That was a fun episode. Just like I predicted, they went all out with CG spaceships and fancy SF space combat. ^^;
There were so many parody references to other SF animes too, like Yamato, Gundam, and Macross.... Mikuru's nekomen crew was hilarious.
And so there we have it, another Yuki-main episode, I think it's about time people realized that the heroine of this series is not Haruhi, but Yuki. (well, as of volume 8, it's true)
The only time Haruhi was treated like a main heroine was in the first volume of the novel anyway. After that, it's Yuki all the way!
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For the next episode, again, just like I suspected, they're doing "Live a Live" (not "Live Alive"), which covers the culture festival where "Asahina Mikuru no Bouken" was aired. Finally, we'll be able to hear at least one of the insert songs ("God knows..." or "Lost My Music") sung by Hirano Aya (Haruhi).
... Then again, I'm probably not the only one looking forward to seeing Yuki play her electric guitar like a pro. ^^;