A PREVIEW OF "THE MANGA ADAPTATION OF THE MELANCHOLY OF HARUHI SUZUMIYA"

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Nagaru Tanigawa’s The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya has been such a phenomenon in Japan that it spawned both an animation and manga adaptation. Please flip your book over to the “back” to enjoy a preview of the manga version of The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya currently in stores!

If you’re not already familiar with manga, it’s worth pointing out that Japanese reads right to left so you should move through the panels and pages in “reverse” order.

THE MELANCHOLY OF HARUHI SUZUMIYA

Original Story: Nagaru Tanigawa

Manga: Gaku Tsugano

Character Design: Noizi Ito

Translation: Christine Schilling

Lettering: Alexis Eckerman

SUZUMIYA HARUHI NO YUUTSU Volume 1 © Nagaru TANIGAWA • Noizi ITO 2006 © Gaku TSUGANO 2006. First published in Japan in 2006 by KADOKAWA SHOTEN PUBLISHING CO., LTD., Tokyo. English translation rights arranged with KADOKAWA SHOTEN PUBLISHING CO., LTD., Tokyo through TUTTLEMORI AGENCY, INC., Tokyo.

All rights reserved. Except as permitted under the U.S. Copyright Act of 1976, no part of this publication may be reproduced, distributed, or transmitted in any form or by any means, or stored in a database or retrieval system, without the prior written permission of the publisher.

The characters and events in this book are fictitious. Any similarity to real persons, living or dead, is coincidental and not intended by the author.

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