Sayuri needs an ending too, except without Mai. Great characters separately but I’m not feeling the yuri.

Hurry up, plot.

The fifth episode features a little of plot and a lot of awesome. In some cases, such as Mai, perhaps both at the same time.

Kyon Yuuichi has his sharp wit in full form this episode:

What happened to us, Mai!?
Such as interpreting Mai’s words, or lack thereof, for Sayuri, a somewhat recurring and completely awesome gag.

By the way, I’m only kidding, I’d pass on the yuri ending here. God, I feel bad just writing all these dirty jokes. Don’t worry, I’ve got plenty more.

A fox is fine too.

And also when he interacts with Makoto throughout this episode – the ‘ero-hon’ conversation was definitely one of those rare laugh-out-loud conversations in Kanon. It’s just a shame that we don’t see the actual conversation as in Kanon 2002.

Not to mention the pictured bathtub scene (with bonus 3D animation). You have to appreciate Yuuichi’s sharp wit in the face of impeding death. Although he brought it a bit on himself…

Although, sometimes I wonder what would’ve happened if it was one of the other, non-rebellious Kanon girls, such as Nayuki, in that situation instead. I’m sure some of them wouldn’t mind as much.

…

Stop looking at me like that, Kanon was originally a H-game anyway, it’s not like I’m giving them new ideas. >_>

Anyway, back to the plot and foreshadowing after the jump, so stay far, far away if you have not finished the series unless you want me to tell you that Ayu ends up dying at the hands of Akiko’s jam, and Makoto gets hit by a bus, and Mai eventually falls for Nayuki instead of Yuuichi.

Yeah, I know, I’m funny.

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Wai for pie Mai!

Still essentially a fluff episode, as Yuuichi explores the town some more and gets to know people better. But the gears of Kanon are beginning to turn at the end of the episode with a girl in the school at night…

As always, these posts include massive damage spoilers, so if you haven’t finished the series, go do it, now. See you in 10 hours.
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The harem tendencies most fully embraced in the early parts of Kanon are probably the parts that would turn people off the most. Yuuichi flits from girl to girl like any other harem anime.

It gets to the point where we get an establishing shot every 5 minutes or so which we can directly correlate to another character swap.

Hey, look, the courtyard! Shiori doesn’t like people who don’t give her enough screen time.
Upstairs, during lunch! Talk, Mai, talk! Ahaha~
To the shopping district! Let’s shop go look for ambiguous plot devices with uguu~
Back home. Let’s sleep! Or not! Makoto prank wars.
Hey, wait, we forgot somebody…

“Usotsuki.”

Hit the jump for massive spoilers on everything. This episode is starting to lean towards the Makoto arc, however, so we’ll concentrate on her a lot.

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Hey look, it’s something different than Shuffle!

Seriously, I suppose I must look pretty silly and behind the times, blogging 2 series that are already well-finished. I’ve actually completed Shuffle! now and am started on the Memories recap series for it. Kanon 2006 I’m up to episode 15 on the incredibly spoilerish (as in if you haven’t watched the entire series don’t click the Read More button)second pass.

In this episode the harem is more clearly defined with the introduction of quiet girl Mai and quieter girl Shiori. Very loud girl Makoto makes an appearance in the end, while very normal Nayuki and Uguu girl Ayu make token appearance.

Ah, with a harem like this, the fun could go on forever, eh Yuuichi?

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