Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya
Alternate Titles: Suzumiya Haruhi no Yūutsu
Original Japanese Release Date: 2006
Episode Length/Run-time: 14 ( 24 mins ea. )
Summary:
On the first day of school, a gorgeous girl named Haruhi Suzumiya abruptly introduces herself as not interested in normal humans. Instead, she demands that all aliens, time travelers, sliders, and ESPers join her. Appearing to be super weird, no one talks to her besides a boy named Kyon who sits in front of her. After she joins and quits all the other school clubs, he inadvertently gives her the idea of starting her own school club, the Save our World by Overloading it with Fun Suzumiya Haruhi’s Brigade (shortened to SOS Brigade), and is forced to join along with several others.
Review:
The first word that comes to mind is, “Wow.” To begin, the story starts with a boring boy named Kyon, who before entering school was interested in meeting aliens, time travelers, sliders, and ESPers. Seeing as how that didnt happen, he entered school, and his boring life began. Until a hot babe named Haruhi entered school, who was only interested in meeting aliens, time travelers, sliders, and yes, ESPers. He talks to her, and gets dragged into a bunch of stuff that he didnt initially desire, such as the formation of the SOS Brigade.
This anime was wild to say the least. A girl named Asahina Mikuru is recruited into the SOS Brigade, and is used by Haruhi for multiple purposes, including advertising and molestation. Other characters which are also in the categories of “time travelers, aliens, ESPers, and sliders” are also unknowingly recruited into the SOS brigade to monitor Haruhi.
They decided to do a few arcs of the story together, which can get a little confusing. That kind of annoyed me, seeing as how the story is already crazy enough without jumbling it up and putting the episodes out of order. I never was a fan of that.
All in all, this anime is hilarious, and definitely is a must see for anyone who hasnt already. The animation is fantastic, but the music was very pop-like.
The comedy of this series most often comes from Kyon’s narration of each episode, as well as from what hes thinking. The sarcasm and irritation that spews forth from him is more often than not hilarious, at his misfortune.
All in all, I liked it a lot. Chances are you will too.
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