The online frenzy shows no signs of abating.

Clannad's popularity reached a whole new level with the airing of its hilarious slice-of-life anime.

The comedic duo of Tomoya Okazaki and Yohei Sunohara are affectionately known by netizens as the Hikari-zaka comedy duo.

Their hilarious interactions, including various pranks and being pranked, have been turned into countless memes and short videos.

While Tomoya teases his friends, his quiet protection of Nagisa keeps the topic of "marrying Okazaki Tomoya" trending.

Everything perfectly fulfilled the promise of pure and sunny love made in the PV.

The audience completely let their guard down.

They began to enjoy the animation, savoring this long-lost joy.

Then, a new episode of the anime quietly premiered.

The story begins in the familiar school campus.

Tomoya skipped the boring self-study class and wandered around the empty campus alone, looking for a place to kill time.

He pushed open the door of an old, long-abandoned art classroom.

With a creak, the door hinges groaned under the strain.

Then, he saw a girl.

A petite girl sat alone in the center of the classroom, holding a small carving knife in her hand, intently carving something.

Beside her, there were already more than a dozen identical wooden carvings piled up.

It is shaped like a starfish.

The girl was so focused that she didn't even notice when Tomo walked up behind her.

Looking at her serious profile and the stubborn ahoge sticking up on her head, Tomoya, as if possessed, reached out and gently poked her cheek.

It's soft.

"Wow!"

The girl jumped up like a startled cat, and the carving knife in her hand clattered to the ground.

She covered her face, staring wide-eyed at Tomoya, the uninvited guest, with horror.

"Who are you? What do you want?"

"I was just about to ask you what you want to do."

Tomoya pointed to the pile of starfish on the ground.

"What are you doing here all alone, making all this stuff?"

"This is......"

The girl hesitated for a moment, as if she had made up her mind. She picked up a carved starfish, held it in both hands, and handed it to Tomoya, her eyes shining.

"A gift! This is a gift for you!"

Tomoya was stunned.

He looked at the girl whose behavior was somewhat strange and subconsciously took a step back.

"I don't know you, I don't want to."

"No! You must accept it!"

The girl stubbornly pushed it forward again.

"This is for blessings! For my sister's wedding!"

Sister? Wedding?

Tomoya was completely bewildered. He thought the girl might be a little mentally unstable, and turned to leave.

But that girl, holding the starfish, stubbornly followed behind him like a little tail.

In the end, Peng had no choice but to accept it.

The girl smiled contentedly when she saw him accept the gift.

"My name is Fuuko Ibuki! Nice to meet you!"

After saying that, she seemed to have completed some important task, and skipped back to the art classroom to continue her sculpting work.

Tomoya looked at the wooden starfish in his hand, shook his head, and casually stuffed it into his pocket, not giving it a second thought.

When he told Nagisa Furukawa about it as a joke, Nagisa's eyes lit up.

"Is she working so hard all by herself to bring everyone blessings? That's amazing! Let's go help her!"

So, the next day, led by Nagisa, the two found the girl named Fuuko again.

After learning that Fuuko's older sister, Ibuki Kimiko, was the former art teacher at Hikari-zaka High School.

With her wedding just a month away, Nagisa's enthusiasm was completely ignited.

A grand starfish delivery operation was thus launched.

This scene made all the viewers laugh uproariously once again.

Fengzi is such a lively and interesting girl.

Her thought process is different from ordinary people. She will regard anyone who speaks ill of starfish as a bad person, and then glare at the other person with an expression that she thinks is very fierce.

She would suddenly become lost in her own world, staring blankly at the air, completely oblivious to what others were saying.

Her method of delivering starfish was disastrous; she would suddenly appear in front of people, startling them so much that they would be mistaken for strange harassers and flee in panic.

[Fengzi is so cute! I want to steal her home!]

[Hahaha, where did that old scoundrel Su find so many treasure girls!]

[This anime shouldn't be called Clannad, it should be called Hikari-zaka's Comedy Daily Life!]

The comments section was filled with a joyful atmosphere.

The atmosphere in the office of Healing Animation is equally relaxed.

The employees beamed with joy as they watched the viewership numbers steadily rise.

Only Shen Qingyue did not smile.

She keenly noticed a detail.

A detail that sends chills down your spine.

In the anime, whenever Fuko goes to distribute starfish, the students passing by don't refuse her, but completely ignore her.

They would pass right through her body, as if she didn't exist at all.

A chill crept up Shen Qingyue's spine.

She turned her head sharply and looked at the only peaceful corner.

Su Bai was quietly watching the screen, a faint smile playing on his lips.

"Su Bai".

Shen Qingyue's voice was a little dry.

"Why can't anyone else see this girl, Fuko?"

"Um?"

Su Bai seemed to have just noticed the problem. He thought for a moment and then said in a matter-of-fact tone.

"It's just an artistic technique."

"Imagine a lonely girl, striving alone for her sister's happiness, unseen by anyone. In that case, when Tomoya and Nagisa are willing to help her, isn't the preciousness of their encounter even more touching?"

"In the end, with everyone's help, the wedding was a success. Everyone saw her hard work and offered their blessings. Wasn't that moment even more healing and radiant?"

This explanation sounds flawless.

Shen Qingyue was persuaded, and the unease in her heart was temporarily suppressed.

Yes, perhaps I'm overthinking it.

However, the plot of the animation took a turn in a direction she never expected.

To be able to help better, Nagisa suggested going directly to Fuuko's older sister, Ibuki-sensei.

In the archives, they unexpectedly encountered a man.

The man's name is Yoshino Yusuke, and he is Ibuki-sensei's fiancé.

When Tomoya and Nagisa excitedly told him that Fuuko was working hard to distribute starfish for their wedding, Yoshino's face showed no joy.

His expression turned very sad.

Just then, Mr. Ibuki himself walked in.

She greeted Tomoya and Nagisa gently, her gaze sweeping over them, but lingering on the spot where Fuuko was standing.

Tomoya was completely stunned.

"Ibuki-sensei, isn't she your sister? She's right here!"

He pointed to Fengzi, who was standing next to him with a face full of anticipation.

Fengzi also took a step forward, a bright smile on her face.

"elder sister!"

Prince Ibuki looked in the direction Tomoya pointed, but there was no one there.

The smile on her face vanished, replaced by an expression that was a mixture of pain and confusion.

"Okazaki-san, what are you saying?"

Unable to bear it any longer, Yoshino Yusuke turned his head away and spoke the truth in a voice so heavy it was almost suffocating.

"My fiancée, her younger sister, Fuuko Ibuki."

"I was in a car accident on the day of last year's opening ceremony."

"She has been lying in the hospital in a coma ever since that day."

"He never woke up even once."

The cheerful background music abruptly stopped.

The image freezes on Tomoya and Nagisa's faces, contorted with extreme shock.

(I'll stop here for today. I'm too easily moved to tears.)

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