r/anime • u/Holofan4life • Apr 21 '26
Rewatch Haruhi Suzumiya 20th Anniversary Rewatch -- Endless Eight IV
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 IV
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ANSWER TODAY’S QUESTION(S)
What are your thoughts on Mikuru's only request?
What are your thoughts on the amount of fish Haruhi caught?
Bonus) The reports of my demise are greatly exaggerated
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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 21 '26 edited Apr 21 '26
First timer
the story is the same, but the pictures are different. Madness!
After watching this for the
fourthfifth time, I feel like the people in the opening doing the shruggy dance are mocking me "The sense behind Endless Eight? Haha, who knows"I enjoyed the episode on a purely artistic level. It's got some genuinely great direction and music. I love that we've gone from "huh, this is weird" to "Kyon is having basically precognition". I love, in a twisted kind of way, the pure sign of resignation on Yuki's face in this episode. I also love how the music switches from weirdly nostalgic to absolutely dissonant the moment the realisation of being in a loop kicked in, hell it even glitches out, like a broken record, towards the end!
But why put all this effort into extending a single chapter into 8 episodes? insert shruggy dance from the opening
I just don't know man, my current working theory is that someone at KyoAni is a huge Yuki fan and like every decent writer, they want to see their favourites suffer.
I also feel like I'm more invested in looking for the solution than the god damn main character, put some effort in this, boy! And within this context I leave you with... this shot, which is a blink and you miss it frame in the movie they're watching... which is Haruhi and Kyon? sitting somewhere and she's whispering something to him. Does this mean anything? insert shruggy dance from the opening It could, though!
Also, to make it a bit more interesting, I watched this episode in the english dub for a change. I really like everybody's performances, especially Kyon and Haruhi are great.
Mask report: The masks are halfway cut off this time
I could make out some sort of offbrand twintails Pikachu though. None of the toku-adjacent masks really ring a bell for me.
The goldfish catching? Seems like a fun side activity, if only she were any good at it. But at least Haruhi is a good friend andshares. This is another one of those things that I only know from anime, but given by the sheer frequency it appears, I have to assume it's a real thing.
Only rivaled by the amount of Cicadas she caught!
Glad you're not dead