THE MELANCHOLY OF HARUHI SUZUMIYA

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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.

English translation © 2008 by Hachette Book Group, Inc.

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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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First Yen Press Edition: October 2008

ISBN: 978-0-7595-2944-1

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