I TOTALLY agree with you, Impz. That kiss was totally uncalled for.
And this is why I hated Kanon in the first place.

It’s logical, impz.

I mean, what 17-year-old male wouldn’t want to be seen smooching a 10-year-old loli in the middle of the day on a wide avenue?

My, my, my. I’ve never seen/heard/read a kiss more disturbing in this blog than ever, and to think it’s a kiss “uncalled for.”

It’s a good think I don’t watch Kanon. (happily runs away from murderous Kanon-fans.)

Or maybe just think of it as fanservice for the coming Valentine’s Day.

hmmm, we must wait and watch. The kiss was too sudden, i was specting more re-heat before this happening but it’s ok, this is not the first time this remake make me say “WTF?” so, I’m calm!! DAMN WHY SO SUDDEN WHY!!!? As i wrote i’m calm…

@NaweG: That’s actually my hypothesis about why the scene would make any sense. As I told Impz earlier, they are both in a state of intense emotions and can easily mis-attribute those strong emotions resulting in their lovey-dovey moment.

Now in no ways am I saying that the two don’t have feelings for each other. From Uguu’s standpoint, I can take the idea that she has essentially not changed since her child self, and views U1 in the same light as she did before. U1 however, does not convince me. Sure, he constantly has flashbacks to Uguu and his past relationship, but that still doesn’t flesh out any feelings he might have.

He may have loved her once, but KA never shows any buildup oh his and her relationship (bar this episode). It is true. The two live under the same roof and spend much time with each other, and thus may have connected, but KA doesn’t ever “build up” to it.
Now in regards to the flashbacks being this missing link, I still am not convinced. I’m sure U1 may have already pieced his and Uguu’s past together, but once again, it is never fleshed out.
For example, this is the first episode (that I remember) where Uguu and U1 have many instances of one-on-one interaction. She talks to him about him comforting her in the past, and how she will reciprocate this, etc. I skimmed through the episode, and there are only two instances of such a flashback: the intro and the segment in the middle with Uguu on a tree. For an episode that is finally Uguu centric (that is even up to debate, since 1/2 is Nayuki), that still isn’t enough to lead up to a kiss.

Mr. Admin - that was my complaint about the kiss; it came out of nowhere, for no reason, and with no hint of dramatic or romantic tension between them at ALL. It’s like he was making a move on ‘mind-of-a-child’ Mikoto - he didnt’ ACT like he was lusting after Mikoto, so if he’d bedded her at that point… well, there’d have been howls of protest over it, because there was no reason for him to have done so… just like this kiss here.

Now if this was Mai, I could maybe understand that… at least they’ve HAD some past together, some scenes together, which led to that cute ’sleeping on Yuiichi’ thing back before she tried to kill herself.

Which aspect of it do you find unrealistic? Yuuichi is established to have forgotten about his past with Ayu hitherto to the start of the Kanon story (his amnesia is a plot point referenced quite often in the game, though less in the anime, and there is a good reason for it). Thereafter, as the game progresses, it comes back to him - piece by piece.

It is actually quite common for amnesia victims IRL to alter their personalities, and their interactions with others as their memories resurface, and certainly it is a plot device used often in fiction. In any case, it is the past relationship in Kanon that inarguably is meant to provide the backbone of the present one; not just with the case, but ain all other respects, Yuuichi’s dreams/ memories constitute all the development his relationship with Ayu is given. As she is the girl of his memories, so he becomes the boy.

Actually, when I first played through the game I had a similar reaction to the one everyone seems to be having now; it was only on subsequent play throughs that I really realised that the development was supposed to be coming from the flashbacks themselves. They provoke definite, albeit gradual, changes in Yuuichi’s attitude towards Ayu and his personality in general. I can understand not really liking that - it epitomises the Promised One archetype, in many respects, and I know a lot of people have problems with that - but really, you’re not going to enjoy much of Ayu’s story, and the remainder of Kanon more generally, if you reject it out of hand. Because Yuuichi and Ayu really aren’t given any romantic development that does not come from their flashbacks.

That’s probably why Shiori’s was always my favourite story, even though Ayu is my favourite girl.

Hmm, flagged as spam. :p

“Whether or not he remembered her as the girl he made a promise to, all those years back, doesn’t matter unless he’s remembered it.. and at this point, he doesn’t appear to be in full possession of all the memories which count, much less a ‘like’ which goes beyond ’she’s cute and lives with me and is pretty sweet if a tad odd’.”

He’s actually in possession of all the memories bar two - and these tend to be of a somewhat negative nature. The recollection of Ayu that we see at the beginning of episode 19 details Yuuichi and Ayu’s relationship at its brightest; hence, I would say that Yuuichi IS in ‘full possession of all the memories which count.’ At the very least, he remembers enough to know that there was a romantic attachment between them. Certainly, it would explain his sudden bashfulness around her in this episode (this was the first dream memory with overtly romantic undertones, after all).

Arr, Tim, It’s due to spam karma. I am actually retrieving your messages as I type this ^+^.

< – is the person who checks everyday to make sure that no legitimate comments are coming up instead of being spam karma-ed.

*grumbles* no worries!