Kanbaru 🌟 (one hikari of too many)
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for a while i've not been sure how to feel about the fact haruhi was my first anime… i didn't remember it well enough to know whether it was “good”, only that it was meaningful to me. the fact it's such a “meta” show also made me wonder if it was an appropriate first anime…
Kanbaru 🌟 (one hikari of too many)
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but uh, nine episodes into my rewatch (which incidentally covers not just s1 but s2, which i didn't watch back in 2010 because it wasn't on dvd yet, and i'm not sure if i ever properly finished watching later…), i think i can safely say: no, it's an excellent first anime.
Kanbaru 🌟 (one hikari of too many)
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its premise is playful but it plays it straight, so it's not going to confuse you if you've never seen anything it's referencing before. and its premise allows it to give you a flavour of… so much of what anime can do and can be. it's no wonder it inspired a lifelong love in me.
Kanbaru 🌟 (one hikari of too many)
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also it's just technically excellent in many ways. it's just, actually good, in ways even someone who's never seen an anime before can appreciate. watching haruhi as my first anime didn't fuck me up; it prepared me, i guess. i'm glad that chance played out in this way for me.
Kanbaru 🌟 (one hikari of too many)
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i don't know if i've ever outright said it, but a theme of the things i've celebrated in recent times is that “good art” is not a rare thing, in my opinion, and that popularity doesn't mean something is bad (it doesn't necessarily mean it's good, of course).
Kanbaru 🌟 (one hikari of too many)
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i think i was afraid haruhi was not going to be that good, because… as you may know (younger folks might not), haruhi was absolutely fucking everywhere in anime circles circa 2010. it was an extremely big deal. it was impossible to ignore. it was mainstream within anime at least
Kanbaru 🌟 (one hikari of too many)
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and there are quite a lot of popular things that i don't really care so much for! i'm not a snob about it, i don't have anything against a thing being popular in itself, but it's not uncommon for something to be very popular but kind of average at best so far as my tastes go?
Kanbaru 🌟 (one hikari of too many)
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so, yeah, it's just wonderful to be able to wholeheartedly embrace it neither because of nor in spite of nostalgia, but simply because… it's good. that i'm nostalgic about it only makes it better, but i'd love it either way. that's cool!!!
Kanbaru 🌟 (one hikari of too many)
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aha, it's funny that i start watching haruhi not long after switching away from my haruhi profile pic. i'm glad though, it means i don't feel like i'm betraying all those people who followed me thinking i'm a haruhi fan… because i am indeed one, i'm just not, haruhi,
Kanbaru 🌟 (one hikari of too many)
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ok one more episode before i go to bed. unless this happens to be the beginning of endless eight, in which case No #光ハルヒHoliday 10
Kanbaru 🌟 (one hikari of too many)
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oh no this is the deserted island episode, and that's a two-parter!! i remember that much. okay i guess it'll have to wait, tragic. #光ハルヒHoliday 10
Kanbaru 🌟 (one hikari of too many)
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haruhi rewatch resumes now, with the deserted island two-parter, part one. :3 #光ハルヒHoliday 10
Kanbaru 🌟 (one hikari of too many)
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need a girl to, in recognition of my achievements, specially promote me two ranks and name me sos brigade deputy chief #光ハルヒHoliday 10
Kanbaru 🌟 (one hikari of too many)
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need a girl to want me to be trapped me in a closed-circle mystery #光ハルヒHoliday 10
Kanbaru 🌟 (one hikari of too many)
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need to walk into a house where it is immediately established what type of architectural style it has and whether the doors to the rooms can be locked #光ハルヒHoliday 10
Kanbaru 🌟 (one hikari of too many)
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oh, does this count as s1's beach episode? i think s2 has one also. #光ハルヒHoliday 10
Kanbaru 🌟 (one hikari of too many)
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i love nagato yuki #光ハルヒHoliday 10
Kanbaru 🌟 (one hikari of too many)
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damn, you'll never guess what happened, #光ハルヒHoliday 10
Kanbaru 🌟 (one hikari of too many)
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now i have to watch part 2! #光ハルヒHoliday 10
