What really makes them tick? What are they really thinking and feeling, beyond the outward, superficial qualities that Kyon emphasizes? In the end, I’m inclined to say these three characters are the biggest mysteries of the story. I got the sense that there was also more to Koizumi and Asahina than Kyon’s stock descriptions would have us believe. 4, where Kyon finally recognizes that she’s more than just a robot devoid of personality. The most obvious example of this is of course Nagato in vol. It’s not that the characters themselves are actually one-dimensional, but Kyon’s depictions of them are mostly flat, even when the characters’ actions and words imply they have more depth than he is acknowledging.
I don’t trust Kyon’s narration because of how one-dimensionally he tends to describe all characters besides Haruhi. I felt like I never really had a solid grasp on their motives, goals, or personalities, except for little hints.
Jeskai: I’m going to deal with all three of these at once because I think they share a major trait: Kyon doesn’t describe them fairly. By the end, I found that Haruhi reminded me a little of Star Trek: The Next Generation’s mischievous, godlike entity known as Q.
However, her desire for something wondrous, something beyond the mundanity of the world as we know it, makes her deeply relatable. Sometimes she’s a bully who could be the mean girl antagonist in a lot of more conventional high school romantic comedies. She’s also got some subtle tsundere vibes, where she’s actually a bit more caring than her usual cavalier bombast would lead you to think. When she’s not being a horrible person, she’s an entertaining mix of silliness, wit, and childlike curiosity. And finally, I read these four volumes and she continued to grow on me. She was even more likable in the spinoff that seems to have been inspired by the altered universe of Disappearance. I later powered through the anime and found her somewhat more palatable. 1 of this series, but quickly dropped it when the title character turned out to be such a jerk. Jeskai: I think Haruhi is an acquired taste.
0 kommentar(er)
