I've been watching The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya in "Haruhi order" recently. Firstly, the show is infinitely easier to understand when it's in chronological order, supposedly. That is with the exception of episode 3 where Yuki "explains it all." Yuki laying out the universe for Kyon was mind blowing. I think she did more talking in that one scene than she does in the rest of the combined
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Reblogging this episode (previous post) to recapture the glory of Yuki in her summer school uniform and tracksuit. About 70 Yuki screenies ahead! The biggest differences between the Kyon and Haruhi orders are that, in the latter we (now) fully aware of the extent of Yuki’s abilities and just how serious the consequences of Haruhi’s bad [...]
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This episode is very light on Yuki and I had already gotten most of the Yuki screenies in the previous post. In the anime broadcast, this episode was the penultimate one, setting up the finale of MoSH VI (with the Kiss). Besides giving us the proof of Itsuki’s ESPer powers, it is even more important [...]
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I talked to somebody who loved Suzumiya Haruhi no Yuuutsu so much that he hasn’t watched anything else after watching ShnY. He said that everything else just loses its luster when compared to an anime like that. Of course, being your resident Haruhi Suzumiya devil’s advocate, I disagree with him. I do, however, know of [...]
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I just can't get enough Fang-tan's!
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Naw, there aren’t any downs. You’re all awesome people. 2haremless :: I hooked up a link exchange with 2haremless during tehpooch’s first days, and frankly I haven’t really been reading this blog. I browse the site every now and then, and it seems like half the content is Suzumiya Haruhi no Yuutsu-fanboyings. I have nothing against [...]
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I think this episode is a lot more heart-wrenching than Yamada's story last week. But then again Shuuji/Rika/Harada's story hit closer to home in my case. This is also the reason as to why I like the entire Takemoto/Hagu/Morita story. In addition to this, the animation and character design in this episode is awesome to say the least. Those DVD sales must have made some good money for the producers because the detail in this episode is simply stunning. Props must also go to Sugita Tomokazu who takes the role of Mayama in this series. Although occasionally his voice sounds slightly similar to Kyon from Suzumiya Haruhi, in most cases Mayama's voice is more mature and older and lack Kyon's sarcastic edge. The insert song this week is 「ほのほ」- Honoho by Spitz. The song comes from their Unknown album. Anyway, I'll update this entry with summary and high-res pic later on. And if you're interested, check out the picture of a Honey and Clover train below. I thought it fits the entire train theme that this episode presents. Honey and Clover train in Tokyo Honey and Clover train (another angle)
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And there I was, thinking that since I had converted to Yukiism by the time of the previous post on this episode and therefore I should have less to screencap second time round. Hooo boy! Still loads of Yuki screens to be captured! Much exploding of Zyl due to mo
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The Adventure of Life Begins!
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“The Melancholy of Suzumiya Haruhi V” and “The Melancholy of Suzumiya Haruhi VI” Regardless of what I have said about The Melancholy of Suzumiya Haruhi in the past, I will say this now: the conclusion goes up in the Alexian Anime Conclusion Hall of Fame for being made of fantacularity. Spoilers within! Episode 13 can be summarised in one [...]
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