Endless Eight may be now KyoAni’s latest and most daring attempt to goad anime fans. It’s literally the knowing challenge, “We can do whatever we want because we know you’ll watch it.” And to a large extent, they’ve been proven right. Taken in a broader context, the Endless Eight episodes are a scathing illustration of the fickle hypocrisy of contemporary anime viewers. Anime fans worldwide complain about contemporary anime being all the same, lacking originality. Yet when Kyoto Animation literally delivers the same episode six times in a row, viewers continue to tune in. I may not like these episodes, but I have to respect Kyoto Animation’s most drastic move yet to point out the irrational, contrary behavior of anime otaku. I don’t know for certain what the Kyoto Animation staff is thinking, but I know that I’m personally thinking: if you’re willing to watch the same episode six times in a row, stop complaining about a lack of originality in anime. Obviously, you’re getting exactly what you’re willing to watch.
Does the fact that Haruhi is supposed to be a god make it more ironic? Haruhi controls the in-text universe, but apparently controls the viewers too…
But, if John’s prediction is correct, then Endless Eight functions as a kind of Geassian Requiem where you commit suicide to stop some kind of system by becoming that very system wwwwwwwwww