List of Haruhi Suzumiya light novels
This is a list of light novels for the Haruhi Suzumiya light novel series. Each novel is written by Nagaru Tanigawa, and illustrated by Noizi Ito. The first novel was released on June 6 2003 by Kadokawa Shoten. As of April 1 2007, nine books have been published, with a tenth planned for release.
The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya
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 The first novel cover | |
| Genre | Comedy, Science fiction |
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| Manga | |
| Written by | Nagaru Tanigawa |
| Published by |  Kadokawa Shoten  Kadokawa Media Daewon C&I |
The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya[1] (涼宮ハルヒの憂鬱, Suzumiya Haruhi no Yūutsu) is the first Japanese light novel in the Haruhi Suzumiya series written by Japanese author Nagaru Tanigawa and illustrated by Japanese artist Noizi Ito. It was first published on June 6 2003 (ISBN 4-04-429201-9).
Plot
Kyon is an ordinary freshman high school student who, self-admittedly, has given up his fantasies of espers, time travelers, and aliens as he left middle school. However, sitting behind him is the beautiful, intelligent, and eccentric girl Haruhi Suzumiya, who in her class introduction blatantly states her singular desire in meeting aliens, time travelers, or espers. Interested, Kyon starts trying to make small talk with her before class, eventually leading to normal conversations with Haruhi. One day, after making a comment about Haruhi's displeasure with the available school clubs, he finds himself dragged into membership of the newly formed Spreading Excitement All Over the World with the Haruhi Suzumiya (or SOS) Brigade.
Haruhi quickly claims the Literature Club's room and its sole member, the silent bibliophile Yuki Nagato as property of the SOS Brigade and "voluntary arrests" the timid but cute Mikuru Asahina and the polite, smiling Itsuki Koizumi as the club's other two members. As the story progresses, however, Kyon finds that each of these supposedly "helpless victims" are actually agents of fantastic organizations who have been sent to monitor Haruhi, who they explain as having superhuman abilities of manipulating the universe. Haruhi's unawareness of her powers means that she unconsciously creates a new universe—one more to her liking—and attempts to switch over whenever she becomes bored or otherwise dissatisfied with reality. To prevent this, the members of Haruhi's club spend their time trying to keep their god-like leader entertained, hold her powers in check, and maintain the illusion of a normal life.
The Sigh of Haruhi Suzumiya
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| Genre | Comedy, Science fiction |
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| Manga | |
| Written by | Nagaru Tanigawa |
| Published by | Kadokawa Shoten Kadokawa Media Daewon C&I |
The Sigh of Haruhi Suzumiya[1] (涼宮ハルヒの溜息, Suzumiya Haruhi no Tameiki) is the second volume in the Haruhi Suzumiya series written by Japanese author Nagaru Tanigawa and illustrated by Japanese artist Noizi Ito. It was first published on September 30 2003 (ISBN 4-04-429202-7).
Plot
In this novel, the story follows the SOS Brigade's first movie making project, starring Mikuru Asahina as the main protagonist. Additionally, Nagato is made the antagonist in the movie and Koizumi is the conflict hero, who is supposed to end happily ever after with Mikuru, but faces competing interests from Nagato.
Haruhi comes up with the idea that the SOS Brigade needs to do something for the upcoming cultural festival. Her class is doing a questionnaire, which is boring in her mind. She decides to make a movie, starring Mikuru.
However, Haruhi begins to confuse the movie world with the real world, and the real world begins to become more like her movie. The pigeons in front of the shrine turn white, then into Passenger Pigeons, cherry trees blossom in autumn, Mikuru begins to shoot lasers out of her eyes, and the cat Shamisen begins to talk. By the efforts of Itsuki and Yuki, Kyon eventually convinces Haruhi to add a disclaimer at the end that the movie is a work of fiction.
Overnight, the movie apparently edits itself, and is shown. With the disclaimer, Haruhi herself realizes it is a work of fiction, and the world reverts back to normal.
The Boredom of Haruhi Suzumiya
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| File:The Boredom of Haruhi Suzumiya.jpg The third novel cover | |
| Genre | Comedy, Science fiction |
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| Written by | Nagaru Tanigawa |
| Published by | Kadokawa Shoten Kadokawa Media Daewon C&I |
The Boredom of Haruhi Suzumiya[1] (涼宮ハルヒの退屈, Suzumiya Haruhi no Taikutsu) is the third light novel in the Haruhi Suzumiya series written by Japanese author Nagaru Tanigawa and illustrated by Japanese artist Noizi Ito. It was first published on December 27 2003 (ISBN 4-04-429203-5). While published as the third volume in the series, this volume collects short stories originally serialized in The Sneaker, and chronologically takes place before The Sigh of Haruhi Suzumiya.
Plot
- The Boredom of Haruhi Suzumiya (涼宮ハルヒの退屈, Suzumiya Haruhi no Taikutsu)
- The SOS Brigade enters a baseball tournament. Appeared in Sneaker before the first novel was actually published.
- Bamboo Leaf Rhapsody (笹の葉ラプソディ, Sasa no Ha Rapusodi)
- This chapter starts on July 7. Haruhi, during the SOS Brigade's standard after-school meeting, tells everyone to write down wishes for the Tanabata festival. After the meeting concludes, Mikuru takes Kyon back in time, to the Tanabata festival three years ago. He meets Haruhi in 7th Grade, and is coerced into helping her. She orders him to draw strange signs on the field of her middle school with a chalk-drawing machine. After this, Haruhi asks Kyon's name. He replies, "John Smith".
- Mystérique Sign (ミステリックサイン, Misuterikku Sain)
- The computer club president disappears.
- Remote Island Syndrome (孤島症候群, Kotō Shōkōgun)
- A relative of Itsuki's invites them to stay at his island villa, but they get mixed up in a murder mystery.
The Vanishment of Haruhi Suzumiya
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| Genre | Comedy, Science fiction |
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| Manga | |
| Written by | Nagaru Tanigawa |
| Published by | Kadokawa Shoten Kadokawa Media Daewon C&I |
The Vanishment of Haruhi Suzumiya[1] (涼宮ハルヒの消失, Suzumiya Haruhi no Shōshitsu) is the fourth volume in the Haruhi Suzumiya series written by Japanese author Nagaru Tanigawa and illustrated by Japanese artist Noizi Ito. It was first published on July 31 2004 (ISBN 4-04-429204-3).
Plot
In this novel, the story takes place from December 17 until December 24 a month after the cultural festival. On December 17, everything is normal—the SOS Brigade plans to have a nabe party for Christmas.
But on December 18, Kyon arrives at school to find everything has changed—Haruhi Suzumiya is missing, and Ryoko Asakura is a normal student. Kyon is the only one who notices anything different. Nagato is an ordinary human, and Mikuru does not recognize him. The only clue is a bookmark left by the alien version of Nagato, which leads Kyon on a quest back in time, where he interacts with the storyline from "Bamboo Leaf Rhapsody", trying to sort out the mystery and return to his own time line.
The Rashness of Haruhi Suzumiya
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| File:The Rashness of Haruhi Suzumiya cover.jpg The fifth novel cover. | |
| Genre | Comedy, Science fiction |
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| Manga | |
| Written by | Nagaru Tanigawa |
| Published by | Kadokawa Shoten Kadokawa Media Daewon C&I |
The Rashness of Haruhi Suzumiya[1] (涼宮ハルヒの暴走, Suzumiya Haruhi no Bōsō) is the fifth volume in the Haruhi Suzumiya series written by Japanese author Nagaru Tanigawa and illustrated by Japanese artist Noizi Ito. It was first published on October 1 2004 (ISBN 4-04-429205-1).
Plot
Three short stories, with short prose pieces establishing where the stories take place in the time line.
- Endless Eight (エンドレスエイト, Endoresu Eito)
- The SOS Brigade are having a great time during the last two weeks of summer. Such a great time that Haruhi won't let it end, as the members of the SOS Brigade find that their summer has looped back 15,498 times.
- The Day of Sagittarius (射手座の日, Iteza no Hi)
- The computer club challenges the SOS Brigade to a video game tournament.
- Snowy Mountain Syndrome (雪山症候群, Yukiyama Shōkōgun)
- While skiing, the SOS Brigade are trapped by a mysterious blizzard, and take refuge in a deserted mansion. Yuki is cut off from the Integrated Data Entity, but Itsuki swears that Haruhi is not behind this.
The Disturbance of Haruhi Suzumiya
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| File:The Disturbance of Haruhi Suzumiya cover.jpg The sixth novel cover. | |
| Genre | Comedy, Science fiction |
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| Written by | Nagaru Tanigawa |
| Published by | Kadokawa Shoten Kadokawa Media Daewon C&I |
The Disturbance of Haruhi Suzumiya[1] (第六巻: 涼宮ハルヒの動揺, Suzumiya Haruhi no Dōyō) is the sixth volume in the Haruhi Suzumiya series written by Japanese author Nagaru Tanigawa and illustrated by Japanese artist Noizi Ito. It was first published on March 21 2005 (ISBN 4-04-429206-X).
Plot
Five short stories in anachronological order.
- Live A Live
- The day of the cultural festival has arrived, and Kyon visits the day's events. These include a fried noodle stall run by Mikuru and a live performance by a surprising band.
- The Adventures of Asahina Mikuru Episode 00
- The movie created in The Sigh of Haruhi Suzumiya is shown for the first time.
- Charmed at first sight LOVER
- An old friend of Kyon’s calls to ask him about a girl he saw Kyon walking with months before. He is actually referring to Yuki, and tries to pursue her.
- Where did the Cat Go?
- The SOS Brigade finally begins the main event for the Snow Mountain retreat, a murder mystery.
- The Melancholy of Asahina Mikuru
- Mikuru asks Kyon to accompany her to buy tea leaves, but a secret motive may be involved. Takes place before The Scheme of Haruhi Suzumiya.
The Scheme of Haruhi Suzumiya
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| Genre | Comedy, Science fiction |
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| Written by | Nagaru Tanigawa |
| Published by | Kadokawa Shoten Kadokawa Media Daewon C&I |
The Scheme of Haruhi Suzumiya[1] (涼宮ハルヒの陰謀, Suzumiya Haruhi no Inbō) is the seventh volume in the Haruhi Suzumiya series written by Japanese author Nagaru Tanigawa and illustrated by Japanese artist Noizi Ito. It was first published on August 31 2005 (ISBN 4-04-429207-8).
Plot
After closing the time loop from The Vanishment of Haruhi Suzumiya, Kyon believes he is starting the new year with a blank slate and perhaps free of the confusions of time travel. However, one day, the Mikuru from eight days in the future appears in the SOS Brigade's broom closet, saying she was sent back in time by Kyon himself.
The Anger of Haruhi Suzumiya
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| Genre | Comedy, Science fiction |
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| Written by | Nagaru Tanigawa |
| Published by | Kadokawa Shoten Kadokawa Media Daewon C&I |
The Anger of Haruhi Suzumiya[1] (涼宮ハルヒの憤慨, Suzumiya Haruhi no Fungai) is the eighth volume in the Haruhi Suzumiya series written by Japanese author Nagaru Tanigawa and illustrated by Japanese artist Noizi Ito. It was first published on May 1 2006 (ISBN 4-04-429208-6).
Plot
- Editor in Chief ★ Straight Ahead!
- After the newly-elected student council president threatens to terminate the Literature Club and, in effect, the SOS Brigade, the club must become a group of writers and publish a collection of literature, with Haruhi as editor-in-chief.
- Wandering Shadow
- A fellow classmate, Sakanaka, goes to the SOS Brigade for help in solving a mystery: a seemingly-haunted stretch of park pathway and the strange effect it seems to have on the neighborhood dogs.
The Dissociation of Haruhi Suzumiya
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| Genre | Comedy, Science fiction |
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| Written by | Nagaru Tanigawa |
| Published by | Kadokawa Shoten Kadokawa Media Daewon C&I |
The Dissociation of Haruhi Suzumiya (涼宮ハルヒの分裂, Suzumiya Haruhi no Bunretsu) is the ninth volume in the Haruhi Suzumiya series written by Japanese author Nagaru Tanigawa and illustrated by Japanese artist Noizi Ito. It was first published on April 1 2007 (ISBN 978-4-04-429209-6).
Plot
As the second year of high school begins, Kyon finds himself meeting an old friend from his days in junior high. However, Kyon is unaware that this meeting of his past could affect his future, the future of the SOS Brigade, and the world forever. This book is the first of the Haruhi series to use two alternate stories for the same plot with different endings. Kyon remains the narrator on both of the stories, however. The story is to be concluded in the next novel, The Surprise of Haruhi Suzumiya.
The Surprise of Haruhi Suzumiya
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| Genre | Comedy, Science fiction |
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| Written by | Nagaru Tanigawa |
| Published by | Kadokawa Shoten Kadokawa Media Daewon C&I |
The Surprise of Haruhi Suzumiya (涼宮ハルヒの驚愕, Suzumiya Haruhi no Kyogaku) will be the tenth volume in the Haruhi Suzumiya series written by Japanese author Nagaru Tanigawa and illustrated by Japanese artist Noizi Ito, which is the continuation of the previous novel The Dissociation of Haruhi Suzumiya. It has been pushed back from its original June 1 2007 release date to an unspecified future time due to "various circumstances" (ISBN 4-04-429210-8).[2][3]
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h "English title as found on some official bookmarks". Retrieved 2007-07-24.
- ^ "Latest Haruhi Novel, Ghost Hunt Manga Delayed in Japan". Anime News Network. May 15 2007. Retrieved 2007-07-13.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - ^ "Notice of adjourned sale" (in Japanese). Kadokawa Shoten. Retrieved 2007-07-14.
