{"id":1606,"date":"2009-12-04T21:34:56","date_gmt":"2009-12-04T20:34:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beta-waffle.com\/blog\/?p=1606"},"modified":"2020-10-11T21:08:46","modified_gmt":"2020-10-11T20:08:46","slug":"the-melancholy-of-suzumiya-haruhi-dvd-5-428571","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.beta-waffle.com\/blog\/?p=1606","title":{"rendered":"The Melancholy of Suzumiya Haruhi DVD 5.428571"},"content":{"rendered":"

I did a silly thing this month – I allowed myself to get optimistic. Reports from those receiving copies of the latest Haruhi disk earlier than myself over at AoD were positive, with a couple of people landing their first film strips of the series. Faced with such evidence, I couldn’t help but start to ponder – had they, perhaps, increased the percentage of copies carrying said extra in an attempt to maintain their sales? Perhaps the random nature of the shipping had seen CDJapan receiving a stack with copies carrying this most elusive of extras this month. Whatever the case, somehow I was feeling strangely positive about this months release.
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\nYup, it’s a pretty normal looking haul isn’t it? <\/p>\n

Well, I say normal looking, but let’s just take a closer look at that front cover…
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\nI don’t know about you, but I just find that there’s some incredibly unnerving<\/i> about a smiling Yuki. Aside from that, it’s the usual postcards, the coaster and, as with the previous volume (and we already knew to expect with this one), the mini-clearfile. Oh, and it looks like there’s something else tucked away in there. Something rectangular, and all celluloidy. Filmy, some would possibly describe it as. Almost like a film strip.<\/p>\n

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\nYES! Finally proving that they do, infact, exist – it’s a film strip! A film strip of… of…… DAMN YOU CHAIRMAN KADOKAWA!<\/p>\n

I think this is what they call “Grasping Defeat from the jaws of Victory”. Finally I land a film strip, yet it’s quite possibly the least interesting one I could possibly get. I mean, it’s a hand holding a candle.
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\nKyon’s hand, at that – not even a female character. Honestly, I’ve mixed feeling about this. On one hand, it’s arguably more disappointing than if I’d not gotten a film strip at all. On the other hand, even I can’t help but find it hilarious<\/i>. I’m not even sure how I’m supposed to tally this one up.<\/p>\n

I suppose the mere fact that I got the film strip means I should chalk it up as a win, however bitter a victory it may seem. That makes the running total for Haruhi Season 2 DiGiKerot 1, Kadokawa Pictures 3. I guess this means I’m still in the running as far as potentially winning the series going, though I’m not optimistic in the long run.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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