However, Haruhi’s antics pushed her to a point that the Data Overmind didn’t account for, and she acts on her own terms to take Haruhi out of the picture. Endless Eight was an arc in The Rampage of Haruhi Suzumiya, the fifth book in the light novel series, where Haruhi wished for an endless summer. Gobi fishing tournament (poor Mikuru with that worm landing on her! Even before the credits there’s something interesting going on though. And so, peculiarity number 1: Her hairstyle changes everyday. Endless∞Eight. Danielle Gilby Instead, watch the first, second, and last episodes of the Endless Eight. Endless Eight is one of the greatest things to have ever graced anime. And… RP, I excitedly scrolled to the next episode of The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya when I noticed the title of the next several episodes were all “endless 8”. Endless Eighteen (Chinese Drama); 金斩，有何贵干？; Jin Zhan, You He Gui Gan;What Do You Want, Jin Zhan? So what happened here? Part time jobs at a supermarket, attracting customers by wearing “unbearably hot” costumes, except Haruhi of course. Essentially, if you told an animation team to make an episode, erased their memories when they’re done, and repeat this several more times, you have the Endless Eight. I love the artistic freeze frames for each character, and Kyon’s little sister doing a dance move with the cat is adorable. She could of interfered and stopped the time loop, but chooses preserving the situation as-is rather than doing what she wanted. What’s with this controversial run of eight episodes? There are different camera angles and new animation but what the characters say and do remains essentially the same for eight episodes straight. But when episode 1 ended without anything happening, I thought about it. ( Log Out /  Or is it the strange? I just don’t know. Onto the next part! Not to mention Koizumi. Take on Me, The Strange World of Gurney Slade: Episode Six, The Strange World of Gurney Slade: Episode Five, The Strange World of Gurney Slade: Episode Four. The point of it is that we get to love the characters, and are happy to watch them just being cute and having fun. The Loop (TV) Do you like this video? Differences in script between each episode will be emphasised by Roman numerals. History Talk (0) Comments Share. But a direct reply comes from Haruhi: And there’s not much more to say than that at this stage, although for future reference (and for the fun of it), let’s just enumerate the activities the SOS Brigade enjoy this episode: Swimming (an excuse for a few fanservice shots), Going to an Obon festival (a custom to honour spirits of ancestors – and I really, really want to go to one of those one day) and goldfish scooping (Mikuru’s special request), The SOS Brigade Cicada Catching Contest. Of course this begs the question: Should you watch the entirety of the Endless Eight? 1. Change ), You are commenting using your Twitter account. This is a transcript of the same episode repeated eight times, with slight differences between each iteration. Well, what there is to talk about…. Elfen Lied, Mike Basil If you’re on a rewatch, however, try to watch the entire thing and see if you pull through. A slice-of-life anime provides a bit of feel-good therapy for tired minds. This is what really happened between Kyon and Haruhi. To put it simply, it is an arc that occurs in episodes two through nine of The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya (2009). Does that mean that the Endless Eight doesn’t mean anything and doesn’t add anything to the series as a whole? The best GIFs are on GIPHY. So the comical might be the weird too, or it could be a clue. Kyon is watching… well, some kind of sport (I’m really the world’s worst person to talk about sport) and the commentator seems almost to be commenting on Kyon’s life at that point (“he looks like he’s just had the wind taken out of him”). If you don't have time to watch all 8 of them, you should watch the first Endless Eight and the last Endless Eight. Or is there something more going on here? Please follow one of the disambiguation links below or search to find the page you were looking for if it is not listed. It starts off with the first episode in which Kyon, Haruhi, and the gang all go swimming, attend a festival, watch fireworks, catch bugs, go bowling, and do some other fun summer activities. Or comical. Endless Summer Starting just after the single-episode story "Bamboo Rhapsody," "Endless Eight" began as something of an oddity: there was nothing strange going on. This is episode one, and it’s not fair to stand in judgement over this one with preconceptions of what’s to come. Word! No, that’s not true – it was like my brain called out the line again. Change ), You are commenting using your Facebook account. Post was not sent - check your email addresses! ( Log Out /  Enter your email address to follow this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email. The usual dramatic rules are abandoned. Cześć! Endless Eight - fotografia, Poznań. If you would like to email please click on the picture to view contact details. Run game. With Hayley Mills, Hywel Bennett, Britt Ekland, Per Oscarsson. (Everything below contains spoilers for The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya and The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya. Change ), You are commenting using your Facebook account. Oh. I rewatched the second season a couple of weeks ago and had a blast going through EE and picking up … Oh, if only I could go back from time to time huh? Time Loop. At the end of the Endless Eight, however, she doesn’t show up to school, and instead chooses to stay home and rest, going against her job as an observer. Search, discover and share your favorite Endless Eight GIFs. There will be a new Haruhi episode covered weekly on Saturdays right through to the end of the year and then we’re doing the same approach with Erased in the new year. And the most that we get, for the attentive viewer, is another example of Haruhi somehow hearing Kyon’s thoughts. Better than the other ending I must say. Nazywamy się Marta i Błażej :) Tworzymy duet zarówno w fotografii, jak i w życiu. Due to the pure ridiculousness of this idea, the Haruhi name has been driven into infamy. It’s actually really lovely, but it comes as a bit of a surprise, because we haven’t actually had one of those before. I recommend not watching the entire thing if you’re a newcomer to the Haruhi series. Michele Power The Endless Eight would greater explain why Nagato does what she does in The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya. xD. My main theory for why Kyoto Animation decided to make the Endless Eight is for publicity. The view from 5930 miles away: So here it is, the dreaded Endless Eight, and I'm about to become one of the few people to actually sit through all eight episodes twice. ( Log Out /  Change ), You are commenting using your Google account. Let alone handle stuff so…normal? The following is a list of links to pages that might share the same title. The Endless Eight rarely changes anything. Even Haruhi is asleep this time, Kyon is drooling again, and Nagato is of course reading a book. Endless Eight Films. The same exact thing happens each time in each episode, aside from the first and last. There are no big dramas, no jeopardy, no antagonists or villains as such. lavantworkwear.co.uk. What was the point? They Endless Eight chapter in the novel is only about the very last iteration where Kyon figures out the solution. My brain took in “clue one”, but it wasn’t until the episode was over that “clue two” really made itself known to me. So here it is, the dreaded Endless Eight, and I’m about to become one of the few people to actually sit through all eight episodes twice. Without looking ahead to what’s to come, what we have here is effectively a slice-of-life episode. The series used more than half of its allotted episodes to show an endless cycle that wasn’t even eventful or … Change ). Haruhi has a whole list of things they must do during the next two weeks of summer. Of the 14 episodes, the Endless Eight Arc used up 8. When Haruhi is considering cicadas, she says “I wonder if anyone ever tried eating a cicada”, and then goes on to ponder how it would taste as tempura, to Kyon’s horror. As the saying goes, “There’s no such thing as bad publicity”, and I believe that is the driving force behind the existence of it. ( Log Out /  What is the Endless Eight? Every time I watch a Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya video, people say something about Endless eight. When he says “how come I always get stuck with the check?” this is clearly just narration. Daz Tonge, Read local history articles at: ; A lighthearted drama about the odd friendship But before I talk about how my mind got there, I’ll talk about the episode. The Boredom of Haruhi Suzumiya was the episode that came closest, but it hardly qualifies, what with the fate of the world resting on that baseball game. I welcome suggestions and feedback and will consider interesting guest posts. They come home exhausted, after working incredibly hard for long hours and being packed in on trains like sardines, and the last thing many of them want is some heart-racing drama. This little decision of Nagato’s shows that she’s developing as a character, and that she’s growing out of her one assigned role. I also believe that Endless Eight could have been done a lot better if they would have added more variation, but I guess the argument against that is that it would have "ruined the point" behind the unbelievable amount of boredom the audience was supposed to feel. So what happened here? from the same studio that made Haruhi, which just offers us each week a day or two in the lives of a group of friends who belong to a music club. The Endless Eight in itself makes a few statements on production and artistry in general. It would have made for a great opening to a movie, like Stand by Me, or if anyone ever gets brave and makes Ray Bradbury’s Dandelion Wine into a movie, sure it could be a coming of age opening, but barring that, nothing goes on of any merit. Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in: You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. Unfortunately, every time the loop resets, nearly everyone in the club loses their memory of it. We’ll have to wait and see. Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in: You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. I wax nostalgic about that era of my life. ?”)  But the thing is, this show is weird and we’ve seen a giant cricket and a scarab beetle make an appearance… maybe the cicada will return the favor? I mean, yeah, the episode has a new and ever more bizarre opening than before, but hey, what’s so strange about that? After waiting for years, it was depressing to see 8 of 14 episodes used in an arc that could have easily been resolved in half the amount of time. However, the dialogue is slightly different, the camera angles are different, and the clothing is different. ), Test of courage in a graveyard (poor Mikuru in tears), Watching a movie (Mikuru and Koizumi asleep, Kyon asleep and drooling, Nagato and Haruhi wide awake). To make matters even more interesting, in the new world that Nagato creates, Haruhi doesn’t attend North High and the new Nagato has a crush on Kyon. Bundle Contents: 1x Nanoleaf Canvas Smarter Kit (9 Squares) 2x Nanoleaf Canvas 4pc Expansion Pack (8 Squares) The Endless Eight (17 Squares) Whether working, studying or gaming, experience a sense of wonder as infinite as this design. Before the Endless Eight, the audience sees her as simply a robot that can only do what she’s told. 161 likes. 212914778. Thanks for sharing. A promise, a tragedy, and the choice that brought end to it all. But it's fun to spot the differences between all 8 episodes and you get a feeling for what Nagato goes through. 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