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2009-09-18, 21:31 | Link #1082 | ||
less qq; more pewpew
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2009-09-19, 03:47 | Link #1086 | |
Homo Ludens
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2009-09-19, 04:28 | Link #1087 | |
Sav'aaq!
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Specials - Full name, given and family (Haruhi Suzumiya, Ryoko Asakura, Mikuru Asahina, etc.) Normals - Either family name only (Kunikida, Tsuruya, etc.), descriptive name (Computer Society President, Bespectacled Boy, etc.), or nickname (Kyon). In the later novels Tanigawa has shaken this up a bit with temporary and/or blatantly fake nicknames, people who change from one group to the other (with name foreshadowing their final grouping), and in at least one case, just not naming them (so far). To this point, however, the Law has yet to be broken outright.
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2009-09-19, 10:42 | Link #1090 | |||
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That being said... Kaisos is right here. The TTGL ending had mixed reviews at best. The main reason being you-know-what... Don't get me wrong, TTGL was a great anime (one of my five all-time favorites) but it's ending was a bit iffy. Quote:
I generally don't go looking for Easter eggs like this, so thanks for pointing it out.
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2009-09-19, 14:23 | Link #1091 | |
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2009-09-19, 14:38 | Link #1092 | ||
Homo Ludens
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2009-09-19, 14:43 | Link #1094 |
Sav'aaq!
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Pretty sure it's a fan nickname. I think the only "name" Kyon (or was that Haruhi?) has used for him more than once (other than "that boy" or similar) is "Hakase-kun" ("little professor"), but even that's as much a descriptive name as anything, considering how he is described. I think, much like another "adjective noun" fan-named character from the later novels, that he'll eventually get a (somewhat) pemanent name. He is fairly important in his own way.
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2009-09-19, 17:47 | Link #1095 | ||
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The ending didn't bother me as much as it did many people, but looking back on it now, I really think that Simon deserved a happier ending.
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2009-09-19, 17:53 | Link #1096 | ||
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2009-09-19, 17:57 | Link #1097 |
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I didn't expect Gurren Lagann's ending, but I knew the general reasoning behind why it ended that way. I never considered it a 'bad' ending, though.
...We're talking about why Haruhi won't have a bad ending, right? lol I kinda lost track...anyway, I think it's possible but I don't think the tenth novel will end it. Just seems like there's so much more that needs to be done. I'm not sure what exactly, though.
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2009-09-19, 18:01 | Link #1098 | |||
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On the cover, yes.
In the actual content, where visuals obviously are less important? I don't buy it. There's a content-based reason why Itsuki isn't getting more screen time... It wouldn't surprise me in the least to see Itsuki do a heel turn. He came across very suspicious to me in the last Sighs episode... Quote:
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The point of TTGL is that with enough effort and application of free will you can overcome any obstacle. This is the point, Kaisos, that the anime clearly kept going back to time and time again. Spoiler for TTGL:
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2009-09-19, 18:14 | Link #1100 | ||
Homo Ludens
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Itsuki isn't getting more "screen" time because a) No one in Japan who buys these books wants to read about a guy, b) He's the Mysterious Transfer Student, emphasis on "Mysterious", and c) Read Vols. 7-9, there are actual antagonists introduced. Koizumi won't be betraying anyone anytime soon. Quote:
Even from the beginning, it was not upbeat. It pretended to be, but it really wasn't. And if you're saying Simon should have Spoiler for bleh:
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