Clannad

Clannad is an Irish live-action fantasy soap-opera series loosely based on the Japanese anime series and visual novel of the same name.

Plot
Contains SPOILERS After losing his job at a factory by causing an accident, a depressed young man named Desmond Stone attempts to commit suicide on a bridge by shooting himself in the mouth with a gun. But just as he is about to pull the trigger, he overhears a young woman on the other side talking to herself about her problems with her life; she then begins to a poem from an recent Irish poem.

But as she stops midway, Desmond asks her to finish the story. After she finishes, the woman introduces herself as Maebh Esley and they become friends.

After learning that Desmond was homeless, Maebh decided to let her move into her house. Her parents are reluctant with letting a stranger move in at first, but eventually become more excepting and kind to Desmond.

When Desmond learns that Maebh was mostly sick throughout last year had to repeat her senior year of high school for missing out on it, he decides to help Maebh in reviving the recently disbanded Drama Club, recruiting 4 classmates:
 * Ganualie Fullae: A bad-mouthing and aggresive girl.
 * Rionach Fullae: Ganualie's shy younger sister.
 * Teagan Guusmi: An Irish-American professor-in-training and a childhood friend of Drake.
 * Quinn Valaro: A delinquent who constantly skips classes.

Characters
Desmond Stone (based on Tomoya Okazaki): The main protagonist; a homeless young man who had a disastrous life as a child; his mother died at the age of 5, and his father became alcoholic and consistenty abused Desmond after her death, to the point where the mental scars of his father's abuse caused him to flunk out of school and run away from home at the age of 15. At the age of 20, he attempts to commit suicide after losing his job, when he meets Maebh and decides to help her.

Maebh Esley (based on Nagisa Furukawa): The female protagonist; a teenager suffered from a childhood problem at a young age. She then meets Desmond who promises to help her.

Owen Esley (based on Akio Furukawa): Maria's strict but loving father.

Eibhleann Esley (based on Sanae Furuwaka): Maria's loving and caring mother.

Ganualie Fullae (based on Kyou Fujibayashi): A bad-mouthing and aggresive girl.

Rionach Fullae (based on Ryou Fujibayashi): Ganualie's shy younger sister.

Teagan Guusmi (based on Kotomi Ichinose): An Irish-American scientist-in-training and a childhood friend of Desmond.

Quinn Valaro (based on Youhei Sunohara): A delinquent who constantly skips classes.