They single handedly ruined the series by having the audacity to animate the “endless eight” across EIGHT EPISODES out of 13.
For anyone not knowing what that means:
Imagine your favorite series having the same episode repeated. 8. Fucking. Times. In. A. Row.
Different animation. Different clothes. Practically SAME voice acting but repeated 8 times. Same episode.
It got so much worse after it aired that the German dub company
refused to dub the second season because of this atrocity.
The real fun lies in the fanboys of MyAnimeList trying to justify the disaster by saying “AKSHUALLY it’s awesome to have the same episode repreated to you 8 fucking times in a row because it makes you FEEL Haruhis boredom.”
So by their logic it’s a good thing when a series is boring. Got it.
Imagine being that guy back when the series first got aired.
Waiting every week for a new episode and then finding out it’s the same. Fucking. Episode.
For a total of 8 weeks mind you.
Anyone who stills feels hyped for this crap needs to overthink their definition of “fun”.