4komas are a type of Japanese manga that are usually gag comic strips of popular anime or manga series that use a vertical series of four panels. Many of these are published by independent doujin artists at conventions in Japan. Probably the most popular are the Churuya-san 4komas made by Utsura Uraraka, which have been elevated to the status of an Internet meme. Churuya is a chibi version of Tsuruya, she even has been animated as part of the Haruhi Suzumiya-chan webisodes; her favorite food is …

I guess this is a second parter to the Kyonko post. Although not as popular as Kyonko, you can’t have a female Kyon without a male Haruhi. Some people have taken to calling the male Suzumiya-san as Haruki, others go by Haruhiko. If you think about it, Haruhi’s tomboyish characteristics transfer pretty well into an aggressive but quirky male character. Give Kyonko a tsundere personality and you have the prefect pairing. They can probably make an entire new show out of this and fans will love it. …

One of oddities which emerged from the Haruhi Suzumiya anime is the rise in popularity of “Kyonko”. Now it’s obvious that this name is a play on Kyon’s name. It is common with Japanese names to add a -ko suffix to a name in order to make it feminine. Examples: Kyo -> Kyoko. And you guessed it, Kyonko is the female version of Kyon. Now, I’m not sure how this genderbending of characters began, but it caught on fast and soon we had the opposite gender …