The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya

[ranger]

I finally decided to start watching this series.  I'm royally confused with the different ordering of the episodes.  I decided to watch it by broadcast order and be totally left clueless.

[Kogorou]

I finally decided to start watching this series.  I'm royally confused with the different ordering of the episodes.  I decided to watch it by broadcast order and be totally left clueless.

*yea*

[PokerFace312]

I think the broadcast order is a lot more fulfilling due to the last episode of that order being epic, but the problem I had with watching that order was that the series felt done to me once I'd past the episode which is the conclusion in the chronological order, so I was a bit bored after that with the exception of Live Alive and the last episode.

The problem I found with chronological order though was that it gave me six great episodes then the rest was all only okay, again, with the exception of Live Alive.

Personally, I agree with you on going with broadcast order, because that way you'll get the good stuff throughout instead of mainly just at the beginning, but I think either order is fine and gives sort of its own experience.  

[Charlotte-Holmes]

I suppose it is better to watch it in the broadcast order as the quality of the episodes are spread out as some of the ones towards the end were a little weak.

[GinRei]

There are only two issues with the broadcast order, in my opinion.

1) The baseball episode comes way too early.  That's one of the last episodes of the season chronologically, and it acts like you know wtf is going on.  It's VERY confusing in broadcast order.

2) They split up the Closed Island 2-parter with a random episode in between them.  Not a huge issue, but slightly annoying.

[kkslider5552000]

the 2 parter was clearly for lulz only

@ Ranger, on behalf of the fandom, I apologize for the first episode. It is...yeah. :p

So glad you're watching it though. You are in for a treat.

[ranger]

I've watched all of the first season in broadcast order, here are my thoughts

Spoiler:

The whole ESP/time travelling shenanigans are really confusing.  I honestly thought the first couple of episodes before all the crazy stuff happens was good.  However, for some reason I kept watching the series like I was compelled to, no matter how stupid and weird it got.

I pretty much didn't understand anything about the data, closed space, etc.

THe very first episode with the home made movie was so bad.  Not only was there a single decent high quality video of that episode in subs, it was so confusing and wtf and boring.

Overall, the broadcast order is very 'artistic' in a sense, and I feel compelled to continue to watch the second season.  It's not one of my favorite series, but I might as well just finish it because it's not that bad.

Nagato owns, she's my favorite character.

So, how does one watch the second season?  Are they in order..or what?

[bluekaitou1412]

I watched MoHS (both seasons) in order 'coz I didn't want to be confused

[GinRei]

So, how does one watch the second season?  Are they in order..or what?

Yeah, it's in order.  Technically the first episode of the second season is like... episode 7 or 8 or something in overall chronological order, but after that it's mostly all after what happened in season 1.

...enjoy Endless Eight.  Don't skip it.  Don't forget to watch the amazing movie after season 2.

[bluekaitou1412]

Ah, Endless Eight... that was blissful.

[kkslider5552000]

everyone knows the best episode was Remote Island Syndrome part 2. SHADOW MAN!

[ranger]

can someone tell me where I can watch the sub of the second season in high quality? I keep looking through like anime sites and they either don't have it or its in like... crappy quality.

edit: and holy shit the voice actress for Haruhi is smoking

[PokerFace312]

I wound up watching on YouTube. Let's see... Here I think...

[ranger]

I wound up watching on YouTube. Let's see... Here I think...

lol thats the one I was watching ;__; I thought it was pretty bad quality, but w.e

jk..I found it on crunchyroll with decent quality

edit: ....omg...endless 8...godamnit..I feel like Nagato..

[Charlotte-Holmes]

Did you watch all of it? I watched the first two and skipped to the last one as I didn't think I could take it. My favourite character is Yuki Nagato. I feel sorry for her having to go through all those loops.