing as if it never happened, so this influenced my opinion greatly, but maybe not for some. Sure, the zinger style had returned, but it never truly went back to what it was origionally, and I think that was ofr the best.
All in all, this series stole my heart, broke it, and put it back in place, but at least made it look better than before. Although i still dont forgive it for that though...