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View Poll Results: Who were your favorite characters? Multiple choice allowed!
Suzumiya Haruhi 625 64.77%
Kyon 587 60.83%
Nagato Yuki 569 58.96%
Asahina Mikuru 289 29.95%
Asakura Ryoko 159 16.48%
Koizumi Itsuki 175 18.13%
Kyon's Sister 145 15.03%
Kunikida 22 2.28%
Taniguchi 43 4.46%
Tsuruya 317 32.85%
Kimidori Emiri 37 3.83%
The ENOZ Girls 89 9.22%
Shamisen (the cat) 105 10.88%
Multiple Choice Poll. Voters: 965. You may not vote on this poll

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Old 2009-01-06, 18:45   Link #261
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Close choice between Mikuru and Haruhi for me.
So the question is what do I prefer, "cute" or "crazy"?

Of course its gotta be "crazy",
gogo Haruhi ^^
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Old 2009-01-07, 06:01   Link #262
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Spoiler for vol 9:
So much for the commandment, "Thou shalt not worship idols, for I am a jealous God."
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Old 2009-02-28, 01:34   Link #263
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Ryoko + Tsuruya + Shamisen.

Gotta love that cat, if only he had more airtime...
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Old 2009-03-23, 22:30   Link #264
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My favorites are yuki,mikuru and emiri in that order.
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Old 2009-03-24, 05:52   Link #265
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Haruhi and Mikuru, I think I like Mikuru a bit more. ;p
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Old 2009-03-27, 07:27   Link #266
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My 2 fave TMOHS characters are Haruhi and Mikuru
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Old 2009-04-08, 00:15   Link #267
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Nagato, of course. She's not my favorite character of the series, she's my favorite character of all time. She should be the leader of the poll.
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Old 2009-04-08, 00:30   Link #268
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We should just be glad that the Great Goddess Nagato Yuki is above all but the title character and main character. Though it will only take a few more votes to surpass Kyon...
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Old 2009-04-08, 12:58   Link #269
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Yuki might was well BE the main character, considering the unfair amount of focus she gets in the later books.

Who was this series about again?
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Old 2009-04-08, 13:37   Link #270
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It is about Kyon, he just doesn't know it yet. He's always in focus.

Haruhi is just the center of their collective difficulties.
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Old 2009-04-08, 13:49   Link #271
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It is about Kyon, he just doesn't know it yet. He's always in focus.
OH NO YUKI RECREATED THE UNIVERSE

OH NO SOME GUY IS HITTING ON YUKI

OH NO YUKI IS SICK QUICK DO SOMETHING

OH NO YUKI WOULD BE HOT IN A MAID OUTFIT

OH NO YUKI'S CLUB IS GOING TO BE DISBANDED

OH NO YUKI MADE A JOKE HAHA

OH NO YUKI IS SICK AGAIN THAT'S MORE IMPORTANT THAN ANYTHING


This is all I really remember of the stories set post-Disappearance, and has contributed to my dislike of the character and my branding of her as a Mary Sue.

Really wish Tanigawa would just have her sacrifice herself epically somehow and focus the story back on Kyon and Haruhi...

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Haruhi is just the center of their collective difficulties.
With Vols. 7, 8, and 9, it looks like Tanigawa is trying to create clear antagonists who aren't Haruhi... which actually isn't bad at all, since Haruhi is nowhere near as unconsciously malevolent as she used to be, and a story needs conflict to tell itself...
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Old 2009-04-08, 14:08   Link #272
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OH NO YUKI RECREATED THE UNIVERSE

OH NO YUKI IS SICK QUICK DO SOMETHING

OH NO YUKI WOULD BE HOT IN A MAID OUTFIT

OH NO YUKI'S CLUB IS GOING TO BE DISBANDED

OH NO YUKI MADE A JOKE HAHA

OH NO YUKI IS SICK AGAIN THAT'S MORE IMPORTANT THAN ANYTHING
I sort of don't get those reactions to the stories. (still haven't read 8 or 9 enough)

OH NO YUKI RECREATED THE UNIVERSE

Okay major plot point. Kyon's reaction "I want to be with Haruhi('s wackiness)"

OH NO SOME GUY IS HITTING ON YUKI

Reaction "Defend" but Kyon would do the same for Mikuru (and maybe Haruhi).

OH NO YUKI IS SICK QUICK DO SOMETHING

You TVTropes loving-ness would likely point to this as the Worf effect. "Something beat up Yuki...its tough." Que Itsuki to solve riddle?

OH NO YUKI WOULD BE HOT IN A MAID OUTFIT

Where did this come from?

OH NO YUKI'S CLUB IS GOING TO BE DISBANDED

Since the SOS-dan is more or less listed as the Literature Club, that's more Haruhi's problem.

OH NO YUKI MADE A JOKE HAHA

Character Development?

OH NO YUKI IS SICK AGAIN THAT'S MORE IMPORTANT THAN ANYTHING

Worf Effect. Cause for Haruhi to do something?
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Old 2009-04-08, 14:58   Link #273
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*snip*
Okay, the maid outfit thing was weak, but I needed something for Vol. 7...

I was using hyperbole in any case. My point is that Yuki simply has an unfair amount of time devoted to her compared to Mikuru (Two stories) or Itsuki (...half a story?)

Even stories not obviously Yuki stories are often tied directly to her in some way (Mysterique Sign, Day of Sagittarius, Endless Eight)... she's Tanigawa's favorite character, but even he said that the plot would quickly get into a rut if he focused too much on her, and guess what he did anyway?

I feel those examples are less of the Worf Effect and more of a somewhat shoddily-done attempt to give Haruhi a Morality Pet... but this ends up making Yuki look more perfect than ever. At least it achieved its intended effect and made Haruhi less of a sociopath...

I have a friend, who's only seen the anime and not read the books, who seems convinced that Haruhi should be put down like some rabid animal, and that Kyon and Yuki should go riding off into the sunset together... and I feel this is the general opinion of many Yuki fanboys, who see her as this flawless porcelain doll, which I also feel the story itself supports entirely too much...

*waits for Yuki fanboys to lynch him*

Finally, I'd love to see someone try to hit on Haruhi and see Kyon's reaction then, but of course we'd have to get new stories before that happens. >_>
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Old 2009-04-08, 15:52   Link #274
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I have a friend, who's only seen the anime and not read the books, who seems convinced that Haruhi should be put down like some rabid animal, and that Kyon and Yuki should go riding off into the sunset together... and I feel this is the general opinion of many Yuki fanboys, who see her as this flawless porcelain doll, which I also feel the story itself supports entirely too much...
Oh, i completely agreed with your friend. And i didn't read the novels either, just saw the anime.
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Old 2009-04-08, 18:37   Link #275
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Oh, i completely agreed with your friend. And i didn't read the novels either, just saw the anime.
God forbid you people actually READ the books...
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Old 2009-04-08, 20:58   Link #276
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If the Haruhi-chan episodes are any indication, you have one episode of the SOS-dan doing activites with Yuki usually contributing something (effective or not). Then you have anyother episode which is based in Yuki's apartment. Though honestly most of these are starting to focus more on Ryoko than Yuki. Yet Yuki is in every episode (with speaking lines) it seems.

It could just be she's the easiest to write for.
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Old 2009-04-08, 23:20   Link #277
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It could just be she's the easiest to write for.
Easiest to make jokes about too.
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Old 2009-04-12, 12:21   Link #278
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Yeah. I wasn't quite happy with the level of attention that seems to get shifted away from Haruhi in the later books. My fear for the new season is that they've already used up most of the Haruhi centric plot lines, so we'll end up having the focus everywhere else.

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I have a friend, who's only seen the anime and not read the books, who seems convinced that Haruhi should be put down like some rabid animal, and that Kyon and Yuki should go riding off into the sunset together... .
Some people get butt hurt way to fucking easily.
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Old 2009-04-12, 12:27   Link #279
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Haruhi is actually similar to Godzilla.

While Godzilla is his series own main character, there's always a human in each movie that is the main character. Godzilla is both villian and hero of his stories at the same time, Godzilla destroys both cities and monsters. And sometimes Godzilla needs some kind of help or persuasion to defeat the monsters and leave the cities alone.

Replace the above paragraph with Haruhi = Godzilla, Kyon = human, cities = world.

Then there's Mothra, she could be Yuki.
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Old 2009-04-12, 13:08   Link #280
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I'm pretty sure they never got Godzilla to not destroy Tokyo by having some guy liplock him.
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