I don’t want to say that The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya doesn’t really have a plot, but, you know, The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya doesn’t really have a plot. Of course, by “plot” I mean meta-plot, the overall structure of the series. I mean, you know there really isn’t one. You know how I know? […]
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