Henpecking Haruhi was nice, but I was really hoping for some sort of payoff with Nagato. Since it looks like, at this rate, we won’t be getting Disappearance, you’ve got to wonder what was the point of this arc.

Without spoiling anything for those that haven’t read the novels, certain events in Disappearance are linked to certain events in Endless Eight. Showing us Eindless Eight eight times, while still a bad idea, actually makes some sort of sense if you want to make it clear to the audience that this (admittedly) throw-away story is actually important later on in Disappearance. But without Disapp, it really begs the question of why they thought this was worth the time, the effort, and especially the money.

I refuse to believe it’s just Kadokowa being trolls. If that were they case they wouldn’t have bothered keeping the production quality on par with S1. Financially speaking, it makes absolutley no sense to spend a bunch of money animating eight full epiosodes that you know are going to piss off the fans and hurt DVD sales.

Even those of us who aren’t pissed and enjoyed these episodes for what they were, like myself, still would have preferred something, anything, else.

The only way I can see them making up for this is if they really do have an ace up their sleeve. And to me, the only thing that can do that is if this S2 isn’t just 14 episodes like it’s being advertised as. Kadokowa are the kings of false advertising, so I wouldn’t be surprised in the least if more episodes keep airing into the fall or winter season without any fanfare.

Oh, and thanks a bunch for the release.

One thing though. Some voice parts seemed to me on a low quality, like they were recorded too close to the mic or something >_> I changed earphones recently, so that might be it. Did anyone else notice anything unusual?