Author Topic: The Melancholy of Suzumiya Haruhi (Read 33737 times)

Masa · « **Reply #20 on:** May 28, 2006, 11:47:02 AM »

I watched all 8 episodes in one day....
Anyways in my opinion it's a nice series but not as good as people are saying. The fact that the episodes are aired in wrong order annoys me. However all female characters are pretty amusing, especially Haruhi herself. So I will definitely continue to follow the series.

BTW, the first episode has the best opening song ever, that shit was Steven Seagal bad

maliciel · « **Reply #21 on:** May 28, 2006, 12:54:02 PM »

Quote from: Masa

BTW, the first episode has the best opening song ever, that shit was Steven Seagal bad

So bad it's fucking awesome

Jaci85 · « **Reply #22 on:** May 30, 2006, 03:01:33 AM »

I stopped watching anime about 4 years ago (except for Kirarin Revolution, which I force myself to look at for obvious reasons and porn.), but I started watching this yesterday after Mugen posted a link to the ending theme song an JPM. The ending theme song sold me. I like that they are "normal people" going to school and on vacation and such and I like the deliciously cliched characters. It's the nicest thing that I've seen in a long time.

I wasted all of yesterday watching this. But I really like it. I'd been seing it in people's avatars and signatures, but I had no idea what it was.

I'm growing tired of cave crickets though. I've had those in my garage for years. I saw them last year in a zoo/museum and now here. They aren't a novelty, their a pain in my ass.

aedon · « **Reply #23 on:** May 31, 2006, 12:06:00 AM »

NEW EPISODE ALERT!
Episode 09 (subbed by a.f.k.)
This one is smaller than the previous eps by 10mb, and it's also supposed to be the *last* episode according to Haruhi's order, so I guess you might want to watch it later... but I doubt they'll spoil *everything* o_O;

*still waits for some Kyon x Itsuki action fufufu*

aedon · « **Reply #24 on:** May 31, 2006, 06:58:09 PM »

OK, episode 9 is officially the most boring Haruhi episode ever

The next episode is episode 4, so we'll know more about our beloved characters' true indentities and connections.

*kills 666 virgin puppies to see some Itsuki x Kyon action*

StreakInTheSky · « **Reply #25 on:** June 01, 2006, 06:02:11 AM »

I might be the one of the people who found this episode pretty interesting. I did fall asleep though.

But since I was sorta falling asleep along with Kyon I'm thinking that maybe that's what was supposed to happen. The episode I think was supposed to be boring and I guess it was supposed to show a normal human side to artificial characters. One of the things I like about this anime is its spontaniousness you really don't know what to expect with every episode.

idiotboy · « **Reply #26 on:** June 01, 2006, 01:32:46 PM »

ep 09, aka ep 14, is certainly not boring, or at least i didnt find it so. it's the last ep of the series, after the movie, and explains, obliquely perhaps, the whole point of the show (highlight to view):

Haruhi giving Kyon the umbrella for them to share on the way home, Kyon stupidly not realising what Haruhi was implying; and Kyon ruminating on the previous six months and the friends he's made.

the sci-fi absurdism is just a cover for waht's actually a sweet (and funny) story.

(unrelated question: is there a [spoiler] tag or similar in this forum?)

aedon · « **Reply #27 on:** June 01, 2006, 04:22:33 PM »

I've expected some hints on the future of the story, you know, and all I got was a slow moving episode that ended more or less with cliff-hanger, so it was ruminating indeed. I'm thinking there'll be an additional *final* episode, at least I hope for one.

idiotboy · « **Reply #28 on:** June 01, 2006, 05:32:20 PM »

Quote from: aedon

I've expected some hints on the future of the story, you know, and all I got was a slow moving episode that ended more or less with cliff-hanger, so it was ruminating indeed. I'm thinking there'll be an additional *final* episode, at least I hope for one.

yeah, i understand what yr saying. i was hesistating about watching the ep cos it was the final ep, and didn't want to be spoiled - and at the same time, a bit disappointed that they didn't give us some romance resolution. but the way the ep teased us with hints haruhi acting more or less like a normal girl with kyon in the last scene, and everyone just going about their normal lives, for eg, gave at least some resolution without spoiling the remaing 5 eps.

in the scheme of thing, the movie - which really is rubbish - happens at the end of series, and the island trip just before it: and in neither case does haruhi display any god-like powers, so i'm expecting the remaining eps to deal with this: leaving us with the quiet, everyday ep 14.

boykun · « **Reply #29 on:** June 01, 2006, 11:26:25 PM »

lol ep. 9

those random lines from tv shows and anime were great. i lol'd at the Trick one.

chera · « **Reply #30 on:** June 03, 2006, 01:41:37 PM »

Couls somebody explain the non-linearity of the episodes? Is there any particular purpose to doing it this way rather than in a normal manner?

It left me awfully confused. When I first saw some long-haired guy in the clubroom, I was wondering if they subbers got the episodes mixed up. Then after what I thought was going to be an explanation about what everything was about, was followed up with a baseball game, I realized that I simply wasn't post-modern enough to appreciate how the story was being driven.

BTW, I love this anime. Had me cracking up more times than I can remember.

aedon · « **Reply #31 on:** June 03, 2006, 04:35:42 PM »

chera, I believe that just Haruhi's whim

There's no real reason for screwed up episode order, unless they pull out a time machine or parallel reality theory in the end.

aedon · « **Reply #32 on:** June 07, 2006, 09:43:54 PM »

Episode 10 is out.

StreakInTheSky · « **Reply #33 on:** June 08, 2006, 06:17:52 AM »

After watching the 10th episode I finally realized a possible reason behind the weird episode order. It's to gradually show Haruhi's feeling towards Kyon. It's so that instead of emphasizing the science fiction aspects of the plot, they screw it all up in order to build on the relationship aspect.

idiotboy · « **Reply #34 on:** June 08, 2006, 10:00:04 AM »

Quote from: StreakInTheSky

After watching the 10th episode I finally realized a possible reason behind the weird episode order. It's to gradually show Haruhi's feeling towards Kyon. It's so that instead of emphasizing the science fiction aspects of the plot, they screw it all up in order to build on the relationship aspect.

yep, yep, i agree absolutely. the plot is itself is an irrelevance - the real story we're watching is Haruhi x Kyon. what's the betting that the final episode we see will have the 'Snow White' moment?

aedon · « **Reply #35 on:** June 08, 2006, 12:45:23 PM »

Yuki was stunning in ep 10! She's teh coolest robot out there lol

But I've started watching the series not because I wanted a blatant Snow White moment! No, I demand a "kill 'em all" ending.

aedon · « **Reply #36 on:** June 13, 2006, 04:15:10 PM »

More manga scanlations:
http://nihilistgiraffe.net/jphip/Suzumiya%20Haruhi%20no%20Yuutsu/suzumiya_haruhi_no_yuutsu_v01_ch003_%5bk-e%5d.rar
http://nihilistgiraffe.net/jphip/Suzumiya%20Haruhi%20no%20Yuutsu/suzumiya_haruhi_no_yuutsu_v01_ch004_%5bk-e%5d.rar

boykun · « **Reply #37 on:** June 22, 2006, 12:24:18 AM »

woo. finally caught up. ep 12 was awesome. gotta love all the pop culture references

and i couldn't stop laughing at the space battle on ep 11

tenkei · « **Reply #38 on:** June 22, 2006, 02:53:18 AM »

ep12 is the shit! ENOZ FOR LIFE!!! *rocks out to God Knows*

aedon · « **Reply #39 on:** June 22, 2006, 12:01:49 PM »

ENOZ FTFW! "Lost my music" <3

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