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>One pioneer influenced by Key is Romeo Tanaka. He used the nakige formula to psychologically shock the reader with mind-bending plots, causing them to actively think while reading.

>While Clannad is a love story, it's an all-ages work not containing a single kiss

>Yet it proved more emotionally powerful than works like Titanic, for successfully moving the reader without the forcing a reaction upon them.

>Like what those works did for their respective mediums, Clannad is considered visual novels's magnum opus for showing what the form could achieve

>The story started off slow, allowing the reader to bond with the characters, gently setting them in with calming music before hitting them with an unexpected tragic event. Never before had a work reduced its readers to such soul-wrenching sorrow, then lifted their spirits to new heights with a heartwarming ending.

>In 2011 Key released Rewrite, created by the pioneers Maeda, Ryukishi and Tanaka.