Melancholy of Haruhi Season 2: ep7

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Episode 7 is out and we've been expecting a lot! Our expectations were set really, really high by the last five episodes. No doubt some of the viewers have already gone berserk and perished. Well it sucks to be them because they will miss the 7th episode!

If you want to watch it and see for yourself what happens, then don't press this spoiler box!

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For everyone who has been following the show, you would know the plight we're all in. The last episode ended on such a desperate note that no doubt they would HAVE to satisfy their ravenous fans.

Unfortunately the producers realized that their fans (who could wait three entire years for this second season) wouldn't mind being butthurt for a few more torturous episodes. Sadly, they're right on the mark, as I am expectantly taking in each repetitive episode right after another; practically begging for it to end.

This episode was just another repeat. After the intense 6th episode, I was extremely pleased when I saw that this episode was out. Too bad this episode wasn't even as good as the 6th.

After watching this magnificent episode, I can't wait to see how they'll progress with it in the next(8th) episode!

[bonebine]

If it’s endless eight then it’ll be repeated 8 times, this is the seventh episode of the new season but the first one is when they went to the past so it’s at least two more repetitions of the episode.

I can’t believe the day would come when i wanted to stop seeing a series. I hate leaving things started even if it sucks but this is in a whole new level.

[DarkPrinceKnight]

-_- I'm really trying to see what the producer is trying to do like leaving a hint or something... now I don't know, I'm still waiting for the next ep... hopefully Kyon will confess >:D (JK, but if that does happen then I really will still be a fan of this 2nd season...)

*sigh* this is just tearing me apart -_-, really hope the 8th is the turn around... no really I am praying =__="

[bootwhistle]

Well....

Spoiler for @#$%: 

That's it, I've decided to drop this series. I'm not sure what happens in the next episodes but it isn't any fun to watch. Perhaps once all the episodes are out I'll pick it up again, but for now there are much better series to follow and some other older series I would like to catch up on or just re-watch instead of this disappointing Haruhi S2. Seriously the producers should be thrown to the ravenous fans who waited so long for a second season [WHICH HAS AN ABUNDANCE OF SOURCE MATERIAL so there really shouldn't be any need for this filler crap], bah, in any event it just shows how stupidity and greed can ruin even the most promising of series

[spucy]

I'm sick of it too. I figure one more week of it won't kill me. So I''l be patient until endless 8 ends.

[zevlag21]

they are just wasting their episodes... we already get the point that the time is always repeating...

[coldfire01]

who can fight against them though? i mean haruhi suzumiya is the highest gross earning female anime character in the planet.

otaku's all over the universe will buy anything as long as it is haruhi. may it be posters, mugs, shirts, dvds, toiletries.

[solidoxygen]

When I saw the first two episodes, I thought that this was going to be a fascinating new season.

I understand that the producers are trying to make a completely different series that stands out, but this really isn't the right way. Zevlag speaks the truth. We get the point, and everyone is not enjoying this.

Once the whole series is released, these episodes will be completely skipped for obvious reasons. I holds absolutely no rewatch or posterity value.

colfire01: What you said about Haruhi seriously reminds my of the Roman Empire. They were so powerful yet fell apart.

~~~

On a final note: I would like to remind everyone that Mikuru looks like she belongs in K-On. After watching these garbage episodes, I am reminded how a few weeks ago, I would have been watching a much more enjoyable K-On.

I miss you Yui, Mio, Mugi, Ritsu, and mostly Asuza.

[SquishyNinja]

I'm getting so tired of this!! It's killing me slowly on the inside O.o
But, unlike the others, I shall continue to watch this. Why, you ask? Three reasons:
1. Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya is in my top 3 favorite series.
2. Staying devoted even though the producers are milking this cash cow dry is the job of a true anime freak, in my opinion.
3. Disappearance is so awesome that bearing the horror that is 8 repetitions of the same story is totally worth it.

[solidoxygen]

Can someone who knows what happens just spill the beans for those who cannot wait?

Be sure to put it in a spoiler tag!!!

[SquishyNinja]

I know the ending. But I cannot explain it well enough. Let's look at the final part of the light novel chapter of Endless Eight, shall we?

Spoiler for Suzumiya Haruhi Vol.5: Endless Eight: 

There must be something in Haruhi's words that kicked me subconsciously. Just what is it, what is it, what is it~

"Are you all right?"

Somebody was saying something. Koizumi's words should offer hints, as well. Something that keeps getting delayed and has me worrying about...

Haruhi was off her seat and ready to dash home like a hurricane. She couldn't leave, or there would be no change to our situation. Have I done anything in the past to twist the scenario? Scene after scene ran past me like a slideshow. Everything we had done within the last two weeks...

And- things we had not done.

There was no time to think. I had to say something. How trivial matters not, just say it!

"My problems aren't over!"

I must clarify: that's not shouting. Looking at it with a cool head later, that would be an instant burnt in and erased from the hippocampus. The surrounding customers and staff, as well as Haruhi, who was at the automatic door, turned their heads around and looked at me.

Words came pouring out of my mouth straight from my head.

"That's right, it's homework!"

Everyone in the shop was shocked once more with my loud declaration.

"What the hell are you talking about?"

Haruhi stepped toward me as if looking at a maniac.

"Your issue? Homework?"

"I haven't done a thing for the summer assignment that we were given. If that doesn't get done, I can't let summer end."

"Are you nuts?"

She showed a look of utter distaste for idiots. Who cares, who cares?!

"Oy! Koizumi!"

"Yes, what is it?"

Koizumi seemed to have gotten a fright.

"How about you?"

"Not at all, since we have been running about through this summer. I have about half left."

"Let's do this together, then. Nagato as well, you wouldn't have it done!"

Before Nagato could answer, I extended my hand to Asahina-san, whose mouth was as wide open as a marionette doll in a puppet show.

"Asahina-san, why don't you tag along as well? Let's get the summer assignment behind us once and for all."

"Ehh..."

Asahina-san was a sophomore, so her work was different from ours, although that had no importance right now.

"But... But... Whe... Where to?"

"Come to my place. Bring your notes and your books and we can talk amongst ourselves while doing it. Nagato, Koizumi, let me copy whatever you two got done."

Koizumi nods.

"Nagato, you in?"

"Yes."

The half-beat kappa head nodded and stared at me.

"All right! See you all tomorrow! Let's get started in the morning. We should be able to rush through it all in a day."

Just as I held my fist high with an ego to match-

"Hold it right there!"

Haruhi, full of pride and with her hands stuck to her waist, came back to the side of the table.

"Don't you decide this on your own! I am the chief! You better ask me if it is OK to do something! Kyon, any member making decisions on his own accord commits a serious offense of the brigade rules!"

With that out of her lungs, Haruhi glared at me and shrieked:

"Count me in!"



It was now the morning after.

I think I have it right. As I got up from my bed, I knew that we were out of the woods.

I knew this because I remembered that I had come back from the countryside when O-bon was over, and I could also recall memories of August from the pool and cicada hunts and so forth. Of all those memories to boot, the best of them would be yesterday's date, clearly in my mind right now.

Yesterday was the thirty-first of August, and today was the first of September.

My freshest memories revealed to me that, on the last day of summer, I hosted the SOS Brigade crunch fest in this room. I recall that feeling of dazed fatigue well. It was exhausting enough having to copy down all the notes, so I can only dread the magnitude of the work had I been left to my own devices. When I hit the bunks yesterday night, my brain was sure of one thing, that being that my HP, MP, and LIMIT bars were so low that just one swing would be enough to knock me out cold in my bed.

Yesterday, Haruhi took her pile of summer assignments to my room and shot a cold look at me, knee deep in work with my automatic pencil. Koizumi, Nagato, and Asahina-san then played with my little sister.

"Don't just plagiarize."

Haruhi continued as she was pressing the buttons on the controller and gaming with my sister:

"Paraphrase a bit, make sure you take extra steps with the equations as well. The teachers aren't all idiots. Math teacher Yoshizaki in particular likes to go after the gritty details. That said, Yoshizaki's solutions aren't exactly strokes of genius."

Having five people plus my sister in my room was cramped enough as it was, but adding my mom, who kept delivering lunches, desserts, and juice, only added fuel to my fire. Unlike most of us, who were close to getting carpal tunnel from all the wrist movements, Haruhi was having a great time. Just look at her! The higher-ups must look upon peons with that same smile on their face. Who knows if she's in over her head. Haruhi actually decided to offer input on Asahina-san's short essay. If Asahina-san comes home with a "C," we can blame it squarely on Haruhi...

As the trip down memory lane came to an end, I crawled my way out of bed.

Today was a brand new beginning in a brand new term, I guess.

This was the first time in my life that I had looked forward to the coming of the new term.

Class had ended. The principal's lecture was over, as was the short class meeting. Today was the first of September. I asked while in class, "What day is it?" with Taniguchi and Kunosaki giving me a look of pity. I guess it really is the first of September.

Because the cafeteria and the convenience store had yet to open, Haruhi headed off to the restaurant outside the schoolyard for her dining needs. The clubroom was occupied by me and Koizumi.

"Suzumiya-san is a maestro of the Renaissance. No doubt that she was remarkable from her infancy, so this summer assignment is not a burden of any sort to her. Such a remarkable personality would not fathom having to share the work with her friends, as it is pointless given her ability to single-handedly complete the tasks at hand."

Having heard Koizumi's explanation, I pulled the collapsible chair over to the windowpane. We were in the clubroom of the Literature Club. Today was orientation day, so we could've packed our bags and left, but I just felt like taking a detour in the clubroom, only to find Koizumi tagging along. The scariest and the most important thing is that Nagato was not with us. Although she didn't show it, the summer break must have been incredibly weary for her.

There was a change at hand over the cicada's territorial control. Higurashi were taking over the brown cicadas. Summer was over, that I was sure of. However-

"It's like a dream! We've been through the end of August for fifteen thousand somewhat odd times."

"It would not be baseless to think as such."

Koizumi started to shuffle the deck with his beaming smile.

"There is no common memory between us that existed within those fifteen thousand four hundred and ninety seven fortnights. They don't exist on the same time axis. Only we who have advanced in the fifteen thousand four hundred and ninety eight iterations have returned to the time stream."

That might be so, but I have received definite hints, those being the sense of familiarity that struck me so many times, especially that last wave that hit me. Maybe the gifts from "us" of the previous loops stuck in the moment. Would it be odd to say that's in the past? Whether it'd be before or in the beginning, time is just like tigerskin melted down to butter as it twirls round and round.

Well, it is thanks to the me in the thousands of repeats that the me of today can be back on track. If I don't think this way, then thousands upon thousands of summer days, courtesy of Haruhi, would've seemingly been wasted.

Not to mention the eight thousand seven hundred and sixty-nine mes who felt this "reset."

"Want to play poker?"

Koizumi started to hand out the cards like an amateur magician. It wouldn't hurt to entertain him.

"Fine, what will it be? Forget it if it's a money game."

"Then no money."

I only win big when winning doesn't matter. Royal flush! That's a first.



I swore in the back of my mind that if this day were to be repeated, I would be betting bucks for sure.

(Endless Eight end)

I find this to be the stupidest ending ever.

This is only a small part of the chapter. If you want to read it all, go here:

Spoiler :  

http://www.baka-tsuki.org/project/in..._Endless_Eight

[solidoxygen]

Gosh, what a mediocre ending. Surely they didn't have to build up all the suspense for something as lame as that! And here I was expecting something life changing...

Oh well, instead of something fantastic to grace the end of this torture, all we'll be getting is relief.

What a rip off...

~~~Oh yeah, and thanks for sharing that excerpt. I was a bit daunted by it's length at first.

[ranmachua]

Haven't started watching the series yet ;p

[fatcharley]

All of this goes to show what a bunch of AH's the producers of the show really are ... I think they would repeat the episode 15,524 times if they thought someone would still pay to watch it .... desu~

BTW the only cool thing in episode 7 is Haruhi's new swim suit ....

[solidoxygen]

Ha, she has a different swimsuit?

All the new details they put in all began to blur together for me because of the repeats.

They could have everyone wear plain gray swimsuits and I'd notice nothing whatsoever.

I love how they put these little details in. Too bad they don't know how to macro-manage. Micromanagement should come after a solid foundation.

[xiety]

Endless Eight Means 8 episodes the same scene?
ITs torture


Anyways i notice that list in the paper didnt show the very end part

[fatcharley]

Endless Eight Means 8 episodes the same scene?
ITs torture


Anyways i notice that list in the paper didnt show the very end part

If you are bored enough to watch each episode two or three times, there are dozens of little changes from one time to the next. An obvious one in seven is that they have changed sides of the couch in the opening scene. He is now on the right not the left side. The bathing suit is different, the list is different, so on and so on .... desu~

I hope endless 8 means eight episodes, but I wouldn't count on it ....

[Tippeddoor]

I got bored with the endless 8 thing so i started reading the novels, I'm just hoping that they change the ending so it will be more dramatic XD

[fatcharley]

I got bored with the endless 8 thing so i started reading the novels, I'm just hoping that they change the ending so it will be more dramatic XD

Why would they change a perfectly good stupid ending ... after all that's the whole point of the show --- that it has no point in the first place ... desu~