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No one, that is, except Tomoya, who without even realizing it finds himself taking her under his wing. As he sets out to help her reestablish the school's drama club, he finds himself connecting (or, as it often turns out, reconnecting) with several other girls from the school. Although he doesn't care much about them at first -- he doesn't much care about ''anything'' at first -- he gradually opens his heart to them as they get to know each other better.
 
The title, according to the author, comes from the Irish word for "family"<ref>More accurately, "Clannad" is the name of an Irish</ref> band, an abbreviation of "Clann as Dobhar" or "the family from Dore." A slightly unfortunate bit of [[Gratuitous Foreign Language|Gratuitous Irish]]. --</ref>, and indeed family, along with the related concept of [[True Companions]], is a major theme of ''CLANNAD''.
 
The original [[Visual Novel]] ''CLANNAD'' was made by [[Key Visual Arts]] and released in 2004. The [[Manga]] adaptation, illustrated by Juri Misaki, was published by Jive between November 2005 and March 2009; Drama CDs were released in 2007. In September 2007, [[Toei Animation]] released [[The Movie]], directed by Osamu Dezaki. The television series, by [[Kyoto Animation]], aired between October 2007 and March 2008. The [[Visual Novel]] and the [[Anime]] television series are each divided into two parts, the high school portion, which takes place during the first few weeks of Tomoya's senior year, and the ''After Story'', which takes place later. Two special OVA episodes were made for this series by [[Kyoto Animation]]. The first is the [[Omake|bonus episode]] 24 in the first season, [[Alternate Universe|''Another World: Tomoyo Arc'']], and the second the [[Omake|bonus episode]] on the final Clannad DVD, [[Alternate Universe|''Another World: Kyou Arc'']].