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I want Haruhi to step on me
When analysing art, perhaps the most interesting aspect of it to me is in its ability to communicate and inspire people on a very raw, personal level. Art is certainly a very powerful thing and I’m sure everybody at some point in their lives has been touched by a piece of art before. Perhaps it was…
Read full review on AniList →Would you like to hear about the word of Haruhiism?
The state of the online world isn't something I'm terribly fond of nowadays, but a little over a decade ago, the Internet was a captivating wonderland. A large part of my juvenile personality is owed to numbing my developing brain on Ray William Johnson's =3 series, Salad Fingers, asdf movies, YouTu…
Read full review on AniList →KyoAni's mid-2000s adaptation of Nagaru Tanigawa's light novels was a pop-cultural phenomenon, and for good reason.
*"I'm Haruhi Suzumiya, from East Junior High. First off, I'm not interested in ordinary people. But, if any of you are aliens, time-travelers, or espers, please come see me. That is all!"*
Has any anime character ever introduced themselves so simply and so effectively as Haruhi Suzumiya? Right off…
Read full review on AniList →An amazing show with great character
__Disclaimer: This review will be for the entirety of the show, not just this first portion. However, there will be NO spoilers in this review.__
I'm going to try my best to keep this an unbiased review, but Haruhi as a show and as a character has helped me on a personal level so that's one reason…
Read full review on AniList →It's a story about connecting with others and not about discovering aliens, time travelers or espers
# __This Review Will Feature Spoilers__
While I was watching _the Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya_ I got struck by how much I got reminded by what Ethan Hawke said in an interview for _Before Sunset_ in how he was invited by director Richard Linklater to join the project. Below I linked the intervie…
Read full review on AniList →A huge phenomenon at the time, but it perhaps hasn't aged very well.
Once upon a time on a certain bow-shaped archipelago, there was a young man who had become jaded and cynical towards the world around him. Known as Kyon to his friends, as well as his relatives and anyone else he ever meets, this young man once believed in the wildest things, from aliens and the sup…
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