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| Topic | SaveEstelle/LeonhartFour in Different Houses: Tales of X vs. Zero Edition [SELF] |
| LeonhartFour 08/22/18 11:47:51 PM #258: | Episode 4 (Melancholy IV) Haruhi's face as Kyon tries to explain to her why publicly posting pictures of Asahina is a bad idea is priceless. You can also make a correlation between Haruhi storming out soon afterwards and Koizumi dropping by later telling everyone he has to go to work (i.e., this sequence of events created a Closed Space). This scene between Kyon, Nagato, and Asakura is what hooked me on the series. I was not ready for what transpired here at all, and it blew me away. The warring factions of the DITE are one of the more fascinating parts of the series, as I've said before. And now that I've read Hyperion, I totally get why Nagato was drawn to that book because it's similar in that regard. Asakura: Your death is the perfect way to make Haruhi Suzumiya take some sort of action, you see. I'll finally be able to witness a large explosion of data. It's a once in a lifetime opportunity. Kyon: (Tell me about it!) This is a top tier episode. Once again, Kyon getting Nagato that library card might have been what saved his life because now she's determined to protect the person who was so kind to her. She also doesn't recreate her glasses because he simply tells her he likes her better without them (he's totally right, too), but that moment where she's feeling for the glasses on her face is super adorable (those big amethyst eyes man). Nagato's just the best. I for-for-forgot my bag! I like how the anime often hides or obscures Kyon's mouth when he's speaking so you can't tell if he's actually talking or if you're just hearing his inner monologue. The book does something similar by having very little of what he says in the books in quotes. You can sometimes only tell if he's talking out loud based on if someone reacts to what he's just said. It's a cool device. Kyon saying "Super-Size me!" when Asahina tries to show him her star-shaped mole was Crispin Freeman ad-libbing that line and them sticking with it because of how great it was. He has a few lines like that in the show, but that's the standout one. One of the more interesting differences between the two Asahinas is that the older version is fully aware of her feminine wiles and willfully uses them to her advantage, while the younger one is more of an innocent fanservice girl. Asahina Big is definitely fully aware of how everything plays out in this time period. Of course, she's also lived all the events of the series already. Another indication of Nagato's changing feelings toward Kyon is that in the first couple episodes, she barely said anything to him, even when he tried to engage her. She was super terse, even by her standards. But now, she responds to all of his questions, even when she can't answer them and does her best to have conversations with him, even if she's not the best at it. I do like that Nagato doesn't say anything at all when Kyon tells her he likes her better without glasses. It implies that the compliment makes her so happy that she lacks the capability to express it. Of course, like with much of Nagato's characterization, you have to do a lot of reading between the lines. Kyon does it, too. I tend to take his observations of her at face value, but it doesn't mean what he says is necessarily correct. I do like that much of the characterization for all the characters is left up to the reader/viewer to perceive and find between the lines. They all definitely develop and change over the course of the series, but it never beats you over the head with it. --- ... Copied to Clipboard! |
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