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The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya Part 1
The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya Part 1
Japanese title Suzumiya Haruhi no Yūutsu I
(涼宮ハルヒの憂鬱I)
Season 1
Season One
Broadcast No.
02
Season Two
(Chronological)
Broadcast No.
01
Air date April 9, 2006
Episode Guide
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The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya Part 2

Key events[]

Summary[]

At the beginning of the episode, Kyon introduces himself and his maturation into a young adult, growing up to deject the possibility of aliens, anime heroes, time travelers and espers as nothing more than fiction. As the conclusion of Kyon's monologue grinds to a halt, Haruhi Suzumiya introduces herself to class 1-5. Her eccentricities are explicitly indicated through the use of images, and Kyon's dialogue (ex: her hairstyle is dependent on day, mood, and input from Kyon).

As Kyon has lunch with his friends Taniguchi and Kunikida, Taniguchi mentions his understanding of her, including the incident three years ago, and his failure to date her more than five minutes. As Kyon dialogues internally, he recounts instances of which he spoke to Haruhi prior to the formation of the SOS Brigade. They constantly mentioned random things, such as her hairstyle changes. Later, Ryoko Asakura asks Kyon to be friends with Haruhi.

Following these events, Kyon mentions her lack of interest in all clubs, and she explains that they are all not to her liking, despite being highly capable in all of them. Kyon mentions human ingenuity, but takes an arrogant tone to her, and she becomes easily agitated. As class proceeds about Japanese history during the Edo Period, Haruhi pulls Kyon's desk back, evidently hurting him. As he asks why she did that, she replies what she will do about the club situation; to make her own. Kyon calms her down because they are still in class. After class, Haruhi drags Kyon by the tie to the top of the staircase and she demands that he take part in her misadventures, to which he initially rejects rather explicitly.

After Kyon read the student handbook, Haruhi shows Kyon the classroom she managed to snag from Yuki Nagato, saying that the literary club was about to die anyways, Nagato approved her action and that this is the optimal place in the building to host her exploits. As she introduces Mikuru Asahina into the room, she locks the door, fondles Asahina's breasts, and mentions the attractiveness of Asahina's breasts over her own, and announces that, due to four "members" being here, Haruhi shall call it the SOS Brigade. Kyon mentions that the antics began at this moment.

Characters[]

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Kyon: Okay. Asking somebody how long they believed in Santa Claus is so stupid, you can’t even consider it a topic suitable for idle conversation. But if you still wanna know how long I believed in some old fat guy who wears a funky red suit, I can tell you this: I’ve never believed in him, ever. The Santa that showed up at my kindergarten Christmas festival, I knew he was fake. And I never saw Mommy kissing Santa or anything, but I have to say that even as a little kid, I knew better than to believe in some old man that only worked one day a year. Now having said that, it wasn’t until I got older that I realized aliens, time-travelers, ghosts, monsters, espers, evil syndicates and the anime/manga/fantasy-flick heroes that fight said evil syndicates, were also fake. Okay. I guess I always knew those things were bogus. I just didn’t wanna admit it. All I ever wanted was for an alien, time-traveler, ghost, monster, esper, evil syndicate or the hero that fought ’em to just appear and say, “Hey!” Unfortunately, reality is a hard road, indeed. Yep, you gotta admit. The laws of physics definitely puts a damper on things. I even stopped watching those TV shows about aliens and ghosts and stuff. Aliens, time-travelers, espers, ‘course they don’t exist. But a little part of me wishes that they did. I guess I’ve grown up and realized that I can think about those things and still accept reality. But by the time I got out of junior high, I pretty much outgrew that kind of stuff. And I guess I got used to the idea of living in an ordinary world. And just like that, I was in high school. And that’s when I met her.

Haruhi: I’m Haruhi Suzumiya, from East junior high. First off, I’m not interested in ordinary people. But if any of you are aliens, time-travelers or espers, please come see me. That is all.

Taniguchi: "Look, if you’ve got the hots for her, take my advice. Forget it. After being in the same class as her for three years, I know her pretty well. Let’s just say she’s what you might call beyond eccentric. But all the same, man, she’s pretty popular with the guys. She’s not too hard to look at, you know. And she’s freaking good at sports. And on top of that, she gets good grades. She’s a super weirdo. But if she’s standing there quietly, you’d never know. For a while, she was going out with one joker after another. I think the longest any one guy lasted was about a week. And the guy that had the shortest relationship with her, he asked her out, she said okay, and it ended five minutes later. I don’t know why but she never turns a guy down when he steps out to ask her out. And so, before you get any bright ideas, buddy, take my advice. Forget it."

Kyon: Now, all of this was happening when Haruhi Suzumiya was still acting sort of normal. For that whole month, even I was feeling pretty good. However, it should be noted that bits and pieces of Haruhi eccentricities were already starting to make themselves known. Haruhi eccentricity number 1. A different hairstyle everyday. Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday. As the days passed, the number of places she’d tie off her hair increased. On Monday, she resets her hair and then adds a tie off point each day until Friday. Wonder what her hair looks like on Sunday–think I’d like to see that. Haruhi eccentricity number 2. Our P.E. class is separated into boys’ and girls’. When changing into uniforms, girls use the odd numbered classrooms and boys use the even numbered. It didn’t matter that guys were standing around. She’d just start changing out of her school uniform! To Haruhi, guys were pretty much the same as a bag of potatoes. Eccentricity number 3. It was rather irritating that Haruhi joined every team and every extra-curricular club the school had to offer. Every single one of the sports clubs lobbied for her to join their respective teams. And she turned every one of them down. She changed clubs on a daily basis depending on her mood. In the end though, she didn’t remain a member of a single one of the clubs. I mean, what the hell does she wanna do, anyway?

  • Kyon: So, there’s this rumor going around. Is it true you’ve dumped every guy you’ve ever dated?
  • Haruhi: And just what gives you the right to ask me a question like that? I don’t know about anything you heard. Whatever. You wanna believe it, it’s probably true.
  • Kyon: Well, with all that dating, wasn’t there at least one guy you were even a little serious about?
  • Haruhi: Absolutely not. They all took themselves way too seriously. And not even one of those dorks was an alien, time-traveler or even an esper.
  • Kyon: That’s how people are normally.
  • Haruhi: Okay, so then what’s with most of them asking me out over the phone? I mean, shouldn’t important stuff like that be done face-to-face, not phone-to-phone?
  • Kyon: Yeah, I mean if it were me I’d ask her … then ask her out. I’ll just agree with her for now.
  • Haruhi: Yeah, well none of that’s important anyway!
  • Kyon: So, what is?
  • Haruhi: Here’s the problem: So far, the way it looks is that all the men in this entire universe are pathetic. I mean all through junior high that was the one thing that irritated me the most.
  • Kyon: All right then, so what kind of guy would you have really be into, an alien or something?
  • Haruhi: Yeah! Anything like an alien, or something else along those lines. Anyway, as long as the person isn’t an ordinary human, I don’t care if it’s a boy or a girl.
  • Kyon: Hang on a sec. What’s wrong with being human? I mean, why do they have to be an alien?
  • Haruhi: Because that way, life’s more interesting!
  • Haruhi: Oh, man! I’m so bored. With all these clubs, you’d think there’d be a couple of really strange, cool ones out there.
  • Kyon: Listen. You can’t help it if there aren’t any. Besides, us normal human types, we’ve gotta be happy with what we’re given. You know what I’m saying? You could look at this way; the people who don’t like what they’ve got are the same people who invent things, and make discoveries, and advance civilization. They made airplanes ’cause they wanted to fly, and they made cars and trains because they wanted to go from place to place. It’s as simple as that. The only reason that we’ve got all the things we have now is because a certain group of people got together and used their talent or imagination or genius or whatever to make it all possible. Ordinary people are probably better off living their ordinary little lives in an ordinary manner.
  • Haruhi: Shut up!
  • Haruhi: I got an idea!
  • Kyon: About what?
  • Haruhi: I can’t believe I didn’t realize it before. It’s so obvious.
  • Kyon: What is?
  • Haruhi: If it doesn’t exist, I should just make it myself.
  • Kyon: Make what yourself?
  • Haruhi: Make a club!
  • Kyon: Ah. I hear you, but you’ve gotta calm down, all right?
  • Haruhi: What’s with you? This is what we’re talking about. You should be happier about this development.
  • Kyon: Well, we’re in the middle of class.

Haruhi: May I have your attention please. The name of the heretofore nameless start-up club has just been decided. And its name is … The SOS Brigade!

Kyon: The Spreading excitement all Over the world with Haruhi Suzumiya Brigade. The SOS Brigade for short. Yeah, it’s okay to laugh now. Actually, the name should be something like “Spreading excitement all Over the world with Haruhi Suzumiya Organization.” But we don’t have the right to form an organization yet, and we still don’t know what the point of this club is.

Trivia[]

  • This episode was broadcast as episode 2 of Season 1, and as episode 1 of Season 2.
  • This episode is shown in grayscale until Kyon first meets Haruhi.
  • Yuki reads The Fall of Hyperion by Dan Simmons.
  • In this episode there are no obvious paranormal phenomena.

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