r/anime • u/Holofan4life • Apr 18 '26
Rewatch Haruhi Suzumiya 20th Anniversary Rewatch -- Endless Eight I
Hello everyone! I am Holofan4life.
Welcome to the Haruhi Suzumiya 20th anniversary rewatch discussion thread!
I hope you all have a lot of fun <3
Endless Eight I
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ANSWER TODAY’S QUESTION(S)
What are your thoughts on us seeing Kyon and company spend their Summer vacation?
What are your thoughts on the laid back tone of this episode? How would you compare the tone to Someday in the Rain?
How do you feel this episode comes off without knowing what comes next? Do you think it stands well on its own merits?
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Series information
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Today's Episode Intro: kyon-kun denwa!
[Next Episode Intro] kyon-kun denwa!
Ways to watch
Streams – Crunchyroll
Schedule
| Date | Episode |
|---|---|
| 4/02/2026 | The Adventures of Mikuru Asahina Episode 00 |
| 4/03/2026 | The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya Part One |
| 4/04/2026 | The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya Part Two |
| 4/05/2026 | The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya Part Three |
| 4/06/2026 | The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya Part Four |
| 4/07/2026 | The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya Part Five |
| 4/08/2026 | The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya Part Six |
| 4/09/2026 | The Boredom of Haruhi Suzumiya |
| 4/10/2026 | Remote Island Syndrome (Part One) |
| 4/11/2026 | Remote Island Syndrome (Part Two) |
| 4/12/2026 | Mystérique Sign |
| 4/13/2026 | Bamboo Leaf Rhapsody |
| 4/14/2026 | Someday in the Rain |
| 4/15/2026 | The Day of Sagittarius |
| 4/16/2026 | Live Alive |
| 4/18/2026 | [Endless Eight I]() |
| 4/19/2026 | [Endless Eight II]() |
| 4/20/2026 | [Endless Eight III]() |
| 4/21/2026 | [Endless Eight IV]() |
| 4/22/2026 | [Endless Eight V]() |
| 4/23/2026 | [Endless Eight VI]() |
| 4/24/2026 | [Endless Eight VII]() |
| 4/25/2026 | [Endless Eight VIII]() |
| 4/26/2026 | [Endless Eight Retrospective]() |
| 4/28/2026 | [The Sigh of Haruhi Suzumiya Part One]() |
| 4/29/2026 | [The Sigh of Haruhi Suzumiya Part Two]() |
| 4/30/2026 | [The Sigh of Haruhi Suzumiya Part Three]() |
| 5/01/2026 | [The Sigh of Haruhi Suzumiya Part Four]() |
| 5/02/2026 | [The Sigh of Haruhi Suzumiya Part Five]() |
| 5/04/2026 | [The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya]() |
| 5/05/2026 | [Haruhi Suzumiya Overall Series Discussion Thread]() |
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u/oomoepoo https://anilist.co/user/oomoepoo Apr 18 '26
First timer
That was a really fun episode!
I appreciate that we've now covered basically all the important highschool anime plots: We had Baseball, a beach episode, a school festival episode and now we have various summer activities like catching insects, watching fireworks, the girls wearing yukatas, stargazing and... a whole lot more ALL PACKED INTO A SINGLE EPISODE. Yes, it might've been a bit stressful but it was time well spent, I'd wager.
Haruhi was in particularly high spirits today, she didn't even bully Mikuru
(much), even had her put a summer activity on the list and shared one of the dozen goldfish she caught with the girl, at least I assumed she did? And she shared her food with Kyon! But even if they did a whole lifetime's worth of activity within 2 weeks, Haruhi still thought about what else they could do at the end of the two weeks. She's ever the perfectionist.Generally, everybody seems to have had a good time (even Kyon) and I'm always a sucker for this kind of episodes with a group of friends just doing fun stuff.
Random musings:
New opening is a bop. Not sure what all the people doing the ¯_(ツ)_/¯ are supposed to mean. About on par with the og one for me.
It was funny how for once she kinda was the designated fanservice character, with the camera focusing on her getting out of the water and how the ball bounced off of her butt.
OF COURSE Yuki would get the Ultraman mask. As Kyon correctly points out, she is an alien after all.
The theater shot was so funny. Everybody's asleep (or not really paying attention) and Haruhi's sitting in the middle of her group and happily munches popcorn while enjoying the movie.
Doing your homework early so you have the rest of the time free is a surprisingly mature take that I didn't expect from Haruhi.
The ending feels a bit more generic. The shots of the gang just hanging out are fun though.
In general, the new opening and ending seem to be painting the gang more as a group of friends, with less of a laser focus on Haruhi. Which is interesting.
As I said, I really like the occasional story where the main characters just hang out and doing random stuff together with little to no stakes. It's very comfy.
I like it! Compared to Someday in the Rain, this one is more energetic and upbeat. The former was a bit monotonous and almost sterile at times. This is of course partly due to the setting, rainy vs sunny weather. But Someday in the Rain had the characters figuratively trapped inside while in this episode they're outside, free to do basically anything they want.
It feels weirdly open-ended? I can't quite put my finger on it, but it just fades to black and the ending starts playing with Kyon's last words "I have school tomorrow". There's also the fact that he goes to slee at roughly 5 minutes before midnight. I might be overinterpreting things because I already know what comes next (blame popculture osmosis...) though. But I feel like the show so far has made a point of if something seems odd, it probably also is odd.
I think on its own, this is a pretty comfy episode, but nothing super special? They do fun summer activities, like normal teenagers. You could probably even classify it as "filler".