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View Poll Results: The Disappearance of Nagato Yuki-chan - Episode 5 Rating | |||
Perfect 10 | 1 | 6.67% | |
9 out of 10 : Excellent | 4 | 26.67% | |
8 out of 10 : Very Good | 4 | 26.67% | |
7 out of 10 : Good | 5 | 33.33% | |
6 out of 10 : Average | 1 | 6.67% | |
5 out of 10 : Below Average | 0 | 0% | |
4 out of 10 : Poor | 0 | 0% | |
3 out of 10 : Bad | 0 | 0% | |
2 out of 10 : Very Bad | 0 | 0% | |
1 out of 10 : Painful | 0 | 0% | |
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2015-05-04, 08:37 | Link #23 |
Orthodox Haruhiist
Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: Making metal ... for fish
Age: 44
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In this episode of The Disappearance of ... that chick with the glasses ...
As usual, this series continues to shine when it features anybody but the title character (even Mikuru, whose chief contribution to this episode was realizing that Generic Moe Character A was being molested by Kyon.) The added depth to Team Mom's character (or is it Team Psychopath now? I got a distinct old series vibe when Asakura pulls that almost gut-punch against Haruhi ... It's a strange, strange world when Haruhi routinely starts to look like the reasonable one,) and her new friendship with Haruhi make this episode interesting. They also succeed in making Generic Moe Character A interesting (albeit briefly.) Also in this episode, Kyon pretends to be clueless about the romantic feelings of the girls that surround him. Only I don't think he is. Given that this is Haruhi we're talking about, receiving an 'obvious' courtesy chocolate from her is kindof a big deal ... he takes hers with a smile at the end of the last episode, and he clearly realizes how it came across to glasses chick, since he went to go look for her. It is especially instructive that he gives Haruhi and whatshername identical White Day gifts ... it's as if he's saying that in the brief time he's known Haruhi, she's quickly caught up to be the equal to that other rival for his attention. And, series hijacker that she is, Haruhi is the most interesting of all. It may be a courtesy chocolate she gives Kyon, but the little blushes, the way she says "Even if the guy treats it as a courtesy gift, isn't just being able to give it to him good enough?", and her obvious disappointment at the return gift say that she meant it as more ... even if she won't admit it. Also, Haruhi seems to at least strongly suspect that Kyon is the "John Smith" from her younger days.
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2015-05-04, 10:49 | Link #24 |
WHOOSH!
Join Date: Oct 2011
Location: A Yellow Submarine
Age: 29
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I agree with everyone, this was a really good episode. We're seeing a lot of interactions we didn't see in the original series, foremost in this episode was Haruhi and Asakura. (So Haruhi went with first name basis with Asakura, interesting.)
Haruhi is really a great character here and I am actually loving the fact that in here she's just an ordinary person, like everyone else. It's like actually seeing some development in her character, from the aloof gets-everything-she-wants of the original, to the sensitive-to-others-feelings-and-doesn't-care-as-much-for-the-supernatural her of this spin-off. Even if this isn't canon with the original series. Meanwhile, Nagato is still the same since episode one. I wonder when the day will come when I will actually write and praise something Nagato's done in this, HER own series. |
2015-05-05, 20:44 | Link #25 |
its Ghost Madoka time!!!
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now i think i missed the old Itsuki who's always on the verge of having sex with Kyon every time he's alone with him in the same room
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2015-05-07, 11:48 | Link #26 | |
OC Belka Scriptor
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: Germany
Age: 40
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This here is a normal girl who is overly excited by the supernatural and has a somewhat overbearing personality... but still she is human and acts a lot more understandable then the original ever would. What hit me was her reaction towards Asakura... it was like she was totaly used with people screaming at her and only really reacted when she expected pain. It felt to me like it was something completly normal to her.
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2015-05-08, 05:43 | Link #27 | |
WHOOSH!
Join Date: Oct 2011
Location: A Yellow Submarine
Age: 29
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That is a huge factor as well, yes. |
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2015-05-11, 15:44 | Link #28 | |
Sav'aaq!
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Hyrule
Age: 51
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2015-05-12, 02:02 | Link #29 |
Le fou, c'est moi
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Las Vegas, NV, USA
Age: 34
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^Agreed. Even in the original series, it's not like she's incapable of being considerate or reining herself in, it's just cleverly masked with the different dynamics (fix the universe > fix Haruhi's attitude) and the series' penchant for playing with points of view and the fact that typically, when a character feels jealousy, pouts, and reins themselves in, they don't cause titanic blue energy beings to appear and rampage across dimensions.
In this episode she could have been thinking, it's not my fault the basic b- ran off, Kyon is MINE, why do I need to play the good girl, and we wouldn't know any better because Ragnarok isn't happening onscreen. |
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