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Jul 6, 2009 7:46 AM

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thedarkestandy - what's wrong with you? great episode? where - i cant see it lol sorry
Jul 6, 2009 8:05 AM

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lolol!! I'm I the only one that enjoyed all three episodes, regardless that they were almost exactly the same thing?? I don't get why people are so surprised...u can't really expect anything concrete from Haruhi anyway
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Jul 6, 2009 9:09 AM

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LOL compare to last epsiode this time the hated pole 100 + votes.
Just hope next episode is fixen the problem.
Cmon just kiss her to make this end ???

or kick her but or something...
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andrex316 said:
lolol!! I'm I the only one that enjoyed all three episodes, regardless that they were almost exactly the same thing?? I don't get why people are so surprised...u can't really expect anything concrete from Haruhi anyway


If you looked in the topic, even just the 2 posts above you, you'd have found another person.
If you had looked at the poll results, you'd have noticed the '5/5' poll ratings too.
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Jul 6, 2009 10:05 AM

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I personally love how I have such an awesome point for "Why the Haruhi-series is overrated" now but the one thing that leaves me in despair is that some people still say this was great. Even if KyoAni wants the audience to feel what Nagato feels (note: Nagato is a robot, she doesn't feel anything), if an animation studio wants to bore the audience, it's a bad studio.

Also, everyone who enjoys being bored is weird by default. Ô.o
Jul 6, 2009 10:15 AM

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Spade said:
I personally love how I have such an awesome point for "Why the Haruhi-series is overrated" now but the one thing that leaves me in despair is that some people still say this was great. Even if KyoAni wants the audience to feel what Nagato feels (note: Nagato is a robot, she doesn't feel anything), if an animation studio wants to bore the audience, it's a bad studio.

Also, everyone who enjoys being bored is weird by default. Ô.o


This was great. And fuck you if you think I'm being sarcastic.

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Jul 6, 2009 10:17 AM

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not bad but not really satisfying either

At least they could show the repeating loop episodes from different point of views.
Maybe at the next time ...
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Jul 6, 2009 10:25 AM

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awesome
Jul 6, 2009 10:31 AM

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I just had to do little editing with the new strip of "Mistakes of Youth"... ^^

Jul 6, 2009 11:04 AM

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suzumiya became my fav. because of the first season.
but now that im 4 ep and i have seen pretty much the same ep 3 times.......

come on......
Jul 6, 2009 11:08 AM

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Everyone go to
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Jul 6, 2009 11:20 AM

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Tamaki-san said:
This was great. And fuck you if you think I'm being sarcastic.


Don't worry, I don't think you're being sarcastic, I think you're something else. :p
Jul 6, 2009 11:28 AM

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this fucking episode pissed me off. That was the biggest waste of my time.

Jul 6, 2009 12:31 PM
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that makes me rage so much.
Jul 6, 2009 12:45 PM

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I really like the period of summer events between August 17th and August 31st but..



KyoAni is amazing!!!!
Jul 6, 2009 5:35 PM

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so the last episode was 15,498, and this was 15,499. it was hard to tell what else was different apart from kyon coming a little closer to determining what he ought to say to haruhi at the end.
Jul 6, 2009 6:58 PM
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ZZZ sigh... I'm getting REALLY Bored of this.. there was absolutely no story progression -.- Bored outta my mind.. I hope the next episode is better..
Jul 6, 2009 8:50 PM

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Thank god for Haruhi S3! X D
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Jul 6, 2009 9:57 PM

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Season 2
Fake Schedule ( I don't care if people complain )
Bamboo leaf Rhapsody ep. 1
Endless Eight ep. 2,3,4,5
Sigh ep. 6,7,8 (Might be 4 episodes long)
Disappearance 9,10,11,12,13
Special Episode ep. 14

Kyoani always make special episodes!

looks like we MIGHT have a Third season of Haruhi!
Jul 7, 2009 2:26 AM

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thedarkestandy said:
It was a great episode, I don't even care if none of the dialog changed. The only real thing that surprised me is the huge negative feedback, it wasn't that bad, it was still changed slightly with different clothes each time, and different angles. The whole point to the episode is to show that you've only watched this happen 3 times, and if that's how you feel after 3 times, then you can just imagine now what 15,499 must really feel like.


Thank you!! This is the perfect way to put it.

I'm loving this arc and it's going to make it's eventual conclusion all the more epic. Don't get so angry guys, we are still going to get the other episodes that you guys are all looking forward to seeing.
Jul 7, 2009 4:10 AM

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Honestly, i loved how brave kyoani is considering that in normal situations, it would not be good.. but this is what i love about the haruhi suzumiya series.. it is complicated and quite a bit annoying on how they put up with their episodes.. they did jumble out the first season.. looping out a few episodes doesn't really hurt.. just be patient, mina-san..
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I just had to do little editing with the new strip of "Mistakes of Youth"... ^^
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Jul 7, 2009 4:49 AM

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Boring...

Jul 7, 2009 5:29 AM

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Very annoying episode, I don't understand why this arc couldn't be resolved in this episode, this episode was so boring to watch.
Jul 7, 2009 6:16 AM

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boring as hell
1/5
Jul 7, 2009 7:55 AM
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Miertje86 said:
Very annoying episode, I don't understand why this arc couldn't be resolved in this episode, this episode was so boring to watch.


The story sucked so badly because this show is a profit-maximizing business, and profit-maximizing is about pushing the limits to swindle the suckers, not about delivering quality.

What amazes me is the way that Internet depersonalization has made more than a few people praise Kyoani just because Kyoani has managed to infuriate people on the Internet.

The Internet seems to have gotten a fringe meme in the past few years - anyone who inspires enough rage is praiseworthy. I don't know when this troll-worship started, but I don't like it and I hope it doesn't spread far.

Setting a record for largest number of enraged otaku does not strike me as a path to long-term business viability.
Jul 7, 2009 8:25 AM

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Kyon is annoying me. >:
Jul 7, 2009 8:26 AM
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SealkidHaruhiism said:
Everyone go to
http://www.haruhi.tv/

Website changed!

Press yes( the one in orange)

and a picture will show up!


Shit, I'm late. What was that picture anyway?
Jul 7, 2009 8:38 AM

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Baldus said:
SealkidHaruhiism said:
Everyone go to
http://www.haruhi.tv/

Website changed!

Press yes( the one in orange)

and a picture will show up!


Shit, I'm late. What was that picture anyway?


For the people who never seen this picture from Haruhi.tv yesterday!


Also Happy July 07,2009!
Jul 7, 2009 8:54 AM
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SealkidHaruhiism said:
Baldus said:
SealkidHaruhiism said:
Everyone go to
http://www.haruhi.tv/

Website changed!

Press yes( the one in orange)

and a picture will show up!


Shit, I'm late. What was that picture anyway?


For the people who never seen this picture from Haruhi.tv yesterday!


Also Happy July 07,2009!


Thank you! And now, can anyone translate it, please? xD

Happy Tanabata, everyone! (and happy San Fermin too BTW lol).
Jul 7, 2009 10:25 AM

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thedarkestandy said:

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The only real thing that surprised me is the huge negative feedback, it wasn't that bad, it was still changed slightly with different clothes each time, and different angles. The whole point to the episode is to show that you've only watched this happen 3 times, and if that's how you feel after 3 times, then you can just imagine now what 15,499 must really feel like.


I am also a bit shocked. 118 MAL-Users hate this episode so far, rage in the forum, people droping the whole show, kids jumping out of the window (ok maybe the last one was overstated) etc.

I totally agree that in order to show the amount of "boring" repeatings Nagato had to live through, the producers could have used way better stylistic devices. But personally I didnt feel bored at all. It was a bit disappointing since nothing really changed, but I enjoyed it nonetheless. ^^
Jul 7, 2009 11:21 AM
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KyoAni is trying to make a point here....by taking us to the same psychological level the characters are feeling.

Not to mention that real life deja-vus are very common for an unknown reason....

The lighting, the mood, the weather and the position of certain objects combined often cause severe deja-vu's in me... And I swear it's f***** weird. "I swear this EXACT scene has happened before" is the impression I often get... But I cannot pinpoint at all when that happened. But I can understand that it may be just a memory lagging and overlapping issue....
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The endless debate between fans and haters. At one point, after spending a lot of time on MAL, you just realize it's totally pointless.
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On MAL, everyone who has used the lame rating system becomes a critic and an intellectual by default, haven't you heard?
Jul 7, 2009 2:35 PM

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Tamaki-san said:
Vexelius said:
After reading the light novels, I discovered that the reason behind the loop is something far more meaningless.

Its far from being Meaningless. If you actually readed the novels...


I actually read them, at least, the translated version. And that's why I say it's something meaningless, taking into account what I (and lots of readers/viewers) expected it to be.

Plus, while some events tend to "link" to other chapters of the novel, this is one of the few that still doesn't.
Jul 7, 2009 2:53 PM

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Vexelius said:
Tamaki-san said:
Vexelius said:
After reading the light novels, I discovered that the reason behind the loop is something far more meaningless.

Its far from being Meaningless. If you actually readed the novels...


I actually read them, at least, the translated version. And that's why I say it's something meaningless, taking into account what I (and lots of readers/viewers) expected it to be.

Plus, while some events tend to "link" to other chapters of the novel, this is one of the few that still doesn't.
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Jul 7, 2009 3:10 PM

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So...?



Don't worry, it's just that in the special case of this series, I'm used to value the meaning of events depending on how they "tie-in" the later stories. Without that caution, I couldn't avoid saying something like:




Of course, maybe you've spotted something that I didn't, or just take this as evidence of a HaruhiXKyon relationship... Well, I thought that was obvious.
Jul 7, 2009 5:29 PM

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I was prepared, so I did not find the episode too appalling.

It's totally a bad choice, though, since there really was no point in this episode, at all. To state the obvious.
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Jul 7, 2009 6:54 PM

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THIS IS AN ANIME ONLY DISCUSSION POST. DO NOT DISCUSS THE MANGA BEYOND THIS EPISODE.
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For real, i'm starting to get tired. The only good thing about this episode was the conclusion that at least i haven't wasted my time seeing the same thing 15.999 times, "only" 2 (to be kind, i could say 3).

I really hope that not all the new arcs are this boring, or i'll simple end up hating an anime that had everything to be awesome.
Jul 7, 2009 7:47 PM

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The voice actors have got it good man. They can just use the old recordings from the previous episodes and have a few days off lol.
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Jul 7, 2009 10:24 PM

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Fuck this shit.
Jul 7, 2009 11:06 PM
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wakka9ca said:
KyoAni is trying to make a point here....by taking us to the same psychological level the characters are feeling.
i felt like i was watching it for 600 years by the middle of the 3rd episode. this is just taking the piss.
Jul 7, 2009 11:11 PM
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wow .. like.. seriously? do they necessarily have to repeat episodes to get the meaning of dejavu? This is bullshit. I can't take this anymore!!!!! xD. Hopefully it will end next episode , or next summer xD

so many people said:
ARGH! WATCHING SAME EPISODE 3 TIMES MAKE'S ME GO KILLY IN THE HEAD!

so many responses to that said:
if you think watching it three times is bad, imagine how Nagato feels


I've had to watch these episodes 6 times (ie, each episode twice) and I still find them enjoyable. In the words of the head of Magic: The Gathering's R&D department: "Something is funny at first, then gets boring and annoying, but if you keep pushing the joke, it comes back around to being funny again."

This is an example of that.

more people said:
I'M SO APPALLED! WE ARE ONLY GETTING 14 EPS OF THIS AND THEY'RE WASTING 4 EPS ON THIS SHIT? KYOANI IS A TROLL!


Query: KyoAni is considered one of the biggest trolls of the anime industry of all time, no?
Answer: That is correct.
Query: And KyoAni has before cancelled episodes of the series or delayed them (case in point: Haruhi-chan) because the Brigade Leader, a.k.a. Haruhi, supposedly didn't feel like editing/finishing off the episodes, correct?
Answer: This is also correct.
Query: And there have been numerous supposed "official" scheduling leaks for the Summer season of Haruhi 2 from various TV stations across Japan, yet we still have no official set schedule for the broadcasts, do we?
Answer: We do not.
Query: Then why the hell is everyone assuming this season will only be 14 eps long? After all, there has been no confirmation on the fact that Haruhi 2 will be the same length as Haruhi 1 has there?
Answer: The answer to the second question is no. The first question has no answer as the human species is a breed of badly designed meatbags who do not have the computational skills to make adequate statements of intent nor the ability to reason.
Query: And why is everyone saying that S3 of Haruhi will be the last? There is no reason to think that there will be any less than 6 or so seasons to cover the 10 books.
Answer: Again, it is because the human race are a bunch of meatbags unfit to rule the Earth.

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I too think this entire nerdrage is totally worth the ordeal KyoAni is making us go through.

I'm not a huge fan of Haruhi, yet I find these episodes quite entertaining. I think it has to do with not having extremely high expectations of this new season.

KyoAni knows what the fans want and I think they deliberately mess with their minds to see how many of them can still call themselves 'fans' after it's all over. I think that, while this may be a bold move, it's freakin' brilliant and totally fits the style of this very show.
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chinlamp said:
Query: KyoAni is considered one of the biggest trolls of the anime industry of all time, no?
Answer: That is correct.

While they are, that is not justified, since all the nonsense that was a preludium to this season was Kadokawa's fault, being composed of a ragtag bunch of incompetents who never saw a successful marketing ploy in their life.

This applies to all the occurences you enumerated.

Though it really is true that humans are badly designed meatbags unfit to rule Earth, you are quite correct in that.
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The last episode added something new since the characters realised they were stuck in a time loop, but this episode is utterly pointless. There is very little in the way of differences in this episode, it is just a waste of time. Repeating the same damn episode again has seemingly broken most people's threshold for repitition and driven them to rage. What was kyoto ani thinking?
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Kaiserpingvin said:
chinlamp said:
Query: KyoAni is considered one of the biggest trolls of the anime industry of all time, no?
Answer: That is correct.

While they are, that is not justified, since all the nonsense that was a preludium to this season was Kadokawa's fault, being composed of a ragtag bunch of incompetents who never saw a successful marketing ploy in their life.

This applies to all the occurences you enumerated.

Though it really is true that humans are badly designed meatbags unfit to rule Earth, you are quite correct in that.


Sorry, I'll go back and change it from KyoAni to both KyoAni and Kadokawa. Which is what I meant. I'm not trying to place blame or anything on KyoAni, nor am I trying to call them names unfairly, I was mearly using them as the point so as to give reason to the other points I made afterwards.

EDIT: On second thoughts, I won't, as KyoAni is the only producer in the credits for the Haruhi 2 page.

Jul 8, 2009 5:28 AM

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It wasn't a good episode at all.Episode 3 was also bad but this episode was stupid.I skipped the first part because I hoped to see something different.The animators should understand that reusing the same scenes and the same lines is not entertaining.Not even interesting.It's just cheap and boring.
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chinlamp said:
Answer: The answer to the second question is no. The first question has no answer as the human species is a breed of badly designed meatbags who do not have the computational skills to make adequate statements of intent nor the ability to reason.
Query: And why is everyone saying that S3 of Haruhi will be the last? There is no reason to think that there will be any less than 6 or so seasons to cover the 10 books.
Answer: Again, it is because the human race are a bunch of meatbags unfit to rule the Earth.


This was a great read, especially since the answers hold my opinions on those subjects.
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Jul 8, 2009 5:47 AM
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chinlamp said:
Answer: The answer to the second question is no. The first question has no answer as the human species is a breed of badly designed meatbags who do not have the computational skills to make adequate statements of intent nor the ability to reason.
Query: And why is everyone saying that S3 of Haruhi will be the last? There is no reason to think that there will be any less than 6 or so seasons to cover the 10 books.
Answer: Again, it is because the human race are a bunch of meatbags unfit to rule the Earth.


This was a great read, especially since the answers hold my opinions on those subjects.


Thankyou, I do sometimes get inspirations of writing brilliance, although most of the time I'm just someone who tries unsuccessfully to properly articulate all the points in their argument.

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Started to get bored...lol

yeah me too...


My english sucks....i know....
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