Archive for May, 2006

Of Higurashi, Ouran, and a Girl’s High School

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kimagure
at May 27, 2006 in Ouran High School Host Club, Higurahi no Naku Koro ni and Girl's High School. 1 Comment

So cute...now where does she hide the machete?

Higurashi no Naku Koro ni

The good anime continues this spring with this H-game turned anime chock full of cute girls, sailor suits, sleepy villages, and disturbingly killer loli’s. Had I not seen the first 30 seconds or so of the first episode, I think I would’ve been misled into thinking this show was just another silly game turned anime like Shuffle (which I still haven’t got past episode 3, maybe I really should just give up on that). Boy would I’ve have been wrong. What follows is mystery, schizophrenia, possession, and finally death. Now people don’t just die, there are these things that happen along the way that just aren’t quite right, and shouldn’t be. The possession is one thing, but a simple “I’m sorry” turns out to be one of the most creepy things I’ve watched in some time. Since I hate the occult so much you figure I’d not watch this, but this is more a psychological mystery with some demonic possession thrown in rather than, “Look I’m a vampire, aren’t I cool!”

The result is pretty damn good. I will admit to watching this at night before bed and not being able to sleep right. And the great thing is, this looks like it will continue to get better and better.

Ouran High School Host Club

I initially avoided this entry, mostly because other blogs just didn’t make it seem interesting. Then as I read more, my interest was peaked. So I download a few to check it out, and am still indifferent about it. Maybe I was drawn in by the fact that the main character is named Haruhi, but who really knows. While I’m indifferent about the show just two episodes in, I’m also strangely fascinated by it. I guess we’ll see where this one goes.

Girl’s High School

I watched one episode of this. It was stupid. Pantsu shots galore, and a bunch of stupid girls is what I saw. Between the poor animation and the character designs I don’t care for, I think I’ll relegate this to the circular file.

Fanservice is one thing, but this was just bad.

Why Haruhi made other people do it!

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kimagure
at May 19, 2006 in The Melancholy of Suzumiya Haruhi. Closed

She's up to sometghing

As most of you aren’t aware, Kimagure hosts a weekly anime night on Friday. During this time unsuspecting individuals come to my house and watch anime. What these unsuspecting individuals don’t know is that they are becoming devotees of Haruhiism.

Episode 1: Mikuru-run: Them: “Wow…this is wierd, but the bunny girl thing is pretty nice, and…oh…that was like not a real episode.”

Episode 2: The Melancholy of Suzumiya Haruhi I: Me: “So, what do you think of this show?” Them: “This is really great!” or “I like interesting girls like this, so it’s got my vote.”

Episode 3: The Melancholy of Suzumiya Haruhi II: The reactions to Haruhi’s relentless push to get the computer were something they both feared and honored at the same time.

Episode 4: The Boredom of Suzumiya Haruhi: They loved this episode. They loved where it went and the confusion of the out of order episode didn’t bother them at all.

That’s all they’ve seen so far, and they do really like it. I’m a hardcore anime fan and I liked this show from the first episode, while it took my weekly crew a little longer to get into it, we have four more devotees to the church. One of them is even doing the dance.

And yes…I’m back on the Haruhi is God bandwagon. I watched Episode 7, and am now convinced that something is real here.

This show is some kind of phenomenon.

Why Haruhi made me do it.

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kimagure
at May 14, 2006 in The Melancholy of Suzumiya Haruhi. 2 Comments

Banana!!!

There’s a lot of other bloggers that have synopses of the latest Episodes of Suzumiya Haruhi no yuutsu, so feel free to look to the right in the Other Blogs section and read their episode descriptions. I’m just going to comment on some theories that have been posturing about the community. So I’ll start with my opinion.

Haruhi is not God. Nor will she become a God. Haruhi is also not the main character, that would be Kyon. Kyon is a trigger like was said in episode 2 (episode 1 Chronologically). That trigger is the fact that Kyon doesn’t believe in aliens, time travellers, espers and evil organizations and the heroes that fight them. These things don’t exist to Kyon. In fact, he said himself that he really wished they would. All of this is happening for Kyon’s sake. So after that short recap, here’s my opinion as to what is going on. Kyon is the main character in an elaborate game, not unlike Michael Douglas was a pawn in the the movie titled The Game. Yuki, Mikuru, and Itsuki have told him all the things he’s wanted to hear, just to keep him off their trail of what they’re really doing to him. Haruhi is the perfect catalyst for the whole thing, only because she’s a very willing participant.

Now, I don’t want to mince words here. I don’t think any theory is wrong. The whole point of theories is that they’re unproven. I just figured that maybe my nutty mind needed something different. It’s too clear cut for her to be God. Wouldn’t it be more fun if it were different and not what we all thought? Maybe I just like to play games with people and I’m living out my sick fantasies.

Yes…that’s it! Haruhi is just an extension of what it’s all about in the world. Whether she is God, or just an unknowing participant in three people’s life game for a boy that doesn’t believe in the supernatural, I don’t care. The truth of the matter is that I’m strapped in and ready to go whereever this story will take me. And I think many of you are with me.

No time for love Dr. Jones

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kimagure
at May 6, 2006 in Information. Closed

Yikes…Last post was April 13th.  That’s depressing.  I got stuck painting some rooms inside my house so blogging time has been lagging.  I should be posting soon.  Got a few new shows that I want to talk about so you’ll be seeing those soon.  Until then…