Rubenerd

Actually it’s even worse than that, given the Suzumiya Haruhi anime came out in 2006, almost seventeen years ago. I remember thinking, as I’m sure we all did, that it was so novel and new. A science-fiction series disguised as a slice-of-life with cute characters, and episodes aired out of order!? Many of my blog posts from that time were laced with SOS-Dan, Hare Hare Yukai, and other references.

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My 2006 post about Haruhi dancing on FreeBSD
Wikipedia article on Japanese pencil boards

Now when I see Haruhi, and stuff from my beloved K-On!, I lunge at the opportunity to add them to the shitajiki folders. They’re becoming harder to find, to the point where I doubt as many people even know what they are now, even in places like Nipponbashi/Den-Den Town in Osaka, or Akihabara in Tokyo.

Forgive the awful lighting in this serviced apartment, it’s not doing either of our heroines any favours here. Poor Mio looks practically wooden.