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Haruhi Suzumiya 2009 – Episode 24 Sighs of Suzumiya Haruhi 5

Onibaku — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 17:31:12 +0000

Summary
Continuing with the movie filming, Yuki directs the SOS brigade to where they can find stray cats. Haruhi is upset that they couldn’t get a black cat but decides to just go with it. She names the cat Shamisen. According to Haruhi, Shamisen is a talking cat that assumes the role of Yuki’s familiar. When Haruhi dismisses the gang for the day, they are all suprised when Shamisen speaks to Kyon, in a very deep and masculine voice I might add.

Everyone is getting ready for the cultural festival when Tsuruya and Mikuru pop up in Kyon’s class. They hand Kyon a coupon for Mikuru’s soba shop and Tsuruya steps aside. Mikuru, having difficulty conveying her thoughts without sounding hateful, asks Kyon not to trust Koizumi too much. Later, Yuki explains that it is because both of their organizations theories are conflicted with the existence of the other.

Wierd stuff keeps happening, but the filming is completed. All that is left is to edit the video clips and they are done. The problem is, they do not know how to and they only have one night to do so. Both Haruhi and Kyon fall asleep. When they wake up, Kyon is suprised to see that the film editing had been completed by someone.

They then show us what happened in the 2nd SOS outing with only Kyon and Haruhi present. Kyon tells Haruhi everything he knows about the supernatural and about the other three SOS members but Haruhi doesn’t believe him and storms off. She of course, waits for him outside.

Onibaku

Sweet Jesus that was a long summary! What surprised me the most was how much content this one episode had. I have to say, Shamisen was really cute despite the big voice that he had. It kind of makes you wonder if half of his body is made of vocal chords.

I was particularly happy with this episode because it shed a little more light on Mikuru’s theory on Haruhi. Season 1 did give a general description of what her theory was but this time they explained that Haruhi is merely someone who can sense things that were naturally there and that the time travelers are there to stop Haruhi from discovering them. An example would be like someone discovering and describing the laws of physics thousands of years before Isaac Newton did. This would mean Mikuru’s role is to make sure that the natural genius (Haruhi) does not reveal things before they are actually discovered (Mikuru Beam anyone?). Another thing that hit me was the rivalry between Mikuru’s and Koizumi’s firms. I never realized that their firms were in “bloody” battles with each other and other firms.

One other thing that bothered me was when Yuki said “There is no guarantee that what I say is true. At least for you.” What does she mean by that? What this would imply is that what she says to Kyon specifically can or cannot be true. This also means that she could actually be manipulating him through what she tells him. She did say that her job was to only observe, but how can we tell that’s the truth? What if she really is manipulating him by telling him small things like that. My brain hurts, I don’t want to think about it too much. You guys have any thoughts on what she meant? Also, who do you think finished editing the movie?

I rather liked the director this episode. I also liked the animation style and delivery of this episode, especially in the final scene. The final scene shed some light on what happened that day because the anime left it to be desired in the first season. I dunno if it’s just me but I like angry Haruhi so much better than the always smiling Haruhi. Overall, great episode. It’s just too bad that this will be the last new episode. At least, that’s what we think. Who knows, they may suprise us yet again.

Haruhi Suzumiya 2009 – Episode 23 Sighs of Suzumiya Haruhi 4

Onibaku — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 17:32:22 +0000

Summary
With Tsuruya and company in tow, the SOS brigade starts filming again. As the filming progresses Haruhi puts yet another contact on Mikuru. Yet again, Yuki attacks Mikuru and removes the contact. The contact was not exactly the same as the Mikuru beam but instead, was more of a slicing type of beam. Haruhi then asks for a scene where Mikuru is to get forced into the water by her friends. Bravely or seemingly unwilling to disobey Haruhi, Mikuru agrees. Haruhi now wants to film a love scene with Koizumi and Mikuru. Tsuruya requests to visit her house since it is nearby and it looks like Mikuru will catch a cold. Haruhi asks if they can film there and Tsuruya agrees.

Now inside the Mansion-like house of Tsuruya, the SOS brigade continues filming. Haruhi then directs the kissing scene and asks Koizumi and Mikuru to kiss. They were just about to when Kyon stops them. He noticed that something is not right with Mikuru. He then realized that someone put alcohol in her drink. Tsuruya apologizes and says she was told that her acting would improve. Haruhi then lightly bonks Mikuru with her mini megaphone in order to wake her up. Kyon is not pleased. He begins an arguement with Haruhi that eventually leads to Kyon raising his fist to her but Koizumi stopped him just in time. The next day, rather than being angry, Haruhi seems depressed and Koizumi asks him to make up with Haruhi. Though Kyon does not want to, he goes to Haruhi and says “we are going to make this movie a success”. Haruhi smiles and says “of course”.

Onibaku

Now THAT was a good episode. There were so many story elements that it was hard to take screenies. First of all, the difference between Kyon and the other characters stood out in this episode. Everyone who knows, what Haruhi is seems to be in fear of her. Koizumi shows his fear through his actions, Mikuru agrees to do anything Haruhi wants and even Tsuruya seems to put up a slightly fake smile around Haruhi in Tsuruya’s house. I’m not saying that she knows what Haruhi is, but she does seem a little biased.

In terms of the Kyon-Haruhi pairing, if your into that sort of thing, i’d say this was a golden episode (note there was no opening sequence). Kyon usually makes snappy comments at Haruhi occasionally but for the most part gives in. This episode, Kyon actually had a fight with Haruhi. Personally, i’m a firm believer in the saying “fighting is a sign of closeness” unless of course it is against someone you really hate but that’s another point altogether. Instead of her subconsciousness going wild and destroying things in closed space, she was depressed. She probably knew she did wrong and was thinking about a way to apologize to Kyon. Maybe that’s why they showed a short clip of her holding her hair in a ponytail like what Kyon is into right?

Towards the end, Koizumi had mentioned that Haruhi may have been given the godlike powers by the “god” rather than her being the god herself. My personal theory is that Haruhi is not the god, rather, it is actually Kyon is the “god”. Now if you have read the novel then I will tell you why I think Kyon is the “god”, if not skip this paragraph. SPOILER: There was a girl Kyon was interested in during his middle school days. In the later volumes you may have read that she had Haruhi’s powers at that time. Why is it that it is girl’s that Kyon is close to? Why Kyon? He is the key to the powers, or owner of the powers altogether.

-Sorry if some of the pics are a little blurry, the RAWs have been terrible.

Haruhi Suzumiya 2009 – Episode 22 Sighs of Suzumiya Haruhi 3

Onibaku — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 13:02:31 +0000

Summary
The movie filming continues as Mikuru is constantly being manipulated by Haruhi. Against the curious eyes of the bystanders, even Kyon gets embarrassed. Haruhi orders Mikuru to shoot lasers out of her eyes a.k.a the Mikuru Beam. Mikuru says that it is impossible so Haruhi punishes her by lightly tapping her head with the paper made megaphone. Kyon forcibly grabs her to stop her from hitting Mikuru. She then tells Kyon that he does’nt know how to take a joke. Haruhi then teaches Mikuru the pose needed to do a successful Mikuru beam. When the time comes to film the Mikuru beam, Mikuru musters the strength to say “Mikuru Beam” and out came a flash of light from her eye. Yuki blocks the flash of light from hitting Kyon, and tackles Mikuru. After Yuki gets off of Mikuru, they notice that Mikuru lost her contact lens. Kyon asks if Yuki saw where it went and she said know. Kyon knows this is a lie and says nothing. Haruhi leaves to change Mikuru’s outfit and the three left behind strike up the conversation as to what was all that about. It seems Haruhi’s thoughts turned into reality and the Mikuru Beam became real.

The filming for the day finishes and Haruhi decides to film again the next day (Sunday). The SOS brigade, Kyon’s friends, and Tsuruya show up the next day to continue filming the movie. Haruhi is furious as to why Mikuru called in sick. Haruhi goes to pick her up. When she comes back, she has Mikuru in tow. Mikuru tells Kyon that she was “bitten” by Yuki to make it so that she cannot fire the Mikuru beam anymore.

Onibaku

If you were to watch episode 00, you will notice that the movie did show a flash of light when Mikuru said “Mikuru Beam”. They just elaborated what really happened in this episode. If you watched episode 00 you will also see other unexplained things such as Shamisen the cat, and the scene where Koizumi seems to be using esper powers. Though I am a little depressed that they probably won’t show the disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya, I guess this arc does make up for it, even if it’s only a little bit.

Another thing that comes to mind when watching this episode is Yuki. Again Yuki with her kick-a$$ powers coming to save the day again. My overall favorite character in the show did have a good amount of screen time and boy did those burns look painful. Then again nothing as painful as what Araragi went through recently (referring to Bakemonogatari ep 08). All in all, great episode. I can’t wait for Tsuruya to show some importance in the story. The first season didn’t do too much for her :P

Haruhi Suzumiya 2009 – Episode 21 Sighs of Suzumiya Haruhi 2

Onibaku — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 09:41:16 +0000

Summary
With the items necessary for filming questionable procured, the start of the real work is at hand. Haruhi forces a scantily clad waitress uniform on Mikuru and Yuki shows up with a witch’s hat and robe on. These of which will be the basis of Haruhi’s film. Haruhi presents the roles of the film and reveals that Mikuru is a battle waitress from the future, koizumi is an esper, and Yuki is an evil alien witch.

They start off with going to the sponsors to film the commercials for the film. Haruhi, of course, shows her disregard for Mikuru’s chastity and makes her film the entire thing in the bunny suit :) They then move on to filming the battle scene with Mikuru and Yuki, from which we can see Haruhi’s superior directing skills (lol).

Onibaku

It’s been a while since I blogged since I was smacked in the face with quizzes, exams, and wars(utopia). With that over it’s time to start blogging again. So now we are seeing the build up to episode 00. Though it’s great to see new footage, it all felt kind of like the trolling we had during endless eight. We see almost the same thing we’ve seen before but at a different angle. At least this had bonus footage.

It was slightly refreshing to see Mikuru being the object of Haruhi’s mischief as it has been a while. I also got to see witch Yuki, which was my favorite get-up in season one. As I might have said in my previous post, I am starting to miss the melancholic Haruhi but the up-beat Haruhi is fine too :)

Haruhi Suzumiya 2009 – Episode 20 Sighs of Suzumiya Haruhi 1

Onibaku — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 13:27:35 +0000

Summary
Starts off with a sports festival, of which the SOS brigade dominated thanks to Yuki’s super speed. We soon find out that the cultural festival is coming up and while Kyon and Haruhi’s class is doing nothing, Haruhi has plans for her SOS brigade. She reveals that she wants to create a movie starring Mikuru. When she mentions procuring a brand new video camera, Mikuru hesitates and asks to be excused for fear that Haruhi might put Mikuru’s purity in peril. Haruhi then says that she will not do anything with Mikuru’s body and will just bring her along to show the “sponsors” the main character of the film. To procure a video camera and toys for the movie, Kyon realizes that Haruhi is only pointing to Mikuru. It is probably because Mikuru will somehow have to shoulder the burden of paying for the items eventually.

Onibaku

Finally, an episode that wasn’t endless eight. Watching this episode and looking at how many new episodes are left, I have come to realize that the disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya arc may not even be coming as advertised on New-Type magazine. Kyoani and Kadokawa did not officially announce the airing of Haruhi Suzumiya season 2 which would make sense because the new episodes they are airing right now are actually supposed to have occurred within the first season. You could think of it as if they were completing the first season, so to speak. So this is not officially the second season which would make my Title for the series “Haruhi Suzumiya 2009″ correct! Yay! On the other hand no disappearance.. Boo..

The episode itself was what anyone would have expected from this show. The mood brought me back to the first season and helped in filling the blanks that lead to the cultural festival. I presume they will continue this since this is ” Sighs of Suzumiya Haruhi 1″ and we will see the actual filming. It also seems we are on witnessing an evolution in animation for Kyoani. The character’s facial expressions have been quite numerous compared with the original. You can also say that the character’s faces resemble those of K-on. Hey, I’m not complaining ;)

Haruhi Suzumiya 2009 – Episode 19 Endless Eight 8 Final

Onibaku — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 13:30:39 +0000

Summary
Another loop…. EXCEPT IT ENDED! In the final scene when Kyon is hit hard with de ja vu, he finally realizes that he hadn’t done his hw this whole time while Haruhi needed something to do. So he invites everyone to his house to complete their summer homework.

Onibaku

So it finally ended. Honestly, I think it would have had a pretty big impact on the audience if they all weren’t already spoiled rotten. I also do agree with other bloggers that doing your hw as the solution does seem a bit too shallow for an arc that they spent WAY too much time on. Again, i’m am not a particular supporter of what they did in this arc nor do I promote it. Four endless eight episodes would have already been pushing it but 8? I suppose only a show as amazing as Haruhi Suzumiya can fail so badly on an arc but still get away with it. With regards to rating the arc, if we were to omit all of the crap in between the first part of the arc and the ending, we here at chiakiproject would like to give this arc a rating of

8 out of 28 gah! T_T

Haruhi Suzumiya 2009 – Episode 18 Endless Eight 7

Onibaku — Sun, 02 Aug 2009 05:52:16 +0000

Summary
Another loop.

Onibaku

Around the time the 2nd loop aired, I theorized that might do this but I honestly didn’t think they would actually do it. The most obvious of all the theories but the most unwanted. It will most likely end on the 8th. August 8, 2009. The 8th day of the 8th month the loop will end on episode 8. After being trolled for the seventh time, I’m out of thoughts and my mind is blank regarding this show. Watching these last few episodes felt more like a chore than entertainment. I’m still hanging in there thanks to my love for the show and thankfully, there are swimsuit and yukata scenes every episode and that is about all there is to look forward to. Though this episode they did add a small part where Kyon actually is thinking about saying “I lavh yuu” which would actually mean he agrees with Koizumi when he says “there is no one more suitable than you is there?”. So next episode hopefully it will end and I will actually start “loving” rather than “liking” like I did in season 1.

Speaking of season 1, though I like the much more human Haruhi, I am starting to miss the Haruhi that was pissed off at the world all the time. Seeing Haruhi happy was something to look forward to in the first season since it was so rare. Which is why I am hoping this loop will finally end so I can see another familiar Haruhi.

Princess Lover – Episode 4

Onibaku — Sun, 02 Aug 2009 05:05:23 +0000

Summary
Teppei, Sylvie, and Charlotte are talking over at the social club when the topic turns towards Seika. Seika is actually a designer/supermodel for her own fashion line. Seika enters the room and reveals that she is inviting Nezu for an interview for a magazine that wants to write an article of Seika’s school life. When the time comes for Nezu to leave, he is stricken by a sickness that can only be described as lively. Teppei then decides to take Nezu’s place for the interview.

Teppei shows up at Seika’s fashion show and surprises her. The interview commences but it seems that Teppei’s lack of etiquette serves as a problem early on. Seika gives Teppei regular stomps on his feet to keep him in check. Now in a heated battle, the two trade blows with their feet under the table as the interview continues. Teppei then says how they are all impressed that Seika is able to be a student and run a fashion line. Seika now stomps on Teppei’s foot again, but this time from embarrassment.

During dinnertime, Teppei reveals that he found out why Seika hates him so much. It seems that Teppei’s grandmother had an affair with Seika’s grandfather and because of this, Teppei’s grandfather kicked his grandmother out of the house and cut all ties with the Houdou group. Teppei’s grandfather is also unwilling to sell Seika’s fashion line in Arima stores because of the grudge and hence Seika’s fury. To fix all of this, Teppei decided to become a director and approve Seika’s line in Arima stores.

Onibaku

Sorry for the late post, hospital checks really take time. So anyway two episodes is all for Seika? Unlike most people, I actually favor Seika’s character. Although I did think that her reason for hating the Arima group was valid, I feel as though taking it out on someone who had nothing to do with your problem isn’t right. The same can be said for Arima’s grandfather. He shouldn’t have taken it out on Seika but his decision of cutting ties with the Houdou group is justified, which was why I was slightly irritated when Seika said it was all Teppei’s grandfather’s fault. It wasn’t the grandfather’s fault at all, if anyone was to blame it would be the grandmother. No matter how lonely a person gets, if she really loved her husband she wouldn’t have cheated on him. People aren’t cats who will purr anyone who will feed them (which is why I like dogs better but that is besides the point). My policy is if they can do it once, they can do it again.

Assuming that Teppei’s grandfather had only one wife, it would mean that Teppei and Seika are distant relatives right? Since it would mean that their grandmothers are one and the same. Just thought I’d throw that out there.

So all in all despite my liking for Seika’s character, the arc was too short and didn’t really do much for me. Though I did like how the producers add comedy to the scenes. I can only hope that there is more to Seika’s story later.

Haruhi Suzumiya 2009 – Episode 17 Endless Eight 6

Onibaku — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 17:10:21 +0000

Summary
Another loop.

Onibaku Goo!

Goo: So Onibaku, when do you think endless eight will End?

Onibaku: At this point, the most obvious guess would be episode 8. If not, then I would place my money in August.

Goo: I guess they’ll be going for August because they didn’t officially announce a “season 2″ of Haruhi so they are under no obligation to make season two episodes in the first place. They merely said that this is a “re-airing” of the first season.

Onibaku: Ah… Well if you think about it that way the producers don’t really seem to be in the wrong and its not so bad.

Goo: But I also doubt it, since they used a new OP and ED.

Onibaku: Well yeah theres that.. but maybe they will use the “We didn’t officially announce a 2nd season” as an excuse for basically defiling a great show and squeezing money from us.

Goo: Hmm, do you know about the opening? The infinity symbol at the OP? I think that may hint at the content of the remaining episodes.

Onibaku: Oh yeah, I didn’t notice that. Maybe thats all there is to this season…. infinity. Those corporal suits are going to keep this going until the end.

Goo: Yeah, I think they’re going for full E8 throughout the season because there’s still unaired season 1 episodes which will give us little room for new content. Let’s just hope they remake or extend the season somehow…

Thoughts: I was suprised when I saw this episode. I honestly thought that the rumor that there were only 6 episodes was true. Though I was disappointed, I did notice that the animation quality did step up a notch but that’s just about all I have left to say regarding the episode. I am squeezed dry, out of theories. Chances are they will continue endless eight episodes throughout the season. Whether you keep watching is entirely up to you. Being the devoted fan that I am, I will continue to watch no matter how many there are.

Princess Lover – Episode 3

Onibaku — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 14:52:04 +0000

Summary
Teppei and Sylvia continue with their match and seem to be at a draw when Teppei declares that he loses and says Sylvia is faster. Teppei tells her that he wants to get to know her better irregardless of their engagement to one another. With that said the two become friends. Sylvia and Charlotte then suggest that Teppei should join the social club. When they get there they are greeted with a firm scolding from Seika. In order for Teppei to be accepted in the club, he has to prove his worth by having proper mannerisms typical of the elite. Seika invites him to a party in which he can showcase his ability.

Sylvia , Yuu, and Charlotte take roles in helping Teppei with proper mannerisms while Seika looks on. The day of the party comes and Seika is suprised to see that Teppei did a great job socializing with proper manners throughout the whole party. She recognizes his effort but is to prideful to let in. She asks Teppei to prove his worth yet again by hosting a party of his own.

Onibaku

I’d say the directors did their job well. In the span of one episode, they managed to turn me against Seika. Yes I know it’s all a part of the plot and all but she just became so detestable all of a sudden. I think this now but I get the feeling she or Sylvia will be my favorite heriones in the end. Speaking of Sylvia, she was not as tsundere as I originally thought she would be though the way she is now is fine too. I was just a little disturbed by the sword fight in the beginning because the blade of Teppei’s sword was “deep” in between Sylvia’s breasts but he still says she won the fight. Everyone can tell just by looking that if he moved the sword a little to the left or right he would have slashed per just fine, it is something she needs too.

I am starting to sense the rivalry between the heriones of the show and is in turn, completing the Harem. They spent a good amount of time focusing on the four girls. Charlotte and Sylvia were training Teppei while we were shown a small part of Yuu’s past. During all of this, we can see Seika starting to develop feelings for Teppei.