The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya Options

[Rosetta]

Three episodes out so far. It's decently funny. torrentspy has them, if you wish to take a look.

Edit: I just realized my topic title has a typo in it. it's supposed to be OF, not og.

[chrishawke]

This anime hits the spot.

It's basically about the life through the eyes of a high-school man named Kyon. He meets a very peculiar yet beautful female colleague, Haruhi Suzumiya, who's bent on the subject of aliens, espers, time travelers and the sort. Other characters include Mikuru Asahina, Yuki Nagato, Itsuki Koizumi, all who appears in the very first episode.








More information can be found here.

This post has been edited by chrishawke: Apr 20 2006, 11:00 PM

[Dr Strum]

Oh god. I finally got around to watching the first episode (I'll watch the other two tomorrow).
Fucking hilarious. I'm still laughing at it. Oh it was great...

[Dr Strum]

Just watched the fourth episode... Very confused.

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Suddenly a new character is there like he's always been there, flashbacks of neat-though-vague worldly destruction scenes... Very confused I am.

[chrishawke]

The next episode will return to where episode three left off.

Maybe this will clear things up.

Maybe.

[Dr Strum]

Maybe we'll find out

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what the world cramping thing Kyon referred to was...

[Endless]

Definitely weird. The confusion of seemingly missing episodes has certainly piqued my interest. Part of me hopes the next episode won't explain anything, just to make it all the weirder. I like weird anime.

[Dr Strum]

Thinking about it, this is probably a motif they plan to carry in the series.
Notice the title of the episode, and how it's a sudden jump in the storyline, like the creators didn't want to do the next few, set-up episodes.

[Raijinili]

If you haven't figured it out yet, chronologically, episode 2 is first, then 3, 5, 4, and finally 1.

Spoiler of the basic plot that you may or may not have figured out by the third episode:

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1 also tells you of the basic plot of the series (or at least the season), although there are many things in this episode that are inconsistent with the real plot. You'll find out what's real and what's not as the show goes on.

Actually, I only know a LITTLE bit more than the people who watched epis 1-4. All I did was read another version of the 2nd episode introduction.

Another thing you may or may not have figured out about the role Itsuki plays in the SOS Dan.

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Itsuki is the mysterious transfer student.

Actually, there are MULTIPLE volumes of the adventures of SOS Dan, including the Sighs of Suzumiya Haruhi and the Boredom of Suzumiya Haruhi.

This post has been edited by Raijinili: Apr 27 2006, 12:52 AM

[chrishawke]

Kyon gets lectured... 3 TIMES.

[Endless]

Episode five had more explanation then I thought it would. It seems that things are taking a turn for the weird, which makes me like this series even more.

This post has been edited by Endless: May 3 2006, 05:33 PM

[Dr Strum]

PENALTY

[blues]

episode 5 is up

[chrishawke]

That should be obvious, with the recent activity in the last couple of days.

I heard some time ago that the manga actually skipped around like in the anime when it skipped between episodes 3 and 4. Whether or not it will continue to jump around I do not know.

[chrishawke]

Scratch that. I've received confirmation that the order we will see the episodes will not be the order in which the events of the story take place.

Other information I dug up: anime is slated for a 13 or 14 episode run. The latest manga Suzumiya Haruhi no Fungai (Japanese), or The Indignation of Suzumiya Haruhi is up for imports.

This post has been edited by chrishawke: May 4 2006, 10:57 PM