The Boredom of Suzumiya Haruhi

The Boredom of Suzumiya Haruhi
This story carries the same title as the book itself. This is the first story where the reader gets
reacquainted with the SOS Brigade. I think this story was published on the Sneaker magazine
two months before "The Melancholy of Suzumiya Haruhi" got published.
At first I was quite worried, since it didn't make sense to release a sequel before the main story
even got published. Yet it seems I was the only person who was worried, as no one else seems to
have any problems with it, I was relieved as well. As this story was thought up and written very
quickly in a short time, I was concerned as to how well it would do. In the end no one said
anything bad or good about it, at least I never heard anyone's comments, so I told myself that this
isn't too bad either.
By the way, as far as I can remember in my life, I've participated in not more than ten baseball
tournaments. As a second baseman who couldn't catch any flying balls, there was nothing I did
to make myself renowned. I also recently discovered that I have never scored a run before,
though it's too late for me to be thinking of this, I'm still stunned whenever I think about it.
Bamboo Leaf Rhapsody
At first I wanted to call this story "The Apprehension of Asahina Mikuru," but then I thought
people wouldn't be able to recognize this as part of a series, hence the name change. At that time
I never intended that a short story I had just published would have a sequel. I still remember how
surprised I was when I saw the magazine print the words, "To be continued" at the end of the
story. That feeling is still fresh in my mind.
As there was a time traveler, it didn't make sense not to have a story about time traveling, so I
came up with this story. Yet deep inside I hoped that this would become the prelude to what's to
come later on.
Mysterique Sign
Due to chance, this story took the least time from the moment I thought of it to its completion.
Just as I was wondering what the characters should be doing, I realized I had already finished the
story. Ever since publishing this story, I had wanted to change the series title to "Fight on,
Nagato-san," but this way the story would end up in a dead-end, so I abandoned that idea in the
end. However, of all the characters, she has the most potential for development, even I am
expecting a lot from her. Nagato-san, please fight on. By the way, what should I do with the
glasses? Would she look better with them after all?
I had originally intend to give more scenes to the Computer Group president, but right now my
thoughts are too disorganized, who knows how he'll develop.
Lone Island Syndrome
As a matter of fact, I started writing this before "Mysterique Sign," and had intended for this to
be published first, but then I realized this story was getting longer as I kept writing. Due to my
nature of wanting to take full responsibility for my works, this story has exceeded the pages
originally intended for a short story. And as a result, this story has become the longest story in
this book, a "bonus" that is neither too long nor too short. I still have a lot to learn from this
lesson. I'm always thinking of ways to try and improve the way I work, but that's easier said than
done. When I look back at my life, there were only a handful of times where I actually fulfilled
what I told myself to do. For this reason alone, my brain has already regressed to that of an
amoeba.
Is there anyone out there willing to provide a luxury living quarters in a lone island for me to
stay for one week? If you need a witness, I think I'm more than capable of doing the job. Of
course, it's possible I would spend the whole day sleeping instead.
And so, I'm very lucky to have published my third book. This is all thanks to everyone. I'd really
like to list out everyone's names, job titles and even nicknames. This includes all my readers,
though I don't think I could ever find out their names, all I can do is give you my most sincere
thanks.
Let us meet again in another place.
Tanigawa Nagaru