Pa tsiku loyamba la kusekondale, Haruhi Suzumiya analengeza zomwe zinadabwitsa aliyense kuti: “Ndilibe chidwi ndi anthu wamba. Ngati wina aliyense pano ali mlendo, woyenda nthawi, wotsetsereka, kapena esper, chonde, bwerani mudzandiwone! Ndizo zonse.” Kyon, munthu wabwinobwino kwambiri yemwe amakhala ndi tsoka lokhala patebulo pamaso pa a Haruhi, poyamba adadabwa ngati akuseka. Koma Haruhi Suzumiya amakhala wovuta nthawi zonse. Nthawi zonse. Mulimonse momwe zingakhalire, Kyon sanafune kuti alowe nawo muzochita zake. Koma kukambitsirana wamba mwangozi kumapatsa Haruhi lingaliro lopanga kalabu yodzipereka pakuzindikira ndi kufufuza zinthu zosamvetsetseka, Kyon amapezeka kuti ali kale m'mutu, makamaka Haruhi atamupanga kukhala woyamba kulemba usilikali. Mamembala ena a gululi ndi Nagato Yuki, mtsikana wabata, wokonda mabuku; Mikuru Asahina, msungwana wokongola kwambiri wosankhidwa ndi Haruhi kukhala "mascot" wa kilabu; ndi Koizumi Itsuki, mnyamata yemwe nthawi zonse akumwetulira wosankhidwa ndi Haruhi kuti azisewera "wophunzira wodabwitsa". Ndipo kotero SOS Brigade imabadwa! Zinthu zimangokhalira zovuta komanso zovuta kwambiri kwa Kyon, komabe, atazindikira kuti Haruhi wadzizungulira mosazindikira ndi anthu omwe amawafuna nthawi yonseyi kuti awapeze: Nagato Yuki ndi mlendo kwenikweni, Asahina Mikuru ndi woyenda nthawi, ndi Koizumi. Itsuki ndi esper! Ndipo n’cifukwa ciani anthu onsewa aoneka poyamba? Bwanji, kwa Haruhi, ndithudi! Zaka zitatu zapitazo, Haruhi anayambitsa vuto linalake limene aliyense wa iwo amaona kuti n’lofunika kulifufuza. Ndipo Kyon, pazifukwa zilizonse, akuwoneka kuti ndi yekhayo "wachibadwa" mu gulu lonse. Funso lake lalikulu: chifukwa chiyani?
