"Next up is batter number 4." "in Japan.}" "although I had never heard of either of them before" "I began to feel sympathy for the losing team and I started rooting for them for some odd reason." "my mobile began to ring." "huh?" "right?" "We're all meeting in front of the station at exactly 2 o' clock." "She cut me off completely." "How did she know I was free today?" "I'm actually..." "I don't really have anything to do... going!" "Over left field!" "And it's out of here!" "What?" "I forgot to tell you something." "Bring your swimsuit and come on your bike." "okay?" "That's all." "Over~" "No way." "What's going on exactly?" "Kashima just finished rounding third base..." "Pitcher Suzuki seems to be crumpled in a state of hopelessness." "This is quite a painful sight to see." "isn't it..." "And it's their final year too..." "I guess it can't be helped." "His teammates seemed to have lost their voices." "The pitcher doesn't offer even a single word of consolation." "the score is 8 - 0." "This has become quite a torturous battle." "379)}Endless Eight" "Kyon!" "Can't you put more effort into it?" "Who do you think you are?" "You made the Brigade Chief wait!" "I say!" "Penalty!" "I even made sure to come 15 minutes early..." "Why am I always last?" "let's get going." "you'll carry Mikuru-chan." "Yuki and I will sit behind Kyon." "but where to?" "of course!" "we should have summer activities like what people do in the summer!" "We can't get back the time we waste so we're going to go right now." "This is our once-in-a-lifetime freshman summer vacation!" "huh... the smell of chlorine." "It feels just right!" "Take that!" "And that!" "No Diving" " Dangerous!" "Hurry up and get in!" "and feels good!" "Can't she see the signs that say "No Diving" all over the place?" "isn't it?" "Don't you think Suzumiya-san may have found a normal way of enjoying things?" "and then hung up on me after stating her one-sided demands." "You can't exactly say that's normal." "seeing as Suzumiya-san is laughing so joyfully like this there shouldn't be anything happening that will endanger the world. {Not sure about these two lines}" "If only that were true..." "There's no need to worry." "Nothing problematic has happened since that trip we took." "the world is at peace." "Let's have lunch soon." "We've got Mikuru-chan's homemade sandwiches!" "It's very tasty." "Thank you very much." "I'm going to take another piece of fried chicken." "pass me the tea." "Okay." "it is peaceful." "Sorry!" "here I go!" "public (shimin) sounds a bit like masses (shomin)} public (shimin) sounds a bit like masses (shomin)" "Mikuru-chan?" "Spending summer vacation like this isn't so bad." "Kyon!" "These are my brigade members." "so tell them anything!" "Okay!" "but..." "What do you think?" "What's this?" "An itinerary for how we should spend what little remains of summer!" "For the SOS Brigade?" "Exactly!" "There's only two more weeks left of summer vacation even though there's still a bunch of stuff that I want to do." "We're getting serious from here on out!" "I see. "Activities we must do during summer." "stargazing... isn't there?" "huh?" "Is there anything else that you want to do?" "Um..." "I want to scoop up goldfish." "Okay! "Goldfish scooping." "We'll start carrying this out tomorrow!" "does anyone know if there's going to be an Obon festival happening nearby?" "I'd like to have a fireworks festival too." "At least research these things before we carry them out." "I'll look into it." "I'll contact you later." "and don't forget about goldfish scooping." "after all." "Will do." "Why do I always end up paying?" "so isn't it obvious?" "Don't make us wait again tomorrow." "you're all dismissed for today!" "Man... does that mean we're going to be messing around every day?" "from Haruhi." "We've figured out where they're going to have an Obon festival." "The time: tonight." "Location: the Civic Stadium." "Haruhi suddenly said:" "Let's all go buy yukatas together!" "{TL Note:" "Yukata is a type of summer kimono.}" "so let's go!" "and rushed off to the changing rooms." "This is taking quite a bit of time." "The three of them finally finished changing after we endured an hour of the other female customers avoiding us." "Kyon!" "They match you girls very well." "after all." "Especially Mikuru-chan!" "Just what I'd expect from myself!" "It's cute!" "My eyes can never be wrong." "this certainly is top class." "And it really suits her." "It's a "yes"." "So this is the traditional dress of this country." "but it's wonderful." "our preparations are complete." "Now let's go!" "To the Obon festival venue!" "huh?" "It's been ages since I last saw one." "Ah!" "Mikuru-chan!" "They've got the goldfish scooping that you wanted to do!" "Just keep scooping non-stop!" "You get 200 points if you get the one with black eyes!" "Shall we do the same?" "How about a competition to see who can catch more?" "I'll pass." "I'm more interested in the food stalls." "Nagato?" "Want to get something to eat?" "You're interested in that stuff?" "This." "Oh?" "Sure!" "800 yen." "Thirteen of them!" "so we just took one." "though... isn't it?" "you wouldn't get that many." "It's easy if you get the hang of it!" "Yuki?" "I bought it." "I see." "But why that one?" "They were probably on the same wavelength or something." "As aliens." "okay." "so let's go!" "You still want to play?" "Of course!" "Come on!" "Here." "though." "Thanks." "Tasty?" "Good." "we've pretty much seen all of the festival." "Let's do fireworks next!" "Fireworks!" "Fireworks?" "we might as well make the most of the day." "That's true." "There was a shop over there selling them too." "Let's buy some." "That sounds fun." "Let's go then!" "Kakizaki!" "Note:" "Kakizaki Hayao from the "SDF Macross:" "Do You Remember Love?" movie was blown up by missiles while making fun of women" "it's so pretty!" "Obon festival." "Fireworks." "There!" "we're going to go catch bugs tomorrow!" "but did you finish your summer homework?" "who hasn't even touched his yet." "What are you talking about?" "I finished all of that in three days." "Three days?" "!" "I finished it in July." "Finish all that tedious stuff so you can actually enjoy yourself." "That's the right way to enjoy summer!" "Why is this person so smart?" "The distribution of attributes is pretty random." "we're catching bugs tomorrow." "The person who catches the most gets..." "Let's see..." "The position of Brigade Chief for one day!" "no thanks." "Sounds interesting." "So it counts as long as it's any kind of bug?" "Hm... cicada's only!" "this'll be the SOS Brigade's cicada catching competition!" "The person with the most wins!" "The next day." "but unfortunately" "Note:" "Teru teru bozu is a small ghost-like doll made from cloth made as a charm for good weather." "it was a ridiculously nice day." "the cicadas must be enjoying the day with what could be considered the best temperature of this summer." "aren't they?" "Don't know." "Would they taste good as tempura?" "Try that by yourself." "but isn't tempura only good because of the batter?" "Does that mean cicadas would taste good too?" "Apologize!" "Apologize to all the tempura chefs in the country!" "isn't it weird to see five high school students gathered around with bug nets and cages?" "What are you talking about?" "right?" "That's not what I meant." "Let's start then." "The winner gets to be Brigade Chief for a day." "Ready..." "Start!" "She's not listening." "Looks like she really wants to win." "Isn't that fine?" "Geez." "I haven't gone bug catching since elementary school." "Same here." "Let's do our best." "you've caught one already?" "That's not a cicada." "I see." "A Hercules?" "{TL Note:" "A Hercules beetle is a very famous and rare type of rhinoceros beetle.}" "Note:" "A Hercules beetle is a very famous and rare type of rhinoceros beetle." "Announcing the results!" "Mikuru-chan: one." "Yuki: four." "Koizumi-kun: seven." "Kyon: nine." "And the person with the highest score is:" "You don't need to say it." "We know." "Me with twelve!" "everyone." "Don't tell me you seriously want to make tempura out of them?" "What?" "You want to try it?" "What makes you think that?" "I was joking." "We should probably go with a "catch-and-release" mentality." "They might repay us with a favor in the future." "Here." "Go back to the mountains!" "Don't get caught again!" "but all you did was catch and then release them!" "The day after that." "and made sure we all had a part." "It was the annual sale at a local supermarket." "So do your best!" "We were supposed to attract customers." "Thank you very much!" "Here you go." "Here." "Why?" "Why is it that even I have to dress up like this?" "Isn't there a more suitable job to do during summer?" "!" "And Haruhi's leisurely profiting from this!" "there's going to be a rebellion." "Now I understand how snakes feel when they shed their skin." "Well said." "Good work!" "The manager was also happy with your work." "I don't need his gratitude." "What about the pay?" "This is it." "This costume was the pay." "I've been wanting this for a while now." "He said he'd give it to me because of Mikuru-chan." "I think I'll decorate the club room with this frog in commemoration!" "you can wear this whenever you want." "I give you my permission." "Pool." "Obon festival." "Bug catching." "Part-time job." "The next activity Haruhi decided on was stargazing." "So this is a telescope from this time period." "It doesn't seem so different from the ones used in Kepler's period." "I think it's probably very different." "Did you just buy this?" "No." "This was a hobby of mine when I was a child." "I was quite touched." "I found it." "Mars." "Where are they?" "What?" "Martians!" "I don't really want them to exist." "Just imagine stupid octopus monsters wiggling around as they plot the conquer of Earth." "I can't imagine being an alien being fun." "Why?" "They could be a really friendly bunch!" "They must be living quietly in a giant cave underground." "It's a testament to their timidness!" "They're probably doing it so they don't scare us humans." "Exactly how modest are these Martians that you've got in your head?" "Enough about Mars." "Let's look for UFOs." "there must be scouts keeping watch somewhere." "Mikuru-chan." "UFO..." "And summer vacation continues!" "The next thing Haruhi said was:" "Let's go to the batting center!" "Why?" "!" "Note:" "Koushien is the name of the famous high school baseball championships in Japan." "it hit me. {TL Note:" "Koushien is the name of the famous high school baseball championships in Japan.}" "We shouldn't be satisfied with sandlot baseball." "should aim for the National League!" "What an impressive person." "Where does she get all her energy from?" "Perhaps the mitochondria in her cells are different from that of a normal person?" "If only she'd spend that energy on something beneficial to society." "All right!" "we continued day after day." "We even went to a real fireworks show." "we enjoyed the sight of flaming flowers flying up and going "boom" around us." "we participated in a goby fishing contest by the river district border." "Mikuru-chan!" "The pole!" "The pole!" "Leave it to me." "I'll retrieve it." "is a standard routine but no one actually does it." "We went to see an overrated summer blockbuster that was advertised everywhere." "We also went to the beach at the peak of jellyfish season." "We had a punishment game of bowling entitled: "No One Can Leave Until Everyone Had Gotten a Strike." "endurance karaoke marathon that tested the limits of our throats." "I get the feeling I mixed in some completely irrelevant events we still spent two weeks of summer vacation having as much fun as possible." "we've reached August 30th and we've pretty much gone through everything." "Good grief." "It ended safely." "Is just this all right?" "I guess it's fine." "is there anything in particular you guys want to do?" "Nothing in particular for me." "right?" "I want to take some time to sleep." "And Yuki?" "I see." "whatever." "We did a lot this summer." "and even caught a bunch of cicadas!" "That's plenty!" "Does she still have some lingering regret or something?" "Then let's call it a day." "but you can stay home and rest if you want." "We'll meet in the club room the day after tomorrow." "Crap." "I haven't done any of my homework." "August 31st." "The last day of summer." "Seeing as it was impossible for me to finish all of my homework and that I was tired from playing around so much" "I spent the day indulging myself by lounging around." "Boring... happens." "Guess I'll sleep." "after all."