Yeah a friend reccomended the show to me due to comedic value, and I dug Haruhi's tomboy thing so I stuck with it :) I went back and read themanga afterwards up to as far as they had gotten this ..uh...january..but I felt like the plot at that point was just kinda stretching out how long they could go before there was a solid confession/shiptease-a-palooza. I hear things have gotten interesting lately though :)