History VisualNovel / Kanon

!!'''This franchise provides examples of:'''

* AloofDarkHairedGirl: Mai is very quiet, inexpressive and difficult to read. Unfortunately, this just leads to her weirding people out.

* BadassAdorable: Mai.

* ChekhovsGun

* ClubPresident: Nayuki, of her track team.
* {{The Comically Serious}}: Mai, especially when paired with Sayuri. A brief ImagineSpot from Yūichi has Sayuri translating Mai's "[[VisibleSilence ...]]" with phrases such as 'shut up' and 'drop dead'.

* CuteLittleFangs: Makoto. [[spoiler:Also foreshadows her true nature as a fox.]]

* DeadpanSnarker: Yūichi.

* DefrostingIceQueen: Makoto.
* DelicateAndSickly: Shiori has been out of school with an illness for a long time.

* DoesNotLikeMen: Sayuri in the game.

** Also for just a fraction of a second Episode 14, when Yūichi and Sayuri are in the cafe, [[spoiler:you can see a scar on Sayuri's wrist, hinting at a suicide attempt (mentioned more explicitly in the game)]].
* TheGadfly: Yūichi, who enjoys annoying his love interests so much that it's nearly his defining character trait.

* GenkiGirl: Ayu. The other characters even keep [[DiscussedTrope commenting]] on how "genki" she is.

* {{Jerkass}}: Kuze from the student council; even ''moreso'' in the original game than in the 2006 anime.
* {{Kidanova}}: Yūichi's harem is established when he's ''ten''. Which may be the universe's advance payment [[spoiler: on the future tragedies that befall them]].

* LethalChef: [[PlayingWithATrope Played with]] in the case of Akiko, an otherwise ''marvelous'' cook who nevertheless makes something as '''monstrously revolting''' as "that jam".
** Ayu's first cooking attempts can't even be eaten for the sake of politeness -- they're so badly burned they'd break teeth, even her ''toast''. Eventually Akiko and Nayuki teach her how to cook.

* MagicSkirt: Mai [[spoiler:when she jumps off the school building to defend Yūichi from the "last demon"]]

* MrFanservice: Yūichi, depending on your view.

* ThePollyanna: Ayu never seems to stay down for long, [[spoiler:which makes her resignation upon discovering the [[TomatoInTheMirror truth about herself]] all the more depressing.]]

* StepfordSmiler: [[spoiler:Sayuri]], and she admits it freely if questioned about her odd habits.

* {{Tsundere}}: Makoto insists that she wants revenge on Yuuichi, but is sometimes briefly affectionate towards him, and [[spoiler:behind the mental block her memory loss gives, she really just wants to stay with him again.]]

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'''''Kanon Another Story: Wonder Three'' provides examples of:'''

Absolutely not to be confused with this ''Manga/{{Kanon|ChihoSaito}}'', a shoujo manga by Chiho Saito, or ''Manga/KOn''. Or the trope {{Canon}}.

This is the story of ''Kanon'', a well-known {{eroge}} by Creator/KeyVisualArts with a [[BleachedUnderpants clean version]]. The original VisualNovel was first released in June 1999 for Windows, with the clean "all ages" version following in January 2000. It also recived several console ports over the years, being released on the Platform/SegaDreamcast in September 2000, the Platform/PlayStation2 in February 2002, and the Platform/PlayStationPortable in February 2007. Despite its MultipleDemographicAppeal to girls, it's actually a {{seinen}} series. It has several adaptations; there are two anime adaptations (the 2002 Creator/ToeiAnimation one and the 2006 Creator/KyotoAnimation one), CD dramas, a manga, a series of light novels, an AlternateContinuity manga called ''Kanon Another Story: Wonder Three'', and a non-canonical gag manga crossing over with ''VisualNovel/{{AIR}}''. The original game was [[NoExportForYou never released outside of Japan]], but a completed English translation patch presently exists courtesy of [[http://radicalr.pestermom.com/vn.html Non-Directional Translations.]]

* BleachedUnderpants: Started as an eroge, with two clean anime versions.

This is the story of ''Kanon'', a well-known {{eroge}} by Creator/KeyVisualArts with a [[BleachedUnderpants clean version]]. The original VisualNovel was first released in June 1999 for Windows, with the clean "all ages" version following in January 2000. It also recived several console ports over the years, being released on the UsefulNotes/SegaDreamcast in September 2000, the UsefulNotes/PlayStation2 in February 2002, and the UsefulNotes/PlayStationPortable in February 2007. Despite its MultipleDemographicAppeal to girls, it's actually a {{seinen}} series. It has several adaptations; there are two anime adaptations (the 2002 Creator/ToeiAnimation one and the 2006 Creator/KyotoAnimation one), CD dramas, a manga, a series of light novels, an AlternateContinuity manga called ''Kanon Another Story: Wonder Three'', and a non-canonical gag manga crossing over with ''VisualNovel/{{AIR}}''. The original game was [[NoExportForYou never released outside of Japan]], but a completed English translation patch presently exists courtesy of [[http://radicalr.pestermom.com/vn.html Non-Directional Translations.]]

* MobileShrubbery: In Makoto's first appearance in the 2002 anime, she stalks Yūichi in a [[Franchise/MetalGear Cardboard Box]].

* {{Bishonen}}: [[http://images.wikia.com/kanon/images/1/1b/KN2006_Yuuichi.jpg Yūichi]], but only in the 2006 anime, not the original game.

* {{Bokukko}}: Ayu uses the masculine pronoun "boku", despite not being particularly boyish otherwise. Yūichi even tries to get her to switch [[UsefulNotes/JapanesePronouns first person pronouns]], but his suggestions just make her uncomfortable and she immediately reverts to her old ways.

* OffModel: Say what you want about Key's own art style, but ''this'' takes getting used to.

* OffModel: The 2002 series is extremely notorious for this even by the standards of Key's usual art style, hence the existence of the 2006 series. Most infamously the face that started the "Am I Kawaii Uguu~?!" meme.

* ShoutOut: In the 2006 [[AnimeOfTheGame anime]], lots of them, mostly to other Creator/KyotoAnimation shows. The first few episodes are riddled with {{Shout Out}}s to ''LightNovel/HaruhiSuzumiya'' that depend for their humor on having [[Creator/TomokazuSugita the same seiyuu]] playing both Yūichi and Kyon.

** The train station that plays such a big part in the story is modelled after Moriguchi station in Osaka.

* SnowMeansLove: ''Kanon'' practically embodies this trope, due to the original visual novel revolving around romancing one of five girls and taking place during winter, and it's one of the few works of Creator/KeyVisualArts with a happy ending. Oddly enough, Yūichi himself hates snow. [[DownerEnding Of course,]] [[TearJerker he probably]] [[{{Utsuge}} has good reasons]] [[ThereAreNoTherapists for that.]]

* AllLoveIsUnrequited: In the 2006 anime, rather than have Yūichi actually go through a bunch of love interests in quick succession, all but the winning girl have unreturned feelings and deal with that. Yūichi is clearly just humouring Makoto [[spoiler:so she can die happy]], Shiori's kiss scene is reframed to show that her crush is unrequited in this version, Nayuki goes through even more pain realizing that her feelings are still not returned, and because the [[UnfortunateImplications unfortunate bit]] about Sayuri "[[CureYourGays just being unwilling to open up to boys]]" is removed, nothing is stopping Mai from ending up with her instead.

This is the story of ''Kanon'', a well-known {{eroge}} by Creator/KeyVisualArts with a [[BleachedUnderpants clean version]]. The original VisualNovel was first released in 1999, with the clean version following in 2000. Despite its MultipleDemographicAppeal to girls, it's actually a {{seinen}} series. It has several adaptations; there are two anime adaptations (the 2002 Creator/ToeiAnimation one and the 2006 Creator/KyotoAnimation one), CD dramas, a manga, a series of light novels, an AlternateContinuity manga called ''Kanon Another Story: Wonder Three'', and a non-canonical gag manga crossing over with ''VisualNovel/{{AIR}}''. The original game was [[NoExportForYou never released outside of Japan]], but a completed English translation patch presently exists courtesy of [[http://radicalr.pestermom.com/vn.html Non-Directional Translations.]]

Absolutely not to be confused with this ''[[Manga/KanonByChihoSaito Kanon]]'', a shoujo manga by Chiho Saito, or ''Manga/KOn''. Or the trope {{Canon}}.

* RapunzelHair: Kaori's hair, aside from being a different colour, is now past her hips. She barely looks anything like Shiori.

Upon his return he encounters a number of mysterious girls from his past who all need his help. {{Bokukko}} taiyaki-thief Ayu Tsukimiya searches for a precious lost item she cannot describe. [[EmotionlessGirl Quiet and serious]] Mai Kawasumi hunts demons in the school after dark. The childish {{tsundere}} Makoto Sawatari suffers from amnesia and has no place to go. The [[IllGirl sickly]] Shiori Misaka is estranged from her sister and never present at school. Finally, there's the lonely Nayuki, weighed down by rejection and tragedy.

* IllGirl: Shiori has been out of school with an illness for a long time.