Talk:The Surprise of Haruhi Suzumiya (First Part)

Cover Pic?
Is there any link or reference that states that cover was made in 2007? --138.88.132.5 14:57, 18 August 2009 (UTC)
 * I went riffing through some blogs the other day (Japanese blogs) and there were posts dated 2007 (on the day it was announced the book was suspended) and the blogs showed several pictures, including the cover. Don't ever trust LSB-ON! - they lie and when the lies are proved to be false they act like they never said it. Only dead fish go with the flow. 17:18, 18 August 2009 (UTC)
 * I'm glad I have no idea what LSB-ON is! I assume it's a website? I'd like to know in-case I have a run-in with them in the future. I'm not the OP/IP, I just wanted to ask this question. --Fantomas 20:34, 18 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Yes, LSB-On! is a website (short for Lucky Star Brigade-On!) that acts like a news website for KyoAni's 3 most famous works. However, while sometimes they do post the truth, but it's usually a bunch of lies (you can tell when it's "their moderator" who provides the news). They "confirmed" that Haruhi Season 2 did not have new episodes (it did) and even went so far to claim that novel 10 was already released in Japan and Baka-Tsuki and Wikipedia were slow...and suddenly 10 posts later they gave news on the "upcoming" Haruhi novel.
 * They never admit that they lie, and they know they're lying because once they gave a link in Japanese...and then out of nowhere screamed not to use Google Translate because "it's inaccurate" and "only 25% is correctly translated" (which is all bullshit). If they have to make such preventative measures, it's a lie.
 * And so recently they posted a new post saying that after two years Tanigawa released the cover, claiming that it was progress. It's the only site so far to claim that it just came out. I wonder why... Only dead fish go with the flow. 00:46, 19 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Well, thanks for the lesson! I'll be wary if I hear anything coming from them. Though to be honest, I wouldn't expect much from a site which names itself after Lucky Star, haha! --Fantomas 10:55, 19 August 2009 (UTC)
 * The Sneaker February 2011 issue stated that the image of Haruhi used in that magazine would be the cover image Ultimatemegax 23:54, January 8, 2011 (UTC)

This really needs a link or citation
where did u find information of the new novel because that is really major news, that we havent had in a long time. Please Reply --138.88.127.217 03:17, September 6, 2009 (UTC)


 * Here. Only dead fish go with the flow. 03:33, September 6, 2009 (UTC)


 * K thanks. --138.88.127.217 13:54, September 6, 2009 (UTC)

Seventy/Eighty Percent
New info finally! Here's the source.96.255.137.55 00:07, April 29, 2010 (UTC)

Most recent edits (Dec 27, 2010)
The Anime News Network page on The Surprise has been updated with new info from the magazine (that came out Monday Dec 27 morning in Japan) saying the English release date has not been confirmed. That's why I'm ... reverting the reversion. (I'll only do so once, I don't want to spark an edit war.) PSH aka Kimera 757 (talk) contribs) 17:23, December 27, 2010 (UTC)
 * Then you need to be more clear that they did state initially that it would be released then; the current wording makes it sound like fan wank. Only dead fish go with the flow. 18:00, December 27, 2010 (UTC)
 * It's been changed to state what was in the article: They'll be releasing it in thirteen countries, but will reveal the ones in sequential order.Ultimatemegax 23:55, January 8, 2011 (UTC)
 * It's been changed to state what was in the article: They'll be releasing it in thirteen countries, but will reveal the ones in sequential order.Ultimatemegax 23:55, January 8, 2011 (UTC)

Changing name again
When Yen made their page for the novels last fall, they originally included the tenth novel as The Astonishment of Haruhi Suzumiya, which is why I re-titled the page. The summary just revealed for the ninth novel has it as The Surprise of Haruhi Suzumiya, which is in line with the original fan-translations and what it was titled before. I don't want to be hasty in changing the name back, but I wanted to bring awareness that we may need to change it back when the tenth novel is solicited. Recent history showed solcitations for the November novels as early as February of that year, so we should find out more in that timeframe. Ultimatemegax (talk) 16:35, November 6, 2012 (UTC)

Yen/Hatchette have licensed the tenth (and likely 11th) novel and will release it under the title The Surprise of Haruhi Suzumiya on September 1, 2013. It is not known yet if this will be one novel (which may require us to merge the two articles together) or if they'll be releasing them seperately. I think we should wait for more information before merging the two together, but the title should be changed to reflect the official title.Ultimatemegax (talk) 21:35, December 1, 2012 (UTC)
 * I think it's safe to change the article title now. I guess we won't merge the articles until we're sure. PSH aka Kimera 757 (talk) contribs) 00:17, December 2, 2012 (UTC)