Well, everything has been said, i give an all-out big 10 to this episode and to the whole serie! It's a TOTALLY refreshing and original story in a world "satured" with "school life animes"! I loved every minutes of it, even if i was totally "WTF" in the first episode, the drawings, the OST, i loved everything!

Oh and big thanks to the one who said the title of the song playing when the giant "thing" appears, but is the song in the episode a "remake" or it sounds exactly like the original? I need THIS version badly!

After seeing this episode, it strikes me of a combination of Evangelion + The Lathe of Heaven + Roswell all crashing together :D.

I'm kinda surprised Lathe of Heaven wasn't one of the books Yuki read. That would be apropo

It would be great to watch Yuki fsck, then mount.

"I won't let them" Awwwwww... :love: Yuki even more.

a very well done ending. i'd say it's perfect, but why do these darn japanese like to leave their endings in a somewhat conclusion but not entirely concluded ending? that said, why do I have this sinking feeling that there won't be a season two? endings always get me down. :\

tho props to AFK for a well done, very professional subbing. good job to them!

Soo what was kyons real name ?

AWWWWEE....its over *depressed*...no more haruhi

Roger Smith.

wait, what? im confused, is this the last episode?

Yes, but not chronologically.

Yes and no.

Episode 14 concludes the end of the Yuutsu/Melancholy story arc (essentially book1 of the novel series). More to the point, Episode 14 also concludes the end to the current anime series.

However, the true ending of the anime series belongs to Episode 09, Someday In The Rain.

Bleh, me want more, so the 14 eps are just book 1? That gives hope.

As with most Light Novels (Short stories basically), turned anime (FMP for example) the series is composed a collection shorter and longer stories taken from the various volumes of the novels, (Predominantly Volume 1).

A few random thoughts/responses:

- I think we've already seen Yuki defrag, after Asakura fragged her pretty thoroughly :-)

- It's almost too bad to think that Kyon might have told Haruhi about aliens, etc. - it's funnier to think that the same instinct that made her recruit those three made her cast them appropriately in the movie without hints from Kyon as to their nature (even if she didn't really believe him, as Yuki said she wouldn't). Maybe he didn't name names.

-Ok, be honest - who here has done a SET PROMPT=YUKI.N$G ?

- After Haruhi said she had a nightmare (hmm, why did she term it that - she seemed to enjoy herself?), Kyon's tone of "oh" is very funny.

- Mikuru and Yuki gave advance warning of how Kyon could escape, but as of the baseball episode, Koizumi still didn't know, which is a little odd. (Or maybe he just wanted to hear Kyon say it?)

- When Mikuru looks at her mole and jumps, the whole camera shot shakes, pretty funny.

ok, now that i look closer, its not haruhi. thanks for correcting me!

Well, that just shows that the esper boy isn't as perceptive as the girls are. By the way it is entirely possible that future Asahina gave Kyon the clue because some time after the event either Haruhi or Kyon actually told her what happened. Which means that only Yuki is the one who actually figured it out on her own. Now that's a bit odd, considering she doesn't seem to understand emotions as well.

Or Koizumi could have just been teasing Kyon in the baseball episode which isn't out of question either.

Hmmm I think Koizumi is really teasing.

Since he says that all the espers can sense Haruhi's feelings, thoughts and such, I'm sure he knows that Haruhi has been kissed by Kyon. I also think that Haruhi must certainly have no privacy if she has like 10+ people who knows every single thing she's thinking.

Wow. That finale was perfect. Imouto waking up Kyon was full of win. So was Mikuru being deeply disturbed at Kyon knowing more about her body than herself. And, of course, Haruhi was the best part of all of it.
Reading all this is one thing - watching it all play out like it did really drives it home. KyoAni now owns my soul and will soon own quite a large part of my income.

Itsuki is Itsuki. He seems to have the same demeanor in ignorance as he does when he knows exactly what's going on. Therefore, he's completely impossible to peg. Between him and Nagato, it's obvious why they never play pok3r in the clubroom.

This seems to be a trend in recent anime.
:Cough: Keiichi :cough:
Wait - did you just solve the mystery of Higurashi? :eyespin:

10 points. A great ending. I liked Kyon's ultimate pick-up phrase, "You look so moe in a ponytail that it's becoming criminally dangerous." and then goes on to kiss Hauhi.

After rebutting Kyon's seemingly nonsensical remark, the "resisting" expression she had when she realizes what Kyon was going to do to her was just cute. :love:

I still prefer the close-up kiss shot for the novel in the end. :D

Credit to AFK for releasing at such lightning fast pace. AFK's subs are useful for the novel translations as well, for without them, minor errors that would otherwise be unnoticeable would not be corrected quickly.

Looking forward to a second season. But we'll have to wait at least one year and more once Kyo-Ani is done with their 24 episodes of Kanon2006, and then they probably need a short break. Not to mention there's other projects.

wow...i finally watched episode 14 subs and i vote 10~! i thought the ending was 100% perfect! i love the part before kyon kissed haruhi...^_^ love the sleeping beauty, snow white concept thing too! it about explained everything the way i wanted it to as well. not straight forward but it gave you just a small hint but enough for you to figure it out =D yay <3 suzumiya haruhi no yuuutsu!