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AnoHito
May 8, 2014

Command Ant posted:

Tsuruya keeps breaking character! It's infuriating!

I think she might be enjoying the role a bit too much

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AnoHito
May 8, 2014

10/10 no need to watch the rest

AnoHito
May 8, 2014

unpronounceable posted:

Are we going right into the second episode, or waiting for the half hour?

I started already

AnoHito
May 8, 2014

Nagato for chillest club member

AnoHito
May 8, 2014

Spiritus Nox posted:

Well, that was fun. I still don't quite see what all the fuss is about, but I'm on board.

The really interesting stuff starts next episode.

AnoHito
May 8, 2014

And so haruhi's crimes begin...

AnoHito
May 8, 2014

Oh wow they actually had the mole drawn in that scene

AnoHito
May 8, 2014

Remember skipping hare hare Yukai makes you worse than hitler

AnoHito
May 8, 2014

In Training posted:

I'm the variety of math equations and chemical symbols that fly by while Mikuru's breast shake across 40% of the screen

For some reason I never notice you

AnoHito
May 8, 2014

Spiritus Nox posted:

So, that was a thing. Glad we're going right back to Melancholy Part 3 on Friday. Hopefully they get at least a little more explicit about what's going on - I hate it when the protagonist knows too much more about what's going on than I do - detective shows excluded.

That closed space stuff sure sounds interesting. I'm sure it won't take most of the rest of the season for that to be explained or anything.

E: I mean it's explained right when it should be explained, but I still remember it being really confusing and kind of frustrating the first time through.

AnoHito fucked around with this message at 01:54 on Aug 20, 2015

AnoHito
May 8, 2014

I've read all the LN's, and I liked them. Not as much as the anime, but they're still pretty good.

AnoHito
May 8, 2014

Zas posted:

do you have a favorite? any big differences in characters/plot you like/dislike?

It's been a while since I read them, but I didn't even really notice many differences. I did like how they did the extortion scene in the LN's where they had Kyon take the pictures because it kind of showed how much of a hypocrite he could be.

As for the more annoying thing about the LN's...

Well, you know how there are all of these one-off episodes? Imagine just reading a book that's like three of those in a row with no actual plot advancement or connection between them. It gets kind of irritating that he author's done that multiple times.

Also Disappearance is still the best, in animation or print.

AnoHito
May 8, 2014

Hey we get to see Yuki finish her great scene

AnoHito
May 8, 2014

The Colonel posted:

Let the Haruhism... begin.

AnoHito
May 8, 2014

Spiritus Nox posted:

So that's actually a pretty good explanation. Doesn't explain the closed-space stuff from last episode, but we've got the basic premise pretty well covered now, I can roll with this.

Closed space is kind of koizumi's thing

AnoHito
May 8, 2014

Spiritus Nox posted:

Gotta say, Kyon is definitely taking all of this like a champ.

Also I like that Mikuru's mostly just rolling with the occasional spot of public exposure now.

Well it's not like he actually believes them

AnoHito
May 8, 2014

She's so disappointed...

AnoHito
May 8, 2014

For the LN experience, pretend they're all blackout drunk

AnoHito
May 8, 2014

Dun dun duuuuunn

AnoHito
May 8, 2014

For whoever cares about differences in the LN, rather than the montage of games, they all got really drunk off of wine and Kyon and Haruhi did...something that Kyon gets embarrassed about when Koizumi tells him the next morning. Haruhi ends up with a big enough hangover that she bans drinking in the brigade forever.

AnoHito
May 8, 2014

Allarion posted:

I've always subscribed to the theory that there is more significant about Kyon beyond being the protagonist, but we'll get to that. Course, since the books are incomplete, we'll never get a concrete answer but it's something interesting to debate out.

The latest LNs has made this very obviously the reality.

AnoHito
May 8, 2014

dailydares posted:

just to be clear it's mysterique sign and remote island syndrome 2 right

That's what I have queued up at least.

AnoHito
May 8, 2014

I love how this plays out.

AnoHito
May 8, 2014

Spiritus Nox posted:

Speaking of... has the show said whether or not Haruhi is at all aware of her powers?

Not explicitly, but if she is, she sure as hell doesn't act like it.

AnoHito
May 8, 2014

She also stuck around until he woke up

AnoHito
May 8, 2014

Oh hi Asakura. I wonder where you've been

AnoHito
May 8, 2014

Dammit Kyon stop giving the wrong answers

AnoHito
May 8, 2014

The better Asahina has arrived

AnoHito
May 8, 2014

I love how condescending the aliens are to the time travelers

AnoHito
May 8, 2014

Yes_Cantaloupe posted:

The drink of the evening is the Cuba Libre. I require that if you have the wherewithal, you make and drink one or more while watching Haruhi.

3 parts cola + 1 part rum over ice, squeeze a lime wedge into it and drop it in.

Of all the times too not have the ingredients for my favorite drink...

AnoHito
May 8, 2014

Spiritus Nox posted:

Yuki is the best.

AnoHito
May 8, 2014

Spiritus Nox posted:

...Was that Shakespeare Koizumi was performing?

Close, Rosencranz and Guildenstern are Dead

AnoHito
May 8, 2014

I love this scene. It's a great lead in to the finale.

AnoHito
May 8, 2014

Whiskey at the ready. We've got Melancholy 5 and 6 today, right?

AnoHito
May 8, 2014

This is one of the cooler scenes in the series

AnoHito
May 8, 2014

I've seen this show like four or five times and never even heard of "shinjin" existing...

AnoHito
May 8, 2014

It's go time.

AnoHito
May 8, 2014

Spiritus Nox posted:

Also, what did Yuki say? The text isn't subtitled for me.

Aliens are panicking, also 'Sleeping Beauty'

AnoHito
May 8, 2014

PARADOX!

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AnoHito
May 8, 2014

Agronox posted:

So... Favorite episodes or scenes from the first season?

Obviously everyone loves the climax of Melancholy VI. But:



SHUT
UP
SHAMISEN

always makes me smile.

Sagittarius has been my favorite ep for a while but I will admit Live Alive is a new contender after this rewatch.

I've always loved Nagato's explanation scene in Melancholy 3. It looks amazing and is also a pretty cool bit of exposition.

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