

[MAL's page on _The Disappearance of Nagato Yuki-
chan_](http://myanimelist.net/anime/26351/Nagato_Yuki-chan_no_Shoushitsu)
lists it as a spin-off for both [_The Melancholy of Haruhi
Suzumiya_](http://myanimelist.net/anime/849/Suzumiya_Haruhi_no_Yuuutsu) and
[_The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya
(2009)_](http://myanimelist.net/anime/4382/Suzumiya_Haruhi_no_Yuuutsu_%282009%29).

How exactly does the new series relate to the others?  
Where does it fall into the timeline?  
Or is it completely independent aside from using the same characters - in
which case, can it be watched without previously having watched any of the
older series?


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How does "The Disappearance of Nagato Yuki-chan" relate to the Haruhi Suzumiya series?


The show's existence is in itself a spoiler for _The Disappearance of Haruhi
Suzumiya,_ so anyone who hasn't seen the movie/read the book yet has been
warned.

_Yuki-chan_ is a spinoff anime based on a
[manga](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Disappearance_of_Nagato_Yuki-chan)
that began in 2009. The series is written by the original author of the
_Haruhi_ series, Nagaru Tanigawa, and takes place in the alternate universe
created during the events of _Disappearance,_ in which the members of the SOS
Brigade are simply normal humans, and the SOS Brigade doesn't even exist.

The spin-off focuses more on the day-to-day interactions between the
characters than the original series, and follows the titular Yuki-chan as she
attempts to pursue Kyon, on whom she has a crush. As the series progresses,
Yuki-chan develops a friendship with Kyon as she attempts to confess to him,
which leads me to believe that the series is non-canon, as the [following
conversation](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AqVA0GFOqZQ) takes place in
_Disappearance_ shortly after Kyon finds himself in the alternate universe
(around 3:17 in the link):

> "Nagato, tell me ... do you know ... who I am?"
>
> "I do. [...] I know that you're a student in class 5. I see you every now
> and then. But I don't know any more than that."

The spin-off can't take place before the events of _Disappearance_ because
_Disappearance_ Yuki only knows Kyon from when he helped her get a library
card, and it can't take place afterward because

> Nagato had actually used her powers to rewrite the world and take away all
> supernatural elements surrounding Haruhi, not just create an alternate
> universe, and she reverts the change at the end of the story, erasing
> _Disappearance_ Yuki and the rest of the _Disappearance_ SOS Brigade from
> existence.

The series is thus probably non-canon, and doesn't fit into any specific place
in the timeline.

Its plot is basically separated from that of the original series, so it can be
watched independently with almost full plot comprehension. However, enjoyment
of the characters and their actions might requires familiarity with the source
material because the much of the show's appeal stems from [gap
moe](http://whatjapanthinks.com/2010/01/17/gap-moe-alluring-discordance/), in
which a perceived difference or contradiction in a person's behavior or action
(i.e. "gap") is found to be cute or attractive. _Yuki-chan_ lets viewers see
the normally stoic Nagato express her feelings as a normal, shy girl, and
without this contrast the show turns into another "cute girls doing cute
things" anime - not that there's anything wrong with those.


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Here's my theory but it contains spoilers of "The Disappearance of Suzumiya
Haruhi" so proceed with caution.

> Perhaps "Disappearance of Nagato Yuki" is a parallel universe to the main
> series. Here's why: remember how Nagato gave Kyon a choice between the
> changed world and the original world? It was only because of that choice
> that allowed Kyon to fix everything to what it was again. However, what if
> that choice wasn't given to him? What if Nagato decided not to give Kyon the
> choice of reverting everything back to the original world? This TV series is
> the result.


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I think that it's not canon and it's more of a what-if spin off where they go
for what if the guy went for that girl instead or what if this event didn't
happen. I've seen that in a lot of animes, sometimes it's in one ova episode
and sometimes it's in 3 or more. I can put a few down like Rumbling Hearts and
the Clannad series.

The reason I think this is cause in disappearance of Haruhi, Haruhi wasn't
acting like her usually crazy self and was way more calm because of the change
but in Yuki Haruhi is a little more crazy than even the original show. So I
think it's more of a what-if thing. Forget the name of the category but
there's a name for it. All I remember there the word red in the name. Also,
Yuki herself is completely different too and we also forgot about Ryoko she
was the same in the movie a crazy killer and kills Kyon (kind of). But in the
disappearance of Yuki she's more like a normal girl who likes people and is
Kyon's friend.

well everythin is completely different to the movie like how characters are
and their friendships that wasn't in the movie kyon remembered and was
terrified of Ryoko and Ryoko still acted like in the show with no empathy yet
in this one she has empathy and is friends with kyon thats what gave me my
theory


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