The Melancholy of Suzumiya Haruhi: Suzumiya Haruhi 11

大事&大事な heavenly time
A crucial, crucial heavenly time
階段が over the way
The stairs are over the way
その場限り無敵のアイだアイだアイ
It’s the spontaneous invincibility of love, of love, of love

忘れないから悲劇だ
You can’t forget it, so it's a tragedy
ものがたりのオキテ
That’s the law of stories
その場限り無心のアイだアイだアイ
It’s the spontaneous innocence of love, of love, of love

実際はか弱き胸 せつないでしょ?
In reality, your delicate heart pains you, doesn’t it?
放っといて欲しいよ
You wish to be left alone
でも、たまに会ったら無我夢中!
But sometimes, you lose yourself in others!

“Star Way to Heaven”
Lyrics and Translation by
Anime Lyrics

I featured Arisa Mizuhara’s version of Haruhi way back in 2007, when the blog was just beginning. I thought that a second look couldn’t hurt, am I right? Thanks to EvenGodDoesntKnow for sharing this!

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The Melancholy of Suzumiya Haruhi: Nagato Yuki 11

音も無い世界に
In a world without sound,
舞い降りた
I fluttered down:

I was snow

『生み出されてから三年間、
“For the three years since I was born,
私はずっとそうやって過ごしてきた』
“I have spent that entire time doing so.”

なにかが壊れて なにかが生まれる
Something breaks, and something is born
繰り返し無駄なことさえ
Even the things that repeat fruitlessly
やめない人たち 不思議なひとたち
Unrelenting people, mysterious people
眺める私も含まれた
I, who observe them, was included as well

“Snow, Silence, by the Window”
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An adorable looking Yuki from Japan Comiket 85! Marcello really took a lot of photos this year, I hope you guys aren’t tired of seeing photos from the convention yet! Thanks again for letting me feature this!

Source: Marcello Masiero on Flickr

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The Melancholy of Suzumiya Haruhi: Suzumiya Haruhi, Asahina Mikuru, and Nagato Yuki

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ナゾナゾみたいに地球儀を解き明かしたら
If we can map out all of Earth’s mysteries,
みんなでどこまでも行けるね
We will be able to go to any place we want.

ワクワクしたいと願いながら過ごしてたよ
We spent our lives with anticipations and hopes,
かなえてくれたのは誰なの？
But who is the one that grants them?

時間の果てまでBoooon！！
Until the end of time, Boooon!!

＊ワープでループなこの想いは
*With a warp, this looping feeling
何もかもを巻き込んだ想像で遊ぼう
Swirls everything together and plays around with them.

“Sunny Sunny Happiness”
Lyrics and Translation by Anime Lyrics

These girls are so cute! And listening to Hare Hare Yukai certainly brings back a lot of great memories, wouldn’t you agree? Thanks to Benny for sending this in!

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残念な想いはもう たくさんでしょ?
You have a lot of distressing feelings, don't you?
引っぱってみたいね
Like being stretched out
いま、槍が降っても自己主張!
Now, assert yourself even if the going gets tough!

I say, don’t stop all my dream
Stand up! you should satisfied
また後悔するより ここで変わろうよ
Rather than still having regrets, I'll change here
迷いながら転びながら Come out!!
Though hesitating and turning away, come out!
キミは来るね キミは来るよ
You'll come, right?
You'll come!

“Star Way to Heaven”
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Another awesome cosplay by Kipi! It’s really amazing how she manages to portray so many different characters so well. I hope I can meet her one day. Thanks to Gabriella for sending this in!

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The Melancholy of Suzumiya Haruhi: Suzumiya Haruhi 08

Source: Mary Albert Balbacal on Facebook

Suzumiya Haruhi appears to enjoy being the center of attention as her club activities are often the result of her desire to increase the SOS Brigade’s notoriety. She believes things that are out of the ordinary to be automatically fun and has very little regard for what constitutes as normal behavior. Once, she even changed clothes in her class while surrounded by her classmates.

This is actually one character that I really can’t understand. Even after watching the series, Haruhi is still something of an enigma to me. In any case, a beautiful cosplay by Mary Albert Balbacal! Be sure to check out her Facebook Page for more of her cosplays!

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The Melancholy of Suzumiya Haruhi: Suzumiya Haruhi 07

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Highly competitive in nature, Suzumiya Haruhi has a tendency to accept any challenge, regardless of difficulty or time constraint, without even a hint of hesitation. While her constant optimism and over-confidence make her seem arrogant, Haruhi seems to be unable to make any proper tactical decisions as she often rushes into things without any regard to her members. She has very high standards and won’t accept anything less than perfection from herself and her Brigade.

Very cute Haruhi cosplay! I always thought she was extremely bossy, but she does have her adorable side which she only shows to Kyon. Thanks again to Lirica for sending this in!

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The Melancholy of Suzumiya Haruhi: Nagato Yuki 09

Yuki is a “humanoid interface”, or artificial human, created by a god-like alien figure known as the Data Overmind. According to her, the Data Overmind has existed since the Big Bang, and it has been frustrated over the slow pace of evolution. However, three years ago, it had noticed an explosion of data, which was later traced none other than Suzumiya Haruhi. It then created humanoid interfaces like Yuki, strategically placed near Haruhi in hopes of gaining insights by observing the phenomenon.

Cute cosplayer from Japan Comiket 82! She really looks a lot like Yuki especially with this pose. Thanks again to Michelle for sending this in!

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The Melancholy of Suzumiya Haruhi: Suzumiya Haruhi 07

In the third novel “The Boredom of Suzumiya Haruhi”, Haruhi told everyone during the SOS Brigade's standard after-school meeting to write down wishes for the Tanabata festival. After the meeting was over, Mikuru took Kyon back in time, to the Tanabata festival three years ago, where he met Haruhi in seventh grade. He was then coerced into helping her, much like she does in present time. When she asked him his name, Kyon simply replied, “John Smith”.

Cute cosplay from Tanzoir of Deviant Art! I love her expression on this photo! It looks like she’s either plotting something, or seeing through a lie. Thanks again for letting me post this!

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The Melancholy of Suzumiya Haruhi: Nagato Yuki 08

In one of the episodes of the Melancholy of Suzumiya Haruhi, Yuki and Haruhi acted as stand-ins for four-member band in their school cultural festival. Surprisingly (or unsurprisingly), Yuki was able to memorize the music piece just by looking at it, and played the guitar flawlessly on stage. Kyon later commented that Yuki probably played along with Haruhi to keep her from being bored.

Awesome cosplay! I had to crop this, but the original image is linked on the thumbnail, so feel free to see the high-res version! Thanks to Shinji for sending this in!

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Tokyo NicoNico Cospllection

On the 4th of December 2011, Nico Nico, in cooperation with Japan’s largest cosplay community website “Cure”, came together to introduce the world to Japanese Cosplay Culture.

Niconico’s special stage replicated each cosplayer’s world in detail using 360 degree LED screens accompanied by powerful sound systems! Top cosplayers from popular anime series including Tiger and Bunny, Mahou Shoujo Madoka Magica, Final Fantasy, Touhou Project, and even Vocaloid made their appearances on stage!

If you missed the event like I did, you can download the show through torrent. If you’re a cosplay fan, this is a rare chance for you to see your favorite cosplayers moving and without photoshop! Even Kipi made a special appearance dressed as Hatsune Miku!

Thanks to Marcello for letting me know about this! For now, I will leave you with a video of Danceroid members Ikura, Aikawa Kozue, Yuzuki, and Maam performing Maji Love 1000% from Uta no Prince-sama!

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The Melancholy of Suzumiya Haruhi: Nagato Yuki 07

After the "camo cricket" incident, Kyon realized that Yuki plays a "behind the scenes" role, making her one of Haruhi's puppeteers whose goals are to ensure Haruhi is fully satisfied and to make sure that order and balance are maintained. Yuki joined the SOS Brigade to monitor Haruhi and prevent her from feeling bored or disappointed because it is generally believed by the Data Overmind that such a drastic event could mean the end of the universe.

Such a heavy responsible for a cute girl, but one Yuki can handle flawlessly! Thanks again to Michelle for sending this in!

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The Melancholy of Suzumiya Haruhi / Zeta Gundam: Nagato Yuki and RX-178 Gundam Mk-II

You can probably tell that's Nagato Yuki from The Menlancholy of Suzumiya Haruhi giving a notice to the Gundam; but that’s just the thing: I have no idea what Gundam model and make that is! And those “03” markings make me think it’s an Eva Unit more than a Gundam.

So I shall be leaving this in the Unknown section while I quietly sit down and wait for my readers to let me know from which series that Gundam is from… please? While I try to figure out how to title this blog entry properly seeing we have a crossover between two series. A very cute one at that. Thanks to again to Miriam for sending this!

EDIT: Thanks to anon for identifying the RX-178 Gundam Mk-II from the Zeta series!

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The Melancholy of Suzumiya Haruhi: Suzumiya Haruhi 05

Although very little is revealed about Haruhi’s childhood, she mentioned a revelatory incident when she attended a baseball game with her family. While she regarded her life as special as a child, the sheer number of people in the stadium brings her to the realization that they fit into the normal, everyday occurrences and habits of Japanese citizens and humans in general. Haruhi believes that at least one person in the world would have a truly unique and interesting life, and she searched for the extraordinary in order to become that person.

Stunning cosplay by Mizuno Shiro! I really like this outfit for Haruhi, although I have no idea whether this actually appeared in the series or not. I know there’s a figure though… Thanks again to Yuna for sending this!

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The Melancholy of Suzumiya Haruhi: Nagato Yuki 05

SOS Brigade's "indispensible silent character”, Nagato Yuki was included into the Brigade when Haruhi arrived in the room and declared it as her own. Similar to Koizumi Itsuki, Yuki is obedient when orders are given, but it is noted that her loyalties lie more with Kyon rather than Haruhi. She is also very protective of Kyon, as evident when she used her body to shield him from Asakura Ryoko’s attack.

Beautiful and daring cosplay! Though I don’t remember Yuki actually wearing a bunny outfit in the anime. I thought it was only Haruhi and Mikuru. Thanks to Padme for sending this in!

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As according to the original light novels, Yuki has extremely pale skin, in which Kyon describes to be “white”. Once when Kyon, Haruhi, and Yuki went to the public library, Kyon notices that Yuki has the uncanny ability to walk soundlessly and is puzzled by it. Despite these strange qualities, Yuki has a lot of secret admirers and Taniguchi, one of Kyon’s friends, rates her with an “A-“.

I have to apologize for the lack of updates lately. Well, less than usual. There have been some problems in the real world, but hopefully I can have better time management now. Thanks to Jullian for sending this photo from Winter Comiket!

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The quiet, taciturn bibliophile of Suzumiya Haruhi's SOS brigade, Yuki is an artificial human created by the Integrated Data Entity who is sent to observe and prevent Haruhi's godlike powers. She hardly ever says anything, but whenever she does, it usually lacks emotion. Yuki is a rational thinker and finds it hard to communicate with other humans due to her intelligence and lack of empathy.

Another pretty cosplayer from this year's Comiket! Again, if anyone knows who the photographer or cosplayer is, please let me know so I can properly credit them. Thank you so much for your contributions!

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The Melancholy of Suzumiya Haruhi: Suzumiya Haruhi 04

The eccentric and unpredictable heroine of the series, Suzumiya Haruhi does not care for any of the "normal" human beings in the world and only has interests in the paranormal; particularly aliens, espers, and time travelers.

What she doesn't know is that the people she is closely associated with are not normal at all. Nagato Yuki, for example, is an alien, while Asahina Mikuru, is a time traveler. They are all closely watching over her as she has the ability to create parallel universes known as Closed Spaces and create transparent creatures known as Titans that can destroy everything it comes in contact with.

Although her hair is a little long, she makes a very convincing Haruhi. Although she could also be Mikuru wearing Haruhi's headband? Thanks to Deb Aoki for sharing this awesome picture!

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