Suzumiya Haruhi no Yuuutsu (The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya)

If a survey were conducted to see if people believed in aliens, time travelers, or maybe espers, most would say they do not; average high school student Kyon considers himself among the non-believers. However, on his first day of school, he meets a girl who soon turns his world upside down.

During class introductions, the beautiful Haruhi Suzumiya boldly announces her boredom with "normal" people and her intention of meeting supernatural beings. Dumbfounded, Kyon learns of her frustration with the lack of paranormal-focused clubs at their school and unwittingly inspires her to start her own club. She creates the Spreading Fun all Over the World with Haruhi Suzumiya Brigade, otherwise known as the SOS Brigade.

Following the SOS Brigade's founding, Haruhi manages to recruit Kyon and three other members: quiet bookworm Yuki Nagato, shy upperclassman Mikuru Asahina, and perpetually positive Itsuki Koizumi. Despite their normal appearance, the new members of the SOS Brigade each carry their own secrets related to Haruhi. Caught up in the mystery surrounding the eccentric club leader, Kyon is whisked away on a series of misadventures by Haruhi and the SOS Brigade, each one bringing him closer to the truth about who and what she is.

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Background

The episodes for this series were intentionally not broadcast in chronological order. Hence why at the end of episodes, the next announced episode number did not always match. Usually, Haruhi would announce it only to be corrected by Kyon. This leaves two different options of viewing: chronological order or broadcast order.

For the broadcast order/comparison between the two:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_The_Melancholy_of_Haruhi_Suzumiya_episodes

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Adaptation:	Suzumiya Haruhi Series
Sequel:	Suzumiya Haruhi no Yuuutsu (2009), Suzumiya Haruhi no Shoushitsu
Spin-off:	Suzumiya Haruhi-chan no Yuuutsu, Nyoro-n Churuya-san, Nagato Yuki-chan no Shoushitsu

Yanagisawa, Eiji
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Hatta, Youko

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Saitou, Shigeru

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Ishihara, Tatsuya

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Tsuruoka, Youta

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Opening Theme

	1: "Koi no Mikuru Densetsu (恋のミクル伝説)" by Yuko Goto as Mikuru Asahina (eps 1)
	2: "Bouken Desho Desho? (冒険でしょでしょ?)" by Aya Hirano (eps 2-9,11-13)

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Ending Theme

	1: "Hare Hare Yukai (ハレ晴レユカイ)" by Aya Hirano, Minori Chihara, and Yuko Goto (eps 1-13)
	2: "Bouken Desho Desho? (冒険でしょでしょ?)" by Aya Hirano (eps 14)

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Aug 7, 2023

CyanCheetah

Recommended

Well, Haruhi was certainly a ride.

The premise is super interesting. What started out as a normal regular run-of-the-mill high school comedy turned out to be much much more complicated when you learn that everyone aside from Kyon is not human (do we learn if Haruhi is human or not? idk)

they deliver tho. I liked this show. There is some really nice comedy and the last 3 episodes before 11 was good. The last 3 episodes, though I know it was for the story, were kinda boring.

But I can't wait for the sequels and how they build off of this!

Asahina was very much a charm this ...

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May 16, 2023

ElYori

Mixed Feelings

This covers the two series, and I suppose the franchise in general (I just watched the two series)

The title of this review should be:
THIS IS NOT FOR EVERYONE. The anime.

This is a really weird anime, but the weirdest thing about it isn't what happens in the plot itself (which don't get me wrong, it is weird), but the relationship with it's audience. Why? Because it's only enjoyable if, and only if, you're the target audience. What is the target audience? Teenagers that are weirdos/who doesn't fit really well in... well, school.

Let me elaborate on this. This anime is somewhat reassuring for people ...

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Jul 13, 2022

NanaCheshire

Not Recommended

To start off, I'd like to say that this is my first review written here, so I'm sorry if it's not the best written thing in the world, but I'll try hard to dont cite any spoilers.

Suzumiya Haruhi no Yuutsu is a highly acclaimed anime in the community and was a fever in the 2000s (something I still don't understand why. I believe it may be because of the aesthetics, which was successful at the time). This popularity led me to the interest of this work, after all, what can be so interesting in another school anime, until then, generic?

One thing I must admit, Suzumiya ... Haruhi is definitely not a generic anime. It brings an interesting premise until then, after all, science fiction with school comedy seems to me a good idea. And it really is a good idea, if THE PLOT WAS COMPLETE. If you expect a plausible explanation for the issues present in the work, forget it, there will be NOTHING that actually explains what is happening. The science fiction issue in the work is the messiest thing I've ever seen, honestly I wouldn't be surprised if the anime was written by people who are exactly the same as the characters. The anime itself simply forgets the details it invented, some things appear in the work only once, and then are simply forgotten. Even the plots most presented by the work are murkily explained, thus creating many plot holes. And no, those holes aren't filled with season two.

The characters are all insanely annoying. They are all exaggeratedly stereotyped, the anime even forces and reinforces these stereotypes in an absurdly boring way. The protagonist is nothing but a pushover, he does nothing the entire work but obey Suzumiya and complain about it. All characters are like that, actually. The difference is that Asahina obeys crying and moaning in an extremely irritating way, Koizumi obeys smiling and Nagato just obeys in silence. And the work revolves around that. None of these characters have a genuinely interesting personality or plot behind them (aside from their supposed powers, which are then simply ignored and never really completed). Suzumiya Haruhi is just a bossy weirdo, who doesn't do anything for the entire anime other than having rambling ideas to "avoid the melancholy monotony" and pissing off. The only justification for her being annoying the entire anime is that she just freaks out if her head isn't full, but it would be a lot more interesting if the anime had something else besides that, because when it comes to characters, that's the only explanation given to her. the attitudes (quite exaggerated, by the way) of Suzumiya. Asakura was a delusion.

The art is very simple, nothing fancy. It's quite beautiful, I must admit, it's just a shame that there are so many scenes of nothing happening. The animation isn't the most perfect thing in the world, but it's acceptable, I don't have much to say about it.

The soundtrack is also a factor that does not matter much in this work. It's not bad, but it's not remarkable either. Nothing too epic, it's not the kind of soundtrack I would normally listen to in my day to day.

Overall, Suzumiya Haruhi no Yuutsu is a pretty average anime. It's worth it for the newly nostalgic 2000s vibe and it's pretty aesthetically pleasing, but the premise is irritating and boring. Nothing that really interesting happens is completed, I think there's just one arc that's fun to watch, but it's also no big deal. Suzumiya is a confusing anime, which ultimately takes us from nowhere to nowhere.

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