The Genderbending of Haruhi Suzumiya

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The Genderbending of Haruhi Suzumiya

Postby Pas » Fri Mar 07, 2008 5:43 am

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What if…the main cast from The Melancholy of Suzumiya Haruhi swapped genders? Would the show retain its charm and become much better? The thought of it alone is an interesting prospect, so much so that fans have been concocting their own designs on how everyone from the show would look:

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Haruhi aka Haruki

Retaining all the characteristics that made the female version so popular, Haruki would be hot blooded male lead that animes these days seem to lack. Most likely to go around randomly chasing skirts and somewhat well-liked by girls at school as well for his devil may care attitude, Haruki would most likely hold a special place in his heart for Kyon-ko, who is, naturally, immune to his advances. Would be occasionally doing stupid stuff that gets him into trouble, but pull through with a GAR solution that saves the day.

Kyon

Although I can’t think of a suitable alternate name, imagining Kyon as a female isn’t too difficult. The person with the most similar characteristic that I can think of would be Haruhi from Ouran Host Club. Serving as Tsukkomi to Kyon’s boke, Kyon-ko would undoubtedly share the nonchalant attitude as her male counterpart, with the trademark monologue to boot. A low-key character only to have attracted the attention of Haruhi-kun, Kyon-ko’s appeal would most likely be due to her tsundere nature, and thus has to be flat-chested.

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Yuki aka Yuuki

The male version of this archetype would most likely embody the characteristics of glasses type males such as Ishida from Bleach and Kyoya from again, Ouran. Yuuki-kun will of course be highly intelligent and show little or no emotion, much like the aforementioned characters, making him a guaranteed hit among fangirls.

Mikuru aka Mitsuuru

I love the female version, and I can imagine being gay for the male version as well. Asahina-san will be the token effiminate pretty boy, shota type character that makes him endearing to both girls and guys. And yes, despite being male, Asahina-san still manages to get molested by Haruki(more on this later)

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Itsuki aka Itsuko

In my opinion the best character in this warped and twisted gender-bending dimension, Itsuko. Just imagine, a flirtatious and ever grinning honors student who has always something up her sleeves as she observes Haruhi-kun as per her duty as an esper. Of course, the main attraction would be seeing Itsuko perform subtle acts of lesbianism towards Kyon-ko, using her charm and larger busts(lawl) to turn the latter gay and submit to her will.

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Taken from:
http://atalude.wordpress.com/2008/02/29 ... ya-haruhi/

Sources:
http://wiki.sos-dan.com/wiki/The_Gender ... i_Suzumiya
http://forums.animesuki.com/showthread.php?t=63152

You can find pretty much all of the images from the sources I listed. I can't be bothered uploading them all, there's far too many.

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4Koma (Translated):
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http://img172.imageshack.us/img172/3171 ... itejt8.jpg
http://img159.imageshack.us/img159/4049 ... namnw2.jpg
http://img153.imageshack.us/img153/6781 ... uyorq5.jpg
http://img509.imageshack.us/img509/5179 ... 653er9.png

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Discuss.
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Postby Shui » Fri Mar 07, 2008 8:23 am

This is just plain ... sick 'n weird :shock:
Funny Idea, but it will never be more than an Illusion.

Kyon has to be male !! :? but it would be funny if he was a cute girl. Anyway, then would male Haruhi dress up in a Buny Costume :shock: :shock: NEVA !!!

If they were all lesbian girls ^^ That'd be nice thought.
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Postby Lok1990 » Fri Mar 07, 2008 9:34 am

Love this idea, I like both the female version of koizumi and kyon XD
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Postby Sukunai » Fri Mar 07, 2008 9:35 am

I have virtually no trouble with yaoi content. It doesn't bother my otherwise utterly hetero preferences to see it included in anime. And Yuri doesn't bug me either.

But, I tend to like shows for their own original magic, so while I don't think anything ill of the notions put forward here, I like the original cast make up of The Melancholy of Suzumiya Haruhi as it is.

There's something specially addictive about how Haruhi is drawn. And the other personalities also have their charm I think because they were crafted well.

I guess that is why editing skill is just the beginning in making an amv. Because it takes more than skill to make a great amv. It's art as well. And some art flies, and some art bombs.

I consider Kashimashi Girl meets girl for instance to nOT be yuri, simply because She was born a he, but through the story, end up a girl. It's a boy girl romance with an odd twist. The show had a sort of magic to it.
I am not sure if the show would have worked though, if it had been a girl that gets turned into a boy, and then has to contend with two girls that always wanted a lesbian relationship, but now have to contend with how she is no a he.

Some ideas fly, and some bomb.
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Postby Sukunai » Fri Mar 07, 2008 9:37 am

God I mangled that post. I need to fully wake up before posting here :)
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Postby Ruby-Eye » Fri Mar 07, 2008 9:53 am

mal shuir wrote:then would male Haruhi dress up in a Buny Costume :shock: :shock: NEVA !!!

No, but he/she would force Kyonko and Itsuko to wear a bunnysuit! :D

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I support the turn-them-all-into-females version!!!! :P
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Postby Savia » Fri Mar 07, 2008 9:57 am

This is either unadultered genius or derivative drivel.

Jury's still out but solid character designs and an interesting premise are leading me on towards the former right now :wink:
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Postby Radical_Yue » Fri Mar 07, 2008 10:24 am

boobs :up:
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Postby Emong » Fri Mar 07, 2008 11:02 am

Genderbending :up:

But, saying as a pansexual and a general non-supporter of labeling, the whole idea is pointless to me |:
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Postby Kevmaster » Fri Mar 07, 2008 11:05 am

now thats kinda yummy.
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Postby Ruby-Eye » Fri Mar 07, 2008 11:47 am

Ok maybe I’m a little biased here, but I think Kyon and Ibuki might work as girls, but for Haruhi and Mikuru, I don’t think they would make good boys.

I mean Haruhi, when a girl talks about that she is only interested in aliens and that stuff and she does all this weird things it’s still consider kind of cute by others (ok mostly by males :P ), but if it’s a boy he would probably be consider some kind of strange geek.

As for Mikuru, a cute little boy might work, but not as well as our cute, shy, clumsy fanservice-device! :wink:

Yuki, well I don’t think it really matters if she’s a girl or boy, but I still prefer the girl! :D

Of course that is if they keep their currant personalities, if they get new/other personalities that might work. But than it’s not a genderbending but different characters that only resemble them.

Still the idea is interesting. I´m still supporting the all-girl version!!!!


Oh and that 4koma about Yuuki requesting Kyon-ko to come to his room is absolute win! :lol:
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Postby mirkosp » Fri Mar 07, 2008 12:30 pm

This is funny as hell, but x3 on the all-girls version. :roll:

As for the characters, I see working female Kyon, female Itsuki and male Nagato. Haruhi has to be a crazy girl. And a male Mikuru wouldn't do the part. I mean, how the heck am I supposed to like the idea to see a guy cosplaying a nurse? :shock:
Sheesh, it's already enough to puck seeing guys cosplaying chobits at conventions, you know... :|
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Postby Radical_Yue » Fri Mar 07, 2008 3:07 pm

mirkosp wrote:Sheesh, it's already enough to puck seeing guys cosplaying chobits at conventions, you know... :|




Would have have pictures by chance? >.>
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Postby Scott Green » Fri Mar 07, 2008 3:21 pm

Haruhi ½?
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Postby Malificus » Fri Mar 07, 2008 3:23 pm

Radical_Yue wrote:
mirkosp wrote:Sheesh, it's already enough to puck seeing guys cosplaying chobits at conventions, you know... :|




Would have have pictures by chance? >.>
Are they cosplaying chobits or persocoms?
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