Haruhi Suzumiya is an unique series.

Having saw it without any previous knowledge, the marketing made me believe that it was a highschool echi-romcom. Oh, how wrong I was. The first three episodes looked like one, but then...

Haruhi Suzumiya is the best Anime I have watched in my whole life. Haruhi Suzumiya is also the worst Anime I have watched in my whole life.

The first season constantly swap between Incredibly Funny and Incredibly Boring. Some moments are brilliant, and I found myself laughing like I never had done in years, but some others episodes made left the TV, go to eat cookies, and then go back to see if something interesting happened. Heck, I even fell sleeps 3 times while watching the series. But then again, I also fell of my seat of laughter two times in the series.

After finishing the anime I started reading the books. Thet added mystery, psychological, complex science-fiction and Character Development plus the comedy and fantasy that had before, making an unique and Wonderful mix, IMO. It was so good for me, that I took again Literature and Drawing studies, activities I had left after believing that everything was cliché and boring.

Now, a balance:

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• Clever mixing of genres, clichés and stereotypes, reconstructing them into an interesting story.
• Wonderful narration, really reflecting the way that a cynical teenager thinks.
• Great development that takes characters that looked uninteresting to complex beings.
• Gorgeous animation and great use of colour in the Anime.
• Full of mathematical, philosophical and psychological references.

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• Illustrations on the books vary between great and mediocre
• Humour will be great for some people, meh for other and offensive for others.
• Music can be either very annoying or great for dancing, depending on your tastes.

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• Misaimed Fandom
• Haruhi and Mikuru can be very offensive or annoying, especially pre-Character Development.
• Over-Hype, be careful of opinions and recommendations.
• Anachronic Order makes some of the characters actions seem out of character.
• Endless Eight, the chapters 3 to 7 of Season 2.