The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya
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Summary
Meet Haruhi - a cute， determined girl， starting high school in a city where nothing exciting happens and absolutely no one understands her。
Meet Kyon - the sarcastic guy who sits behind Haruhi in homeroom and the only boy Haruhi has ever opened up to。 His fate is now tied to hers。
Meet the S。O。S。 Brigade - an after-school club organized by Haruhi with a mission to seek out the extraordinary。 Oh， and their second mission？ Keeping Haruhi happy 。 。 。 because even though she doesn't know it， Haruhi has the power to destroy the universe。 Seriously。
Meet Kyon - the sarcastic guy who sits behind Haruhi in homeroom and the only boy Haruhi has ever opened up to。 His fate is now tied to hers。
Meet the S。O。S。 Brigade - an after-school club organized by Haruhi with a mission to seek out the extraordinary。 Oh， and their second mission？ Keeping Haruhi happy 。 。 。 because even though she doesn't know it， Haruhi has the power to destroy the universe。 Seriously。
Reviews
amanasci
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A very good novel。 I even watched the anime after reading this。 A recommended read。
luuk
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Does not have the most stellar writing in the world （nor translation， the "r-slur" is still kept in the new print edition） but honestly， a must-have for surviving haruhi fans; just not great for avid light novel fans。 Does not have the most stellar writing in the world （nor translation， the "r-slur" is still kept in the new print edition） but honestly， a must-have for surviving haruhi fans; just not great for avid light novel fans。 。。。more
Beci
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"The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya" has been one of the most important anime in my teenage years。 Coming back from school and watching an anime about an everyday-guy doing teenage things with aliens， time-travellers， espers and an unconscious God was charming in a strange way to me， strucking the boredom and the melancholy of the 16-years old me。Coming back to this story at 23， after many years， sure got some melancholy and nostalgy in it。 This is the first of a long series of book and is the so "The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya" has been one of the most important anime in my teenage years。 Coming back from school and watching an anime about an everyday-guy doing teenage things with aliens， time-travellers， espers and an unconscious God was charming in a strange way to me， strucking the boredom and the melancholy of the 16-years old me。Coming back to this story at 23， after many years， sure got some melancholy and nostalgy in it。 This is the first of a long series of book and is the source material of only the first six episodes of the anime。 The anime is maybe a better media to approach this series， in the book I initially felt Kyon way more as a pervert as he was portrayed in the anime and its comments on the naive and attractive Asahina didn't really age well。 It's too bad that - at least in Italy - the anime isn't on Prime Video or Netflix， would totally do a rewatch if it was there。Overall， it's definitely a good book。 At first I thought that this first entry would leave me incomplete as the anime， which， with 2 series and the movie， only covers the first 4 books。I'm looking forward to read the next entry， and looking forward to read the Disappearence， whose movie was a total masterpiece。 。。。more
Charles
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I'm not gonna avoid spoilers because I don't really think this is worth reading。So， to start with， rather than Haruhi Suzumiya， this seems all about the narrator， whose full name we don't learn， just the nickname Kyon， which apparently means something similar to 'Bambi' （it refers to a species of barking deer， and the n makes it a feminine name）。 His unique characteristics are non-existent， as being an awkward teenager and wanting to believe in paranormal things but not having enough evidence ar I'm not gonna avoid spoilers because I don't really think this is worth reading。So， to start with， rather than Haruhi Suzumiya， this seems all about the narrator， whose full name we don't learn， just the nickname Kyon， which apparently means something similar to 'Bambi' （it refers to a species of barking deer， and the n makes it a feminine name）。 His unique characteristics are non-existent， as being an awkward teenager and wanting to believe in paranormal things but not having enough evidence are not， imo， unique or even exclusive characteristics。 Also he's a horny teenager。 His development by the end of the novel is， as far as I can tell， minute to non-existent in terms of agency， honourable action， or innate， unsubstantiated belief in paranormal people/creature。Haruhi Suzumiya。 I can't really stand her as a character。 At her core she's a girl looking for magic in the world， which I can't take issue with， but every single thing about her seems designed to grate。 She's inconsiderate， rude， unobservant， and excuses her actions because she feels she has a higher purpose。 She gropes and attacks other people either for comedic effect， for the sexual gratification of the readers and author， or because at some level she understands and agrees with the central idea of the book， which is that the entire world revolves around her。 Her romance （is this a romance？ It seems like an ignorant crush or high school fling。） with Kyon seems to be based on the fact that he is slightly less boring than everyone else rather than because he is attractive or more interesting or a good match for her。The unique way all of the paranormal entities are presented bothers me a little。 Haruhi seems like a girl completely set in her beliefs， with definite aspects of phenomena that she's looking out for。 I acknowledge the possibility that she could have come up with original takes on aliens， 'espers' and time travel but， this seems more likely a consequence of the author wanting something original to engage the readers than a reflection of subconscious assumption and conflation of things she's read about and hopes to see。 I admit I'm not really up on Japanese media and myth which does， at a glance， seem keyed to innovation and originality， but it clashes with Haruhi's character as I understand it。 Her disbelief， which leads to the major conflict， stems from a strong set of beliefs being unsubstantiated rather than a fluid hope which would by it's very nature， be perennial。This seems like a fairly accurate portrayal of the mind of a high school boy in that Kyon can't seem to make up his mind about which girl he's attracted to and/or wants to be in a relationship with。 Less realistic that he's surrounded by incredibly attractive girls all with some sort of emotional investment， and the girl whom the world revolves around is secretly in love with him， along with the loli that is part of his blossoming harem。 The only other guy who isn't a minor character is a pawn of Haruhi and seemingly not a threat romantically or sexually for anyone's attentions but rather an impartial observer。The ending - not really a conclusion or resolution - of the novel is a moment where Kyon is forced to kiss a hot girl who annoys and attempts to control him or the destruction of his world as he knows it and it being recreated more to Haruhi Suzumiya's liking。 Which would probably be fairly similar to what it was already except more obviously paranormal and he would have gone through all of this disturbing stuff and have been transferred from one world to the other as Haruhi's crush。 It's not a culmination of his feelings for her， she would seem to have shallow half-formed feelings for him， and honestly I'm not sure it would have been a bad thing for the world to have been made anew in the way of a muscle tearing to build up or a creature evolving to become greater。I think this book was a mistake。 The fact that it's a romance， that it revolves around the male unnamed narrator， the methods of Haruhi in searching for paranormal phenomena， the proliferation of actual paranormal phenomena。 It would have been so much better if this was a story about Haruhi alone， unlinked romantically， believing without evidence in a seemingly barren world， gradually learning to treat people better， accepting the idea that maybe she should improve her methods of observation。 If the whole world did not mystically revolve around her because she was in fact， magic or special in some huge cosmic lynchpin way， that would have improved her character immeasurably。 The pace leaves no room for her to develop a character。 She goes from baselessly believing she is better than everyone to， by the extradimensional climax， feeling out the edges of the base of her being an actual god/time anomaly/creator of life and exemplar of evolution。The prose isn't terrible。 It's not perfect and could use some work。 The main issue， though， is with the pacing of the events as it relates to negative character development， and a lack of depth in characters as a whole。 I feel that someone like Seanan Maguire， or Patrick Ness would have made this into a solid， deeply relatable work that I would read over and over again。The last Japanese thing I read was Lone Wolf and Cub， and the book I read directly before this one was The Book of Three by Lloyd Alexander and the contrasts between， respectively， character depth， and the complexity and realism of the relationship between Taran and Eilonwy aren't favourable at all to this book， so I may be judging too harshly， but shouldn't you judge something as it stands in literature as a whole rather than as it stands in it's genre？Plus this is like the first ever light novel I've read so I can't really judge it by it's genre。 。。。more
cameron
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I am a Haruhi apologist
Line Blue
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Fue difícil de continuar el autor tiene ciertas mañas a la hora de escribir con momentos bastante ridículos， este libro curiosamente lo sentí autoconclusivo， después del primer tercio la novela toma un nuevo aire y se vuelve muy entretenido con toques de ciencia ficción remontando bastante bien y lo disfrute a montones。
Amelia
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First read thoroughly enjoyed; couldn't finish on second read years later First read thoroughly enjoyed; couldn't finish on second read years later 。。。more
Ryan :]
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Haruhi is Haruhi， what else is there to say？
Robert
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Heavily influenced by Hyperion。 I really like the writing style。
Mark Trenier
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If this book doesn't stretch your grey matter nothing will。 Wow--I am really impressed。 I think they have to come up with a whole new genre of novels just for this bookj。 Read it， like now。 If this book doesn't stretch your grey matter nothing will。 Wow--I am really impressed。 I think they have to come up with a whole new genre of novels just for this bookj。 Read it， like now。 。。。more
Luke
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“Before it can be made beautiful， the world must first be destroyed。”Reading this light novel， from which one of my favorite anime was spawned， was honestly a bit of a let-down。 The anime of the absurdly long same name is a cult hit in the USA but hit Japan like a typhoon， even creating the “religion” of Haruhi-ism， and it makes sense。 Who wouldn’t love the story of an angry teenage girl who may or may not be God， but regardless has the ability to influence the very fabric of reality without her “Before it can be made beautiful， the world must first be destroyed。”Reading this light novel， from which one of my favorite anime was spawned， was honestly a bit of a let-down。 The anime of the absurdly long same name is a cult hit in the USA but hit Japan like a typhoon， even creating the “religion” of Haruhi-ism， and it makes sense。 Who wouldn’t love the story of an angry teenage girl who may or may not be God， but regardless has the ability to influence the very fabric of reality without her knowledge？“Nothing’s ever perfect。 The world keeps spinning on a tilted axis， just doing the best it can。”The story of TMoHS is profound despite its satirical take on traditional shounen tropes and absurd goings-on。 Beneath the surface， it has a lot to say on religion， sapio-centrism， the acceptance of the unknown， depression， and self-worth。 As an angsty teenager myself when I discovered Haruhi Suzumiya for the first time， I was moved by the idea of a POV character whose very importance came from being the only completely ordinary human surrounded by gods， aliens， and psychics。 I—also a sardonic loner， tormented by a massive inferiority complex—felt seen by Kyon。 Maybe everyone around me was extraordinary， maybe I wasn’t at all， but that has its own strengths。“It’s the death penalty！ / Heads will roll！”The main issue I have with the original novelization of TMoHS is that the anime is almost beat-for-beat the same。。。 but massively better。 The book is such a visual experience， it’s practically begging to be made into a TV adaptation。 In fact， the lack of it being a visual story story hinders it in several ways。 Many of the pervy-er scenes in this book are horrific to read， but the cartoonish comedic tropes of anime lessens the blow to unrealistic silliness。 （I’m not sure if this says too much about the normalization of sexual harassment in anime or if it has more to do with an implicit understanding of the difference between the respective medium’s storytelling language。）Regardless: all in all， I’m much fonder of the anime than I am of this book， but I’m thankful for its existence so that the world can have the anime。 And now: excuse me while I got rewatch the while thing for the fifteenth time。 。。。more
Turt
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Its an average light novel。 Some of the otaku jokes of this book haven't aged up as well， especially with the #MeToo movement。 If you can't stand seeing girls being sexually harassed for a joke， stay far away from this book。 Otherwise， its okay。 Its an average light novel。 Some of the otaku jokes of this book haven't aged up as well， especially with the #MeToo movement。 If you can't stand seeing girls being sexually harassed for a joke， stay far away from this book。 Otherwise， its okay。 。。。more
makyou
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Kyon's tone is utter joy， and completely enthralling。 The plot overall is wonderfully funny and addictive， while having interesting commentary on otaku works， and culture of the times。 Haruhi's rejection of normalcy， Kyon just wanting everything to be normal， are all fascinating。 Kyon's tone is utter joy， and completely enthralling。 The plot overall is wonderfully funny and addictive， while having interesting commentary on otaku works， and culture of the times。 Haruhi's rejection of normalcy， Kyon just wanting everything to be normal， are all fascinating。 。。。more
Ben Hutchinson
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Very interesting premise & it is really well written， looking forward to checking out the next volume。
Marc
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Good characters， funny plot but poorly written！
Claire
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Maybe the musical part of my review with all the external links made me have trouble completing it。 Oh well。 This book made me fondly remember my youth as an animanga chibi。 The word "melancholy" is probably not a mistranslation， after all， as the title character does seem to have something terrible going on that the author alludes to by what could be discerned by the guy who sits behind her， Kyon。 But no one can really tell what is going on inside our skulls， even the medically-trained professi Maybe the musical part of my review with all the external links made me have trouble completing it。 Oh well。 This book made me fondly remember my youth as an animanga chibi。 The word "melancholy" is probably not a mistranslation， after all， as the title character does seem to have something terrible going on that the author alludes to by what could be discerned by the guy who sits behind her， Kyon。 But no one can really tell what is going on inside our skulls， even the medically-trained professionals。I hope Haruhi-san may get help for her depression and anxiety soon。 I think all the suicide prevention numbers I have don't connect to East Asia。 。。。more
May Fisher-Guest
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The Japanese in this was definitely the hardest level I've ever completed a book with， though I'm also reading Wolf Children， which may be harder， but we'll see。I watched the anime over a decade ago and really liked it， and the story is interesting as a supernatural anime， and the illustrations found scattered in each chapter are lovely， but there's just something that feels off - probably the romance part？ The Japanese in this was definitely the hardest level I've ever completed a book with， though I'm also reading Wolf Children， which may be harder， but we'll see。I watched the anime over a decade ago and really liked it， and the story is interesting as a supernatural anime， and the illustrations found scattered in each chapter are lovely， but there's just something that feels off - probably the romance part？ 。。。more
Will E
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Revisiting this for the first time in almost a decade， and pretty sure at the time it was a fan translation。 The anime meant so much to me when I was 18， and it was nice to come back to this world， to speak。 Can't remember what I thought of the fan translation， but I found this one to be perhaps a little too on the literal side， and whether it's a translation issue or not， I found Kyon especially unlikable compared to the show's characterization。 I've always been interested in reading all the st Revisiting this for the first time in almost a decade， and pretty sure at the time it was a fan translation。 The anime meant so much to me when I was 18， and it was nice to come back to this world， to speak。 Can't remember what I thought of the fan translation， but I found this one to be perhaps a little too on the literal side， and whether it's a translation issue or not， I found Kyon especially unlikable compared to the show's characterization。 I've always been interested in reading all the stories that didn't end up being animated， so I plan on slowly making my way through the series regardless。 It's not great literature but it is a fun story。 。。。more
Ethan
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Cute novel that's relatively self contained。 Obviously there's a ton more to the story but as a quick read there's a definite complete story Arc。 I'm mostly looking forward to reading past where the anime adaptation ended。 Cute novel that's relatively self contained。 Obviously there's a ton more to the story but as a quick read there's a definite complete story Arc。 I'm mostly looking forward to reading past where the anime adaptation ended。 。。。more
Celia
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* First readthrough was many many years ago。
Corinne Morier
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CW: Discussion of the r-word followsUPDATE: 2/8/2021: Apparently Yen Press is going to re-release this book？ In which case， my fervent hope for that is that they change Kyon's line in this book where he says "Hahaha。 R*tarded" on page 81。 （and maybe even go as far as to change all the instances of "lame，" an outdated ableist term， to something more inclusive to disabled people？） CW: Discussion of the r-word followsUPDATE: 2/8/2021: Apparently Yen Press is going to re-release this book？ In which case， my fervent hope for that is that they change Kyon's line in this book where he says "Hahaha。 R*tarded" on page 81。 （and maybe even go as far as to change all the instances of "lame，" an outdated ableist term， to something more inclusive to disabled people？） 。。。more
Nick
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"Japan's Harry Potter" may have the charm to rise above its tropes but the stale translation means I'll never know。 "Japan's Harry Potter" may have the charm to rise above its tropes but the stale translation means I'll never know。 。。。more
Karina
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¡Emocionante！
Justin Paramanandan
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Incidentally， I have known Suzumiya Haruhi since I first started watching its anime series way back in 2006。 Back then， I don't have much interest in reading the light novel the series was based on。 However， ever since I've got my hands on a Kobo， I decided to give the light novels a chance。So begins my journey towards conquering Suzumiya Haruhi: The Light Novels; starting with Book 1。Even though I've watched the series （and rewatched them in 2008）， every part of the novel has triggered memories Incidentally， I have known Suzumiya Haruhi since I first started watching its anime series way back in 2006。 Back then， I don't have much interest in reading the light novel the series was based on。 However， ever since I've got my hands on a Kobo， I decided to give the light novels a chance。So begins my journey towards conquering Suzumiya Haruhi: The Light Novels; starting with Book 1。Even though I've watched the series （and rewatched them in 2008）， every part of the novel has triggered memories of moments in the series。 I was very surprised that almost 80% of the dialogue was verbatim to the series script！ And because of that， I chuckled and laughed at a lot of the witty dialogue， especially the ones involving Kyon's internal thoughts。 Knowing that there are going to be complex characters in latter books， reading this does seem like a flashback of memories。Here， we're introduced to a whole lot of new characters。 The story revolves around Haruhi and her wish that the world would be a better place with aliens， time travellers and espers walk amongst us。 Well， she got her wish！ - only thing is that she doesn't realise it yet。 Together with Nagato Yuki （alien）， Asahina Mikuru （time traveller）， Itsuki Koizumi and Kyon （ordinary human）， they form the SOS Brigade。 Its aim？ To find aliens， espers and time travellers。。。and have fun with them！So， is this book even worth reading？ Well， I can summarise that the series is faithful to this original context。 I would still read it， just because I've fine tuned my mind to imagine settings， environments and emotions through reading。All in all， if you don't fancy the anime series （you should give this a go！）， give this light novel a read！ 。。。more
Burden
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Like most， I was drawn to the Haruhi Suzumiya franchise because of the extremely successful anime series and this， in turn， is my reason for struggling to enjoy the novel。 The anime and novel are one and the same。 Every thing that happens， every single line of dialogue， it is all the same。 Now I know the novel came before the anime， but that doesn't make the reading experience any better， it is still an exact clone， not matter what way you look at it。Also， on occasion， I did struggle with the bo Like most， I was drawn to the Haruhi Suzumiya franchise because of the extremely successful anime series and this， in turn， is my reason for struggling to enjoy the novel。 The anime and novel are one and the same。 Every thing that happens， every single line of dialogue， it is all the same。 Now I know the novel came before the anime， but that doesn't make the reading experience any better， it is still an exact clone， not matter what way you look at it。Also， on occasion， I did struggle with the book for other reasons。 A lot of the metaphors， in my opinion， were lost in translation。 And when the book suddenly became technical， you were inundated with pages of dense text that were nowhere to be seen the rest of the despite。Despite this somewhat negative review， I did score the book a 4， because although I didn't particularly enjoy it ， it was still full with the characters and story that I love so much。 So in my opinion， if you love the show， then give this one a miss， but if you are new to the series， then dive right in and prepare to enjoy yourself。 。。。more
Carlos Camacho Martínez
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Podría llamarlo prólogo pero no me quedaría a gusto。 Además de introducción sin indagar mucho en otro campo que no sea la definición de personajes de manos de Kyon， el protagonista cuyos ojos y pensamientos serán nuestra ventana a la que asomarnos a su mundo， Se trata de una puesta en escena en la que te muestran las piezas del juego y sus funciones para poder desarrollar situaciones a partir de estas。No busca ser compleja o profunda ni enseñarte lecciones transcendentales。 Simplemente un pequeñ Podría llamarlo prólogo pero no me quedaría a gusto。 Además de introducción sin indagar mucho en otro campo que no sea la definición de personajes de manos de Kyon， el protagonista cuyos ojos y pensamientos serán nuestra ventana a la que asomarnos a su mundo， Se trata de una puesta en escena en la que te muestran las piezas del juego y sus funciones para poder desarrollar situaciones a partir de estas。No busca ser compleja o profunda ni enseñarte lecciones transcendentales。 Simplemente un pequeño tour de la mano de Kyon， que te invita a que le sigas el rollo y desconectes mientras lees。 。。。more
Ben
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Can't remember when I originally watched this show， but I remember really enjoying it。 It was fun revisiting it。 The book is well written， and without the filler that the show incorporates from later books， this novel is able to stay more focused on the core theme of this first story。 That theme being Haruhi （the sociopath despot） attempting to come to grips with the banality of the world she lives in。 The author does a great job of introducing each member of the cast in a meaningful way that al Can't remember when I originally watched this show， but I remember really enjoying it。 It was fun revisiting it。 The book is well written， and without the filler that the show incorporates from later books， this novel is able to stay more focused on the core theme of this first story。 That theme being Haruhi （the sociopath despot） attempting to come to grips with the banality of the world she lives in。 The author does a great job of introducing each member of the cast in a meaningful way that also moves the story continuously forward。I'm looking forward to the next one。 。。。more
Mir
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I gave up on this because I just wasn't interested in the characters。 The narrator， Kyon， is very passive in a way that I find boring， and Haruhi doesn't seem to have any personality beyond being rude and bored （bored people bore me; there are so many interesting things in the world！ what's the matter with you？）。 Even her search for aliens or other weird phenomena doesn't seem to be because she especially fascinated by them; she just wants something novel。 I doubt the other kids would be as nice I gave up on this because I just wasn't interested in the characters。 The narrator， Kyon， is very passive in a way that I find boring， and Haruhi doesn't seem to have any personality beyond being rude and bored （bored people bore me; there are so many interesting things in the world！ what's the matter with you？）。 Even her search for aliens or other weird phenomena doesn't seem to be because she especially fascinated by them; she just wants something novel。 I doubt the other kids would be as nice to her if she wasn't the prettiest girl in the class， as we are repeatedly told。 I didn't even get far enough to find out if there are actual aliens in this。 。。。more
Pam
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Got about 3/4ths of the way through， then called it quits。 Too busy， not my sense of humor， artwork not to my taste。 Reading this gave me a headache。
A Librería
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