Society for the Promotion of Japanese Animation (SPJA) award for Best Female Character. In 2009, IGN ranked her as the nineteenth greatest anime character of all time. Haruhi fans have light-heartedly referred to themselves as followers of "Haruhiism", referencing the God-like status of Haruhi that Koizumi mentions in the original The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya light novel. Haruhiism is a mock religion, based on Koizumi's suggestion that an undefined phenomenon which happened three years prior to the start of the series was Haruhi destroying the universe and then creating the current universe according to her own design. Haruhi fans have jokingly claimed that Haruhi is the creator and destroyer of everything. Critical reception Although Felicity Hughes of The Japan Times describes Haruhi as having tsundere character traits in her treatment of Kyon, she notes that the opinion is controversial as fans consider her "too energetic to be truly tsundere". Her outlook has been compared to Fox Mulder's from the X-Files, as both characters "want to believe." Unlike Mulder, Finnegan describes Haruhi as an "immature, self-centered tsundere with violent mood swings." In a 2020 ranking on Crunchyroll of the most popular characters from the Haruhi franchise, Haruhi herself was ranked second behind Yuki Nagato, and received 114,690 points. See also List of Haruhi Suzumiya characters References Haruhi Suzumiya Female characters in anime and manga Literary characters introduced in 2003 Television characters introduced in 2006 Animated characters introduced in 2006 Fictional Japanese people in anime and manga Haruhi Suzumiya characters Teenage characters in television Teenage characters in anime and manga Animated human characters Fictional characters who can manipulate reality Fictional goddesses