Review of The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya

this review is on the 2006, and 2009 re run of Haruhi. This anime took me forever to finish. At first I didn't like it because of its episodic nature, but I soon came to grow attached to it. For me personally I feel as if this anime is extremely over hyped. I use to watch youtubers like Digibro or Gigguk talk about "how this anime is so revolutionary". and you'll be right it is, but i feel like this shows quality especially in the second part dips down. lets talk about the good. Even though this anime was made in 2006 it still looksamazing to the point that it could possibly rival some anime made in todays era. The music is also amazing and i often find my self listening to the OP's and ED's repeatedly, as well as listening to God Knows. the characters are also pretty enduring and enjoyable for the most bart too, besides some main characters.

the main heroine of the story Haruhi is an extremely stubborn and colorful character that lightens the mood of every episode due to her antics.

Kyon is a cynical person who is really the only normal person.

Yuki is a alien, to bad i hate her character because she is so quiet that i often forget about her. I know that thats the point, but i feel as if they could have used her character a little better.

Mikuri is an amazingly cute character. the voice actor does a perfect job for her character. she often is forced into maid costumes and the such by haruhi.

Itsuki is also not really a good character in my eyes, more often then not I feel as if he is used as a walking talking object that describes whats happening in the plot

Now with the bad.

Most of the episodes have pretty generic premiss such as a school festival, playing a baseball game, or solving a murder case. But, one of if not the worst part of the entire 2 seasons is the infamous endless 8 saga. Endless 8 is one of those ground hog day scenarios, when a character/group of characters repeat a cycle of time. This time it has a twist which is that the characters don't regain there memories. the reason why this is bad is because for literally about 5 episodes straight the characters keep on repeating the same actions each time. The episodes also end in the same way to with the main character forgetting to do his homework and repeating the 2 week cycle.

This is inexcusable.

in the end this show has some good ups and some notable downs. But i do feel like you should watch it, but dont get your hopes up