>>281479998 (OP)
No, she's a manic pixie dream girl. Kyon is also the quintessential pairing for this type of romance, which is a guy who is depressed, self-conscious, and prone to overthinking. I don't think this is as common in Japanese media as it is with Western media.
>>281479998 (OP)
She is just a quirky girl who has himedere (since she is the leader of the club) and tsundere (with kyon) tendencies.
Look at this and compare it to the other girls, you can clearly see she is not like them.
>>281480946
/a/ dogpiled me for saying Haruhi was a manic pixie dream girl a few years ago despite that I still think she is just about as quintessential a mpdg as it gets.
>>281480946 >>281496965
Go back where you came from, you fucking morons. God forbid that fictional media made for men by men include idealized depictions of women that depict them being decent human beings cause God knows that doesn't exist in real life.
>>281497033
Haruhi isn't a decent human being. She's a bitch who treats her friends terribly and constantly manipulates/blackmails people to get what she wants. I'd still have sex with her though
>>281486917
That's because the other ones have a tomboyishness to them while Haruhi is a stacy. In analogy to Toradora, Haruhi is like Minori and Ami combined with Taiga's ego.
>>281498470
I'm not sure what your point is, Haruhi is at no point depicted as being a decent human being, her being selfish and refusing to accept not getting her way routinely drives the plot.
>>281480946 >>281496965
Haruhi is too much of a bitch to be a MPDG. Her main appeal is in being sexy, beautiful, and highly confident, not in being an angel of sorts (which she isn't). She has more in common with Aqua than with Zero Two.