The long awaited second season of the Melancholy of Suzumiya Haruhi has begun, secreted in the midst of a rerun of the first season, and as revealed earlier is the new “Bamboo Leaf Rhapsody” episode.
What remains of Haruhi fandom has exploded, and 2ch entered into meltdown mode with hundreds of posts a minute.
You can see something of the episode below:
The repeated leaks of broadcast schedules seem almost almost too convenient… Quite possibly a deliberate effort
All that remains to be seen is whether the marketing debacle (or “innovative viral marketing strategy”, as Kadokawa will doubtless like to think of it) succeeds in recouping something of the huge popularity the series once enjoyed now that the age has apparently shifted to K-ON!

























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might be a stupid question but anyone know if this has been accurate so far? i can't find what order the other eps were in, all i know is that this is #8.
01. The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya part I
02. The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya part II
03. The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya part III
04. The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya part IV
05. The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya part V
06. The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya part VI
07. The Boredom of Haruhi Suzumiya
08. Bamboo Leaf Rhapsody part I
09. Bamboo Leaf Rhapsody part II
10. Mysterique Sign
11. Endless Eight part I
12. Endless Eight part II
13. Remote Island Syndrome part I
14. Remote Island Syndrome part II
15. The Sigh of Haruhi Suzumiya part I
16. The Sigh of Haruhi Suzumiya part II
17. The Sigh of Haruhi Suzumiya part III
18. The Sigh of Haruhi Suzumiya part IV
19. The Adventures of Mikuru Asahina Episode 00
20. Live Alive
21. The Day of Sagittarius
22. Someday in the Rain
23. The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya part I
24. The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya part II
25. The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya part III
26. The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya part IV
27. The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya part V
28. The Disappearence of Haruhi Suzumiya part VI
^from some other anon
nevermind lol. theres nothing left of bamboo leaf rhapsody. still hoping thats pretty much the lineup though
Nice job anon!! now i know what i have to expect!!
HARUHI-SAMA, I NEVER LEFT YOU!!!
I WAS ALWAYS BY YOUR SIDE!!!
I KNEW YOU WOULD RETURN!!!
>:3 >:3 >:3 >:3 >:3 >:3
???????
I wonder why anon's are getting so worked up about the best anime or anime character.
It doesn't really matter. I'm just overjoyed at the fact that both can exist and that one just got a recent update..
Doesn't matter whether K-ON or Haruhi tops the charts because that's just going to mean KyoAni versus KyoAni anyway. And I believe some people, like me, will have enough room for both.
I daresay Artefact is letting his bias for K-ON influence his judgment.
I'd like to see some of these charts he says shows K-ON's superiority. These charts are almost certainly only for Japan, and in any case only one ep of the new season has come out. It's too early to judge.
LOng live haruhi!!!
twas a good episode but did seem a little fast paced? in any case, am expecting excellence in the coming days
Fuck Mio.
I already had.
which makes mio a slut.
I even came.
Haruhi came back and K-O Mio
Haruhi already fucked her. Oh wait, Mio fucked Haruhi. Actually, they're a lesbian couple.
Uh "FUCK YEAH"
Wonder if this is going to revive that Haruhi-ism cult thing... Well, even if it does this time its got competition, what with the Mio-ism and such.
I know I'm breaking out MY Haruhiism shirt once more, I was just getting ready to put it into retirement too... HUZZAH!
HOLY HELL.
400+ comments already? FUCK this thing IS overrated D: I had no idea of the extent before now...
Am I the only one who actually freaks out a little whenever he sees Haruhi's face? It's because of her that I started to understand why some kids at school used to say that anime characters look like aliens. Seriously, is this just a joke? Like maybe it's just funny to jump on the bandwagon and praise this show? lol. Yeah, I came too. HARUHI I LOVE J00, lol.
Oh well, don't mind me, continue your obsessive fandoming ^^ I just wanted to get that out.
Great. The most overrated piece of trash to pollute the airwaves on JPN TV and the Internet continues to stink up the joint. Rapture.
go suck a dick trollfag.
Hmmmm....
"We do not appear to have any records of the torrent ID you supplied, maybe the torrent has been deleted?"
subbed :]
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=UB52TU6K
kay.... new chap, so what??? its nice and all but, ia m really discharmed whit haruhi ( does that word exist??? O.o), i still can foget about the stupid way of torturing fans, and anyway i already read this so...., well any way this is way better than haruhi chan whic creeped me out, jsut one more thing....take care of jonh smit ( or was it doe??), he will save the world.
GB2 to Elementary
reset
Eight hours and counting, and still no subs, huh.
Someone said above that there have been subs out for a while now, with no link to prove it, though.
there are but expect trolls
IM ADDING ON TO THE SERVER CRASHHHHH!!!!!!! GAHHHHHH
1 Phrase: "OMFG HAX... LET THE FUN BEGIN ONCES AGAIN!"
The cacophony is stronger than I imagined. So this is what it's like listening to the summer cicadas in Japan.
Seen it now and...
Meh, not that impressed.
Haruhi Banzai Haruhi Banzai
Not gonna happen.. i've seen bigger threads b4 on sanakaku..
but who knows..
this is the 1st day Artefact posted this thread
1st day over 400
1st day already 4th on the Monthly comments list. That is impressive.
I FUCKING KNEW IT!!!!!!
MY GODDESS IS BACK!!!!
HAIL HARUHI!!!!!!!!!
I FUCKING CAME SOMETIMES WHILE WATCHING THIS EPISODE!!!!!!!!
let's get the party started!
oh,it's started already last night >_<
Well it'll be interesting to see the Disappearance arc, for all those Nagato fans out there. Somehow it feels like there's going to be a Haruhi vs. Mio character battle or something. Well, think I'll just stand on the side and see who's still standing when the dust settles. I don't really care either way, since Haruhi feels too foggy in my memory to really get hyped about too much and I haven't even bothered watching K-On (if I wanted lots of moe, I'd go play Flyable Heart or Nursery Rhyme).
Yep, Nagato fans will see a blushing Nagato, but I want to see Mikuru in here Santa outfit.
OMFG CAME 20 MILLION TIMES!!!!
HARUHI IS HERE! HARUHI OVERCAME THE IRON CHARIOTS!
Konata-chan is very happy now.
`kay, i am downloading it, lets see what haruhi can do...mmm somehow i dont feel any ecxited at all... well i supose one whole year of bitching kills all the magic.
Oh Haruhi. Why you looks like Ritsu now?
What?
Haruhi sama is back. I is too happy to be upset about my exams. cheeeeeersssssss!!!!
The new Haruhi reminds me of the producers of K-ON cause of Haruhi's face and smile. look closely
do you mean animators...kyoani? cuz they do make both... what?
Dude, they are made by the same company *facepalm*
If anything, K-on is the prodigy of Haruhi, that was the first thing I thought of when I saw the promo art for K-on forever ago, oh look, they look like Haruhi style.
Am I, by any chance, missing a fad or a meme here?
3 years in the making and they give us that kind of ending????
come on, give us another hare hare yukai~
the opening better be damn good next week...
NO FUCKING WAI! O.o.......this is sweet, only thing is now i gotta deal with the mass of haruhists again T.T
0mg 400+ comments
OH MY! Is this for real?
:D
HO SYIT..I CANT BELIEVE MY EYES..HARUHI XD
I've thought it was just a rerun.
I was so surprised but I'm so glad to watch the 2nd season.
It's like Haruhi that the 2nd season started in secret.
and so it has begun.
Isn't there some sort of dire consequence if you touch your previous self due to same atoms not allowed to be in different places.
So Mikuru is essentially UNINSTALLing dimensions just by touching herself.
Man I took that the wrong way.
By the way, SPOILER!!!!
I don't remember anything like that mentioned in the books. Anyway, they wouldn't be the same atoms because the skin dies and regenerates over time. Also, there shouldn't be a problem with the same atoms being in the different places because they're just being inserted into the "flipbook" the Mikuru describes. Plus, even if there was, Nagato mentions that time is just another dimension of space, so that would mean atoms from different time planes would have to be technically different atoms as otherwise time travel would be impossible.
hurrah! more haruhi! Now, lets hope for some more minami ke and school rumble!
Everyone should keep in mind that chronologically, the next new episode would be 12. Four weeks away :P
They'd have the cave cricket and island episodes inbetween.
HARUHI SAMA
/me worships
LOLZ @ the number of comments... the server might crash. ^_^
Sancon's server is still alright. Still can't beat the Sanya Incident i guess..
I guess they have decided to completely ignore volume 2 of the novel.
No, probably it will be aired later.
Sorry to the fans, but I agree with Artefact, to a point. I definitely agree that haruhi is overrated, however it was still a decent show. One thing is for sure, obsessing like some fans do (and this is not limited to just haruhi) is ridiculous, and rarely ever leads to a good outcome.
It's OK!!! we just gonna have to put you to death, that's all.
Shoulda had Kyonko as new lead.
@Jag: Fucking damn right.
God damn, internet, why can't we just have some good things once in a while without all the damn griefing. Between a shitty economy and a piss-poor job market, I'm tired of the bullshit. I feel like its time to smack a ho'.
Sooooo, assuming they're airing this mess chronologically, the next chance for a new episode will be in 4 weeks (after Mysterique Sign, Lone Island Syndrome I&II), with "Endless Eight," which would make a wonderful episode if done right.
キタ━━━━(゚∀゚)━━━━━!!
YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEESSSSSSSSSSS!!!FUCKINGGGGGGGG YESSSSSS!!!!
ALLL HAILLLLLLLL HARUHI-ISMM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!GAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH!!!!!MY ONE AND ONLY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
OUR GOD HAS RETURNED!
m( -_- )m
ABOUT.
FUCKING.
TIME.
And I'll repeat myself to all those idiots that can't keep their diarrhoeic drivel to themselves...
KEEP THE FUCKING SPOILERS TO YOURSELVES!!!!
And hurray, now every single faggot filled group is going to troll-release the episode, just piss everyone off. God, I fucking hate the internet.
why are you here then?
I said I'd believe it when I saw it, well, I believe it!
I just Jizzed in my Pants
Tis' Fine, but what interests me most at the moment is Volume 10 of the novel... Anyway, I'll eventually watch this... sooner rather than later I suppose.
Current "Age"?
K-ON! or Haruhi?
I'll go with the light music club on this one...
HI-FIVE, COMRADE~
i dont like Haruhi .-.
but i will looked even so
Waaaaaaaaaitaminnit...should I watch it now? or should i wait for the season to end so that I may watch it in the preferred "chronological" order?
Bye K-ON!
And
Hello Haruhi!!!!!!!!!!
Haruhi 2!!!!!!!!
OMG.
When I saw this, the world stoped for percisly 15 seconds.
I was the happiest child ever.
FORGET K-ON!
It's all over for them now.
Forget K-on!? NEVAH!!! MOE MOE KYUN RESISTANCE!!!
Praise Haruhi!!!!
And now they just air the 2nd season ? Took me long enough to wait for this. Now I'll just add it into my 'currently watching list'.
Now watching : K-On! & Queen's Blade, now adding SHnY-S2 into the list.
muwahahaha..finally...that's what I am talking about...
I don't care, enjoy your shitty 2 new ep
Chuthullu should stay asleep, here comes haruhi
15 hours has passed away...
but there are still many new comments in here. (incld. mine) wwwwwww...
Haruhism is incredible...
ALL HAIL HARUHI-SAMA
.......
what else can I say?
キタ━━━━━━(゚∀゚)━━━━━━ !!!!
OUR GOD HAS RETURNED!
ALL THOSE WHO HAVE LOST FAITH SHALL BE SMITED!!
SMITED!!! BWUAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
I believe the correct conjugation is "smitten."
careful, Haruhi doesn't like ignorance.
...So, anywho... about the original topic...
CoalGuys and two other groups have replaced their websites with the SOS logo. I guess that means they're going to fansub it, obviously. In conjunction, rivalry, I don't know.
Any reason why it's taking six hours to sub one of the hottest releases of the year?
Because Haruhi fans AREN'T in as huge number as you think they are. They are just LOUD.
This guy clearly lost touch with reality. May Haruhi bless you.
same wit k-on FAG
Not really, at least K-ONfags don't even bother bashing Haruhi when the Mio-madness started..
What are you talking about, there are 2 sub releases already.
no, they are huge....massive even and ALSO loud
also there is already subs out for almost an hour. I would say this is about the same as R2 speeds for subs