The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya

[Yukimura]

While I can't say that I'm not a bit bored by it I didn't feel as sore about this second ep of repetition as many people seem to have, I don't think I could handle more than one more cycle though.

What helped me get through this third ep was looking for more subtle differences like wardrobe and character positions as well as listening for clues to what the solution to the looping will be. I feel like we've learned a few new things in each cycle and that has been enough to keep me curious and interested. In the first ep ep learned about Haruhi's zest for summer fun, with the second we learned that something was rotten in their world and that Yuki was aware of it all and possibly quite miserable. During this third ep I tried to pay more attention to Yuki's behavior as well as look toward Haruhi for signs of what she might be looking for that she's not finding.

After ep three my intuition tells me the solution to this problem is going to be Kyon proposing something he wants to do on the final day. I'm banking on that something being a date with Haruhi so that she'll feel all doki doki about where things might go the next day and not reset time.

On a slightly different not much more than the repetition I have found it rather frustrating that so many people across the anime scene who read the novels in the time between seasons are constantly on the verge of spoiling later plot points in their frustrated musings about whatever events these repeated eps are taking time away from. I can certainly understand why they would be more frustrated than people who don't know how this will all play out or what will come after but It's just ugh... I daresay Naruto manga readers seemed more respectful during the ~2 years of filler episodes than Haruhi novel readers after 3 weeks.