

I was watching The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya, and the first episode that
shows up for season 1 on Crunchyroll is episode 0. Because the show was played
totally out of order, I couldn't figure out where it fit chronologically. I
know it can't be before episode 1, so where does it fit?


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Where does episode 0 fall in the chronology?


Episode 0 is technically the last episode in the season. The chronological
order of the episodes can be found here:

<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_The_Melancholy_of_Haruhi_Suzumiya_episodes>

Under the E tab, you can order it by descending or ascending. Using
Crunchyroll's ordering, episode 2 should be the first episode to watch.


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The continuity is very slightly more clear in the novels. Episode 0 is the
movie that the SOS Brigade films to show at the school festival during "Live
Alive". In the novels, the Brigade makes the movie during _The Sigh of Haruhi
Suzumiya_ , the second novel in the series, which is adapted to anime in the
last four episodes of Series 2.

The novels _The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya_ and _The Boredom of Haruhi
Suzumiya_ both take place before _The Sigh_ , so the episodes based on those
novels--"The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya" parts 1-6, "The Boredom of Haruhi
Suzumiya", "Mysterique Sign", and "Remote Island Syndrome", all take place
before Episode 0. As senshin mentions, "Live Alive", "Day of Sagittarius", and
"Someday in the Rain" take place after Episode 0. "The Day of Sagittarius" was
in the fifth novel, _The Rampage of Haruhi Suzumiya_ , and "Live Alive" and
"The Adventures of Mikuru Asahina Episode 00" (our Episode 0) were in the
sixth novel, _The Wavering of Haruhi Suzumiya_. Both of these novels are
random collections of shorts that cover different time periods.


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