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Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya episode 9: Someday in the rain
In this episode not much happens. No, really. This episode is outstanding in its uneventfulness. Entitled Someday in the Rain, it makes a point of being uneventful. Maybe that’s the joke, but I wasn’t really laughing: quite honestly there was no humour I hadn’t seen in the show before and for the most part it was pretty weak.
During a day spent in the club room, Kyon is talked into picking up a portable heater by Haruhi, which involves a long walk to the electrical store. In his absence Haruhi decides to coerce Mikuru into doing some ‘promotional’ photography and various other acts of humiliation - cue forced changes of clothes, Yuki sitting oblivous to it all with her nose in a book and Itsuki actively encouraging Haruhi’s latest scheme. A rare thought provoking moment struck me at this point: is the encouraging of Haruhi in her Mikuru-tormenting part of Itsuki’s mission or does he really lack any sense of sympathy or moral fibre?
Meanwhile, Kyon finds out the deal that Haruhi struck to acquire the heater, but of course it’s just a ruse to get him out of the way so that Haruhi can molest Mikuru unchecked. By the way, any male who wears a pink scarf, for whatever reason, looks like a plonker. You can’t escape the cold, hard truth guys.
And that’s all folks. Nothing else is of note in this episode, which leaves me at a bit of a loss as to what to write next. Aw hell, here’s another pic of Haruhi and Mikuru. Don’t say I never give you anything. 
Oh yeah, the final scene actually left me quite impressed for some reason - I won’t elaborate any further but trust me, it’s worth seeing for yourself. The last couple of minutes were, like listening to a loud song and hearing the ringing in your ears afterwards, quite a shock. Still, it’s a moment of calm and ‘reality’ and a really nice scene. Not significant (or maybe it is…?) but pleasant and quite sweet.
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