Suzumiya Haruhi 2009 – 15 (Endless Eight)

I'm going to forgo a summary again since it's pretty much the same set of events, though this episode is probably a bit closer to episode 13 than last week's episode. I do want point out a couple of the differences though because they might be important. First, they seemed to focus on the clouds and the airplane symbol a lot, and it even appeared on the back of Mikuru's t-shirt. Knowing how this arc is supposed to end, I suspect this is a red herring, but since this anime adaptation has already broken from the original novels, they could be doing something different. The other thing was that there seemed to be a larger amount of focus on Yuki than previously, which I've been told is important for later past this arc.

None of this changes the fact that they could be making much better use of this time if they had ended this arc two episodes ago and moved on to the next one. But they didn't, so Endless Eight again next week, and I'm once again expecting it not to conclude.

And Then We’ll Do It Again…

Surprise surprise, another repeat. This week's episode of Haruhi ended just like the past weeks did, with Kyon unable to do anything. According to Yuki, this was iteration #15513. Pretty much everything I said last week still applies, and the possibility that this goes eight times total or all the way till the end of real-world August is getting bigger. Regardless, Endless Eight again next week.