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May 04 2006

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

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I had a really hard time writing the post for Haruhi 5… what to write about? The plot? Meido Mikuru? Evangelion homage? The lack of Itsuki x Kyon yaoi? Okay, I was able to narrow it down a little. There’s just a lot to say about the series, which is pretty much the complete opposite of something like Kaga Kara Mamoru (which I found enjoyable, but in no way shape or form do I have anything to say beyond “Yuna overdosed on bananas“). That’s another reason why Haruhi is so damn haruhigasmic. As always, I enjoyed everyone’s thoughts on the episode as well as the expositions on the Sino-Taiwan-Korean-Japan-US relationship. Though is it sad that I know what underwear Mikuru was wearing and not know who the prime minister of South Korea is (Han Myung-Sook, thank you Google!).

First off, I completely forgot to mention Mikuru’s birthmark on her left breast. Does it have any significance? I hope so, I hope so. Will we see it again? I hope so, I hope so.

There’s already been an attempt to list Haruhi-ism as a religion on Wikipedia… though it got deleted fairly quickly ^^0 – melange

Wikipedia is turning into a mess… I love how the Haruhi discussion page there is just people bitching about the dumbest things, like linking to blogs and whether or not to combine info with the novels page. Isn’t the goal to provide the most information possible?

(Honestly, speaking to whomever got this entry removed, if you don’t like Haruhi, why would you mindlessly browse through Wikipedia just to find this “haruhiism” entry? Don’t you have better things to do with your life? Like, anything? If you do like Haruhi and got this removed, you deserve to burn in hell watching Mai Otome in an endless loop.)

Speaking of cults it would be amusing to see the a bunch of Otakus put Haruhism in the religion box on their census forms. In all liklihood Jedi and Haruhism will be the two fastest growing religions in the world, unfortunately Rastafarians and their Ganja are strong contenders. So who’s with me for putting Haruhism on the next census? – Crusader

I like Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya a lot, and I like the term “haruhiism,” but I strongly believe that one cannot come up with one’s own nickname. Nicknames are to be earned, not self-annointed. I feel strongly about this. Though when I first saw “haruhiism” in the OP, I didn’t think of religion as much as philosophy, kinda like a collection of quotes and ancedotes to live by. For instance, “men are potatoes” and “school dramas need moe meido.” Simple rules for a better life.

Nonetheless, as an alternate meme, I propose “haruhigasm” to replace “haruhiism” just so I can put something like this up next week:

The similarity between the ep 1 movie and the actual anime is … well, disappointing to me. It’s as if the show were as overdone as the movie, except that it takes itself seriously. – lolikitsune

Haruhi took Mikuru-run 00 seriously too. That’s the symmetry of it all. Though I like how the Ultra Director analogy fits Goddess Haruhi perfectly… she’s directing all the SOS Brigade members as if they were actors in her movie… only she doesn’t know it.

Hoho its getting interesting… more characters are gonna show up… brace urself. – Hikaryu

I just want to know who that meido is in the next episode review and if she’ll become a re-occuring character. (Something like 912 new shows this season, and only Haruhi and Inukami have meido? There’s more references to Colonel Sanders this season than meido, and that makes me sad. A debacle all the way around.) I’m anxiously awaiting the introduction to Mikuru’s even bustier onee-sama as well as the green haired chick.

The Korean Link I put up shows S Haruhi winning the battle of new April anime by margin of 52610 to 15337 over Higurashi which placed 2nd. – wontaek

With Haruhi already at #3 on ANN’s Top 10 anime, it’s easy to see why we love it. >:D – Kozumura

The traffic ranks from The 好き for the past 7 days:

1. Haruhi
2. Higurashi
3. Fate/Stay Night
4. Ouran
5. Ergo Proxy
6. Blood+
7. Mai Otome
8. Shana
9. Jyu oh Sei
10. Utawarerumono

Dead last? Simuon. Less visitors than Lamune.

And, WHAT? NO KYON X ITSUKI DATE? I demand my daily intake of yaoi! – DrmChsr0

Probably explains why Ouran is ranked so high. I do agree that there’s a distinct lack of yaoi anime compared to yuri anime… there’s so much yuri now that it can’t even save a problematic show like Simuon. At the very least, can’t we at least get Tamama to costume-rape Keroro?

(BTW, Keroro is the frickin’ cover story for this month’s issue of Newtype USA. “Mmm… we can go with this wildly popular Samurai 7 or Eureka 7… nah! Let’s go with this unlicensed series that only a few anime bloggers go ga-ga about!”… does anyone else actually read Newtype USA anymore? Just a huge tease job… I thought Keroro finally got licensed. Bastards.)

Hey, I still advocate the Haruhi/Kyon/Mikuru threesome. Still, nothing wrong with expanding your horizons a little. I think Haruhi would like teh yaoi. (Of course Kyon can’t be seme/uke) – DrmChsr0

to think that there are people who would perfer a guy over two hawt girls – EternalHikari

Well, they could be girls, so that would be fairly normal. (remember, Haruhi is NOT a typical example of the female gender) – Fencedude

Haruhi is definitely a seinen (appealing to older males) series, but I wonder if it can appeal to women as well. Or would they just watch it, sigh like Kyon, and declare, “men are potatoes.” Though if you are of the female gender, cute, single, and do behave like Haruhi, please send a photo to jason@blo… err… let’s just move on.

Kinda funny how in the novel where they are making the movie, Haruhi said 95% of male population will be attracted to Mikuru. When Kyron asked about the other 5%, haruhi replied those are born gay lol – Onibaku

I stopped reading the novel translations at chapter 3. I just don’t want to spoil the rest of the series. Still, Haruhi and I think alike. That’s yet another reason why I’m cheating on Shana with her.

I look forward to an episode that doesn’t jump around too much. It sort of kills some of the buildup that I’d be feeling if it actually went chronologically. Though, you have to admit, it IS an interesting novelty how we’re not presented episodes in sequence. Maybe someone over at Kyoto Ani’s been watching too many Tarantino flicks? XD – Yuenyi Runa

I think the jumping around hurts the series if it is being marathoned, since it makes it seem more disjointed. At least following it weekly, it’s not too bad… it’s like they’re trying to squeeze Fumoffu in between episodes of TSR. Still, I agree that the novelty has been done and should be over with. Let’s just crank out more Moe Mikuru.

His powers are useable under clearly defined circumstances for a specific purpose. Harmonium handwavery this isn’t. – Vinland

Concise, logical, and well-written plots spell doom for this blog. Plot contrivances keep me going. ;)

Lessee… memorable novel-to-animes:
1) Seikei no Senki series (it was love at first sight)
2) Scrapped Princess (damn cool fights)
3) Twelve Kingdoms (best plot I’ve ever seen)
4) Maburaho (pretty nice magic show)
5) Trinity Blood (Gothic FTW, sadly author died last yr)
6) Shakugan no Shana (no comments needed)
7) **HARUHI NO YUUUTSU** (Da Best Kid in Town)
8) Inukami (still fresh but girl+dogtail=MOE!! though I’d prefer Nekomimi) – Musashiken

We’re listing famous and succesful novels-turned-anime yet no one mentions Slayers? For shame. – Symmetry

*cough* FULL METAL PANIC *cough*

I’m still disappointed that Tokyopop is translating stuff like the Gundam Seed novels instead of something like Full Metal Panic. Why would anyone read a novel about Gundam? “Strike takes out a beam saber and impales a Zaku.” Not really the best medium to be pimping PVC toys. The worst part is that they make their novels look like manga, so they stuck in the manga section. At least with the Vampire Hunter D novels, they make it into the sci-fi section of Borders.

Speaking of Chidori and Tess…

Coming from Kyoto animation, maybe it’s some pocket Lambda driver like in the first episode :p – Merun

Haruhi is a whispered! I’m waiting for a DVD extra that features Haruhi, Tess, and Kanon‘s Ayu taking a bath together. Haruhi would molest Tess while Ayu would make her whimpering noise in the background. I’d import like seventeen copies of this DVD, by the way. Speaking of suggestions to Kyoto Animation…

The words coming out of the screen in Yuki’s scene was definitely a nod towards Evangelion. Hey, maybe KyoAni heard you comparing this show to Eva and decided to do something about it! No? Coincidence? nah, there’s no coincidence in Haruhi’s world. Just ask Itsuki. – zero

I’m hoping that they’ll listen to either my Nekomimi Meido Mikuru or my Mikuru-Kyon-Haruhi threesome suggestions. That would just put the show past the pantheon level and onto its own transcendant, haruhigasmic plane.

Funny thing is, it seemed like Haruhi was humping Mikuru the enire last half of the photo-shoot. @_@ – elsab

Thanks for reminding me. That should have been an…

UP Haruhi dry humping Mikuru.