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Jun 03 2006

Categories: anime, episodic review, melancholy of haruhi suzumiya, responses
Tagged: haruhi suzumiya

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A discussion about everything expect episode skippage and mysql optimizations. May actually get to episode 9 sometime.

I’m kinda disappointed that LOL FANG-TAN isn’t getting any more love. Can you imagine Haruhi costume raping Mikuru with LOL FANG-TAN providing a laugh track in the background? She provides some extra yuri fodder to counter the Itsuki x Kyon angle.

>>I’d rather debate “cowering Mikuru vs terrified Mikuru.”

I agree, there’s a subtle but powerful difference between them that needs to be discussed in an open dialogue. – Squid Man

Agreed. In terms of pure moe, I prefer cowering Mikuru. She just looks so cute when she was trying to dodge the baseballs you can’t help but have sympathy for her. On the other hand, I don’t find terrified Mikuru as moe, but I love her facial distortion. Honestly, it’s like the Jessica Biel vs Jessica Alba debate… I don’t care who wins as long as nakkidness is involved. Or at lesat bunny girl outfits.

Haruhi: “She made a great mascot. That’s why I made her a bunny girl.”

Itsuki: “It’s good that you did that Haruhi! It’s real real good!” – Googleshng

Oh, come on, like any straight, healthy male is going to disapprove of bunny girl Mikuru. Kyon even approves of this Haruhi scheme… until Haruhi catches Kyon oogling Mikuru and breaks out the boxcutter. Actually, that’ll be cool.

Haruhi’s “No one is left to oppose me now!” scene reminded me of Kyon’s “She’s like an evil feudal lord.” line from a while back. I guess this makes Itsuki the Grand Vizier, Kyon the classic Henchman, and Yuki the motionless Imperial Royal Guard in the background. Mikuru alternates between the lady-in-waiting and Slave Girl Leia. – Vinland

Um, can we add Galactic Princess Turned Slave Girl Mikuru to the list of Most Requested Mikuru Moe Modes? Oh boy, I feel a Mikuru Moe Mode swoon coming on. *swoons*

(Haruhi would be Han Solo, Itsuki would be Chewbacca, Kyon would be C3P0, and, of course, Yuki as R2D2. LOL FANG-TAN would be Wedge.)

Likewise, in the middle of the CSI: Haruhi arc, they have the room, just to show they’re guns and say, “Yeah… what Haruhi wants, Haruhi gets. So when we go back to our little desert island, keep in mind that Haruhi might have just killed that man for her own amusement.” – TheGreatMrChibi

Haruhi-sama giveth life. Haruhi-sama taketh life. Haruhi-sama requires her busty, moe subordinates to wear meido fuku. Oyashiro-sama just taketh life, and doesn’t require any meido fuku.

All Haruhi needed to challenge the many moe modes of Mikuru was to grow her hair again, it would have been a treat to see her with a pony tail to kick Kyon off balance…but such is life. She looks adorable when she tries to get closer to Kyon. – Crusader

I actually want to see Haruhi show up everyday with a different wig or hair color each day. Can you imagine blonde Haruhi? Or Afro Haruhi? As for her tsundereness, she’s an alpha tsundere. She’s able to cast a very, very captivating spell, and I’m surprised that Kyon doesn’t show more interest in her… or at least more interest in Mikuru. (What about double ponytail Mikuru? Uh oh… I can feel another Mikuru Moe Mode swoon… *swoons*)

Btw, I forgot to say that tsunderekko’s are the win and seeing Haruhi move from one tsunderekko aspect to the other was sweet. – zero

I love Haruhi’s tsundere face when she goes into Cute Haruhi mode. The baseball epsiode version was the best with King Haruhi a close second. Damn, I may need to do a “Top Ten Haruhi Facial Expressions” post soon.

I hope it’s not just me – I find Haruhi is really superior, in the sense that even Mikuru shines with her Moeness on maximum, Haruhi still wins my heart in this episode ;) – Alex

Can’t they both win? You need to think “threesome.” Actually, I think more people prefer Haruhi to Mikuru so you’re not alone.

Nobody seems to support my theory that Yuki was the one that placed the first cardigan on Kyon. :P

I didn’t catch that they left Yuki out of the credits though… ouch. Ow… as a Yuki-fanboy, that… hurts. It serves to reinforce my theory that KyoAni is trying to emphasise the loneliness of Yuki in this episode. – Skane

As long as it’s not Itsuki who placed the cardigan, I’m happy. As for poor Yuki, I think Yuki isn’t lonely. She was, but since she got carried by the waves into the SOS Brigade, she seems to be… less loney. She can just very easily stay in the room all the time and read, but she accompanies the gang onto their outtings and tries to partcipate. She may not be understand social normals, but she enjoys hanging out with the rest of the SOS Brigade.

What i don’t understand is why Haruhi would put on another cardigan on Kyon when he got one from Yuki already ?? it seems unnecessary. Perhaps that is to show that the self-centered Haruhi has changed after all ? – Takahashi

Hey, someone supports your theory Skane. If I had to guess as well, it can’t be Mikuru’s… if it were, Haruhi would have taken it and burned it.

I wouldn’t go that far, but when the highlight of what should be the concluding episode of a widely adored anime series is fanservice, you know something is going wrong somewhere. – Lupus

Maybe the SOS Brigade needs to find their club room suddenly floating out in the middle of the pacfiic. A lot of series end with fanservice… Mahoromatic had its ecchi special (which despite not having any ecchi, is still better than it’s Cowboy Bebop-ish ending), Elfen Lied’s last episode had Nyuu trying to rape Nana in the tub, and didn’t Kyoto just recently release an OVA which had a high point of Tess in a shower? I think the last episode should reward the fan. Nothing wrong with that, as long as it doesn’t ruin the enjoyability of th previous episodes (i.e. Itsuki and Kyon confessing their mutual love for each other; LOL FANG-TAN dies when her mecha gets impaled by a beam saber).

The discussion over ‘roast bear pot’ caught Yuki’s attention. Observe how she turned her head to face the radio. – Skane

I think the radio portion of the episode was just completely lost on me… at first I thought it was Yuki picking up signals or something. I don’t know enough random Japanese pop culture to absorb it. It’s like if a Japanese guy suddenly started watching This Hour Has 22 Minutes. Would he understand anything? (I think This Hour Has 22 Minutes is the greatest Canadian comedy ever. That’s saying something. I just knew what it was beyond, “Wait, why’s jason’s watching Canadian TV?”)

I also agree that the show has been trending downhill since the fifth episode completed; it doesn’t feel like it is living up to the promise of the first few episodes. Those make it seem like we’re going to witness whacky hijinks and alternate realities, along with a running commentary from the master of sarcasm, Kyon. Instead we’ve gotten half an episode of that, two episodes of Haruhi CSI, one slice of life, and a half-episode of Haruhi being…well, Haruhi. Good grief, I mean in one episode, she’s biting Mikuru on the ear! – ubu roi

Didn’t the Mike Tyson incident happen prior to episode 5… ? Actually, only one episode of CSI: Haruhi… the first part was excellent sarcasm work by Kyon as well as some excellent Haruhi scenes. And how can anyone forget Yuki’s “suki”? Or Mikuru’s intent staring at meido? It only pissed me off that they interrupt– oops– I said I wouldn’t discuss that, didn’t I?

The slightly blurred effect is what one would expect in real world … – DF

I’ve been complimenting Kyoto all series along about their cinetography. Depth of field is an important skill for any aspiring photographer. Along with “don’t take pictures of killer lolis” and “don’t enter storeroom housing torture devices owned by said killer lolis.”

A few comments about procuring the Haruhi DVD…

If you do I’ll lend you Flak, Helmet, Gas mask, and smoke grenades, I might procure a CS canister as well, provided I get that DVD as well. If nothing else the flak and the helmet can help you look like Animal Mother. – Crusader

How does this help me purchase a DVD? o_O

http://www.amazon.co.jp/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B000F9RBE4/

Already got mine preordered. International shipping, English-language help available, and 22% off retail price. :)

Now, if it has what Haruhi’s adding in this episode, I’m thinking, since it’s the LE set…maybe. – DannyCat

Anyone know what the bonus stuff is? I noticed that the DVD is listed as 40 minutes, but Mikuru-run 0 is only 25… so what’s the bonus material? Mikuru-run outtakes? Adventures of Mini-Mikuru–run-tan? I need to know these things before I pay $50 for a DVD that I can’t play. (I gave my region-free player to my cousin. Dumb, I know, but it didn’t have progressive out.)

either they copied it or your mixing Ouran host club episode 8 cowering under the table with this. Because that was the flashback shot how Haruhi there was always alone.

Considering the screenshot ratio compared to the rest of your screenshots this time, I do think you’re mixing Ouran’s Haruhi in there. On purpose? ^^ – Estara

もちろん. I like going off topic and keep people on their toes. :)

Anyone catch the spelling bee this week? For each kid, they displayed stats like “hobbies.” I was disappointed that no one had “World of Warcraft” or “Worshipping at the Temple of Haruhi” as their hobby. Anyway, this might be a shock to some long time readers of AoMM, but I once came in second in a school spelling bee. I’m not kidding. Then I turned 21 and everything went downhill.

The card game that Kyon and Itsuki were playing had pictures of Lina, Naga, and Gourry from the anime series, Slayers. – Skane

I have no idea what this could symbolize. I do enjoy how they play all these weird games in the clubroom… where do they even get them from? I’m fully expecting Itsuki to break out Hungry Hungry Hippos or Chutes and Ladders… though I’d rather see him break out Twister. On second thought… no. (Though if I saw an auction for “play a game of twister with Mikuru” on eBay, I’d bid in the low to mid four digit range. Canadian dollars, of course.)

And I’m still bitter about Korea getting knocked out in one game at the end after defeating Japan twice in a row. Really, a team that loses only once in the entire series loses out to a team that lost 3 times? Fix the damn series first I say. – buh

I have friends who are USC fans who are still whining about the Rose Bowl. Then again, I’m still whining about Gundam Seed Destiny, so maybe I should shut up about now.

Heck, the entire blogosphere’s ranting about the coolness or non-coolness of Haruhi is moot. – elsab

I’ve recently been following a baseball-oriented blogosphere, and I was just blown away by the amount of analysis some of the bloggers did. They would count pitches, chart the different kinds, and toss up batting averages against. I mean… wow, are they bloggers or general managers? They make the anime blogosphere look like child’s play. I was very impressed with how these baseball bloggers put a lot of analysis into their opinions… that’s something sorely missing from the anime blogosphere. That’s it. I’m going to start tossing up Mikuru Moe Mode stats.

(Don’t pay attention to me. I watch shit like Soul Link and Joshikousei without blinking an eye.) – lolikitsune

Ouch, making an admission like that foreits all of your anime street cred. Saying that one likes Soul Link over Haruhi is about the same as an NBA player who drives a Daewoo instead of a black, rimmed-out Escalade with a 500 watt subwoofer.

(I reconsidered on this “anime street cred” thing. I think anime can only be improved if we try to integrate vocabulary most definitely not suited for anime into its discussion. Maybe I’ll start talking about anime like the NFL draft… “Haruhi’s very athletic and long, can costume rape Mikuru in 4.0 seconds, and has a very high Wonderlic score. Good upside. Very loli-friendly.”)

I find it quite nice of change for and ending eps. Maybe cause I have finshed all 8 novels, and seeing the Dan Slice of life is great. More Haruhi at the end is also a plus, cause there’s actually very little of Kyon and Haruhi together when compare to Mikuru or Yuki (In novel).

Finally, it bring me a great feeling of warm after seeing all the items in the room (related to different story, some not in anime). And at the end I personally thinks this is a great eps, and bring back lots of memories. – Yuki

Tamama plushie = anime street cred. Actually, I enjoyed Yuki’s analysis on episode 8: “In one of the chapter in novel (I think it’s some time near summer) Haruhi wanted to changed to that rabbit cloth to stay cool, and when she wanted to changed in the SOS Dan room, she kicked Kyon out. And Kyon noticed that she have changed bit by bit.” It does make me sad tha Haruhi no longer regards Kyon as potato. I’m going to lose one of my favorite memes. *sniff* At least I can still type nonsense like, “Haruhigasm at the thought of LOL FANG-TAN’s melonpan symmetrically docking with a cowering Mikuru-run 4tw,” and people may actually understand that alien language.

I thought it was a great episode. I’m a fan of the life goes on manner of ending series because 1) big bang endings almost always fall flat (think GSD, Mai-Otome, various Sunrise crap) and 2) it leaves behind an opening for a continuation. – zero

My least favorite ending is the incomplete one, where they just leave you hanging. Nadesico and Full Metal Alchemist come to mind. Finish what you start!

Second least favorite would be the big bang where everyone dies. Um, I just invest time with the show, and they’re killing everyone off! Fantastic! An example would be Trigun. Though I’m letting the killer lolis off the hook since they just keep coming back for more.

Third, it would be the “they should have ended the series a long time ago” ending. Kenshin is a great example… series should have ended after the Kyoto arc, and then a real OVA for the Revenge arc. Instead, we got 50 more episodes of Kenshin doing anti-climatic things and a crappy OVA that had more Kenshin deathbed scenes than Revenge arc. Though Bleach may overtake Kenshin in this regard… seriously? People consider Bleach post-50 better than Soul Link, RUN=DIM, Da Capo SS, or Koi Koi 7?

My favorite type of ending is one where they reward the fans for sticking around. A few series pull this off well… I think Mahoraba‘s ending, abiet sappy, falls into this category.

*demands sequel after Kanon* – kei-clone

*demands sequel in lieu of Kanon*

yeah… nice closing episode, i guess, but i wish they had spent a few more minutes on the gang and less on 4 mins of yuki silence… seriously, more yuki needed! – EternalHikari

Wait, you’re saying that you want them to slow less Yuki due to her silence but more Yuki is needed? Isn’t that a contradiction? Congrats! You’re now qualified to be a scriptwriter for Mai Otome.

(I think that because the script ideas that I’ve been submitting to Sunrise make too much sense, that’s why they keep ignoring me. I need to start writing drunk.)

SOS-Dan club room needs webcam. – Zyl

But the camera “magically” turned off when Mikuru-run was taking off her top. Talk about plot contrivance.

The brightest points to me were the tricks with Yuki’s books to hide the changing, and “LOL-FANG-TAN’s appearance. She’s actually getting to be my favorite character, which is saying something…. – ubu roi

LOL FANG-TAN is awesome. I’ve liked her since she attacked Mikuru in Mikuru-run 0. She’s the Yzak of Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya.

I give 2 thumbs up to Haruhi with a cardigan and thigh-highs, so hopefully there will much more of that. :D – deftoned

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