The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya - Episode 28 Discussion / Poll [2006 TV ep. 9]

[Shirobane]

wow, an anime final episode that feels complete (even though I'm hoping for a second season)

Kyoani quite literally turned nothing into an artistic display of SOS団 life. I'm now very excited for their adaptation of Melancholy VII!

I was planning on waiting until I understood more than 30% of what was said in the episode but the last few minutes threw all that out the window

10/10 for me

Edit: I forgot to mention the very fitting piano scores and the amazing cityscape at the end of the episode!

[DannyCat]

Originally Posted by Sushi-Y

Spoiler for highlights:

"Everyone, listen! Great news!"

"Again? These "great news" that she speaks of, for us, especially for me and Asahina-san, are almost never anything to feel great about though"

Spoiler:

Heh, reminds me of that one Futurama episode:

(Farnsworth walks in)
Prof. Farnsworth: Good news, everyone!
Bender: Uh-oh. I don't like the sound of that.

[IchiKyo]

I see it

Spoiler:

I want a real Episode 15, i don't really want it finish like this...

[Shirobane]

for the novel readers:

Spoiler:

didn't the overall melancholic and dreary weather of this episode feel a bit like how a closed space was as described by Koizumi Itsuki-kun in the novel? maybe Haruhi made a new reality after all where she's happy

[velocity7]

Spoiler:

This made the episode for me, hands down. I do agree though that the 3 minutes of radio with Yuki was overkill.

[panzerfan]

I don't have a problem with that 3 minutes... that was one of the punch lines in the comedy in some ways.

[Mentar]

Oh my goodness ^_^... Haruhi _embarrassed_ in front of Kyon.

Now I can die a happy man *lol*

Sweet!

[Starks]

Originally Posted by Pakxenon

Excellent "final" episode. It felt really calm, melancholous, and moving. This episode will have people anticipating season 2! XD

Melancholy IV will ROCK (hopefully)!

Oh ya. Downloading the raw took 6 hours with about 400 people finishing within 10 minutes. That's how bad it was. XD

Please, don't remind me...

[kron]

hoping for a second season. mean while ill enjoy vol 8 of the novel

[IchiKyo]

Originally Posted by kron

hoping for a second season. mean while ill enjoy vol 8 of the novel

Please yes hope
I don't want this series finished like Fruit Basket Anime who really Need a Saison 2...

[Thelastguardian]

Originally Posted by velocity7

This made the episode for me, hands down. I do agree though that the 3 minutes of radio with Yuki was overkill.

It's not overkill when you understand what they are saying on the radio

Spoiler for phrases that I recognized/noticed:

Note: I think they are all done by VA of the characters

• tongue-twisters
• Detective Conan or similar
• someone said Attack 25, I don't know
• Glass Mask
• a comedian making fun of Shonen Ace (the stuff with all the Ace)
• Detective Conan
• "You are too naive!" That famous phrase from Gundam One Year War. Guess who
• some opera stuff
• A conversation between a radio host and a female guest named Yuki. Yuki's VA?

For the conversation, it is as the following:
Something about prevs on train .
Winter is near!! It is cold (think the time of the episode).
Baseball is not as popular in winter (baseball...)
Christmas!! Want to eat hotpot!! (hehehe novel readers should know this)
Hotpot that has all sorts of ingredients (the way Haruhi mixes the hotpot and it turns out fine)
Bear meat! The guest like to hunt and eat them for hotpot!(probably from the VA herself )
She is feeling sorry for them, however.
She said she will become the bear and the host can become the hotpot ^_^;; .

I like the extra coat, it was a nice touch.

Haruhi was obviously looking at Kyon's sleepy face That's so cute of her.
The second coat is probably from Yuki. She left before Haruhi came back (close the book=time to go home), and Haruhi didn't say that the second coat is from Mikuru. She probably thought it's Kyon's.

Originally Posted by Sushi-Y

Spoiler:

"The Day of Sagittarius" (November)

Spoiler for comment:

They look like the newest iBook. I guess I should feel sorry for the Computer Club ^_^;; They DO cost a lot, and now they are just sitting around rusting in Haruhi's lair- I mean club room.

Spoiler for some more references/hints:

Look at all the books about Physics/Dynamics/Science fictions/etc.


"Endless Summer" (August)

This is like playing treasure hunt ^_^ .

[Sushi-Y]

Originally Posted by Thelastguardian

Note: I think they are all done by VA of the characters

They are, the voices on the radio came from all 5 main VAs + sub-character VAs. (Edit: actually, minus Chihara Minori, I think. Yuki didn't speak AT ALL in this episode, so her name isn't even in the credits)
Sugita Tomokazu's (Kyon) "HGGNNanata ga--- HANNIN desu!" was an easy one.

The follow up ("sugoi wa, ano ko ga detekita dake de suteeji no kuuki ga kawatta-") was also easy for me. It's Gotou Yuuko (Mikuru). You can tell her "normal voice" if you listen to the SOS-dan radio meetings regularly. ^^;

The "CHAHAN SETTO!! TENZAN SETTO!!" was a dead giveaway. It's obviously Ono Daisuke (Koizumi). (Anyone who watched AIR and heard his "RAMEN SETTO!!" as Yukito will recognize this instantly)

I can't figure out who did the Mito Koumon part and the brown bear hot pot manzai part though. ^^; (Notice how it caught Yuki's attention in the end? )

[martino]

Huh?! I seem to be left out somehow...

It's episode 9(out of 14), so why is everyone talking of a new series and the end of the world???

[Moogster]

Because episode 9 WAS episode 14. The last episode out of 14 of suzumiya haruhi.

[dkellis]

Going to reserve final poll judgement until the sub comes out (the three-minute Yuki reading scene would, indeed, lower the rating considerably if I were feeling uncharitable, but maybe I'll change my mind if the jokes then are unexpectedly hilarious or something). Still, some of the other parts were great.

Spoiler for Just in case:

- Mikuru ran to Itsuki for protection from Haruhi, and Itsuki just shrugged. I'm sorry, but Kyon is your only saviour.

- The bits with the books and Yuki's head blocking what would be NSFW scenes remind me so much of the hot springs episode in Full Metal Panic Fumoffu where there's always the well-placed leaf or bug or shampoo bottle or rubber duck...

- I'd love to see more of Tsuruya. She seems so utterly happy and genki and friendly.

- When Haruhi -deres, it's really -dere. I suppose the whole bit about it being completely unexpected does make a difference.

- The end of the episode really did feel like a series ending. It took me a while to reorient my mind to the fact that no, SHnY hasn't actually ended yet.

- The credits seemed a bit off to me, and I did a quick double-check: I could be wrong, but I think that in this episode, Yuki was completely, utterly silent, with not a single line spoken. (Which is why she's not credited in the ending.)

[Prodigious]

10/10 best episode so far

[Deathkillz]

Originally Posted by Moogster

Because episode 9 WAS episode 14. The last episode out of 14 of suzumiya haruhi.

omg that just clicked into me...so the episodes are set out but jumbled up into random orders...that means that in the release series this episode is episode 9 but in the storyline plot it is eps 14 which means we dnt get to see any more future events beyond wht we have seen now...hope it clears it up for some who still doesnt understand

oh my gosh wht an ending...it doesnt feel anything like it really hope a 2nd series comes out...and i think there is a big chance of that happening...

onto the story...the pace seems a bit slow and the yuki part was boring as hell (3 mins is definatly too much)...however the sub verson might change my opinion of this eps and make my understand whts going on better...so im going to hold my vote too

[Kinny Riddle]

Originally Posted by Moogster

Because episode 9 WAS episode 14. The last episode out of 14 of suzumiya haruhi.

LOL, I'm sure this statement is going to drive a lot of non-Haruhi-ists nuts.

If you watch them in Kyon's broadcasr order, then it isn't the last episode. But if you watch it in Haruhi's chronological order, then this IS storywise, the last episode for this first series.

It's just like watching Star Wars Episode III Revenge of the Sith, but you KNOW that isn't the end of the story, even though Episode III was the sixth and last movie released 28 years after the first movie, Episode IV A New Hope...OK, I think I'll stop before I drive even the non-SW fans nuts as well.

[Moogster]

omg that just clicked into me...so the episodes are set out but jumbled up into random orders...that means that in the release series this episode is episode 9 but in the storyline plot it is eps 14 which means we dnt get to see any more future events beyond wht we have seen now...hope it clears it up for some who still doesnt understand

Yep, You got it right..

LOL, I'm sure this statement is going to drive a lot of non-Haruhi-ists nuts.

If you watch them in Kyon's broadcasr order, then it isn't the last episode. But if you watch it in Haruhi's chronological order, then this IS storywise, the last episode for this first series.

It's just like watching Star Wars Episode III Revenge of the Sith, but you KNOW that isn't the end of the story, even though Episode III was the sixth and last movie released 28 years after the first movie, Episode IV A New Hope...OK, I think I'll stop before I drive even the non-SW fans nuts as well.

I don't understand.. Why would it drive non-Haruhi-ists nuts..?

[Woland]

I probably would have loved to see this episode at the end of the (first ) series: Great closure, with a a nice and relaxing atmosphere, and, IMHO, very appropriate.

I didn't like the to much CG background and probably more than 3 minute of Yuki reading book with the radio in background was a bit too much (I'm waiting for the sub for that part), but overall the animation was great in quality and style.

But what a weird feeling... the serie is ended but we still have to reach the main dish (I don't mind it because I see some logic, like how Kyoani is unfolding the personality of Haruhi).