the melancholy of haruhi suzumiya be an anime that leave quite the impression on me . partially for the character and many of whom fall into anime fantasy or sci fi stereotype and but place these stereotype in the rather mundane setting of high school be a twist that i appreciate . then there the somewhat insane titular character who be something else represent a headstrong and almost amoral and girl with ridiculous amount of talent and a secret that she not aware of . the set up for the series be a bit of a mind trip . essentially suzumiya and unbeknown to herself and be a sort of super powerful be and capable of god like feat of creation and destruction and a she can destroy and rebuild reality to her whim . our narrator and primary character be kyon and a high schooler whose sympathy or curiosity for haruhi appear to cause her to drag him and against his will and into a club she start to spice up her life and because she bore with the normal life . search for adventure and she claim three more unusual member and each with secret and they all end up be drag into her crazy scheme . there be a bit of crazy and but enjoyable and philosophic consideration early on a we debate whether the world be merely haruhi creation a she get bore of the old one and whether our character exist to serve her or serve her to continue to exist or whether they could exist without her . it a bit of a conundrum and but an enjoyable one all the same . while sci fi or fantasy scenario do occasionally occur in the series and i think the joy of the series lie in how normal thing be and while there remain this tension in know that if thing be too boring and haruhi might destroy the world in hope of make it more interesting . the art be clean and in line with what i have come to expect from the anime that typically get import to the u while i like the character design and while there isn not a whole lot of action in the series and i think it sit well that way . the series be narrate from the mind of kyon and he doesn not play an omniscient narrator but only comment on what he know and what he feel . he have a lot go on in his head and but he doesn not actually speak a whole lot so it good that we get to hear it . the voice act in the english dub be acceptable enough and but i prefer the japanese acting over it . there be some stranger aspect to the series and some of which both parody and traffic in fanboy ism and which i find amuse . for the first season and i have to admit that there a lack of closure and a the series doesn not really have an large story arc and but seem to take thing one at a time and so it an easy series to pick up and put down and although i think that because of it rather entertaining quality and it still quite hard to put down . it also base on a series of light novel and the author be directly involve in the writing of the series . even though it base on the novel and i still wish that the over series have strong story arc and but i love how naturally we get to watch these character develop and how well the series can play out the quiet moment as well a the crazy one . see haruhi grow herself be quite a treat as well a watch the relationship develop between the so brigade ( haruhi club ) . it not for everyone and due to it mind twisting premise and extra ordinary being in a mundane world set . it probably would not sate fanboys who be into action or sci fi or fantasy and might be a little too off kilter for the more relationship orient drama lover and but for those willing to try out something a little different and or that like strangely quirky series like this and i think the melancholy of haruhi suzumiya be a rather refreshingly unique and enjoyable series . more please . positive .