Isn't it misleading that season 2 and the movie of Haruhi gets tagged as romance all over the place? I've seen people try to argue about an "unspoken love" sort of bullshit. But really, even in all of Kyon's endless monologues, he never talks about Haruhi in a romantic way.
A lot of the movie focused on him coming to terms with the fact that he actually loves all the antics and messes Haruhi has gotten him into over the years, but that's just it. He loves the club. He loves that Haruhi is his greatest friend. But he isn't in love with her.
Haruhi and Kyon share a deep bond, but it's not a romantic one.
Doesn't tagging it as a romance just serve to steer people who don't like romance anime away, and to draw people looking for a love story they won't find?
Take Re:Zero as a random example. I've never seen it tagged as romance on a site (as it shouldn't be). But it has so much more "romance" in it. Episode 18 is entirely dedicated to one character's confession and establishes a love triangle. The second half of the finale is all lovey-dovey dialogue. The most memed quote of the show is "I love Emilia".
Where the fuck does Haruhi get off calling itself a romance?
>>160195424
https://pastebin.com/4EHJfvNd
You just don't get it, pleb.
>>160195514
Get what