Summary
It’s still summertime! The time for rest and relaxation.. aww hell who am I kidding? If you want to know what happens, it’s the same thing as last time:
Kyon is called out to spend his summer with Haruhi and the gang as they did in the last episode. During their excursions Kyon and Koizumi can’t help but experience de ja vu as they recall doing the same exact things before. Whilst all this, Yuki seems bored or actually depressed as the events are being played over again with a few small discrepancies.

Kyon is awoken by his phone and he picks it up only to be frightened by crying. Kyon goes out to where Mikuru, Koizumi, and Yuki are. Mikuru reveals that she cannot return to her time. Koizumi then implies that time is being repeated over and over again while nobody except those who are close to Haruhi can sense it. Yuki then reveals that their endless summer has repeated itself 15,498 times but with a few discrepencies wherein a few events are omitted. When asked later why Yuki hasn’t done anything, her reply was that her job is only to observe. Now towards the end of that particular summer, Haruhi dismisses the group but Kyon feels he must do something or else they will repeat the summer. In the end, he was not able to do anything and the cycle will go on.

Onibaku

The cycle repeats itself yet again and though the episode has almost the exact same contents as last episode, more and more questions are brewing in this brain of mine with the help of G0o’s inputs of course. If you were sharp enough to notice, the directors were different for each of the endless eight episodes. Why would they do this? Another question that I suppose would be the most common and obvious question would be as to why are they wasting an episode with almost the same content as the last when there are so few new episodes to come? The second episode was welcomed because it brought new content but the third had none whatsoever. Here are a few theories as to why they would create another episode of the same content i’ve seen that I found would be viable:

~They want to end the “Endless Summer” when the next anime season (summer) starts- If this were the case, then they should stop the time loop in the next episode or so.

~The producers want the audience to feel the same melancholy as Yuki- Damn right! I got quizzes and studying smacking me in the face left and right all week and one of my only havens that lets me go on through the week turns out to be another loop. (Not to mention Hatsukoi was rushed >.<)

~They are testing the capabilities of the directors- I’m not really supporting this one but i’ll throw it out there anyway.

1. The first director was lucky in that it was the first time the audience witnessed the summer. Out of the three episodes, he had the brightest colors. He did pretty well in conveying an enjoyable summer.

2.The second director kept the audience going by changing the angles of scenes. With his choice in music and the way he showed the flashback scenes, he conveyed a melancholic Yuki pretty well. The colors weren’t as bright as the first but they were varying depending on the emotion of the scene. He had amazing backgrounds and had some 3D effects displayed.

3.I respect the third director because this would have to be the hardest one of all. By this time, we are all feeling disheartened that we have to go through another loop so this guy had it tough. Though the animation quality didn’t “wow” me, I liked his attention to the facial expressions of the characters.

~They are waiting til Yuki runs out  of bugs to mistakingly catch- Haha I also just wanted to throw it out there.

~For those who have read the novel, here’s one that I am putting my money on: SPOILER!: They are driving the point home that you should finish your HW before having fun in summer! LOL

If you guys got any more theories feel free to share :D

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