Monday, April 20, 2009
Suzumiya Haruhi : The Light Novel Series
Kyon is an ordinary first-year 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 Suzumiya Haruhi, who in her class introduction blatantly states her singular desire to meet 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 Suzumiya Haruhi (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" (Though it's more like outright Kidnapping!! XD), 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 (once she repeated her summer vacation 15,498 times!!) —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.
This is the one of the MOST POPULAR LIGHT NOVEL SERIES EVER WRITTEN..... (You don't believe me? Look it up in Wikipedia). The first novel of the series, The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya was awarded the Grand Prize in the eighth annual Sneaker Awards—only the third Grand Prize given out in the Award's history.
The series went on to be a huge success in Japan, selling over 4,300,000 copies collectively. It has spawned the super popular Anime series "The Melancholy of Suzumiya Haruhi" which topped the charts as soon as it hit the TV scene. There also have been manga adaptations, live-actions, and I can't even list the rest there are so many!!!! Just read the Cultural Impact this series has had HERE !!!
Available below for download are the pdf versions of the translation work that has been done uptil now by Baka-Tsuki. All the credit should go to them. All the following releases are published under the TLG Translation Common Agreement v.0.4.1.
Note: All the following novels are in ENGLISH. The Japanese text on the right side of the title is for purists.
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Volume 01 - The Melancholy of Suzumiya Haruhi / 第一巻: 涼宮ハルヒの憂鬱
Volume 02 - The Sighs of Suzumiya Haruhi / 第二巻: 涼宮ハルヒの溜息
Volume 03 - The Boredom of Suzumiya Haruhi / 第三巻: 涼宮ハルヒの退屈
Volume 04 - The Disappearance of Suzumiya Haruhi / 第四巻: 涼宮ハルヒの消失
Volume 05 - The Rampage of Suzumiya Haruhi / 第五巻: 涼宮ハルヒの暴走
Volume 06 - The Wavering of Suzumiya Haruhi / 第六巻: 涼宮ハルヒの動揺
Volume 07 - The Intrigues of Suzumiya Haruhi / 第七巻: 涼宮ハルヒの陰謀
Volume 08 - The Indignation of Suzumiya Haruhi / 第八巻: 涼宮ハルヒの憤慨
Volume 09 - The Dissociation of Suzumiya Haruhi / 第九巻: 涼宮ハルヒの分裂
Volume 10 - The Surprise of Suzumiya Haruhi / 第十巻: 涼宮ハルヒの驚愕
(Set to release this year!!)
More yet to be translated......
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