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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% | |
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2009-04-08, 13:49 | Link #271 | |
Homo Ludens
Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: Canada
Age: 34
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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... 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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2009-04-08, 14:08 | Link #272 | |
Gamilas Falls
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Republic of California
Age: 46
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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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2009-04-08, 14:58 | Link #273 |
Homo Ludens
Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: Canada
Age: 34
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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. >_> |
2009-04-08, 15:52 | Link #274 | |
Pon pon pon
Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: Rio
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2009-04-08, 20:58 | Link #276 |
Gamilas Falls
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Republic of California
Age: 46
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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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2009-04-12, 12:21 | Link #278 |
Sensei, aishite imasu
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: Hong Kong Shatterdome
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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.
Some people get butt hurt way to fucking easily.
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2009-04-12, 12:27 | Link #279 |
Absolute Haruhist!
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Join Date: Mar 2006
Age: 36
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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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