| Talon |
09-09-2013 12:53 AM |
Still highly recommend The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya to almost everyone. It's an extremely fun, and well-produced anime and I honestly can't find anything to complain about. Each and every main character is very well developed, and not a single main character feels 2D or bland. Here's a quick synopsis from Wikipedia:
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The story follows the narrator and male protagonist Kyon, a cynical and incredulous student entering high school, who is dragged along by the title character and female protagonist Haruhi Suzumiya (who is Kyon's classmate). She is an eccentric girl seeking supernatural phenomena and figures such as aliens, time travelers, and espers. She establishes with Kyon's reluctant help,a club to investigate mysterious events called the SOS Brigade. Haruhi later recruits three additional members: the laconic bibliophile Yuki Nagato, the shy and timid Mikuru Asahina, and the friendly transfer student Itsuki Koizumi. These members soon reveal themselves to Kyon as the extraordinary characters Haruhi, who is unaware of her own destructive reality warping power, is seeking. The three additional members have been sent by their various organizations to observe Haruhi and prevent these powers from being unleashed, leaving to Kyon the task of maintaining for Haruhi the illusion of a normal life.
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While a few characters are deliberately created as archetypes of generic characters and acknowledged as such a first, they reveal another side of them that keeps gettin developed as the series go on. The characters literally don't stop getting more developed and lovable, not even up to the final minute in the concluding movie of the series (did I tell you the series wraps up with a movie? It's also one of the best movies I've seen in my life). The main plotline is original, and very interesting. It branches out into many other subplots and backstories which are all very satisfying and well done. The series had a very long lasting effect; I finished the series two years ago and I still enjoy rewatching the seried and movie from time to time - it may even be an annual thing for me. I'd go as far as to say this is my favorite series of all time. Give it a shot. |
