Finished. All of it. One day. Brilliant.

I saw it non-chronoligical and really liked it that way because the main storyline "melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya Eps 1-6" are in order, but just inter-spiced with chronologically later episodes that have less of a narrative meaning but serve to lighten things up.
I liked all the characters.

However I'm not sure if when I eventually see it again, if I will watch it chronologically that time. It would seem like one labelled the episodes into two styles and instead of viewing them more or less alternatively, as i did now, one views allof one type first and then all of the next... it would be weird.
Although... the actualy last episode is a really nice one and would make a nice last ep. Though...not as nice as the "real" last episode actually. That was very nice.

I was a little confused as Saddles, when he gives both orders, labels "00" as an episode making the total 15, which is wrong. One episode is called "00", the one with their culture festival movie, but it's actually episode 11 or so. I was always thinking I missed an epsiode.

Anyways. I really liked it a lot. I now wish I was fluent inJapanese so that I could read the books and play the 2 games that are out.

Ha, ha, I'm pleased you enjoyed it. Yes, watching it the second time, out of sequence again I picked up on things I'd missed before or which I did see but which I didn't fully get.

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In the baseball game Haruhi is dressing up poor Mikuru in the cheerleader outfit and she gathers her hair up into a ponytail, then glances at Kyon, gives him a strange look and drops the ponytail again. Second time round you understand exactly why she does that, and what it means. It's one of those details that only works so nicely if you see it out of sequence. The same is true of the scene in the cave on the island when they are wringing out their soaking clothes. At the beginning of the story Kyon makes the point that Haruhi is quite at ease stripping off in front of boys "she seems to view them on the same level as potatoes" is the line, its a classic. But in the cave we see her take off her shirt out of sight of Kyon then reach to undo her bra. She pauses, thinks about something then leaves it on... Why? Why is she acting differently to before? Its great how those little touches come alive even more second time of viewing.

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My favourite episode, in terms of which I just laughed at most, might actually be 00.
I loved all the film mistakes and the cheap effects in there. It was absolutely brilliant, as was the really confused narrator.
And it will probably be funnier when I watch it the second time, as I will not spend half the time thinking "Is this the series (thoughI don't mind)", but know its just a fake movie.
I really loved that ep.

Yeah that episode was funny but made me hesitant about the rest of the series coz i ddint want to get into something i was going to be irritated with, having no idea what was going on and desperately trying to cling to a plot.. but by the second/thrid episode everything has already fallen into place pretty well and while it isnt chronological it is well established and gives the rest of the randomness some kind of base for you to understand it from to just the right degree.
on another note, my sentences are far to long...

I'm bored so I'm planning to watch some more anime.
Something light and feel-good like Haruhi or AzuDai.
I was planning to watch Ouran HSHC again, as I found it really funny and charming, but I thought that someone might come up with something new and possibly even BETTER for me to watch.
Anyways. I#m open to suggesstions, if not I'll restart OHSHC tomorrow.
Ok, I've done that now. Couldn't find the english sub anywhere so I'm wtching it in spanish...

hahaha, was up late last night working my way through the series... now I've just finished 'Romote Island...1' and looking for the rest. I know where it is, just have to go back there. I am viewing an English version as I don't think that I could keep up with the subtitles for Haruhi alone. Man, she talks fast when her fuse is lit!

I'm enjoying the film (s) and sympathizing with Kyon, poor guy....


EDIT: finished the lawns AND the films... now what??? lol

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Baka-Tsuki translated the novels. I suggest that.

The novels are quite different from the anime or the manga (which is adapted from the anime anyway, meh). It's much deeper, covers more ground, better explanations, more suspense and more involvement (though in some parts, less funny, on the flipside).

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Lol, I saw a few eps of this on Youtube a while ago and watching it made me think 'WTF?" Lol but that might have been because I didn't see the first episode to fill me in
But overall, very funny

i didnt like it, mikeru turned me off it, shes too annoying and fanservicy.

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She's no more fanservicy than many other anime females. In fact she's 'annoying' for a reason, she's supposed to be a bit doppy, its a plot-thing. And the 'fanservice' in fact comes from Haruhi - it's her who puts Mikuru through all the trauma. And she's like that for a reason too.

I think this is one of those series that is clever in that the director and artists used 'fanservice' as part of the plot thus actually its no longer fanservce, since it has a point.

But either way, its definitely a series aimed at males. Having said that my favourite character is Kyon, he's just so cool and deadpan, nothing fazes him, not even imminent death at the hands of knife-wielding schoolgirls turned aliens.

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Technically, Mikuru being that way was only so that Haruhi would have a reson to "notice" her and so force her to join the club.

I did say technically.

Besides, in the novels, Mikuru's moe factor seldom gets a mention. But then the novel covers the stories with so much more depth and randomness. It's on a completely different level from the anime.

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Aaagh I love Haruhi. I want a Haruhi Figma. You know, those super-posable figures with interchangable hands and whatnot that Max Factory made...Wow I sound nerdy right now.

I've been wanting to read the novels, and I found a site that has them translated...I read the first chapter of the first novel and by the end my eyes were hurting so bad. I don't do well with reading for long periods of time on a computer screen. I wish the novels would get translated and released in the U.S., but it doesn't seem likely.

I love that show! I watched it in a weekend, not counting the firs that I watched awhile before I really watched the series. Haha, yay!

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Oh, I shall have to find some way to read that then! That sounds interesting, yay!

Regardless of the plot, I think its ridiculousness wins it points. Its my favourite series to kill off a weekend with if nothing is happening, cause I dont have to get into it to enjoy it. Music ep is probably still my favourite ep of all anime ive ever seen. Great all around. I wish I wasnt working so much so I could watch more, cause I miss my hobby.

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Yaay. Just started it. After seeing the first episode i was convinced that Haruhi was absoultely insane... but after seeing a few more episodes, I guess that she just has a very......unique way of seeing the world. And she'll do anything to get what she wants even if it means using other people. Like Mikuru.

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Ehh, really? So ka.... When I have the time I really should sit down and watch all of it.... or i could buy that nice big boxed set i saw at Best Buy the other day when I can save up enough money. Is it good enough to spend the money on the boxed set? The few episodes i saw were quite... interesting, and it caught my attention.(Haruhi is quite, um, different from the usual female leads you see in most anime.) I'll have to watch it when I can find the time, one way or another.
On another note, since I havent seen but a few episodes, does it deserve the 'PG-13' rating that's on the box? Just wondering.

Yes, it rather does deserve PG-13, but only because of Haruhi antics...

Yeah. The anime has rather a bit of an interesting plot to it, one that I'm not telling you yet, but rather comes as a surprise. Yay! And then it becomes all the more awesome.