I'm slightly disappointed that KyoAni never did deign to show us Kyon's facial expression after Itsuki suggests that he ought to be the one to do it himself, but I was kind of expecting that from the way that part went in the original source -- and they kept coming up with clever ways to hide his face (though the last one was a bit of a dud).
Anyway, I'm really excited now that I've seen what they chose for the next arc. I've been hoping they would animate this story ever since I first heard the second season announced (which was what, TWO YEARS ago?! what in hell took them so long?), and the first episode so far hasn't disappointed.
Though I swear they weren't using the shaky cam this much (if at all) in the original series (I understand they're doing it to indicate Kyon's POV, but still), and I don't believe that Haruhi was making this many K-ON!esque faces either (she's been doing it occasionally through all of the new episodes, but this last one REALLY had a lot).









