Koizumi, you baaad baaad man for suggesting something so perverted. But you’re off the hook because I love you and Ono Daisuke. There’s just something appealing about boys in blazers and ties. Hnnnnnngh.
The title of this movie is misleading, ain’t it? Of course, it was about Haruhi and she pranced around a lot in the beginning and ending bits. Bits only. But the main star(s) wasn’t Haruhi much. Nope, not at all. I did enjoy seeing Haruhi and Koizumi donning different uniforms though. Nice! Tomokazu Sugita must have had 3 litres of water on standby in the recording studio for talking so much in the movie. I’m not complaining, because I love him too. Yes yes, shoot me. I feel Sugita-sama is Kyon, Kyon is him, and the world is therefore set right.
Without giving too much of the plot away, I must say, Nagato was just moe-personified. Yes, I know she was also moe in The Melancholy series, but she was moe on a totally different scale here. Well y’know, moe-ness can be described on many levels. I only wish Kyon displayed more interesting reactions. Then again, if he did, it would have felt… out of character and inconsistent with the mood of the situation which Kyon found himself stuck in. At least the directors indulged us with a different side to our favourite humanoid. I’m sure male fans are crying grateful tears.
Again, the time tangent x space vacuum x continuum interruption theory went over my head faster than air. I kinda get the gist of it, thanks to Koizumi’s normal (non-espa) entity illustrating the possibilities of the weird happenings around them on serviettes.
Speaking of serviettes, when Koizumi thanked Kyon for handing him another serviette to draw on, I actually thought that was a nice intentional touch. I mean, anime series usually focus on all the supernatural, the blasts and the quirky. I found that gesture – being so ordinary – stood out in a good way. In the midst of the drama, they didn’t forget to ‘normalise’ these characters and make them essentially like us, the stalkish people watching them. Oh well, I’m off on a tangent. Gomen.
I believe I was quite slow in knowing of the movie and watching it. I only realised it was floating around after perusing Good Smile Company’s website and seeing the Nendoroids of Kyon and Nagato in Disappearance Version. I was like, “Oh, the Disppearance Version! Hmm, of course… wonder if it’s subbed…” And voilà! It was! The beauty of such a finding was that I wasn’t counting down the days to it. It’s nice to be ignorant once in a while.
For those who’d read the light novels, did the movie stay true to the contents? I didn’t know anything about this beforehand, so I actually enjoyed the movie tons because… well, I didn’t know what to expect. It was pretty good to be thinking and guessing as the story line went on. Kyon’s imouto was adorable as usual, and for some reason, the sibling combo made me think of Ore no Imōto ga Konna ni Kawaii Wake ga Nai almost instinctively. Heh. But no, it wasn’t in that way, you perverts.
Loved the movie much. It was good because a different Nagato was spell-binding and Kyon was faced with such a huge dilemma that made him question himself so relentlessly, even though you knew what his choice was going to be. He wrapped up the movie with a fantastic conclusion of his role and its impact in the SOS Brigade, and his relationship and (usually underestimated) effect on Miss Ultimate-Dictator-of-The-Whole-Wide-Universe Suzumiya Haruhi.
Now that he was awakened to the notion of his significance and yet still so modest and quiet about it, it was thus amazing to sit back and realise that Kyon had matured incredibly since his early days in The Melancholy series. And with such a secret to share with Nagato, one could feel that our favourite humanoid wasn’t alone anymore. The ending with him on one bended knee (NOT what you think) and the snow that gently appeared unexpectedly in the final seconds as Kyon uttered, “Yuki…” in front of Nagato Yuki (ahem) were powerful on so many levels. It was sweet.
Kyon was a real star in this movie, and he should be. You ladies’ man, you.
Tags: anime, musings, review, suzumiya haruhi
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