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The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya – Episode 20 Review

Episode 20, "Endless Eight (Part 5)"


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Synopsis: The exact same fucking thing that happened last episode, with different angles. (Endless indeed.)


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First, I’d like to explain my numbering system for SHnY episodes this season, as I should have gone into that long ago. No matter how you number/order the episodes from the first season of the program, there are fourteen of them (Episode 00 and thirteen more). Therefore, I counted the first new episode of the season "episode 15" and continue on from there. This is episode 20. "Endless Eight" started in episode 16. read more

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The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya – Episode 19 Review

Episode 19, "Endless Eight (Part 4)"

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Synopsis: The exact same fucking thing that happened last episode, with different angles. (!!!)

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I don’t really know what to say at this point. Should I be angry? I was, at first. I was pretty pissed that Kyoto Animation really not only continued a storyline that should have been wrapped up in a single episode, two at the most, yet again. I mean, really, four episodes, and it’s still not over. This is either the best trolling ever, or these folks are being held hostage and are trying to call for help. Having watched this a second time, I no longer feel this anger. read more

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The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya – Episode 18 Review

Episode 18, "Endless Eight (Part 3)"


*****SPOILERS*****

Synopsis: The exact same fucking thing that happened last episode, with different angles.

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I’m seriously considering dropping this show.

Damn it, Kyoto Animation. What the hell is your problem? Three, three episodes and you still aren’t finished with this single chapter-size short story? Give me a fucking break, this is trolling on a massive scale.

The first episode of it, fine, I thought. I didn’t rate it high because it was just the first of what I thought was a two-part story. "Two parts," I said to myself, "that doesn’t sound too bad." I enjoyed the activities of the SOS Brigade for another episode, taking in the beautiful animation they used in the second part. As it ended, I saw the conclusion within reach. Surely Kyon would find a way to keep the cycle from repeating again, right? read more

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The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya – Episode 17 Review

Episode 17, "Endless Eight (Part 2)"


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Synopsis: Two weeks before the end of summer break, Haruhi calls together the SOS Brigade to cram in as many activities as they can before school starts again. These events include going to the public pool, attending a festival, shooting off fireworks, cicada catching, working part time, and stargazing. However, he experiences strong deja vu. Called at night to meet with Mikuru, Itsuki, and Yuki, it’s revealed that the world is in a time loop, and they’ve experienced the same two weeks 15,479 times, all observed by Yuki. The reason is apparently Haruhi’s lingering dissatisfaction with how summer ended. Despite Kyon wracking his mind, he can’t come up with a way to stop it from reoccuring.

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The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya – Episode 16 Review

Episode 16, "Endless Eight (Part 1)"

*****SPOILERS*****

Synopsis: Two weeks before the end of summer break, Haruhi calls together the SOS Brigade to cram in as many activities as they can before school starts again. These events include going to the public pool, attending a festival, shooting off fireworks, cicada catching, working part time, and stargazing. Kyon, however, has still not completed his summer homework by the end of the two weeks, but decides not to bother. Exhausted, he goes to sleep early for school the next day. read more

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The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya – Episode 15 Review

Episode 15, "Bamboo Leaf Rhapsody"

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Synopsis: Haruhi is excited to participate in Tanabata activities, much to the chagrin of Kyon. After the SOS Brigade write wishes to hang on a bamboo shrub, Haruhi sinks into melancholy. Mikuru asks to meet Kyon after the club meeting, where she asks him to come with her to the Tanabata of three years prior via time travel. It’s there that Kyon meets with a younger Haruhi, helping her draw strange symbols on her middle school’s grounds. To return to the present, Kyon and Mikuru enlist the help of Yuki, who freezes them in time as three years pass. When they return, Kyon is concerned about any further time travelling adventures. read more

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