Suzumiya Haruhi no Yuuutsu

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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Suzumiya, Haruhi Main

Hirano, Aya Japanese

Kyon Main

Sugita, Tomokazu Japanese

Nagato, Yuki Main

Chihara, Minori Japanese

Asahina, Mikuru Main

Gotou, Yuuko Japanese

Koizumi, Itsuki Main

Ono, Daisuke Japanese

Tsuruya Supporting

Matsuoka, Yuki Japanese

Asakura, Ryouko Supporting

Kuwatani, Natsuko Japanese

Kyon's Sister Supporting

Aoki, Sayaka Japanese

Shamisen Supporting

Ogata, Kenichi Japanese

Okabe Supporting

Yanagisawa, Eiji Japanese

Yamaguchi, Mayumi Assistant Producer, Production Manager

Ishihara, Tatsuya Director, Episode Director, Script, Storyboard

Tsuruoka, Youta Sound Director

Takemoto, Yasuhiro Episode Director, Storyboard

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Oct 11, 2025

Noisy-Boy

Recommended

Kyon it's a normal high-school student, normal life, normal friends, normal interests, he once thought that it'd be awesome if things like aliens, times travelers and people with superpowers were part of the daily life, but laws of physics and other things are too well writed to let things like that happend, he thought that just before meet Haruhi Suzumiya, a classmate who never stop talking about all this things, thinking that she's really annoying, but sooner than late he ends in a club with her and other classmates, and without knowing, this will make all their boring and normal lifes take turn

Reviewer’s Rating: 9

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Nov 18, 2025

Animablisher

Mixed Feelings

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[Outdated Review. I plan on making a more rational one eventually. Feel free to laugh until that happens]

PLEASE READ THIS TO THE END!!!
For starters, what the hell was this????
I mean, I know it's a parody show but... having tons of unjustified fan service, cringy OVERRATED internal MC dialogues, and the most boring and random cast you could ever think of... is absolute missed potential here ladies and gentlemen.
But hold up! I said it has tons of crap but is still "missed potential"??? The hell am I talking about????
(Note : I will be talking about both seasons here and not just the first. I'll explain why ... at the end)
Well, the thing is, this show starts as an actually geniune mystery/supernatural show. The first 6 episodes titled, you guessed it, "The Melancholy Of Haruhi Suzumiya", sets the stage for something grand, something unique. I would have been OKAY and FORGIVING even it slapped its meta humour on top of the supernatural stuff, but instead, what this show ended up doing is "supernatural stuff slapped on top of cringy slice of life meta humour'

After finishing the first 6 episodes you might think that the sky is the limit, right? right???
Wrooooooooong.
After those episodes, we get nothing but a lame baseball match, an undercooked small island ark, an infamously controversial set of 8 identical episodes, followed by the worst arc of them all, AND FINALLY one boring slow episode that does LITERALLY NOTHING.
Everything you shouldn't be doing in a supernatural parody show was done here.
HOWEVER, I think it deserves a watch for two BIG REASONS. The first being that it is an infamous show that you need to know of. While the second is that... the final episode was not the end. After the release of seaon two, we got something huge. A movie titled "The Disappearance Of Haruhi Suzumiya" which is, hands down, one of the best cinematic experiences ever. A movie that you cannot miss.
To actually FEEL the movie, you NEED to watch the show.
Now how come a bad mid show be so essential? Well, just as I told you, the movie slaps hard that it makes you like the characters and the world that you hated initially.

Now... there is one crutial detail about the airing of this show.
This show was released in NO ORDER. Can you believe that?
Even if you go to wikipedia, you will only find multiple different watch orders which I think are... let's just say the creators themselves had no idea what they were doing.
However, I took it upon myself to come up with the most tolerable watch order that would allow the consumers to make sense of this show.
There you go :
-I- Season 1
01 - The Melancholy Of Haruhi Suzumiya Part One
02 - The Melancholy Of Haruhi Suzumiya Part Two
03 - The Melancholy Of Haruhi Suzumiya Part Three
04 - The Melancholy Of Haruhi Suzumiya Part Four
05 - The Melancholy Of Haruhi Suzumiya Part Five
06 - The Boredom Of Haruhi Suzumiya
07 - Remote Island Syndrome Part One
08 - Remote Island Syndrome Part Two
09 - Mystérique Sign
10 - The Melancholy Of Haruhi Suzumiya Part Six
-II- Season 2
01 - Bamboo Leaf Rhapsody
02 - The Sight Of Haruhi Suzumiya Part One
03 - The Sight Of Haruhi Suzumiya Part Two
04 - The Sight Of Haruhi Suzumiya Part Three
05 - The Sight Of Haruhi Suzumiya Part Four
06 - The Sight Of Haruhi Suzumiya Part Five
07 - Live Alive
08 - Someday in The Rain
09 - The Day Of Sagittarius
10 - Endless Eight I
11 - Endless Eight II
12 - Endless Eight VIII
-III- The Disappearance Of Haruhi Suzumiya

I split them in the form of seasons because it's more fitting. What I mean is that once you reach the tenth episode in this order, you can consider that a either a turning point that you should be prepared for, OR a stopping point if you decide to drop the show. Maybe you'll get it once you watch it.
As for the "Endless Eight" episodes there were EIGHT OF THEM but I believe you only need those three that I listed here. You can find more info about endless eight in youtube because, wo ho ho I DO NOT INTEND ON BRINGING THIS TOPIC IN HERE.
And finally, if you wish, you can just skip "The Sight Of Haruhu" episodes. I only listed them here because they are one of the infamous things about this show.
Anyways, I hope this helps.

Reviewer’s Rating: 6

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Feb 23, 2024

Curlybrace101

Not Recommended

The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya is an anime about an unaware reality warper named Haruhi Suzumiya getting into wacky hijinks with her friends because they have to make sure she doesn't get bored and tear the fabric of reality itself.

No, that's not right. Let me try again

The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya is a 2006 anime adapted from a 2003 light novel series written by Nagaru Tanigawa.

No, that's not it either.

The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya is one of the most popular anime of all time and a sheer cultural sensation from the mid-to-late 2000s.

... No, no, no!

The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya is...not very good.

I know, I know. "Blasphemy!" I hear you cry! Revoke my weeb card! But truly, I do not understand what had people so captivated by this anime.

Actually, that's a lie. I know exactly what had people so captivated by this anime. A cute, quirky, super special girl who they could either imagine being in a relationship with (if male) or being (if female).

Haruhi Suzumiya is the draw of Haruhi Suzumiya. Truly, a character who deserves to have the show named after her. The problem is that she sucks.

I understand that part of the appeal of her character is her dubious morality. I understand that the author and audiences alike are well aware that her behavior is bad. I understand that we are not always supposed to like or agree with her. However, the keyword to that last statement is "always," and that's what makes this self-awareness mean absolutely nothing.

Haruhi Suzumiya is a mean, selfish, bad friend and people literally cannot say no to her for fear of altering reality itself, and most of the time her behavior is brushed off and played for comedy. It's horribly mean-spirited and I struggle to see what's supposed to be "funny" about it.

Haruhi Suzmiya is canonically bisexual, so she has romantic tension with a man and sexually assaults women. No, really. Enter Mikuru Asahina.

Mikuru Asahina is a character who also isn't very good on her own anyways. She has a stupidly high pitched voice and is a very basic, one-dimensional shrinking violet-type. She could give Fluttershy a run for her money. However, her entire character just gets thrown out the window because about 50% of her screen time is eaten up by Haruhi sexually assaulting her. I am not kidding or exaggerating. Forcibly stripping her, groping her breasts, biting her ear, forcing other people to grope her breasts, forcing her into revealing outfits, and (in the second season) essentially roofie-ing her to make a (also unwilling) male classmate kiss her---all while she squeals and protests at the top of her terribly squeaky lungs. And the vast majority of the time it's played for comedy. In fact, the one time it isn't played for comedy, I was convinced we'd see some legitimate character growth and improvement on Haruhi's part, but nope! She literally just goes back to doing the same exact routine.

Our other main characters don't leave much to be desired either. Nagato is an incredibly blatant Rei Ayanami clone who doesn't have much original going for her. Her whole bit is speaking in monotone and calculating. That's it. Koizumi is a character so remarkably boring I forget he's in the show when he's not directly on screen. He has maybe one character trait which is...idk, chill? Vaguely homosexual? The only thing I can remember about him is that he has a habit of getting too close to Kyon's face.

Speaking of, Kyon, the protagonist of our tale, is somehow the best character. If your stock light novel everyman is the best character, you've done something wrong. However, he's the only one who ever stands up to Haruhi (although, probably because he's the only one she would let do that), is usually kind to Mikuru, is generally helpful to everyone else, and has a very strong narrative voice. He's essentially the saving grace of this show that makes it even slightly interesting or funny at all because of his tightly-written, witty narration.

The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya is a product of its time. Unfortunately, it's time was absolutely terrible.

Reviewer’s Rating: 5

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