E12 - Endless Eight I

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[00:31] ---
    It was a lazy, but normal day
    after Obon at the height of summer.
[00:38] ---
    I had absolutely no interest
    in the prefectural game on the TV,
[00:43] ---
    But because of my sympathetic personality,
[00:45] ---
    I ended up kind of rooting for the losing side.
[00:48] ---
    Once I did, my cell phone began ringing.
[00:53] ---
    Incoming call: Haruhi Suzumiya
[00:53] ---
    Haruhi, huh?
[00:56] ---
    You're not doing anything today, right?
[00:57] ---
    We're all meeting at exactly
    two o'clock in front of the station.
[01:03] ---
    And just like that, she hangs up.
[01:06] ---
    How does she know
    I'm not doing anything today?
[01:08] ---
    I mean, I'm...
[01:11] ---
    Well, okay, I don't have any plans at all, but...
[01:20] ---
    What?
[01:20] ---
    I forgot to mention this--
    bring a swimsuit and come on your bike.
[01:25] ---
    And be sure to bring plenty of money.
    That's all, over and out!
[01:29] ---
    Ugh, no.
[01:31] ---
    What in the world is going on?
[01:46] ---
    Oh well.
[02:09] ---
    Day by day, everything's just so dull
[02:14] ---
    That's why you need to become
    someone that can just reject it all
[02:19] ---
    Oh my boy, you need to be decisive
[02:23] ---
    I won't deal with any lies
    in this small world
[02:29] ---
    I found myself on my own,
    it's natural you'd fall for me
[02:34] ---
    Kick away the boring ways of doing things,
[02:36] ---
    I'm going to decide everything
[02:40] ---
    I say, I say my heaven
[02:43] ---
    Super driver, leave everything to the rush
[02:45] ---
    And just keep going forward, no matter what
[02:47] ---
    Surpass (Don't you stop me)
    The idea of "impossible"
[02:51] ---
    Take it easy, go!
[02:52] ---
    I agree, it's going to be a huge victory
[02:54] ---
    Of course, it'll feel pleasant,
    no matter what happens
[02:57] ---
    A review meeting? (Get back to wild)
    Forget that, now hurry up
[03:02] ---
    We haven't tried this or that,
    we always do things how we want
[03:07] ---
    Everything's a new experience,
    let's try them out
[03:12] ---
    We haven't tried this or that,
    we always do things suddenly
[03:17] ---
    Everything's a new experience,
    what about it?
[03:22] ---
    The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya
[03:32] ---
    Endless Eight I
[03:37] ---
    You're late, Kyon!
[03:39] ---
    Show some more motivation!
[03:41] ---
    Who do you think you are,
    making the brigade leader wait?
[03:44] ---
    There'll be a penalty for this.
[03:46] ---
    I came fifteen minutes early,
    and I'm still the last one to arrive?
[03:51] ---
    Okay, we're all here, so let's go.
[03:56] ---
    Koizumi, let Mikuru ride on your bike.
[03:59] ---
    Yuki and I will ride
    on the back of Kyon's bike.
[04:04] ---
    Well, let me ask, where are we going?
[04:07] ---
    To the public swimming pool, of course!
[04:09] ---
    We have to do summer vacation-y
    things during our summer vacation!
[04:13] ---
    We can never get back
    the time that we've lost!
[04:17] ---
    And so we're going to
    do them now, during this,
[04:20] ---
    our one and only summer as tenth graders.
[04:23] ---
    The time that we've lost, eh?
[04:35] ---
    Oh, the scent of chlorine.
    This really makes it feel like a pool!
[04:40] ---
    Here I go!
[04:46] ---
    Here we go!
[04:48] ---
    No diving
[04:48] ---
    It's dangerous
[04:50] ---
    Hurry up and get in!
    The water's warm so it feels fine!
[04:54] ---
    Can't she read the
    "no diving" signs posted everywhere?
[04:59] ---
    This makes me smile, though.
[05:01] ---
    Miss Suzumiya has some rather normal ways
[05:05] ---
    of enjoying her time, don't you think?
[05:07] ---
    Suddenly calling us up out of the blue,
[05:09] ---
    and only giving us a general idea
    of what's going to happen...
[05:12] ---
    That's not all that normal to me.
[05:15] ---
    Well, at least Miss Suzumiya,
    laughing and having a good time,
[05:19] ---
    isn't likely to shake up the world.
[05:21] ---
    I hope that's the case...
[05:25] ---
    There's no need to worry.
[05:26] ---
    We haven't noticed any problems
    since the outing a while back.
[05:31] ---
    Right now, to Miss Suzumiya, and to us as well,
[05:36] ---
    the world is at peace.
[05:43] ---
    Let's have lunch.
[05:45] ---
    Surprise! Today Mikuru made us sandwiches!
[05:48] ---
    Wow!
[05:51] ---
    This is delicious.
[05:52] ---
    Thank you very much.
[05:53] ---
    I'm having more fried chicken!
[05:55] ---
    Mikuru, get the tea, would you?
[05:57] ---
    Okay!
[05:59] ---
    Things certainly do seem to be peaceful.
[06:02] ---
    Sorry!
[06:03] ---
    Okay, here I go!
[06:05] ---
    I think it'd be better to call this
    a communal pool than a public pool.
[06:11] ---
    Come on, Mikuru, what are you doing?
[06:18] ---
    This isn't a bad way
    to spend my summer vacation.
[06:23] ---
    Kyon!
[06:25] ---
    These are my brigade members.
[06:27] ---
    They'll do anything you ask,
    so ask for anything you want!
[06:30] ---
    Okay!
[06:36] ---
    I've been thinking about how we
    should spend our summer vacation.
[06:39] ---
    What do you think?
[06:39] ---
    Club schedule
[06:39] ---
    What is this?
[06:41] ---
    It's a schedule of how we'll spend
    the rest of our short summer vacation.
[06:45] ---
    For the SOS Brigade?
[06:47] ---
    Yup. There're only two weeks
    of summer vacation left, right?
[06:51] ---
    And yet it feels like there are
    a lot of things we've yet to do!
[06:54] ---
    We're going to pick up the pace!
[06:57] ---
    Things that we have to do
    during the summer vacation, you say?
[07:00] ---
    Summer outing, go to the pool,
[07:02] ---
    go to a Bon festival, go to a fireworks show,
[07:04] ---
    have a part-time job, stargazing...
    There's a lot here, isn't there?
[07:08] ---
    So we have to do all of this in just two weeks?
[07:13] ---
    Is there anything else you want to do?
[07:15] ---
    Umm... I'd like to try goldfish scooping.
[07:18] ---
    Okay! Goldfish scooping...
[07:22] ---
    We start the plan tomorrow!
[07:24] ---
    Is there a place nearby
    having a Bon festival?
[07:28] ---
    A fireworks show would work, too.
[07:30] ---
    At least try to find this stuff out first.
[07:32] ---
    I'll check around.
    I'll contact you when I find out.
[07:36] ---
    Don't forget about the goldfish scooping!
    It's Mikuru's sole request, after all.
[07:41] ---
    Right.
[07:45] ---
    Why am I always the one
    that has to pick up the check?
[07:48] ---
    Isn't it obvious? It's because you were late.
[07:50] ---
    Don't make us wait tomorrow!
[07:52] ---
    All right, then, we're done for today!
[07:57] ---
    Good grief. So we're going
    to be playing around every day?
[08:06] ---
    The next morning, it was a call from Haruhi
[08:09] ---
    that awoke me from my slumber.
[08:15] ---
    They found a place that was
    holding a Bon festival.
[08:17] ---
    Time: Tonight. Place: A public park.
[08:21] ---
    Convenient how they found one so quickly.
[08:23] ---
    Just as I was being
    impressed by that, Haruhi said,
[08:28] ---
    "We're all going to go buy yukata!"
[08:30] ---
    Both Mikuru and Yuki
    said that they don't own one.
[08:32] ---
    There's a place selling them
    in sets for cheap, so let's go!
[08:36] ---
    Haruhi just went and chose yukata
    for Miss Asahina and Nagato,
[08:39] ---
    then headed straight for the changing rooms.
[08:42] ---
    This ended up taking quite a bit of time.
[08:46] ---
    We waited for about an hour,
    while the other women ignored us,
[08:50] ---
    and finally the three of them came out at once.
[08:53] ---
    Kyon!
[08:57] ---
    You all look wonderful.
[09:00] ---
    Of course! I chose these yukata, after all.
[09:03] ---
    Especially Mikuru.
[09:05] ---
    Just what you would expect
    from my choice, it's so cute on you!
[09:07] ---
    There's nothing wrong with my fashion sense!
[09:12] ---
    This certainly was the cream of the crop
[09:15] ---
    of all of the costumes that Haruhi has forced on her.
[09:15] ---
    Yuki is pretty too, don't you think?
[09:17] ---
    Rather, it really looks great on her!
    This is a definite yes!
[09:20] ---
    So this is the kind of clothing
[09:22] ---
    that the people of this country
    wore in historical times.
[09:24] ---
    It's a little tight around the chest,
    but it's beautiful.
[09:27] ---
    Okay, we're ready to go now.
[09:29] ---
    Let's go to the festival, everyone!
[09:37] ---
    Wow!
[09:38] ---
    A Bon festival, huh?
    It's been a while since I've been to one.
[09:43] ---
    Mikuru, they even have
    goldfish scooping, just like you wanted!
[09:47] ---
    Be sure to catch a bunch!
[09:49] ---
    Black Demekins are worth
    200 points, you know!
[09:51] ---
    Shall we play, too?
    How about seeing who can catch more?
[09:55] ---
    I'll pass. I'm more interested in the food.
[09:59] ---
    What about you, Nagato?
    Want to eat something?
[10:06] ---
    You're interested in that stuff?
[10:15] ---
    This one.
[10:16] ---
    Right-o, that'll be 800 yen.
[10:22] ---
    Thirteen!
[10:23] ---
    I caught a lot, but I don't
    need so many, so I just kept one.
[10:28] ---
    I didn't catch any at all.
[10:31] ---
    Scooping goldfish is difficult, isn't it?
[10:33] ---
    Oh no, it's not normal to catch so many.
[10:36] ---
    If you can figure out the trick, it's easy!
[10:40] ---
    Huh? What's with the mask, Yuki?
[10:42] ---
    I bought it.
[10:43] ---
    I see. But why that one?
[10:47] ---
    Maybe it appeals to a particular wavelength.
[10:50] ---
    One only aliens would get.
[10:52] ---
    Okay, then.
[10:53] ---
    There are things over there
    we haven't seen yet, so let's go!
[10:57] ---
    You're still going to mess around?
[10:58] ---
    Of course! Come on!
[11:27] ---
    Here.
[11:28] ---
    You can have one, but only one.
[11:31] ---
    Oh, thanks.
[11:35] ---
    Is it tasty?
[11:36] ---
    Good.
[11:37] ---
    Now, we've pretty much
    seen all of the Bon festival.
[11:41] ---
    Now let's launch some fireworks!
[11:43] ---
    Fireworks?
[11:44] ---
    We've gone through the trouble
    of getting all dressed up,
[11:47] ---
    so let's do that to finish off the day!
[11:49] ---
    Why not? There was a store
    over there selling them,
[11:52] ---
    so let's head over to the riverside.
[11:54] ---
    This looks like it will be fun.
[11:56] ---
    Okay, here we go!
[12:09] ---
    Kakizaki!
[12:25] ---
    Oh, they're so beautiful.
[12:28] ---
    Bon festival, fireworks... Okay, done.
[12:32] ---
    Okay, tomorrow we'll be catching bugs!
[12:34] ---
    Haruhi, it's fine to want to play around,
[12:36] ---
    but are you finished
    with your summer homework?
[12:39] ---
    Not that I've any right to talk,
    since I'm nowhere near done.
[12:41] ---
    What, you can finish
    all of that in just three days.
[12:46] ---
    Three days?!
[12:46] ---
    I finished it all in July.
[12:49] ---
    I took care of all of that bothersome stuff
[12:52] ---
    so I could have fun
    without having to worry about it.
[12:54] ---
    That's how you enjoy your summer vacation.
[12:57] ---
    Why is she so smart?
[13:00] ---
    It seems like the guys up in heaven
    that were divvying up our stats
[13:02] ---
    were being pretty lax about it.
[13:03] ---
    In any case, we're going
    to go bug catching tomorrow!
[13:06] ---
    Whoever catches the most bugs...
[13:08] ---
    That's right. They'll get to be
    the brigade leader for a day!
[13:12] ---
    Ugh, no thanks.
[13:14] ---
    That sounds interesting. Are any bugs okay?
[13:17] ---
    Hmm... Only cicadas!
[13:20] ---
    That's it, this will be the SOS Brigade's
    Cicada Capturing Competition!
[13:24] ---
    Whoever catches the most wins!
[13:31] ---
    The next day, I wanted it to rain so much
[13:33] ---
    that I drove a nail through a teruteru bouzu.
[13:36] ---
    But despite that, it was
    an incredibly beautiful and clear day.
[13:39] ---
    It felt like the warmest day of the summer,
[13:41] ---
    and it seemed like it was
    making all of the cicadas happy.
[13:44] ---
    I wonder if you can eat cicadas.
[13:47] ---
    No idea.
[13:49] ---
    They might be delicious
    if you fried them in tempura.
[13:51] ---
    Fine. Try it out yourself.
[13:53] ---
    You know, sometimes, I wonder...
    When it comes to tempura,
[13:56] ---
    maybe it's just the outside
    that's delicious.
[13:58] ---
    If that's the case,
    maybe it's the same with cicadas.
[14:01] ---
    Apologize! Apologize to the
    tempura restaurants across Japan!
[14:05] ---
    So what's with making all of us, at our age,
[14:10] ---
    walk here carrying
    bug-catching nets and cages?
[14:13] ---
    What are you talking about?
[14:15] ---
    If we didn't have bug-catching nets,
[14:16] ---
    we wouldn't be able to
    catch any cicadas, would we?
[14:18] ---
    That's not what I'm talking about.
[14:21] ---
    Okay, we're going to start!
[14:22] ---
    The winner is the brigade leader for a day!
[14:24] ---
    Ready... start!
[14:26] ---
    She's not listening.
[14:28] ---
    Umm...
[14:29] ---
    It looks like she really wants to win.
[14:31] ---
    I think that's a good thing, don't you?
[14:34] ---
    Sheesh. I haven't caught cicadas
    since I was in elementary school.
[14:39] ---
    Same here. Let's do our best.
[14:48] ---
    Have you already caught one?
[14:52] ---
    That's not a cicada.
[14:54] ---
    Oh.
[14:57] ---
    That's a Hercules beetle!
[15:34] ---
    And now, the results!
[15:36] ---
    Mikuru caught one.
[15:38] ---
    Yuki caught four.
[15:39] ---
    Koizumi caught seven.
[15:41] ---
    Kyon caught nine.
[15:42] ---
    And the top record is...
[15:44] ---
    We already know. You don't have to say.
[15:46] ---
    Me, with twelve!
[15:48] ---
    I guess I can't give up the brigade
    leader position, even for a day.
[15:52] ---
    Sorry, everyone!
[15:53] ---
    Now, you're not actually going to
    make these into tempura, are you?
[15:57] ---
    What? Do you want to eat them?
[15:59] ---
    Why does it come back to me?
[16:00] ---
    I'm kidding. A catch-and-release
    attitude is important, right?
[16:05] ---
    If we let them go,
    then they might come back to repay us.
[16:09] ---
    There you go! Go back to the mountains!
    Don't get caught again!
[16:20] ---
    Hold on a second.
    That may be a good deed and all,
[16:23] ---
    but all you did was catch them
    and then let them go.
[16:27] ---
    The next day...
[16:30] ---
    ...Haruhi found us part-time jobs
    somewhere that was glad to have us.
[16:36] ---
    Our job was to bring in customers...
[16:37] ---
    Brigade Leader
[16:37] ---
    Do your best!
[16:39] ---
    ...for the local supermarket's anniversary sale.
[16:45] ---
    Thank you...
[16:47] ---
    Here you go.
[16:51] ---
    Here.
[16:56] ---
    Why do I have to wear this outfit?
[17:01] ---
    If you want to work a part-time job,
[17:02] ---
    there are more appropriate ones
    for the summer, you know?
[17:06] ---
    And to top it all off,
    Haruhi is still nice and cool!
[17:08] ---
    If we end up getting the same
    amount of pay, I'm going to riot!
[17:14] ---
    I really understand how
    a snake that's shed its skin feels.
[17:18] ---
    That's a good analogy.
[17:20] ---
    Good work, everyone. The manager is thankful.
[17:24] ---
    I don't care about his thanks.
    Where's our pay?
[17:27] ---
    This is it.
[17:28] ---
    Huh?
[17:30] ---
    This costume is our pay.
[17:32] ---
    I've wanted this for a while.
[17:34] ---
    The owner said that
    he'd give it to us for Mikuru's sake.
[17:38] ---
    We'll hang this frog up
    in the clubroom as a memento!
[17:42] ---
    Mikuru, you can wear it whenever
    you want. You have my permission!
[17:48] ---
    Ribbit.
[17:52] ---
    We went to the pool, to a Bon festival,
[17:53] ---
    caught bugs, and worked a part-time job.
[17:56] ---
    Next up, Haruhi had us
    scheduled to go stargazing.
[17:59] ---
    Wow, so this is a telescope from this era.
[18:03] ---
    It doesn't seem that different
    from the ones from Kepler's time.
[18:06] ---
    No, I think it's pretty different.
[18:08] ---
    Did you buy this for tonight?
[18:11] ---
    No, this was my hobby when I was younger.
[18:15] ---
    I was pretty moved when I caught
    a glimpse of the moons of Jupiter.
[18:21] ---
    I've spotted Mars.
[18:26] ---
    I wonder if they exist.
[18:27] ---
    If who exists?
[18:29] ---
    Martians.
[18:30] ---
    I kind of don't want them to.
[18:32] ---
    If there were octopus-like
    monsters wriggling around,
[18:34] ---
    planning on conquering the Earth,
[18:37] ---
    there's just no way I could say
    that sounded like "fun."
[18:38] ---
    Why not? They might be
    a very friendly people.
[18:43] ---
    I'm sure they're a reserved people,
    secretly living in underground caverns.
[18:48] ---
    I'm sure they're just trying
    not to surprise us Earthlings.
[18:51] ---
    Exactly how reserved
    are the Martians you're imagining?
[18:56] ---
    I've had enough of Mars. Let's look for UFOs!
[18:59] ---
    Their scouting fleets
    should be standing by in orbit.
[19:04] ---
    Come on, Mikuru, help out!
[19:07] ---
    U-F-Os, U-F-Os!
[19:19] ---
    Our summer vacation continued.
    The next thing Haruhi said was:
[19:23] ---
    We're going to a batting center!
[19:25] ---
    Why there?
[19:26] ---
    It came to me this morning while
    watching the news from Koshien.
[19:29] ---
    We can't be satisfied by
    a mere sandlot baseball game.
[19:32] ---
    I think that the SOS Brigade needs to
    form its own national-level team.
[19:41] ---
    Chuka soba!
[19:47] ---
    She sure is something.
    Where does she get her energy from?
[19:51] ---
    She may have a different amount
    of mitochondria packed into her cells.
[19:57] ---
    She should use her gifts for
    the sake of the world some more.
[20:00] ---
    All right!
[20:01] ---
    Home Run
[20:07] ---
    After that, in an attempt to run through
    the schedule that she had set for us,
[20:11] ---
    we kept going, day after day,
[20:13] ---
    too fast for anyone to hit the pause button.
[20:18] ---
    We went to a real fireworks show.
[20:21] ---
    The fireworks burst into bloom
    in the sky, one after another,
[20:24] ---
    leaving us with a grand feeling in our hearts.
[20:26] ---
    That one was awesome!
[20:28] ---
    Goby Fishing Tournament
[20:29] ---
    On yet another day,
    she also made us take part
[20:31] ---
    in a goby fishing tournament
    at the prefectural river.
[20:42] ---
    Ah! Mikuru, your fishing pole!
[20:44] ---
    Leave it to me, I'll get it back.
[20:47] ---
    It continued on.
[20:49] ---
    While it's admittedly a staple of the summer,
[20:51] ---
    there probably aren't many people
    who do tests of courage.
[20:57] ---
    We went to see a movie that was
    hyped so much it was overblown,
[21:00] ---
    but it was just your usual
    "summer blockbuster."
[21:06] ---
    We went to the beach when
    the jellyfish were closest to the shore.
[21:12] ---
    We went bowling, but we couldn't
    leave until we all got a strike,
[21:15] ---
    as if we were playing some kind of penalty game.
[21:19] ---
    We went to karaoke, singing for a long time,
[21:22] ---
    as if we were trying to
    challenge the limits of our voices.
[21:29] ---
    In short, it felt like there were
    non-summer things in there as well,
[21:33] ---
    but we ended up enjoying ourselves
    to the fullest these two weeks.
[21:44] ---
    As of today, August 30th,
    we have pretty much completed our list.
[21:48] ---
    Good grief, we're finally done.
[21:51] ---
    I wonder if this was good enough.
[21:54] ---
    But, hmm, well... I guess this works.
[21:58] ---
    Hey, is there anything else you want to do?
[22:00] ---
    Not particularly.
[22:01] ---
    We've done enough, haven't we?
[22:03] ---
    I'd like to sleep for a while.
[22:05] ---
    What about you, Yuki?
[22:08] ---
    I see.
[22:09] ---
    That's fine, then. We were
    able to do a lot this summer.
[22:13] ---
    We went all over the place, we wore
    yukata, and caught a lot of cicadas.
[22:19] ---
    Yeah, that works.
[22:22] ---
    Is there something that
    she would regret not doing?
[22:26] ---
    Okay, we're done for today.
[22:27] ---
    I had tomorrow set aside just in case,
    but you can just take the day off.
[22:34] ---
    Let's meet again in the clubroom
    the day after tomorrow.
[22:51] ---
    Man, I haven't done
    any of my homework at all.
[23:03] ---
    August 31st, the last day
    of our summer vacation.
[23:06] ---
    No matter how hard I tried, there was no way
    I'd be able to finish all of my homework.
[23:10] ---
    I couldn't recover from all of
    the running around we did, either,
[23:14] ---
    so in the end I just spent the day slacking off.
[23:21] ---
    What the heck're you talkin' about?
[23:22] ---
    Boring.
[23:28] ---
    Whatever. It'll work out.
[23:51] ---
    I guess I'll go to sleep...
    School's starting back up, after all...
[23:56] ---
    Beep.
[24:07] ---
    It fell from the sky
[24:09] ---
    With all of the wishes that were made upon it
[24:12] ---
    Maybe it was a little too heavy for a single star
[24:17] ---
    Something just doesn't seem right
[24:20] ---
    The image of you in my mind has vanished
[24:22] ---
    Can I say that I remember you clearly?
[24:27] ---
    Stop!
[24:28] ---
    The past belongs to me
[24:32] ---
    Of course I don't want
    to trade it with anyone else
[24:37] ---
    That's because
[24:38] ---
    It was my birthday,
    and when we saw each other
[24:43] ---
    We could see the first dream
[24:46] ---
    That we had when we were born
[24:48] ---
    Worrying about "what do I do?"
[24:53] ---
    Is laughable when I think about it now
[24:57] ---
    I've already forgotten it
[25:00] ---
    Let's search for you