Kyon is a cynical and sarcastic teenager. The first day of his first year of high school is filled with hopes of a normal school experience hopes that are immediately dashed after meeting the beautiful and eccentric Haruhi Suzumiya. Haruhi is athletic brilliant and completely bored with life. At Kyon s accidental suggestion she decides to create her own club dedicated to finding and observing life s oddities like the aliens espers and time travelers she believes walk among normal people. Now Kyon and a ragtag group of recruits are Haruhi s right-hand men in the newly formed SOS Brigade. But all is not what it seems. The quiet bookworm? Alien. The busty sophomore? Time-traveler. The handsome transfer student? ESPer. And the biggest surprise? They re all there because Haruhi herself has the ability to reshape the world as she sees fit. Maybe Kyon should have joined the literature club.