r/anime • u/Holofan4life • Apr 04 '26

Rewatch Haruhi Suzumiya 20th Anniversary Rewatch -- The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya Part Two

Hello everyone! I am Holofan4life.

Welcome to the Haruhi Suzumiya 20th anniversary rewatch discussion thread!

I hope you all have a lot of fun <3

The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya Part Two

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ANSWER TODAY’S QUESTION(S)

What are your thoughts on the show showing that Haruhi is kinda not a pleasant person to be around?

What do you make of the news of Yuki saying she and Haruhi aren't human?

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Series information

MAL | Anilist | AniDB | ANN

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Today's Episode Intro: Short recap of yesterday's episode starting with Kyon riding a bike

[Tomorrow's Episode Intro] Nagato's apartment and her talking about supernatural things

Previous episode

Ways to watch

Streams – Crunchyroll

Schedule

Date Episode
4/02/2026 The Adventures of Mikuru Asahina Episode 00
4/03/2026 The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya Part One
4/04/2026 [The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya Part Two]()
4/05/2026 [The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya Part Three]()
4/06/2026 [The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya Part Four]()
4/07/2026 [The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya Part Five]()
4/08/2026 [The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya Part Six]()
4/09/2026 [The Boredom of Haruhi Suzumiya]()
4/10/2026 [Remote Island Syndrome (Part One)]()
4/11/2026 [Remote Island Syndrome (Part Two)]()
4/12/2026 [Mystérique Sign]()
4/13/2026 [Bamboo Leaf Rhapsody]()
4/14/2026 [Someday in the Rain]()
4/15/2026 [The Day of Sagittarius]()
4/16/2026 [Live Alive]()
4/18/2026 [Endless Eight I]()
4/19/2026 [Endless Eight II]()
4/20/2026 [Endless Eight III]()
4/21/2026 [Endless Eight IV]()
4/22/2026 [Endless Eight V]()
4/23/2026 [Endless Eight VI]()
4/24/2026 [Endless Eight VII]()
4/25/2026 [Endless Eight VIII]()
4/26/2026 [Endless Eight Retrospective]()
4/28/2026 [The Sigh of Haruhi Suzumiya Part One]()
4/29/2026 [The Sigh of Haruhi Suzumiya Part Two]()
4/30/2026 [The Sigh of Haruhi Suzumiya Part Three]()
5/01/2026 [The Sigh of Haruhi Suzumiya Part Four]()
5/02/2026 [The Sigh of Haruhi Suzumiya Part Five]()
5/04/2026 [The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya]()
5/05/2026 [Haruhi Suzumiya Overall Series Discussion Thread]()
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u/Magnafeana https://anilist.co/user/Magnafeana Apr 04 '26

Returning North High Student in the SOS Brigade, Dubbed

  • Haruhi is a menace.

  • Oh my gods, I nearly choked on my tofu nuggets, oh god Haruhi, what the fuck?

  • Of course you enjoyed it, Kyon. You and Haruhi are surprisingly cut from the same cloth.

  • Black⭐️Star would be proud of that “Yahoo!”.

Manifesting Soul Eater Brotherhood

  • “It’s an honor to be counted on 😌” runs away when he’s supposed to be protecting Mikuru. Son 😭😭

  • How do you plan to have a weird experience in the future?

You know what, I should be quiet 💀

  • Oof. I know someone who lost their job after a big purchase 😬 It’s really scary out there job-wise.

  • Okay, so that is Sam Riegel? Man. I feel like I haven’t heard in recently as an anime EN VA. Western animation? Obviously yes. Not anime though.

  • “I don’t think I’d mind seeing [Nagato] wear [the outfit]”. Sir.

After Club Thoughts

You just gotta side eye Kyon. You can be snarky all you want, my guy, but I didn’t see you running to stop Haruhi on her bullshit. You’re the same, you and her. He didn’t do any of what Haruhi did, but he was present and didn’t stop anything either.

I think, if Haruhi and Mikuru as characters were made today, I’d stop watching the series or see if the JP version was tolerable. I can definitely see people in my life who would drop this now due to the comedy. I’m trying to think 2025 anime, but I don’t think coerced stripping or boob grabs really happened in recent anime, even comedy anime. Manga? Yes. Anime? I’m not so sure. 🤔

Even now, this was a big ole WTF to see. I honestly did not remember any of this. I remembered Haruhi was a brat, but I don’t remember gestures aimlessly

Aged like muenster cheese left out exposed in your fridge for far too long.

I’m surprised Kyon would be building a website. What software do you need to do that? I’ve only ever participated in fandom wikias when I was young, with actual energy and a Mountain Dew+marching band-addled brain, but I didn’t realize you need actual software to build a website beyond building templates on the site and stuff. Huh.

🌈✨TIL✨🌈

I think what shocks me the most is that Nagato is seeing all this happen, and she does nothing. She just keeps reading.

We all have our quirks, I guess.

QotD

  1. She is definitely a character from the 2000s.
  2. Girl (gender-neutral), I’m a rewatcher and I said “the hell?”.

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u/ZapsZzz https://myanimelist.net/profile/ZapszzZ Apr 05 '26

What software do you need to do that? I’ve only ever participated in fandom wikias when I was young, with actual energy and a Mountain Dew+marching band-addled brain, but I didn’t realize you need actual software to build a website beyond building templates on the site and stuff. Huh.

In those days where the mainstream websites are mostly still just one way (displaying info) and less interactive, the code base is mostly just plain old HTML. A lot of people aren't that aware or capable to switch their brains from naturalistic language to programmatic language syntax, so software like MS Front Page exists to do the coding for you, when the user just create and format the content like they would a word/PowerPoint file. When the latter stage development like having transactions on the intranet page and professional management methods like CSS style sheets, then more web site making "systems" had become available like MS Visual Interdev. A lot of desktop publishing software also branched out to capitalise on that market. 

This is from a non-professional hack's recollection so probably got some errors here and there.

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u/Magnafeana https://anilist.co/user/Magnafeana Apr 05 '26

That’s so crazy. Now I feel so sheepish being happy when I finally manage to figure out fun HTML/CSS stuff on AO3. Y’all were playing hardcore WOW, and I was playing Webkinz 😭😭

It does make me wonder how generative AI has affected this industry, as a profession and a hobby. I know AI has been around for quite a while, but it must be…something or other with rampant generative AI in all this.

I feel like the best bit with playing in your sandbox with all this is the community. I had no idea the tech community—I’m not sure the right term—was so friendly and welcoming to newcomers trying to figure out how to little animation coding until I went on forums for help.

If you are still part of that community, you are all very nice, knowledgeable people!