Comments on: The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya Second Season Review - 77,5/100

by: Paolo

Mon, 05 Sep 2011 07:57:20 +0100

guys, I think I get it.. About the endless eight! The episodes were made to loop to let everyone experience how yuki nagato felt… but of course for only eight times (compared to 15500+) But that’s only my guess anyway. If you really think about it, it really makes sense..

by: Logan

Thu, 07 Jul 2011 01:57:14 +0100

Im late to the party, but I still will say something. SHUT UP ABOUT ENDLESS EIGHT. WE GET IT ALREADY. GET OVER IT. Now that thats out of my system, I thoroughly enjoyed it all. E8 did get tedious after 4 episodes, i can see that, but by now, I be youre all glad they held out and didnt include the Disappearance arc, as it became an exceptionally beautiful movie. As for all the complaining, about Miss Suzumiya, THATS THE POINT. She was supposed to have an abrasive, unlikable personality. Thats the appealing part. Shes supposed to be hated, that way, your emotions are that more valuable when her character development starts. Im late, Im done, good day.

by: Celeste

Fri, 23 Oct 2009 05:05:52 +0100

Note: Anyone who takes an education degree will notice that many highly talented/gifted students (like Haruhi) often come across as narcissistic, arrogant, and/or condescending. Often because they perceive the world so differently, they can have serious issues connecting with people. I’ve known plenty of students just like Haruhi, except without the metaphysical stuff, haha. They often grow into very interesting, awesome human beings, but there is often an adjustment period.

Knowing the character will progress helps me empathize with her.

by: Celeste

Fri, 23 Oct 2009 05:01:33 +0100

If you watch Endless Eight straight through while high, you focus more on the animation and the mannerisms of the characters and the music (which actually changes with each episode). It is kind of relaxing, actually. I think I’d have been pissed if I was watching fansubs as they were freshly released, mind you. ^^; This is why I always wait for a show to be done then watch it straight through, as it minimizes things like this. Planning~

senerikfred: you pretty much sum it up. I’m looking forward to a third season. Eightless Eight will one day seem more quirky than rage-inducing, hehe.

by: Howling-kun

Mon, 14 Sep 2009 08:41:21 +0100

Couldn’t agree more.

by: David

Mon, 14 Sep 2009 07:05:03 +0100

I want the third season, I loved the new episodes, of course not the endless eight episodes

by: Tangent

Sun, 13 Sep 2009 21:15:53 +0100

So you’re saying that a season where you should skip almost half of the episodes, and you were disappointed in all but two or three of the rest was pretty good?

by: WatcherZero

Sun, 13 Sep 2009 19:04:12 +0100

While dissapointed that this series was advertised with dissapearance and yet we got an 8 part endless eight. I think the problem with sigh was it was actually too short and compressed, you get all the shouting of haruhi without some space to chill out between her rants or for the other charachters to interact. My favoutite ep and the only one that matches the first series quality is def. Bamboo Leaf Rhapsody.

by: senerikfred

Sun, 13 Sep 2009 17:48:45 +0100

As you seem to have noticed, the purpose of the second novel is to bring Haruhi on to a ‘must-hate’ level. Since reading the later novels, I’ve really liked her-she’s unique for someone who’s randomly in the middle of weird events, and is capable of both being unnecessarily proactive in combating boredom, and possessing a surpringly well-considered, even mature, perspective(the self-centeredness wears off a little). Sighs is generally seen as being not as enjoyable as the other volumes, but necessary development that pays off in the long run. Though spending THAT much time on E8 was a farce(even the effect they were going for could’ve been achieved in four episodes), I’m glad that Kyoani did go out of their way to animate Sighs-I had assumed they wouldn’t risk the rage value, and instead skip to Disappearance.

Something ironic about the Haruhi novels, which can be amusing or disappointing depending on your perspective, is that Melancholy and Sighs are the only volumes that can be said to focus on Haruhi herself. The short stories vary in focus, but turn to the supporting cast much more often, and of the five ‘continuous plot’ volumes we’ve had so far, two were Melancholy+Sighs, one focused on Nagato, one on Asahina, and the most recent on some entirely new characters and plot elements.
What I’m trying to say is, don’t let the expectations you have be hurt too much. As long as Kyoani doesn’t pull anything stupid again, that is. Sure they can be daring, but they’re almost as worrying as being around Haruhi herself would be.

by: i-k

Sun, 13 Sep 2009 16:27:08 +0100

Second Season was really disappointing. The best part was the first episode IMO, it reminded me of what I liked about the original series in the first place.

by: psgels

Sun, 13 Sep 2009 16:03:17 +0100

Hmm, why Haruhi is annoying is a very good question. For starters, I rather dislike her voice actress: Hirano Aya seems to try way too much to stand out, but lacks the subtlety that the rest of the cast has. What also counts is that she’s meant to be an annoying girl whose personality is hard to like, which is why I was delighted by episode 4 of the sigh, which made an entire point of it.

To be honest, the thing I like about this series best are the quiet moments. The things as the baseball match, spacefight, concert and island trip were rather dull to watch, and yet Haruhi just kept dragging the cast into them, which is another reason why I dislike her.

by: blkmage

Sun, 13 Sep 2009 15:19:38 +0100

The interesting thing about your grievances with Sighs is that they make sense if you look at the chronology and the light novel releases. That’s not to say that they’re not warranted (I wasn’t a huge fan of Sighs when I read it) but it does demystify them.

Why is Haruhi annoying? Because Sighs takes place before Live Alive, when her character really starts to change for the first time.

Why does Sighs seem poorly written? Probably because it’s the second light novel volume and the author hasn’t gotten the hang of writing those characters yet. Other than the first arc (which made up the first volume), all of the short one-offs that seem to be written better are chapters from the third and fifth volumes.