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Level 34
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涼宮ハルヒの憂鬱
Light novel
by 谷川 流
volume 1 of 「涼宮ハルヒ」シリーズ
alternative titles:
The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya
Series Blurb
[DeepL Translation - needs review] 'I'm not interested in mere mortals. If any of these people are aliens, futurists, or psychics, come to me. That's all. Haruhi Suzumiya gave us a very outlandish greeting as soon as she entered the school. It's not like it's a science fiction novel. ......, anyone would think. I thought so too. But Haruhi was serious from the bottom of her heart. By the time I realized that, my daily life had already become supernatural. The winner of the 8th Sneaker Award ...
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Page Count:
328
ISBN:
4044292019
ISBN13:
9784044292010
Non-furigana edition. For furigana version version see here.
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Genres
Content Tags
Male Protagonist
100%
School
100%
Shounen
100%
Philosophy
95%
School Club
93%
Tsundere
79%
Aliens
70%
Gods
66%
Parody
66%
Kuudere
50%
Chuunibyou
33%
Maids
20%
The Fun Read I was Hoping for
Despite having the promised aliens, supernaturals, and time travelers, the vocabulary is not so exotic as to not be useful. I've been able to learn some good common phrases and idioms from this novel. This novel is the hardest I've read so far.
It's as fun as I expected from having watched the anime years ago, and being able to read Kyon's internal dialog adds a lot to the experience above what you get in the anime.
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