Haruhi season 2 episode 13: The Sigh of Haruhi Suzumiya (part 4)

“The Sigh” part 4…

Picking up where part 3 left off, Tsuruya-san, Taniguchi, and Kunikida briefly join the movie making crew. Tsuruya-san’s utter amusement at everything is pretty funny, and we finally get to see her huge house, which the SOS Brigade will visit a few more times later in the series. Oh, and the part where Taniguchi accidentally gets thrown into the pond along with Mikuru, and then we see him in the background wringing out his drenched shirt, was funny too XD

Poor Mikuru gets the most abuse in this episode (she gets more abuse in “The Intrigue” though Haruhi is not the cause); not only does she get tossed into the dirty pond, she then gets drugged by Haruhi and Tsuruya-san. The antagonism between Haruhi and Kyon that results makes this the most dramatic episode in “The Sigh.” Even in the rest of the novels so far, this is the closest those two ever came to having a real fight. As I mentioned in my review of part 1, many will agree that Haruhi is at her worst in “The Sigh”; she even goes so far as to blatantly tell Kyon that Mikuru is her “toy,” which then prompts Kyon to almost hit her. But thanks to some convincing from Itsuki, Kyon decided to make up with Haruhi in his own way – by telling her to make the movie a success. Heh, the part where he came into the club room and found her starting to put her hair into a ponytail again, was cute XD

As much as I love Haruhi, I agree that someone needs to put her in her place sometimes, especially in this episode. Of course, Kyon is probably the only one who could do this. One of the underlying themes of this show is the fear of displeasing an all-powerful god. As this episode dictates, Mikuru and Kyon have to put up with the abuse and unreasonable antics that Haruhi dishes out because displeasing her could cause even greater catastrophes. But I guess, looking at the world in general and all the horrible things people can do even without god-like powers, Haruhi’s demands are pretty mild =P

This episode ended with Haruhi wanting to get a cat to be Yuki’s familiar. So next week we’ll finally see the origin of the show’s talking kitty, Shamisen. Next week will also supposedly be the last episode of “The Sigh” and thus the last episode of this second season. Is this true or will KyoAni pull something last minute? We’ll have to wait and see.

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  1. Toonleap says:

    I missed it today…:(
    So it was true that Sigh will end in 5 eps…I wonder what is going to happen later on

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