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AnoHito
May 8, 2014

In Training posted:

lol does this episode not have an OP?

No, here it is.

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Mia Wasikowska
Oct 7, 2006

i say i say MY HEVEN

In Training
Jun 28, 2008

Zas posted:

haruhi and kyon kinda matching on the bikes again.

does this happen every time?

I believe so, and Nagato is always third wheel on the back

Spiritus Nox
Sep 2, 2011

Interesting to see everyone pretty conservatively dressed after all but jizzing on the camera in the last episode. Mind, we haven't gotten to the pool yet.

In Training
Jun 28, 2008

Spiritus Nox posted:

Interesting to see everyone pretty conservatively dressed after all but jizzing on the camera in the last episode. Mind, we haven't gotten to the pool yet.

Every installment usually has a very different mood, so I believe this carries over

darealkooky
Sep 15, 2011

You sayin' I like dubs?!?
does kyon get more tired with every bike race

Spiritus Nox
Sep 2, 2011

"Day by day, I'm getting bored with my life" You don't say, miss OP lyrics lady?

Mia Wasikowska
Oct 7, 2006

one of my favorite things about the EE is kyon getting more and more pissed about the No Diving sign until he eventually says "restrain yourself!!"


it's a nice counterpoint to "just do whatever you want"

Linnaeus
Jan 2, 2013

AnoHito
May 8, 2014

Endless swimsuits makes it all worth it.

Parallax
Jan 14, 2006

Oh no, another swimsuit..............

Yaoi Gagarin
Feb 20, 2014

Wow this music really is foreboding.

Dezinus
Jun 4, 2006

How unsightly.
For real though, biking through a hilly town with ~300 pounds would be tough.

Argona
Feb 16, 2009

I don't want to go on living the boring life of a celestial forever.

I can't even imagine what it felt like to see this weekly.

In Training
Jun 28, 2008

Even Kyon and Izumi aren't as sexy

Radio Spiricom
Aug 17, 2009

the way endless eight implicates the viewer is incredible

Mia Wasikowska
Oct 7, 2006

gamelan spotted

In Training
Jun 28, 2008


Lol

Mia Wasikowska
Oct 7, 2006

Radio Spiricom posted:

the way endless eight implicates the viewer is incredible

hey don't say stuff like this without elaborating

In Training
Jun 28, 2008

Radio Spiricom posted:

the way endless eight implicates the viewer is incredible

It's really crazy, probably the most acidic thing I've seen

Yes_Cantaloupe
Feb 28, 2005
Third drink. No way I can keep this pace up.

Radio Spiricom
Aug 17, 2009

Zas posted:

hey don't say stuff like this without elaborating

i'm phone posting!! i can address it afterwards

Spiritus Nox
Sep 2, 2011

Yup, the show's definitely gotten it's pants back on after the last episode's fun. Probably for the best, I'm not used to fanservice shots working on me that well.

AnoHito
May 8, 2014

Yes_Cantaloupe posted:

Third drink. No way I can keep this pace up.

My bottle of whiskey is slowly becoming empty.

In Training
Jun 28, 2008

Zas posted:

hey don't say stuff like this without elaborating

One interpretation I've always toyed with is saying that this is what anime is, it's all the same fan service bull crap over and over again. But it sells, because you, the viewer, want to remember what this feels like. Even for 20 minutes a week

ChubbyThePhat
Dec 22, 2006

Who nico nico needs anyone else
Just imagine having to watch this over the span of a couple months and not knowing when/if it was going to end.

This is glorious.

darealkooky
Sep 15, 2011

You sayin' I like dubs?!?
some of these shots are looking pretty cheap this time

lots of stills or mostly stills

Yaoi Gagarin
Feb 20, 2014

The first episode actually was the first cycle, right?

Spiritus Nox
Sep 2, 2011

Radio Spiricom posted:

the way endless eight implicates the viewer is incredible

I'm not sure I get it yet - aside from the broad "Look at all you 20-30 year old nerds fapping over high school girls/clinging to high school glories"-ness of the whole setup.

Mia Wasikowska
Oct 7, 2006

Radio Spiricom posted:

i'm phone posting!! i can address it afterwards

no problem but I am curious what 'implicates the viewer' means in a film studies context. I mean I should know, my favorite director is hitchcock....

AnoHito
May 8, 2014

In Training posted:

One interpretation I've always toyed with is saying that this is what anime is, it's all the same fan service bull crap over and over again. But it sells, because you, the viewer, want to remember what this feels like. Even for 20 minutes a week

And since it sold just as much, they're pretty much right. ..

Parallax
Jan 14, 2006

In Training posted:

One interpretation I've always toyed with is saying that this is what anime is, it's all the same fan service bull crap over and over again. But it sells, because you, the viewer, want to remember what this feels like. Even for 20 minutes a week

I've definitely heard EE as a criticism of SOL shows before

Mia Wasikowska
Oct 7, 2006

so every time with the yuki mask scene the faces have gotten yellower but the fill lights in this episode are all purple and poo poo? wild

In Training
Jun 28, 2008

Many people consider all art (or popular media, which is what Haruhi would be more likely classified as) as escapism, but this Escapism that makes the viewer feel bad or upset about their escapism

Spiritus Nox
Sep 2, 2011

EKSHELLENT!!!

Yes_Cantaloupe
Feb 28, 2005

Radio Spiricom posted:

the way endless eight implicates the viewer is incredible

Fo' reals, I want to hear more too.

darealkooky
Sep 15, 2011

You sayin' I like dubs?!?

AnoHito posted:

And since it sold just as much, they're pretty much right. ..

wait, seriously?

i feel like if anything is good excuse for an otaku "burn all my merchandise and tell the animators to kill themselves" campaign, it'd be this

Mia Wasikowska
Oct 7, 2006

and now another example of haruhi's mastery of green

Yes_Cantaloupe
Feb 28, 2005

Spiritus Nox posted:

EKSHELLENT!!!

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In Training
Jun 28, 2008

It's like Eva really. Think about how many people lash out at Shinji because they see themselves in Shinji and reflexively reject it

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