Can someone explain the appeal of this anime to me? I just finished all the 2006 episodes in broadcast order, and honestly, I hated it.Why am I supposed to care if Haruhi destroys the world when all the world has to offer is a lineup of bland, generic archetypes?>generic kuudere>generic waifu bait>generic nice-guy friend>generic self-insert MCThat’s literally all there is to these characters. They’re not entertaining, not endearing - just one-note cardboard cutouts whose only distinguishing traits are their sci-fi gimmicks. The only genuinely compelling character is Haruhi herself, and she barely gets any screentime. And when she does, it’s weighed down by how boring the rest of the cast is.Kyon, though, is by far the worst offender. He might be the most milquetoast, listless, personality-free MC I’ve ever seen. He cannot go five seconds without narrating, and it adds nothing. His endless, vapid monologues don’t enrich the story or the jokes - they just drag them down. Either he’s exposition dumping, overexplaining, or whining about how annoying everything is. It’s exhausting.So how the hell did this blow up in popularity? Am I missing something? Is there some big revelation in the next season or the movie that makes it all worth it?
>>282430035sorry zoomie, you just had to be there
nobody cares newfaggot
It's hard to understand anything in life without considering context. Your arguments don't hold up in the world of 2006. Kyon was actually a genuinely original character for the time and one of the first of his kind. Yuki wasn't the first kuudere but she was an early enough example that the novelty hadn't worn off, especially for the American audiences of the time that were mostly teenagers and maybe early 20s. Koizumi was pleasant enough, not really relevant of the star attraction anyway. Mikuru was an early enough example of docile moe fapbait to feel new to audiences of the time even if the archetype was actually pretty well-worn by that point. It was just an interesting show for the time; most of the things it is known for might not have originated in Haruhi but they were early enough examples, especially for Western Millennials, to feel novel. The asynchronous airing fuckery also was really interesting and unique. And at the age most of us were it did feel pretty deep and thoughtful. Haruhi's long monologue about why she changed so much doesn't really resonate with me anymore but it seemed pretty mind-blowing when I watched the show in late 2007 when I was 20. Haruhi wasn't the first or even the 10th series that had surrealistic. abstract, deliberately obtuse writing and visuals but it was, again, an early enough example to feel like new ground to 2006 teens.
That's on you for not watching it in chronological order.
>>282430035The main character is literally me. Sorry to hear you are stupid. Godspeed.
>>282430035>filtered by Haruhi
>>282430181OP did one thing right, and that was watching in broadcast order as God intended.
>>282430035>in broadcast orderI think I tried that and dropped it. Redid it again in chrono and I was able to finish. Skipped some of the EE arc though.Anyway, if you don't like it anon, then you don't. That's it.
>>282430035>generic self-insert MC
