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The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya2006 · Kyoto Animation · Romance / Comedy
2 seasons · 28 ep. · 1 film9 (32%)IncompleteVolume 5 · Snowy Mountain Syndrome

The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya

2006 · Kyoto Animation · Romance / Comedy

Seasons and episodes

2 seasons · 28 ep. · 1 film

  • The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya — 14 episodes · 2006
  • The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya (2009) — 14 episodes · 2009
  • Suzumiya Haruhi no Shoushitsu — 1 story film · 2010

Episode counts refer to the installments listed here.

Filler episodes

Yes (9)

  • Combined 2009 TV order (28 episodes): 12-19, 28

Numbers follow the combined 2009 TV order, not the original 2006 broadcast order. The source labels all eight Endless Eight episodes as filler; this classification is not a recommendation to skip an entire story arc.

Mixed and anime-canon episodes are excluded.

Is the story complete?

Incomplete

Source material: Light novel · Ongoing

Original title: 涼宮ハルヒの憂鬱

Where to continue after the anime

After both TV seasons and The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya, read Snowy Mountain Syndrome, the final story in volume 5, then continue with volume 6. The anime takes other stories from volumes 5–6 out of order; starting at volume 7 would skip unanimated material.

How far from the end?

Approximate adaptation progress · of the source published so far

≈ 31% adapted

4 / 13 novels · 69% to catch up

First four novels represented through The Disappearance; volumes 5–6 only partly adapted · Main novel volumes through 13; scattered stories in later volumes are not counted as whole adapted books

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Watch order

  1. For a linear first watch, use chronological order for the 28 episodes of the 2006 and 2009 series.
  2. Continue with The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya. The original 2006 broadcast order is deliberately nonchronological.