I'm going to be honest: I've only seen the first season, but it didn't have much going for it. And YES, I DID watch it in the correct order. (For those who don't know, they were for some reason released in the wrong order, purposefully.)
The characters. Well, Haruhi is an annoying tsundere. Like, near-unbearable. I'm sorry, when did molesting others become endearing? When did being super bossy magically transform into just being "strong-willed?" She literally uses the people around her for her own entertainment. Yuki is the silent type; I can't remember if she has personality or not. But generally if I can't remember, it means there was nothing remarkable about her. Mikuru... is basically the moe of the group. She's the nice, soft-spoken one who just does what Haruhi says, even when she herself is not comfortable doing it. But whatever, right? Having a backbone is so out; as long as you have boobs, who cares? Kyon is just your average guy. Again, nothing special. Itsuki is actually pretty interesting, though not because of his personality but rather what he does in the Anime... which, really, since he didn't do it super often, isn't a huge advantage.
The plot... pretty much happened in the first five episodes as they gathered the main characters together and introduced ideas. It's... definitely unique, but it doesn't set up for anything, really, as evidenced by the fillers that ensued after the plot was established. So then the plot is forgotten for 6 episodes or so and then BAM last episode, crazy stuff goes down, Kyon takes action, things go back to normal, season ends.
...I'm sorry, what? Where was the resolution? You call "things going back to normal" a resolution? No, no. Things aren't permanently back to normal; there is a good chance that this could happen again. I'm super mad that you set up this situation where cool things could happen and completely ignored it for the majority of the first season for stupid filler stuff.
Fanservice. There's some. It's not too ridiculous but... it's all filler. And that's all that really bothers me about it. Can we spend less time watching Mikuru's boobs bounce and more time doing something, oh I don't know, that has to do with the unique plot you set up? No? I should be happy that I get a cute dance animation sequence in the end? Oh, okay. Apparently I'm not up-to-date on what Anime fans are into, these days, 'cause I thought STORYline was important in a STORY. My bad. :/
All in all, 5/10. It wasn't ridiculously terrible, even with the filler, and the plot bunny they birthed for this Anime is so unique that I feel like maybe they redeemed themselves in the second season and I just don't know it. I'll watch it eventually and get back to you.
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