High school freshman Kyon has sworn off anything supernatural, right up until his classmate Haruhi Suzumiya announces to the whole room that she's only interested in aliens, time travelers, and espers. When no one already like that turns up, Haruhi starts the SOS Brigade and drafts Kyon, silent bookworm Yuki Nagato, timid upperclassman Mikuru Asahina, and ever-smiling transfer student Itsuki Koizumi to go find some. Kyon suspects his new club is a lot stranger than Haruhi realizes. This single-volume manga adapts only the opening light novel before its run ended early.