The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya

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Postby jon_jinn » Thu Aug 10, 2006 5:03 pm

Mangafanatic wrote:You're correct. That episode wasn't EXACTLY a read episode. It has some foreshadowing, but you can understand the series without it.


okay. cool, because i was thinking in my head while watching the episode, "Man. I don't think I'm gonna watch the rest of this series,"
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Postby Spiritsword » Sat Aug 19, 2006 5:12 pm

I'm looking forward to watching this anime after seeing bits of it in NTUSA and a *lot* of it in the recent NT Japan I just bought. Since I don't download, I guess I'll be waiting awhile until it is liscensed.

Like Mayura from Loki Ragnarok, and (it sounds like) Haruhi, I love the weird and unexplained. It's just fun. So that aspect of the show should be entertaining.

And I like charismatic female characters in anime, so Haruhi should be right up my alley.
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Postby Ingemar » Thu Aug 24, 2006 11:24 am

Perhaps because it was only the first two episodes AND because I was up until 2-ish, but I cannot seem to get into this series. I don't see what is so special about it.
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Postby Mangafanatic » Thu Aug 24, 2006 11:45 am

Ingemar wrote:Perhaps because it was only the first two episodes AND because I was up until 2-ish, but I cannot seem to get into this series. I don't see what is so special about it.



Give it a couple more episodes and I think you'll like it better. The first episode, particularly, wasn't my favorite.
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Postby Sephiroth » Thu Aug 24, 2006 3:25 pm

the 1st episode is really funny once you've watched the rest of teh series and watch it again.
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