Something was wrong.
That's what my gut was telling me.
I was staring at a game between schools from the same prefecture with absolutely nothing to do with me,
which was when I somehow had a feeling that Haruhi was about to make trouble.
Incoming Call
Suzumiya Haruhi
The play by the third basement wasn't enough to fire up the crowd.
Kyon-kun, your phone.
Don't need you to tell me that.
A contest requires both...
Kyon.
You're free today, right?
We're all meeting up in front of the station at two!
Batting fifth is Kushima, a senior.
You better come!
During last year's tournament, he managed nine...
I didn't say a word...
He had a home run in the fourth.
Here comes Suzuki.
What is it?
I forgot to tell you what to bring.
Bring a swimsuit and plenty of money.
And make sure to-
The first pitch is a strike.
Come on my bike, right?
That's right.
You've got the right idea.
So far so good.
You're paying for us if you're late.
We can't be sure yet.
How did I know about the bike...
He connects!
Going deep! Deep!
I think this one's gone.
It's headed deep left!
It's outta here!
See?
A solo home run.
Where did I put my swimsuit?
Summer's almost over.
DAY BY DAY
unzari da yo ne
うんざりだよね
Getting sick of it all
dakara
だから
Which is why
堂々と断っちゃう
doudou to kotowacchau
you should just be yourself
kimi ni narina yo
キミになりなよ
and turn them all down
OH MY BOY
kippari shinakya
キッパリしなきゃ
Gotta be upfront
uso ni
嘘に
Can't keep up
tsukiatterarenai yo
付きあってられないよ
with all of the lies
semai sekai de
狭い世界で
in this small world
jibun de mitsuketa MYSELF
自分で見つけた myself
I managed to find my myself
suki ni natte touzen
好きになって当然
Only natural to like what I see
kudaranai yarikata kette
くだらないやり方蹴って
Give up your silly ways
subete wa atashi ga kimeru!
すべてはあたしが決める！
I'll decide everything myself!
I SAY I SAY MY HEAVEN
SUPER DRIVER
tosshin makasete
突進まかさて
I'm charging in
nantettatte zenshin
なんてったって前進
Don't stop moving forward
fukanou tobikoete
不可能！飛び越えて
Clear the impossible
DON'T
YOU
STOP
ME
TAKE IT EAZY, GO!!
daishouri tte doukan mochiron
大勝利って同感もちろん
A big win will always feel good
dou nattatte kaikan
どうなったって快感
no matter what happens
hanseikai soreyori saa
反省会？それよりさあ
Don't bother looking back
GET
BACK
TO
WILD
isoide yo
急いでよ
Just hurry up
are mo kore mo mitaiken
あれもこれも未体験
Haven't done this or that before
itsu datte muriyari
いつだってムリヤリ
It always feels forced
maru de maru de mikeiken
まるでまるで未経験
Almost like we've never done this before
kore kara shimashou
これからしましょう
Let's give it a whirl
ikkaisen
一回戦
Round one
are mo kore mo mitaiken
あれもこれも未体剣
Haven't done this or that before
FUNKY ROOKIE GAME
itsu datte totsuzen
いつだってトツゼン
It always comes out of the blue
gyakukaiten
逆回転
More backspin
maru de maru de mikeiken
まるでまるで未経験
Almost like we've never done this before
HONKY TONKY HEAD
sore ga doushita no
それがどうしたの
Does it even matter?
The Melancholy of Suzumiya Haruhi
Endless Eight
You're late, Kyon!
Yeah, yeah.
Sorry to keep you waiting.
I just got here myself.
Honestly...
You need to show some more effort!
Well, everybody's here.
Let's get going!
Get going?
Where to?
The public pool, obviously!
I see.
You're supposed to do summer-like activities in the summertime!
I should have guessed from the preparations.
Time never comes back once it's gone!
That's why we have to do this now,
during our only summer as freshmen in high school!
Hey, Kyon!
Are you listening?
Just so you know, we're going to the pool by bicycle.
Where did you all leave your bikes?
No.
You and I are the only ones who brought bikes.
Which means...
...this!?
C'mon, Kyon.
You can't lose to Koizumi-kun!
Off we go, then!
Devil! Rakshasi!
Please park your bicycles and motorcycles in an orderly fashion.
C'mon, Kyon.
Why are you all worn out before we've even started having fun?
Whose fault do you think that is, huh!?
The packed crowd!
The smell of chlorine!
The atmosphere is just perfect!
Come on.
Let's find a place to dump our stuff and go swim!
Er, hey!
Sign: No Diving/Danger!
Wait!
Can't she read the "No Diving" sign?
The water's all warm and comfortable!
Mikuru-chan!
Yuki!
What are you doing!?
Go on ahead.
Jump in, already!
She'll make a lot of noise if we leave her alone.
In that case...
Suzumiya-san!
Please wait!
Sheesh, you're too slow!
Ah, wait!
If you pull on me...
It seems rather peaceful.
Oh, I was referring to Suzumiya-san.
Wouldn't you agree that Suzumiya-san...
...is learning to have fun in a normal fashion?
You'd consider calling me with no warning...
...and hanging up the second her business was finished...
...to be a normal way to invite someone?
If you ask me, that wouldn't be considered a big deal at all.
There shouldn't be any earth-shaking events...
...when Suzumiya-san has such a cheerful smile on her face.
Sure hope you're right.
What's wrong?
Nothing.
Probably just my imagination.
I must have become a little over-sensitive...
...after everything that's happened since spring.
Weird.
Him, too?
Come on!
Behave yourselves so I can catch you!
Good grief...
It'd be more appropriate to call this place a communal pool instead of a public pool.
That's where she went?
Huh?
What's she doing by herself over there...
What?
What's this sensation?
It feels like I've seen this scene before.
With Nagato like that...
Kyon!
Haruhi...
And then Haruhi says the following:
These are my brigade members.
They'll do whatever I say, so feel free to ask for...
...anything!
We're gonna play underwater soccer!
Everybody's participating!
Yuki!
Did I suddenly become clairvoyant?
Here's the ball, Kyon.
Or not.
Well, it was probably a fluke.
Déjà vu is a fairly common phenomenon.
I came up with a list of activities for us to do!
What's that?
An itinerary for how we're spending what little remains of summer vacation!
Summer Camp
Stargazing
Pool
Batting Practice
Bon Dance
Movie
Fireworks
Insect Collecting
Part time Job
Test of Courage
Other
We only have two weeks of summer vacation left!
We're supposed to clear this in less than two weeks?
Mikuru-chan, is there anything else you want to do?
Um...
I'd like to scoop goldfish...
Okay!
Goldfish scooping, it is.
Sorry.
Excuse me for a second.
Thank you.
We begin tomorrow then!
Is there a Bon Dance going on anywhere nearby tomorrow?
Fireworks would also work.
I'll look into it.
I'll be in touch later.
Don't forget about goldfish scooping.
It's a rare request from Mikuru-chan!
I'm paying again?
I told you that you'd be paying if you were late.
Coffee shop
Dream
That's all for today, then!
See ya!
I'll be off, then.
See you later, then.
Yes.
Nagato.
Well...
It's nothing, really.
How have you been?
Are you doing okay?
Okay.
I see.
That's good to hear.
Yes.
Er, that was it...
Sorry about stopping you.
What was that?
Why did I talk to her?
The next morning.
There was another call from Haruhi.
She'd found a place holding a Bon Dance.
It'd be this evening at the public grounds, apparently.
Sorry for the wait!
Took you long enough...
You all look marvelous.
Of course!
Since I chose them.
Especially Mikuru-chan! I have great taste!
Asahina-san...
P-Please...
Great...
Great!
Let's see...
Where's the one we're looking for?
What is this?
It feels like I've been here recently.
That stage...
That stand...
They look familiar...
Ah, Mikuru-chan!
Look!
There's the goldfish scooping you wanted to do!
Scoop all you want!
Su-Suzumiya-san!
Please wait!
Shall we join them?
Nah, I'll pass.
Anyway, Nagato...
Wanna grab something to eat?
That's what you're interested in?
Which one?
No need.
This.
Sure thing!
It'll be 800 yen.
I'm pretty sure that I owed her a fair deal,
so I wouldn't have minded buying that for her.
Thirteen fish.
But Mikuru-chan and I only took one each,
since we didn't need that many.
Here.
I'm willing to let you have one.
Thanks.
Huh?
Yuki...
What's with the mask?
I bought it.
Really...
Okay!
Let's do fireworks next!
Get it out of the way, today!
In any case, it was summer.
Summer vacation.
So I wanted to let loose and forget it all,
but something was bothering me.
We're collecting insects tomorrow.
Haruhi.
There's nothing wrong with having fun,
but have you finished your summer homework?
Homework?
That little bit only takes three days to finish.
Wha-
Get the painful stuff over with early, so you're free to have fun.
That would be the correct way to enjoy summer vacation.
God is so unfair.
Everybody!
We're collecting insects tomorrow!
And they have to be cicadas!
The SOS Brigade Cicada Hunt!
And the following day was unbelievably sunny.
Yay!
The stage was set for the SOS Brigade Cicada Hunt.
Wait up!
Wait for me! Geez!
Everybody tried their best,
I'm gonna catch you!
but in the end, as expected, I suppose,
Haruhi was the winner.
You need to follow the spirit of catch and release.
If we let them go now, they might return the favor in the future.
What could you possibly expect from a cicada with its short life span?
I almost felt like Pandora opening her box.
The next day.
We were assembled for some unknown reason,
stuffed into frog costumes for some unknown reason...
...and forced into a job of handing out balloons at the supermarket.
Now I know how it feels for Virtue to do a purge...
Thanks, everyone!
What's with the special treatment?
Good work.
The manager and my man really appreciated it.
I don't need any appreciation from your man.
What about our pay?
This.
I've wanted it for such a long time.
My man said he'd give it to me for Mikuru-chan's sake.
We were slaving away for such a stupid reason?
I'll stick this frog in the clubroom as a souvenir.
Mikuru-chan.
Feel free to wear this whenever you want.
I give you permission!
Um, well...
Thank you very much...
That night.
My quiet slumber was interrupted...
...by another phone call.
Shut up...
That's annoying...
It's damn loud...
Yeah?
Kyon-kun...
Asahina-san?
Yes, it's me...
Something terrible has...
At this rate, I...
U-Uh...
Hello, this is Koizumi.
Why are you with Asahina-san?
We have a bit of a situation on our hands.
Would it be possible for you to come here right now?
I'll be right there.
Be right there.
Asahina-san!
What exactly happened?
Kyon-kun...
I...
...can no longer...
C-Can no longer?
...return to the fu-
R-Return to what?
Allow me to summarize.
We are stuck in an infinite time loop.
Hard to believe something so ludicrous when you have a smile on your face.
Do you have any idea what you're saying?
Of course.
I am fully aware of the implications.
I was discussing the matter with Asahina-san earlier...
Call me so I can be part of the discussion!
As a result,
we realized that something was odd about the recent flow of time.
You should credit the discovery to Asahina-san.
She was able to confirm my suspicion.
What suspicion?
That we have already experienced the same period many times over.
I already heard about that.
To be precise,
it would be the period of August 17th to the 31st.
We are currently in the middle of a summer vacation with no end.
We're certainly on summer vacation.
An endless summer that can never end.
Any point from September on...
...has disappeared from this world.
That is why Asahina-san is no longer able to return to the future.
I suppose that's only natural.
How could a physical lack of a future be natural?
Who would ever believe you?
I was hoping that you might believe me.
So are we...
...trapped in something along the lines of closed space?
No.
That's not the case here.
Only a sector of time has been cut off.
There is a process at midnight on August 31st...
...where everything is reset...
...and returned to the 17th.
Another problem involving time, huh?
Though, I suppose I shouldn't be surprised when there's a time traveler among us.
No.
Asahina-san has nothing to do with this incident.
What's the cause then?
It must be Suzumiya-san.
She is most likely unaware of this fact,
but some part of her must not want...
...summer vacation to end.
What the hell?
She still has regrets or something?
I would believe so.
I would presume that...
...she feels there is still something left...
...to be done during summer vacation.
So?
What am I supposed to do?
The matter will be as good as solved when we figure that out.
You seem to be enjoying this.
For we've finally...
...solved the mystery behind...
...this perpetual feeling of déjà vu.
Say...
Could the whole world be feeling the same way?
I doubt that.
You and I are exceptions.
People who are close to Suzumiya-san...
...appear to have a higher chance of noticing this irregularity.
What about Haruhi?
Is she aware of what's going on?
It seems that she's utterly clueless.
Though, you could say that it's better this way.
However,
I believe that...
...there has to be one person who doesn't have to deal with déjà vu,
because she remembers everything...
...that has happened.
There's a scary thought.
Who might that person be?
You shouldn't need me to tell you.
I assume that it would be possible for the Data Overmind which has transcended space-time.
Nagato.
Is that so?
Yes.
You remember everything?
Yes.
And how many loops have we been through?
This would be the 15,513th loop.
15,513?
What do you mean, 15,513?
Nagato, what are you talking about?
Are you serious about that?
Yes.
We've done the exact same things that many times?
That is not necessarily the case.
Meaning...
Over the course of 15,513 loops,
there were two instances without a trip to the Bon Dance.
The 2,391st and 11,054th.
And there were 437 instances where the trip occurred without goldfish scooping.
There were 9,031 instances of working part-time,
but there have been six different variations...
Aside from distributing balloons,
there has been carrying objects,
manning cash registers,
passing out flyers,
Yeah.
working a call center...
That's enough.
15,513 times.
That's what Nagato said.
Multiplied by two weeks, that's...
Uh...
Around 594 years.
So she's been the only one...
...who's gone through loop after loop...
...with her memories intact?
Nagato...
I can't imagine how it must have felt this entire time.
I wonder if any exist.
Martians.
I'd rather they didn't.
They're probably a really reserved race who live in underground caverns.
They're probably a friendly bunch.
You can't say that for sure.
I'm sick of this.
Let's look for UFOs. UFOs!
What does she even want to do?
What, indeed.
This difficulty would be as good as resolved if we knew the answer.
Why don't we try this?
Embrace Suzumiya-san from behind...
...and whisper, "I love you," into her ear.
Who's supposed to do that?
Would anyone be more suited for the role than you?
I'm vetoing that idea.
I'll resist if I have to.
That's too bad.
Shall I give it a try then?
I merely jest.
I wouldn't be able to fulfill the role.
It would only serve to confuse Suzumiya-san.
Hey, Nagato.
You noticed that time was looping...
...before Asahina-san ever said anything, right?
Yes.
Why didn't you say anything then?
My job is to observe.
I see.
I did it!
Look!
It's a home run!
Yay!
From that point on,
I did it! I did it!
we were constantly on the move.
We went to see real fireworks.
We even participated in a Goby Fishing Contest.
There was also a test of courage.
Sea bathing.
Bowling.
Karaoke.
Going to see a movie.
Naturally, I didn't expect it to be enough to satisfy Haruhi,
but I still didn't have a clue as to what I could do.
Regardless, we were running out of days left in summer vacation.
And soon enough,
it was August 30th.
Summer Camp
Stargazing
Pool
Batting Practice
Bon Dance
Movie
Fireworks
Insect Collecting
Part time Job
Test of Courage
Insect Collecting
Test of Courage
Insect Collecting
We've finished off our list.
Was this enough?
But...
I guess that's all there is.
Hey, everybody.
Is there anything else you want to do?
Oh, well.
We managed to get a lot of stuff done this summer,
so that should be enough.
No, it's not enough.
You can't be satisfied yet.
That's all for today, then!
I had tomorrow set aside just in case,
but you can rest at home, instead.
I'll see you all in the clubroom in two days, then.
Wait!
Wait, Haruhi!
You can't!
If I let you leave now...
If I let you leave now,
we'll have to repeat the two weeks...
...that we've already repeated over ten thousand times...
...for an eternity!
But what am I supposed to do?
What am I supposed to say?
There should have been some kind of hint in what Haruhi said.
But what was it?
What has she been saying?
It's no use.
I don't know.
Wait...
Wait!
Haruhi...
Thank you very much!
August 31st.
Homework.
Untouched.
Forget it.
I no longer care.
There's no point in doing my homework...
...if time's going to loop back again.
Guess I'll just leave it to...
...whichever me is around, whether tomorrow comes or not.
sora kara ochitekitanda
空から落ちてきたんだ
It fell from the sky,
subete no negai wo nosete
全ての願いを乗せて
carrying everybody's wishes.
hitotsu no hoshi ni wa chotto
ひとつの星にはちょっと
I suppose it was too big a load...
omokatta kana?
重かったかな
...for a single shooting star?
yappari nani ka hen da yo
やっぱり何かヘンだよ
Something's wrong here,
kokoro no kimi ga
心のキミが
as you've vanished...
kieta
消えた
...from my heart.
tashika ni oboeterutte
確かに憶えてるって
Can you truly say that...
ieru no kai?
言えるのかい
...you still remember?
tomare!
止マレ
Stop right there!
kako wa jibun no mono
過去は自分のもの
The past belongs to yourself.
touzen
当然
Naturally...
dare to mo torikaetakunai
誰とも取り替えたくない
I would never trade mine away.
naze nara...
なぜなら...
That is because...
BA-SUDEI datta watashi-tachi ni wa
バースデイだった 私達には
It was a birthday for us.
deai ga umareta toki ni
出会いが生まれたときに
The moment we met...
hajimete no yume ga mieru
初めての夢が見える
...was when I first began to dream.
dou shiyou ka tte nayanda koto mo
どうしようかって 悩んだ事も
Looking back now, we can all laugh about...
ima omoeba waraeru hodo nanda yo ne
いま思えば笑えるほどだったよね
...the times we spent worrying about what to do.
mou wasureteta
もう忘れてた
I've already forgotten.
kimi wo sagasou
キミを探そう
I'll look for you.