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Piromysl said:
Endless 8 did it's damage. I actually liked 2015 spinoff very much, so it's kinda sad they didn't commited to it more.

A_Prince said:
I don't really post on here, but haruhi is in a very special place in my heart. I'm a big otaku that watches pretty much anything that's good, great, or perfect. But haruhi is in a weird limbo where I know it's not perfect, and there's even a lot that I don't like about it. But I'd even call it one of my favorites??
the 8 days of summer or whatever killed it for it being my top of top. But the movie is something that I (10+ years later) still think about... I actually think I need to watch it after so many years... thank you for the post..😅

Piromysl said:
Endless 8 did it's damage. I actually liked 2015 spinoff very much, so it's kinda sad they didn't commited to it more.

Thewatcher_22 said:
i just Like watching it is intrsting anime

KWilke said:
Those are the ones I saw online as the best to skip. Didn't want to burn myself out... lol.

Itsuki's English VA made me watch the dub (which is a great dub for the time it was released) because he voices Adachi in Persona 4 and uses the same voice but looks like Akechi in Persona 5, which just made the Persona fan in me smile... lol.

But that end credits song of the movie with the lyrics hit you right in the feels.

xXGoreGrinderXx said:

the dub is really good. i cant think of a series i have a harder time choosing between the dub or the dub. i cant remember the ending song, is it better tha God knows?

Thuuduujn said:
Haruhi might be my favourite story out there. I saw the show around 2021 when I had maybe two or three years left of secondary school and it became part of my code to live by. I read the books in tandem with the show, and didn't actually like the Disappearance novel very much, but then, after watching all of Endless Eight, and the anime's original episode, Someday In The Rain, I was no longer able to keep the show and the books as one in my head. So, when I watched Disappearance, it was like watching something completely new. And since looking back, I've only grown fonder of the show that preceded that movie. Then I read past Disappearance. The books up to there are all enhanced massively in adaptation. But the later books stand on their own so perfectly, make such perfect use of the series' always-excellent concept, that Haruhi's become my favourite book series, too.

Consider me proof that this story still lands for people in the 2020s. It's just that it always required a lot of investment on the part of the watcher/reader. In 2006, that was easy: you were already committed if you were a fan of anime back in the day. I don't think people have stopped caring about Haruhi, I think they're just less vocal about it now. It's a very personal series. Reading the later books, I was constantly surprised by how well the author seemed to read my mind. I'm sure that's how it feels for a lot of people. Most of what needs to be said publically about Haruhi has already been said over the past two decades. All that's left is genuine scholarly discourse and completely personal readings. Those will surface in time, when anime as a trend begins to fall back down and only the things of real worth retain their relevance.

Read the books! They're not difficult reading, but they're still really good at making you think, and reading them I've come to think of the author, Nagaru Tanigawa, as almost as enjoyable and ever-present a character as Haruhi herself.

KWilke said:

It's called "yasashii boukyaku" which I think translates to tender oblivion... Maybe. Haha...

If you have Spotify it took forever to find but...

https://open.spotify.com/track/6wIpOAAgh2uy9rAPtjHReg?si=PIq9fMwQSKCiAFGDUg3Htw

xXGoreGrinderXx said:
While haruhi was huge back when it came out it definitely fell off. Its a series that didnt stand the test of time like other big titles from the era like deathnote and fmab. and i from what ive collected, as a series it doesnt appeal to young anime fans, or new anime fans regardless of age.

yukiruri said:
For me it’s a very good anime and Yuki Nagato is one of my favorites character

Pitto_ said:
I watched this for the first time at the end of 2020 and it became immediately my favourite show.
I loved the first season, I watched the second without skipping the Endless Eight and I loved the film so much I endes up buying the DVD. I watched all three "parts" twice, one with my country dub and one with the english dub (which is fantastic! Long live Chrispin Freeman).
I've also collected a fair amount of Haruhi merch, from manga to figures... I finished the manga and I'm currently reading the light novel.

I don't really know why this series clicked so much with me, maybe it's the 2yk vibes or the fact I just can't get enough of the cast (specifically Kyon).
I also think the anime is one of the best adaptation ever, making and already interesting novel into something perfectly crafted from graphics, performances and pacing.
I would love to see this series continue, but I think that a big part of its modern appeal is also how big it was once and how nowadays is almost a niche thing. I love it, but seeing new generations preferences towards anime, I think it wouldn't get attention even with a third season, a remake or a reboot.

perseii said:
I watched this for the first time early this year and thought it was just decent.

I didn't care about anime at all back when this was huge, and I haven't really watched many pre-2010 anime, so the show does feel very dated to me in 2024; the character design, Haruhi's abrasive personality and "comedic" harassment, among other things.

I do respect it a lot for the imaginative (unhinged?) story ideas and the guts to repeat an episode 8 times (which I did not skip, yay me), but from the way people talk about this show and Haruhi herself, it feels like I just "had to be there."

ilusatus said:
What did fell off?
Can you elaborate?
Its the first anime that actually a good mystery i have ever watch.
And to this day only a bunch can even match that standard.

I watch it twice but the last time is around 6 years ago so im not sure myself if i can remember everything about it correctly.

Ronninn said:
If only the author didn't release a single volume every decade of his very milkable novel

Zarutaku said:

Haruhi is still decently popular, end of Jan 2020 it has been completed by 434,637 users and right now it's 592,596 that's over +36% in this decade so far.

jamieac42 said:
the music is insanely good, definitely one of my favourite if not favourite soundtrack, really good mix of progressive/funky styles of music

MrRant said:
Still holding out hope that it somehow gets another season.

And

With the current track record of Kyoani seemingly finishing up their older series (Euphonium and Free), it honestly seems more possible now than ever before.

KWilke said:
A new novel at least with a same day world wide release announced today.