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Nagato Yuki-chan no Shoshitsu (2015)
When Nagato turns into Asahina
I was excited to find out they would make a spin-off series set in the parallel dimension introduced in "The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya". Excited to be along for the further development of one of my favorite animé characters. Sadly, that's not what I got.
But first things first. As you probably already know, miss Nagato was presented to us in The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya" as a Humanoid Interface for the Data Integration Thought Entity. Sound complicated, but basically she's a robot from outer space - that for practical reasons looks like a teenage girl. And she behaves the way we've come to expect robots to behave: calm, rational, calculated and emotionless. But even though she doesn't show any emotions, I became emotionally attached to her through the course of TMoHS. And even more so in TDoHS, where Nagato turns into a normal human girl. Shy and introverted, but with real emotions which she hides most of the time but lets out in few but exceedingly heartwarming moments.
Unfortunately, "The Disappearance of Nagato Yuki-Chan" makes it clear from the get-go that the creators had no interest in faithfully continuing the character arc that was started with TDoHS, but instead turned Nagato into an almost Miss Asahina-like, overly emotional caricature of a teenage girl. But it's not just her, the whole style of the series is way to wacky and shrill for a show that evolves around Nagato rather than the eccentric, extroverted, overly energetic miss Suzumiya.
I suppose this show could be fun if you haven't seen TMoHS or TDoHS, but personally I stopped watching after a few episodes so it wouldn't destroy my pleasant memories of the Nagato that I've come to love.