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[skygiants]

Hmm, I don't know if I have all that much to say about The Sigh of Haruhi Suzumiya. Again, I think I like the books best of all of the versions of the story I've seen - Kyon's narration comes across the most clearly, and it's a large part of what makes the story fun. Also, I really like the hints that all of the 'supernatural' characters are untrustworthy or have a flawed view on events in some way, and that all of their theories contradict each other, and I am totally hoping to see that played up more in later books - I don't remember it coming up in the show so much. I also really liked how Kyon's friends got drawn in a little, and how their general apathy compares and contrasts with Kyon's and with the antics of the club.

That said, Sigh was a little more frustrating as a story than Melancholy because I want to smack EVERYONE for being complicit in really horrible abuse of Asahina, and I don't even like Asahina! I want to keep liking the characters, but it gets a little exhausting constantly fanwanking things in my head so their behavior is not as horrific as it seems.

While I am here, I should probably also mention that scifantasy lent me the first two volumes of the manga to read a while back as well. They were perfectly decent, but they didn't really bring anything new, and I don't think I'll be bothering to keep hunting them down when I can already get the same story in two other media that I like better.

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[scifantasy.livejournal.com]

No, it's a fair point. I'm actually annoyed more because I thought they were on a six-month schedule.

[skygiants]

Yeah, that's what I thought too. Still, on the bright side, this way everything will be coming out when you're officially done with school for the year and can indulge guilt-free!