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Five years after Nagisa Furukawa's death, time seemed to stand still for Tomoya Okazaki.

He entrusted his young daughter, Shio, to the Furukawa couple to raise.

He himself became immersed in work and numbness, completely escaping his identity as a father.

At the same time, he was also trying to escape Nagisa's death.

Until one day, Sanae arranged for him and Shio to take their first solo trip together.

The two were initially awkwardly silent, and Peng didn't know how to get along with the child.

However, small interactions, such as repairing toys, cooking together, and spending the night together...

The distance between them closed silently.

The journey ended at Tomoya's grandmother's hometown.

When I was little, a friend visited with his father.

And this was also Sanae's deliberate arrangement.

At the train station, he bought a toy robot for tide.

Through her grandmother and a friend, she learned the complete story of her father, Naoyuki.

After his mother's early death, the young Naoyuki did everything he could to raise him alone.

She scrimped and saved, silently enduring the heavy burden of life and her son's misunderstanding.

She placed all her love and hope in Tomoya and never once had the thought of giving up.

This truth made Tomoya realize the truth.

Is his avoidance of tide a way of reliving the loneliness and pain his father experienced back then?

He resented his father's absence and indifference.

But now, he himself has become the one who is absent.

In a sea of ​​flowers.

tide is still looking for the lost robot.

"tide, that robot, we may never find it again."

Tomoya crouched down and whispered, "Shall I buy you a new one?"

tide raised her head, her purple eyes brimming with tears, but she stubbornly held them back.

She shook her head vigorously, her voice trembling with tears.

"That's...there's only one."

"It's Daddy's first time..."

dad.

This was the first time tide had called him "Dad".

These two words instantly shattered all the barriers and pretenses in Tomoya's heart.

"tide, can I stay by your side forever?"

"Although I've always been a terrible dad..."

"From now on, I will study hard for you."

"Um."

tide whispered.

"But I lost something very important."

"Dad, can I... stop holding it in?"

"Sanae said that the only places she could cry were the toilet and her father's arms."

"Um."

Tomoya nodded vigorously, "You can cry...here, you can cry..."

The next second, tide, who had always been well-behaved and sensible, finally let down her guard and shed all her pretense of strength.

She threw herself into Tomoya's arms and burst into tears.

In that cry lay five years of vague longing for his mother;

The resentment over her father's absence;

And all the unspeakable loneliness and anxiety of a child.

The cries echoed through the empty flower field, penetrating the screen and striking the hearts of every viewer.

now.

With tide's crying.

Tears streamed down the faces of all the viewers in front of the screen, as if a dam had burst.

They witnessed Nagisa's departure and Ushio's growth from infancy to adulthood.

"Ahhh, Xibao!"

"That's great, that's great, Tomoya's finally back..."

"Naoyuki, I used to think he was a terrible father, but now I realize how great he is... He bore it all alone."

"Naoyuki sacrificed his life to raise Tomoya... This is silent fatherly love..."

"Xibao! Daddy's home! You don't have to hide away and be sad anymore!"

"Waaaaah, why? Even though Tomoya's return is a good thing, I just can't stop crying..."

After their trip, Tomoya took Ushio back to the Furukawa family home.

He apologized to Sanae in Nagisa's old room, thanking her for taking care of him for many years, and announced that he would move out of the Furukawa family home and start living independently with Shio.

At night, Sanae and Akio no longer need to suppress their emotions.

In the past five years, tide lost her mother, and Peng also lost his wife.

Sanae and Akio also lost their only daughter.

But they buried this grief deep in their hearts, cherishing Shio with double the love and waiting for Tomoya to wake up with unwavering support.

They were also waiting for an opportunity to let down their guard and have a good cry for Nagisa.

"Waaaaah, my heart broke when Sanae cried."

"She endured it for five years, always so gentle and strong in front of Shio and Tomoya."

"Every time I see Shio, it's like seeing Nagisa. How much pain must Sanae be in?"

"Uncle Qiusheng is a real man. I will never say he's just a comedian again."

"The Furukawa family is truly a gentle family to the core."

After moving out of the Furukawa family home, the first thing Tomoya did was take Ushio to visit his father, Naoyuki, whom he hadn't seen in seven years.

There were no heated arguments, no sentimental dialogues.

Tomoya simply sat down quietly with Shio, just like an ordinary son taking his granddaughter home to visit his elderly parents.

The years of estrangement and misunderstanding have largely melted away in the face of the story he learned from his grandmother.

"Before I knew it, my mission was accomplished."

His son finally understood his sacrifice, and he also realized that his son had truly grown up and become a father who could take responsibility.

At this moment, father and son reached a reconciliation that was many years overdue.

Life is gradually becoming more stable.

Fuko Ibuki, who had been in a coma for a long time, miraculously awoke with a mind as pure as a young girl. She and Ushio hit it off immediately and she became Ushio's best playmate.

Fujibayashi Kyou, a former classmate, unexpectedly becomes Shio's kindergarten teacher.

The people in the town seem to be gradually emerging from the immense grief of five years ago.

Everyone seemed to have slowly, little by little, emerged from the pain caused by the heavy snow five years ago.

"Everything's going to be alright... right?"

"Please... let it be... let Tomoya and Ushio live a peaceful and happy life like this..."

"Guangda... have some decency... my heart can't take it again..."

However, the peace was once again shattered mercilessly.

Shio began to show symptoms remarkably similar to those her mother Nagisa had experienced years ago.

Unexplained persistent low-grade fever, rapid exhaustion, loss of appetite...

These symptoms are remarkably similar to those of Nagisa back then.

He quit his stable job, used all his savings, and devoted himself to taking care of tide.

Shio is very well-behaved, but she will occasionally hold Tomoya's hand and whisper a request:

"Dad, let's go on another trip! I want to go now..."

Perhaps this sensitive and precocious child has already vaguely sensed the condition of his body.

She wanted to create some last memories with her father in her final moments.

Tomoya finally agreed to Shio's request.

He knew this might be the last time.

The viewers in front of the screen tensed up again after just relaxing, a sense of foreboding looming over them like a dark cloud.

"Xibao! Hang in there! I'm going to blow up the shopping mall right now to bring life back to the town!"

"Guangda, please, please don't hurt me anymore. I finally managed to get over Nagisa's passing..."

"tide is a child I've watched grow up, I really... really can't take it anymore..."

"No. I can't hold back my tears anymore. I have a premonition, there's a knife, a very big knife..."

On the way, tide held Pengye's hand tightly and never let go.

She walked very slowly, panting with every step, but insisted on walking on her own.

Snowing……

Snowflakes are falling from the sky.

Just like that winter five years ago.

"tide, do you like snow?"

Pengye asked, his voice very soft.

"Um……"

tide tilted her head back, snowflakes landing on her long eyelashes. "Does Daddy like it too?"

"like."

How could I possibly like it?

Five years ago, a heavy snowfall took away the person he loved most.

But tide likes it.

When the two reached the long slope that symbolized the starting point of their destiny.

Suddenly, tide Xiaoxiao's body swayed and she collapsed forward.

"Shi——!"

Tomoya exclaimed and hugged her tightly.

tide leaned against him, her breath weak, her eyes beginning to glaze over.

"Where...is Daddy...now?"

"Are you already... on the tram...?"

She had begun to hallucinate, as if she were back on the tram during her first trip with her father.

Tomoya hugged her tightly, his voice trembling, "Um...we're on the train."

"It's so dark... Is it nighttime...?"

"Hmm...it's already late at night."

"Is that so..."

A satisfied smile appeared on tide's face. "Daddy... I love you so much..."

"Mmm... Daddy likes tide a lot too... He likes her the most..."

Peng also burst into tears.

Hearing Tomoya's words, Shio's smile became even more serene.

Then, slowly, she closed her eyes.

The little hand that had been tightly gripping her father's fingers lost its last bit of strength and fell gently down.

"tide?"

"Shi?!"

"Shi——!!!"

Tomoya's cries were heart-wrenching, but they could no longer awaken the tiny life in his arms.

The images flickered silently, quickly flashing by those brief but precious memories.

tide called him "Dad" for the first time;

tide cried loudly in his arms;

tide clumsily learns to cook;

Shio and Fuko played together;

tide was showing off her dad to her teacher, Xing, at kindergarten...

"I don't want this... I don't want this to happen..."

"Nagisa...please save Shio..."

"Someone... someone come... save Xi!"

Overwhelmed by immense psychological trauma, Tomoya's vision went black. Holding Ushio's gradually cooling body, they collapsed together in the vast snowfield.

Snowflakes fell silently, gradually covering the two figures, one large and one small.

The world seemed to freeze as well.

This time.

All the spectators lost all strength to resist; even the strength to be angry and cry out had been drained.

He lost his mother in childhood, his wife in his youth, and his son in his prime...

Although they didn't experience it firsthand, they followed Tomoya's perspective and almost completely experienced the most extreme sorrows of life.

“…………”

"I...I can't say anything anymore, my heart aches so much...it really hurts so much..."

"tide left with a smile... She heard her father say it was her favorite thing..."

"The moment Shio passed away, I felt my heart stop. If I hadn't had some nitroglycerin pills with me, I probably would have collapsed like Tomoya..."

"Nagisa is gone, Ushio is gone, Tomo is gone, only I am still here..."

"So this is 'AFTER STORY'..."

"There's still a chance. I believe in that last little girl and the robot. I'm sure Guangda won't be so heartless..."

Correct!

Then everyone remembered that when Tomoya reconciled with his father, a luminous orb descended.

That means there is still hope!

There's still a possibility of a reversal!

This faint hope barely sustained the viewers, whose hearts were almost shattered, as they clicked on the final episode of "CLANNAD ~AFTER STORY~".

Is there a turning point?

Yes, there are.

"but……"

Yang Qian's gaze fell on the main visual of "CLANNAD" on the screen.

That might be the last knife in this story.

Episode 22, to be continued.

The door to that world of possibility is about to quietly open at the end of despair for those who have never given up hope and longing.