The Q & A of Haruhi Suzumiya

[LagunaEclipse]

I have a question...

Spoiler:

Do Haruhi and Kyon develop/have feelings for each other in the novel? Do they "hook up" in any way? Thanks in advance.

[Busaiku Chama]

2 questions:

Spoiler:

Did they ever reveal why/how Haruhi got her god powers (I've been reading the spoilers, cause I like spoilers)? And also it's been mentioned that Haruhi is oblivious to her powers herself, but does anyone else know (I'm suspecting Mikuru and Yuki do, but anyone else)?

Also, has there been any news of the novel being licensed and translated into English, in any English-Dominant country?

[Onizuka-GTO]

Originally Posted by LagunaEclipse

I have a question...

Spoiler:

Do Haruhi and Kyon develop/have feelings for each other in the novel? Do they "hook up" in any way? Thanks in advance.

well...

Spoiler:

I have seen a manga clip from the novel (it's called a light novel for a reason, it has text and manga illustrations) of Haruhi being embraced and kissing Kyon.

Wether this was because they were in the moment i don't know, but to me it Suzumiya looked surprised, you know the surprised kissed look.

My opinion on that is kyon "sacrificed" himself and kissed her to save the universe or something, stopping her from going out of line.

I think it's safe to say they both are VERY fond of each other but im not so sure that it would be fully blown into a all out realationship.

bUt thats just my speculation.

[Adigard]

Originally Posted by Onizuka-GTO

well...

Spoiler:

I have seen a manga clip from the novel (it's called a light novel for a reason, it has text and manga illustrations) of Haruhi being embraced and kissing Kyon.

Spoiler for Onizuka-GTO's spoiler:

Spoiler for Do you really want to spoil it? ^^;;:

[Onizuka-GTO]

Yeah. that's the one!

Look at haruhi's face!! kaaaawaaaaaiiii!!

[SoldierOfDarkness]

Originally Posted by Onizuka-GTO

well...

Spoiler:

I have seen a manga clip from the novel (it's called a light novel for a reason, it has text and manga illustrations) of Haruhi being embraced and kissing Kyon.

Wether this was because they were in the moment i don't know, but to me it Suzumiya looked surprised, you know the surprised kissed look.

My opinion on that is kyon "sacrificed" himself and kissed her to save the universe or something, stopping her from going out of line.

I think it's safe to say they both are VERY fond of each other but im not so sure that it would be fully blown into a all out realationship.

bUt thats just my speculation.

Spoiler:

You never know, I wrote a paper about how opposites attract. Kyon is basically on one side of the spectrum compared to Haruhi.

This series has 24 episodes right? I'm pretty sure down the line somewhere it's bound to happen

[Adigard]

Originally Posted by SoldierOfDarkness

This series has 24 episodes right? I'm pretty sure down the line somewhere it's bound to happen

As has been stated a few dozen times... It's 13+1(DVD) ep... Although KyoAni has succesfully contiued shows that they've left off before... so there is some hope of a second season somewhere down the road.

Rather we should hope for a wildly succesful Japanese run, followed by a very well recieved DVD release... shortly followed up with a NA license agreement that also includes a novel translation. If we get all that, there's a pretty decent chance they'll do a second season in the next year or two ^^;; If some of that falls through, there's still the chance we'll see a second season in 2-3 years T_T

[Sushi-Y]

Originally Posted by Adigard

As has been stated a few dozen times... It's 13+1(DVD) ep...

Nobody said anything about a DVD-only episode (just because the final DVD only contains one episode doesn't mean it going to be a DVD-only episode). As of now, from what we can tell by looking at the planned DVD volumes, the anime will be running for 14 episodes, that's all.

[Vexx]

Originally Posted by Onizuka-GTO

well...

Spoiler:

I think it's safe to say they both are VERY fond of each other but im not so sure that it would be fully blown into a all out realationship.

bUt thats just my speculation.

Ever known someone that drove you nuts, wrecked your daily life, frequently left you hyperventilating.... but when they were gone, you missed them and felt a great hole in your life? It wasn't even whether they were good or bad.. .but that connection had become very important.

[Onizuka-GTO]

Originally Posted by Sushi-Y

Nobody said anything about a DVD-only episode (just because the final DVD only contains one episode doesn't mean it going to be a DVD-only episode). As of now, from what we can tell by looking at the planned DVD volumes, the anime will be running for 14 episodes, that's all.

bah. sushi-Y the ever pessimist

I hope you are wrong....WRONG!

[Adigard]

Originally Posted by Sushi-Y

Nobody said anything about a DVD-only episode (just because the final DVD only contains one episode doesn't mean it going to be a DVD-only episode). As of now, from what we can tell by looking at the planned DVD volumes, the anime will be running for 14 episodes, that's all.

'tis a good point, and I'll apologize for my earlier post... Sorry ^^;; Also, in scanning through the forums I wasn't able to find the original post that called out the 14 ep format, so obviously it hasn't been stated "dozens" of times >_>;;

I'm still assuming it's 13 eps and a DVD only ep though T_T

With the number of volumes released already theres a fairly good chance they could run beyond 14 eps... but it seems a little unlikely they'd suddenly extend the show. But nothings impossible with a big enough fanbase (except... the anime companies don't make money off releasing the anime on TV... so... it'd have to be a big fanbase buying merchendise) ^^

[Kinny Riddle]

Originally Posted by Adigard

Spoiler for Onizuka-GTO's spoiler:

Spoiler for Do you really want to spoil it? ^^;;:

Spoiler for what really happened, if you don't wanna know, then wait patiently for my translation of vol 1 chapter 7:

It's all a dream, sort of.

Haruhi's dissatisfaction with the status quo of this world has grown to a point where she is on the verge of subconsciously destroying the current one and creating a new one. Through hints from Yuki and Mikuru, the only way Kyon can stop the world getting destroyed by Blue Giants is to do the unthinkable, he kissed her and have her "wake up" back to the real world.

So by the next day in class, Haruhi doesn't remember anything, save for a terrible "dream" she had. (For Kyon, it was a surreal dream, that "kiss" still felt wet. ) Though she decided to wear a ponytail, since Kyon in the "dream" said he liked her in a ponytail. But only for a few hours before she took it off again just to spite Kyon.

Say, does anyone know when the anime OP and ED single is coming out? I can't get those music off my mind, I must have them in me iPod!!!

[Thelastguardian]

Originally Posted by Kinny Riddle

Spoiler for what really happened, if you don't wanna know, then wait patiently for my translation of vol 1 chapter 7:

So by the next day in class, Haruhi doesn't remember anything, save for a terrible "dream" she had.

Spoiler:

I thought she remembers it...That's just my feeling though.

[panzerfan]

On the subject of DVD release, KyoAni may release Haruhi on Blu-ray as well (I dunno if they announced this officially though). Blu-ray has no region lock and... I want to see this in 1080i! O good god... (AIR on Blu-ray was what suckered me into pre-order PS3)

[Adigard]

Originally Posted by panzerfan

Blu-ray has no region lock and...

I thought Blu-Ray had region codes... but JP and NA are both in the same region... no?

//EDIT: A quick search on Wiki (It's Wikipedia, YMMV) yielded these Blu-Ray region codes:

1 North America, South America, Japan and East Asia (excluding China)
2 Europe and Africa
3 India, China, Russia, and all other countries.

[Kinny Riddle]

Originally Posted by Thelastguardian

Spoiler:

I thought she remembers it...That's just my feeling though.

Spoiler:

She most likely remembered it, but she didn't want to admit it, trying to shrug it off as a "dream", since it's too embarassing for her, to have Kyon one-up her for once in such a way.

And Mikuru pushed Kyon off when he tried to embrace her, saying "You can only have up to one." Probably hinting some time in the future Kyon and Haruhi would develop some sort of relationship. They'll probably get there by volume 15,498.

[panzerfan]

Japan and US to share region encoding on Blu-ray...

yea. Ur right about that. Although that still translate to getting Japanese release without the woes of being in another region.

There is a region 4: Null. That setting seems to be what the initial PS3's will be released at, not sure though.

[Adigard]

Originally Posted by panzerfan

Although that still translate to getting Japanese release without the woes of being in another region.

It'd be pretty damn awesome to get this show on 1080i (or 780p, which is the resolution some of the RAW's seem to be coming with). Just need to sink some money into a PS3, or a Blu-Ray media player... and then try not to die when you see the price tag of the disks ^^;;

[Shirobane]

Originally Posted by panzerfan

On the subject of DVD release, KyoAni may release Haruhi on Blu-ray as well (I dunno if they announced this officially though). Blu-ray has no region lock and... I want to see this in 1080i! O good god... (AIR on Blu-ray was what suckered me into pre-order PS3)

Do you think they'd also release Haruhi in HD-DVD format? Although assuming nothing changes with Sharp, the region codes will probably also remain the same...that's why the world needs more Region 0 players

[panzerfan]

That's a good question. HD-DVD camp is supported by MS and Sony Blu-ray. KyoAni looks to be siding at Blu-ray camp which would make HD-DVD release unplausable.

As an aside, according to the Inquirer, it is possible to transmit HDMI using dual link DVI port (which means the video card of 'this' generation with ATi x1k and Nvidia 6k+ series), san audio, using a dongle. There will be content protection issue to worry about (guess what, HD ready and protection scheme matters) ... from what've I know so far anything we can buy today will not pass the certification.

However, a good news is that rumor has it all initial products available for HD (blu-ray of HD-DVD) will not strictly enforce protection but that won't last...

This translates into whatever we use to watch HD media useless by perhaps 2k7~2k8.