The Best Episodes Written By Katsuhiko Muramoto

Yukko is on her way meet Mai in a neighboring town, where Mai supposedly has a way to get free candy, but on her trip she constantly makes a fool of herself and gains a stalker. The professor creates Biscuit #2, but he isn't that impressive. And the servants of Starla are playing a very deadly game.

Director: Hiroko Utsumi

Writer: Katsuhiko Muramoto

Mio is poisoned, Makoto is caught, Yukko makes a tough decision, and Mai tries to make peace with the Professor.

Director: Kazuya Sakamoto

Writer: Katsuhiko Muramoto

Azusa realizes the music club has been slacking off lately, and she resolves to practice more.

Director: Noriko Takao

Writer: Katsuhiko Muramoto

Konata gets a new cellphone. The girls learn how Miyuki became so knowledgable, how much she spaces out, and when she started wearing glasses. Kagami, Tsukasa, and Miyuki go see Konata at her job. On their way, Konata calls and asks them to pick up a comic for her. When they arrive at Konata's workplace, they see Konata dance on stage and meet her coworker, Patricia Martin. While studying with two of her classmates, Ayano Minegishi and Misao Kusakabe, Kagami realizes just how similar they are to Konata and Tsukasa. On Lucky Channel, Akira holds her big concert... in a karaoke bar.

Director: Shinobu Yoshioka

Writer: Katsuhiko Muramoto

An exceptionally hot day launches a crusade to have air conditioning installed in the club room.

Director: Taichi Ishidate

Writer: Katsuhiko Muramoto

Another school festival arrives, and the girls perform. Realizing their last year together is coming to an end, they reflect on their time together and vow to make the best of the remaining time.

Director: Mitsuyoshi Yoneda

Writer: Katsuhiko Muramoto

The band plays the school festival. Mio trips and exposes her underwear to the audience. She ends up getting a fan club, but is scarred by the embarrassment.

Director: Tatsuya Ishihara

Writer: Katsuhiko Muramoto

The light music club seniors go on a school field trip to Kyoto.

Director: Yoshiji Kigami

Writer: Katsuhiko Muramoto

While filling in University Choice forms, Yui and Ritsu get in trouble for not being decisive enough about their future. Nodoka tells the others about how Yui became friends with her after they met in kindergarten.

Director: Mitsuyoshi Yoneda

Writer: Katsuhiko Muramoto

Misato, Weboshi, and Fe-chan talk about their current love interest. Mr. Takashi runs into Ms. Sakurai; is this a date!? The soldiers can’t find the last wooden cube, but a new challenger appears.

Director: Eisaku Kawanami

Writer: Katsuhiko Muramoto

The girls go on another training camp with their new member. Despite Azusa’s nagging, she’s the one that plays the most.

Director: Kazuya Sakamoto

Writer: Katsuhiko Muramoto

It's about that time of year for the girls: athletic festivals! Konata's father is excited because he has been dying for an opportunity to try out his new camera. Kagami is in an eating contest, Konata is in the one-hundred meter dash, Tsukasa has to jump over hurdles, and Miyuki is in a relay race, where she brings the team from third to win the race by using her physical assets at the end. Later, Tsukasa is trying to learn a song on the recorder. Unfortunately, she is not very good. She then is taught by her sister not to blow so hard into it. Later, we see the girls in at school in a lunch line having various conversations about food and public eating facilities.

Director: Noriko Takao

Writer: Katsuhiko Muramoto

Konata and the girls discuss parents who check through their children's e-mails and text messages, how much money Konata spent at Comiket, and how hot it is even though it's September. Yui meet's Yutaka's friend Minami for the first time, and Minami gets even less insecure about her... growth. Tsukasa tries different methods to wake up early in the morning. All of them failed. Hiyori thinks of some good ideas for her manga, but when she tries to write them down, she just can't seem to remember them. Konata's class embark on a school excursion to Kyoto and Nara. During the trip, Kagami receives a letter from a boy asking for her to meet him at night. What could this boy possibly want from Kagami? On Lucky Channel, Shiraishi returns from his journey from Mount Fuji and gives Akira the famed Mount Fuji water she wanted. When Akira is disgusted by the taste of the water, Shiraishi finally snaps!

Director: Satoshi Kadowaki

Writer: Katsuhiko Muramoto

It’s time to take midterm exams, but Yui is too busy practicing guitar that she ends up failing. She must pass the retest or the band must breakup.

Director: Mitsuyoshi Yoneda

Writer: Katsuhiko Muramoto

This is simply our just God's punishment, Albert. Are you dating anyone right now? If I don't pawn this scythe and buy some food, I'll die. If you get this question right, you'll receive an arm!

Director: Noriyuki Kitanohara

Writer: Katsuhiko Muramoto

I'm dreaming. I must be dreaming... They may maintain their flavor, but they're not maintaining their spirit! No matter how many I kill, they never learn their lesson. My lower half is unprotected!

Director: Hiroko Utsumi

Writer: Katsuhiko Muramoto

Things are back to normal. Well, as normal as life can be with Haruhi. So of course she wants them to enter… a baseball tournament?! But when the game doesn’t go the way Haruhi wants, danger lurks just around the corner. They’ll have to win, or else.

Director: Shinobu Yoshioka

Writer: Katsuhiko Muramoto

The SOS Brigade is going on a summer retreat. And what better way to enjoy a summer retreat than on a deserted island? But if the mysterious island mansion doesn’t live up to Haruhi’s expectation, will she cause another incident? Or something worse?

Director: Shinobu Yoshioka

Writer: Katsuhiko Muramoto

Over coffee, Eru opens up to Oreki to explain why she joined the club, and asks him for his help with a personal matter. Still unable to locate any anthologies, the club members run into an obstacle when trying to search the club's previous room.

Director: Taichi Ishidate

Writer: Katsuhiko Muramoto

The loop continues for the 15,532nd time. But as Haruhi leaves, Kyon knows what to do to break the endless loop of summer.

Director: Mitsuyoshi Yoneda

Writer: Katsuhiko Muramoto

Preparation for the SOS Brigade's short film continues, with character roles revealed—Yuki as an evil alien, Itsuki as an esper, and Mikuru as a battle waitress from the future. Mikuru is forced to dress in an embarrassing waitress costume for her role, while Yuki appears as a witch. On the first day of filming, the Brigade film two commercials to advertise their sponsors with Mikuru dressed in her waitress costume and then her bunny girl costume, much to her embarrassment. They then film several scenes in a park, and Kyon points out that Haruhi did not actually write a script.

Director: Noriko Takao

Writer: Katsuhiko Muramoto

It is the first day of the school culture festival, and the club members look forward to it with both longing and dread. They must come up with a way to sell all of the copies of "Hyouka" that were printed, as dauntless as the task seems.

Director: Taichi Ogawa

Writer: Katsuhiko Muramoto

The Classic Lit Club cooking team competes against three other teams in the Cooking Club's timed "Wild Fire" competition. However, Mayaka is delayed drawing posters for the Manga Club. Will she be able to finish in time to compete?

Director: Naoko Yamada

Writer: Katsuhiko Muramoto