Mikuru Asahina

Mikuru Asahina is one of the main characters from The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya series.
== Charactah Account ==
Painfully shy, walked-upon, and adorable, Mikuru doesn't seem to serve much purpose on the show other than fanservice, a rival love interest for Kyon (and the one he actually expresses interest in), and being the much-abused subject of Haruhi's "admiration". However, like the other characters, Mikuru has her own secret: she is a time traveler from an unspecified date in the future, sent to study Haruhi like Itsuki and Yuki, since Haruhi is the source of a temporal disturbance three years ago that prevents time travel to any previous period.
A shy and timid girl with a childish naïveté, Mikuru is depicted as kind, caring and thoughtful. She easily gets scared or flustered, more so in times whenever Haruhi is involved and makes her do embarrassing things. Apparently prone to daydreaming, she can also be rather clumsy at times. Nevertheless, she can be surprisingly resilient and is capable of recovering from even the most discomforting of situations as seen when Haruhi "teases" her. However, because of her gentle nature, she seems rather helpless most of the time. Kyon sees it as his duty to always watch over and protect her; although when it comes to Haruhi there is little to no rescue. However, at one point Koizumi states that Mikuru was chosen by the time-travelers for her beauty and for her ability to seduce Kyon, given that he is the only person whom Haruhi will listen to. Her helpless look when she willingly submits to Haruhi's unreasonable demands is part of her role. It's all so Kyon takes notice of her in order to control the group dynamic within the SOS Brigade.
Despite being reluctant to continue after the bunny-girl incident, where she was forced to wear a bunny-girl costume and pass out fliers on school grounds, Mikuru remains loyal and dedicated to the Brigade, as well as her mission as a time-traveler.
== Appearance ==
=== Anime ===
* Nyoron! Churuya-san
* The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya
* The Disappearance of Nagato Yuki-chan
* The Disappearance of Nagato Yuki-chan: I Cannot Let Summer Break End
* The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya
* The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya Season 2
* The Melancholy of Haruhi-chan Suzumiya
=== Light Novels ===
* The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya
=== Manga ===
* Nyoron! Churuya-san
* The Disappearance of Nagato Yuki-chan
* The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya
* The Melancholy of Suzumiya Haruhi-chan: The Untold Adventures of the SOS Brigade
* The Misfortune of Kyon and Koizumi
=== Video Games ===
* The Excitement of Haruhi Suzumiya
* The Mahjong of Haruhi-chan Suzumiya
* The Parallel of Haruhi Suzumiya
* The Perplexity of Haruhi Suzumiya
* The Promise of Haruhi Suzumiya
* The Reminiscences of Haruhi Suzumiya
* The Series of Haruhi Suzumiya
== Trivia ==
* Mikuru's birthday is October 21st. The Japanese school year begins around April 1st and ends in late March of the following year. Due to this, her birthday is only about 5-6 months after the Japanese school year first begins, meaning if she was a real student (or the actual age of a Japanese high school student in her grade), she'd age not long after the Japanese school year begins, as well as before the timeline point of The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya (light novel), which is winter (December), as October 21st occurs before December 18, the timeframe of the novel.
** Second-year high schoolers in Japan begin 11th grade at 16 and age to 17 when their birthday occurs. Mikuru would thus be 17 by this method if her actual age matched her presentation by the time of The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya (light novel), and 18 not much later on in the series (she is a grade above Haruhi, Kyon, and other 10th graders, and later on in the series, Kyon is in 11th grade as well.)
** She is one of the few characters to have a canonical birthday, aside from Tsuruya, whose birthday is December 6, and Haruhi Suzumiya herself, whose birthday is October 8th.
*** As well, Mikuru's birthday is only 13 days after Haruhi's.
== Gallery ==
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== External Links ==
* Mikuru Asahina at Haruhi Wiki
Category:Characters
Category:Females
Category:The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya