It’s an Adventure Right, Right!?

I feel we’re finally far enough away from the second season of Haruhi that I can write a post without lots of hate at Kyoto for the eight episodes of endlessness. I too was extremely bored waiting week after week, hoping against all hopes that Kyon would finally solve the puzzle that is Haruhi and bring an end to the arc. This, I have read, was not uncommon. However, even though the ED lacked dancing and the OP wasn’t amazing a lot can still be said for Haruhi. There’s a reason why this series in particular launches us into frenzies at the mere mention of the name and why the slightest flap of a butterfly wing can start a blogging typhoon. Namely it’s Koi (Love not fish).

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The first season made us love the characters, the setting, and the romantic tension (between all the brigade members + Kyon). I think though that many of us have forgotten that KyoAni did a fair bit of interpretation when it came to the first season as well. Episode 14 chronologically (Some day in the rain) was written for the anime alone and the slow realization of love between Haruhi and Kyon was certainly emphasized by playing the original series in mixed order (So the Kiss could be the finale). Why would KyoAni do this? I think we all know why… KyoAni took their favorite part of the lightnovels and created a remarkable emotional rollercoaster by building the connections between the brigade members (by playing the series in mixed order) so they could have the climactic finale with the explosions and the tense relationships between all the characters. Haruhi Season One was perfect, yet it took liberties with the material.

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So what should we have expected from Season Two? I made the mistake (as did others I’m sure) of expecting Season One. Many of us went and read the translated lightnovels after Season One and thus were constantly comparing. First of all, the fans of Kyon X Haruhi should know that although this played a part in the first lightnovel Kyon has serious reservations about Haruhi. I would even claim there is a minor dislike for her, though not enough for him to abandon Nagato and Mikuru. This was perhaps one of my favorite part of the first seasons and Kyoto tried to keep it going where they could, but it’s hard to add a romantic escalation when the source material is constantly driving away from it.

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I’ll be the first to admit that the eight episodes of Endless Eight were way too much. I didn’t watch some of the middle ones. The story not advancing was boring. As much as Kyoto tried to make it interesting they ultimately failed. However, this doesn’t mean they shouldn’t have done it. There are a lot of anime companies that won’t take chances with their shows. They either produce already popular material or fire up the Moe Machine to produce another harem comedy. For me this has gotten old. Although some Harem comedies can pull off some interesting twists and turns I applaud KyoAni for throwing money at Endless Eight; they were trying to do something different. I sing praises to Gainax almost all the time because most of their writing is original and risky. They have been on the brink of bankruptcy almost repeatedly since their creation. Their love for anime though is reflected in every shot (when they have money). We need risk takers to push the genre and make it interesting otherwise we’ll end up with the same show under different titles over and over again.

As many people came to realize after Endless Eight Haruhi Season Two was still brilliant. They had to start moving in a darker direction as the world turned away from its happy go lucky school days. This season acted like a spring board to send us into future seasons. That’s why it lacked the feeling of completeness the first season had. Perhaps this was a good thing because I was dazed for days after Haruhi Season One finished. With the movie coming out this winter I have a feeling we’re going to be seeing a lot more of our favorite brigade in the coming years.

My biggest complaint against Season Two and KyoAni would have to be the intention. From the OP and ED it became apparent that Season Two was no longer about simply storytelling. Haruhi is incredibly popular, thus the come join our brigade feel everywhere. It’s also a crafty way to sell CD’s and do live tours. It’s that kind of marketing that really rubs me the wrong way. Haruhi is a great story and instead of them giving us a brilliant OP they just spammed the characters having fun. It could be argued that the OP was a way of introducing the people who didn’t watch Season One to the show; I would like to point out, antibiotics to buy online however, that they rebroadcasted Season One before broadcasting Season Two in Japan so this was less than necessary.

Once we get away from The Marketing of Haruhi Suzumiya you do find some brilliant story telling elements. KyoAni has always made us pay attention to the subtleties of the show. Like Kyon flicking the small ball like objects or the rising anger during the movie making arc. Truthfully, that was just brilliant stuff and in many ways done better than the light novels. They really put me in Kyon’s shoes. Then they turn it around after the blow up and bring us back to the analysis of her. Why was she depressed and more importantly why did she blow up too. I liked Itsuki’s analysis which brought us right back to what the show is about. More than anything it’s the analysis of the individual characters that make up the SOS brigade. What this show does better than any other is take us into the lonliness of Nagato, or the frustration Suzumiya Haruhi feels for the world. We follow the cynic as Haruhi carves out a little bit of happiness in an otherwise conforming, dispassionate society and we love it: Kyon loves it. I love that part of The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya. By the end of an arc I always feel like the alien elements brought in are always made human. No matter how different the espers, time travelers, aliens, or gods are they are all still very human.

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On some level Kyon is all of us. From the first monologue we come to understand that he’s made the rationale dive. He’s come to grips with his insignificance and the cold truth that the world can be a boring place when compared to fantasy. He’s crushed his delusions because it would be too painful to raise his hopes that he could still lead a fantastical life. His sarcasm and wit are his armor against the Haruhi who brings him hope that tomorrow could be interesting. Ultimately he is saved by the three brigade members she drags into his life. The final broadcast episode of the first season was Kyon’s realization that the world could be fantastical if you simply reached out and took hold of it. “The world is moving in an interesting direction you just don’t know it yet”.

The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya is a life lesson. Although it points at our relative insignificance through Haruhi and Kyon’s actions what it’s really telling us is to go out and grab hold of your fun. The SOS brigade fills their own lives with intrigue and that’s the kind of stuff that will always be worth blogging about.

Sooooooooo before furrowing your brow consider The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya coming out this winter as a much anticipated event. I for one am expecting to enjoy it immensely.

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