The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya (light novel)
| I have one question. The 11th book of the light novel series has been The Astonishment of Haruhi Suzumiya (Second Half) and it was released somewhere in 2011 in Japan. I looked that up on this wikipedia article (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Haruhi_Suzumiya_light_novels) and it looks like that is the final book in the series. My question now is: has there ever been a statement that this will be the last installment or has a next volume just not been announced yet? I don't know what happens in the book because I have to wait for the oficcial english traslation that will probablay releasen in the beginning of 2014 (omg...). Thank you very much in advance for your answers! |
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| To answer the question in the title - no, the series hasn't ended. And I dont mind about it not coming out for a few years yet. It's actually quite a short wait between each one as book series go. Plus them releasing publishing dates means that hopefully they won't drop the series, which is what has happened with just about every other light novel series. |
kuuderes_shadowMar 7, 2012 7:06 AM
| There is no such thing as shit taste. Only idiots who think everyone should have the same taste as they do. |
| Thank you for the answer. But how do you actually know that it hasn't ended? :-D I don't mind wating one years or two, but the problem is that it takes so damn long until the translation will be release... I know that is just speculation, but when do you personally think that a 12th book will be announced? |
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| Tanigawa has spoken of the next book in interviews, and although he hasn't given any actual details about it yet, it's quite obvious from what he said that there are plans for more books. No idea when the next one's coming out though. I don't think there is an official date, and from what I can tell he hadn't started writing it when the last ones came out. |
| There is no such thing as shit taste. Only idiots who think everyone should have the same taste as they do. |
| Okay, but yeah it seems to be pretty clear. Hmm I just hope that they really gonna continue traslating it! But if they started translating it (they even announced the relase for books 7-11 already) it's pretty sure the next one's will be localised, I hope?! Please speak one last time of your experience! It's highly appreciated! I just don't wanna wait so many years in hope for nothing, if you know what I mean. |
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| Anything that has a date to it should be localised, unless something drastic happens, like the publishers going bust or something (which is very unlikely) or the series' popularity suddenly collapses. Intrigues and indignation are definately coming and are available to preorder. As far as I know the Haruhi books sell reasonably well so there shouldn't be too much risk of them stopping, and the release date of the first half of astonishment was only announced fairly recently so there's no sign of the publisher giving up on it at the moment. Also, following the rough pattern of release dates in the past, there's no reason to have expected an announcement of the second half yet either, so the lack of date for that isn't a problem. |
| There is no such thing as shit taste. Only idiots who think everyone should have the same taste as they do. |
| Thank you very, very much. You have given me some hope :-) The last thing I would ask for is the following: You said that it's possible to preorder...where exactly? :-D |
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| for the UK, both amazon and waterstones have them available for preorder. I would assume that most places that stock the series and have preorder options would have them listed by now. |
| There is no such thing as shit taste. Only idiots who think everyone should have the same taste as they do. |
| Thank you, that would be all I wanted to know then. I just pre ordered it via Amazon UK, even though I'm here in Germany, but it won't be released here so I think it's the fastest way to order via the UK. |
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| @KobaKoba What the f*** is your problem dude??? |
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| I'm probably late but you can preorder them from Amazon Germany. Shipping will be much cheaper for you. |
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| Well thanks, and yes, too late XD By the way, now that all the novels have been translated I am really wondering again...will there be more? There hasn't been a new one in Japan since May 2011...have there been any news about the author about this? |
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| I hope this might be true. Come to think of it, this might even be a reason for a new Anime of Haruhi! After all, a big reason why Anime is being made is a promotion for a new item related to the item (novel, game etc). I still have hope! |
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| I'm a little late, but I read the Surprise of Haruhi Suzumiya back in January and it said "final chapter." And he said he's making a new book...why does it say that, then? |
| because that's the last "chapter" of the arc? Anyway, nothing is wrapped up in the 11th volume besides the arc plot. And tanigawa doesn't say anything in the postface afterward about it being the last volume (which is always said otherwise, except for series dropped by the editor without warning... But that's because they don't sell. Haruhi doesn't have that problem at all, quite the contrary) |
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| I still have high hopes on this. I can still see he will finish the series one day. :) For now, I'll try reading the Light Novels from the beginning. |
| He seems to only be working on Haruhi-chan and Yuki-chan at the moment. |
| What? Last time I checked the 10th volume should have been the last one. Wow, I'm upset it's still not finished... |
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| the author is just a lazy bum and we all want him to get off his ass |
 Freddy Nicholas said: have control, be yourself, god is dead |
| Lol okay^^ Maybe he hates money? |
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| i can still wait for another decade |
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| This thread escalated quickly. Anyway, he really does need to hurry up, and write the next novel. I mean, five years, and the only real thing that got wrapped up, was the story arc. That's it. We're still needing a few answers, and those 11 books didn't cut it. |
| "I have to work harder than anyone else to make it! I'll never catch up otherwise...! I want to be like you...! Like you. The strongest hero."" |
| It has been so long already. I still remember times when last vol came out... This was one of the series that I truly wanted to complete. There are still so many questions remaining... |
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| Nearly the end of 2016 and still no news. Going on 6 years. :p I think we need to look at it this way. Great writers are often quirky. Some are ridiculous perfectionists. They won't publish something until they're truly satisfied. Look at the next novel as the last in the series. Think of it from his perspective. This series has been his greatest work. Even if he doesn't necessarily care what the fans think, HE has to be satisfied with it. HE has to conclude it in a way he finds not only acceptable, but also profound. He probably wants to cap his masterpiece series with the greatest masterpiece in his lifetime. He won't settle for some lame ending. He won't give in to the pressure of the fans and "just write it". He needs to do it this way for him. So maybe, he just hasn't figured out the right way to end it yet. You know how there are some games where you end up having to wait a really long time for the sequel to? This is like that. Valve has done it twice. Half-Life 2 took forever to come out (Half-Life came out in 1998 and the sequel came in 2004). And now we're still waiting for either Half-Life 2 episode 3 or Half-Life 3. Episode 2 came out in 2007. So we're at over 9 years now, but we know the next one will come out. And these have all been great games because Valve took its time with them. Then we have an example like Duke Nukem Forever, which was widely panned. It took forever to make, going from studio to studio, before finally coming out in a version that might has well be Halo with Master Chief wearing a Duke Nukem mask. And then on the other hand, opposing that, we have a very similar shooter's latest installment Doom (4) that went through development hell and came out better for it, keeping the old Doom formula and being widely praised. Our boy Tanigawa-sama likely just doesn't want the last novel to be a piece of crap, so much so that he's writing it and rewriting it over and over until he gets it perfect. I could be wrong, but this is my theory on what's really going on. We've already waited for it this long. I'm betting it will be worth the wait when it finally does come out. Also, if it does well enough, we'll proooobably get a Haruhi season 3, considering anime creation goes hand in hand with book sales. |
| Omne Solum Forti Patria |
| Dude above me explained things very well.Though im still thirsty for more haruhi anime. |
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| Its game over guys....GIVE UP! Its like waiting for High school of the dead ending to come... |
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| At this rate I will die of old age before this series gets finished. |
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