I don't know if anyone out there will actually read this comment but if you do, do yourself a favor and skip all of the endless eight episodes. It really is eight endless episodes of the same thing over and over with different clothing. I nearly went insane. If you really want that part of the story which wasn't even very good just watch the first and last episode of the endless eight and you won't miss anything.
Just moving around some different forums out there this anime seems to have gotten a really bad wrap because it diverges from the manga. To me though this anime was something special. It can make you smile one minute and cry the next. Whether it follows the way it originally was or not the story is still superb. I really wish that some day they would let there be a season 3. And NO THAT WISH WASN'T DIRECTED TOWARD YOU YUUKO! Stupid witch hahaha.