The following article is a timeline of The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya.
The general timeline begins approximately three years prior to the beginning of "Bamboo Leaf Rhapsody" (that point is referred to as year -3). The series itself starts in April of year 0. Timeline information is derived from the light novels and The Observation of Haruhi Suzumiya, the latter includes a timeline of the first year in high school.
Only one specific date is given in the light novels: 1702 (15th year of the Genroku Emperor), Yauemon Tsuruya, the patriarch of the Tsuruya clan, discovered a mysterious titanium alloy device. He hid it on a hill under a gourd-shaped rock, which the SOS Brigade discovered during The Intrigues.
Timeline By Year[]
Distant Past[]
- Approximately 280 million BC: A form of data organism, an evolutionary offshoot of the Data Overmind, went extinct. One member went dormant on Earth. (Mystérique Sign)
- 1702 (15th year of the Genroku Emperor): Yauemon Tsuruya, the patriarch of the Tsuruya clan, discovered a mysterious titanium alloy device. He hid it on a hill under a gourd-shaped rock, which the SOS Brigade discovered in year 1. (The Intrigues of Haruhi Suzumiya)
- 1905, Parallel Sidestory III: The Message from Meiji 38, All Clear Out Here, (Meiji (明治時代 (Meiji-jidai)) 38): Kyon (probably) has a dream taking place in this time period.
Year -6[]
- Tsuruya and T meet and become friends. (Tsuruya's Challenge)
Year -3[]
- Before March: Haruhi Suzumiya's father takes her to a baseball game. She realizes how insignificant humans are. (The Melancholy novel, The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya Part 5)
- April: Haruhi becomes a student at East Junior High.
- Haruhi's powers emerge.
- As a result of these incidents, the Data Overmind created a series of humanoid interfaces. (The Melancholy novel, The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya Part 3)
- A series of humans are transformed into espers. One group of ten people forms the 'Agency'. These espers become aware of Haruhi's reality-altering abilities. (The Melancholy novel, The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya Part 5)
- Another group of espers, including Kyoko Tachibana, form another faction. They believe their powers originated from Sasaki, a student at another school, but that her powers somehow transferred to Haruhi. They intend to "fix" this phenomenon. This puts them into conflict with the 'Agency'. (The Dissociation of Haruhi Suzumiya)
- Haruhi's powers emerge.
Tanabata -3[]
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Year -1[]
- September, Rainy Day
Year 0[]
The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya[]
- The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya
- April, The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya Part 1: At the start of school, Haruhi Suzumiya introduces herself to her classmates, only wanting to deal with aliens, time travelers, sliders, and espers. Kyon asked her if she was serious, resulting in his first meeting. (Her first meeting was on Tanabata in year -3, but she didn't clearly see him.)
- May, The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya Part 1: Kyon noticed Haruhi's unusual behavior, such as changing hairstyles based on the days of the week. He eventually starts a friendship with her. Due to a conversation with Kyon, Haruhi decides to form a new club, the SOS Brigade. She forcibly recruits Yuki Nagato, taking control of her Literature Club room, and introduces Kyon to her. She later forces Mikuru Asahina into the club as well.
- The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya Part 2: Haruhi uses Mikuru to blackmail a computer from the Computer Research Society.
- The next day, Yuki gives Kyon a book to read. Haruhi forces Mikuru to dress up as a bunny girl to draw attention to the Brigade.
- The next day, Yuki told Kyon to read the book again. He found a note telling him to meet her. She took him to her place and told him she was an alien.
- The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya Part 3: Kyon doesn't believe Yuki and flees her apartment.
- Haruhi recruits new transfer student Itsuki Koizumi into the Brigade.
- The following Sunday, the Brigade searches for aliens, time travelers, and espers. Mikuru informs Kyon that she is a time traveler.
- While Kyon takes Yuki to the library, his old classmate Nakagawa sees them. An untrained esper, Nakagawa perceives the Data Overmind connection to Yuki as "love". He won't approach her until December. (Love at First Sight)
- Itsuki informs Kyon that he is an esper.
- The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya Part 4: Ryoko Asakura lures Kyon into a trap and tries to kill him, in order to trigger a reaction from Haruhi. Yuki rescues him and eliminates Ryoko.
- Kyon meets Mikuru (Big) in the classroom. She shows him her star-shaped birthmark, but he doesn't recall seeing that before. She gives a cryptic warning and a hint: "Snow White". After Mikuru leaves, Yuki also gives him a warning.
- The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya Part 5: Haruhi tries to research Ryoko's disappearance. She then confides some of her feelings to Kyon.
- Itsuki shows Kyon closed space and explains Haruhi's and his own powers to him.
- The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya Part 6: Haruhi gets annoyed at Kyon and Mikuru's playing. That night her powers draw her and Kyon into closed space. Itsuki enters with difficulty and tells Kyon that Haruhi's depression can destroy the world. Yuki gives Kyon another hint through the computer: "Sleeping Beauty". Kyon kisses Haruhi. The two return to the real world. Haruhi believes it's a dream.
- The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya Part 6, The Sigh of Haruhi Suzumiya prologue: Kyon meets Haruhi alone at the cafe, and tells her the true identities of the other club members. Haruhi doesn't believe him.
- April, The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya Part 1: At the start of school, Haruhi Suzumiya introduces herself to her classmates, only wanting to deal with aliens, time travelers, sliders, and espers. Kyon asked her if she was serious, resulting in his first meeting. (Her first meeting was on Tanabata in year -3, but she didn't clearly see him.)
Summer[]
Tanabata 0[]
- July 7, Tanabata, Bamboo Leaf Rhapsody
- Haruhi holds a celebration after school with the SOS Brigade. Yuki gives Kyon a bookmark with strange symbols on it, and Mikuru takes Kyon time traveling with her three years in the past.
- Approximately 9 PM: Kyon and Mikuru awaken from being frozen three years in time in Yuki's guest room.
Late Summer[]
- July, Mystérique Sign
- July, Mystérique Sign Returns
- July, Lone Island Syndrome
- August, A Perspective of Life from Shamisen
- August, Endless Eight
Cultural Festival and Aftermath[]
- Get in the Ring
- Early November (the Cultural Festival is traditionally held on the weekend nearest November 3rd, Culture Day): The Sigh of Haruhi Suzumiya
- November, Tales From The Thousand Lakes
- November, The Day of Sagittarius
- November, The Day of Sagittarius Aftermath
- November/December, Someday in the Rain
- December, Sound Around (last part)
The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya[]
December 16—21: The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya |
- December 16-17: The events of these dates occurred on December 17th in the novel but over the two days in the movie.
- December 18: Early in the morning, Yuki takes control of Haruhi Suzumiya's reality-altering abilities and remakes the world, changing everything that had occurred in the previous year. She transforms herself into a human, Ryoko Asakura into a "protector" and creates the Emergency Escape Program.
- Kyon's memories are unaffected. The consequences of the program include moving Haruhi and Itsuki Koizumi to Kouyouen, which is transformed from a girl's school to a co-ed school.
- Kuyoh Suoh is unaffected by these changes. (The Surprise of Haruhi Suzumiya)
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Disappearance Aftermath[]
- December 24, The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya: Epilogue
- Love at First Sight
- December 30, Snow Mountain Syndrome
- December 31, Where Did the Cat Go?
Year 1[]
- January 1, Red Data Elegy: The SOS Brigade spent time at Tsuruya's villa, when Haruhi flew a kite with the SOS Brigade logo on it, leading the Brigade to find an extinct wolf family and an old shrine.
- January 2
- Haruhi arranges for kimonos for the girls. (Random Numbers)
- The Intrigues of Haruhi Suzumiya (prologue)/The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya ~Another Day~
- Kyon asks Mikuru to travel back in time to the previous December 18th with him and Yuki. Mikuru's future orders told her to follow Kyon's instructions. Furthermore, the request was anticipated.
- January 3, Random Numbers
- January, The Melancholy of Mikuru Asahina
The Intrigues of Haruhi Suzumiya[]
- February 3rd: The SOS Brigade celebrates Setsubun by throwing beans.
- Monday, February 7th - Tuesday, February 15th, The Intrigues of Haruhi Suzumiya
- March 3rd: The SOS Brigade held a Hinamatsuri festival.
- March 14th, White Day. Kyon and Itsuki gave chocolate to the SOS Brigade girls. (The Intrigues of Haruhi Suzumiya)
March[]
- March, Editor in Chief★Straight Ahead!
- March, Welcome to the House of Terror
- March, Wandering Shadow
The Dissociation and The Surprise[]
The Dissociation of Haruhi Suzumiya and The Surprise of Haruhi Suzumiya |
- April, The Dissociation of Haruhi Suzumiya
- Last day of vacation: Kyon arrived at the train station early for an SOS Brigade meeting. He ran into his old friend Sasaki there. The rest of the Brigade arrived as they talked, and Sasaki, a charming woman, introduced herself as Kyon's old friend before departing. Haruhi became irate and began creating closed space.
- Thursday, first week of school: Various North High clubs, including the Brigade, attempted to recruit new members.
- Friday: Haruhi plans on test questions for new Brigade members and announces a "Search For Mysterious Events" for the next day.
- Saturday: Kyon arrived early again, and met Sasaki, along with Kyoko Tachibana and Kuyoh Suoh. Tachibana was one of Mikuru's kidnappers from The Intrigues of Haruhi Suzumiya. The rest of the Brigade arrived, during which Itsuki and Yuki stared at their opposites (Tachibana and Suoh). Later that night, as Kyon was taking a bath, he received a phone call...
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- Friday:
- The two Kyons fuse into one, gaining the memories of both timelines. Kuyoh, Itsuki, and the older Mikuru all show up. Haruhi's closed space begins to invade Sasaki's.
- Fujiwara reveals his motives: to save his timeline's version of Mikuru, who is his sister. He commands Kuyoh to kill Haruhi.
- Kuyoh summons an unconscious Haruhi and drops her from a height. Kyon leaps out the window to catch her. Both of them are caught by a Celestial. Kyon is transported into the future.
- Kyon returns from the future at 8 pm and goes to bed.
- Sunday: Kyon talks about the week's events with Itsuki and Yuki.
- Monday: During club, Haruhi reveals that Yasumi is reportedly a middle-schooler and so cannot join the Brigade. Kyon goes to shop for Haruhi's present, meeting and talking with Sasaki along the way.
- Tuesday: Kyon talks to Tsuruya, Taniguchi, and Kunikida on the way to school. At club time, Haruhi starts planning the Brigade's next venue.
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The Intuition of Haruhi Suzumiya[]
- May 31st: Seven Wonders Overtime
- June: Tsuruya's Challenge
Near Future[]

College-aged Haruhi Suzumiya
- Kyon briefly meets an older version of Haruhi Suzumiya at college. (The Surprise of Haruhi Suzumiya)
- Haruhi and the Bespectacled Boy, aka Hakase, play a role in developing time travel. (The Adventures of Mikuru Asahina Episode 00, Editor-In-Chief★Straight Ahead!)
Distant Future[]
Mikuru Asahina and Fujiwara have differing futures and originated here. (The Surprise of Haruhi Suzumiya)
Time Loops[]
The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya features a number of stable time loops.
The future appears to be malleable, according to Mikuru Asahina, whose job is to protect the future she came from. Another time traveler faction, represented by Fujiwara, is irritated that they cannot change the future, although he has made attempts to do so.
Major Time Loops[]
One time loop extends from year -3, three years before the start of the series, to The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya. Four years ago (year 0), a frustrated Haruhi Suzumiya created a timequake, supposedly resulting in the creation of espers and drawing the attention of the Data Overmind. The timequake prevented time travelers from traveling before this point as well. This event seems to have sundered the timelines of Fujiwara and Mikuru Asahina; the former considers the latter his sister, but the latter says she has no brother.
On Tanabata of year 3, Mikuru took Kyon with her to three years prior (year 0). Kyon met with adult Mikuru, who gave him an assignment: help young Haruhi. She also disabled young Mikuru's TPDD. Kyon did as instructed, introducing himself to Haruhi as "John Smith". She noticed his North High uniform, and Kyon indirectly convinced her to go to that school. After leaving her, Kyon and Mikuru found themselves stuck in the past. Kyon took young Mikuru to see Yuki Nagato, who "froze" them in time three years until the "present day".
On the morning of December 18th, Yuki "stole" Haruhi's powers and rewrote the history of the world for the previous year and altering everyone's memories—even hers—but not Kyon's. (She also turned herself into a human.) This act created a timequake more powerful than the one generated by Haruhi. Yuki left behind an Emergency Escape Program if Kyon wished to revert the changes. Kyon eventually did, three days later. The program sent him back to the original Tanabata. He met adult Mikuru, who apparently had not yet left that time period. She told him to give another message to young Haruhi, and then they met at Yuki's apartment again. There Yuki revealed the culprit of the time manipulations was her future self. She gave Kyon a device to convert this Yuki back into a humanoid interface, then had Mikuru take him back. She could not go herself, as she had to oversee the "frozen" Kyon and Mikuru.
When he arrived back on the dawn of December 18th, Kyon had been told by the previous version of Yuki that he had to wait for Yuki to convert the world before curing Yuki. Kyon was interrupted by Ryoko Asakura, who nearly killed him with her knife. As Kyon fell, he was rescued by another Yuki... and himself. The "future" Kyon gave him a message. "Present" Kyon's injuries were later explained as him falling down the stairs. Kyon lost consciousness for three days. His memories of December 18th to 21st were significantly different from those of Haruhi, young Mikuru and Itsuki Koizumi.
On January 2nd of the following year, Kyon took Mikuru to Yuki's apartment. The three traveled to the previous December to save Kyon's life and put the world right. Yuki herself converted her previous self from a human to an interface.
According to Itsuki, the world changed significantly on December 18th, calling that point in time "X", and the time after the world was fixed "X*". Because Kyon did not stop Yuki from changing the world, only "resetting" it, "X" still exists, and has simply been "covered up".
Timeline Branch[]
The events of The Dissociation and The Surprise involve a timeline branching, called α and β, revolving around Haruhi "splitting" reality, apparently as a result of her becoming worried about Yuki's illness starting Saturday. In both realities, a younger version of Haruhi called Yasumi Watahashi was created.
That same day, Kyon got a phone call. In the α timeline was from Yasumi, although Kyon had never met her and so didn't realize who she was, whereas in the β timeline, he got a call from his old friend Sasaki.
In the end the two timelines were merged, leaving some confusion among people who had combined their alternates.
Itsuki Koizumi theorized that Mikuru Asahina and Fujiwara "split" realities in the future.
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Itsuki and Kyon definitely combined as the timelines converged, but Itsuki could not be sure about other people. He believed the current Haruhi was the α version, but she demonstrated memories from both timelines. For instance, she recalled Yasumi joining the Brigade (α), but also Yuki's illness (β). The orchid that Yasumi had obtained, only brought in the α timeline, was still there.
Itsuki believed that only the Brigade, Taniguchi, Kunikida, Sasaki and Tachibana noticed the timeline split (suggesting they had all combined their selves/memories).
Minor Time Loops[]
When Kyon first met adult Mikuru, she told him about the mole on her breast, saying Kyon had told her about it. Kyon, however, had yet to notice this and hadn't told her this from his perspective. Afterward he investigated photos of Mikuru, and noticed the mole. Only then did he tell her, which is how adult Mikuru became aware of it. This enabled Kyon to detect the false Mikuru in Snow Mountain Syndrome.
The world was caught in over 15,000 two-week-long stable time loops due to Haruhi's subconscious over the August vacation in Endless Eight. The SOS Brigade (except Haruhi) would notice the loops many times, and Yuki was completely aware of them, but would take no action against it. In addition, Mikuru could not use time travel. Kyon eventually resolved the loop.
In The Sigh of Haruhi Suzumiya, Yuki had to repeatedly inject Mikuru with nanites to keep her from making unintentional reality-altered attack. In The Disappearance, Yuki needed to do this to Adult Mikuru again three years in the past (from Kyon's perspective). When Mikuru mentioned how she was sorry she'd made Yuki do that "in the past" (during The Sigh), Yuki replied that for her, this was the first time she would do so.
In The Melancholy of Mikuru Asahina, a rival time traveler tried to kill a child. Mikuru (small) arranged for Kyon to rescue him from murder and later Mikuru (big) arranged for Kyon to inspire his vision of time travel. Mikuru (big) revealed that in the future, Haruhi would invent some of the theory behind time travel, and so would the boy. If it wasn't for Mikuru's faction's interference, the boy would not have grow up to develop his own contribution to time travel.
A coalition of opponents led by Fujiwara, a rival time traveler, and Kyoko Tachibana, a rival esper, conspired to kidnap Mikuru Asahina in February of year 1 (The Intrigues). Mikuru avoided this problem by jumping back in time eight days, creating two of her for that time period. Kyon and Yuki were assigned to assist "Michuru", as this version was called, from meeting her other self. Fujiwara attempted to prevent "Michuru" from taking a piece of time travel technology, but then let them have it. Later the enemies kidnapped "Michuru" but this was foiled by the 'Agency'. The enemies vanished in front of Kyon, complaining that the future could not be changed.
At the same time, Kyon was instructed by Future Mikuru to find the Bespectacled Boy and throw a turtle into the cold water in front of him. The vision of the ripples would eventually lead the boy to invent the TPDD in the future. As apparently the boy would not have made his invention without Kyon's inspiration, this creates a time loop.