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Jul 26, 2008 4:27 AM
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Great episode :) The music was good considering they only had an hour... and the scene with Haruhi and Kyon under the tree was cute... I'm sad this series is coming to an end :(

Jul 26, 2008 8:38 AM
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wow, this thread was only made now?

epic epic episode. defining episode of Haruhi that people will remember Haruhi by, as well as episode zero.
Aug 5, 2008 4:29 PM
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Awesome episode, amazing music. This is definately one of those episodes I'm going to remember for a long time.
Aug 9, 2008 3:35 PM
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Yeah it was great music. And this was a good episode that defined what Haruhi's character is like, and how she feels about life in general.
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Aug 15, 2008 2:33 PM
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The last scene under the tree was a really great moment between kyon and haruhi. Gotta love the concert too.
Aug 15, 2008 2:40 PM
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Concert was amazing, respect to Hirano for singing some epic songs.
I still listen to Lost My Music on a regular basis after watching Haruhi about a year and a half ago.
Aug 17, 2008 9:13 PM
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Man..After this episode, I Just searched all internet until download "Lost My music" and "God Knows" ^^
Dec 1, 2008 8:47 AM
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Good one :)
Dec 1, 2008 10:24 PM
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I have finally seen the legendary scene. I AM COMPLEEEEETE

And you're telling me that Haruhi SANG that? and Nagato PLAYED that? wtf so skillage! they need to become a band.

and the bassist kicks ass
Jan 2, 2009 6:54 AM
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Just watched it again on the rewatch in chronological order. Still great :) I downloaded the songs too :D... Haruhi and Kyon are just two of the best characters ever. :D
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Jan 6, 2009 9:38 PM
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This episode and the one before it were two of the best episodes
Mar 12, 2009 3:21 AM

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The Song was epic, I love singing guitars XD
And yes the Scene under tree was also very good

One of my favorite eps of TMHS
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May 23, 2009 1:43 PM

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awesome episode <3

Love Haruhi's performance and we finally got to see some real bonding between her and Kyon
I loved this! >3<
Jul 16, 2009 9:25 AM

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For me this was an "The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya 11 - Live Alive" episode:

This was a great episode, i love it, and i'm in good mood after watching it :3
Haruhi on stage was awesome, and kawaii ^\\\^
Jul 18, 2009 4:09 AM

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One of the best episodes i've ever seen in an anime. Not just the music, but because of the character defining moments in the last half of the episode, where we delve into what makes Haruhi tick. That's why I like this episode so much.
"Yes, I have been deprived of emotion. But not completely. Whoever did it, botched the job."

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Aug 30, 2009 3:34 PM

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Fun episode, nice songs, Haruhi was cute in this one as well.
Sep 18, 2009 12:42 PM

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the ending was just too cute :3
Oct 1, 2009 12:28 PM

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It has almost been a year after I watched this season and this episode, and I gotta say it's one of the best ones I have ever seen. The concert is one of the scenes I will remember the best through the upcoming years for sure.
Oct 6, 2009 7:59 PM

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I want the mp3's for those songs! They were amazing!
Oct 27, 2009 10:46 PM

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This ep was so pro.


Jan 3, 2010 6:52 AM

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I love festivals, and who knew haruhi could sing so good <3 i loved "god knows" need to get that mp3 a.s.a.p

really really liked this episode =] quite a memorable one too
Feb 4, 2010 7:03 PM

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EmiyaShirou said:
For me this was an "The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya 11 - Live Alive" episode


Very much enjoyed the music in this episode. I have an odd feeling that this would have been the chronological final episode. Not looking to finish this series cause I am enjoying it and I hear the 2nd is not good.
Such junk...
Apr 11, 2010 9:21 PM
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Kyon's K-ON!
May 2, 2010 4:51 PM

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I love the way that no matter what order you watch this series in, this episode is the 12th. This is the defining episode of the series!
May 24, 2010 2:50 PM

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Well, that was a pretty good performance given the fact they only had like an hour to practice. The only actual scene I liked from this episode had to be Kyon and Haruhi's conversation under the tree.
Jun 10, 2010 1:46 PM

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She's truly incredible.
Jun 20, 2010 1:19 AM

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wonderful lyrics
Jun 22, 2010 9:38 AM

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Another wow! This show started pretty average for me, but these last couple of episodes were sweet! Especially this one, which is the festival episode. The bassist was kickass and Nagato with that hat was badass!
Jul 27, 2010 5:21 PM

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This episode was a piledriver of a show.

And the two songs are probably the best non-background music ever in an anime. And Haruhi and especially Yuki are dressed to kill. If someone else tried to play dressed as a bunny girl, it would have been lame. But they were entirely in character.

I was visiting some fansub site today and there was a youtube video of some video game, where you have to hit stuff to the beat. Anyway, the song in the game was God Bless.

Hearing the music out of the blue has called up all kinds of memories from the show. I feel like watching this episode now.
Sep 1, 2010 10:02 PM

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Getting mad K-ON vibes from this ep
Oct 22, 2010 2:55 PM
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billng said:
Getting mad K-ON vibes from this ep

Haruhi was first..k-on just copied it..xD
Oct 22, 2010 2:55 PM
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billng said:
Getting mad K-ON vibes from this ep

Haruhi was first..k-on just copied it..xD
Oct 30, 2010 12:23 PM

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Anyone else notice Taniguchi drinking a Ramuné soda? :D I know it's a popular drink in Japan, I'm surprised I have not seen this before in anime.
Nov 6, 2010 8:28 PM
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Keep hearing "God Knows" on a radio station online from requests frequently, and yeah it's a pretty good song, but now after watching this, I think highly of it now.
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One of the best episodes i've ever seen in an anime. Not just the music, but because of the character defining moments in the last half of the episode, where we delve into what makes Haruhi tick. That's why I like this episode so much.


I agree with this. I am impressed by the way the handle the characters such a subtle way to grow them.
Jun 17, 2011 3:38 PM

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Yuki Nagato is my anime guitar idol (screw Yui :p) and that was some sick performance definitively one of my fav episodes
Jun 24, 2011 2:32 AM

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epic
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Aug 13, 2011 10:45 AM

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AHAHAHA X'D they actually showed the movie X3 thats awesome! and yay she preformed so well =D i love how Yuki was telling the future XD this epi was great ^^
Mar 8, 2012 7:55 PM
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did anyone notice the guy/girl dressed up as a pink cat and acting like an animal at the front gate or was it just me. because that freaked me the heck out
May 28, 2012 11:08 PM

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I may go lesbian for Haruhi.
Jun 7, 2012 12:08 AM

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Al right, this episode helped me realize that I only felt "attraction" towards Haruhi up until now. It has now evolved into Love :)

The concert was awesome and I really like how Haruhi (Aya Hirano) sang their own songs. Just what can Haruhi "not" do? Yuki was pretty good with the guitar as well, it was funny seeing her keep her poker face while going insane with the guitar ^^

I really liked the scene with Haruhi/Kyon under the tree. We got to see her sensitive side again and the development between them is taking fruit.

This episode will definitely be the most memorable, it's right up there with the "Island Vacation" and "Someday in the rain" for me.

Haruhi! :)
Jul 15, 2012 9:32 AM

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Great episode! Loved the band scene allot :D
Aug 2, 2012 9:35 PM
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Good songs. i like the 2nd song. And great concert.
Aug 16, 2012 5:36 PM

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best ep ever :') the ending was super cute ^^
Aug 24, 2012 2:29 AM

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So good episode, it gives so much build-up to the anime. And I actually started liking Haruhi a bit more now. This one goes to my favorites :P
Dec 17, 2012 11:00 AM

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Great episode. Loved the music and the scene with Kyon & Haruhi under the tree :3
Jan 21, 2013 5:16 PM

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Loved the DMC reference. :D
Jun 13, 2013 1:04 PM

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Great episode. The music scenes were awesome and the bit under the tree was nice too. Can't wait to see how it all ends. 8.5/10.
Jun 14, 2013 12:47 PM
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The second song was great, the first one was good too, but it was hard to get into it because I didn't think that the voice fit Haruhi at all. I liked the scene near the end with Kyon and Haruhi talking under the tree. She's come far from not wanting to do anything normal with normal people to wanting to do her best (and I guess being praised?) in things that wouldn't have interested her before.
Sep 20, 2013 7:48 AM

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Loved the DMC reference. :D

what exactly was a DMC reference?

this episode was great, I think it's the lack of Yuki or Koizumi's mysterious theories that makes it quite enjoyable. It seemed like it was Kyon's day off from Haruhi lol he actually went and hung around with his male friends, but was bored as hell very soon. And I think that's what makes him go day after day to the club, without Haruhi his life would be just so boring, lol that's what I think at least
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