(In the voice of Rod Serling) “Picture
of a boy, Kyon by name, starting his first day of High School and
looking forward to an uneventful and unremarkable academic career.
But this young man is about to make a very particular acquaintance:
Haruhi Suzumiya isn’t interested in the mundane goings-on of an
average high school but rather in the strange and fantastical.
Aliens, Espers, and Future Men are her bread and butter. Impossible
things? Perhaps. But as Kyon is about to find out, what Haruhi
wants, Haruhi gets. Kyon’s school life is going to become very
eventful and remarkable indeed, as he’s all set to join a new club
with its meeting room… in the Twilight Zone.”
Ah, yes, The Melancholy of Haruhi
Suzumiya – a colorful comedy with a premise that is, in fact, like
something right out of a classic Twilight Zone episode. Somehow,
it’s simultaneously one of the most unique shows I’ve seen and also
one of the most cliched. That alone is an accomplishment, but
accomplishments don’t always mean something good. Let’s take a look.
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