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DaZ616
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Hahaha, just finished watching ep 11. what can i say?...it was fantastic and very funny!
i found Mikuru's remarks to be the funniest as well as spoiler[when nagato was swaying her wireless mouse around. ] The CG animation was great in the spoiler[space battle] however i noticed that the characters looked abit different from previous eps. espically Nagato. -DaZ |
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abunai
Old Regular
 Posts: 5463 Location: 露命 |
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Yes, I do... and it's henohenomoheji. There's a reference to this traditional figure in the novels, btw, in chapter 7 of volume 1. However, it's used to describe Haruhi's face, locked in a grimace of angry boredom.
I can only surmise that this use in the anime of the heno-ji is the animators' way of giving a nod to this scene in the book. - abunai |
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Arcanite Champion
 Posts: 44 Location: pennsylvania |
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Hahahahaha! I LOVE that show! It's definitely one of favorites. All the wierd, random stuff that happens, the way Haruhi just walks all over anyone and especially the first episode. Cracks me up.
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TranceLimit174
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I had to play a bit of catch up, so in a way it was very fortunate to watch episodes 10 and 11 back to back. I thought both were great.
I skimmed through the ep. 10 comments and I really don't have much to add except for the fact that Nagato could probably hold her own against some of the most popular shounen heroes out there. I found (just in case) spoiler[older Mikuru very interesting (she was much more forward, yet at the same time she was still Mikuru). And while it's probably the last time we see her I hope not. However, I have the feeling that the mere fact that she made an appearance to Kyon and referenced her mole could in itself have an impact on the future which may allow for Kyon and Mikuru to develop something. As far as the analyzing of the Snow White story I can't really tell how that will come into play (not too great at things like that). Only thing I can tell is that it will bring Kyon and Mikuru closer to one another (hence older Mikuru wanting to see him).] Episode 11 was just fun. I was glad to see that little blackmail scandal come back round. I thought the use of placing the characters in actual space combat mixed with them playing the game on the computer was very imaginitive. I have to wonder if the writers wrote the episodes in the "correct" order and then went back and shuffled them around. I would imagine so because this is a series where you have to pay attention to detail, even little bits that don't seem significant (i.e. Nagato's glasses). If these episodes weren't written in order I would imagine there being a continuty issue here and thee. But fortunatley that is not the case and the result is a brilliant show. Also maybe it's just me, but are the episode previews getting a little crazy with mecha references? The preview for episode 11 ends with Haruhi saying "Ready? Go!" which I believe is a G Gundam reference. And then for the preview of episode 12 Haruhi says "Listen to my song!" I just started on Macross 7 and that appears to be Basara's favorite phrase. Maybe I'm drawing too odd of a connection but that just jumped out at me. |
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abunai
Old Regular
Posts: 5463 Location: 露命 |
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I could easily fall in love with Nagato Yuki, were I at all the type of person to fall in love with fictive characters. Let any doubts that she has a personality and a sense of humour be laid to rest with episode 11.
- abunai |
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Zalis116
Moderator
 Posts: 6867 Location: Kazune City |
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Boy, reading all these posts about Gundam references makes me kind of sad that I haven't watched any Gundam, since I would have understood those lines better. Still, lines like "Long live the computer society!" have a "taken from somewhere else" feeling even if you don't know from where. In a similar vein to the "Super-Size-Me" line from #10, we get another translation tweaked for an Americanism, Kyon's "No, but my danger sense is tingling." #11 was breathtaking with all the CG space fights, and I loved hearing Mikuru-chan struggle to spit out lines about electromagnetic graviton torpedoes or whatever. It was also shocking, since the preview didn't give any indication of space battles or anything. Of course, I should have known not to trust any previews in this series; after all, in #11, Haruhi even declares, "Previews are worthless!"
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TAKAVAR
 Posts: 138 Location: Canada |
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best moment in ep 11 was
spoiler[Haruhi's kick to the computer club's president, Best Animated Kick, it was completely unexpected] I also like how the computer that is being used is real. like how spoiler[pictures of mikuru] were still in recyle bin, or spoiler[computer's club game] didn't run on full screen like how a more professional program would. |
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Mylene
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Sort of like the way in episode two that she spoiler[grabbed Kyon and slammed his head against the desk. So fluid, so painful looking (I usually don't cringe when someone gets comically hurt in an anime, but that was realistic looking and sounding), and completely unexpected as well.] Yes, I know...spoiler block for episode two...Meh, better safe than sorry, I guess. |
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frentymon
Forums Superstar
 Posts: 2362 Location: San Francisco |
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Just watched Episode 11, and I really liked the spoiler[frequent switching between exaggerated "epic" mode and the real life 8-bit NES MIDI mode. Made me get really into it several times, only to realize they were playing a really cheap game produced by a club next door.]
Possibly an uncommon opinion, but I spoiler[in a way, wanted the SOS-Dan to lose the match, for the same reasons Kyon did at first. Haruhi always gets whatever she wants whenever she wants, and it just feeds her ego more and more. Doing so may "reset" the world, but Haruhi needs to learn a lesson. Maybe she'd be more compassionate toward her club members after being forced to hang out with the Computer Society for a while.] About Yuki - spoiler[I caught a subtle personality in her from this episode, but I didn't find any humor from her at all.] |
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abunai
Old Regular
Posts: 5463 Location: 露命 |
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No, they're not. spoiler[They're in a folder titled "ＭＩＫＵＲＵ". Kyon was fast, creating the folder and moving them from the recycle bin in a flash, while Haruhi's back was turned. And they're still there when... no, nevermind.] By the way, the game is a clear hommage to the classic Japanese game series 銀河英雄伝説 (Ginga Eiyuu Densetsu, "Legend of Galactic Heroes"). Here's a screenshot from the series' sixth installment: 
I'm sure the similarities are evident to everyone. - abunai |
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one3rd
 Posts: 1817 Location: アメリカ |
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I was kind of wondering if it was a LOGH reference, but the ships seemed too oddly shaped. I didn't know about that game though.
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crazydumbek
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Thank you. I think I remember seeing this in Narto as well, but I guess I forgot. BTW. I really liked the way how Nagato spoiler[learned how to use the keyboard during the practice rounds, especially after her initial difficulty with a mouse ]. It really added a lot to her coolness. My favorite moment is still in the first episode. Gonna put spoler tags her for the heck of it...spoiler[Magical girl Mikuru pulling out two pistols to attack and eventually getting the beat down from Nagato is still the funniest moment in the show. Number two would be Mikuru in a bunny suit firing the toy assault rifle ] |
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SoljaFeJah
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WOW. I really enjoy this show. I haven't enjoyed a show this much in a long time. Really funny. I think Haruhi Suzumiya is a great character, a girl who is oddly different from everyone elese.
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Dan42
Chief Encyclopedist
 Posts: 3782 Location: Montreal |
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Not only that but he places them like a beginner too. Normally in go you spread out your stones at the beginning of the game to gain a strategic advantage. Getting locked in a tactical battle is really the mark of a newbie. hmmm, two strategy games in one episode? Can't be a coincidence... The style and scale of those space battles definitely reminded me of Legend of the Galactic Heroes. I mean, 5 fleets of 15,000 spindle-like ships, battling it out with pincer and flanking maneuvers? Typical LoGH stuff. |
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GoodLuckSaturday
 Posts: 567 Location: Indiana |
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Actually, they're playing Five-in-a-Row. The stone placement focuses the action entirely on the center of the board, and a good look at the board shows the heated battle to get that last connected stone. I'd say it would've been more appropriate for them to be playing Go, with the whole "Go before battle" saying. |
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