Counter Measures

Counter Measures is the eighteenth episode of Clannad. The episode was first broadcast in Japan on February 14, 2008, and in the United States on July 5, 2009.

Plot
During the time that Tomoya is suspended from school, Tomoyo continues to come to his house, wake him up, and make him breakfast, though when she tries to ask him about his relationship with his father, he does not answer her. On Sunday when Tomoyo is making him lunch, Kyou, Ryou, and Kotomi arrive each bringing a bunch of food, and even Fūko appears with food; Tomoya ends up eating everything. Once back at school, he finds out how Tomoyo's reputation is dropping due to rumours of her as a gang leader and arranges for Tomoyo to compete against several school sports clubs to boost her reputation. After school, Tomoyo tells Tomoya about her family situation and how her brother risked his life to keep their parents from divorcing. Nagisa finally comes back to school and is welcomed by her friends. During a tennis match between Tomoyo and a male tennis club member, a stray ball hits Nagisa on the leg, and Tomoya becomes overprotective of her, showing everyone how devoted he is to her. Tomoyo realizes that Tomoya is in love with Nagisa, and both Ryou and Kyou break into tears. Ultimately, Tomoyo becomes the student council president.

Major events

 * Tomoya unofficially chooses Nagisa as his girlfriend.
 * Tomoyo, Kyou and Ryou recognise the sincerity in Tomoya's actions when Nagisa is hurt; the twins are devastated.
 * Tomoyo becomes student council president.

Appearances

 * Tomoya Okazaki
 * Tomoyo Sakagami
 * Naoyuki Okazaki
 * Youhei Sunohara
 * Kyou Fujibayashi
 * Ryou Fujibayashi
 * Kotomi Ichinose
 * Fuko Ibuki
 * Nagisa Furukawa

Trivia

 * Over from the Sorarado album is played during the tennis match.
 * Tomoya's lunch dilemma is paralleled by Rin Tsuchimi in the anime .
 * In the original Japanese version, Sunohara, while being awakened, mutters a phrase which sounds like "Bomb-A-Head"; this may be a reference to the opening theme of the anime .

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