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2006-06-12, 10:27 | Link #444 |
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Haruhi Suzumiya is altogether another anime. Personally, I hated the first episode, and dropped it immediately. Its humor was lame, its story nonexistent: if this had a paper-thin plot, well, Suzumiya has NO plot at all (imo).
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2006-06-12, 10:35 | Link #446 |
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I definitely agree. I have quite a queer anime taste ... I watch Turn A Gundam, Queen Millennia, and Haruhi S. just falls flat in my list of worthwhile anime. I guess although a lot of people fawn over Haruhi S., it's okay. But I seriously am pissed at the lack of plot in the first episode. Sesame Street could entice me more to watch it than that POS, imo, of course.
Ouran's better for me because although it also has a paper-thin plot, it's still worthwhile - at least it has one, IMO.
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2006-06-12, 10:43 | Link #447 |
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Have you actually seen any other Suzumiya episode?
By the way, the episodes are shuffled, their sequence is not chronologically correct. But, while I kinda liked the first episode, most people didn't find it good, but watched the second one cause the ED animation was good Oh well, needless to say, Suzumiya is considered total success Not that I care if you watch Suzumiya or not I'm just saying that you should at least give another episode a try before ditching it. Not that you can be too sure even then. I mean, take Fate/Stay Night for example. The first half episode in most people's opinion ranged from decent to excellent (ep 14 is still the best episode of Fate), and suddenly the next half's quality dropped 6 ft under, with episodes ranging from decent to crap, with one or two good ones along the way. The animation suffered, the plot holes were humongous, the character development was weak most of the time. You can't be too sure
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2006-06-12, 12:39 | Link #448 |
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I'd agree with npal tbh. I thought the first episode of Haruhi S. was really good. It doesn't have a plot and I can see why some people might not like it. But I thought it was really quite funny and unique. I've never seen an episode like that in an anime before(feel free to correct me with some examples as there might be some that I'm not aware of). I loved all the little touches in the episode, the sort of stuff that Kyon's commenting on, all the "mistakes" that can be picked up on. A lot of it was laughing at how purposely bad the movie was which is where the mistakes come into it. It worked for me in that I wanted to watch more of the series to find out what the hell was going on. There's definitely a plot. It's just not readily apparent in the first episode.
I'm actually surprised you didn't like it physics223 and I know you have some interesting tastes in anime but oddly enough quite similar to alot of the stuff I like e.g. Rozen Maiden, as there's quite a bit of stuff to discuss from the anime perspective at least. Stuff that I'd have thought someone like you might have lapped up. To bring this back on topic(or what the topic was previously), I'd say the reason why there isn't much discussion on Ohran is that IMO there's usually not a lot to discuss apart from how funny the episode is. Not that this is a bad thing, as I'd liken it to School Rumble in that respect, which is one of my favourite series'. |
2006-06-12, 16:19 | Link #449 | |
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With regards to Suzumiya Haruhi ep 1 (or 00), the first time I watched it (raw), it was rather confusing, quite interesting and funny at points. It became clear early on that it was done as a "cheap movie". However, I can't say I was that impressed. However, I then watched ep 2 (ie the start of the real story) and late re-watched ep 1 - the 2nd time, I was MUCH more impressed. By understanding the characters and situation some more, it was easier to enjoy it - and be impressed by all the little extra bits they added to make it realistic (in context). Major kudos to KyoAni for the huge effort to make something "ugly" yet at the same time, brilliant. Anyway... Not that anyone was really saying so, but I certainly think that statements like "you must/cannot like XYZ" are wrong, for something like a TV series (or novel, or manga). ie, you can't help liking or disliking something (or some character or story). The legitimate thing to have arguments about is explanations on why you like/dislike something. |
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2006-06-12, 17:58 | Link #450 | |
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But yeah, Ouran is a fun anime. It's something to watch when you're bored and you're in need for a good laugh :] And if you're into that shounen ai thing, YEY ;p Only reason why I think somebody would hate Ouran is because of the slight shounen ai. But still dood, it's just there for kicks ;p And maybe because of it's lack of originality. The whole disgusing as the opposite sex thing's been done a lot in manga. But that's the point, it hasn't been done a lot in anime So yeah. But it kinda makes me wonder why Ouran was turned into an anime when other manga of its genre could be better :X |
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2006-06-12, 18:35 | Link #451 |
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Eh. Maybe humor that involves some further thinking isn't right for you then. Ouran's more of a spontaneous thing, I think. The jokes fly by again and again. For Yuutsu... I think it's more humor for the plot and its many parodies than anything else. It's the characters' quirks that make up the humor, not jokes themselves. :P
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2006-06-12, 19:05 | Link #452 |
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Meh, I don't really like the characters in MoSH either. So it's really not a series made for me :3 I like teenaged drama with humor and sappy love stories slapped in. Something that'll move me to tears at the end. I'm not really into that sci-fi jazz either. Sure, the animation in MoSH is pretty top notch, but that's all I really find appealing about it >_< Shoot me for being different, kay?
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2006-06-12, 21:48 | Link #453 |
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I hate to interrupt, but did anyone notice the title of this thread? Yup, it is for discussion of Ohran Host Club. Please restrict discussion of Melacholy of Haruhi Suzumiya to the correct place. It's got its own darn forum, so I'm sure that it doesn't need to co-opt this forum also.
Thank you for staying on topic.
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2006-06-13, 00:50 | Link #454 | |
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2006-06-13, 16:10 | Link #456 |
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It is quite unnecessary. Well, I can say for myself that Ouran's a great pick-me-up after school and studies and stress. I find myself laughing in every single episode, which is really great.
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2006-06-14, 03:28 | Link #457 |
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Iiiii saw the first episode of this show...and found it...mildy entertaining, I guess. Objections: In the first episode, the 'popular girl plays a prank/tries to humiliate the unpopular yet a hit with the boys girl' has been done too many times, and some of the boys were kind of annoying like the creepy little blond kid-thing. Oh yeah, that, and I found it really weird that the main character didn't even flinch or get surprised at being thought a boy for so long.
Does it get better? Because I have nothing else to watch. (saw 3 eps of MOSH and thought it meh-y. But I liked the lightning beam attacks) |
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