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Dec 18, 2013 5:37 PM

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So while striping down to her underwear and forcing Mikuru to do so in front of whoever happens to be nearby is not unusual for her, she hesitated and ultimately stopped when it came to taking off her bra, despite Kyon being the only one there on the other side of a big rock and it being quite dark there - so not exactly public. I guess thats a good thing, she's not totally insane or whatever then..
Dec 28, 2013 8:59 PM

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Hehe, can't believe if Kyon told Little Haruhi that sliders may exist then there'd be one more member in the" new" future that he's returning to.
These time loops are what makes this series so interesting.
May 29, 2014 6:12 AM

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2009 broadcast order (chronological for both seasons) ~ Episode: Bamboo Leaf Rhapsody
Another interesting one. Love the time traveling. Interesting facts given. :D
Jun 12, 2014 11:59 PM

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I know I'm being repetitive but...
Phoenix Wright reference FTW!
Jun 13, 2014 5:46 AM

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This anime's hype is due for a comeback |:3
Jun 18, 2014 9:29 PM

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Wow so if was all an act. Lmfao I got trolled so hard (for me this was the detective episode)
Jul 1, 2014 3:54 PM

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Remote Island II: LOL this was a great episode. Kyon being "badass" was epic. Guess he's actually really smart. I also really liked his line about how he knew Haruhi wouldn't ever wish for a murder...and Koizumi's zoom-in of Kyon's mole had me rolling.
Aug 29, 2014 5:25 AM

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Man, they had me going with that mystery too... but I should've known something like that was the case when esper boy said something about how Haruhi should spend her time doing what she wants during her vacation.



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Sep 15, 2014 8:35 AM

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-Broadcast Order: Remote Island Syndrome II-

Enjoyed it. All the guesses they made were pretty simple and easy to get by yourself, but captivating nonetheless.
Sep 15, 2014 8:35 AM

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-Broadcast Order: Remote Island Syndrome II-

Enjoyed it. All the guesses they made were pretty simple and easy to get by yourself, but captivating nonetheless.
Nov 16, 2014 3:42 AM

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epic time travelling
"Urushibara Ruka. The mannerisms and voice of a woman... No... More feminine than any woman. But he's a guy. Taller than Mayuri, but so very thin... But he's a guy. Looks great in a miko outfit... But he's a guy. It's already twilight And yet, it's so hot. The cicadas are crying. But... He's a guy."
Nov 26, 2014 10:37 AM

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(Remote island syndrome part 2) what shadow are they talking about that haruhi saw? I don't remember any shadow
Dec 9, 2014 6:20 PM

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nroa said:
man fuck this i cant even read about this series on the forums because everyone's watching this in different orders


lol same thought here

btw nice baseball game but they cheated a lot.

Feb 16, 2016 6:38 AM

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[Watching in broadcast order]

Back to the murder case.

That was quite the play, absolutely loved the deduction at the end.
Not sure why they zoomed in at Kyon's mole on the ship.
May 23, 2016 2:35 AM

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So this is what everyone talked about the mis-order episode.
What I watched was time travel episode which is in chronological order and this was supposed to be different episode in broadcast order.

I see so thats the story when Haruhi ordered kyon to draw mystery circle. That was connected to the previous episode.

Holy Sci-Fi!!! That was how they time travelled back to present time. To freeze the time in the room for 3 years!! I have no words for it. The scale in this show is too huge and the author knows many truth. This author is genius, no, maybe God, LOL.

5/5
God-like episode for me!!! Bravo!!
Oct 29, 2016 11:23 PM

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Episode 8:

Another weird activity for the SOS :3

"Give me a big house with a garden where I can bathe my dog" :3
I laugh out loud whenever I read that quote, can't imagine Kyon was being serious writing that >w<

Later the clubhouse becomes too quiet because of Haruhis inactivity :3

Kyon and Asahina-san travels 3 years back in time :3

Another meeting between Kyon and Adult Asahina-san :3

Kyon meets Haruhi from 3 years in the past, and helps her drawing the mystery drawings his friends told him about :3


"John Smith" that name will have a certain importance later on :3
But moving on from that, Kyon realizes it's his actions that made Haruhi enroll to North High School (the school they are studying in) :3

Asahina-san loses her TPDD and they are all screwed :3

Nagato helps them in returning to the present by stopping time for them :3

I love Haruhi >w<

New Ending Song <3
"No matter what painful things happens, even when it looks like you'll lose... when no one else in the world believes in you... when you don't even believe in yourself... I will believe in you!"

Dec 25, 2016 12:38 PM

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broadcast order

first time rewatching I noticed that Kyon knew what the message said through what Nagato told him, which could mean that Haruhi invented the alien language through those symbols if the look of the message was her idea, that Kyon tried to copy what he saw on the bookmark if it was his idea, that Nagato purposefully sent that message back to be sent by Haruhi, or possibly some combination of the three

second time i noticed that Koizumi asked Kyon if he wanted something interesting to happen, which could either be Koizumi teasing or that this is some insight into Kyon's character that's legitimized in Disappearance

maybe I'm just looking too much into this
Aure0linDec 25, 2016 12:41 PM
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Jan 28, 2017 5:17 PM

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The Phoenix Wright references were amazing lol. but ending if with the Sherlock Holmes reference just made it gold for me!
These Easter hunts will be the death of me, I swear.
Aug 10, 2017 3:35 AM

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Time travel.....wibbly wobbly timey wimey....stuff.
Sep 17, 2017 6:52 PM

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Time travel episode....not bad

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Dec 28, 2017 9:51 AM

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This forum is messed up when it comes to Haruhi, lol.

In reference to Remote Island Syndrome Part 2, I loved the Detective Conan references (the silhouettes of Haruhi and Kyon before they stab the old guy again, and some music later on) as well as the Phoenix Wright ones too (the poses were the same) and all in all, a very entertaining episode that I just had to talk about for its references, haha.
May 3, 2018 1:25 PM

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The Tanabata episode of wishes.

Haruhi is intolerable, as always. She is less of a god and more of a monster, putting the universe into extinction crisis.

So, Kyon gave the idea to Haruhi about aliens and stuff. How dull. Nothing makes sense still.

Yuki is the only sci fi character. Asahina is just someone I don't care about, Haruhi is just a MC who belongs in the league of Makoto Itou and Haruka Kasugano. Kyon is uninteresting as always, Itsuki is just annoying, and I wish that he would die so that I won't have to hear his lame explanations.

I hope Itsuki dies. Along with Haruhi. Haruhi is just so goddamn annoying, and we are supposed to sympathize with her melancholy and shit.

Without change,we end up becoming the very person we hate.


I was dead until the moment I met you. I was a powerless corpse pretending to be alive. Living without power, without the ability to change my course, was bound to lead me to a slow death.


Mar 17, 2019 6:34 AM
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Remote island part 2:

Well, I didn't get the Conan references but it was fun regardless.
Nov 17, 2019 7:08 AM

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For me this was the Remote Island episode part two. For the purposes of not spoiling people who are watching it in different orders, I'll put it all in a spoiler button.



Loving this series! And totally loving this out-of-order, broadcast order. Makes things mysterious, unpredictable, and even more ridiculous!
Apr 25, 2020 7:16 PM
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(Time travel ep)

Good episode. Though is it just me or did the animation quality just take a hit in this one?
Jun 7, 2020 9:18 AM

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Haruhi moving to North High makes complete sense now! Dammit Kyon it's all your fault that this is happening. Nice ED as well
Jul 17, 2020 8:42 AM

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i’m getting kind of bored with this anime. mikuru’s whining is pissing me off and none of the characters are really clicking with me. :/
Dec 19, 2020 10:52 AM

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Wait, so everyone has the episodes in a different order ? For me this one was about the SOS brigade playing a game against the computer club, and the baseball one was episode 7, and according to the synopsis on MAL this episode 8 was neither about baseball nor about games, what is going on ?!
But well it doesn't look like the order is impacting the experience when it comes to this show so I guess as long as I watch everything, I'll be fine.
Mar 14, 2021 7:13 PM

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For me, this episode was "Bamboo Leaf Rhapsody."

So it was Kyon who drew those symbols on the ground, as Haruhi told him to. Yuki brought Kyon and Mikuru back to the future by stopping time in that room. Interesting.

Mar 20, 2021 1:34 PM
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I actually loved this episode!
Liked the scene with young Haruhi bossing around Kyon. lmao
May 9, 2021 10:27 PM

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Time travel episode- that line about the queen being more important than the king was telegraphed and made me physically cringe.

Great episode otherwise.
May 25, 2021 2:40 PM
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lol to anyone who survive this you are a fucking legend.

Jul 23, 2021 4:38 AM

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[Chronological order]

Loli Haruhi? She's still a prick though.

Anyways, good episode.

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Jul 24, 2021 7:06 AM
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and so ends the infamous endless 8

Jul 29, 2021 2:42 PM

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Cool. I wasn't expecting kyon to actually time travel but hey, it was nice seeing yuki be the same as ever



Aug 2, 2021 12:11 PM

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Watched the Bamboo Leaf Rhapsody and I'd say now this is getting interesting. It's quite intriguing to see the paradoxes and this series could be a one big timeloop, we'll see.
Aug 15, 2021 8:19 PM

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Can't believe that many people actually enjoy this shit show.
Dec 25, 2021 6:10 AM

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[CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER]

Part two of Remote Island.
Ngl they had us for the most part with this murder mystery, but damn it was all just an act to fulfill Haruhi's curiosity. But still enjoyed these two episodes of their trip to a deserted island.

Now as per chronology, the next arc is Endless Eight, so at last it's about time now.
Jan 30, 2022 3:35 PM

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the shadow part was a part i really wondered about.
though honestly i was suspicious the minute the butler was the one checking the owner heartbeat.

this show only keeps amaze me.
Aug 30, 2022 10:42 PM

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I don't like these kind of episodes, all the characters look like random aah slaves of Suzumiya, it's not funny

Nov 13, 2022 10:38 PM

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8:32 >is this like a Mecca for weirdos


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Jan 2, 2023 3:58 AM
scientia exitus

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(Bamboo Leaf Rhapsody, aka the time-travelling episode with Mikuru. One of them at least, if there happens to be another one like them in the future.)

Yeah this one I have no fricking idea when it aired. Apparently it was the first episode of the 2ND SEASON, which I guess makes sense because we got a different ED in this one. Anyway, besides the technical broadcast stuff, I liked this episode. This whole series still feels so f*cking random, but it's not bad at all. I think.


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Apr 25, 2023 10:15 AM

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The mystery on the island isn't really my favourite part of Haruhi but I like how they settled the case, it's been quite fun to watch and this series aged like a fine wine.


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May 29, 2023 7:13 AM

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rewatch- chronological order- ep8

now it's jumping to the 2009 series lol
literally a jumping in time episode

the OST was so LOL at times in this episode

even when recalling what i thought when i watched this in the first time, i wonder why kyon was supposed to be back in time at all. except drawing haruhi's "alien language". but it was supposed to happen anyway, so it's not that something was "supposed" to be changed . . .
the more i think about the more i get headache lol
Jul 8, 2023 7:28 PM

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That took a very different turn lol but I loved this! Especially the Phoenix Wright stuff near the end
Oct 18, 2023 7:00 AM
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Pretty cool anime
Feb 18, 12:00 AM
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Bamboo Leaf Rhapsody - Chronological Order
So nobody here watched the "Bamboo Leaf Rhapsody" as their episode 8? Well anyways, that was the episode I watched with CrunchyRoll.
Little did kyon know that he was the one who sparked it all for Haruhi. He was the sole reason for her coming to North High. Her purpose was to find such beings they spoke of 3 years prior to them ACTUALLY meeting for the first time. The connections to everything are crazy good. Everything really is connected.
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