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Well, that was an interesting take on the normally tomboyish Mikochin. Also nice to see some character development for Akira especially her love of practical jokes. I still have Salva Nos playing in my head whenever she appears though. The star of this episode for me, though, was Eri strutting her tsundere stuff. Continue reading ‘School Rumble 2nd Term 4′
While it’s not like Magikano where fans started coming out of the closet after Ender’s bold declaration of fandom, I’m feeling pretty chuffed that animeblogging legend Jeff Lawson also enjoys this series for its stupid funniness. Continue reading ‘Girl’s High 4′
Quite relieved that Haruhi is going from strength to strength. One of the things that I enjoy about this series is that it’s hard to pigeon-hole it into a normal category. The setting is high school but with romance, sci-fi, wacky humour all thrown in and as diverse as these elements are, they all hang together very well. Even after watching the subs, I still had to rely on DarkMirage’s explanation to get a full grip on all the plot elements.
I also liked how the episode threw me into the deep end about how everyone in the SOS-Dan knew about Haruhi’s God Mode and each other’s roles. I think this plays well to fandom because (1) the novel-readers can feel omniscient; (2) the rest of us have to spend some braincells to think about it thus appreciating its construction even more as well as engage in speculation. IMHO anime that have long term fandom usually achieve this by creating intriguing plot elements that are never fully explained or resolved thus leaving fans plenty of space to extend the franchise. Continue reading ‘The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya 4′