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>I'm not sure how they made the boring human so interesting while leaving the interesting alien so boring
it's actually one of the weaknesses of the show, and the reason why I consider it a "proto-Haruhi Suzumiya". See, one of the reasons why the Haruhi sseries is so great is because it had humans that were as interesting as the aliens/time-travellers/espers in the show. Kyon is an ordinary human, but his struggle with Haruhi and his commentary on the situation is similar to Mayuko's. In fact, its an improvement on it because Kyon has a wit and snarkiness that's above Mayuko's. Haruhi is the supposed deity of the setting, but she does see hrself as that - she sees and thinks of herself as an ordinary human. So even though her existence creates the extraordinary, the same elements cannot let her know of their existence.
It's something I mentioned before. Haruhi ahd stakes, NieA_7 didn't. But it didn't have to be the case. Pic related was from the NieA_7 manga by aBe, and only 5 chapters of it had been translated. But a moment like this wasn't in the anime: it was only hinted at. I think the anime could have been even better if it had not relied on slapstick/situational comedy and focused on elements like this. There's a lot to NieA_7 that I think could be explored even further had it been done by a different writer (no slight to aBe, as Haibane Renmei was his writing as well)
So I'm of the opinion that Haruhi Suzumiya is "NieA_7 done right" - in the sense that it has the same dynamic - straight man/woman (Mayuko/Kyon) vs manic pixie dream girl (Haruhi/Niea), it had actual stakes, and the different races and supporting cast were a lot more interesting (the SOS brigade and their concepts vs the Enohana bathhouse crew and crater aliens). But I would still like to see NieA_7 revisted/redone, because I think there was a potential to its world and setting.
>>279792993
>>279793345
>>279793381
>I'm not sure how they made the boring human so interesting while leaving the interesting alien so boring
it's actually one of the weaknesses of the show, and the reason why I consider it a "proto-Haruhi Suzumiya". See, one of the reasons why the Haruhi sseries is so great is because it had humans that were as interesting as the aliens/time-travellers/espers in the show. Kyon is an ordinary human, but his struggle with Haruhi and his commentary on the situation is similar to Mayuko's. In fact, its an improvement on it because Kyon has a wit and snarkiness that's above Mayuko's. Haruhi is the supposed deity of the setting, but she does see hrself as that - she sees and thinks of herself as an ordinary human. So even though her existence creates the extraordinary, the same elements cannot let her know of their existence.
It's something I mentioned before. Haruhi ahd stakes, NieA_7 didn't. But it didn't have to be the case. Pic related was from the NieA_7 manga by aBe, and only 5 chapters of it had been translated. But a moment like this wasn't in the anime: it was only hinted at. I think the anime could have been even better if it had not relied on slapstick/situational comedy and focused on elements like this. There's a lot to NieA_7 that I think could be explored even further had it been done by a different writer (no slight to aBe, as Haibane Renmei was his writing as well)
So I'm of the opinion that Haruhi Suzumiya is "NieA_7 done right" - in the sense that it has the same dynamic - straight man/woman (Mayuko/Kyon) vs manic pixie dream girl (Haruhi/Niea), it had actual stakes, and the different races and supporting cast were a lot more interesting (the SOS brigade and their concepts vs the Enohana bathhouse crew and crater aliens). But I would still like to see NieA_7 revisted/redone, because I think there was a potential to its world and setting.
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