The Genderbending of Haruhi Suzumiya [Spoilers Aplenty]

[Kang Seung Jae]

oh and who cares about breasts anyway

A person who doesn't know the Way.....

[beanbrew]

Breasts are AWESOME, contrary to what the lolicons say.

They're okay...as long as they aren't very large...but I guess no one's going to listen to me because I'm a lolicon?:heh:

Did we just spend almost three pages talking about Kyonko's breasts?

[Ithekro]

Bust CRACK. Great isn't it.

Moved the thread a little while we wait for Chapter 5....or are we on Chapter 6 now?

[Kaisos Erranon]

They're okay...as long as they aren't very large...but I guess no one's going to listen to me because I'm a lolicon?:heh:

Did we just spend almost three pages talking about Kyonko's breasts?

Yes. At least it's on topic.

And, as for my preferences, to quote Sojiro Izumi: "It would be fair to say I am also a lolicon".

Bust CRACK. Great isn't it.

Moved the thread a little while we wait for Chapter 5....or are we on Chapter 6 now?

Chapter 5. I'm working on it right now.

[Forceflow]

They're okay...as long as they aren't very large...but I guess no one's going to listen to me because I'm a lolicon?:heh:

Did we just spend almost three pages talking about Kyonko's breasts?

And after that we shall begin discussions on Itsuko's specifications.

C or D? :heh:

[beanbrew]

Yes. At least it's on topic.

And, as for my preferences, to quote Sojiro Izumi: "It would be fair to say I am also a lolicon".

I wouldn't say I'm exclusively a lolicon, I just don't like melonpan. I wish Kotomi had smaller breasts...

[Ithekro]

Mikuru class bust. Likely D.

[Kang Seung Jae]

Did we just spend almost three pages talking about Kyonko's breasts?

It's relevent to our interest.


I want to consider almost all info about Kyonko. For example, what should be her hair length, hair color, eyesight (btw, does Kyon use glasses?), etc.


And after that we shall begin discussions on Itsuko's specifications.

C or D? :heh:

Lower-pier D, although I'll try calculating.


I wouldn't say I'm exclusively a lolicon, I just don't like melonpan. I wish Kotomi had smaller breasts...

SMALLER?!?!?!

[Forceflow]

I want to consider almost all info about Kyonko. For example, what should be her hair length, hair color, eyesight (btw, does Kyon use glasses?), etc.

Not all the time but...

http://img504.imageshack.us/img504/6686/1205614090442fe7.th.jpg (http://img504.imageshack.us/my.php?image=1205614090442fe7.jpg)
:love::love::love::love::love:

yes...yes she should.

[beanbrew]

[B][COLOR="royalblue"]SMALLER?!?!?!

Yes. I had the impression she was one of the larger Clannad girls. I wish Kyou was smaller too, but Tomoyo might be fine...

[Kang Seung Jae]

Not all the time but...

yes...yes she should.

I was talking about the original Kyon.



And yes, Kyonko should wear glasses sometimes, like Tomoyo.


Yes. I had the impression she was one of the larger Clannad girls. I wish Kyou was smaller too, but Tomoyo might be fine...

Oh, confused Kotomi with Kyonko.

Let me find my statistics of the Clannad girls....

[kaura117]

I wouldn't say I'm exclusively a lolicon, I just don't like melonpan. I wish Kotomi had smaller breasts...

...just when you think that Beanbag can't get any more broken...

[CanadaAotS]

oh and who cares about breasts anyway

I don't know how to communicate with you. :( Makes me sad really.

And after that we shall begin discussions on Itsuko's specifications.

C or D? :heh:

Low D by American standards. Whatever that translates to for Japanese, I have no clue really.

Anyway, I think we need to pan out some hard numbers for the character's here. It's officially Health Checkup day in the thread... it's almost CRACK but it's on topic, so hopefully things won't be so dead.

Also, what's the progress on the next chapter? :p Come on! Almost done the first book! Plus Jintor looks so useless, twiddling his thumbs and such...

[Forceflow]

Yes. I had the impression she was one of the larger Clannad girls. I wish Kyou was smaller too, but Tomoyo might be fine...

Kotomi... larger...

NYYYUUU~~ Dun DFCify Kyou~ :bash:

[beanbrew]

Kotomi... larger...

NYYYUUU~~ Dun DFCify Kyou~ :bash:

I don't think she should be DFC. Just smaller.

[Forceflow]

Anyway, I think we need to pan out some hard numbers for the character's here. It's officially Health Checkup day in the thread... it's almost CRACK but it's on topic, so hopefully things won't be so dead.

If its health checkup day, we're handling the guys as well? :twitch:

I don't think she should be DFC. Just smaller.

She wasn't very big to begin with anyways so to reduce it further is sad.. but OOT :heh:

[Kang Seung Jae]

Here are the Clannad Girls Statistics:

Nagisa:

155 cm, 43 kg
80-55-81

Kyou:

160 cm, 46 kg
82-56-82

Tomoyo:

161 cm, 47 kg
86-57-82

Kotomi:

160 cm, 48 kg
88-58-85

Fuko:

150 cm, 41 kg
78-54-79


I would say Itsuki (一姬) should be 162cm in height, 86 in breast (similar to Tomoyo)


If its health checkup day, we're handling the guys as well? :twitch:

Why not?

[Kaisos Erranon]

I want to consider almost all info about Kyonko. For example, what should be her hair length, hair color, eyesight (btw, does Kyon use glasses?), etc.

Kyon doesn't wear glasses, though official art has depicted him holding a pair of what appears to be emo glasses... (Well, he already has the hair...)

Hair length... I don't really know. About the same length Haruhi's used to be, I guess.

Eye color is brown. Good eyesight.


I would say Itsuki (一姬) should be 162cm in height, 86 in breast (similar to Tomoyo)

If that's as big/bigger than Mikuru, sure. And height wise is fine.



As for the guys... I'd rather not go there.

[beanbrew]

If its health checkup day, we're handling the guys as well? :twitch:



She wasn't very big to begin with anyways so to reduce it further is sad.. but OOT :heh:

Maybe my impression of how big everyone is is off...I'd better rewatch Clannad.

Edit: Looking at Kang's statistics, definitely off. Reconsidering...

[CanadaAotS]

If its health checkup day, we're handling the guys as well? :twitch:


Of course. You think they skipped the guys on actual health check day? Only happens if Kimura-sensei is running the operation...

Also, I think Itsuko is a tad larger then Tomoyo. I say we go for Kotomi (oh god me loves the melonpan (Wanting to change them is sacrilegious beanbag :mad:)) sized 88 cm. I'm sure Mikuru is around that size as well.

Someone needs to dig up the 3 sizes of Yuki, Haruhi, Mikuru, hell even Asakura and Emiri if it's available.

EDIT
@Kaisos - If we decide to go by that fanfic that was posted earlier, we could just say it ends at her hips (when down). Also, guys sizes will only include height and weight ... :shudders:

[Kang Seung Jae]

Also, I think Itsuko is a tad larger then Tomoyo. I say we go for Kotomi (oh god me loves the melonpan (Wanting to change them is sacrilegious beanbag )) sized 88 cm. I'm sure Mikuru is around that size as well.

Mikuru's height is 152cm, so if we use Kotomi's figures, then Mikuru's breast size should be about 84 cm.

[Kaisos Erranon]

Of course. You think they skipped the guys on actual health check day? Only happens if Kimura-sensei is running the operation...

Also, I think Itsuko is a tad larger then Tomoyo. I say we go for Kotomi (oh god me loves the melonpan (Wanting to change them is sacrilegious beanbag :mad:)) sized 88 cm. I'm sure Mikuru is around that size as well.

Someone needs to dig up the 3 sizes of Yuki, Haruhi, Mikuru, hell even Asakura and Emiri if it's available.

EDIT
@Kaisos - If we decide to go by that fanfic that was posted earlier, we could just say it ends at her hips (when down). Also, guys sizes will only include height and weight ... :shudders:

Guy's heights:

Haruki- 182 cm
Yuuki- 170 cm
Mitsuuru- 165 cm

I don't know how much they'd weigh, though... only that Haruki weighs a lot and most of it is muscle.

Mikuru's height is 152cm, so if we use Kotomi's figures, then Mikuru's breast size should be about 84 cm.

Itsuko is taller, though.

And I can't believe KyoAni went to all the trouble of giving us their heights but never their measurements... *despairs*

[Kang Seung Jae]

Haruki- 182 cm
Yuuki- 170 cm
Mitsuuru- 165 cm

I don't know how much they'd weigh, though... only that Haruki weighs a lot and most of it is muscle.

I say:


Haruhiko: 175 cm, 76 kg
Yuuki: 178 cm, 72 kg
Mitsuru: 158 cm, 56 kg


I could go into the BWH sizes, but I'll pass for today.

[feRfe]

meh none small medium they're all chill
i dont like big though

[Kaisos Erranon]

I say:


Haruhiko: 175 cm, 76 kg
Yuuki: 178 cm, 72 kg
Mitsuru: 158 cm, 56 kg


I could go into the BWH sizes, but I'll pass for today.

Yuuki's height is a bit unrealistic... he can still be weedy, but not taller that Itsuki was.

As for Haruki (please stop calling him Haruhiko) I tried to use Harima Kenji's build as the base... and Harima is 190 cm tall. Be glad I decided not to go that far.

Mitsuuru seems waaay too short. He's still quite a bit taller than Kyon-chan, in my view.

[Aebliss]

The picture you linked to with long hair looks very, very creepy. And while Kuyou managed to send a chill down my spine, it wasn't because of her appearance. If you could find some middle ground between the two, it might just work.

Eh. I thought he looked more cranky than creepy in that picture. I thought Kuyou's creepiness was due in no small part to the extreme of what Nagato used to represent: an absence of emotion and inability to connect with humanity.

[Kang Seung Jae]

Yuuki's height is a bit unrealistic... he can still be weedy, but not taller that Itsuki was.

As for Haruki (please stop calling him Haruhiko) I tried to use Harima Kenji's build as the base... and Harima is 190 cm tall. Be glad I decided not to go that far.

Mitsuuru seems waaay too short. He's still quite a bit taller than Kyon-chan, in my view.

Itsuki is 178 cm.

I imagined that Haruki would be shorter than Yuuki.

Shotas need to be shorter than 160 cm, in my view. The average Japanese high school male is about 168 cm.

[Jintor]

Yare, yare.

Get me something to editjob.

[Ithekro]

If Mikuru is that big in bust, but 152cm, how would that scale up to the rough 162cm or so for Itsuko? I figured she be about Haruhi's hieght (or about a head taller than Kyonko) with about the same bust scale as Mikuru.

At least we aren't scaling them on Azumanga's Sakaki or Yomi, Beanbrew. "American"-class and fairly tall for Japanese girls (174cm and 163cm respectively).

[Kaisos Erranon]

If Mikuru is that big in bust, but 152cm, how would that scale up to the rough 162cm or so for Itsuko? I figured she be about Haruhi's hieght (or about a head taller than Kyonko) with about the same bust scale as Mikuru.

At least we aren't scaling them on Azumanga's Sakaki or Yomi, Beanbrew. "American"-class and fairly tall for Japanese girls (174cm and 163cm respectively).

Wasn't Yomi "Hawaiian", as I recall?

[Kang Seung Jae]

If Mikuru is that big in bust, but 152cm, how would that scale up to the rough 162cm or so for Itsuko?

88 cm.

That's why I was using 86 cm as Itsuko's breast size.

[Ithekro]

Dumb question: How large is Haruhi?

As Yomi said, Hawaii is part of America.

[Kang Seung Jae]

Dumb question: How large is Haruhi?

Height: 158cm.


Breast size: Not revealed. However, I would say about 82 cm.

[Jintor]

This is the fanboy side of things I really don't get.

I guess it's technically relevant, but still...

[Kang Seung Jae]

This is the fanboy side of things I really don't get.

I guess it's technically relevant, but still...

Well, it's really not a fanboy thing. It's more related to my tendency to get technical with everything.


When you try to calculate the land area of ancient empires...... You should get the idea.

[Jintor]

It's like... it's breast size, forgodssake. You're codifying breast size. I guess it is a representation to know every single tiny little detail about everything, but I'm more happy trying to work out how Kyonko would think or react to something than worrying about how large her chest is.

Whatever. Carry on, I'll just lurk until something needs to be editjob'd.

[Kogetsu Shirogane]

If you're really bored, feel free to editjob the stuff I've been putting up. It'd actually help me out a lot to know what all I'm doing wrong here.

Oh right, part three's been done for a while. I'll probably have the next part up before turning in.

Thanks to these experiences, I was now standing in the dusty track field with the other out-of-this-world members of the brigade.

The Baseball Team looked rather stunned about being forced off the field by us. I mean, how else would they react? A mysterious club suddenly appears with their apparent leader waving a bat around and yelling like a raving lunatic. If he had a helmet and roller blades on, they'd probably be running for their lives right about now. While they were busy being awestruck, we had already taken over the track field, which was actually reserved for the Baseball Team. They were even forced to pick up the balls and throw them. How could they not be bewildered?

Not to mention our group was wearing normal school uniforms, excluding our resident butler.

"Let's start with a thousand bats!"

Just as Haruki had forcasted, were were now covered in a rain of baseballs in our row on the pitcher's mound.

"Kyaa!"

Asahina-sempai knelt down, covering his head with his glove. I risked my life to catch the balls in an effort to make sure he didn't get hit. Each of Haruki's strikes had a killing instinct. Guess it doesn't really matter what it is, he'll go all out with anything.

Itsuko carried her usual grin and nimbly dodged each ball aimed in her direction.

"Hmm, I haven't played like this for a long time. Makes me feel nostalgic about it."

Itsuko casually avoided Haruki's wild hits while revealing her snow white teeth. If you have so much energy, why can't you help protect Asahina-sempai!?

I turned to Nagato and saw him standing like a statue, facing Haruki. He just stood there, completely ignoring the incoming meteor shower of baseballs. Not even a ball flying past his ear by mere centimeters could move him. Occasionally, however, he would move his glove, as though he were a remote-controlled robot, and catch a ball that would have otherwise hit him. Really, you should move around a bit more, or should I really be complimenting you on your good eyes?

I shouldn't have been paying attention to other people, as a ball suddenly passed my glove between my legs, and hit Asahina-sempai's knees. How could I have been so careless?

"Ouch!"

Asahina-sempai the butler yelled, "It hurts......"

He started to sob, I couldn't take it any longer.

"I'm counting on you guys!"

After telling that to Itsuko and Nagato, I shielded Asahina-sempai and brought him out of the white line.

"Hey! Where do you think you're going? Kyon! Mitsuru-kun! Get back here!"

"He needs medical treatment!"

Ignoring Haruki's protests, I helped Asahina-sempai to the clinic. Asahina-sempai covered his eyes with his hands to rub off the tears as he walked shoulder to shoulder with me. It was only then that he had realized he was leaning against me,

"Kyaa!"

He made a sound so cute that I wish I would've been able to record it, and leaped away while looking at me with slightly reddened cheeks,

"Kyon-chan, you can't. If you get too close to me... it'll happen again..."

What'll happen again? I shrugged my shoulders as I said, "Asahina-sempai, you can go back now. I'll just tell Haruki that your injury will take two days to heal."

"But..."

"Don't worry, Haruki's the one to blame, there's no need for you to feel guilty about it."


When I made it back, the batting practice was still in progress. What had suprised me was that the members of the Baseball Team were fielding, while Itsuko and Nagato stood outside the field.

When Itsuko saw me, she smiled happily.

"Oh, you've returned?"

"What's he up to now?"

"Just as you see. It seems he wasn't satisfied with our performance, and he's been like that since then."

He was incredible. Every ball he hit flew in the direction he intended.

The three of us had nothing to do aside from watching Haruki hit every ball. This guy, who's insanity knows no limits, finally put his bat down and wiped the sweat from his forehead while looking very satisfied. To this, Itsuko cheerfully commented, "He's really amazing. He actually managed one thousand hits."

"What's really amazing is that you actually counted them."

"......"

Nagato turned away silently, so I decided to follow him.

"Hey,"

I made a suggestion to the quiet uniform-clad individual. "Could you make it rain on the day of the match? Hard enough that they'd have no choice but to cancel it."

"It is not impossible." Nagato answered plainly while walking, "But it is not recommended."

"Why's that?"

"Partial data alteration of the environment would result in side-effects in the planet's ecosystem."

"Side effects? For how long?"

"A few centuries to ten thousand years."

Now that's a long time.

"Then I guess we better not do it, then."

"Indeed"

Nagato nodded his head forward about five centimeters, then continued to walk forward without stopping.

I turned around to see Haruki standing on the pitcher's mound preparing to pitch.

In case anyone missed 'em, here's part one (http://forums.animesuki.com/showpost.php?p=1511433&postcount=7584) and part two (http://forums.animesuki.com/showpost.php?p=1513947&postcount=7643).

*e* Also part four, current revision (http://forums.animesuki.com/showpost.php?p=1518773&postcount=7787)

[DJ_RockmanX]

It's like... it's breast size, forgodssake. You're codifying breast size. I guess it is a representation to know every single tiny little detail about everything, but I'm more happy trying to work out how Kyonko would think or react to something than worrying about how large her chest is.

At least it's not CRACK. And I very much approve of the discussion thus far. :cool:

[CanadaAotS]

How do you not get it Jintor? Things like bust size are need to know stats for fanboys.

[Red225]

I am lol at the last few pages of discussion.


Just sayin'.

[Kogetsu Shirogane]

I am lol at the last few pages of discussion.


Just sayin'.

People randomly talking about breast sizes is better than no one saying anything. At least it shows there's still an interest in the topic.

[Kang Seung Jae]

People randomly talking about breast sizes is better than no one saying anything. At least it shows there's still an interest in the topic.

It's not random, it's deliberate.

[Kogetsu Shirogane]

I'm fairly certain the topic was only brought up as a result of something else, and therefore it would logically be classified as "random." Although technically speaking, it would be considered deliberate by this point, as the topic was shifted back to it on multiple occasions.

[shaoron]

...

everyone's ignoring the rewritting and discussing all about the height and chest size

[DJ_RockmanX]

...

everyone's ignoring the rewritting and discussing all about the height and chest size

It is important for visualization purposes. It makes the rewrites easier. Ain't that right Kaisos?

[dkellis]

Mm, Kyon-chan would be the shortest, about the same height as Mikuru. Itsuko is about the same as Haruhi.

Yuuki would be average, about the same as Kyon and Taniguchi, while Mitsuuru is shorter, a bit less than Kunikida's height.

Male Tsuruya would be as tall as Itsuki, but Haruki is about 182 cm, which is huge for a Japanese kid.

Anecdotal viewpoint: at 185cm, I bump my head on everything here in Singapore. I've not been to Japan since I hit my growth spurt (about a decade ago), but I imagine it's not much better. I'm used to having to peer across the tops of people's heads, and occasionally I overhear whispered conversation about how tall I am.

Objectively I'm not that tall (when I was in the US, I was one of the shorter/average ones), but I suppose it's a case of relative heights of bystanders and my skinny frame. Also, the scale of things: lack of legroom here is a constant irritation.

Haruki at 182cm seems a bit much. I realize that Harima Kenji may be 190cm HUGE, but he doesn't seem so big compared to the others, and especially compared to the "bigger delinquent than thou" characters, who must be rather impressive if they tower over Harima that much. I'm assuming some sort of comedic exaggeration in the animation, if the height is indeed correct.

Anyway. I don't have much to offer by way of exact quantities, but my mental images of the characters are as follows:

Haruki: Slightly but noticeably taller than average, somewhat rangy build.

Yuuki: Tall. Taller than anyone else in the SOS Brigade, and probably taller than anyone Kyonko meets on a regular basis. (This allows for the random fanarts of him patting her head for no discernable reason.) Kind of skinny, but not bony.

Mitsuru: Short for a guy, but still taller than most girls. I'd put him at slightly shorter than canon-Kunikida. Still has his baby fat.

Itsuko: I described her as "tall, very good figure, beautiful, like a supermodel". So she has to be taller than average, leggy, curvy, big-busted, the works. (Yes, I know that real fashion models tend not to actually be that curvy, since it interferes with the display of said fashion.) Canon-Taniguchi would not hesitate to class her as S-rank. She has to look like the school idol, the one all the guys still cannot believe exists, much less be in their school. I have to emphasize all of this, because I find it delicious that later, when she starts confiding more in Kyonko, the reader realizes how much all of this is manufactured.

Kyonko: Short, scrawny (but still kind of vaguely worried about putting on weight), best described as "petite". I don't mind putting her at canon-Yuki's height and general build.

My opinion about Kyonko's self-image is basically that it's Ordinary: she claims not to care that much about it. She's resilient enough to shrug off casual or inadvertant insults about her body. She's come to terms with the fact that she'll never be a supermodel. But, like everyone else, she harbours the tiny hope that she's not completely repulsive, and that she's still "not that bad".

Therefore, one-off shots from Haruki (since he's the only one insensitive enough to say so) about her being flat-chested aren't likely to lead to anything. Constant repetitions, however, may lead to more self-doubt and attempts to "improve" her image, at least according to the media depictions of "beautiful". (We'll leave that debate aside.)

I know Kyon doesn't care that much about his own appearance in the canon. Kyon also doesn't get "you're ugly" comments from Haruhi on a regular basis.

It goes: AAA, AA, A, B, C, D, etc.

Offtopic: cup sizes have always struck me as kind of analogous to battery (more accurately cell) sizes.

Yes, I know how tasteless that is. I can't help it.

[DJ_RockmanX]

snip

I agree with everything in this post. That's about it.

[Roger Rambo]

I say:


Haruhiko: 175 cm, 76 kg
Yuuki: 178 cm, 72 kg
Mitsuru: 158 cm, 56 kg


I could go into the BWH sizes, but I'll pass for today.
Mitsuru is to short. Making a bit shorter than original Kunkida would be more appropriate (like say, 163cm).

Damn, talk about height, and within 2 pages, people start talking about breasts.

[Forceflow]

Damn, talk about height, and within 2 pages, people start talking about breasts.

And this is a probelm? How? :D

Yuki by her character, was never gonna have many guys going after her. Yuuki on the other hand is a freaking bishie. Was never fully explored on yuki's side; so how would yuuki deal with the girls throwing themselves at his feet? I hope he doesn't act lile a statue like usual even though thats the most likely behaviour... >.>

[otai]

Well, it's really not a fanboy thing. It's more related to my tendency to get technical with everything.


When you try to calculate the land area of ancient empires...... You should get the idea.

She has got huge... tracts of land? :D

Most artists aren't really concerned with the sense of proportion though. But if we want to seriously visualize this, someone should draw the character height comparison lineup for the seitenkan.

[dkellis]

And this is a probelm? How? :D

Yuki by her character, was never gonna have many guys going after her. Yuuki on the other hand is a freaking bishie. Was never fully explored on yuki's side; so how would yuuki deal with the girls throwing themselves at his feet? I hope he doesn't act lile a statue like usual even though thats the most likely behaviour... >.>

Canon-Taniguchi did label Yuki as a A-minus, and I've always thought that his eye is good, even if his technique is pathetic.

Yuuki would probably have some reputation like that: he looks good, but he has no personality to speak of (at least until one really gets to know him). He would probably be deemed as someone to be admired from afar by a certain subsection of fangirls, but not actually approachable, given his inability to comprehend small talk.

So yes, he's likely going to act like a statue. At least, until Kyonko introduces some "noise" into his data.

Most artists aren't really concerned with the sense of proportion though. But if we want to seriously visualize this, someone should draw the character height comparison lineup for the seitenkan.

I get the feeling that probably the fanartists would portray Itsuko to be about Kyonko's height.

I mean, it fits much better in my imagination if Itsuko were taller, but this isn't the first time what I think to be appropriate for the story might be overriden by what simply looks better.

Still, I can hope that I'm not alone in believing what I do about Itsuko's proportions.

[otai]

Yuuki would probably have some reputation like that: he looks good, but he has no personality to speak of (at least until one really gets to know him). He would probably be deemed as someone to be admired from afar by a certain subsection of fangirls, but not actually approachable, given his inability to comprehend small talk.
Yuuki probably emits an aura of unnoticeability as well, literally. Else the Literature Club would have been filled with screaming fangirls already.

Still, I can hope that I'm not alone in believing what I do about Itsuko's proportions.

I agree with you on this. Itsuki exists to Kyon's annoyance, as that other guy in the SOS-dan who's better than himself in every aspect.
Being taller also fits the Ho-yay roles where Itsuko is the aggressive tachi to Kyonko's passive and reluctant neko.

[Forceflow]

Yuuki probably emits an aura of unnoticeability as well, literally. Else the Literature Club would have been filled with screaming fangirls already.

Unless he has a fanclub. You know, that anime cliche where the club members are to 'only admire from a distance'. Those who step out of line will get it and all that. :heh:

I agree with you on this. Itsuki exists to Kyon's annoyance, as that other guy in the SOS-dan who's better than himself in every aspect.
Being taller also fits the Ho-yay roles where Itsuko is the aggressive tachi to Kyonko's passive and reluctant neko.

Dammit, why did my brain auto-substituted Seme and Uke into there... >.>

[Tamekichi]

[B]*Goes to get his Korean copies*


I'll PM them to you later. Need to do a bit of copying of books.

I would be willing to do some typesetting too Kang, as I'd like to help in any way.

[Kaisos Erranon]

Nice avatar, Danchou.



Haruki at 182cm seems a bit much. I realize that Harima Kenji may be 190cm HUGE, but he doesn't seem so big compared to the others, and especially compared to the "bigger delinquent than thou" characters, who must be rather impressive if they tower over Harima that much. I'm assuming some sort of comedic exaggeration in the animation, if the height is indeed correct.

May be true, but I still think it works better if Haruki towers over everyone else. It'd be one of the reasons why no one wants to screw with him.

In any case, he's still much bulkier than the other males, which is how I've written him.


I know Kyon doesn't care that much about his own appearance in the canon. Kyon also doesn't get "you're ugly" comments from Haruhi on a regular basis.

He does get them, though. Just not every day.


Anyway, I was going to upload this last night, but I didn't have time...

When I returned to the club room, I stumbled upon Asahina-senpai standing inside in his underwear.

"......"

Asahina-senpai, holding his maid costume, stood with his eyes wide open, staring at me frozen to the spot with my hand on the door knob. Slowly, his mouth started to open as he prepared to yell.

"Sorry."

Before he had the chance to cry out, I pulled out the foot that was in the room and shut the door quickly. By doing so, I was able to avoid his screaming.

Maybe I should knock first. Wait, no, that's not right. If he's changing, he should lock the door first!

Just as I was wondering whether I should just go home or not, a soft knock came from the other side of the door.

"You can come in now."

"Sorry..." I winced.

"It doesn't matter... I should have locked the door..."

My sentiments exactly.

Asahina-senpai apologized as he opened the door. His head was lowered, and he was blushing.

"Sorry, I always show my embarrassing side......"

It's no problem, really!

He's really obedient, isn't he? Wearing that maid costume like Haruki ordered, even though he hates it...

But that's what makes him so cute!

And with those thoughts in mind, I swiftly entered the room, sat in the commander's seat and turned on the computer.

Noticing someone watching me, I lifted my head, and found Nagato Yuuki actually looking at me for a change. He pushed his glasses up ever so slightly, then returned to his book. For him, those movements are suprisingly human.

I opened the Internet browser and went to the club homepage, trying to edit something out of the ever-static page, but I didn't know where to start. I used to think editing webpages was just a waste of time... yet here, I was bored as hell. I've gotten tired of Othello, and needed something to kill time.

As I muttered under my breath with my arms crossed, somebody suddenly placed a cup of warm tea in front of me. I glanced upwards and found Asahina-senpai in his maid costume smiling nervously, standing with a tray in his hands.

Wow. Exactly like a real maid.

"Thanks."

Itsuko just treated me to a cup of coffee, but I will glady accept this from you, Asahina-senpai.

Asahina-senpai placed another cup next to Nagato (who didn't even look up), and then sat down and began to slowly drink his own cup of tea.

In the end, Haruki never came to the clubroom at all that day.


------


"Hey, why didn't you come yesterday? Weren't we going to hold some kind of debriefing?"

Before homeroom, I turned and spoke to Haruki behind me, as usual.

Lying flat with his chin on the desk, Haruki gave me an annoyed look.

"Bah! I already had the debriefing on my own yesterday!"

Immediately, I knew Haruki must have retraced everywhere we'd gone last Saturday after school instead of coming to the clubroom.

"You guys probably missed something, so I went through those places again by myself.”

Who was it that said “criminals always return to the scene of the crime?” Guess that applies to aliens, time travelers, and espers as well, huh?

“So, did you find anything?” I asked.

“...It's all part of the plan, all part of the plan...” Haruki mumbled to himself, his head facing the desk.

…Should I take that as a no? I’m beginning to suspect you don’t even have such a plan.

"It's hot as hell!” said Haruki, changing the subject “When is the school gonna switch uniforms? I wanna wear short sleeves!"

You say that, but you always roll up your sleeves anyway… besides, they don't change seasons until June, and there's only one week left before the end of May.

"Suzumiya, look. I've probably said this before, but have you ever considered just giving up on all this paranormal stuff and trying to live a normal high school life?”

I thought he’d lift up his head and scowl at me, like usual, but he didn’t move. Guess he’s really exhausted.

"A normal high school life? What life is that?"

He doesn’t sound interested at all.

“Something like settling down, finding a nice normal girlfriend. Hey, you might even stumble across an alien while you’re dating. Kinda like killing two birds with one stone, sounds good, right?” I smiled. "Besides, I bet there are plenty of girls lining up for you right now. You just gotta be patient and that special someone will arrive.”

Haruki lifted his head up from the desk and stared at me for a few seconds, then started mumbling. "Hmph, like it matters! Love! It’s a stupid thing! Just some kinda mental illness!”

What about your quest for an alien bride, or whatever, then?

Haruki looked out the window. "I do think about that sorta stuff, though. I’m a healthy guy, after all. But there’s no way I’m just gonna ask some dumb girl out and be saddled with a huge burden forever! ‘Sides, if I’m too busy going on dates, what’s gonna happen to my SOS Brigade? I just founded it!"

[Editor’s note: A VAST departure from his speaking style in the first Chapter. He’s really loosened up a lot.]

Technically, it's not founded yet.

"Look, why not create a club that involves some form of actual entertainment? That would attract more members for sure."

"No." Haruki flatly refused. "I only founded the SOS Brigade because all the other clubs were too boring, and I've recruited an interesting experiment like Mitsuuru-kun and a Mysterious Transfer Student as well! Why hasn't anything happened yet?! This is so frustrating…”

This is the first time I've seen Haruki this depressed… A big guy like that looking so pathetic makes me feel depressed too.

I need to stop letting this get to me.

Instead of paying attention, Haruki spend the rest of the day sleeping soundly. The amazing thing is that the teachers never noticed… it’s got to be a coincidence. Got to be.


I'll finish the rest of Chapter 5 today.

[Kogetsu Shirogane]

Conversation between Kyon and Taniguchi, from Chapter 2 of The Sighs of Haruhi Suzumiya.
All right, then I'll go with the second best and pick Nagato.

"That won't do either. She may not look like it, but she has a lot of hidden admirers. How come she stopped wearing glasses? Has she switched to contacts?"

Have you even read the second book, Forceflow?

... What can I say? I happen to be a Yuki fan, and I really don't like it when people imply something negative about her. :heh:
Before anyone brings it up, what happened in Disappearance is excluded as far as I'm concerned.

What does this have to do with Seitenkan? That's rather simple. Yuuki obviously has a secret admirers club, as Yuki clearly does.

[shaoron]

Asahina-senpai, holding his maid costume, stood with his eyes wide open, staring at me frozen to the spot with my hand on the door knob. Slowly, his mouth started to open as he prepared to yell.

"Sorry."

Before he had the chance to cry out, I pulled out the foot that was in the room and shut the door quickly. By doing so, I was able to avoid his screaming.

Wow... isn't it suppose to be Kyonko who screams first? :heh:
how unmanly can mitsuru get! lol!

[Kaisos Erranon]

Wow... isn't it suppose to be Kyonko who screams first? :heh:
how unmanly can mitsuru get! lol!

That's the question, isn't it...

[dkellis]

May be true, but I still think it works better if Haruki towers over everyone else. It'd be one of the reasons why no one wants to screw with him.

In any case, he's still much bulkier than the other males, which is how I've written him.

Taller than average is reasonable, but "towers over everyone else" works only if there was a mention somewhere in an earlier chapter about his height. Again, anecdotal viewpoint: when I meet people, very often the first thing they say (if it's not a formal meeting) is "wow, you're tall". (Seriously, it's really predictable.)

In other words, have Kyonko or someone else comment on it in one of the earlier chapters, when the reader just meets Haruki. And then keep reminding the reader occasionally (say, when Haruki jumps onto a chair or table to gain even more elevation) about Haruki's height, since, well, if he towers over everyone else, that's really unusual. Just a few sentences or passing mentions will do.

Bulkier I don't have any real problems with, although I can't imagine him being musclebound. Probably just enough for others to not want to mess around with him; I'm not sure if he should look like he works out obsessively. I mean, it can make sense ("Melancholy! Frustrated! Need to move my body! To the gym!"), but it's a bit hard to imagine.

[Kaisos Erranon]

Taller than average is reasonable, but "towers over everyone else" works only if there was a mention somewhere in an earlier chapter about his height. Again, anecdotal viewpoint: when I meet people, very often the first thing they say (if it's not a formal meeting) is "wow, you're tall". (Seriously, it's really predictable.)

In other words, have Kyonko or someone else comment on it in one of the earlier chapters, when the reader just meets Haruki. And then keep reminding the reader occasionally (say, when Haruki jumps onto a chair or table to gain even more elevation) about Haruki's height, since, well, if he towers over everyone else, that's really unusual. Just a few sentences or passing mentions will do.

Bulkier I don't have any real problems with, although I can't imagine him being musclebound. Probably just enough for others to not want to mess around with him; I'm not sure if he should look like he works out obsessively. I mean, it can make sense ("Melancholy! Frustrated! Need to move my body! To the gym!"), but it's a bit hard to imagine.

I can do that.

I always though of him developing muscles through all the psychical stuff he does on a daily basis... he does run around a lot, and stuff.

I also need to set up the "Gaaah! I'm gonna go punch something!" line at some point as well...

Edit: There, added more references to Haruki's height in the Chapters on B-T.

[Aebliss]

Yuuki would probably have some reputation like that: he looks good, but he has no personality to speak of (at least until one really gets to know him). He would probably be deemed as someone to be admired from afar by a certain subsection of fangirls, but not actually approachable, given his inability to comprehend small talk.

I am suddenly reminded of Sohma Yuki from Fruits Basket and the 'Prince Yuki fanclub', which admired him from afar ... and tried to make sure no one (female) got close enough to admire him from up close on her own. o_o It'd be pretty messed up -- not to mention funny -- if there were a Nagato Yuki Fanclub in this setting, too ... ^^

[Forceflow]

snip

If i didnt i wont be here. Its been a while since i read the 2nd book. When i first started reading, vol 1 wasnt finished yet.

So grant this old man his forgetfulness.

[otai]

Unless he has a fanclub. You know, that anime cliche where the club members are to 'only admire from a distance'. Those who step out of line will get it and all that. :heh:

Although that's a rather silly shoujo cliché, I believe it could happen in the semi-realistic Harukiverse as a result of Nagato mindwiping anyone who confessed to him. After all, he is saving himself for the girl who came to his apartment 3 years ago and told him about his accumulated errors. The same thing probably happened in the Haruhiverse.

[Kaisos Erranon]

Although that's a rather silly shoujo cliché, I believe it could happen in the semi-realistic Harukiverse as a result of Nagato mindwiping anyone who confessed to him. After all, he is saving himself for the girl who came to his apartment 3 years ago and told him about his accumulated errors. The same thing probably happened in the Haruhiverse.

Exactly. Remember what Yuki did to Nakamura?

[beanbrew]

*snip*

I have to say I agree with your analysis. Though Taniguchi's rankings are way different than mine if he classifies Itsuko as S. I'm starting to feel like maybe I should start ranking people the way he would, or at least the way other, non-lolicons would, considering my position as WAWAWA-kun...:heh:

But batteries? What?

[Ithekro]

Aside from "A" and "B" the batteries-bra idea is about correct (since there are no current "A" or "B" cell batteries that I am aware of).

I'm not sure it is a universal convention, but there are the AAA cells (used in remotes of late), the AA cells (used in small flashlights and walkman type radios) C cells (not common, but used in some flashlights and midsized "boomboxes") and D cells used in larger flashlights and larger portable steroes.

Any reason for Yuuiki to be taller than Haruki? Wouldn't Haruki disapprove of a minion that he had to look up at?

[Kaisos Erranon]

Aside from "A" and "B" the batteries-bra idea is about correct (since there are no current "A" or "B" cell batteries that I am aware of).

I'm not sure it is a universal convention, but there are the AAA cells (used in remotes of late), the AA cells (used in small flashlights and walkman type radios) C cells (not common, but used in some flashlights and midsized "boomboxes") and D cells used in larger flashlights and larger portable steroes.

Any reason for Yuuiki to be taller than Haruki? Wouldn't Haruki disapprove of a minion that he had to look up at?

That's my point exactly. Haruki is supposed to be the biggest and strongest. He's a natural bully.

[Ithekro]

I was going to mention that I find it unnerving to look up at people often, but it is starting to become more common. Teens these days seem to be taller than I remember, or I'm just lucky and running into the really tall ones. At 6' 2" (~190 -191 cm) I'm fairly tall. Azumanga Sakaki's 174cm is about what I consider normal for women around here (roughly 5' 7") with my grandmother being short at just over 5' (155 cm I guess).

I suppose I'd be hitting my head on things frequently in some Asian countries. I'm just at the right hieght to no hit my head on average cars ceilings.

[beanbrew]

I was going to mention that I find it unnerving to look up at people often, but it is starting to become more common. Teens these days seem to be taller than I remember, or I'm just lucky and running into the really tall ones. At 6' 2" (~190 -191 cm) I'm fairly tall. Azumanga Sakaki's 174cm is about what I consider normal for women around here (roughly 5' 7") with my grandmother being short at just over 5' (155 cm I guess).

I suppose I'd be hitting my head on things frequently in some Asian countries. I'm just at the right hieght to no hit my head on average cars ceilings.

I'm going to agree with you on the unnerving part. For me though, I'm about the same height and I find it unnerving if I'm not looking down. Of course, that may just be me being broken.

That's my point exactly. Haruki is supposed to be the biggest and strongest. He's a natural bully.

Well, Haruhi had to look up at Kyon and Koizumi...

[otai]

Height proportions are honestly open to artistic interpretation.

This line from the novel trans.

"Just as I was wondering when Haruhi became taller than me, I noticed she was wearing high-heeled shoes as well."

Haruhi/Kyon height difference, 12 centimeters = 4.7 inches. Those are some really high heels.

[DJ_RockmanX]

Height proportions are honestly open to artistic interpretation.

Yeah but it helps to have an idea to base our visualizations on.

This line from the novel trans.

"Just as I was wondering when Haruhi became taller than me, I noticed she was wearing high-heeled shoes as well."

Haruhi/Kyon height difference, 12 centimeters = 4.7 inches. Those are some really high heels.

DAMN those are high heels.

[Forceflow]

Height proportions are honestly open to artistic interpretation.

This line from the novel trans.

"Just as I was wondering when Haruhi became taller than me, I noticed she was wearing high-heeled shoes as well."

Haruhi/Kyon height difference, 12 centimeters = 4.7 inches. Those are some really high heels.

DAMN those are high heels.

....

Anyone wondered that in Haruhi's desire to be taller than Kyon that she might have actually WILLED Kyon to be shorter that day? :heh:

Of course since she knows that she can't be taller normally, once she gets off the height might reset.

[DJ_RockmanX]

....

Anyone wondered that in Haruhi's desire to be taller than Kyon that she might have actually WILLED Kyon to be shorter that day? :heh:

Of course since she knows that she can't be taller normally, once she gets off the height might reset.

Now that's just plain silly. :p

[dkellis]

Unless he has a fanclub. You know, that anime cliche where the club members are to 'only admire from a distance'. Those who step out of line will get it and all that. :heh:

I am suddenly reminded of Sohma Yuki from Fruits Basket and the 'Prince Yuki fanclub', which admired him from afar ... and tried to make sure no one (female) got close enough to admire him from up close on her own. o_o It'd be pretty messed up -- not to mention funny -- if there were a Nagato Yuki Fanclub in this setting, too ... ^^


I wouldn't have thought that I was really all that famous until one of them approached me.

"You," she said, looking at me like I was some kind of valuable but disgusting insect. "What are you to him?"

When people ask me about "him", they're usually talking about that idiot. "I'm not Suzumiya's keeper," I told her. "If you have a problem with him, go talk to him yourself, and good luck with that."

"Suzumiya? Who's that?"

You mean you're not talking about Haruki? More importantly, you've never heard of that name? I thought his antics would have been world-famous by now. In fact, considering the make-up of our club, his reputation can be said to be truly global, universal, and timeless.

"Oh, you mean that Suzumiya. Why would I bother to ask you about him?"

I could ask you the same question.

"I'm talking about that person, that person! The one you're always with every day in the Literature club room! You're always with him!"

Let's see, every day I attend SOS Brigade activities, if the pointless wasting of time by playing board games and surfing the Internet can be called that, in that room. That means that she's probably talking about one of the other SOS Brigade members. Not Haruki, which leaves either Asahina-sempai or Nagato. "I'm sorry, I'm not very good at complicated riddles like this."

"It's Nagato-sama! Nagato Yuuki-sama!"

Even if you paid me money right now, I don't think I could have pretended to be surprised. Haruki has such a poisonous personality that I don't think any girl would dare get near him, but Asahina-sempai and Nagato were fair game. Asahina-sempai isn't supposed to get involved in any relationships at this time, and Nagato probably wouldn't understand the concept in the first place. Incidentally, what's with the "sama" suffix?

"Every day, you go into the Literature club room with him. Tell me now, what relationship do you have with Nagato-sama?"

It's not like I walk in with him hand-in-hand. He's usually just sitting there in the room by the time I arrive, reading a thick book, as a part of the background scenery. If he wasn't there, it would like Hachiko disappeared from Shibuya Station. "We're just friends. It's nothing that serious, honestly."

"There has to be more to it than that," she said insistently. "You're always with him, and you even talk to him. How could you do such a thing?"

What's wrong with talking to Nagato? Apart from the way he sounds like he's just randomly picking words out of an encyclopedia, that is.

"None of us in the Nagato Yuuki fan club have been able to accomplish even that much. All we can do is observe him from afar. And then you... you're not even one of us!"

Nagato has a fan club? There's no way such a cheesy shoujo plot device can exist in real life. But the girl in front of me looked completely serious, so maybe there is such a thing. Is this your doing again, Haruki? Probably not, since I don't think Haruki really cares about Nagato's personal life. Besides, he'd probably have made a Suzumiya Haruki fan club for his own. "What does this fan club do?"

It turns out that it's an unofficial fan club, and there are only a few members in it. All of them swear never to reveal themselves to Nagato Yuuki, but are to observe him and report his activities to the others. Is this a fan club or a stalker gathering? "I was kind of sad when Nagato-sama stopped wearing glasses. He probably switched to contacts for some reason. Still, when Nagato-sama went up on stage during the school festival concert, I was so happy I thought I would die," the girl continued. "Aah, to think that Nagato-sama was so talented! There's nothing he cannot do perfectly!"

The scary thing is that you may be completely right. "Why are you asking me about Nagato anyway? Why don't you talk to the others, like Itsuko?"

"You mean Koizumi-san from 1-9? From what we've observed, Nagato-sama always keeps his conversations with her short and harmless. There's no reason to worry there."

This is so unfair.

"I'm warning you," the girl said, "don't do anything funny with Nagato-sama. I know there's no way I can tell you to stay away from him, and it could be that you really are innocent. But if you dare approach Nagato-sama any closer than you already have, there's no telling what consequences there may be." And with that threat, she walked away, with the air of one satisfied at a job well done.

-

Nagato was, as usual, reading in his corner of the hijacked Literature club room. The only other member of the SOS Brigade present was Itsuko, who gave me a polite nod and greeting while she tried to solve some chess problem from a book. Haruki had cleaning duties, and Asahina-sempai still hadn't arrived yet.

"Nagato," I said, "did you know that you're being watched by a group of girls? They say that they're your fan club or something."

Nagato continued reading his book without raising his head. "Seven of the female students of this school have been making notes of my movements, with the first observation on the twenty-third of April of this year. Thus far they have not witnessed or been party to any incidents triggered by Suzumiya Haruki, and so they have been deemed to be uninvolved bystanders."

"Don't you find it creepy that they've been watching you all this time?"

"Not really."

Looks like that's all.

"That is an interesting development," Itsuko said. "I take it that you have been approached by one of their number?"

"Yeah. They don't seem to be happy with my association with Nagato."

"From an objective point of view, you have indeed been fortunate enough to have seen more of Nagato-san's personal life than many others."

That's true. Not only have I gone to Nagato's apartment alone, I've even slept over there, for three whole years at that. I also helped him make that library card, and stayed in the same mansion with the rest of the SOS Brigade during the summer holiday trip. From an outsider's viewpoint, we're definitely more than simple friends.

Not to mention that easily-misunderstood scene that Taniguchi walked in on right after the incident involving the disappeared Asakura. I should probably thank her one of these days for uncharacteristically not spreading rumours about it all over the school, or that Nagato Yuuki fan club member would have gone straight for my throat.

"Hey, Nagato," I said. "Do you know why the fan club girls are watching you?"

"They believe that the sight of my physical presence is aesthetically pleasing," Nagato said in his usual robotic manner. "The probability of any further developments evolving from the current status quo is extremely low; as such, there is no need to take any further action in the immediate future."

"But what if someone does confess to you?" I wondered.

"That would be inconvenient."

"Are you not allowed to have any relationships too?"

"It will cause inefficiencies in my duties that will be difficult to resolve, but I have not been formally and explicitly interdicted from such."

"So if someone confesses to you, would you automatically turn her down? Or would you at least consider it?"

At this, Nagato turned his head to look at me. Did I say something wrong? I don't think I did, at least not anything that Nagato would take any offense to.

The door opened, and Asahina-sempai stepped in. "Um, hello," he said. "Did I, er, did I interrupt something?"

"Oh, no, it's fine," I reassured him. When I looked back, Nagato was reading his book again, as though nothing had happened.

Itsuko and I waited outside the club room while Asahina-sempai changed into his SOS Brigade uniform. "You should be careful as well," Itsuko said.

"Please, I'm not going to do anything to Nagato. Are you secretly a member of that fan club as well?"

"That would be an exciting plot twist, but in truth the SOS Brigade is enough for me. In any case, I am already observing Nagato-san, as well as Asahina-san, and quite obviously Suzumiya-san, but perhaps not in the manner the Nagato Yuuki fan club is accustomed to." She smiled. "Of course, we're not leaving you out of the observation as well."

No, please leave me out of it. It's scary and creepy. "So why should I be careful? Are the fan club stalkers going to attack me?"

"I would judge that to be very unlikely. However, the source of the problem may be rather closer than you think."

Like I said already, I'm not good with these sorts of complicated riddles.

"We shall see."

[DJ_RockmanX]

I wouldn't have thought that I was really all that famous until one of them approached me.

"You," she said, looking at me like I was some kind of valuable but disgusting insect. "What are you to him?"

When people ask me about "him", they're usually talking about that idiot. "I'm not Suzumiya's keeper," I told her. "If you have a problem with him, go talk to him yourself, and good luck with that."

"Suzumiya? Who's that?"

You mean you're not talking about Haruki? More importantly, you've never heard of that name? I thought his antics would have been world-famous by now. In fact, considering the make-up of our club, his reputation can be said to be truly global, universal, and timeless.

"Oh, you mean that Suzumiya. Why would I bother to ask you about him?"

I could ask you the same question.

"I'm talking about that person, that person! The one you're always with every day in the Literature club room! You're always with him!"

Let's see, every day I attend SOS Brigade activities, if the pointless wasting of time by playing board games and surfing the Internet can be called that, in that room. That means that she's probably talking about one of the other SOS Brigade members. Not Haruki, which leaves either Asahina-sempai or Nagato. "I'm sorry, I'm not very good at complicated riddles like this."

"It's Nagato-sama! Nagato Yuuki-sama!"

Even if you paid me money right now, I don't think I could have pretended to be surprised. Haruki has such a poisonous personality that I don't think any girl would dare get near him, but Asahina-sempai and Nagato were fair game. Asahina-sempai isn't supposed to get involved in any relationships at this time, and Nagato probably wouldn't understand the concept in the first place. Incidentally, what's with the "sama" suffix?

"Every day, you go into the Literature club room with him. Tell me now, what relationship do you have with Nagato-sama?"

It's not like I walk in with him hand-in-hand. He's usually just sitting there in the room by the time I arrive, reading a thick book, as a part of the background scenery. If he wasn't there, it would like Hachiko disappeared from Shibuya Station. "We're just friends. It's nothing that serious, honestly."

"There has to be more to it than that," she said insistently. "You're always with him, and you even talk to him. How could you do such a thing?"

What's wrong with talking to Nagato? Apart from the way he sounds like he's just randomly picking words out of an encyclopedia, that is.

"None of us in the Nagato Yuuki fan club have been able to accomplish even that much. All we can do is observe him from afar. And then you... you're not even one of us!"

Nagato has a fan club? There's no way such a cheesy shoujo plot device can exist in real life. But the girl in front of me looked completely serious, so maybe there is such a thing. Is this your doing again, Haruki? Probably not, since I don't think Haruki really cares about Nagato's personal life. Besides, he'd probably have made a Suzumiya Haruki fan club for his own. "What does this fan club do?"

It turns out that it's an unofficial fan club, and there are only a few members in it. All of them swear never to reveal themselves to Nagato Yuuki, but are to observe him and report his activities to the others. Is this a fan club or a stalker gathering? "I was kind of sad when Nagato-sama stopped wearing glasses. He probably switched to contacts for some reason. Still, when Nagato-sama went up on stage during the school festival concert, I was so happy I thought I would die," the girl continued. "Aah, to think that Nagato-sama was so talented! There's nothing he cannot do perfectly!"

The scary thing is that you may be completely right. "Why are you asking me about Nagato anyway? Why don't you talk to the others, like Itsuko?"

"You mean Koizumi-san from 1-9? From what we've observed, Nagato-sama always keeps his conversations with her short and harmless. There's no reason to worry there."

This is so unfair.

"I'm warning you," the girl said, "don't do anything funny with Nagato-sama. I know there's no way I can tell you to stay away from him, and it could be that you really are innocent. But if you dare approach Nagato-sama any closer than you already have, there's no telling what consequences there may be." And with that threat, she walked away, with the air of one satisfied at a job well done.

-

Nagato was, as usual, reading in his corner of the hijacked Literature club room. The only other member of the SOS Brigade present was Itsuko, who gave me a polite nod and greeting while she tried to solve some chess problem from a book. Haruki had cleaning duties, and Asahina-sempai still hadn't arrived yet.

"Nagato," I said, "did you know that you're being watched by a group of girls? They say that they're your fan club or something."

Nagato continued reading his book without raising his head. "Seven of the female students of this school have been making notes of my movements, with the first observation on the twenty-third of April of this year. Thus far they have not witnessed or been party to any incidents triggered by Suzumiya Haruki, and so they have been deemed to be uninvolved bystanders."

"Don't you find it creepy that they've been watching you all this time?"

"Not really."

Looks like that's all.

"That is an interesting development," Itsuko said. "I take it that you have been approached by one of their number?"

"Yeah. They don't seem to be happy with my association with Nagato."

"From an objective point of view, you have indeed been fortunate enough to have seen more of Nagato-san's personal life than many others."

That's true. Not only have I gone to Nagato's apartment alone, I've even slept over there, for three whole years at that. I also helped him make that library card, and stayed in the same mansion with the rest of the SOS Brigade during the summer holiday trip. From an outsider's viewpoint, we're definitely more than simple friends.

Not to mention that easily-misunderstood scene that Taniguchi walked in on right after the incident involving the disappeared Asakura. I should probably thank her one of these days for uncharacteristically not spreading rumours about it all over the school, or that Nagato Yuuki fan club member would have gone straight for my throat.

"Hey, Nagato," I said. "Do you know why the fan club girls are watching you?"

"They believe that the sight of my physical presence is aesthetically pleasing," Nagato said in his usual robotic manner. "The probability of any further developments evolving from the current status quo is extremely low; as such, there is no need to take any further action in the immediate future."

"But what if someone does confess to you?" I wondered.

"That would be inconvenient."

"Are you not allowed to have any relationships too?"

"It will cause inefficiencies in my duties that will be difficult to resolve, but I have not been formally and explicitly interdicted from such."

"So if someone confesses to you, would you automatically turn her down? Or would you at least consider it?"

At this, Nagato turned his head to look at me. Did I say something wrong? I don't think I did, at least not anything that Nagato would take any offense to.

The door opened, and Asahina-sempai stepped in. "Um, hello," he said. "Did I, er, did I interrupt something?"

"Oh, no, it's fine," I reassured him. When I looked back, Nagato was reading his book again, as though nothing had happened.

Itsuko and I waited outside the club room while Asahina-sempai changed into his SOS Brigade uniform. "You should be careful as well," Itsuko said.

"Please, I'm not going to do anything to Nagato. Are you secretly a member of that fan club as well?"

"That would be an exciting plot twist, but in truth the SOS Brigade is enough for me. In any case, I am already observing Nagato-san, as well as Asahina-san, and quite obviously Suzumiya-san, but perhaps not in the manner the Nagato Yuuki fan club is accustomed to." She smiled. "Of course, we're not leaving you out of the observation as well."

No, please leave me out of it. It's scary and creepy. "So why should I be careful? Are the fan club stalkers going to attack me?"

"I would judge that to be very unlikely. However, the source of the problem may be rather closer than you think."

Like I said already, I'm not good with these sorts of complicated riddles.

"We shall see."


LOL @ cheesy shoujo plot device. Let us begin the founding of the fanclubs.

[Kaisos Erranon]

I wouldn't have thought that I was really all that famous until one of them approached me.

"You," she said, looking at me like I was some kind of valuable but disgusting insect. "What are you to him?"

When people ask me about "him", they're usually talking about that idiot. "I'm not Suzumiya's keeper," I told her. "If you have a problem with him, go talk to him yourself, and good luck with that."

"Suzumiya? Who's that?"

You mean you're not talking about Haruki? More importantly, you've never heard of that name? I thought his antics would have been world-famous by now. In fact, considering the make-up of our club, his reputation can be said to be truly global, universal, and timeless.

"Oh, you mean that Suzumiya. Why would I bother to ask you about him?"

I could ask you the same question.

"I'm talking about that person, that person! The one you're always with every day in the Literature club room! You're always with him!"

Let's see, every day I attend SOS Brigade activities, if the pointless wasting of time by playing board games and surfing the Internet can be called that, in that room. That means that she's probably talking about one of the other SOS Brigade members. Not Haruki, which leaves either Asahina-sempai or Nagato. "I'm sorry, I'm not very good at complicated riddles like this."

"It's Nagato-sama! Nagato Yuuki-sama!"

Even if you paid me money right now, I don't think I could have pretended to be surprised. Haruki has such a poisonous personality that I don't think any girl would dare get near him, but Asahina-sempai and Nagato were fair game. Asahina-sempai isn't supposed to get involved in any relationships at this time, and Nagato probably wouldn't understand the concept in the first place. Incidentally, what's with the "sama" suffix?

"Every day, you go into the Literature club room with him. Tell me now, what relationship do you have with Nagato-sama?"

It's not like I walk in with him hand-in-hand. He's usually just sitting there in the room by the time I arrive, reading a thick book, as a part of the background scenery. If he wasn't there, it would like Hachiko disappeared from Shibuya Station. "We're just friends. It's nothing that serious, honestly."

"There has to be more to it than that," she said insistently. "You're always with him, and you even talk to him. How could you do such a thing?"

What's wrong with talking to Nagato? Apart from the way he sounds like he's just randomly picking words out of an encyclopedia, that is.

"None of us in the Nagato Yuuki fan club have been able to accomplish even that much. All we can do is observe him from afar. And then you... you're not even one of us!"

Nagato has a fan club? There's no way such a cheesy shoujo plot device can exist in real life. But the girl in front of me looked completely serious, so maybe there is such a thing. Is this your doing again, Haruki? Probably not, since I don't think Haruki really cares about Nagato's personal life. Besides, he'd probably have made a Suzumiya Haruki fan club for his own. "What does this fan club do?"

It turns out that it's an unofficial fan club, and there are only a few members in it. All of them swear never to reveal themselves to Nagato Yuuki, but are to observe him and report his activities to the others. Is this a fan club or a stalker gathering? "I was kind of sad when Nagato-sama stopped wearing glasses. He probably switched to contacts for some reason. Still, when Nagato-sama went up on stage during the school festival concert, I was so happy I thought I would die," the girl continued. "Aah, to think that Nagato-sama was so talented! There's nothing he cannot do perfectly!"

The scary thing is that you may be completely right. "Why are you asking me about Nagato anyway? Why don't you talk to the others, like Itsuko?"

"You mean Koizumi-san from 1-9? From what we've observed, Nagato-sama always keeps his conversations with her short and harmless. There's no reason to worry there."

This is so unfair.

"I'm warning you," the girl said, "don't do anything funny with Nagato-sama. I know there's no way I can tell you to stay away from him, and it could be that you really are innocent. But if you dare approach Nagato-sama any closer than you already have, there's no telling what consequences there may be." And with that threat, she walked away, with the air of one satisfied at a job well done.

-

Nagato was, as usual, reading in his corner of the hijacked Literature club room. The only other member of the SOS Brigade present was Itsuko, who gave me a polite nod and greeting while she tried to solve some chess problem from a book. Haruki had cleaning duties, and Asahina-sempai still hadn't arrived yet.

"Nagato," I said, "did you know that you're being watched by a group of girls? They say that they're your fan club or something."

Nagato continued reading his book without raising his head. "Seven of the female students of this school have been making notes of my movements, with the first observation on the twenty-third of April of this year. Thus far they have not witnessed or been party to any incidents triggered by Suzumiya Haruki, and so they have been deemed to be uninvolved bystanders."

"Don't you find it creepy that they've been watching you all this time?"

"Not really."

Looks like that's all.

"That is an interesting development," Itsuko said. "I take it that you have been approached by one of their number?"

"Yeah. They don't seem to be happy with my association with Nagato."

"From an objective point of view, you have indeed been fortunate enough to have seen more of Nagato-san's personal life than many others."

That's true. Not only have I gone to Nagato's apartment alone, I've even slept over there, for three whole years at that. I also helped him make that library card, and stayed in the same mansion with the rest of the SOS Brigade during the summer holiday trip. From an outsider's viewpoint, we're definitely more than simple friends.

Not to mention that easily-misunderstood scene that Taniguchi walked in on right after the incident involving the disappeared Asakura. I should probably thank her one of these days for uncharacteristically not spreading rumours about it all over the school, or that Nagato Yuuki fan club member would have gone straight for my throat.

"Hey, Nagato," I said. "Do you know why the fan club girls are watching you?"

"They believe that the sight of my physical presence is aesthetically pleasing," Nagato said in his usual robotic manner. "The probability of any further developments evolving from the current status quo is extremely low; as such, there is no need to take any further action in the immediate future."

"But what if someone does confess to you?" I wondered.

"That would be inconvenient."

"Are you not allowed to have any relationships too?"

"It will cause inefficiencies in my duties that will be difficult to resolve, but I have not been formally and explicitly interdicted from such."

"So if someone confesses to you, would you automatically turn her down? Or would you at least consider it?"

At this, Nagato turned his head to look at me. Did I say something wrong? I don't think I did, at least not anything that Nagato would take any offense to.

The door opened, and Asahina-sempai stepped in. "Um, hello," he said. "Did I, er, did I interrupt something?"

"Oh, no, it's fine," I reassured him. When I looked back, Nagato was reading his book again, as though nothing had happened.

Itsuko and I waited outside the club room while Asahina-sempai changed into his SOS Brigade uniform. "You should be careful as well," Itsuko said.

"Please, I'm not going to do anything to Nagato. Are you secretly a member of that fan club as well?"

"That would be an exciting plot twist, but in truth the SOS Brigade is enough for me. In any case, I am already observing Nagato-san, as well as Asahina-san, and quite obviously Suzumiya-san, but perhaps not in the manner the Nagato Yuuki fan club is accustomed to." She smiled. "Of course, we're not leaving you out of the observation as well."

No, please leave me out of it. It's scary and creepy. "So why should I be careful? Are the fan club stalkers going to attack me?"

"I would judge that to be very unlikely. However, the source of the problem may be rather closer than you think."

Like I said already, I'm not good with these sorts of complicated riddles.

"We shall see."


You're so freaking awesome, man.

[Forceflow]

I wouldn't have thought that I was really all that famous until one of them approached me.

"You," she said, looking at me like I was some kind of valuable but disgusting insect. "What are you to him?"

When people ask me about "him", they're usually talking about that idiot. "I'm not Suzumiya's keeper," I told her. "If you have a problem with him, go talk to him yourself, and good luck with that."

"Suzumiya? Who's that?"

You mean you're not talking about Haruki? More importantly, you've never heard of that name? I thought his antics would have been world-famous by now. In fact, considering the make-up of our club, his reputation can be said to be truly global, universal, and timeless.

"Oh, you mean that Suzumiya. Why would I bother to ask you about him?"

I could ask you the same question.

"I'm talking about that person, that person! The one you're always with every day in the Literature club room! You're always with him!"

Let's see, every day I attend SOS Brigade activities, if the pointless wasting of time by playing board games and surfing the Internet can be called that, in that room. That means that she's probably talking about one of the other SOS Brigade members. Not Haruki, which leaves either Asahina-sempai or Nagato. "I'm sorry, I'm not very good at complicated riddles like this."

"It's Nagato-sama! Nagato Yuuki-sama!"

Even if you paid me money right now, I don't think I could have pretended to be surprised. Haruki has such a poisonous personality that I don't think any girl would dare get near him, but Asahina-sempai and Nagato were fair game. Asahina-sempai isn't supposed to get involved in any relationships at this time, and Nagato probably wouldn't understand the concept in the first place. Incidentally, what's with the "sama" suffix?

"Every day, you go into the Literature club room with him. Tell me now, what relationship do you have with Nagato-sama?"

It's not like I walk in with him hand-in-hand. He's usually just sitting there in the room by the time I arrive, reading a thick book, as a part of the background scenery. If he wasn't there, it would like Hachiko disappeared from Shibuya Station. "We're just friends. It's nothing that serious, honestly."

"There has to be more to it than that," she said insistently. "You're always with him, and you even talk to him. How could you do such a thing?"

What's wrong with talking to Nagato? Apart from the way he sounds like he's just randomly picking words out of an encyclopedia, that is.

"None of us in the Nagato Yuuki fan club have been able to accomplish even that much. All we can do is observe him from afar. And then you... you're not even one of us!"

Nagato has a fan club? There's no way such a cheesy shoujo plot device can exist in real life. But the girl in front of me looked completely serious, so maybe there is such a thing. Is this your doing again, Haruki? Probably not, since I don't think Haruki really cares about Nagato's personal life. Besides, he'd probably have made a Suzumiya Haruki fan club for his own. "What does this fan club do?"

It turns out that it's an unofficial fan club, and there are only a few members in it. All of them swear never to reveal themselves to Nagato Yuuki, but are to observe him and report his activities to the others. Is this a fan club or a stalker gathering? "I was kind of sad when Nagato-sama stopped wearing glasses. He probably switched to contacts for some reason. Still, when Nagato-sama went up on stage during the school festival concert, I was so happy I thought I would die," the girl continued. "Aah, to think that Nagato-sama was so talented! There's nothing he cannot do perfectly!"

The scary thing is that you may be completely right. "Why are you asking me about Nagato anyway? Why don't you talk to the others, like Itsuko?"

"You mean Koizumi-san from 1-9? From what we've observed, Nagato-sama always keeps his conversations with her short and harmless. There's no reason to worry there."

This is so unfair.

"I'm warning you," the girl said, "don't do anything funny with Nagato-sama. I know there's no way I can tell you to stay away from him, and it could be that you really are innocent. But if you dare approach Nagato-sama any closer than you already have, there's no telling what consequences there may be." And with that threat, she walked away, with the air of one satisfied at a job well done.

-

Nagato was, as usual, reading in his corner of the hijacked Literature club room. The only other member of the SOS Brigade present was Itsuko, who gave me a polite nod and greeting while she tried to solve some chess problem from a book. Haruki had cleaning duties, and Asahina-sempai still hadn't arrived yet.

"Nagato," I said, "did you know that you're being watched by a group of girls? They say that they're your fan club or something."

Nagato continued reading his book without raising his head. "Seven of the female students of this school have been making notes of my movements, with the first observation on the twenty-third of April of this year. Thus far they have not witnessed or been party to any incidents triggered by Suzumiya Haruki, and so they have been deemed to be uninvolved bystanders."

"Don't you find it creepy that they've been watching you all this time?"

"Not really."

Looks like that's all.

"That is an interesting development," Itsuko said. "I take it that you have been approached by one of their number?"

"Yeah. They don't seem to be happy with my association with Nagato."

"From an objective point of view, you have indeed been fortunate enough to have seen more of Nagato-san's personal life than many others."

That's true. Not only have I gone to Nagato's apartment alone, I've even slept over there, for three whole years at that. I also helped him make that library card, and stayed in the same mansion with the rest of the SOS Brigade during the summer holiday trip. From an outsider's viewpoint, we're definitely more than simple friends.

Not to mention that easily-misunderstood scene that Taniguchi walked in on right after the incident involving the disappeared Asakura. I should probably thank her one of these days for uncharacteristically not spreading rumours about it all over the school, or that Nagato Yuuki fan club member would have gone straight for my throat.

"Hey, Nagato," I said. "Do you know why the fan club girls are watching you?"

"They believe that the sight of my physical presence is aesthetically pleasing," Nagato said in his usual robotic manner. "The probability of any further developments evolving from the current status quo is extremely low; as such, there is no need to take any further action in the immediate future."

"But what if someone does confess to you?" I wondered.

"That would be inconvenient."

"Are you not allowed to have any relationships too?"

"It will cause inefficiencies in my duties that will be difficult to resolve, but I have not been formally and explicitly interdicted from such."

"So if someone confesses to you, would you automatically turn her down? Or would you at least consider it?"

At this, Nagato turned his head to look at me. Did I say something wrong? I don't think I did, at least not anything that Nagato would take any offense to.

The door opened, and Asahina-sempai stepped in. "Um, hello," he said. "Did I, er, did I interrupt something?"

"Oh, no, it's fine," I reassured him. When I looked back, Nagato was reading his book again, as though nothing had happened.

Itsuko and I waited outside the club room while Asahina-sempai changed into his SOS Brigade uniform. "You should be careful as well," Itsuko said.

"Please, I'm not going to do anything to Nagato. Are you secretly a member of that fan club as well?"

"That would be an exciting plot twist, but in truth the SOS Brigade is enough for me. In any case, I am already observing Nagato-san, as well as Asahina-san, and quite obviously Suzumiya-san, but perhaps not in the manner the Nagato Yuuki fan club is accustomed to." She smiled. "Of course, we're not leaving you out of the observation as well."

No, please leave me out of it. It's scary and creepy. "So why should I be careful? Are the fan club stalkers going to attack me?"

"I would judge that to be very unlikely. However, the source of the problem may be rather closer than you think."

Like I said already, I'm not good with these sorts of complicated riddles.

"We shall see."


Awesome writing is awesome. I now have ppl in the lib staring at me. :heh:

[sosoft]

I wouldn't have thought that I was really all that famous until one of them approached me.

"You," she said, looking at me like I was some kind of valuable but disgusting insect. "What are you to him?"

When people ask me about "him", they're usually talking about that idiot. "I'm not Suzumiya's keeper," I told her. "If you have a problem with him, go talk to him yourself, and good luck with that."

"Suzumiya? Who's that?"

You mean you're not talking about Haruki? More importantly, you've never heard of that name? I thought his antics would have been world-famous by now. In fact, considering the make-up of our club, his reputation can be said to be truly global, universal, and timeless.

"Oh, you mean that Suzumiya. Why would I bother to ask you about him?"

I could ask you the same question.

"I'm talking about that person, that person! The one you're always with every day in the Literature club room! You're always with him!"

Let's see, every day I attend SOS Brigade activities, if the pointless wasting of time by playing board games and surfing the Internet can be called that, in that room. That means that she's probably talking about one of the other SOS Brigade members. Not Haruki, which leaves either Asahina-sempai or Nagato. "I'm sorry, I'm not very good at complicated riddles like this."

"It's Nagato-sama! Nagato Yuuki-sama!"

Even if you paid me money right now, I don't think I could have pretended to be surprised. Haruki has such a poisonous personality that I don't think any girl would dare get near him, but Asahina-sempai and Nagato were fair game. Asahina-sempai isn't supposed to get involved in any relationships at this time, and Nagato probably wouldn't understand the concept in the first place. Incidentally, what's with the "sama" suffix?

"Every day, you go into the Literature club room with him. Tell me now, what relationship do you have with Nagato-sama?"

It's not like I walk in with him hand-in-hand. He's usually just sitting there in the room by the time I arrive, reading a thick book, as a part of the background scenery. If he wasn't there, it would like Hachiko disappeared from Shibuya Station. "We're just friends. It's nothing that serious, honestly."

"There has to be more to it than that," she said insistently. "You're always with him, and you even talk to him. How could you do such a thing?"

What's wrong with talking to Nagato? Apart from the way he sounds like he's just randomly picking words out of an encyclopedia, that is.

"None of us in the Nagato Yuuki fan club have been able to accomplish even that much. All we can do is observe him from afar. And then you... you're not even one of us!"

Nagato has a fan club? There's no way such a cheesy shoujo plot device can exist in real life. But the girl in front of me looked completely serious, so maybe there is such a thing. Is this your doing again, Haruki? Probably not, since I don't think Haruki really cares about Nagato's personal life. Besides, he'd probably have made a Suzumiya Haruki fan club for his own. "What does this fan club do?"

It turns out that it's an unofficial fan club, and there are only a few members in it. All of them swear never to reveal themselves to Nagato Yuuki, but are to observe him and report his activities to the others. Is this a fan club or a stalker gathering? "I was kind of sad when Nagato-sama stopped wearing glasses. He probably switched to contacts for some reason. Still, when Nagato-sama went up on stage during the school festival concert, I was so happy I thought I would die," the girl continued. "Aah, to think that Nagato-sama was so talented! There's nothing he cannot do perfectly!"

The scary thing is that you may be completely right. "Why are you asking me about Nagato anyway? Why don't you talk to the others, like Itsuko?"

"You mean Koizumi-san from 1-9? From what we've observed, Nagato-sama always keeps his conversations with her short and harmless. There's no reason to worry there."

This is so unfair.

"I'm warning you," the girl said, "don't do anything funny with Nagato-sama. I know there's no way I can tell you to stay away from him, and it could be that you really are innocent. But if you dare approach Nagato-sama any closer than you already have, there's no telling what consequences there may be." And with that threat, she walked away, with the air of one satisfied at a job well done.

-

Nagato was, as usual, reading in his corner of the hijacked Literature club room. The only other member of the SOS Brigade present was Itsuko, who gave me a polite nod and greeting while she tried to solve some chess problem from a book. Haruki had cleaning duties, and Asahina-sempai still hadn't arrived yet.

"Nagato," I said, "did you know that you're being watched by a group of girls? They say that they're your fan club or something."

Nagato continued reading his book without raising his head. "Seven of the female students of this school have been making notes of my movements, with the first observation on the twenty-third of April of this year. Thus far they have not witnessed or been party to any incidents triggered by Suzumiya Haruki, and so they have been deemed to be uninvolved bystanders."

"Don't you find it creepy that they've been watching you all this time?"

"Not really."

Looks like that's all.

"That is an interesting development," Itsuko said. "I take it that you have been approached by one of their number?"

"Yeah. They don't seem to be happy with my association with Nagato."

"From an objective point of view, you have indeed been fortunate enough to have seen more of Nagato-san's personal life than many others."

That's true. Not only have I gone to Nagato's apartment alone, I've even slept over there, for three whole years at that. I also helped him make that library card, and stayed in the same mansion with the rest of the SOS Brigade during the summer holiday trip. From an outsider's viewpoint, we're definitely more than simple friends.

Not to mention that easily-misunderstood scene that Taniguchi walked in on right after the incident involving the disappeared Asakura. I should probably thank her one of these days for uncharacteristically not spreading rumours about it all over the school, or that Nagato Yuuki fan club member would have gone straight for my throat.

"Hey, Nagato," I said. "Do you know why the fan club girls are watching you?"

"They believe that the sight of my physical presence is aesthetically pleasing," Nagato said in his usual robotic manner. "The probability of any further developments evolving from the current status quo is extremely low; as such, there is no need to take any further action in the immediate future."

"But what if someone does confess to you?" I wondered.

"That would be inconvenient."

"Are you not allowed to have any relationships too?"

"It will cause inefficiencies in my duties that will be difficult to resolve, but I have not been formally and explicitly interdicted from such."

"So if someone confesses to you, would you automatically turn her down? Or would you at least consider it?"

At this, Nagato turned his head to look at me. Did I say something wrong? I don't think I did, at least not anything that Nagato would take any offense to.

The door opened, and Asahina-sempai stepped in. "Um, hello," he said. "Did I, er, did I interrupt something?"

"Oh, no, it's fine," I reassured him. When I looked back, Nagato was reading his book again, as though nothing had happened.

Itsuko and I waited outside the club room while Asahina-sempai changed into his SOS Brigade uniform. "You should be careful as well," Itsuko said.

"Please, I'm not going to do anything to Nagato. Are you secretly a member of that fan club as well?"

"That would be an exciting plot twist, but in truth the SOS Brigade is enough for me. In any case, I am already observing Nagato-san, as well as Asahina-san, and quite obviously Suzumiya-san, but perhaps not in the manner the Nagato Yuuki fan club is accustomed to." She smiled. "Of course, we're not leaving you out of the observation as well."

No, please leave me out of it. It's scary and creepy. "So why should I be careful? Are the fan club stalkers going to attack me?"

"I would judge that to be very unlikely. However, the source of the problem may be rather closer than you think."

Like I said already, I'm not good with these sorts of complicated riddles.

"We shall see."


Awesome. I like it alot.

[Red225]

No, please leave me out of it. It's scary and creepy.

Awesome is a good word for it :D

[Skane]

I wouldn't have thought that I was really all that famous until one of them approached me.

"You," she said, looking at me like I was some kind of valuable but disgusting insect. "What are you to him?"

When people ask me about "him", they're usually talking about that idiot. "I'm not Suzumiya's keeper," I told her. "If you have a problem with him, go talk to him yourself, and good luck with that."

"Suzumiya? Who's that?"

You mean you're not talking about Haruki? More importantly, you've never heard of that name? I thought his antics would have been world-famous by now. In fact, considering the make-up of our club, his reputation can be said to be truly global, universal, and timeless.

"Oh, you mean that Suzumiya. Why would I bother to ask you about him?"

I could ask you the same question.

"I'm talking about that person, that person! The one you're always with every day in the Literature club room! You're always with him!"

Let's see, every day I attend SOS Brigade activities, if the pointless wasting of time by playing board games and surfing the Internet can be called that, in that room. That means that she's probably talking about one of the other SOS Brigade members. Not Haruki, which leaves either Asahina-sempai or Nagato. "I'm sorry, I'm not very good at complicated riddles like this."

"It's Nagato-sama! Nagato Yuuki-sama!"

Even if you paid me money right now, I don't think I could have pretended to be surprised. Haruki has such a poisonous personality that I don't think any girl would dare get near him, but Asahina-sempai and Nagato were fair game. Asahina-sempai isn't supposed to get involved in any relationships at this time, and Nagato probably wouldn't understand the concept in the first place. Incidentally, what's with the "sama" suffix?

"Every day, you go into the Literature club room with him. Tell me now, what relationship do you have with Nagato-sama?"

It's not like I walk in with him hand-in-hand. He's usually just sitting there in the room by the time I arrive, reading a thick book, as a part of the background scenery. If he wasn't there, it would like Hachiko disappeared from Shibuya Station. "We're just friends. It's nothing that serious, honestly."

"There has to be more to it than that," she said insistently. "You're always with him, and you even talk to him. How could you do such a thing?"

What's wrong with talking to Nagato? Apart from the way he sounds like he's just randomly picking words out of an encyclopedia, that is.

"None of us in the Nagato Yuuki fan club have been able to accomplish even that much. All we can do is observe him from afar. And then you... you're not even one of us!"

Nagato has a fan club? There's no way such a cheesy shoujo plot device can exist in real life. But the girl in front of me looked completely serious, so maybe there is such a thing. Is this your doing again, Haruki? Probably not, since I don't think Haruki really cares about Nagato's personal life. Besides, he'd probably have made a Suzumiya Haruki fan club for his own. "What does this fan club do?"

It turns out that it's an unofficial fan club, and there are only a few members in it. All of them swear never to reveal themselves to Nagato Yuuki, but are to observe him and report his activities to the others. Is this a fan club or a stalker gathering? "I was kind of sad when Nagato-sama stopped wearing glasses. He probably switched to contacts for some reason. Still, when Nagato-sama went up on stage during the school festival concert, I was so happy I thought I would die," the girl continued. "Aah, to think that Nagato-sama was so talented! There's nothing he cannot do perfectly!"

The scary thing is that you may be completely right. "Why are you asking me about Nagato anyway? Why don't you talk to the others, like Itsuko?"

"You mean Koizumi-san from 1-9? From what we've observed, Nagato-sama always keeps his conversations with her short and harmless. There's no reason to worry there."

This is so unfair.

"I'm warning you," the girl said, "don't do anything funny with Nagato-sama. I know there's no way I can tell you to stay away from him, and it could be that you really are innocent. But if you dare approach Nagato-sama any closer than you already have, there's no telling what consequences there may be." And with that threat, she walked away, with the air of one satisfied at a job well done.

-

Nagato was, as usual, reading in his corner of the hijacked Literature club room. The only other member of the SOS Brigade present was Itsuko, who gave me a polite nod and greeting while she tried to solve some chess problem from a book. Haruki had cleaning duties, and Asahina-sempai still hadn't arrived yet.

"Nagato," I said, "did you know that you're being watched by a group of girls? They say that they're your fan club or something."

Nagato continued reading his book without raising his head. "Seven of the female students of this school have been making notes of my movements, with the first observation on the twenty-third of April of this year. Thus far they have not witnessed or been party to any incidents triggered by Suzumiya Haruki, and so they have been deemed to be uninvolved bystanders."

"Don't you find it creepy that they've been watching you all this time?"

"Not really."

Looks like that's all.

"That is an interesting development," Itsuko said. "I take it that you have been approached by one of their number?"

"Yeah. They don't seem to be happy with my association with Nagato."

"From an objective point of view, you have indeed been fortunate enough to have seen more of Nagato-san's personal life than many others."

That's true. Not only have I gone to Nagato's apartment alone, I've even slept over there, for three whole years at that. I also helped him make that library card, and stayed in the same mansion with the rest of the SOS Brigade during the summer holiday trip. From an outsider's viewpoint, we're definitely more than simple friends.

Not to mention that easily-misunderstood scene that Taniguchi walked in on right after the incident involving the disappeared Asakura. I should probably thank her one of these days for uncharacteristically not spreading rumours about it all over the school, or that Nagato Yuuki fan club member would have gone straight for my throat.

"Hey, Nagato," I said. "Do you know why the fan club girls are watching you?"

"They believe that the sight of my physical presence is aesthetically pleasing," Nagato said in his usual robotic manner. "The probability of any further developments evolving from the current status quo is extremely low; as such, there is no need to take any further action in the immediate future."

"But what if someone does confess to you?" I wondered.

"That would be inconvenient."

"Are you not allowed to have any relationships too?"

"It will cause inefficiencies in my duties that will be difficult to resolve, but I have not been formally and explicitly interdicted from such."

"So if someone confesses to you, would you automatically turn her down? Or would you at least consider it?"

At this, Nagato turned his head to look at me. Did I say something wrong? I don't think I did, at least not anything that Nagato would take any offense to.

The door opened, and Asahina-sempai stepped in. "Um, hello," he said. "Did I, er, did I interrupt something?"

"Oh, no, it's fine," I reassured him. When I looked back, Nagato was reading his book again, as though nothing had happened.

Itsuko and I waited outside the club room while Asahina-sempai changed into his SOS Brigade uniform. "You should be careful as well," Itsuko said.

"Please, I'm not going to do anything to Nagato. Are you secretly a member of that fan club as well?"

"That would be an exciting plot twist, but in truth the SOS Brigade is enough for me. In any case, I am already observing Nagato-san, as well as Asahina-san, and quite obviously Suzumiya-san, but perhaps not in the manner the Nagato Yuuki fan club is accustomed to." She smiled. "Of course, we're not leaving you out of the observation as well."

No, please leave me out of it. It's scary and creepy. "So why should I be careful? Are the fan club stalkers going to attack me?"

"I would judge that to be very unlikely. However, the source of the problem may be rather closer than you think."

Like I said already, I'm not good with these sorts of complicated riddles.

"We shall see."
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Cheers.

[otai]

I wouldn't have thought that I was really all that famous until one of them approached me.

"You," she said, looking at me like I was some kind of valuable but disgusting insect. "What are you to him?"

When people ask me about "him", they're usually talking about that idiot. "I'm not Suzumiya's keeper," I told her. "If you have a problem with him, go talk to him yourself, and good luck with that."

"Suzumiya? Who's that?"

You mean you're not talking about Haruki? More importantly, you've never heard of that name? I thought his antics would have been world-famous by now. In fact, considering the make-up of our club, his reputation can be said to be truly global, universal, and timeless.

"Oh, you mean that Suzumiya. Why would I bother to ask you about him?"

I could ask you the same question.

"I'm talking about that person, that person! The one you're always with every day in the Literature club room! You're always with him!"

Let's see, every day I attend SOS Brigade activities, if the pointless wasting of time by playing board games and surfing the Internet can be called that, in that room. That means that she's probably talking about one of the other SOS Brigade members. Not Haruki, which leaves either Asahina-sempai or Nagato. "I'm sorry, I'm not very good at complicated riddles like this."

"It's Nagato-sama! Nagato Yuuki-sama!"

Even if you paid me money right now, I don't think I could have pretended to be surprised. Haruki has such a poisonous personality that I don't think any girl would dare get near him, but Asahina-sempai and Nagato were fair game. Asahina-sempai isn't supposed to get involved in any relationships at this time, and Nagato probably wouldn't understand the concept in the first place. Incidentally, what's with the "sama" suffix?

"Every day, you go into the Literature club room with him. Tell me now, what relationship do you have with Nagato-sama?"

It's not like I walk in with him hand-in-hand. He's usually just sitting there in the room by the time I arrive, reading a thick book, as a part of the background scenery. If he wasn't there, it would like Hachiko disappeared from Shibuya Station. "We're just friends. It's nothing that serious, honestly."

"There has to be more to it than that," she said insistently. "You're always with him, and you even talk to him. How could you do such a thing?"

What's wrong with talking to Nagato? Apart from the way he sounds like he's just randomly picking words out of an encyclopedia, that is.

"None of us in the Nagato Yuuki fan club have been able to accomplish even that much. All we can do is observe him from afar. And then you... you're not even one of us!"

Nagato has a fan club? There's no way such a cheesy shoujo plot device can exist in real life. But the girl in front of me looked completely serious, so maybe there is such a thing. Is this your doing again, Haruki? Probably not, since I don't think Haruki really cares about Nagato's personal life. Besides, he'd probably have made a Suzumiya Haruki fan club for his own. "What does this fan club do?"

It turns out that it's an unofficial fan club, and there are only a few members in it. All of them swear never to reveal themselves to Nagato Yuuki, but are to observe him and report his activities to the others. Is this a fan club or a stalker gathering? "I was kind of sad when Nagato-sama stopped wearing glasses. He probably switched to contacts for some reason. Still, when Nagato-sama went up on stage during the school festival concert, I was so happy I thought I would die," the girl continued. "Aah, to think that Nagato-sama was so talented! There's nothing he cannot do perfectly!"

The scary thing is that you may be completely right. "Why are you asking me about Nagato anyway? Why don't you talk to the others, like Itsuko?"

"You mean Koizumi-san from 1-9? From what we've observed, Nagato-sama always keeps his conversations with her short and harmless. There's no reason to worry there."

This is so unfair.

"I'm warning you," the girl said, "don't do anything funny with Nagato-sama. I know there's no way I can tell you to stay away from him, and it could be that you really are innocent. But if you dare approach Nagato-sama any closer than you already have, there's no telling what consequences there may be." And with that threat, she walked away, with the air of one satisfied at a job well done.

-

Nagato was, as usual, reading in his corner of the hijacked Literature club room. The only other member of the SOS Brigade present was Itsuko, who gave me a polite nod and greeting while she tried to solve some chess problem from a book. Haruki had cleaning duties, and Asahina-sempai still hadn't arrived yet.

"Nagato," I said, "did you know that you're being watched by a group of girls? They say that they're your fan club or something."

Nagato continued reading his book without raising his head. "Seven of the female students of this school have been making notes of my movements, with the first observation on the twenty-third of April of this year. Thus far they have not witnessed or been party to any incidents triggered by Suzumiya Haruki, and so they have been deemed to be uninvolved bystanders."

"Don't you find it creepy that they've been watching you all this time?"

"Not really."

Looks like that's all.

"That is an interesting development," Itsuko said. "I take it that you have been approached by one of their number?"

"Yeah. They don't seem to be happy with my association with Nagato."

"From an objective point of view, you have indeed been fortunate enough to have seen more of Nagato-san's personal life than many others."

That's true. Not only have I gone to Nagato's apartment alone, I've even slept over there, for three whole years at that. I also helped him make that library card, and stayed in the same mansion with the rest of the SOS Brigade during the summer holiday trip. From an outsider's viewpoint, we're definitely more than simple friends.

Not to mention that easily-misunderstood scene that Taniguchi walked in on right after the incident involving the disappeared Asakura. I should probably thank her one of these days for uncharacteristically not spreading rumours about it all over the school, or that Nagato Yuuki fan club member would have gone straight for my throat.

"Hey, Nagato," I said. "Do you know why the fan club girls are watching you?"

"They believe that the sight of my physical presence is aesthetically pleasing," Nagato said in his usual robotic manner. "The probability of any further developments evolving from the current status quo is extremely low; as such, there is no need to take any further action in the immediate future."

"But what if someone does confess to you?" I wondered.

"That would be inconvenient."

"Are you not allowed to have any relationships too?"

"It will cause inefficiencies in my duties that will be difficult to resolve, but I have not been formally and explicitly interdicted from such."

"So if someone confesses to you, would you automatically turn her down? Or would you at least consider it?"

At this, Nagato turned his head to look at me. Did I say something wrong? I don't think I did, at least not anything that Nagato would take any offense to.

The door opened, and Asahina-sempai stepped in. "Um, hello," he said. "Did I, er, did I interrupt something?"

"Oh, no, it's fine," I reassured him. When I looked back, Nagato was reading his book again, as though nothing had happened.

Itsuko and I waited outside the club room while Asahina-sempai changed into his SOS Brigade uniform. "You should be careful as well," Itsuko said.

"Please, I'm not going to do anything to Nagato. Are you secretly a member of that fan club as well?"

"That would be an exciting plot twist, but in truth the SOS Brigade is enough for me. In any case, I am already observing Nagato-san, as well as Asahina-san, and quite obviously Suzumiya-san, but perhaps not in the manner the Nagato Yuuki fan club is accustomed to." She smiled. "Of course, we're not leaving you out of the observation as well."

No, please leave me out of it. It's scary and creepy. "So why should I be careful? Are the fan club stalkers going to attack me?"

"I would judge that to be very unlikely. However, the source of the problem may be rather closer than you think."

Like I said already, I'm not good with these sorts of complicated riddles.

"We shall see."


It has to be said again. Awesome. Written in record time too.

[Kaisos Erranon]

Yay, another part. I cut if off short because I wanted to do the whole Asakura scene in one go.

Yet, from this moment onwards, strange things were beginning to get into motion. Because it wasn’t such a big deal yet, no one else had noticed, but I'd been thinking about it all day, ever since homeroom.

You see, while I was talking to Haruki, my mind was dwelling on something else. It all began with a note that was left in my shoe locker this morning.
The note said "After school when everyone else has left, come to the 1-5 classroom."

The handwriting was angular and archaic-looking. It was probably a guy’s handwriting.


------


What the hell is this about? The differing opinions in my mind decided to hold an emergency meeting.

The first said, "This has happened before," but the handwriting was different from the one on the bookmark. Nagato, who claims to be a “Living Humanoid Interface” for the aliens, has handwriting so perfect it’s like a computer typed it out , yet this note, although written with good penmanship, isn’t so flawless. Besides, Nagato wouldn’t be so direct as to stick a note in my shoe locker.

The second said, "Could it be Asahina-senpai?" No, if it's Asahina-senpai, I doubt he’d just tear off a piece of paper and throw it in my locker without at least putting a time on it. He seems the sort of person who’d use an envelope, too.

Moreover, it was strange that the location is my classroom. "It can't be Haruki!?" said the third opinion. That's even more impossible. If Haruki had anything to say to me, he’s probably just carry me off shouting Washoi! Washoi!to the staircase and tell me directly.

Based on the same reasoning, I eliminated Itsuko from the equation as well.
Finally, a fourth opinion, stronger and louder than all the others, said, "Could it be a love letter from some stranger?" It makes sense. The writer specified that I should come “after everyone else is gone” and it was stuffed in my shoe locker, exactly the place you’d normally put a confession note .
Still, in all my years of school, I’ve never gotten one of these. Why should they start coming now? I don’t think I’m any better looking than I was in junior high.

It could just be a prank by Taniguchi and Kunikida. Yeah, that sounds more realistic. Taniguchi would play a stupid joke on me like that, but I think she would have written more.

While thinking about all this, I wandered aimlessly around the school. After class, Haruki said he was going to go home and “punch something”. Chance!

[Editor’s note: Feel free to change that last. I just figured I’d make a small reference to FLCL.]

I decided to go to the clubroom first, as I’d look like an idiot waiting for ages in the classroom for some unknown stranger to show up. If all of a sudden Taniguchi suddenly came in and said, "Hey, you’re still waiting? I can't believe you'd fall for that, you’re so naive!" I'd be really pissed. Kill some time first, go and have a peek in the classroom, and then go in after making sure no one is around. Yeah, that’s the perfect strategy.

I arrived at the clubroom entrance. This time, I remembered to knock.

"Please come in." Once I heard Asahina-senpai's voice, I opened the door. Regardless of how wrong it may be, he still looks cute in that maid costume.

"Took you awhile to arrive… where's Suzumiya-san?" he said, pleasantly
Looks like he’s brewing tea again.


"He went home. Actually, he seemed pretty tired. If you want to get some revenge, I’d do it now."

Asahina-senpai looked flustered. "I-I wouldn’t d-do anything like that!"

I was only joking, Asahina-senpai.

We sat face to face and drank our tea in the room with Nagato reading. We are, without Haruki, a Brigade with no clear aim or goal in mind.

"Itsuko still hasn't arrived?" I asked.

"Koizumi-san came earlier, but she said she’s got her part time job today, so she already left."

What kind of part-time job, exactly? Well, at least now I can confidently cross out Itsuko and Haruki from my suspect list on who wrote the note.

Since I had nothing to do but wait, I played some Othello with Asahina-senpai and chatted with him. After winning three games, I stopped playing and went to surf the internet to read the news, and at this moment, Nagato closed his book. Recently, we've taken this action of his as a sign that it's time to call it a day for club activities (though what those are is still unclear), and we all began to pack and leave.

"I need to change, so you go on first." After Asahina-senpai said that, I left the room and proceeded to my classroom.

The clock says half past five, so I guess there shouldn't be anyone left in the classroom. Even if it were a prank by Taniguchi, she’d have gone home after getting bored from waiting for so long. Despite that, I still ran up the two flights of stairs to the top floor, just to make sure. I mean, what if it really is a confession?

I breathed deeply in the silent corridor. The classroom doors have stained windows, so I couldn’t see anything inside. All I could see is that the sunset has stained the room a pretty orange-red color. Casually, I opened the 1-5 classroom door and stuck my head inside.

[otai]

Yeah but it helps to have an idea to base our visualizations on.

If I may be so bold as to suggest to the danchou-sama; commission the artists for a character lineup picture.

[DJ_RockmanX]

If I may be so bold as to suggest to the danchou-sama; commission the artists for a character lineup picture.

Commission the artists? What kind of influence do you think I have? :heh:

Yay, another part. I cut if off short because I wanted to do the whole Asakura scene in one go.

Yet, from this moment onwards, strange things were beginning to get into motion. Because it wasn’t such a big deal yet, no one else had noticed, but I'd been thinking about it all day, ever since homeroom.

You see, while I was talking to Haruki, my mind was dwelling on something else. It all began with a note that was left in my shoe locker this morning.
The note said "After school when everyone else has left, come to the 1-5 classroom."

The handwriting was angular and archaic-looking. It was probably a guy’s handwriting.


------


What the hell is this about? The differing opinions in my mind decided to hold an emergency meeting.

The first said, "This has happened before," but the handwriting was different from the one on the bookmark. Nagato, who claims to be a “Living Humanoid Interface” for the aliens, has handwriting so perfect it’s like a computer typed it out , yet this note, although written with good penmanship, isn’t so flawless. Besides, Nagato wouldn’t be so direct as to stick a note in my shoe locker.

The second said, "Could it be Asahina-senpai?" No, if it's Asahina-senpai, I doubt he’d just tear off a piece of paper and throw it in my locker without at least putting a time on it. He seems the sort of person who’d use an envelope, too.

Moreover, it was strange that the location is my classroom. "It can't be Haruki!?" said the third opinion. That's even more impossible. If Haruki had anything to say to me, he’s probably just carry me off shouting Washoi! Washoi!to the staircase and tell me directly.

Based on the same reasoning, I eliminated Itsuko from the equation as well.
Finally, a fourth opinion, stronger and louder than all the others, said, "Could it be a love letter from some stranger?" It makes sense. The writer specified that I should come “after everyone else is gone” and it was stuffed in my shoe locker, exactly the place you’d normally put a confession note .
Still, in all my years of school, I’ve never gotten one of these. Why should they start coming now? I don’t think I’m any better looking than I was in junior high.

It could just be a prank by Taniguchi and Kunikida. Yeah, that sounds more realistic. Taniguchi would play a stupid joke on me like that, but I think she would have written more.

While thinking about all this, I wandered aimlessly around the school. After class, Haruki said he was going to go home and “punch something”. Chance!

[Editor’s note: Feel free to change that last. I just figured I’d make a small reference to FLCL.]

I decided to go to the clubroom first, as I’d look like an idiot waiting for ages in the classroom for some unknown stranger to show up. If all of a sudden Taniguchi suddenly came in and said, "Hey, you’re still waiting? I can't believe you'd fall for that, you’re so naive!" I'd be really pissed. Kill some time first, go and have a peek in the classroom, and then go in after making sure no one is around. Yeah, that’s the perfect strategy.

I arrived at the clubroom entrance. This time, I remembered to knock.

"Please come in." Once I heard Asahina-senpai's voice, I opened the door. Regardless of how wrong it may be, he still looks cute in that maid costume.

"Took you awhile to arrive… where's Suzumiya-san?" he said, pleasantly
Looks like he’s brewing tea again.


"He went home. Actually, he seemed pretty tired. If you want to get some revenge, I’d do it now."

Asahina-senpai looked flustered. "I-I wouldn’t d-do anything like that!"

I was only joking, Asahina-senpai.

We sat face to face and drank our tea in the room with Nagato reading. We are, without Haruki, a Brigade with no clear aim or goal in mind.

"Itsuko still hasn't arrived?" I asked.

"Koizumi-san came earlier, but she said she’s got her part time job today, so she already left."

What kind of part-time job, exactly? Well, at least now I can confidently cross out Itsuko and Haruki from my suspect list on who wrote the note.

Since I had nothing to do but wait, I played some Othello with Asahina-senpai and chatted with him. After winning three games, I stopped playing and went to surf the internet to read the news, and at this moment, Nagato closed his book. Recently, we've taken this action of his as a sign that it's time to call it a day for club activities (though what those are is still unclear), and we all began to pack and leave.

"I need to change, so you go on first." After Asahina-senpai said that, I left the room and proceeded to my classroom.

The clock says half past five, so I guess there shouldn't be anyone left in the classroom. Even if it were a prank by Taniguchi, she’d have gone home after getting bored from waiting for so long. Despite that, I still ran up the two flights of stairs to the top floor, just to make sure. I mean, what if it really is a confession?

I breathed deeply in the silent corridor. The classroom doors have stained windows, so I couldn’t see anything inside. All I could see is that the sunset has stained the room a pretty orange-red color. Casually, I opened the 1-5 classroom door and stuck my head inside.


The next part's gonna be good. :D

[Aebliss]

I wouldn't have thought that I was really all that famous until one of them approached me.

"You," she said, looking at me like I was some kind of valuable but disgusting insect. "What are you to him?"

When people ask me about "him", they're usually talking about that idiot. "I'm not Suzumiya's keeper," I told her. "If you have a problem with him, go talk to him yourself, and good luck with that."

"Suzumiya? Who's that?"

You mean you're not talking about Haruki? More importantly, you've never heard of that name? I thought his antics would have been world-famous by now. In fact, considering the make-up of our club, his reputation can be said to be truly global, universal, and timeless.

"Oh, you mean that Suzumiya. Why would I bother to ask you about him?"

I could ask you the same question.

"I'm talking about that person, that person! The one you're always with every day in the Literature club room! You're always with him!"

Let's see, every day I attend SOS Brigade activities, if the pointless wasting of time by playing board games and surfing the Internet can be called that, in that room. That means that she's probably talking about one of the other SOS Brigade members. Not Haruki, which leaves either Asahina-sempai or Nagato. "I'm sorry, I'm not very good at complicated riddles like this."

"It's Nagato-sama! Nagato Yuuki-sama!"

Even if you paid me money right now, I don't think I could have pretended to be surprised. Haruki has such a poisonous personality that I don't think any girl would dare get near him, but Asahina-sempai and Nagato were fair game. Asahina-sempai isn't supposed to get involved in any relationships at this time, and Nagato probably wouldn't understand the concept in the first place. Incidentally, what's with the "sama" suffix?

"Every day, you go into the Literature club room with him. Tell me now, what relationship do you have with Nagato-sama?"

It's not like I walk in with him hand-in-hand. He's usually just sitting there in the room by the time I arrive, reading a thick book, as a part of the background scenery. If he wasn't there, it would like Hachiko disappeared from Shibuya Station. "We're just friends. It's nothing that serious, honestly."

"There has to be more to it than that," she said insistently. "You're always with him, and you even talk to him. How could you do such a thing?"

What's wrong with talking to Nagato? Apart from the way he sounds like he's just randomly picking words out of an encyclopedia, that is.

"None of us in the Nagato Yuuki fan club have been able to accomplish even that much. All we can do is observe him from afar. And then you... you're not even one of us!"

Nagato has a fan club? There's no way such a cheesy shoujo plot device can exist in real life. But the girl in front of me looked completely serious, so maybe there is such a thing. Is this your doing again, Haruki? Probably not, since I don't think Haruki really cares about Nagato's personal life. Besides, he'd probably have made a Suzumiya Haruki fan club for his own. "What does this fan club do?"

It turns out that it's an unofficial fan club, and there are only a few members in it. All of them swear never to reveal themselves to Nagato Yuuki, but are to observe him and report his activities to the others. Is this a fan club or a stalker gathering? "I was kind of sad when Nagato-sama stopped wearing glasses. He probably switched to contacts for some reason. Still, when Nagato-sama went up on stage during the school festival concert, I was so happy I thought I would die," the girl continued. "Aah, to think that Nagato-sama was so talented! There's nothing he cannot do perfectly!"

The scary thing is that you may be completely right. "Why are you asking me about Nagato anyway? Why don't you talk to the others, like Itsuko?"

"You mean Koizumi-san from 1-9? From what we've observed, Nagato-sama always keeps his conversations with her short and harmless. There's no reason to worry there."

This is so unfair.

"I'm warning you," the girl said, "don't do anything funny with Nagato-sama. I know there's no way I can tell you to stay away from him, and it could be that you really are innocent. But if you dare approach Nagato-sama any closer than you already have, there's no telling what consequences there may be." And with that threat, she walked away, with the air of one satisfied at a job well done.

-

Nagato was, as usual, reading in his corner of the hijacked Literature club room. The only other member of the SOS Brigade present was Itsuko, who gave me a polite nod and greeting while she tried to solve some chess problem from a book. Haruki had cleaning duties, and Asahina-sempai still hadn't arrived yet.

"Nagato," I said, "did you know that you're being watched by a group of girls? They say that they're your fan club or something."

Nagato continued reading his book without raising his head. "Seven of the female students of this school have been making notes of my movements, with the first observation on the twenty-third of April of this year. Thus far they have not witnessed or been party to any incidents triggered by Suzumiya Haruki, and so they have been deemed to be uninvolved bystanders."

"Don't you find it creepy that they've been watching you all this time?"

"Not really."

Looks like that's all.

"That is an interesting development," Itsuko said. "I take it that you have been approached by one of their number?"

"Yeah. They don't seem to be happy with my association with Nagato."

"From an objective point of view, you have indeed been fortunate enough to have seen more of Nagato-san's personal life than many others."

That's true. Not only have I gone to Nagato's apartment alone, I've even slept over there, for three whole years at that. I also helped him make that library card, and stayed in the same mansion with the rest of the SOS Brigade during the summer holiday trip. From an outsider's viewpoint, we're definitely more than simple friends.

Not to mention that easily-misunderstood scene that Taniguchi walked in on right after the incident involving the disappeared Asakura. I should probably thank her one of these days for uncharacteristically not spreading rumours about it all over the school, or that Nagato Yuuki fan club member would have gone straight for my throat.

"Hey, Nagato," I said. "Do you know why the fan club girls are watching you?"

"They believe that the sight of my physical presence is aesthetically pleasing," Nagato said in his usual robotic manner. "The probability of any further developments evolving from the current status quo is extremely low; as such, there is no need to take any further action in the immediate future."

"But what if someone does confess to you?" I wondered.

"That would be inconvenient."

"Are you not allowed to have any relationships too?"

"It will cause inefficiencies in my duties that will be difficult to resolve, but I have not been formally and explicitly interdicted from such."

"So if someone confesses to you, would you automatically turn her down? Or would you at least consider it?"

At this, Nagato turned his head to look at me. Did I say something wrong? I don't think I did, at least not anything that Nagato would take any offense to.

The door opened, and Asahina-sempai stepped in. "Um, hello," he said. "Did I, er, did I interrupt something?"

"Oh, no, it's fine," I reassured him. When I looked back, Nagato was reading his book again, as though nothing had happened.

Itsuko and I waited outside the club room while Asahina-sempai changed into his SOS Brigade uniform. "You should be careful as well," Itsuko said.

"Please, I'm not going to do anything to Nagato. Are you secretly a member of that fan club as well?"

"That would be an exciting plot twist, but in truth the SOS Brigade is enough for me. In any case, I am already observing Nagato-san, as well as Asahina-san, and quite obviously Suzumiya-san, but perhaps not in the manner the Nagato Yuuki fan club is accustomed to." She smiled. "Of course, we're not leaving you out of the observation as well."

No, please leave me out of it. It's scary and creepy. "So why should I be careful? Are the fan club stalkers going to attack me?"

"I would judge that to be very unlikely. However, the source of the problem may be rather closer than you think."

Like I said already, I'm not good with these sorts of complicated riddles.

"We shall see."


... o.o ... :) ... :D ... Thank you very, very much for that, Dkellis. I enjoyed it immensely and am going to keep it somewhere to read again!

[Kaisos Erranon]

... o.o ... :) ... :D ... Thank you very, very much for that, Dkellis. I enjoyed it immensely and am going to keep it somewhere to read again!

I uploaded it to the SOS-dan Wiki, here (http://wiki.sos-dan.com/wiki/Haruki_Suzumiya:_The_Fanclub_of_Nagato_Yuuki).

[Forceflow]

I propose the start of the Haruki Engeki-Bu for all these inuniverse hijinks.

Those that don't make the cut into our rewrite but are too priceless to delete. XD

And now having more time, I have to say the Hachiko reference was a stroke of genius. As were the many deliciously snarky comments by Kyonko.

EDIT: Kaisos, no page on the wiki links to the story. =3

[Aebliss]

I uploaded it to the SOS-dan Wiki, here (http://wiki.sos-dan.com/wiki/Haruki_Suzumiya:_The_Fanclub_of_Nagato_Yuuki).

Nya ha ha haaa ... Exxxxxcellent. *rubs hands* Saved for the enjoyment of future generations of otaku and others. ^^

[Kaisos Erranon]

I propose the start of the Haruki Engeki-Bu for all these inuniverse hijinks.

Those that don't make the cut into our rewrite but are too priceless to delete. XD

And now having more time, I have to say the Hachiko reference was a stroke of genius. As were the many deliciously snarky comments by Kyonko.

EDIT: Kaisos, no page on the wiki links to the story. =3

I know, check Category: Genderbending.

Edit: Gaaah, don't we have someone who's supposed to be working on that wiki?

[Ithekro]

Another piece to add to the "Bridge. Cross. Later." story line?

[Kaisos Erranon]

Another piece to add to the "Bridge. Cross. Later." story line?

I consider all that part of the main story, ya know.

[DJ_RockmanX]

I consider all that part of the main story, ya know.

The "incorporate everything" strategy again? :heh:

[Kaisos Erranon]

The "incorporate everything" strategy again? :heh:

Well, they're gaiden stories. Besides, it'd be a waste of dkellis' talent to not include them.

[DJ_RockmanX]

Well, they're gaiden stories. Besides, it'd be a waste of dkellis' talent to not include them.

But of course. Perhaps we should write the gaiden stories in genderbent form, and it'll be up to Tanigawa and the other side to reverse them. :p

[Kaisos Erranon]

Another part... I couldn't finish the whole fight in time, so I got up to just Yuuki's appearance.

I wasn't at all surprised that someone was waiting inside the classroom, but I was shocked when I found out who it was. Standing in front of the blackboard was someone I would never even have considered.

"You're late."

Asakura Ryou smiled at me.

He flicked his beautiful silken hair and started walking down the aisle. His handsome face with that serene smile is really distracting.

Is this really a confession after all? Asakura, of all people?

He stopped in the center of the classroom, and waved towards me with a smile.

"Come in!"

I feel like I have no control over my body anymore. His wave caused me to let go of the door handle and stepped inside the room.

"S-So it's you..."

"Yes, surprised?"

Asakura smiled happily, the right side of his face turned red by the sunset shining in. My face is red too, though not for the same reason.

"Y-you wanted to talk t-to me?" Dammit, I sound like Asahina-senpai!

Asakura chuckled and replied. "Indeed, I was looking for you, I have something to ask you."

Asakura's attractive face, white and pure as the peaks of mountaintops, now turns towards me.

"Have you heard of the saying 'It is better to do it and regret than not do it at all'? You think that makes sense?"

What is he talking about? "I-I'm not really sure who said that, but I guess the meaning makes… sense…"

"If there exists a situation where staying in the status quo would make things worse, and you have no idea how to improve it, what would you do?"

"Um, improve what?" Is there a confession coming, or…

Ignoring my question, Asakura just smiled and continued,

"Wouldn't you have said that you should do it first and face the consequences later? Since nothing is going to change if things continue like this."

"Um, I-I guess so." Goddammit! Did I get my hopes up for nothing?

"That's what I meant."

Asakura, who had his hands behind his back, leaned slightly forward.

"However, since those above are incapable of thinking laterally, they are out of touch with the rapid changes in this reality, I'm compelled to do something in order to make things run smoothly. That's why, being in this reality, I have decided to act on my own and forcefully make some changes."

Um, sorry? What on Earth are you trying to say? Is this some sort of prank? I looked around the room, wondering whether Taniguchi is hiding in the cabinet holding the sweeping tools behind me, or whether she's sitting under the teacher's desk.

"I've grown tired of having to observe a changeless environment, that's why..."

I was so busy looking around that I didn't really hear what Asakura was saying.

"I have to kill you, and see what sort of reaction Suzumiya Haruki will have."

In an instant, Asakura moved his hands from behind his back, and a silvery metallic flash went past where my neck used to be. As I watched the ribbon on the front of my school uniform float slowly towards the ground, I heard the crash of the teacher’s desk collapsing a few feet away.

Smiling pleasantly, Asakura's right hand now held a katana nearly half my height.

I was very, very lucky to dodge the first strike. If I hadn’t, I’d probably have ended up like that desk. Right now, though, I'm on the ground on my backside, looking palely up at Asakura. ‘If I'm trapped, I won't be able to escape!’ was the thought that flashed through my mind, and I crawled backwards like a locust.

Why didn't Asakura chase after me?

...No, wait! What’s going on here? Why is someone as nice and pure as Asakura trying to gut me with a sword? Wait a second what did he just say? He wants to kill me? Kill me? But, why!? Why me!?

"S-stop joking around!" All I could say was that trademark tsumokki[/I]sentence of mine. "T-that’s really dangerous! Even if it were fake, I’d still be really, really scared! Please put that that thing away!"

I was really terrified and confused. Taniguchi, if this is your doing, you’ve gone way too far! Someone, come and help me!

"You think I'm joking?" Asakura said in his normal cheerful tone, not sounding very serious at all. Anyone smiling at you while threatening your life with a sword is really scary. So now you all know exactly how completely terrified I was.

"Hmm…”

Asakura put the back of the katana to rest on his shoulder.

"You don't like dying? You don't want to die? The death of organic entities means nothing to me."

I slowly stand up. I had to keep on telling myself ‘this has to be a joke... just a bad joke…’ This is all too surreal. Asakura is the serious, responsible class president, who only talked when necessary in class, and faced every problem calmly and without panicking. He’s every girl’s dream. Why would he wave around a katana and say he wants to kill me all of a sudden?

Yet that thing is real, and I would be in two pieces if I weren’t careful.

"I-I don't understand what you're saying.” I said, cautiously. “This isn't funny anymore, OK? So please, just put that scary thing away!"

"I can't do that," Asakura smiled his usual perfect smile, "Because I really want you to die."

He lifted the katana above his head and brought it down. He's fast! This time I was prepared, though, because I got out of the way just in time. I heard the desk behind me shatter.

I rushed forward, my sights set on escaping through the door - yet I ended up hitting a wall instead.

W-what?!

Where’d the door go?! Even the windows are gone! There were supposed to be windows on the wall facing the corridor, but now it's just a thick grey wall.

No way!

"It's useless."

Asakura's voice grew closer from behind.

"I now have control of this area of space, so all exits have been blocked. It's quite easy, really. All I need to do is tamper with the molecular structure of the buildings on this planet and I can change their matter at will. This room has now become a sealed room, and there's no way in or out now."

I turned around and noticed that the sunset has gone as well. The whole room is surrounded by concrete walls, leaving only the white lamps shining coldy on the desks.

This can't be! This isn’t possible! What the hell is going on?

Asakura's silhouette moved slowly towards me.

"As your class president, I advise you to stop resisting; you're going to die anyway."

“W-what are you?!”

No matter how I looked, there were walls around me. There's not a single door, a single window, nothing! Is something wrong with my brain?

I frantically moved between the desks, trying to get as far from Asakura as possible. Yet Asakura just walked towards me in a straight line, smashing the desks and chairs aside with a swing or two of that katana. Unlike him, my path was always blocked.

The cat and mouse chase didn't last long, and eventually I was cornered.

Well, if that was how it was going to be, I decided to take a risk and threw a fallen chair at Asakura with all my strength, yet it turned in the air right in front of Asakura, and flew off to the other end of the room.

This is impossible, [s]INCONCIEVABLEjust impossible!

"Impressive strength for such a little girl, but resistance is futile. Everything in this room now moves according to my will."

Wait... Wait!

“Nothing you do has any meaning. It’s useless.”

What is going on here? If this isn't a joke or a prank, and neither Asakura nor me were crazy, then what’s going on?

I have to kill you, and see what sort of reaction Suzumiya Haruki will have.

Why is it Haruki, again? Aren’t you getting a bit too popular, Haruki?
"Sigh… I should've done this from the beginning."

After Asakura said those words, my whole body froze in place. H-hey! No fair! That’s haxcheating!

My feet are rooted to the ground like a tree, unable to move. My arms are fixed like a wax statue - I can't even move my fingers. All I could do was look at Asakura’s face as he slowly approached me.

"Once you die, Suzumiya Haruki is bound to have some sort of reaction. This might create a massive data explosion from which we could salvage something. This could be the chance in a lifetime for us."

I still have no idea what you’re talking about!

“But first…” he smiled. “Let’s have some fun.”

Great. All I wanted was a confession, and now I’m going to be raped and die. Just great. If I have any hidden magical sailor powers, now would be a great time for them to manifest.

“First, let’s improve your appearance a little.” Asakura brought the katana up behind my head. I felt him cut the tie holding my hair up, which came down in one smooth motion.

“Ah, there. Much better. You look a lot nicer with your hair down. Makes you look more wild.” Asakura continued to smile kindly at me.

And no special powers have appeared. Also, the irony hits me like that katana is probably going to. The only guy to hit on me also happens to be a magical sword-wielding psycho. Just my luck.

Asakura brought the katana down again, between my legs. Oh dear god please no.

“Hmm, I could have some more fun with you and my katana… but that’d be boring. I don’t even get to hear you scream. No, it’d be better if I just finished you off now.”

I don’t know whether to be relieved or not. Hey, if I have a magical protector watching over me, now would be a great time to appear, too.

"Now, die."

Asakura lifted the katana above his head again, readying for an overhead strike. At least let me close my eyes… No, I can't do that.

Wait… w-what’s this now?

I suddenly felt the air shake. As the katana began to lower…

The ceiling gave out a loud cracking noise, followed by debris falling down. Some of which fell on my head - that hurts! Dammit!

I was covered in white dust by the large amount of continuously falling debris. Not like you haven’t already ruined my uniform enough, Asakura… I wanted to see what was happening to him, but I couldn’t move… no, wait! I can move again!?

I lifted my head and discovered…!

A shocked Asakura - just as he’s about to slice me in half. Standing in front of me, catching the blade with just two bare fingers, is the slim figure of Nagato Yuuki.

[Kang Seung Jae]

Only 4 pages in 15 hours?

[Kogetsu Shirogane]

"Standing in front of me, catching the blade with just two bare fingers, is the slim figure of Nagato Yuuki."

... and with one little sentence, Yuuki goes from quiet bookworm to silent badass... beautiful, simply beautiful...

On a related note, it'd probably be funny if, during the awkward after-the-battle scene, Kyonko(or Yuuki for added humor) ends up mentioning the cliché of the D.I.D. kissing the guy who just risked his life to save her. Of course, that's just my opinion on the matter, and you don't have to use it if you don't want.

*e* Ignore that. The problems it would cause later on aren't really worth the humor and/or foreshadowing it offers.

[CrowKenobi]

SOS-Dan character size comparisons:

http://img404.imageshack.us/img404/9646/1154226897727in5gp1.jpg

So, based off of earlier talk:

Kyonko: 154 cm
Itsuko: 160 cm
Haruki: 178 cm
Yuuki: 170 cm
Mitsuuru: 158 cm
Ryou: 170 cm

Comments? :D

:cool:

[Kang Seung Jae]

SOS-Dan character size comparisons:

http://img404.imageshack.us/img404/9646/1154226897727in5gp1.jpg

So, based off of earlier talk:

Kyonko: 154 cm
Itsuko: 160 cm
Haruki: 178 cm
Yuuki: 170 cm
Mitsuuru: 158 cm
Ryou: 170 cm

Comments? :D

:cool:

No, I say:

Kyonko: 156 cm
Itsuko: 162 cm
Haruki: 178 cm
Yuuki: 175 cm
Mitsuuru: 162 cm

[ClockWorkAngel]

Part Nine, two more to go.

As I woke up suddenly, no in reality I was still dazed; I could hear Haruki’s voice faintly. It seemed that I had also pulled down Haruki with me, though he said something on the lines of “I jumped down to save you.” He have brought me to a cave; a lucky find? Or maybe some divine intervention? As I regained conscious we had walked back outside.
“What did you find oh great brigade chief?”
I “asked” him.
“You’re fine now right?”
“I thought you’ve saved me.”
“Only if you want me to.”
This cheeky conversation shouldn’t be even taking place in such a situation.
“The boat doesn’t seem to be here anymore.”
He said while pointing at the empty port. Yutaka-san had probably really already left.
“I guess we shouldn’t have gone outside, I guess, you even got hurt; are you sure you’re alright?”
He tells me, keep it up and you might convince me that you’re worried about me. It was quite obvious that we wasted time walking in this storm, after all Yutaka-san had probably left hours ago. Haruki had started walking back, though his hold on my hand became ever more uncomfortably tighter…

It took us longer to get back into the mansion, as we’ve managed to carefully go up the island. As we opened the door, which was much easier to push as the wind was not pushing against us, Mori-san stood a few meters in front of us with towels. Was he waiting for us?
"Please, use these."
He stared at us, as he offered the folded towels to us. He asked us about our findings;
"What did you find?"
"You were right. We really should have listened to you right?”
Haruki wiped his hair with the offered towel. His dissatisfied tone clearly didn’t want to admit his own fervor as a mistake.
"The boat's gone, but we don't know when."
Mori-san returned a small smile. Perhaps this shows his professionalism? Though I’m sure the murder of Keiichi-san and the disappearance of Yutaka-san must have shocked him, he is acting as if nothing has happen. He seems to be quite committed; I guess I should expect this from a butler-for-hire. As I wiped my face, for a second I saw his youthful face fluctuate. I wonder what he’s thinking? As we returned the towels he bowed and offered to escort us back to our rooms. We both declined his offer and he walked slowly down the halls. Haruki suddenly said something; as Mori-san walked out of ear-shot.
“I’m going to take a shower now.”
This sudden voice again? It’s becoming creepy now Haruki.
“But come to my room later alright?”
Never mind, I see it’s far too late.
"We should all stay together. We’ll be safer that way. I wouldn’t forgive myself if anything happens to anyone here."
Haruki stopped midway up the stairs. Somehow amongst all his nonsense, I could understand what he was trying to say. Though he had really seem to be one to have a hero complex.
I waited him to go up by himself and hurried up to my room. As I changed, I reflected on ever thing which happen. Somehow it doesn’t make sense at all, but I can’t really say that right? I walked to Haruki’s room and I saw him talking to Koizumi.
"Welcome back!"
Koizumi said cheerfully with her usual smile.
"What are you two doing outside?"
I asked as he was still soaked. He didn’t to have moved as the spot he stood was soaked with water.
"I had wanted to come to Suzumiya-san's room to discuss what we should do next, but Nagato-san wouldn't let me in."
She said with a seemingly embarrassed tone. What? Such an innocent voice? Have you been scheming?
"Why?"
"I’ll show you, watch.”
Haruhi knocked on the door.
"Yuuki, it's me, open the door!"
After a brief pause, Nagato-san's monotone voice came from behind the door.
" That would not comply with the previously issued orders, I was instructed not to open the door for anyone."
Asahina-san still seems to be sleeping. Haruki pulled off the wet towel to the ground and started demanding the door to open.
"Yuuki! Everything’s alright now! You can open the door!."
"That would be a violation of the aforementioned order."
Haruhi looked at me with a frustrated look and shrugged it off.
"Yuuki, that was for anyone but us!"
"I interpreted that you did not want anyone to go into this room, you did not mention your addition, therefore I feel no reason that I should comply with the new orders for it would infringe on the previous order." [Author’s Notes: I’m referring to the “Definite Logic Theory” which means that the validity of the first statement when there are ever two or more statements is always constant and therefore definite. Any following statements’ validity is inconsistent and therefore is indefinite. The initial intent of the theory was to solve paradoxes. The statement “The next statement is true. The above statement is false” is reasoned as that the second statement is true regardless of what it implies, whatever the second statement implies does not need to be taken in consideration. This is to link with causality; which a first statement must exist in order for a second statement to cause a paradox.]
Nagato-san’s voice has always reminded me of a prophet who was constantly in a trance.
"Hey, Nagato-san!"
I decided to cut in, maybe he’d listen to me?
"Haruhi has cancelled that order. If you don't believe it, I’ll repeat that order right now, so please, open the door."
Nagato-san had always had the curious of habit of thinking or processing anything I say to him for longer than I would expect. Isn’t he supposed to be an alien with an ability to think which would surpass any genius? Sometimes, I can’t really understand you at all Nagato-san. He opened the door slowly, I know this because I could hear the creaking of the hinges.
"......"
Nagato-san stared blankly into our head, looking through my eyes perhaps he’s analyzing my brain? He backed to let us in.
"Yuuki! You gotta be more flexible! You don’t have to take everything word for word ya know!!"
Haruki entered first and said
“I’m going to shower, just wait here for a while?”
I nodded and entered. Koizumi didn’t enter and told us,
“I’ll be back later.” and winked at me.
"See you later then, Koizumi."
Haruki said as he entered the washroom.
Sitting down on the free bed opposite of the sleeping Asahina-san and the blank Nagato-san I began to wonder, was this all just a prank? This tall alien still stared blankly into a wall, his ebony eyes seem endless, though I guess I shouldn’t keep staring at you. You don’t have to go this far Nagato-san, no one can tell if it’s a joke if you just keep that blank expression with you all the time. Can’t you just smile? Or at least pretend to like Koizumi? You’ll look better that way. And above all else; this isn’t the time to be pulling pranks, right?

[Jintor]

So, uh, 4 days of nothing and suddenly four things to edit at once. (Love the story Dkellis).

That's great.

That's great guys.

I'll get on the editjob after I finish this short story.

[Discreet]

No, I say:

Kyonko: 156 cm
Itsuko: 162 cm
Haruki: 178 cm
Yuuki: 175 cm
Mitsuuru: 162 cm

Kyonko: 156 cm
Itsuko: 162 cm
Haruki: 174 cm
Yuuki: 172 cm
Mitsuuru: 160 cm
Ryou: 174 cm

Just adding my two cents.

That being said I don't think Haruki should be freakishly tall (for a Japanese kid) at all. He should definitely be the tallest, but if he's too tall then he'd just look ridiculous standing next to anyone else.

[Kang Seung Jae]

That being said I don't think Haruki should be freakishly tall (for a Japanese kid) at all. He should definitely be the tallest, but if he's too tall then he'd just look ridiculous standing next to anyone else.

178 cm isn't that freakish anymore. The average Japanese high school male student is aroun 170 cm now.

Plus, the male Koizumi is 178 cm.

[beanbrew]

Here's my editjob of Chapter 5 Part 3:

Yet, from this moment onwards, strange things were set into motion. Because it wasn’t such a big deal yet, no one else had noticed, but I'd been thinking about it all day, ever since homeroom.

You see, while I was talking to Haruki, I was thinking about something else. It all began with a note that was left in my shoe locker this morning.

The note said "After school when everyone else has left, come to the 1-5 classroom."

The handwriting was angular and archaic-looking. It was probably a guy’s handwriting.


------


What the hell is this about? The differing opinions in my mind decided to hold an emergency meeting.

The first said, "This has happened before," but the handwriting was different from the one on the bookmark. Nagato, who claims to be a “Living Humanoid Interface” for the aliens, has handwriting so perfect it’s like a computer typed it out , yet this note, although written with good penmanship, isn’t so flawless. Besides, Nagato wouldn’t be so direct as to stick a note in my shoe locker.

The second said, "Could it be Asahina-senpai?" No, if it's Asahina-senpai, I doubt he’d just tear off a piece of paper and throw it in my locker without at least putting a time on it. He seems the sort of person who’d use an envelope, too.

Moreover, it was strange that the location is my classroom. "It can't be Haruki!?" said the third opinion. That's even more impossible. If Haruki had anything to say to me, he’s probably just carry me off shouting Washoi! Washoi!to the staircase and tell me directly.

Based on the same reasoning, I eliminated Itsuko from the equation as well.
Finally, a fourth opinion, stronger and louder than all the others, said, "Could it be a love letter from some stranger?" It makes sense. The writer specified that I should come “after everyone else is gone” and it was stuffed in my shoe locker, exactly the place you’d normally put a confession note.

Still, in all my years of school, I’ve never gotten one of these. Why should they start coming now? I don’t think I’m any better looking than I was in junior high.

It could just be a prank by Taniguchi and Kunikida. Yeah, that sounds more realistic. Taniguchi would play a stupid joke on me like that, but I think she would have written more.

While thinking about all this, I wandered aimlessly around the school. After class, Haruki said he was going to go home and “punch something”. Chance!

[Editor’s note: Feel free to change that last bit. I just figured I’d make a small reference to FLCL.]

I decided to go to the clubroom first, as I’d look like an idiot waiting for ages in the classroom for some unknown stranger to show up. If all of a sudden Taniguchi suddenly came in and said, "Hey, you’re still waiting? I can't believe you'd fall for that, you’re so naive!" I'd be really pissed. Kill some time first, go and have a peek in the classroom, and then go in after making sure no one is around. Yeah, that’s the perfect strategy.

I arrived at the clubroom entrance. This time, I remembered to knock.

"Please come in." Once I heard Asahina-senpai's voice, I opened the door. Regardless of how wrong it may be, he still looks cute in that maid costume.

"Took you awhile to arrive… where's Suzumiya-san?" he said, pleasantly
Looks like he’s brewing tea again.


"He went home. Actually, he seemed pretty tired. If you want to get some revenge, I’d do it now."

Asahina-senpai looked flustered. "I-I wouldn’t d-do anything like that!"

I was only joking, Asahina-senpai.

We sat face to face and drank our tea in the room with Nagato reading.Without Haruki, we are a Brigade with no clear aim or goal in mind.

"Itsuko still hasn't arrived?" I asked.

"Koizumi-san came earlier, but she said she’s got her part time job today, so she already left."

What kind of part-time job, exactly? Well, at least now I can confidently cross out Itsuko and Haruki from my suspect list on who wrote the note.

Since I had nothing to do but wait, I played some Othello with Asahina-senpai and chatted with him. After winning three games, I stopped playing and went to surf the internet to read the news, and at this moment, Nagato closed his book. Recently, we've taken this action of his as a sign that it's time to call it a day for club activities (though what those are is still unclear), and we all began to pack and leave.

"I need to change, so you go on first." After Asahina-senpai said that, I left the room and proceeded to my classroom.

The clock says half past five, so I guess there shouldn't be anyone left in the classroom. Even if it was a prank by Taniguchi, she’d have gone home after getting bored from waiting for so long. Despite that, I still ran up the two flights of stairs to the top floor, just to make sure. I mean, what if it really is a confession?

I breathed deeply in the silent corridor. The classroom doors have stained windows, so I couldn’t see anything inside. All I could see is that the sunset has stained the room a pretty orange-red color. Casually, I opened the 1-5 classroom door and stuck my head inside.

[CrowKenobi]

178 cm isn't that freakish anymore. The average Japanese high school male student is aroun 170 cm now.

Plus, the male Koizumi is 178 cm.However tall Haruki is, he should be the tallest of the SOS-Dan members with Yuuki a close second. :D and Kyonko the shortest... :p

:cool:

Anyway, I think that we could pattern Ryou Asakura's hairstyle after Macross Frontier's Alto Saotome...

[Discreet]

178 cm isn't that freakish anymore. The average Japanese high school male student is aroun 170 cm now.

Plus, the male Koizumi is 178 cm.

Shoot, that's right.

Okay nevermind, Haruki, 178 is a-okay.

EDIT:

And since we're on chapter five... I'd like to raise the issue on Yuuki's glasses reconstruction.

http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h215/beowulfsman/1207688660590.png?t=1207711116

That comic conveys my feelings on the matter quite accurately.

[shaoron]

Looking at Yuuki reminds me of Tezuka (prince of tennis)

[Kristen]

"Dear Diary,

Sorry about yesterday... I had so much great stuff written down for you, but I sneezed all over you. I couldn't let you just get all dirty on the inside, could I? I had to clean you all up and stuff, so by the time I got to writing, it was already too late. Midnight had already struck, and cinderalla lost her slipper!

So, about my sneezies... Well, the Cherry Blossoms are out! I walked on that place where Minoru first confessed to me and all about being from the future, and the cherry blossoms were all there. It's just... I'm allergic to Cherry Blossoms. So, while Haruki wants to go drive around to the best place to see them, I need to pack myself some tissues. Maybe Itsuko has a magical cure? Well, she does, yes, but that's for after.

By the way, my brother told me that he heard some groaning at the sleepover... Thank gosh he didn't peak. But, I just told him that we were just doing each other's hair, and we pulled too hard a couple of time. I mean, it's the truth after all... We just weren't doing each other's hair in the sense he thought. :p

Gah... Darn the Cherry Blossoms! *Sneeze*
Kyon-ko"

[Jintor]

Long Time Editjob Get! Chapter Five, Part Two!

When I returned to the clubroom, I stumbled across Asahina-senpai half-undressed inside.

"..."

I froze, one hand on the door handle. He stared at me, the maid costume in one hand, and slowly opened his mouth to scream.

"Sorry-!"

Before he had the chance to cry out, I pulled the foot that was in the room back and slammed the door shut. Maybe I should've knocked first. No, hang on, if he's changing, then he should've locked the door!

Just as I was wondering whether I should simply just go home, a soft voice came from the other side of the door. "You can come in now..."

"Sorry." I said, wincing a little. Embarrassing.

"No, no, it doesn't matter... I should have locked the door..."

My sentiments exactly.

Asahina-senpai continued to apologize as he opened the door. His head was lowered, and he was blushing. "Sorry, I always show my embarrassing side..."

It's no problem, really. He's really obedient, isn't he? Wearing that maid costume like Haruki ordered, even though he hates it...

But that's what makes him so cute!

I quickly moved to the commander's seat and booted up the computer. Sensing somebody watching me, I lifted my head to find Nagato Yuuki's eyes fixed on me, instead of his book. When he noticed me watching him, he adjusted his glasses ever so slightly and turned his eyes back towards the pages once more.

That's... surprisingly human of him.

I opened the internet browser and went to the club webpage, trying to think of something to add to the site, but I had no idea where to start. This webpage was really just a waste of time... but I was bored. I'd gotten tired of Othello, and I needed to kill time somehow.

As I crossed my arms over my chest and muttered under my breath, somebody placed a cup of warm tea in front of me. I glanced up to find Asahina-senpai in his maid costume smiling nervously at me, carefully balancing a tea tray in one hand.

Wow. Exactly like a real maid.

"Thanks."

Itsuko had just treated me to a cup of coffee, but I will gladly accept this from you, Asahina-senpai!

Asahina-senpai placed another cup next to Nagato (who didn't even look up), and then sat down and began to slowly sip his own cup of tea.

Time passed.

In the end...

...Haruki never came to the clubroom at all that day.


------

"Hey, where'd you go yesterday? I thought we were going to have some sort of debriefing?"

I was speaking with Haruki before homeroom, as usual. Lying sprawled over the desk, his chin to the table, Haruki flashed me an annoyed look.

"Bah! I already had the debriefing on my own yesterday!"

I guess Haruki must've retraced everywhere we'd gone last Saturday after school instead of coming to the clubroom.

"You guys probably missed something, so I went through those places again by myself." he muttered, avoiding my eyes. Who was it that said “criminals always return to the scene of the crime?” I guess that applies to aliens, time travelers, and espers as well. And Haruki.

“So, did you find anything?” I asked.

“...It's all part of the plan, all part of the plan...” Haruki mumbled into the desk, not lifting his head. Is that a no? Do you even really have a plan?

Haruki suddenly flung himself off the desk and back into his chair. "Arrrgh, it's hot as hell!" he saidsuddenly. Changing the subject, eh? "When is the school gonna switch uniforms? I wanna wear our short sleeves already!"

I glanced at his rolled up sleeves. They don't change seasonal wear until June, anyway, and there's a week left before the end of May...

"Suzumiya. Look." I said. "I've probably said this before, but have you ever considered just... giving up on all this paranormal stuff and trying to live a normal high school life?"

I thought he'd lift his head and scowl at me, as usual, but he didn't even move. He must be really exhausted. "A normal high school life? What kind of life is that?" he asked the table.

He doesn’t sound interested at all.

"Something like... settling down, finding a nice, normal girlfriend, you know? Although I guess you might stumble across an alien while you're dating. It'd be like killing two birds with one stone." I said, smiling at the thought. "Besides, I bet there's plenty of girls lining up for you right now. You just gotta be patient and that special someone will come 'round eventually."

Haruki lifted his head up from the desk and just looked at me for a few seconds. "Hmph, like it matters!" he said, after a moment of silence. "Love! It's stupid! It's like... like some sort of mental illness!"

Then what about your quest for an alien bride, or whatever, then?

Haruki looked out the window. "I do think about that sorta stuff, though. I’m a healthy guy, after all. But there’s no way I’m just gonna ask some stupid girl out and be saddled with a huge burden forever! ‘Sides, if I’m too busy going on dates, what’s gonna happen to my SOS Brigade? I just founded it!"

Technically, you haven't actually founded it at all.

"Look, why not create a club that involves some form of actual entertainment? That would attract more members for sure."

"No." Haruki flatly refused. "I only founded the SOS Brigade because all the other clubs were too boring, and I've even recruited an interesting experiment like Mitsuuru-kun and a Mysterious Transfer Student, too! Why hasn't anything happened yet?! This is so frustrating…!”

This is the first time I've seen Haruki this depressed. A big guy like that looking so pathetic makes me feel depressed too...

I need to stop letting this get to me.

Instead of paying attention, Haruki spent the rest of the day sleeping soundly. The weird thing is, though, that the teachers never noticed.

It's got to be a coincidence. It's just got to be.


ARGH I SERIOUSLY CANNOT BE BOTHERED ATM

What I've done so far kept so I can further edit it later.

/EDIT OK I FINISHED KAY HAPPY? D:

[Kaisos Erranon]

No, I say:

Kyonko: 156 cm
Itsuko: 162 cm
Haruki: 178 cm
Yuuki: 175 cm
Mitsuuru: 162 cm

I still say that Kyon-chan is too tall, and that Haruki is too short.

Kyon-chan: 154 cm
Haruki: 180 cm

I will accept nothing else! :p

(And I'm still taller than Haruki...)


The maid costume in one hand, Asahina-senpai stared at me standing frozen toe spot with his hand on the door knob.

...What?

[Jintor]

I'm not done editing yet. I got bored halfway through.

I triple check my work and stuff still slips through. This time I didn't even check it once, so yeah.

[Kang Seung Jae]

I still say that Kyon-chan is too tall, and that Haruki is too short.

Kyon-chan: 154 cm
Haruki: 180 cm

I will accept nothing else! :p

(And I'm still taller than Haruki...)

Kyonko needs to be 156 cm.


154 cm is too short.

[Kaisos Erranon]

Kyonko needs to be 156 cm.


154 cm is too short.

No, it really isn't. She's supposed to be short. She's still taller than the original Mikuru.

[Kang Seung Jae]

No, it really isn't. She's supposed to be short. She's still taller than the original Mikuru.

Yes, but Mikuru is a loli.

[Discreet]

No, it really isn't. She's supposed to be short. She's still taller than the original Mikuru.

Which is a good thing.

[Kaisos Erranon]

Yes, but Mikuru is a loli.

...So is Kyon-chan?

Which is a good thing.

You people suck. Where's PedobagBeanbag when you need him?

[Jintor]

Kyon-chan should be sliiiiiiightly taller than Mikuru imho.

[Kaisos Erranon]

Kyon-chan should be sliiiiiiightly taller than Mikuru imho.

She is, in my view. 154 cm is taller than 152 cm.

[Antenor]

As someone pointed out a few pages ago, 154 cm is actually Canon-Yuki's height. Isn't she the prototype for Kyonko?

[shaoron]

kyonko is not a loli.
she's short, yes, but not loli-short
she's tsun, not loli-tsun
DFC, but not loli-DFC

making her loli would ruin her entire image

[Kang Seung Jae]

...So is Kyon-chan?

NNNNNNNNNOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


kyonko is not a loli.
she's short, yes, but not loli-short
she's tsun, not loli-tsun
DFC, but not loli-DFC

making her loli would ruin her entire image

Yes, I agree.

[sosoft]

kyonko is not a loli.
she's short, yes, but not loli-short
she's tsun, not loli-tsun
DFC, but not loli-DFC

making her loli would ruin her entire image

I agree to that.

[Kogetsu Shirogane]

A possible solution:
Generally speaking, any edits of screenshots from MoHS involving Kyonko were initially pictures of Yuki(there's the occasional Haruhi edit every now and then). Likewise, pretty much every one I've seen involving Haruki had initially been Kyon. Why not just give Kyonko Yuki's height and Haruki Kyon's height and figure out everyone else from there?

Naturally, you can feel free to ignore this, and I really don't mind if it is. Just figured I'd throw in an idea to this.

[shaoron]

@kogetsu
hmmmm... a good sugestion...

DANCHOU! your call.


anyway... i know someone else is re-wrtting "lone island syndrome" but i'd like to get on with my own as well...


To kill boredom while riding the ferry, Koizumi suggested we played “Old Maid”. The first one to finish turned out to be my little brother.

“I'm done!” He said. “Hey! Did you guys know that Kyon-chan almost left without me?”

That's because I wasn't going to brig you along in the first place.

If you have to ask why this non-brigade member is with us, it was because I was stupid enough to mention the trip to my mom during dinner last night. My brother made a fuss about it on the table all night long. I planned to quietly sneak away but when I was about to leave this morning, I found my luggage way too heavy for me to carry. When I opened it, I found my brother hiding inside. I kicked him out of the bag, quickly stuffed my things back in. Before I could even reach the door thou, he had grabbed my hand and threatened to tell my mom about that night Nagato walked me home. Damn brat!

“It'll be a lot more fun if we have more people coming with us.”

Well if you say so, Asahina-kun.

“Ah! I'm done as well.”

“Third out! The loser will buy everyone drinks! This is the command of the supreme commander! I want 100% apple juice.”

You made that on the spot again, didn't you?

“I want cola!”

“I'll have some coffee then.”

That would be my brother and Asahina-kun.

Yuki picked out a card from me and dropped the cards into the pile.

“Tea...”

That's your order, Nagato?

It was down to me and Koizumi. And I just so happen to be holding the joker.

“Milk tea for me.”

You haven't won yet, so don't give your order.

Koizumi reached out to my pile. Take the joker. The joker!

...

klonk

That would be the sound of cans falling to the floor as I scrambled to hold on all the cans of various drinks. Koizumi was suppose to suck at these games, how come I lost this time? At least Asahina-kun came to help me bring the drinks back.

As we walked back to where everyone was, I looked out to the sea and just couldn't help but have a bad feeling about this lone island awaiting us. Asahina-san seemed to feel the same as well.

Haruhi said after finishing her juice in two gulps,

"Mitsuuru-kun, you look terrible, are you seasick?"

"No......that......ah, maybe."

Asahina-san replied, Haruhi then said,

"That won't do, you'd better get some fresh air. It's great enjoying the sea breeze out on the deck. C'mon, let's go!"

He then grabbed Asahina-san's hand and smiled,

"Don't worry, I won't push you into the sea. Hmm......though that's not a bad idea. The sudden disappearance of a female passenger."

"Eh!?"

“You look like a girl anyway.”

Haruhi slapped Asahina-kun's stiffened shoulders.

"Just kidding! That wouldn't be fun at all. It'd be exciting if the ship were to hit an iceberg or get attacked by a giant squid. I'm not the sort that likes to get everyone in trouble just so I can have fun!"

I think I'd better check where the lifeboats are located. Of course, I don't suppose an iceberg would come that near to the seas of Japan in the middle of summer, but it's possible that unknown marine creatures might attack suddenly. I glared at Koizumi: If a monster attacks, we're counting on you! I don't know how she read my thoughts, but she replied with that annoying smile, while Nagato just stared at the wall.

Haruhi continued endlessly,

"The best events are of course left for the island! Koizumi, will I be disappointed?"

"There's no exact definition of what constitutes an event."

Koizumi said smoothly,

"I, too, am hoping for an enjoyable trip."

Koizumi revealed an enigmatic smile. Though this was her usual expression, I stared hard at the esper, trying to figure out what was behind that smiling mask. I soon gave up. This girl's smile is like Nagato's blank expression - impossible to read anything from. Really, she ought to show more emotion as well. Of course, not as blatantly as Haruki.

Haruhi hummed a song he made up himself while dragging Asahina-kun away from the cabin. Asahina-kun turned around repeatedly, hoping that I would come along; perhaps I was thinking too much then, but I didn't want to ruin Haruki's mood, so I let them go.

No matter how insane Haruki is, just before Asahina-kun fell into the sea, he would save him. I prayed and stared at the ceiling, then used my bag as a pillow and lay down. It's going to be an early morning tomorrow, so I'd better get some sleep.


I dreamed about myself doing something strange, but just as I was about to wonder what it was, I was woken up by the commanding airwaves of Haruki,

"Stop sleeping, you idiot! Get up already! Are you really in the mood for this trip at all? If you're already sleeping on the trip, then what can we expect from you?"

It seems while I was asleep, the ferry had almost arrived at the interchange island. I felt as if I had just suffered an irretrievable loss.

"The first step is the most important! You lack the heart to enjoy things. Look at everyone else. Their expectations for this trip show in the glittering in their eyes!"

I followed the direction of Haruki's finger towards the three servants and my little brother preparing to carry their luggage off the ferry.

The smiling youth said,

"Give her a break, Suzumiya-kun, she's trying to save up energy for the trip. Who knows, she's probably going to spend all night thinking of how to entertain us next!"

I listened to Koizumi's irrelevant explanation, while observing Nagato's puppet like face and Asahina-kun's puppy dog eyes, trying to find the so called glitter within their eyes.

"We're there already?" I muttered.

On a long boat trip, with the SOS Brigade members around...No, let's leave the others aside. I had given in to my desire and taken a long nap. As a result I missed my chance to spend time with Asahina-kun inside the elegant looking cabin.

Damn, this is so frustrating. How could I let my summer vacation be over like that? So far, my only memories of this vacation have been playing old maid and be forced to buy everyone else drinks. Not to mention being black mailed by my little brother so he could join us. Shouldn't I have been doing something more interesting on the ferry? Like sharing each other's thoughts on the deck while the sea wind blew softly? No, my talk with Koizumi doesn't count.

I really felt like slapping my past self in the face for being so sleepy.

I clutched my half-drowsy head as I condemned myself endlessly.

Click!

A bright light made me go dizzy.

I turned my gaze towards the direction of the sound, only to see Asahina-kun holding a camera, with an adorable smile on her angelic face,

"Hee hee! I've taken a picture of you waking up."

She had the face of a pre-school kid who just pulled off a prank.

"I've also taken photos of you sleeping. You must have slept soundly."

“You looked stupid in those pictures, kyon. Hehe.”

Ignoring my brother's comments, I felt revived. Why was Asahina-kun secretly taking pictures of me? Could it be that he wanted my photos that badly? Does he intend to place my photo in a cute frame and put it by his pillow, so he can say 'good night' to me every night? Yes, that's not a bad thought at all. I want a picture of you as well, Asahina-kun. So I can put it beside my bed and kiss it before I go to sleep every night.

Seriously, if you had wanted my photo, I would have gladly posed for you! Even if I had to give you my photo album which I misplaced somewhere, I wouldn't have minded at all.

However, as I was making such a suggestion, Haruki grabbed the camera from Asahina-kun.

"Kyon, what are you grinning at? You look like a moron. Best wipe that off your face."

Haruki started looking as if he wanted to sell some exclusive pictures to a newspaper. He then stuffed the camera into his bag.

"I've had Mitsuru-kun be the stand-in photographer for the SOS Brigade. These photos are not for play! What I want is a record of the SOS Brigade's activities for our descendants to revisit. This silly “girl” just felt like taking useless pictures, so he has to listen to my directions from now on."

“I'm not a girl... i'm a guy...” Asahina-kun meekly protested.

Then, what informational value is there in taking pictures of me sleeping and waking up?

"Since you have no sense of urgency, I'm going to spread pictures of you sleeping like a moron all over as a cautionary tale! Listen! It's immoral and against the brigade rules for the subordinates to sleep soundly when the commander isn't sleeping!"

Haruki stared at me with a face I wasn't sure was laughing or scowling. I knew it was useless asking him when he came up with such rules, it's not going to be written anyway. I might as well play along, even if this still feels like extortion for some reason.

"Alright. What you mean is that if we don't want to have our faces drawn on, we aren't allowed to sleep before you, right? In that case, if I sleep after you, does that mean I can draw anything on your face?"

"What are you saying? Do you actually intend to do such childish acts? Let me put this straight, I can be very alert. I can retaliate even when asleep. Besides, you'll be risking the death penalty if you try to do anything foolish to the commander."

Hey, Haruki, the number of advanced countries still carrying out capital punishment is actually in the minority. What do you think of that?

"Why should I comment on other countries' penalty systems? What matters is not some foreign country, but the island we're going to!"

I prayed that nothing would happen, while pulling my bag over.

The ship shook roughly. Maybe it's about to dock already. The other passengers were already headed to the exit in groups of two and three.

"A mysterious island, huh......?"

What kind of island awaits us? Just don't let it be some island that suddenly appeared on the sea, or one that drifted away suddenly.

"Don't worry."

Koizumi nodded as though he'd just read my mind,

"There's nothing special about the island, just that it's far from land. There're no monsters or mad scientists, that I can guarantee."

This girl's guarantees mean nothing to me. I silently looked at Nagato's pale face questioningly.

"......"

Nagato also silently replied to me. If there were monsters appearing, he would probably help us beat them off. I'm counting on you, alien.

The ship shook abruptly again.

"Kyaa!"

Without even flinching, Nagato caught Asahina-kun, who had lost his balance and nearly fallen over. (writter's note: Asahina Mitsuruu is so feminine...)

EDIOT: Updated

[Kang Seung Jae]

A possible solution:
Generally speaking, any edits of screenshots from MoHS involving Kyonko were initially pictures of Yuki(there's the occasional Haruhi edit every now and then). Likewise, pretty much every one I've seen involving Haruki had initially been Kyon. Why not just give Kyonko Yuki's height and Haruki Kyon's height and figure out everyone else from there?

If Haruki had Kyon's height, he would be 170 cm.


Too short, so no.

[Aebliss]

At the risk of rehashing something that's already been put on the wiki: wouldn't it be interesting after the fight between Nagato and Asakura, to have it be Kyon who is on the ground (having gone weak-kneed from the tension and relief, or just slipping on a banana peel or whatnot), with Nagato leaning over her? It'd make Nagato Yuuki look more physically tough than Nagato Yuki for one thing, if he could stay standing during and after regenerating those wounds, and would also preserve the original positioning (I sense bad jokes coming on, but what the hey) of the characters.

This idea came to me after reading Dkellis's excellent story about the Nagato Yuuki fan club. :) Just imagine the possibilities if A) It was Nagato leaning over Kyonko as it was Kyon over Nagato in the original version, and B) Tanaguchi had said something to someone and a debate raged between the fan club members and Kyonko's friends about 'who was trying to seduce whom', with Kyonko in the middle, frustrated and trying to convince people 'nothing really happened, I just felt faint and Nagato tried to help me back up!' Cue Tanaguchi saying: 'C'mon, Kyon! Don't be so bashful, you got lucky with a really bishie guy! Have some female pride!'

[shaoron]

@Aebliss
Wa wa wa wasuremo... UAGH!

....

Suman....
GOYOKURIIiiiiii......

[Kogetsu Shirogane]

The problem with the last part of that? If Haruki was present at the time, the whole world would end up going kablooey.

*e* err... referring to Aebliss's post...

[shaoron]

but Haruhi wasn't.. only Taniguchi...

which means Haruki won't be there as well.

a much more interesting conversation would be Taniguchi asking Kyonko what really happened and what "far fetched" story would kyonko concoct to hide what really happened

[Kogetsu Shirogane]

I was referring to this part:a debate raged between the fan club members and Kyonko's friends about 'who was trying to seduce whom'

[BookOfMages]

but Haruhi wasn't.. only Taniguchi...

which means Haruki won't be there as well.

a much more interesting conversation would be Taniguchi asking Kyonko what really happened and what "far fetched" story would kyonko concoct to hide what really happened

"I SWEAR NOTHING WAS GOING ON! H-HE JUST SLIPPED ON A BANANA PEEL AND FELL ON TOP OF ME! AND BECAUSE HE WAS A GENTLEMEN HE HELPED ME UP!" [-Said while frantically waving her hands and blushing-]

what the hell kind of response was that!? I can't believe I just said that, that must've been the most..

"...........So what really happened?" :heh:

ITT Kyonko phails at coming up with an explanation. I still go with Kyonko with her hair down, and suggessive position in this scene. :uhoh:

[Kogetsu Shirogane]

Well... it'd make about as much sense as the "fainted as a result of anemia" excuse in the original... or that could be tweaked so Kyonko tries to catch Yuuki and ends up as a human mattress as a result :heh:

[BookOfMages]

Well... it'd make about as much sense as the "fainted as a result of anemia" excuse in the original... or that could be tweaked so Kyonko tries to catch Yuuki and ends up as a human mattress as a result :heh:

Ryo cuts of Kyonko's ribbon as she ducks from his first slash.

Kyonko attempt to catch Yuuki = Yuuki's Head on Kyonko's chest [Fans jealous]

Taniguchi coming in as Yuuki struggles to get up resulting it. [-Shock-]

Misunderstood situation.

Ohshi- angry Yuuki fangirls+fanboys. :uhoh:

[Puffendahl]

154 cm is too short.
Gee, thanks *is 154 cm tallshort* :heh:

Sorry, just joking there (Except for the being 154 cm part, unfortunately). But even after having to endure this height for a rather long time, I wouldn't say it's all too short for someone that age, especially if Japanese (from what I’ve seen).

Sure, according to my experience, it leads to people always having time to make sure you're aware of how short you are, but it's still not that hard to be around people who are, say, around 180 cm (sure, you have to look up all the time, but the common myth that it gets painful for one’s neck is not true). Although one note; if it's really windy outside, and the person you're speaking to actually is around 180, they might not always hear what you say :heh:

Then again, Haruki might like that, since he'd have an excuse not to listen to Kyonko's objections. Kind of like "Sorry, can't hear you, you're just too short" on a windy day, I guess :p

In other words, I think there’s nothing wrong with Kyonko being 154 cm. It’s not like being short ruins a character or anything, especially if she’s supposed to be that way.

[Kogetsu Shirogane]

... actually the hair ribbon was cut off as part of Ryou's "fun"... unless that gets removed in the editjob...

[Kang Seung Jae]

In other words, I think there’s nothing wrong with Kyonko being 154 cm. It’s not like being short ruins a character or anything, especially if she’s supposed to be that way.

Well, in my mind, Kyonko would be slightly shorter than the Japanese average (158 cm).

Hence why I chose 156 cm.

[BookOfMages]

........I'm okay with 154cm and 156cm lawl.

Yuki Nagato height is perfect though IMO.

[Aebliss]

@Aebliss
Wa wa wa wasuremo... UAGH!

....

Suman....
GOYOKURIIiiiiii......

I, umm ... o.o ... I kinda have no idea what that means. You seem emotional, though. Translation?

[Puffendahl]

Well, in my mind, Kyonko would be slightly shorter than the Japanese average (158 cm).

Hence why I chose 156 cm.

Makes sense, since she isn't getting the endless "wow, you're really short!" comments all of the time (lucky girl... it's annoying :heh:). And 2 cm doesn't really make that big of a difference, really... So I think 156 cm is equally fine too.

But if she's short, I wouldn't make her taller than that (I guess that makes me bitter :p).

[Kogetsu Shirogane]

I, umm ... o.o ... I kinda have no idea what that means. You seem emotional, though. Translation?I'm fairly certain that would be Taniguchi's lines during the whole "awkward moment" scene involving Yuki and Kyon.

[shaoron]

ITT Kyonko phails at coming up with an explanation. I still go with Kyonko with her hair down, and suggessive position in this scene. :uhoh:

simple!
one of asakura's attack barely misses kyonko but hits her hairband.
done!


I'm fairly certain that would be Taniguchi's lines during the whole "awkward moment" scene involving Yuki and Kyon.
the answer to your questions (http://youtube.com/watch?v=M8MkPl2gC8I)

[Kogetsu Shirogane]

. . .
Asakura brought the katana up behind my head. I felt him cut the tie holding my hair up, which came down in one smooth motion.

“Ah, there. Much better. You look a lot nicer with your hair down. Makes you look more wild.” Asakura continued to smile kindly at me.

Am I the only one who actually reads these?



And as for the link... thanks, you reminded me of the whole WAWAWA meme...

(sorry about the general unpleasantness of this post...)

[shaoron]

too much to read
couldn't process everything

[Jintor]

Chapter Five Part Three EDITJOB GET!

Strange things had been set in motion that day. Nobody else had noticed because these events hadn't built up to their shocking climax just yet, but I had been thinking about them all day, ever since homeroom.

You see, while I was talking to Haruki, my mind was dwelling on something else. It all began with a simple note that was left in my shoe locker this morning.

The note said, "After school when everybody else has left, come to the 1-5 classroom".

The handwriting was angular and archaic-looking. It looked like it had been written by a guy. There was no signature.


------


So, what the hell was this all about? The differing opinions in my mind decided to hold an emergency meeting to debate amongst themselves.

The first thought said, "This has happened before". But the writing was different from the writing on the bookmark. Nagato (the "Living Humanoid Interface" for aliens from outer space) has handwriting so perfect it's like printed text, but this note, although well-written, isn't so flawless. And Nagato probably wouldn't be so direct as to stick a note in my shoe locker.

The second asked, "Could it be Asahina-senpai?" No, if it was Asahina-senpai, I doubted he'd just tear off a piece of paper and throw it into my locker casually. He seemed like the type of person who'd use an envelope for this kind of thing, anyway.

It was also kinda weird that the specified meeting location was my classroom.

"It can't be Haruki!?" exclaimed the third. That was even more ridiculous than my first or second thoughts. If Haruki had anything to say to me in private, he'd probably just carry me off over his shoulder and tell me directly - he wasn't the kind of guy to go for subtlety.

Based on that kind of reasoning (although omitting the 'carry over the shoulder' bit), I eliminated Itsuko from all the possible candidates. Finally, my fourth thought, stronger and louder than all the rest, asked the obvious question: "Could it just be a love letter from a stranger?"

I guess it made sense. The writer had specified that I should come "after everyone else is gone", and it had been stuffed into my shoe locker, which is where you'd expect to find a confession note. It's a big cliche, but an accurate one, I suppose. Still, in all my years of school, I'd never, ever gotten one of these. Why would they start coming now? I don't think I'm any better looking now than when I was in junior high...

My fifth thought, which were slightly more cynical than the rest of my thoughts, told me that "It's probably a prank". Yeah, Taniguchi and Kunikida would probably do that kind of thing; it certainly sounded more realistic than me having suddenly acquired a mysterious admirer. Taniguchi would play a stupid joke like that on me, though I think she probably would've written more.

I had been drifting aimlessly through my school day while these thoughts had been swirling around in my head. As I was wondering how I could escape from Haruki long enough to get to the meeting spot, he grumpily announced that he was going to go home and "Punch something".

Chance!

I decided to go to the clubroom first, because I didn’t want to look like some pining, lonely moron who was desperate enough to wait in a classroom all day for some random stranger. If Taniguchi suddenly walked in and said "Oh my God, Kyon! I’m so sorry! I didn’t think you’d take a letter like that so seriously!" while secretly trying to hide her laughter I'd be really pissed. No, kill some time first, then go peek into the classroom, and enter if there's no-one around. Yeah, that's the perfect strategy.

I arrived at the clubroom entrance. This time, I remembered to knock.

"Please come in!"

Once I had heard Asahina-senpai's voice, I opened the door and entered the clubroom. Regardless of how wrong it is, he still looks cute in that maid costume.

"You're a little late!" said Asahina-san happily, his back to me. He looked like he was brewing tea again. "Where's Suzumiya-san?"

"He went home. Actually, he seemed pretty tired. If you want to get some revenge, I’d do it now."

Asahina-senpai looked flustered. "I-I wouldn’t d-do anything like that!"

I was only joking, Asahina-senpai!

We sat down, face to face at the table and drank our tea while Nagato read silently in his corner. Without Haruki, I guess we were nothing more than a Brigade with no clear aims or goals.

"Itsuko still hasn't arrived?" I asked, eventually.

"Koizumi-san came earlier, but she said she’s got her part time job today, so she already left."

What kind of part-time job, exactly? Well, at least now I can confidently cross out Itsuko and Haruki from my list of suspects.

Since I had nothing to do but wait, I played a few games of Othello with Asahina-senpai while chatting a bit. After three games, I stopped playing and went to surf the internet for a little bit, and eventually, Nagato stopped reading and stiffly closed his book. Recently, we'd taken this action of his as a sign to call it day for our club activities (though what those club activities actually are is still unclear), and we all began to pack our stuff away.

Asahina-senpai turned to me. "I need to change, so you go on out first."

I left the room and proceeded to my classroom. The clock had said half past five when I glanced at it, so there shouldn't be anybody left in the classroom. Even if it were a prank by Taniguchi, she'd probably have gone home by now out of boredom. Despite that, I ran up the two flights of stairs to the top floor, just to be safe. I mean, what if it really was a confession?

I breathed in deeply in the silent corridor. The classroom doors all have slightly tinted windows, so I couldn't see anything clearly inside - only that the sunset had painted the room a wonderful orange-red (though that probably indicated some level of pollution around the town). Casually, I opened the door to classroom 1-5 and stuck my head inside.


/EDIT'd to conform with Discreet's stuff and JEBUS MAN TAKE NOTE OF WHAT GOD-DAMN TENSE I'VE BEEN CONSISTENTLY USING FOR ALL MY EDITS YEEESH

[Roger Rambo]

I really see no reason why Haruki can't be a 182cm. It's not that freakishly tall.

[Kogetsu Shirogane]

None of the characters in the original version are that tall. While 182cm might be acceptable to you, it's outside of the canonical height range.

[Roger Rambo]

None of the characters in the original version are that tall. While 182cm might be acceptable to you, it's outside of the canonical height range.We've just gender inverted the entire Haruhi universe.

I think we took continuity, clubbed it on the head, and raped it on the floor.

[otai]

I would like to suggest that Asakura restrains Kyonko with metallic tentacles (rather than squicky slimy organic ones). Why? Because it's traditional service; "alien captures schoolgirl with phallic tendrils" is right up there in the anime schoolgirl charter along with "flashing panties at hero the day you meet" and "boobs groped in exchange for arresting your fall". Because Kyoani would do it (eg Xia Yu Fan/Lan twincest).

EDIT: Besides, having Asakura simply casting "hold person" is kinda boring, don"t you think?

[Kaisos Erranon]

kyonko is not a loli.
she's short, yes, but not loli-short
she's tsun, not loli-tsun
DFC, but not loli-DFC

making her loli would ruin her entire image

I've always thought of her as a loli, technically... how would that "ruin her image"? She's The Ruri (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TheRuri) of the cast.

And yeah, we should just use Yuki's height as the base.

At the risk of rehashing something that's already been put on the wiki: wouldn't it be interesting after the fight between Nagato and Asakura, to have it be Kyon who is on the ground (having gone weak-kneed from the tension and relief, or just slipping on a banana peel or whatnot), with Nagato leaning over her? It'd make Nagato Yuuki look more physically tough than Nagato Yuki for one thing, if he could stay standing during and after regenerating those wounds, and would also preserve the original positioning (I sense bad jokes coming on, but what the hey) of the characters.

This idea came to me after reading Dkellis's excellent story about the Nagato Yuuki fan club. :) Just imagine the possibilities if A) It was Nagato leaning over Kyonko as it was Kyon over Nagato in the original version, and B) Tanaguchi had said something to someone and a debate raged between the fan club members and Kyonko's friends about 'who was trying to seduce whom', with Kyonko in the middle, frustrated and trying to convince people 'nothing really happened, I just felt faint and Nagato tried to help me back up!' Cue Tanaguchi saying: 'C'mon, Kyon! Don't be so bashful, you got lucky with a really bishie guy! Have some female pride!'

Nagato is going to collapse on top of her after the fight. And since, thanks to Asakura, she already has her hair down... it's going to look might suspicious when Taniguchi walks in.

... actually the hair ribbon was cut off as part of Ryou's "fun"... unless that gets removed in the editjob...

Hair tie, not ribbon. She'll be getting a yellow ribbon later.

Well, in my mind, Kyonko would be slightly shorter than the Japanese average (158 cm).

Hence why I chose 156 cm.

And I still think that's too tall. Removes some of her Ruri-ness.

simple!
one of asakura's attack barely misses kyonko but hits her hairband.
done!

Seriously guys, what's the point in posting if you don't read my stuff?

We've just gender inverted the entire Haruhi universe.

I think we took continuity, clubbed it on the head, and raped it on the floor.

182 is still too tall. I'd think that 180 is about right.

I would like to suggest that Asakura restrains Kyonko with metallic tentacles (rather than squicky slimy organic ones). Why? Because it's traditional service; "alien captures schoolgirl with phallic tendrils" is right up there in the anime schoolgirl charter alonh with "flashing panties at hero the day you meet" and "boobs groped in exchange for arresting your fall". Because Kyoani would do it (eg Xia Yu Fan/Lan twincest).

...Do you people ever read my stuff? Ever?

[otai]

...Do you people ever read my stuff? Ever?

But... its just not the same.:heh: At least the tradition continues elsewhere in Urusei Yatsura knockoffs.

Seriously, she could snark about how the situation with tentacles is hentai fantasy; to which Asakura goes 'Oh, really?' and proceeds to toy with her a bit.

[Aebliss]

The problem with the last part of that? If Haruki was present at the time, the whole world would end up going kablooey.

*e* err... referring to Aebliss's post...

Not necessarily ...

Under normal circumstances, I'd have thought things couldn't get any worse. I mean, on one hand I have the crazy Nagato Yuuki stalker club that wants to, well, destroy me for, and I quote: "Seducing the innocent Nagato-sama." On the other hand, I have Taniguchi, Kunikida and assorted other idiots, who want to support my "high school love affair." Were all these people hit over the head with shoujo mangas as babies?

I'm in the middle of a huge fight, and though one side claims to be on my side, no one is actually helping matters. And worse, it's a fight between girls. Modern studies indicate that a drop in the body's testosterone causes aggression to erupt into violence, as emotional self-control is lost. Testosterone actually helps keep you calm ... In a man, the testosterone comes back quickly because, frankly, they're full of it. In women, there is less testosterone. Need I say more? Women carry grudges like demons. I should know.

And as if it wasn't bad enough that I feels like I'm walking through a warzone whenever I leave the classroom, what with people randomly choosing sides without even being informed on the issue -- not to mention the utter ridiculousness of said issue -- rumours were spreading like wildfire.

Which brings me to how this situation got even worse. During fourth period, I suddenly felt a cruel grip on my ponytail and my head was yanked backward. The only reason my poor, abused head didn't smack into the desk of the person sitting behind me, is that he had his hand out to catch it.

This person, who had been quietly glowering at me all day long, was now glowering down at me. What the hell do you want? Don't I have enough trouble without you acting grouchy at me?

"I heard Yuuki pushed you down in the classroom the other day," Haruki said out loud. Out loud, damn him! Why couldn't you have asked me about this during recess? But no, he just ran off to get lunch, then came back here to eat it while glaring at my poor, isolated self. I say isolated, because having Taniguchi and Kunikida blathering at me about how they'll protect my right to date whoever I like is not company at all, and the rest of the class was giving me odd looks.

"So?" Haruki demanded. "Did he?"
"Of course not," I replied. "And let go of my head, you're going to hurt my neck! Nagato just, um, slipped on a banana peel and knocked me down, just like I've been saying all along."
"Oh," Haruki said, still not letting go. "Is that so." He actually sounded thoughtful -- and then he smiled. I don't like the look on your face right now, Haruki!
"Silence," Haruki replied imperiously. "You know what your problem is, Kyon?"
Apart from an idiot pulling on my hair all the time?
"You lack willpower! You're just a plaything to the currents of the world, when you should be taking charge of your life. This way, you'll be easy prey to any big guy who comes along and decides to do who knows what to you."
You are a fine example, I suppose.
"In short," Haruki continued, "you are the submissive type. If someone doesn't teach you to find your inner hero, you're likely to allow yourself to be dominated by the whole world. That just won't do for a member of the SOS Brigade! You shouldn't submit to anyone unless they prove they're worth it."
Can you shut up now? You're making the whole class think I'm some kind of BDSM slave with your easily misinterpreted words! Geez!

And that wasn't even the worst. The very instant that the bell rang, Haruki just seized me and lifted me up. You're no prince, dammit, and I'm not your bride! At least give me time to collect my bag before you start carrying me around!
"It's time for club, Kyon!" Haruki just bellowed, running through the hallway and elbowing people out of the way. "No argument! I'll see you get there without anyone bothering you along the way!"
Who asked you to? Who told you I can't get myself where I want to go? Hey! I want answers to my questions, don't just grin so smugly, as if you've just discovered a calculation that surpasses Einstein's theory of relativity!

[Red225]

But... its just not the same.:heh: At least the tradition continues elsewhere in Urusei Yatsura knockoffs.

Seriously, she could snark about how the situation with tentacles is hentai fantasy; to which Asakura goes 'Oh, really?' and proceeds to toy with her a bit.

No. No, I think that being suddenly threatened by someone with a deadly weapon is not a place for snark. I doubt anyone would be cracking rape jokes when they've just been restrained by someone who's just said they're going to kill them and are holding a very sharp blade.

[shaoron]

Seriously guys, what's the point in posting if you don't read my stuff?


did you even read my reply?
i said there's too much stuff to read, we couldn't process everything...

ironically.. i have to ask you the same question as well... :D

[Kaisos Erranon]

But... its just not the same.:heh: At least the tradition continues elsewhere in Urusei Yatsura knockoffs.

Seriously, she could snark about how the situation with tentacles is hentai fantasy; to which Asakura goes 'Oh, really?' and proceeds to toy with her a bit.

I'll be having him use a RAZENGANN OVERLOAD on Nagato later. You'll get your tentacles, just not on Kyon-chan.

did you even read my reply?
i said there's too much stuff to read, we couldn't process everything...

Then don't post if you don't know what you're talking about. Simple.

No. No, I think that being suddenly threatened by someone with a deadly weapon is not a place for snark. I doubt anyone would be cracking rape jokes when they've just been restrained by someone who's just said they're going to kill them and are holding a very sharp blade.

Well, snark is Kyon-chan's way of dealing with stress.

Not necessarily ...

Under normal circumstances, I'd have thought things couldn't get any worse. I mean, on one hand I have the crazy Nagato Yuuki stalker club that wants to, well, destroy me for, and I quote: "Seducing the innocent Nagato-sama." On the other hand, I have Taniguchi, Kunikida and assorted other idiots, who want to support my "high school love affair." Were all these people hit over the head with shoujo mangas as babies?

I'm in the middle of a huge fight, and though one side claims to be on my side, no one is actually helping matters. And worse, it's a fight between girls. Modern studies indicate that a drop in the body's testosterone causes aggression to erupt into violence, as emotional self-control is lost. Testosterone actually helps keep you calm ... In a man, the testosterone comes back quickly because, frankly, they're full of it. In women, there is less testosterone. Need I say more? Women carry grudges like demons. I should know.

And as if it wasn't bad enough that I feels like I'm walking through a warzone whenever I leave the classroom, what with people randomly choosing sides without even being informed on the issue -- not to mention the utter ridiculousness of said issue -- rumours were spreading like wildfire.

Which brings me to how this situation got even worse. During fourth period, I suddenly felt a cruel grip on my ponytail and my head was yanked backward. The only reason my poor, abused head didn't smack into the desk of the person sitting behind me, is that he had his hand out to catch it.

This person, who had been quietly glowering at me all day long, was now glowering down at me. What the hell do you want? Don't I have enough trouble without you acting grouchy at me?

"I heard Yuuki pushed you down in the classroom the other day," Haruki said out loud. Out loud, damn him! Why couldn't you have asked me about this during recess? But no, he just ran off to get lunch, then came back here to eat it while glaring at my poor, isolated self. I say isolated, because having Taniguchi and Kunikida blathering at me about how they'll protect my right to date whoever I like is not company at all, and the rest of the class was giving me odd looks.

"So?" Haruki demanded. "Did he?"
"Of course not," I replied. "And let go of my head, you're going to hurt my neck! Nagato just, um, slipped on a banana peel and knocked me down, just like I've been saying all along."
"Oh," Haruki said, still not letting go. "Is that so." He actually sounded thoughtful -- and then he smiled. I don't like the look on your face right now, Haruki!
"Silence," Haruki replied imperiously. "You know what your problem is, Kyon?"
Apart from an idiot pulling on my hair all the time?
"You lack willpower! You're just a plaything to the currents of the world, when you should be taking charge of your life. This way, you'll be easy prey to any big guy who comes along and decides to do who knows what to you."
You are a fine example, I suppose.
"In short," Haruki continued, "you are the submissive type. If someone doesn't teach you to find your inner hero, you're likely to allow yourself to be dominated by the whole world. That just won't do for a member of the SOS Brigade! You shouldn't submit to anyone unless they prove they're worth it."
Can you shut up now? You're making the whole class think I'm some kind of BDSM slave with your easily misinterpreted words! Geez!

And that wasn't even the worst. The very instant that the bell rang, Haruki just seized me and lifted me up. You're no prince, dammit, and I'm not your bride! At least give me time to collect my bag before you start carrying me around!
"It's time for club, Kyon!" Haruki just bellowed, running through the hallway and elbowing people out of the way. "No argument! I'll see you get there without anyone bothering you along the way!"
Who asked you to? Who told you I can't get myself where I want to go? Hey! I want answers to my questions, don't just grin so smugly, as if you've just discovered a calculation that surpasses Einstein's theory of relativity!


You guys are awesome.

[Aebliss]

You guys are awesome.

I do read your stuff, I just haven't commented much. I like it. A lot. ^^ And does your approval mean this'll get added to the wiki? :p

[Kaisos Erranon]

I do read your stuff, I just haven't commented much. I like it. A lot. ^^ And does your approval mean this'll get added to the wiki? :p

Hmm, maybe.

Ah sure, why not?

Here (http://wiki.sos-dan.com/wiki/Haruki_Suzumiya:_The_Fanclub_of_Nagato_Yuuki_2).

[Aebliss]

Hmm, maybe.

Ah sure, why not?

Here (http://wiki.sos-dan.com/wiki/Haruki_Suzumiya:_The_Fanclub_of_Nagato_Yuuki_2).

Awesome. ^^

[otai]

I'll be having him use a RAZENGANN OVERLOAD on Nagato later. You'll get your tentacles, just not on Kyon-chan.

IMHO, other than being a very juvenile anime cliché; tentacles on Kyonko isn't gonna trouble the story any more than Kyonko in the bunny outfit did. :heh::p

Still, i don't really mind it either way. You guys are the one putting the hardwork here. I can only thank you for giving my opinions any serious thought .

[Aebliss]

You know, someone needs to write a 'the fanclub of Nagato Yuuki 1.5' now, to create a bridge between 1 and 2. Any takers? :p

[CrowKenobi]

Not necessarily ...
*snip*Great! Now Kyonko is Haruki's next "project..." :uhoh:

:cool:

and I'd hate to see the costume he gets her to wear to validate this line:
"In short," Haruki continued, "you are the submissive type. If someone doesn't teach you to find your inner hero, you're likely to allow yourself to be dominated by the whole world. That just won't do for a member of the SOS Brigade! You shouldn't submit to anyone unless they prove they're worth it."speaking of that line, I wonder how Haruki is going to prove his worth to her... :heh:

[beanbrew]

...So is Kyon-chan?



You people suck. Where's PedobagBeanbag when you need him?

...I prefer to think of myself as a lolicon. Pedophilia includes little boys. And lolicon can fall into ephebophilia.

Yes, but Mikuru is a loli.

I don't understand how someone can have melonpan and be loli.

[Aebliss]

...I prefer to think of myself as a lolicon. Pedophilia includes little boys. And lolicon can fall into ephebophilia.
I don't understand how someone can have melonpan and be loli.


Being loli is about having a childlike frame, face and attitude, isn't it? Mikuru has that, just with womanlike proportions in certain areas. *shrug*

[beanbrew]

Being loli is about having a childlike frame, face and attitude, isn't it? Mikuru has that, just with womanlike proportions in certain areas. *shrug*

Then melonpan is still turn-off, even on a loli.

[Aebliss]

Great! Now Kyonko is Haruki's next "project..." :uhoh: :cool: and I'd hate to see the costume he gets her to wear to validate this line: *snip* speaking of that line, I wonder how Haruki is going to prove his worth to her... :heh:

Maybe he'd start forcing Kyonko to dress as the Lone Ranger, Zorro, or ... Xena, warrior princess? :p As for proving his worth ... What? He is Haruki! His worth is self-evident, he just has to keep displaying it so that it'll dawn on Kyonko that the worthiest of all men is right by her side, doing everything he can for her benefit! :D

[Discreet]

I do read your stuff, I just haven't commented much. I like it. A lot. ^^ And does your approval mean this'll get added to the wiki? :p

Project Round Robin (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Round-robin_story) commence!

[JDGBOLT]

Well, I did a lot of work yesterday on the prologue, and was messing around a bit in photoshop just a second ago to create a background for the slideshow sequence. Also put in a pan of kyonko, and got done with most of the directorial work on the prologue, now all that's left is to stick in creative commons images into the placeholders, then it should be pretty close to release, I should think. Will probably do a beta upload for various platforms for people to try out and give their opinions. I never did put up the website that we are using for the project. It can be found at www.assembla.com/spaces/seitenkan-vn .

For another image, I'll put in this one which has the background and the image that I am using for the moment for kyonko's pan, will need a lot more images, so artists are desperately needed. Recruiting open to all. :)

http://img84.imageshack.us/img84/36/seitenkanvnslideshowbacik3.png
By jdgbolt (http://profile.imageshack.us/user/jdgbolt) at 2008-04-09

JDGBOLT

[Kang Seung Jae]

I don't understand how someone can have melonpan and be loli.

I used it in the Western sense, of a young girl who is sexually developed.




A gift for you guys:

http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h201/jin0014/baketu12_ape80.jpg

[Discreet]

@JDGBOLT

Why does she have a hair sticking out of her outline?

But it looks great, JDG.

As for my part... changes in bold. I tried to make Taniguchi more of a bitch than a bastard.

Strange things had been set in motion that day. Nobody else had noticed because these events hadn't built up to the shocking climax just yet, but I had been thinking about them all day, ever since homeroom.

You see, while I was talking to Haruki, my mind was dwelling on something else. It all began with a simple note that was left in my shoe locker this morning.

The note said, "After school when everybody else has left, come to the 1-5 classroom".

The handwriting was angular and archaic-looking. Strong and masculine. There was no signature.


------


So, what the hell was this all about? The differing opinions in my mind decided to hold an emergency meeting to debate amongst themselves.

The first thought said, "This has happened before". But the writing was different from the writing on the bookmark. Nagato (the "Living Humanoid Interface" for aliens from outer space) has handwriting so perfect it's like printed text, but this note, although well-written, isn't so flawless. And Nagato probably wouldn't be so direct as to stick a note in my shoe locker.

The second asked, "Could it be Asahina-senpai?" No, if it was Asahina-senpai, I doubted he'd just tear off a piece of paper and throw it into my locker casually. He seemed like the type of person who'd use an envelope for this kind of thing.

It was also kinda weird that the specified meeting location was my classroom.

"It can't be Haruki!?" exclaimed the third. That was even more ridiculous than my first or second thoughts. If Haruki had anything to say to me in private, he'd probably just carry me off over his shoulder and tell me directly - he wasn't the kind of guy to go for subtlety.

Based on that kind of reasoning (although omitting the 'carry over the shoulder' bit), I eliminated Itsuko from all the possible candidates. Finally, my fourth thought, stronger and louder than all the rest, asked the obvious question: "Could it just be a love letter from a stranger?"

I guess it made sense. The writer had specified that I should come "after everyone else is gone", and it had been stuffed into my shoe locker, which is where you'd expect to find a confession note. It’s a big cliché, but an accurate one, I suppose. Still, in all my years of school, I've never, ever gotten one of these. Why would they start coming now? I don't think I'm any better looking now than I was in junior high...

My fifth thought, which were slightly more cynical than the rest of my thoughts, told me that "It's probably a prank". Yeah, Taniguchi and Kunikida would probably do that kind of thing; it certainly sounded more realistic than me having suddenly acquired a mysterious admirer. Taniguchi would play a stupid joke like that on me, though I think she probably would've written more.

I had been drifting aimlessly through my school day while these thoughts had been swirling around in my head. As I was wondering how I could escape from Haruki long enough to get to this meeting spot, he grumpily announced that he was going home.

Chance!

I decided to go to the clubroom first because I didn’t want to look like some pining lonely girl who was desperate enough to wait in a classroom all day for some random stranger. If Taniguchi suddenly walked in and said "Oh my God, Kyon! I’m so sorry! I didn’t think you’d take a letter like that so seriously!" while secretly trying to hide her laughter I'd be really pissed. No, it’d be better if I kill some time first and then go peek into the classroom to see if anyone’s there. Yeah, that's the perfect strategy.

I arrived at the clubroom entrance. This time, I remembered to knock.

"Please come in!"

Once I had heard Asahina-senpai's voice, I opened the door and entered the clubroom. Regardless of how wrong it is, he still looks cute in that maid costume.

"You're a little late!" said Asahina-san happily, his back to me. He looked like he was brewing tea again. "Where's Suzumiya-san?"

"He went home. Actually, he seemed pretty tired. If you want to get some revenge, I’d do it now."

Asahina-senpai looked flustered. "I-I wouldn’t d-do anything like that!"

I was only joking, Asahina-senpai!

We sat down, face to face at the table and drank our tea while Nagato read silently in his corner. Without Haruki, I guess we were nothing more than a do-nothing club.

"Itsuko still hasn't arrived?" I asked, eventually.

"Koizumi-san came earlier, but said she’s got her part time job today, so she already left."

What kind of part-time job, exactly? Well, at least now I can confidently cross out Itsuko and Haruki from my list of suspects.

Since I had nothing to do but wait, I played a few games of Othello with Asahina-senpai while chatting a bit. After three games, I stopped playing and went to surf the internet for a little bit, and eventually, Nagato stopped reading and stiffly closed his book. Recently, we’ve taken this action of his as a sign to call it day for our club activities (though what those club activities actually are is still unclear), and we all began to pack our stuff away.

Asahina-senpai turned to me. "I need to change, so you go on out first."

I left the room and proceeded to my classroom. The clock had said half past five when I glanced at it, so there shouldn't be anybody left in the classroom. Even if it were a prank by Taniguchi, she'd probably have gone home by now out of boredom. Despite that, I ran up the two flights of stairs to the top floor, just to be safe. I mean, what if it really was a confession?

I breathed in deeply in the silent corridor. The classroom doors all have slightly tinted windows, so I couldn't see anything clearly inside - only that the sunset had painted the room a wonderful orange-red (though that probably indicated some level of pollution around the town). Casually, I opened the door to classroom 1-5 and stuck my head inside.

[JDGBOLT]

@JDGBOLT

Why does she have a hair sticking out of her outline?

But it looks great, JDG.


The hair is sticking out in the outline because actually in the source image there was a bit of hair going out in that direction, and when I did the things to create the outline, it still caught that. I can remove that if it is disconcerting, not like I was planning on using it permanently anyway, because it is just from an image of fanart. And I would prefer custom stuff specifically for the project, or at least something where it is easy to attribute the author and get permission and all that, as I do not know who to attribute with all those thousands of fanart images in the pack. I was just doing this as an initial version to give people a feel for what I want to do and all that.

JDGBOLT

[JDGBOLT]

Okay, modified the avatar a bit in photoshop, getting rid of that offending piece of hair just sticking out, also adjusted the other avatar which actually shows her, so there isn't any problems with continuity.

http://img223.imageshack.us/img223/5995/seitenkanvnslideshowbacuw5.png
By jdgbolt (http://profile.imageshack.us/user/jdgbolt) at 2008-04-09

JDGBOLT

[Kagedanji]

Another part... I couldn't finish the whole fight in time, so I got up to just Yuuki's appearance.

I wasn't at all surprised that someone was waiting inside the classroom, but I was shocked when I found out who it was. Standing in front of the blackboard was someone I would never even have considered.

"You're late."

Asakura Ryou smiled at me.

He flicked his beautiful silken hair and started walking down the aisle. His handsome face with that serene smile is really distracting.

Is this really a confession after all? Asakura, of all people?

He stopped in the center of the classroom, and waved towards me with a smile.

"Come in!"

I feel like I have no control over my body anymore. His wave caused me to let go of the door handle and stepped inside the room.

"S-So it's you..."

"Yes, surprised?"

Asakura smiled happily, the right side of his face turned red by the sunset shining in. My face is red too, though not for the same reason.

"Y-you wanted to talk t-to me?" Dammit, I sound like Asahina-senpai!

Asakura chuckled and replied. "Indeed, I was looking for you, I have something to ask you."

Asakura's attractive face, white and pure as the peaks of mountaintops, now turns towards me.

"Have you heard of the saying 'It is better to do it and regret than not do it at all'? You think that makes sense?"

What is he talking about? "I-I'm not really sure who said that, but I guess the meaning makes… sense…"

"If there exists a situation where staying in the status quo would make things worse, and you have no idea how to improve it, what would you do?"

"Um, improve what?" Is there a confession coming, or…

Ignoring my question, Asakura just smiled and continued,

"Wouldn't you have said that you should do it first and face the consequences later? Since nothing is going to change if things continue like this."

"Um, I-I guess so." Goddammit! Did I get my hopes up for nothing?

"That's what I meant."

Asakura, who had his hands behind his back, leaned slightly forward.

"However, since those above are incapable of thinking laterally, they are out of touch with the rapid changes in this reality, I'm compelled to do something in order to make things run smoothly. That's why, being in this reality, I have decided to act on my own and forcefully make some changes."

Um, sorry? What on Earth are you trying to say? Is this some sort of prank? I looked around the room, wondering whether Taniguchi is hiding in the cabinet holding the sweeping tools behind me, or whether she's sitting under the teacher's desk.

"I've grown tired of having to observe a changeless environment, that's why..."

I was so busy looking around that I didn't really hear what Asakura was saying.

"I have to kill you, and see what sort of reaction Suzumiya Haruki will have."

In an instant, Asakura moved his hands from behind his back, and a silvery metallic flash went past where my neck used to be. As I watched the ribbon on the front of my school uniform float slowly towards the ground, I heard the crash of the teacher’s desk collapsing a few feet away.

Smiling pleasantly, Asakura's right hand now held a katana nearly half my height.

I was very, very lucky to dodge the first strike. If I hadn’t, I’d probably have ended up like that desk. Right now, though, I'm on the ground on my backside, looking palely up at Asakura. ‘If I'm trapped, I won't be able to escape!’ was the thought that flashed through my mind, and I crawled backwards like a locust.

Why didn't Asakura chase after me?

...No, wait! What’s going on here? Why is someone as nice and pure as Asakura trying to gut me with a sword? Wait a second what did he just say? He wants to kill me? Kill me? But, why!? Why me!?

"S-stop joking around!" All I could say was that trademark tsumokki[/i]sentence of mine. "T-that’s really dangerous! Even if it were fake, I’d still be really, really scared! Please put that that thing away!"

I was really terrified and confused. Taniguchi, if this is your doing, you’ve gone way too far! Someone, come and help me!

"You think I'm joking?" Asakura said in his normal cheerful tone, not sounding very serious at all. Anyone smiling at you while threatening your life with a sword is really scary. So now you all know exactly how completely terrified I was.

"Hmm…”

Asakura put the back of the katana to rest on his shoulder.

"You don't like dying? You don't want to die? The death of organic entities means nothing to me."

I slowly stand up. I had to keep on telling myself ‘this has to be a joke... just a bad joke…’ This is all too surreal. Asakura is the serious, responsible class president, who only talked when necessary in class, and faced every problem calmly and without panicking. He’s every girl’s dream. Why would he wave around a katana and say he wants to kill me all of a sudden?

Yet that thing is real, and I would be in two pieces if I weren’t careful.

"I-I don't understand what you're saying.” I said, cautiously. “This isn't funny anymore, OK? So please, just put that scary thing away!"

"I can't do that," Asakura smiled his usual perfect smile, "Because I really want you to die."

He lifted the katana above his head and brought it down. He's fast! This time I was prepared, though, because I got out of the way just in time. I heard the desk behind me shatter.

I rushed forward, my sights set on escaping through the door - yet I ended up hitting a wall instead.

W-what?!

Where’d the door go?! Even the windows are gone! There were supposed to be windows on the wall facing the corridor, but now it's just a thick grey wall.

No way!

"It's useless."

Asakura's voice grew closer from behind.

"I now have control of this area of space, so all exits have been blocked. It's quite easy, really. All I need to do is tamper with the molecular structure of the buildings on this planet and I can change their matter at will. This room has now become a sealed room, and there's no way in or out now."

I turned around and noticed that the sunset has gone as well. The whole room is surrounded by concrete walls, leaving only the white lamps shining coldy on the desks.

This can't be! This isn’t possible! What the hell is going on?

Asakura's silhouette moved slowly towards me.

"As your class president, I advise you to stop resisting; you're going to die anyway."

“W-what are you?!”

No matter how I looked, there were walls around me. There's not a single door, a single window, nothing! Is something wrong with my brain?

I frantically moved between the desks, trying to get as far from Asakura as possible. Yet Asakura just walked towards me in a straight line, smashing the desks and chairs aside with a swing or two of that katana. Unlike him, my path was always blocked.

The cat and mouse chase didn't last long, and eventually I was cornered.

Well, if that was how it was going to be, I decided to take a risk and threw a fallen chair at Asakura with all my strength, yet it turned in the air right in front of Asakura, and flew off to the other end of the room.

This is impossible, [s]INCONCIEVABLEjust impossible!

"Impressive strength for such a little girl, but resistance is futile. Everything in this room now moves according to my will."

Wait... Wait!

“Nothing you do has any meaning. It’s useless.”

What is going on here? If this isn't a joke or a prank, and neither Asakura nor me were crazy, then what’s going on?

I have to kill you, and see what sort of reaction Suzumiya Haruki will have.

Why is it Haruki, again? Aren’t you getting a bit too popular, Haruki?
"Sigh… I should've done this from the beginning."

After Asakura said those words, my whole body froze in place. H-hey! No fair! That’s haxcheating!

My feet are rooted to the ground like a tree, unable to move. My arms are fixed like a wax statue - I can't even move my fingers. All I could do was look at Asakura’s face as he slowly approached me.

"Once you die, Suzumiya Haruki is bound to have some sort of reaction. This might create a massive data explosion from which we could salvage something. This could be the chance in a lifetime for us."

I still have no idea what you’re talking about!

“But first…” he smiled. “Let’s have some fun.”

Great. All I wanted was a confession, and now I’m going to be raped and die. Just great. If I have any hidden magical sailor powers, now would be a great time for them to manifest.

“First, let’s improve your appearance a little.” Asakura brought the katana up behind my head. I felt him cut the tie holding my hair up, which came down in one smooth motion.

“Ah, there. Much better. You look a lot nicer with your hair down. Makes you look more wild.” Asakura continued to smile kindly at me.

And no special powers have appeared. Also, the irony hits me like that katana is probably going to. The only guy to hit on me also happens to be a magical sword-wielding psycho. Just my luck.

Asakura brought the katana down again, between my legs. Oh dear god please no.

“Hmm, I could have some more fun with you and my katana… but that’d be boring. I don’t even get to hear you scream. No, it’d be better if I just finished you off now.”

I don’t know whether to be relieved or not. Hey, if I have a magical protector watching over me, now would be a great time to appear, too.

"Now, die."

Asakura lifted the katana above his head again, readying for an overhead strike. At least let me close my eyes… No, I can't do that.

Wait… w-what’s this now?

I suddenly felt the air shake. As the katana began to lower…

The ceiling gave out a loud cracking noise, followed by debris falling down. Some of which fell on my head - that hurts! Dammit!

I was covered in white dust by the large amount of continuously falling debris. Not like you haven’t already ruined my uniform enough, Asakura… I wanted to see what was happening to him, but I couldn’t move… no, wait! I can move again!?

I lifted my head and discovered…!

A shocked Asakura - just as he’s about to slice me in half. Standing in front of me, catching the blade with just two bare fingers, is the slim figure of Nagato Yuuki.


None of my edits are in there at all with the exception of half of a sentence. D:<

[Discreet]

Apparently, I completely missed Part 2 for Chapter 5, so here's my edit:

When I returned to the clubroom, I stumbled across Asahina-senpai half-undressed inside.

"..."

I froze, one hand on the door handle. He stared at me, the maid costume in one hand, and slowly opened his mouth to scream.

"Sorry-!"

Before he had the chance to cry out, I pulled the foot that was in the room back and slammed the door shut. Maybe I should've knocked first. No wait, if he's changing then he should've locked the door!

Just as I was wondering whether I should simply just go home, a soft voice came from the other side of the door. "You can come in now..."

"Sorry." I said, wincing a little.

"No, no, it doesn't matter... I should have locked the door..."

My sentiments exactly.

Asahina-senpai continued to apologize as he opened the door. His head was lowered, and he was blushing. "Sorry, I always show my embarrassing side..."

It's no problem, really. He's really obedient, isn't he? Wearing that maid costume like Haruki ordered, even though he hates it...

But that's what makes him so cute!

And with those thoughts in mind I quickly moved to the commander's seat and booted up the computer. Sensing somebody watching me, I lifted my head to find Nagato Yuuki's eyes fixed on me, instead of his book. When he noticed me watching him, he adjusted his glasses ever so slightly and turned his eyes back towards the pages once more.

That's... surprisingly… human.

I opened the internet browser and went to the club webpage, trying to think of something to add to the site, but I had no idea where to start. This webpage is really just a waste of time... but I was bored and I had gotten tired of Othello and I needed to kill time somehow.

As I crossed my arms over my chest and muttered under my breath, somebody placed a cup of warm tea in front of me. I glanced up to find Asahina-senpai in his maid costume smiling nervously at me, carefully balancing a tea tray in one hand.

Wow. Exactly like a real maid.

"Thanks."

Itsuko had just treated me to a cup of coffee, but I will gladly accept this from you, Asahina-senpai!

Asahina-senpai placed another cup next to Nagato (who didn't even look up), and then sat down and began to slowly sip his own cup of tea.

Time passed.

In the end...

...Haruki never came to the clubroom at all that day.


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"Hey, where'd you go yesterday? I thought we were going to have some sort of debriefing?"

I was speaking with Haruki before homeroom, as usual. Lying sprawled over the desk, his chin to the table, Haruki flashed me an annoyed look.

"Bah! I already had the debriefing on my own yesterday!"

I guess Haruki must've retraced everywhere we'd gone last Saturday after school instead of coming to the clubroom.

"You guys probably missed something, so I went through those places again by myself." he muttered, avoiding my eyes. Who was it that said “criminals always return to the scene of the crime?” I guess that applies to aliens, time travelers, and espers as well. And Haruki.

“So, did you find anything?” I asked.

“...It's all part of the plan, all part of the plan...” Haruki mumbled into the desk, not lifting his head. Is that a no? Do you even really have a plan?

Haruki suddenly flung himself off the desk and back into his chair. "Arrrgh, it's hot as hell!" he said suddenly. "When is the school gonna switch uniforms? I wanna wear our short sleeves already!"

I glanced at his rolled up sleeves. They don't change seasonal wear until June, anyway, and there's a week left before the end of May...

"Suzumiya. Look." I said. "I've probably said this before, but have you ever considered just... giving up on all this paranormal stuff and trying to live a normal high school life?"

I thought he'd lift his head and scowl at me, as usual, but he didn't even move. He must be really exhausted. "A normal high school life? What kind of life is that?" he asked the table.

He doesn’t sound interested at all.

"Something like... settling down, finding a nice, normal girlfriend, you know? Although I guess you might stumble across an alien while you're dating. It'd be like killing two birds with one stone." I said, smiling at the thought. "Besides, I bet there's plenty of girls lining up for you right now. You just gotta be patient and that special someone will come 'round eventually."

Haruki lifted his head up from the desk and just looked at me for a few seconds. "Hmph, like it matters!" he said, after a moment of silence. "Love! It's stupid! It's like... like some sort of mental illness!"

Then what about your quest for an alien bride, or whatever, then?

Haruki looked out the window. "I do think about that sorta stuff, though. I’m a healthy guy, after all. But there’s no way I’m just gonna ask some stupid girl out and be saddled with a huge burden forever! ‘Sides, if I’m too busy going on dates, what’s gonna happen to my SOS Brigade? I just founded it!"

Technically, you haven't actually founded it all.

"Look, why not create a club that involves some form of actual entertainment? That would attract more members for sure."

"No." Haruki flatly refused. "I only founded the SOS Brigade because all the other clubs were too boring. I've even recruited an interesting experiment like Mitsuuru-kun and a Mysterious Transfer Student! Why hasn't anything happened yet?! This is so frustrating…!”

This is the first time I've seen Haruki this depressed. A big guy like that looking so pathetic makes me feel depressed too...

I need to stop letting this get to me.

For the rest of the day and all through class, Haruki was asleep. The weird thing is though, the teachers never noticed.

It's got to be a coincidence. It's just got to be.

[dkellis]

First off, thanks all for the comments (and cookies) for the Yuki Fanclub thing.

You know, someone needs to write a 'the fanclub of Nagato Yuuki 1.5' now, to create a bridge between 1 and 2. Any takers? :p

Minor continuity displacement between 1 and 2. I didn't comment on it earlier because I figured it doesn't matter that much (all in good fun and whatnot), but if it's going to turn into something more substantial, we might want to clarify it before proceeding.

In the first one, I set the story to be around sometime after the school festival in the autumn. That's about half a year or more after Taniguchi saw that questionable situation Kyonko and Yuuki were in.

Therefore, it's a bit strange for Haruki to refer to it as "the other day" rather than "so long ago", and for the rumours to start spreading now.

So either something should be retconned, or the rumours started because of another incident, making it the second time Kyonko is seen in a compromising situation with Yuuki. Which would probably be the basis for the 1.5.

The handwriting was angular and archaic-looking. Strong and masculine. There was no signature.

Is it really necessary to emphasize Ryou's Manliness or something? This seems like overdoing it.

And with those thoughts in mind I quickly moved to the commander's seat and booted up the computer. Sensing somebody watching me, I lifted my head to find Nagato Yuuki's eyes fixed on me, instead of his book. When he noticed me watching him, he adjusted his glasses ever so slightly and turned his eyes back towards the pages once more.

That's... surprisingly… human.

This sounds a bit odd. What's humanizing about that gesture, more so than being, well, human?

[Discreet]

I thought about doing "Strong and bold" or something along those lines, previously it was "I could tell it was a boy's handwriting" or something, but I didn't like the sound of that (plus I thought it sounded boring) nor "bold." But no matter what, it's going to be obvious that the letter was written by a male, so I settled for "masculine."

Looking at it now, I think it might be better to just cut that sentence out entirely.

And the gesture is human because Yuuki is doing something apparently without reason. He's staring at Kyonko, yet has nothing to say to her and no reason to draw her attention, he's simply doing it. Plus it's been continuously noted that Yuuki seems like a doll reading his book almost motionlessly. Him disturbing that practice all of a sudden is... well, human.

[Kogetsu Shirogane]

Whew... a lot of things to respond to... that week of downtime was rather deceptive :heh:

Hair tie, not ribbon. She'll be getting a yellow ribbon later.
I'll admit I made a mistake here. But the ribbon on the uniform was already cut, as well, so I still see no reason why it would have to be included as part of a theoretical possibility.
Seriously guys, what's the point in posting if you don't read my stuff?
I read it, I just have the memory of a goldfish sometimes.:heh:

*e* I am aware that the "three second memory" thing is just a myth. *e*

Not necessarily ...

*snip*
Thing is, Haruki's actions here kinda clash with events in CHARMED and Snow Mountain Syndrome

Then again...
I set the story to be around sometime after the school festival in the autumn. That's about half a year or more after Taniguchi saw that questionable situation Kyonko and Yuuki were in.
It could actually work out rather nicely if this is the case, as the events of The Day of Sagittarius were about the time that Kyon started to focus his attention on Yuki(which will most likely be carried over to Kyonko and Yuuki). Combining the rumors about Kyonko and Yuuki with the official material, I can actually understand him acting in a similar manner to Haruhi in those instances. I retract my complaint about this situation, as it works into the storyline a lot better than I thought it would.

[BookOfMages]

Not necessarily ...

Under normal circumstances, I'd have thought things couldn't get any worse. I mean, on one hand I have the crazy Nagato Yuuki stalker club that wants to, well, destroy me for, and I quote: "Seducing the innocent Nagato-sama." On the other hand, I have Taniguchi, Kunikida and assorted other idiots, who want to support my "high school love affair." Were all these people hit over the head with shoujo mangas as babies?

I'm in the middle of a huge fight, and though one side claims to be on my side, no one is actually helping matters. And worse, it's a fight between girls. Modern studies indicate that a drop in the body's testosterone causes aggression to erupt into violence, as emotional self-control is lost. Testosterone actually helps keep you calm ... In a man, the testosterone comes back quickly because, frankly, they're full of it. In women, there is less testosterone. Need I say more? Women carry grudges like demons. I should know.

And as if it wasn't bad enough that I feels like I'm walking through a warzone whenever I leave the classroom, what with people randomly choosing sides without even being informed on the issue -- not to mention the utter ridiculousness of said issue -- rumours were spreading like wildfire.

Which brings me to how this situation got even worse. During fourth period, I suddenly felt a cruel grip on my ponytail and my head was yanked backward. The only reason my poor, abused head didn't smack into the desk of the person sitting behind me, is that he had his hand out to catch it.

This person, who had been quietly glowering at me all day long, was now glowering down at me. What the hell do you want? Don't I have enough trouble without you acting grouchy at me?

"I heard Yuuki pushed you down in the classroom the other day," Haruki said out loud. Out loud, damn him! Why couldn't you have asked me about this during recess? But no, he just ran off to get lunch, then came back here to eat it while glaring at my poor, isolated self. I say isolated, because having Taniguchi and Kunikida blathering at me about how they'll protect my right to date whoever I like is not company at all, and the rest of the class was giving me odd looks.

"So?" Haruki demanded. "Did he?"
"Of course not," I replied. "And let go of my head, you're going to hurt my neck! Nagato just, um, slipped on a banana peel and knocked me down, just like I've been saying all along."
"Oh," Haruki said, still not letting go. "Is that so." He actually sounded thoughtful -- and then he smiled. I don't like the look on your face right now, Haruki!
"Silence," Haruki replied imperiously. "You know what your problem is, Kyon?"
Apart from an idiot pulling on my hair all the time?
"You lack willpower! You're just a plaything to the currents of the world, when you should be taking charge of your life. This way, you'll be easy prey to any big guy who comes along and decides to do who knows what to you."
You are a fine example, I suppose.
"In short," Haruki continued, "you are the submissive type. If someone doesn't teach you to find your inner hero, you're likely to allow yourself to be dominated by the whole world. That just won't do for a member of the SOS Brigade! You shouldn't submit to anyone unless they prove they're worth it."
Can you shut up now? You're making the whole class think I'm some kind of BDSM slave with your easily misinterpreted words! Geez!

And that wasn't even the worst. The very instant that the bell rang, Haruki just seized me and lifted me up. You're no prince, dammit, and I'm not your bride! At least give me time to collect my bag before you start carrying me around!
"It's time for club, Kyon!" Haruki just bellowed, running through the hallway and elbowing people out of the way. "No argument! I'll see you get there without anyone bothering you along the way!"
Who asked you to? Who told you I can't get myself where I want to go? Hey! I want answers to my questions, don't just grin so smugly, as if you've just discovered a calculation that surpasses Einstein's theory of relativity!


:heh: "Seducing the innocent Nagato-sama." :heh: Love you guys. xD


Beanbag: ....Melanpan...turnoff on a loli? b-but..Shana. D:

Also, any purpose for a yellow ribbon? Well besides the Haruhi thing. Did Kyonko just not care because she just wanted her hair back up again and just grabbed whatever? :heh:


On a completely different note have we discussed who would be good VA's if there is an OVA? Just for fun of course, not trying to get ahead of myself. :uhoh: So I think if I had to choose it'd be:

Kyonko: Yui HORIE: Because in Vampire Knight, Yuuki [Cross :heh:] sounds a lot like the person who did this:

xZzCyLAT6iQ

Or maybe it's just me, but her voice sounds a lot like that in Vampire Knight lawdy. Also Yui can change her voice to a pretty high voice like Ayu from Kanon, Siesta from ZnT and Makie from Negima. For our...other moments? :heh:

Yuuki: Mamoru MIYANO: Because he just has the perfect voice. :heh: or Akira Ishida. :3

Haruki: Katsuyuki Konishi because Fuck yeah he played RED BRAVER in Bamboo Blade, best.voice.ever...I mean, he also played Kamina from TTGL. :uhoh:

Ryo: Jun FUKUYAMA: This role was made for him. xD His voice can change from "playing around first" [With Kyonko] type of voice, such as Akira Hiiragi from Kimikiss or Aidou from VK to a threatening voice like Lelouch from Code Geass. Or a mix of both, like Kei Takishima from Special A.

Itsuko: Ayako Kawasumi: Because she needs a "fancy" voice, a voice who usually voices one of a rich family or a seduciing kind of tone examples of these may be found in "Chizuru Minamoto" from Kanokon, "Henrietta" from ZnT, and "Kaori" from Kanon.

The rest I didn't really think of, I guess for Mitsuuru, Ayaka Saitō might be good, but lol I feel bad for just throwing that out there seeing as she voices Momiji from FB, and Mitsukuni from OHSHC. :heh: [/color]

[CrowKenobi]

A long while back (:heh:) Kaios started the seiyuu suggestions and threw out Minori Chihara as Kyonko just so that she can sing the open! :heh:

:cool:

Your youtube link is wrong; it should go like this: xZzCyLAT6iQ (everything after the equals sign.) :D

And, for whatever reason, the colored text messes up the spoiler tags when your text is quoted...

[CanadaAotS]

... snip stuff about height...

Offtopic: cup sizes have always struck me as kind of analogous to battery (more accurately cell) sizes.

Yes, I know how tasteless that is. I can't help it.
Hahaha Batteries = cup sizes. Not including B, that works well. Also, I agree with everything you said about height.
...Bulkier I don't have any real problems with, although I can't imagine him being musclebound. Probably just enough for others to not want to mess around with him; I'm not sure if he should look like he works out obsessively. I mean, it can make sense ("Melancholy! Frustrated! Need to move my body! To the gym!"), but it's a bit hard to imagine.
I'm thinking he's kinda like Seiji from Midori Days, in build. He can kick anyones ass, but he doesn't look like a body builder.
Awesome writing is awesome. I now have ppl in the lib staring at me. :heh:
You laughed out loud didn't you? Laughing at a computer screen, in public just proves our broken-ness even more! :heh:
I know, check Category: Genderbending.

Edit: Gaaah, don't we have someone who's supposed to be working on that wiki?
Er... yeah... that was supposed to be me -_-' I'll make that my next project
...The CRACK Diaries of a closet Yuri-Kyonko...
Hot as always. God, this just makes me want to find a Kyonko h-doujin even more! I know they exist, where oh where are the scans? D: lol.

Anyway, good to see that the thread is picking up speed again. Came back after 2 days and actually had some backlog :D

EDIT: Another disk into School Rumble. Love polygons ftw~ haha.
Tenma-chan :D! She reminds me of my anime days as a kid, a certain Magical Girl that went by the alias of "Meatball head"... haha.

[BookOfMages]

A long while back (:heh:) Kaios started the seiyuu suggestions and threw out Minori Chihara as Kyonko just so that she can sing the open! :heh:

:cool:

Your youtube link is wrong; it should go like this: xZzCyLAT6iQ (everything after the equals sign.) :D

And, for whatever reason, the colored text messes up the spoiler tags when your text is quoted...


....I'd approve of that, just so I can scream "YUKIXKYONKO YURI IS BETTER! [-Lists reasons one of which is they would share the same VA-]" then proceed to get killed by like everyone. :uhoh:

Just throwing it out there, but it'd be kinda cool if Mizuki Nana was her VA, singing the OP! o 3o [Because I like how high beat and techno-like her songs are. :heh:]

Ah! Thank you very much for the correction. ;)

[-Shock-]....:uhoh: Maybe it works if I don't use colored text on the spoiler tags? D:

[Chained Ryu]

Ah... I became hooked on this after seeing some youtube videos...

Anyway, I think I'll contribute some to the bent light novels soon...

[Kaisos Erranon]

About what defines a loli... I always thought it was a girl who was underdeveloped and little for her age... or simply an underage girl. Lolis, by nature, cannot have chest development, with the exception of Mikuru.

I'd define Kyon-chan as having the build of a loli.

I thought about doing "Strong and bold" or something along those lines, previously it was "I could tell it was a boy's handwriting" or something, but I didn't like the sound of that (plus I thought it sounded boring) nor "bold." But no matter what, it's going to be obvious that the letter was written by a male, so I settled for "masculine."

Looking at it now, I think it might be better to just cut that sentence out entirely.

You do know the kind of handwriting I'm talking about, right? Really sharp, quick lines?

It looks a lot more masculine by nature than the curvier handwriting of a high school girl.

Of course, it wouldn't work if the letter was written in English, but thankfully, it's not.

[Aebliss]

I found something (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7nqI-Y7ZdwU&feature=related)that looks quite delicious. If only it were translated, so I'd know exactly what dear old Lolfang-chan did to persuade Haruhi, or what kind of dirty trick Kyon pulled on Koizumi ... *hint* :D

[Kaisos Erranon]

I found something (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7nqI-Y7ZdwU&feature=related)that looks quite delicious. If only it were translated, so I'd know exactly what dear old Lolfang-chan did to persuade Haruhi, or what kind of dirty trick Kyon pulled on Koizumi ... *hint* :D

Posted before, and I think Kang was translating that...

Haruhi was going on about how Kyon-chan is going to be her wife, but then Tsuruya points out that, under Japanese law, she can't marry Kyon-chan. Haruhi then goes into despair and wishes that Kyon-chan were a boy again.

Earlier, Kyon had mentioned to Haruhi how awesome it would be if Koizumi were a girl too, and so...

[Aebliss]

Posted before, and I think Kang was translating that...
Haruhi was going on about how Kyon-chan is going to be her wife, but then Tsuruya points out that, under Japanese law, she can't marry Kyon-chan. Haruhi then goes into despair and wishes that Kyon-chan were a boy again.

Earlier, Kyon had mentioned to Haruhi how awesome it would be if Koizumi were a girl too, and so...

Ah, I see. Sorry. :upset: I've given up on trying to read all the backlog, so I didn't know.

[Discreet]

You do know the kind of handwriting I'm talking about, right? Really sharp, quick lines?

It looks a lot more masculine by nature than the curvier handwriting of a high school girl.

Of course, it wouldn't work if the letter was written in English, but thankfully, it's not.

Yeah, I know what you're saying.

[Cat Megex]

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To the both of you: WELCOME!

EDIT: Discreet: I finally know what your icon is from. o_o (Just started watching it a few days before I left for vacation on Saturday.) XD

[Kristen]

"Dear diary,

I notice you've been getting dirty recently... You have all this grime over your cover, and your pages are turning colors...

I think you've been out playing for too long with those dirty books... I told you that those eroges are not the type of books you should be hanging around with!

Anyways, you need a bath. So, come with me.

Sincerely,
Kyon-ko"


(Last Diary Entry. Simply put, I ran out of ideas for now. :p I may have more later on, but for now I'm checking out for a while. :p)

[Furyofthewolves]

"Dear diary,

I notice you've been getting dirty recently... You have all this grime over your cover, and your pages are turning colors...

I think you've been out playing for too long with those dirty books... I told you that those eroges are not the type of books you should be hanging around with!

Anyways, you need a bath. So, come with me.

Sincerely,
Kyon-ko"


(Last Diary Entry. Simply put, I ran out of ideas for now. :p I may have more later on, but for now I'm checking out for a while. :p)

Nooooo.... no more amusing diary entries for a while!!! How can this be!

Now that I got that out of my system, hope you get more ideas fast:D.

Anywho, I was being lazy on the covers... so heres the general outline i made for the Volume 4 cover:
http://img505.imageshack.us/img505/7636/wipvol4uj7.png

[shaoron]

So, as such, we came to the beach.

The sun was already setting, but the rays and heat were pretty much up to summer standards. The waves washed upon the sand, the clouds floated above in the sky like marshmallows. Our hair was blown by the sea breeze, carrying the scent of the waves.

While it's called a private beach, there really wasn't any need to set up any special booking, as no one ever comes to this uninhabited island anyway. I guess the only people who would come here to enjoy a beach spa are probably some foreign tourists conned by those rubbish travel magazines. Besides the six of us, there was no doubt that the beach was pretty much empty. There weren't even any seabirds.

“Kyon! What the hell do you think you're doing?”

You're too loud. Shut up.

“Koizumi, I thought I told you to take care of her swimsuit? What's up with that ugly thing?”

That “ugly thing” Haruki was referring to was my swimsuit. I was basically wearing my junior high first year swimsuit. Sadly, I didn't grow much since then. That's why this thing could still fit me. Not to mention being flat chested and all. Then again, I didn't have any other swimsuit to begin with and I don't want to know what Koizumi had brought under the command of Haruki. (writter's note: homage to konata! Yay!)

“I'm sorry, Suzumiya-san. But before we reach our room, she got away and locked herself in before I could do anything.”

“Hey Kyon! Listen up! It's the summer right now. If you keep wearing such swimsuit who knows what would happen? Your life would get boring!”

As usual he doesn't make any sense.

“But then again...”

Wait.. he's actually backing down?

“With your... lack of 'volume', that swimsuit wouldn't look good on you. Maybe when you get bigger.”

Wait what!?

“Yes, it is a shame, Suzumiya-san.”

You're also agreeing to him? You... you... COW!

“Kyon-nee is a flat board! Haha!”

You are so gonna get it when we get home, you brat!

“Come on! Let's go swim.”

Haruki, while grabbing Asahina-kun, and my brother then ran into the water making large splashing sounds.

Argh! Haruki and Koizumi makes me so mad. And this heat isn't helping at all. I need a drink.

“Here...”

Nagato was standing behind me handing a bottle of milk to me. Thank you Nagato, you're the only one who's reliable... wait... milk? Are you trying to tell me something Nagato?


I laid a straw mat under the umbrella, and sat under it looking at Haruki, Asahina-kun and my brother play. My mistake. Haruki and my brother playing Asahina-kun would be more accurate.

"Mitsuru-kun, the best way to enjoy the seaside is to swim! C'mon, let's go! It's bad for your health not to enjoy the sunshine!"

"Ah, I'm not really fond of standing in the sunshine."

Haruki ignored the cowering protests of Asahina-kun, and pushed the small and pale skinned senpai into the water.

"Wah! Salty!"

Asahina-san was actually surprised at something so trivially obvious, flapping his arms on the water surface.

At this moment, Nagato......

"......"

......sat on his beach chair beside me and quietly read his thick novel.

"Different people sure have different ways to have fun."

Koizumi, who was playing with a beach ball, opened her mouth to show me her smile.

"One should spend their free time doing what they like most, otherwise it wouldn't be called free time. Don't you intend to enjoy this carefree trip for the next four days and three nights?"

Isn't Haruki the only one doing as he pleases? I never once thought Asahina-kun, being forced to play along by Haruki, would understand the true meaning of being relaxed.

"Hey, Kyon! Koizumi-chan! You guys come over as well!"

Haruki yelled at us like a siren warning. I warily got up. To be honest, I didn't mind that much. Not counting Haruki, just being able to stand next to Asahina-kun is exactly what I've wished for. Taking the blown beach ball from Koizumi's hand, I began walking on the sizzling beach.



Once we sensed our muscles starting to fatigue, we returned to the mansion, took a bath and had a rest in our rooms. The sky is now littered with stars. Mori-san then led us to the dining room.

During dinner time:

The dinner for that night was quite flamboyant. I don't think they were meaning to grant Asahina-kun's wish, but there was pickled fish on every one of our plates. Being used to poverty, I had to sit upright in respect after seeing all this. I get to eat all of this for free? Is that really okay?

"Be my guests."

Keiichi-san smiled and showed her generosity.

"Think of it as a reward for having come this far, because it's just too boring for me alone here. Actually I'm quite picky in choosing my guests, but of course since you're Itsuki's friends, you're most welcome."

For some reason, Keiichi-san was now dressed very formally compared to when we last saw her. She wore a simply but elegant dress. The dishes were a mix of Japanese and western cuisine. There was lamb, French roast fish, and some steamed stuff, all sorts of things. The only one using a fork and knife was Keiichi-san, since we had asked for chopsticks at the beginning.

"This is great! Who made these?"

Haruki asked while revealing his amazing appetite worthy of nomination for a speed eating contest.

"The maid Arakawa is also the chef here, her cooking's not bad, huh?"

"I must thank her, please call her out later."

Haruki said as though he were a gourmand who had just tasted a high class dinner.

I looked at Asahina-kun, who widened his eyes further every time he took a bite; then at Nagato, who doesn't seem to eat much, yet he never stopped picking up food with his chopsticks; and at Koizumi, who chatted happily with Yutaka-san.

“Hey, why aren't you eating your vegetables?”

Hey, don't be rude to our host. Keichii-san, you have to excuse my brother.

“Ha ha, it's alright. I just don't like carrots in particular.”

I guess even rich people hate vegetables then.

"Would you like something to drink?"

Mori-san asked, dressed in his butler uniform and playing the role of waiter the whole time. He carried a small, long wine bottle and smiled. Probably wine, I guess. While it's questionable to offer alcohol to minors, I still decided to ask for one glass. I've never tasted wine before, but one ought to be more daring. And after seeing Mori-san's charming smile, I found it hard to refuse.

"Ah, what's Kyon drinking? I want one too."

Due to Haruki's request, glasses filled with wine had now been passed into everyone's hands. Of course, Arakawa-san told Mori-san to only give juice to my brother, which he protested loudly.

I felt this was the beginning of the nightmare.

That day, I discovered Asahina-kun is completely wine intolerant, while Nagato is a formidable bottomless pit; as for Haruki, he's just a hopeless drunkard.

Due to the circumstances, I drank quite a lot and so my memory was quite blurred, but I do remember Haruki grabbing onto the wine bottle and drinking nonstop while chatting loudly with Keiichi-san.

"Ah......You're so great! To thank you for inviting us, I'll offer you Mitsuuru-chan! Train him well so he can become a better maid! Because this guy is completely hopeless as being a man, he's better being a girl.”

I remotely remember him yelling with a heightened pitch.

Arakawa-san placed the wine bottle back on the table like a bowling pin, and quietly sliced the apples and pears from the fruits basket, handing them out as dessert. While the only make-believe maid in the club room, Asahina-kun was already lying on the table with his face all red and out for the night.

My brother, who was not allowed to drink any wine, was able to get a few sips from Haruki's glass without anyone noticing. He was shouting along with Haruki at first and then collapsed right beside the sleeping Asahina-kun.

Nagato finished the glass of wine Mori-san poured for him. I don't know how the alcohol in him body gets dissipated. His face remained the same while he emptied glass after glass like a whale drinking seawater.

Yutaka-san asked curiously,

"Is he really okay?"

She looked really worried, I still remembered that scene.

That night, it seems that Koizumi carried an unconscious me back to my room. That's what Koizumi told me afterwards. She said I reeked of booze just as much as Haruki, but I don't really remember anything.

“When I put you into bed, you suddenly grabbed me and did all sorts of stuff to me.”

Upon hearing that, I glared at Koizumi who took this as a cue to leave my room. I think i'll just pretended not to hear that, and refused to remember that I got drunk. I'll treat it as one of Koizumi's jokes.

Because something happened on the second day that pushed our hangovers to the back of our minds.


A storm brewed suddenly on the morning of the second day.



The rain water splattered diagonally on the window surface, the strong wind had an ominous sound. The forest around the mansion rustled as though demons were living in it.

"Such bad luck, of all the times to have a typhoon."

Haruki said dejectedly while looking outside the window. We were gathered in Haruki's room, discussing how we should spend the day today.

This was after we had our breakfast. Keiichi-san was absent from the table. Arakawa-san said Keiichi-san always felt terrible in the morning after waking up, so for her to wake up before noon was very rare.

Haruki turned towards us,

"This has now really become a lone island. This is the situation of a lifetime, maybe something will happen!"

Asahina-kun gasped and moved his eyes around, while Koizumi and Nagato's facial expressions remained business-like as usual.

The waves were still and calm yesterday. Now they've reached tsunami alert status, impossible for any ship to sail in. If this goes on until the day after tomorrow, we'll really be stranded on a lone island against our wishes, just as Haruki had wished for. A closed circle, right?

Koizumi gave a smile, trying to calm everyone down,

"This typhoon seems to be moving quite fast, I think it'll get better the day after tomorrow. As they say, things come and go quickly."

According to the weather report, this would be correct. But there were no reports of a typhoon coming in yesterday's report! Just whose mind conjured this storm!?

"It's coincidental."

Koizumi said with ease.

"This is a normal natural phenomenon, it comes with the summer weather package, I guess? There's always one big typhoon every year."

"We were supposed to explore around the island, but it seems we have to cancel that." Haruki said bitterly, "Ah well, let's find some games that we can play indoors!"

Haruki seemed to have completely forgotten the original purpose of this field trip, as the emphasis now moved into having fun. Now this was something worth cheering for, because I didn't want to walk to the other end of the island to find some unidentified creature's carcass being washed ashore and stuck between the boulders.

Koizumi made her suggestion,

"I seem to remember there's a game room here, I'll go ask Keiichi-san to open it for us. Which do you like? Mah-jong or pool? If we asked, we could even get a snooker table set up."

Haruki agreed,

"Then let's have a table tennis match! We'll decide the winner of the first SOS Brigade Table Tennis Tournament in a round-robin format! Sorry for those who want to play pool, I'll treat them to drinks on the boat trip back. Don't hold back now!"

The game room was located in the basement. In the wide hall was placed a Mah-jong table and a pool table. They even had a roulette and Baccarat table. Do Koizumi's relatives secretly run a casino here?

"What do you think?" Koizumi replied with a foolish smile, pulling out the folded snooker table from the side.



First off, Haruki held a table tennis tournament. Asahina-kun and my brother didn't play. Haruhi was against Nagato on the first match while I was paired up with Koizumi. Haruhi defeated Nagato after a long battle while Koizumi was as good as table tennis as she was in the other games. Meaning I won without any effort at all. So now the finals was down to me and Haruki.

“Booooomerang snaaaaaaaake!”

Haruki yelled and he smacked the ball down so hard that I couldn't even hit it. Couldn't you even show some restraints against a girl?

“Mada mada dane. Where's the fun in that? Always go all out! That's what I say!”

And with that, Haruki defeated me without any effort at all.

After that, he then held the Mah-jong contest, but besides Koizumi, no one in the SOS Brigade knew how to play Mah-jong, so we had to learn as we played along. During the game, the Tamaru sisters also joined in, making it a lively Mah-jong contest. Haruki distorted the rules and created yaku to suit himself, racking up win after win with puzzling combinations like "Nishoku Zetsu Ichimon," "Chantamodoki," "Iishanten Paralysis" and so on. Well, it made me laugh, so I let it pass. And we weren't playing for money, anyway.

"Ron! That's about ten thousand points!"

"Suzumiya-kun, that's yakuman."

I secretly sighed, perhaps it was better to look on the bright side and enjoy the fun the trip brought. As things stand, it seems unlikely a huge sea creature will appear, or natives coming out from the forest. After all, this is a lone island far way from the mainland. There won't be strange things coming in from outside so easily.

I decided to think like that and relax myself. Tamaru Keiichi-san and Yutaka-san, Arakawa-san, Mori-san are all acquainted with Koizumi, they all look normal. We're still short of characters necessary to trigger a strange event.

I hope everything goes well. I prayed in my heart.

Yet the gods just never seem to answer my prayers.


It happened on the morning of the third day.



We spent the whole second day playing and eating, and as the weather worsened by nightfall, the same dining hall scene repeated itself again. On the third day, I struggled to wake up with a splitting headache from the hangover, if Koizumi hadn't carried us back to our rooms, I guess I would still be sleeping in the dining hall with Haruki and Asahina-kun. At least my brother learned his lesson and didn't drink this time.

I opened the curtains on the morning of the third day. The storm continued.

"I wonder if we can return tomorrow?"

I washed off the dizzyness from my face with some cold water, trying hard to walk in a straight line. I walked down the stairs with caution, not wanting to trip and tumble over.

There gathered in the dining hall were Haruki and Asahina-kun with the same miserable face as mine, and Koizumi and Nagato with their usual expressions.

The Tamaru sisters haven't come down yet, maybe they've reached their limits after drinking for two consecutive nights? I remembered Haruki pouring wine over their glasses. Haruki was already reckless when sober, with alcohol he became worse, and just thinking of his antics last night simply worsened my headache. I decided never to force myself to drink endlessly.

"I don't want to drink wine anymore."

Haruki frowned and said as if he had learnt his lesson.

"I don't know why, but all my memories after dinner seem to have disappeared. Isn't that a pity? I felt as if we had wasted a lot of time. Argh, I don't want to get drunk again. Tonight is 'alcohol free night'."

Normally, high school students are not supposed to get drunk. Perhaps I ought to compliment Haruki for actually saying something responsible for once? Yet, Asahina-san's dreamy expression when she was drunk looked just so seductive, I must admit I wouldn't mind drinking so much.

"Then it's decided!"

Koizumi nodded and agreed right away, he then said to Mori-san who just came in pushing a cart with our breakfast on it,

"We won't be needing any wine for tonight. Please just prepare some juice instead."

"Understood."

Mori-san bowed politely and started handing out the bacon and eggs plates on to the table.



Yutaka-san had still not appeared after we had finished our breakfast. As Keiichi-san normally feels ill during morning, her absence was expected, but not Yutaka-san's. At this moment......

"Excuse me."

Arakawa-san and Mori-san appeared before us. I noticed a troubled expression within her usually calm face. I have a bad feeling about this.

"What happened?" Koizumi asked, "Is there a problem?"

"Yes." Arakawa-san said, "I believe it is sort of a problem. I had asked Mori-san to go check Yutaka-sama's room."

Mori-san nodded his head, Arakawa-san continued,

"As the door wasn't locked, I opened it to find that Yutaka-sama's not inside."

With a voice as clear as a bell, Mori-san said glancing at the table cloth,

"The room was empty, and the bed doesn't seem to be slept on at all."

"I tried to contact the master's room using an internal phone line, but there was no response."

Haruki released the glass of orange juice she was holding after hearing Arakawa-san said that.

"What does that mean? Yutaka-san is missing while Keiichi-san doesn't answer the phone?"

"To put it bluntly, that's how it is." Arakawa-san replied.

"Couldn't you enter Keiichi-san's room? Do you have a backup key?"

"I have the backup keys to all the rooms save the master's bedroom. As her room has a lot of work-related documents, only she has access to the backup keys, just to be safe."

The bad feeling has begun to hover as a dark cloud, shrouding two-thirds of my heart. The mansion owner who hasn't woken up, and his brother who was missing.

Arakawa-san bowed slightly.

"I would like to visit the master's bedroom in a moment. If you do not mind, would you please accompany me? I hope I'm wrong, but I have a bad feeling about this."

Haruki quickly gestured something to me with his eyes. What's he trying to say?

"Maybe we should come along."

Koizumi stood up without hesitation.

"I'll go on ahead. Maybe she's so ill he couldn't get up. We may have to break the door down."

Haruki swiftly jumped up from his chair,

"Kyon, let's go! I'm getting all uneasy. Yuuki and Mitsuru-kun, you two come along as well!"

In this moment, Haruki revealed a hitherto unseen serious expression on his face.

At this point, having a very bad feeling about the situation, I asked my brother to go to our room and wait there. Surprisingly, he complied without complaining.


Allow me to briefly go through what happened afterwards.

Keiichi-san's room was located on the third floor. Arakawa-san and Mori-san there was no response no matter how many times we knocked. Koizumi tried turning the doorknob, but the door still won't open. The wooden door now stood like a wall, blocking our access.

Before going there, we also went to Tamaru Yutaka-san's room. As Mori-san had described, the bedsheets were tidy, as though no one has slept on it. Just where did she go? Could both brothers be hiding in Keiichi-san's room?

"The room is locked from the inside, that means there's someone inside."

Koizumi held his chin and gave a look of thinking deeply. She said in an unprecedented intense tone,

"Looks like we no longer have a choice. We'll have to break down the door. Things are getting serious that lives may be at stake here."

So the guys lined up together and rammed towards the door like a bunch of rugby players. The line-up included Haruki, Asahina-kun and Nagato and Mori-san. I trust Nagato would be able to push the door down easily with just his finger, but he decided his magic wouldn't be appropriate here with everyone looking. Under the watchful eyes of the three other SOS Brigade members and Arakawa-san, bravely rammed the door many times, until...

The door finally burst open like a spring.

Losing their balance, Mori-san, Asahina-kun and Haruki fell in towards the room with our momentum while Nagato was standing straight behind them. Asahina-kun was first to hit the floor then Haruki and Mori-san pilled on top of him.

I quickly ran into the room. As I reach the doorway, the scene before me is so shocking that my legs grew weak and I fell kneeling down.

Right now I'm kneeling on the floor, unable to even get up, as I'm too stunned by what I see. The reason I can't move is because something as heavy as an anchor is on my back, and I can't remove it, but that doesn't matter to me right now. Koizumi, who was behind me near the door, is probably just as stunned as I am. Get off me! I didn't even have the wits to tell him that. You can imagine how astonished I was.

How can this be possible? I can't believe this is actually happening. This is no laughing matter. What should we do?

A bright light flashed outside the window. A few seconds later, the sound of thunder roared through my stomach. A true thunderstorm. It's been covering this island since yesterday.

"......How can this be?"

I heard a groan. That would be Mori-san, Asahina-kun and Haruki, who burst open the door and fell to the ground.

Haruki and Mori-san rolled over and sat upright. Being on the bottom of the dog pile, Asahina-kun was struggling to get up.

Haruki look once again at the unbelievable scene before us.

On the carpet near the door lies a Keiichi-san who has fallen backwards. So this is why she did not come down to the dining hall this morning. We recognized her by the dress she was wearing, it was the same one she wore yesterday after bidding us good night.

Keiichi-san lay on the ground with a shocked expression, not moving a muscle. It is absolutely normal for her not to move, because it seems like she's already dead.

How did I know this? Well, the answer was obvious. The object on her chest looked very familiar. It was the handle of the fruit knife that was inside the fruit basket from the dining hall during dinner last night.

I can bet with you, that attached to that handle is a sharp metal blade, or it would have been impossible for it to stand upright on a person's chest. In other words, the knife is thrust into Keiichi-san's chest.

I don't suppose anyone can live if they've had a knife stabbed straight into their heart?

And right now that's the status of Keiichi-san.

"KYAA......"

I screamed at the top of my lungs. I'm just a girl, shocked to see a dead body.

"Haruki, Keichii-san......could she be......"

Haruki seemed to be shocked as well, still sitting on the floor and staring at Keiichi-san at eternal rest, with her dark cat-like eyes.

"Dead?"

He finished Koizumi's sentence before she could. It's quite rare for him to speak so softly, and with a small tingle of anxiety. I turned around trying to figure out what to do, only to see Koizumi, her usual cheery smile replaced with a confused look. Arakawa-san the maid also stood in the corridor.

Only one person, who was in the mansion all day yesterday, was now missing.

A room that needs the door burst open in order to enter, a dead owner, and a missing person. What does this all mean?

Another lightning flash, illuminating the whole room. The thunderstorm that raged from yesterday was beginning to calm down. The fierce waves smacked down upon the island shores, creating a terrifying sound effect along with the thunder.

The owner of a lone island, lying dead inside a sealed room with a knife stabbed through his chest, in the middle of a thunderstorm. This is the scene I was seeing.

I can't help but think.

Hey, Haruki.

Did you create all this?

[Kagedanji]

"Dear diary,

I notice you've been getting dirty recently... You have all this grime over your cover, and your pages are turning colors...

I think you've been out playing for too long with those dirty books... I told you that those eroges are not the type of books you should be hanging around with!

Anyways, you need a bath. So, come with me.

Sincerely,
Kyon-ko"


(Last Diary Entry. Simply put, I ran out of ideas for now. :p I may have more later on, but for now I'm checking out for a while. :p)

And the diary was lost forever?

[Kogetsu Shirogane]

"Dear diary,

I notice you've been getting dirty recently... You have all this grime over your cover, and your pages are turning colors...

I think you've been out playing for too long with those dirty books... I told you that those eroges are not the type of books you should be hanging around with!

Anyways, you need a bath. So, come with me.

Sincerely,
Kyon-ko"


(Last Diary Entry. Simply put, I ran out of ideas for now. :p I may have more later on, but for now I'm checking out for a while. :p)
Aww... I was enjoying those... as well as the reactions they generally got. Oh well, if you can't think of anything, I suppose it's better to stop for a bit than try and force yourself.

heres the general outline i made for the Volume 4 cover:
*snip*
My only problem is that the Haruhi Volume 4 cover was a bit of a "darkened mirror image" version of the Volume 1 cover--with Asakura replacing Haruhi to reflect the content--and there's really no way this can ever have that symbolism.
Then again, I suppose it would be pretty hard to find a picture of Ryou that matched up with a Haruki one, so it's probably just me being picky.

[Furyofthewolves]

My only problem is that the Haruhi Volume 4 cover was a bit of a "darkened mirror image" version of the Volume 1 cover--with Asakura replacing Haruhi to reflect the content--and there's really no way this can ever have that symbolism.
Then again, I suppose it would be pretty hard to find a picture of Ryou that matched up with a Haruki one, so it's probably just me being picky.

meh, i just choose the pictures on how nice they looked and if they gave off a similar feel to the original. The reason i choose this picture of Ryou was that he has the sword were Ryoko had her dagger. Beside I also thought that the picture looked amazing.

EDIT: By the way, does anyone want me to change the volume 1 cover to feature only Haruki? or only Kyonko instead of both as I currently have it as?

[Kogetsu Shirogane]

Like I said, it's probably just me being picky. If you don't want to change it, you don't have to. :heh:

[CrowKenobi]

I found this (http://www.fanfiction.net/s/4189484/1/Something_Unexpected) on fanfiction.net...

Seems that someone might have gotten an idea or two from this thread... :p

:cool:

[Kang Seung Jae]

Alas, Koizumi changing right before our eyes.....


http://pds9.egloos.com/pds/200804/10/77/c0038577_47fdd92a68847.jpg

[Jintor]

I am so freaked out right now.

[kaura117]

Ha! That's awesome! (insert usual demand for translation here)

[anselfir]

oh wow, 400 page thread on this?

[Rikimtasu]

oh wow, 400 page thread on this?
Not yet,but soon.
*await for over 500 page threads*

[Kang Seung Jae]

Ha! That's awesome! (insert usual demand for translation here)

Koizumi: Oh, I messed up the cards.

Kyonko: Ko, Koizumi, you.... YOU ALSO BECAME A GIRL!

Koizumi: Oh, my my.

[SquishXD]

Koizumi: Oh, I messed up the cards.

Kyonko: Ko, Koizumi, you.... YOU ALSO BECAME A GIRL!

Koizumi: Oh, my my.

Quick edit/scanlate/whatever-you-call-it done:

http://img358.imageshack.us/img358/43/87745645ho6.th.jpg (http://img358.imageshack.us/my.php?image=87745645ho6.jpg)

Question.

Should I have translated the sound effects as well, or leave it like it is?

[Kang Seung Jae]

Question.

Should I have translated the sound effects as well, or leave it like it is?

The SFXs are just different forms of "shake".

[walviss]

Hi...this is going to serve as my introducation and probably a massive TLDR data dump, but I don't know how else to begin. First off, I'm a longwinded guy, so I'm going to try and keep this organized and laconic as possible.

1. By way of introduction, I got here after seeing a Kyonko/Itsuko caramelldansen on youtube. I followed a comment to the BT page, and eventually found my way here.

2. I tried to read this whole thread but for now am giving up somewhere around page 120 out of nearly 400. This topic is crazy popular! I'll probably get through the whole thing at some point.

3. Because of 2, I'm not totally sure what is acceptable and what isn't when trying to contribute to the creative process here. So please, ignore anything I write if the discussion is already over on a certain issue, or well, just ignore anything I write at all. I think everyone here who has contributed so far has been doing amazing work.

4. I just really like the project, have some of my own ideas about the process, and if I can get them out there to at least be discussed I'd be really pleased. But mostly I'm here just to help myself work out the obsession out of my system :). I think I'm just as obsessed with this project as I was with the original when it first came out.

5. I read the chapters on BT first, and before coming here actually started rewriting the rest of volume 1 myself. Not really because I wanted anyone to read it, but just because I found that exploring my ideas of how things would change was easiest when I just tried to write it. Many of the ideas I'd like to present I'll just put out there by posting my rewrites, as similarly I think explaining my ideas will be easiest by just having you read them. So when I post story fragments, it's not because I want them incorporated into the final product or anything, it's just to show my perspective on things.


So, on with my comments so far. My comments on the stuff that's already been finalized on the BT site are more on the negative side (because most of it you got perfect, and I don't see the point in saying that over and over), so you can skip them if you don't want to hear it :).

A. The Chippendales things was...odd to me. I couldn't think of much of an alternative though, so why not. I think if I was writing it, I would have had Haruki's original intention to put Kyon in the bunny girl outfit (as his gift to her). Kyon would flatly refuse, commenting to herself that maaaybe she'd wear it in private for someone special, but she's not wearing it in public and certainly not for Haruki. Haruki might want to press the issue, but he's not a complete lout so he wouldn't force her into it. Instead, he'd get the bright idea to make Mitsuuru wear it since he is small enough to fit and can pull it off. Haruki would still wear the Chippendales. Later on, you can still have Itsuko help force Kyon into it. But I'd still be very careful about having Kyon tightly control the pictures, not letting ANYONE but herself and Itsuko see them.

B. The computer club thing was also weird, but after I tried to come up with something better I failed. It WAS funny, and that's probably all it has to be even if an all-girl computer club seems pretty unrealistic to me.

C. I have to admit I was a little disappointed with the SOS-brigade's first city wide hunt for the paranormal. For me, the point of that scene in the original is that it's Haruhi trying to make Kyon take her on a date without calling that. Thus she's angry when she doesn't get to go alone with him, and she makes him pay for everything. So having Haruki make Kyon-ko pay for everything doesn't work the same way for me. And the whole scene doesn't work as well for me as a result. Haruki is a jerk and all, but that seems like too much to me and doesn't serve the purpose that having male Kyon pay for everyone did. I struggled again coming up with an alternative here...I was thinking maaybe have Haruki get to decide what the latecomer eats. It's kind of archaic, but the male ordering for the female thing is sorta similar to making the male pay for the female. And then, Haruki could order all things he likes for Kyon-ko, and eat most of it himself.

I have to get ready for work, so assuming I haven't made a major breach in etiquette or made myself unwelcome somehow, I hope to be back later today to post what I've written to explain my other ideas. Well, I actually I do want to cover one more thing right now.

I'd really like you guys to reconsider the rape aspect of the encounter with Asakura. I'll admit, at first I absolutely HATED the idea, just on the basis that it makes me uncomfortable, and that frankly, there's a little bit of something that LOL-fang-tan might call "otaku stench" about it. Also, I have a hard time believing a Data Interface would even want to do that. I've read at least some of the discussion here about it, and I will say that I have come around a little bit, even though I still dislike it. I do think this project shines when it uses the genderswap to actually explore what will be different from the main novels, not just repeat everything with pronouns switched. And that as the more socialized Interface, I do think Asakura could be considerably different from his female counterpart, and could display these more sadistic tendencies.

My main objection now is that I don't like what that does to Kyon, even with Nagato stepping in to stop it. Even a failed attempted rape has got to be traumatizing for a 15 year old girl. Both canon and this version of Kyon are resilient people, but I really do believe it's one thing to shrug off a murder attempt and another to shrug off a rape attempt. I really wonder if you guys want to explore the consequences of what that does to Kyon, because I think there will be many both obvious and subtle, and the topic would deserve more attention than perhaps anyone wants to give it. But mostly I think it hurts the developing relationship between Kyon and Haruki. Could Kyon have any sort of positive reaction to the other forceful guy in her life after such an event? I think it causes real problems. There's maybe an opportunity there for some real character drama, and it might even help explain why things move so slowly between Haruki and Kyon as the series progress, but overall I really don't like the content or the tone it casts over the entire work.

Well, that's it for now. Thanks for reading.

[Jintor]

I am opposed to the whole rape thing as well.

But then again, I've been trying to rewrite the Asakura fight already for two days, and I can't help but get distracted.

[Kristen]

And the diary was lost forever?

Hm... Well, I'm sure you could find some wet pages floating in a river. :p

[Kang Seung Jae]

I'd really like you guys to reconsider the rape aspect of the encounter with Asakura. I'll admit, at first I absolutely HATED the idea, just on the basis that it makes me uncomfortable, and that frankly, there's a little bit of something that LOL-fang-tan might call "otaku stench" about it. Also, I have a hard time believing a Data Interface would even want to do that. I've read at least some of the discussion here about it, and I will say that I have come around a little bit, even though I still dislike it. I do think this project shines when it uses the genderswap to actually explore what will be different from the main novels, not just repeat everything with pronouns switched. And that as the more socialized Interface, I do think Asakura could be considerably different from his female counterpart, and could display these more sadistic tendencies.

My main objection now is that I don't like what that does to Kyon, even with Nagato stepping in to stop it. Even a failed attempted rape has got to be traumatizing for a 15 year old girl. Both canon and this version of Kyon are resilient people, but I really do believe it's one thing to shrug off a murder attempt and another to shrug off a rape attempt. I really wonder if you guys want to explore the consequences of what that does to Kyon, because I think there will be many both obvious and subtle, and the topic would deserve more attention than perhaps anyone wants to give it. But mostly I think it hurts the developing relationship between Kyon and Haruki. Could Kyon have any sort of positive reaction to the other forceful guy in her life after such an event? I think it causes real problems. There's maybe an opportunity there for some real character drama, and it might even help explain why things move so slowly between Haruki and Kyon as the series progress, but overall I really don't like the content or the tone it casts over the entire work.

I admit, I also had to think hard about this part.

However, I would say the attempt being up to 'Puts hands on breasts/Pulls out ribbon' would be enough.

[Red225]

About the Asakura fight scene; there's absolutely no physical evidence of what happened, barring Yuki's glasses and Asakura vanishing. The whole thing is very unreal, and it'd be hard reconcile any sense of danger from the sandy desert to suddenly back into the classroom. However, I think the 'hands on breasts' thing would lead to a much changed scenario - even original Kyon never got any worse than a slash through his jacket. Kyonko actually being groped would put a sense of horrible realism and make it a much more traumatising event for her.

Having said that, Asakura's logic to attempt to rape Kyonko is fairly straightforward; he's trying to make Haruki give of a data explosion, and him finding out Kyonko both raped and murdered would probably send him into even a worse explosive rage than 'just' her murder.

One more point to note is that I've felt that Kyonko WOULD be much more deeply traumatised by the attempted rape/murder, and the sideffects would likely be at least being a lot more cautious (e.g. not jumping straight into the clubroom with Asahina (Big) and so on) and she'd be a lot more Yuuki dependent. I put in a couple of changes to that scene to fit.


Hey, actually, that might be a good plot twist - we still never got a good reason for Haruki to be melancholic, right? And Kyonko saving Mitsuuru's pictures would be a much less convincing reason. How about, Kyonko is still pretty paranoid at the attempt on her life, and the next time Haruki tries to drag her off, she properly freaks out and whacks him? While it wouldn't hurt Haruki physically, he'd be pretty ticked off or at least sad mentally.

[Kang Seung Jae]

Hey, actually, that might be a good plot twist - we still never got a good reason for Haruki to be melancholic, right? And Kyonko saving Mitsuuru's pictures would be a much less convincing reason. How about, Kyonko is still pretty paranoid at the attempt on her life, and the next time Haruki tries to drag her off, she properly freaks out and whacks him? While it wouldn't hurt Haruki physically, he'd be pretty ticked off or at least sad mentally.

(^_^)乃

An EXTREMELY good idea.

[Ascaloth]

I gave up trying to catch up with this thread. This is a stress period for me, so some things have to be given up on, you know?

Anyway, I've just thought about Haruki forcing Kyonko to pay through her teeth for the outings. Seems like there's a significant minority who doesn't like that idea, so I just had a brainwave. I'm not sure whether it's been suggested already, but here goes anyway.

Instead of outright telling Kyonko to foot the bill the way Haruhi does Kyon in the non-Seitenken universe, how about Haruki simply forgets about the bill each time instead, just like how Sanosuke of Rurouni Kenshin does? As in, every time they're done at the cafe, Haruki is so impatient to leave he completely forgets about the bill and storms out. Mitsuuru, being the doormat he is, follows Haruki out because he doesn't dare do any better, and Yuuki follows suit since he doesn't have a clue anyway. Of course, that leaves Kyonko and Itsuko, and perhaps the latter can help out whenever she's not blowing money on new tops. :D

[Kinny Riddle]

Let us review how the SOS-Dan members addressed each other in the original:


Kyon:

Haruhi: Suzumiya initially, and then Haruhi
Yuki: Nagato (no suffix)
Mikuru: Asahina-san
Koizumi: Koizumi

Haruhi:

Kyon: Kyon
Yuki: Yuki (no suffix)
Mikuru: Mikuru-chan
Koizumi: Koizumi-kun

Yuki:

Kyon: Never heard. Would usually use 2nd person "you" when speaking to Kyon.
Haruhi: Suzumiya Haruhi
Mikuru: Asahina Mikuru
Koizumi: Koizumi Itsuki

Mikuru:

Kyon: Kyon-kun
Haruhi: Suzumiya-san
Yuki: Nagato-san
Koizumi: Koizumi-kun

Koizumi:

Kyon: Kyon-kun? So far I've not seen any instance where he's addressed Kyon besides in 2nd person
Haruhi: Suzumiya-san
Yuki: Nagato-san
Mikuru: Asahina-san



Now I've been reading the version being hosted by Baka-Tsuki and here's my review of how they address each other (my suggestion in bold):


Kyonko:

Haruki: Suzumiya initially, then Haruki afterwards
Yuuki: Nagato (There is no suffix -kun, due to Kyonko's personality)
Mitsuru: Asahina-sempai (I guess this is fine, since the niconico guys were also using this)
Koizumi: Itsuko (As a girl, I think Kyonko wouldn't feel uncomfortable at all with calling a fellow girl by her first name. Due to her personality, there would be no suffix)

Haruki:

Kyonko: Kyon (As is agreed amongst you guys)
Mitsuru: Mitsuru-kun
Yuuki: Yuuki (No suffix -kun)
Koizumi: Koizumi-chan, or Koizumi-san (Haruki, being the playful cool GAR that he is, would likely use -chan, though as a guy, he would still be wary of addressing Itsuko by her first name)

Yuuki:
Pretty much same as Yuki above, where besides Kyonko, he'll address someone using their full name.

Mitsuru:

Kyonko: Kyon-chan (Not Kyon-nee-chan. Though his age is a mystery, as Mitsuru is Kyonko's senior, Mitsuru should be at least 1 year older than her and would not call her "nee-chan" as a result)
Haruki: Suzumiya-kun (Mitsuru, being the senior, would likely call Haruki "-kun")
Yuuki: Nagato-kun (Mitsuru, being the senior, would call Yuuki "-kun")
Koizumi: Koizumi-san (Mitsuru, being the senior, would call Itsuko "-san", and since he's not that intimate with Itsuko, he would address Itsuko with her surname)

Itsuko:

Kyonko: So far not seen. Probably "Kyon-chan"
Haruki: Suzumiya-san
Yuuki: Nagato-kun (As a courteous girl, Itsuko would naturally call any guy that's not her senior "-kun")
Mitsuru: Asahina-sempai (Mitsuru is her senior, so either this or "Asahina-san")



I am aware some of the discrepancies are because some of those wrong suffixes appeared in the English translation text for the original, since I was the one who made the translation of volume 1. Back then as I barely got started translating the series then, there were quite many discrepancies in terms of characters addressing each other. I would have thought someone has edited them by now. So I do apologize for that.

Don't worry about my later translations as there won't be such problems.

[Aebliss]

Hey, actually, that might be a good plot twist - we still never got a good reason for Haruki to be melancholic, right? And Kyonko saving Mitsuuru's pictures would be a much less convincing reason. How about, Kyonko is still pretty paranoid at the attempt on her life, and the next time Haruki tries to drag her off, she properly freaks out and whacks him? While it wouldn't hurt Haruki physically, he'd be pretty ticked off or at least sad mentally.

So, something like this?

The next day, during recess, I found my mind wandering back to what had happened yesterday. It was so unreal, except ... My hand wandered back to my ponytail by itself, fingering what I was gamely trying to think of as my emergency hairband: a rubber band.

Early in the morning, yet almost too late to go to school, was a bad time to remember I'd been using the last out of my packet of hairbands. I'd have to go buy a new one after school today.

And thinking of the stupid emergency hairband made me remember how, exactly, I'd lost my real one. For a moment, I felt like a Middle Ages farmer who had been dutifully stacking sod and straw up as a wall, only to be surprised by a flash flood.

For a moment, I was there again, in this very classroom. Unable to move. Hearing Asakura say: "I wonder whether I should ... play with you first?" Feeling the air displacement of that katana near my face, but unable to dodge away. The brief tug at my hair. And then something tugged on my ponytail.

I was dimly aware of two things. The first was a voice saying: "What are you doing, spacing out and playing with your hair?" The second was my hand suddenly on my bentou box.

The next moment, I found myself standing upright, looking at the desk behind mine. My heart was racing and I felt completely out of breath. Haruki was sitting there, blinking with surprise, a small trickle of blood running from his nose. My lunch was splattered all over him, and everyone else in the classroom was staring at me in shock.

I clocked you in the face with my lunch, Haruki? When? How did that happen? Why ...?

Later on, Taniguchi would tell me what happened. Why do I have to rely on such a questionable witness? Come on, brain, cough up the facts! What else are you hiding from me ...? At any rate, according to Taniguchi, Haruki reached out and yanked -- wasn't it just a tug? -- on my ponytail while I was looking into the middle distance. I screamed "really loud", so Taniguchi assumed he must have pulled too hard. I didn't bother telling her that my scalp doesn't hurt.

Some pressuring was needed to make Taniguchi reveal what it was that I screamed, exactly. Apparently it was simple "no". Next, she saw me 'shoot' out of my chair and smack Haruki in the face with my lunchbox, 'all in one movement'. Come on now, haven't we established yet that I'm not an action hero?

The next thing I remember, Okabe was dragging me to her office and I had to spend the rest of recess assuring her that I was just startled because Haruki disturbed me while I was nodding off. It was just a bad dream that I continued into wakelfulness.

Please don't make a bigger deal out of this than it already is, sensei! I'm going to have to apologize to that idiot, especially since they dragged him off to the guidance counselor's office. He didn't even show up for next period, which was a mixed blessing: on the one hand, I felt embarrassed about the whole thing, but on the other, I was now the sole object of everyone's attention and I was hungry. Besides, his schoolbag was still there, so he hadn't been sent home.

Haruki didn't show up for the period after that, either, but I quite literally bumped into him when classes finally ended and I was going to the clubroom.

"Listen, I -" I started to say, but he cut me off. Have some manners, you lout! Let a girl apologize when she feels she has to.
"Try not to space out in class," he told me in a superior tone of voice. Your nosebleed's stopped, I see. And you managed to get the egg out of your shirt. "You act even more stupid than usual when you're sleepy, it seems."
And off he went. So, it seems your feelings weren't hurt, you're still capable of spouting nonsense.

[Cat Megex]

tl;dr

WELCOME .


EDIT: So, something like this?

The next day, during recess, I found my mind wandering back to what had happened yesterday. It was so unreal, except ... My hand wandered back to my ponytail by itself, fingering what I was gamely trying to think of as my emergency hairband: a rubber band.

Early in the morning, yet almost too late to go to school, was a bad time to remember I'd been using the last out of my packet of hairbands. I'd have to go buy a new one after school today.

And thinking of the stupid emergency hairband made me remember how, exactly, I'd lost my real one. For a moment, I felt like a Middle Ages farmer who had been dutifully stacking sod and straw up as a wall, only to be surprised by a flash flood.

For a moment, I was there again, in this very classroom. Unable to move. Hearing Asakura say: "I wonder whether I should ... play with you first?" Feeling the air displacement of that katana near my face, but unable to dodge away. The brief tug at my hair. And then something tugged on my ponytail.

I was dimly aware of two things. The first was a voice saying: "What are you doing, spacing out and playing with your hair?" The second was my hand suddenly on my bentou box.

The next moment, I found myself standing upright, looking at the desk behind mine. My heart was racing and I felt completely out of breath. Haruki was sitting there, blinking with surprise, a small trickle of blood running from his nose. My lunch was splattered all over him, and everyone else in the classroom was staring at me in shock.

I clocked you in the face with my lunch, Haruki? When? How did that happen? Why ...?

Later on, Taniguchi would tell me what happened. Why do I have to rely on such a questionable witness? Come on, brain, cough up the facts! What else are you hiding from me ...? At any rate, according to Taniguchi, Haruki reached out and yanked -- wasn't it just a tug? -- on my ponytail while I was looking into the middle distance. I screamed "really loud", so Taniguchi assumed he must have pulled too hard. I didn't bother telling her that my scalp doesn't hurt.

Some pressuring was needed to make Taniguchi reveal what it was that I screamed, exactly. Apparently it was simple "no". Next, she saw me 'shoot' out of my chair and smack Haruki in the face with my lunchbox, 'all in one movement'. Come on now, haven't we established yet that I'm not an action hero?

The next thing I remember, Okabe was dragging me to her office and I had to spend the rest of recess assuring her that I was just startled because Haruki disturbed me while I was nodding off. It was just a bad dream that I continued into wakelfulness.

Please don't make a bigger deal out of this than it already is, sensei! I'm going to have to apologize to that idiot, especially since they dragged him off to the guidance counselor's office. He didn't even show up for next period, which was a mixed blessing: on the one hand, I felt embarrassed about the whole thing, but on the other, I was now the sole object of everyone's attention and I was hungry. Besides, his schoolbag was still there, so he hadn't been sent home.

Haruki didn't show up for the period after that, either, but I quite literally bumped into him when classes finally ended and I was going to the clubroom.

"Listen, I -" I started to say, but he cut me off. Have some manners, you lout! Let a girl apologize when she feels she has to.
"Try not to space out in class," he told me in a superior tone of voice. Your nosebleed's stopped, I see. And you managed to get the egg out of your shirt. "You act even more stupid than usual when you're sleepy, it seems."
And off he went. So, it seems your feelings weren't hurt, you're still capable of spouting nonsense.


Sounds good to me.

[otai]

Kyonko is being broken; if anything would set off paranoia, it's Haruki dragging her to Asakura's apartment just the day after the incident. To avoid pushing Haruki to serious Jerkass level, i say he should be sad because both his supernatural hunts and relationship with Kyonko is going badly. This is added to the fact that Kyonko responds much more positively to Mitsuuru and Yuuki (when they meet Yuuki after returning from Asakura's apartment, she could throw Yuuki a very grateful fangirl look that Haruki doesn't miss; earlier she could have "he's not my boyfriend moment with the apartment manager that Haruki catchs too).

But there are some serious story issues here. If she's too traumatized after the attack, wouldn't she be a shinji level gibbering wreck during the attack?
Aren't the photo shoot scenes before and Asahina scenes later now redundant?
It would be easier to simply downgrade "rape attempt" to "menacing tease".

Aren't we breaking Kyonko too much? IMO, she needs some TLC too. :)

[Cat Megex]

Kyonko is being broken; if anything would set off paranoia, it's Haruki dragging her to Asakura's apartment just the day after the incident. To avoid pushing Haruki to serious Jerkass level, i say he should be sad because both his supernatural hunts and relationship with Kyonko is going badly. This is added to the fact that Kyonko responds much more positively to Mitsuuru and Yuuki (when they meet Yuuki after returning from Asakura's apartment, she could throw Yuuki a very grateful fangirl look that Haruki doesn't miss; earlier she could have "he's not my boyfriend moment with the apartment manager that Haruki catchs too).

But there are some serious story issues here. If she's too traumatized after the attack, wouldn't she be a shinji level gibbering wreck during the attack?
Aren't the photo shoot scenes before and Asahina scenes later now redundant?
It would be easier to simply downgrade "rape attempt" to "menacing tease".

Aren't we breaking Kyonko too much? IMO, she needs some TLC too. :)

Read Aebliss's post at the top of this page; the stuff there covers a bit of what you've brought up.

[CrowKenobi]

So, something like this?

spoiler="Kyonko's post-battle responses *snipped*I like it, but if we go with this, how will it effect everything down the line?

Kyonko is being broken; if anything would set off paranoia, it's Haruki dragging her to Asakura's apartment just the day after the incident. To avoid pushing Haruki to serious Jerkass level, i say he should be sad because both his supernatural hunts and relationship with Kyonko is going badly. This is added to the fact that Kyonko responds much more positively to Mitsuuru and Yuuki (when they meet Yuuki after returning from Asakura's apartment, she could throw Yuuki a very grateful fangirl look that Haruki doesn't miss; earlier she could have "he's not my boyfriend moment with the apartment manager that Haruki catchs too).

But there are some serious story issues here. If she's too traumatized after the attack, wouldn't she be a shinji level gibbering wreck during the attack?
Aren't the photo shoot scenes before and Asahina scenes later now redundant?
It would be easier to simply downgrade "rape attempt" to "menacing tease".

Aren't we breaking Kyonko too much? IMO, she needs some TLC too. :)I can go with "menacing tease." :)

And I believe that perhaps being dragged to Asakura's apartment and seeing it empty might give her a sense of closure that could calm her down somewhat and be more in tune when Haruki tells her his story.

This can also set up Haruki giving Kyonko a new hair ribbon at the end of the book. :D

:cool:

[Kaisos Erranon]

However, I would say the attempt being up to 'Puts hands on breasts/Pulls out ribbon' would be enough.

Er, when did this happen in my rewrite? He just removes her hair tie and threatens to violate her with the sword before Nagato bursts in. He never actually physically harms her in any way.

Yes, I do realize that rape is not funny and is horribly traumatizing. Kyon-chan is also mentally resilient and gets over stuff real fast, much like Kyon does, although she'll panic a lot more than he did when Asakura shows up again in Vol. 4.


I am aware some of the discrepancies are because some of those wrong suffixes appeared in the English translation text for the original, since I was the one who made the translation of volume 1. Back then as I barely got started translating the series then, there were quite many discrepancies in terms of characters addressing each other. I would have thought someone has edited them by now. So I do apologize for that.

The point is that Mitsuuru doesn't ACT like a senior at all, and I in fact doubt that he actually is. He's from the future and has little idea of modern social conventions either. The "nee-chan" thing? That's because that's how he thinks of Kyon-chan.

I agree with everything else, except that I have Kyon-chan calling Nagato "Nagato-kun" every time Kyon called the original "Nagato-san" in the original, but if that isn't actually supposed to be there...



Hey, actually, that might be a good plot twist - we still never got a good reason for Haruki to be melancholic, right? And Kyonko saving Mitsuuru's pictures would be a much less convincing reason. How about, Kyonko is still pretty paranoid at the attempt on her life, and the next time Haruki tries to drag her off, she properly freaks out and whacks him? While it wouldn't hurt Haruki physically, he'd be pretty ticked off or at least sad mentally.

True enough, but in the original Haruhi's melancholy is for the same reasons as Haruki's in my rewrite: because they failed to find mysterious events on that day, not because she found out about the saved photos.

I'm still going to use that idea though.


Instead of outright telling Kyonko to foot the bill the way Haruhi does Kyon in the non-Seitenken universe, how about Haruki simply forgets about the bill each time instead, just like how Sanosuke of Rurouni Kenshin does? As in, every time they're done at the cafe, Haruki is so impatient to leave he completely forgets about the bill and storms out. Mitsuuru, being the doormat he is, follows Haruki out because he doesn't dare do any better, and Yuuki follows suit since he doesn't have a clue anyway. Of course, that leaves Kyonko and Itsuko, and perhaps the latter can help out whenever she's not blowing money on new tops. :D

But then I can't use the "penalty!" joke at all.

Haruki is a douche with no understanding of social conventions. Of course he'd have Kyon-chan pay.

It's a good idea, but...


The next day, during recess, I found my mind wandering back to what had happened yesterday. It was so unreal, except ... My hand wandered back to my ponytail by itself, fingering what I was gamely trying to think of as my emergency hairband: a rubber band.

Early in the morning, yet almost too late to go to school, was a bad time to remember I'd been using the last out of my packet of hairbands. I'd have to go buy a new one after school today.

And thinking of the stupid emergency hairband made me remember how, exactly, I'd lost my real one. For a moment, I felt like a Middle Ages farmer who had been dutifully stacking sod and straw up as a wall, only to be surprised by a flash flood.

For a moment, I was there again, in this very classroom. Unable to move. Hearing Asakura say: "I wonder whether I should ... play with you first?" Feeling the air displacement of that katana near my face, but unable to dodge away. The brief tug at my hair. And then something tugged on my ponytail.

I was dimly aware of two things. The first was a voice saying: "What are you doing, spacing out and playing with your hair?" The second was my hand suddenly on my bentou box.

The next moment, I found myself standing upright, looking at the desk behind mine. My heart was racing and I felt completely out of breath. Haruki was sitting there, blinking with surprise, a small trickle of blood running from his nose. My lunch was splattered all over him, and everyone else in the classroom was staring at me in shock.

I clocked you in the face with my lunch, Haruki? When? How did that happen? Why ...?

Later on, Taniguchi would tell me what happened. Why do I have to rely on such a questionable witness? Come on, brain, cough up the facts! What else are you hiding from me ...? At any rate, according to Taniguchi, Haruki reached out and yanked -- wasn't it just a tug? -- on my ponytail while I was looking into the middle distance. I screamed "really loud", so Taniguchi assumed he must have pulled too hard. I didn't bother telling her that my scalp doesn't hurt.

Some pressuring was needed to make Taniguchi reveal what it was that I screamed, exactly. Apparently it was simple "no". Next, she saw me 'shoot' out of my chair and smack Haruki in the face with my lunchbox, 'all in one movement'. Come on now, haven't we established yet that I'm not an action hero?

The next thing I remember, Okabe was dragging me to her office and I had to spend the rest of recess assuring her that I was just startled because Haruki disturbed me while I was nodding off. It was just a bad dream that I continued into wakelfulness.

Please don't make a bigger deal out of this than it already is, sensei! I'm going to have to apologize to that idiot, especially since they dragged him off to the guidance counselor's office. He didn't even show up for next period, which was a mixed blessing: on the one hand, I felt embarrassed about the whole thing, but on the other, I was now the sole object of everyone's attention and I was hungry. Besides, his schoolbag was still there, so he hadn't been sent home.

Haruki didn't show up for the period after that, either, but I quite literally bumped into him when classes finally ended and I was going to the clubroom.

"Listen, I -" I started to say, but he cut me off. Have some manners, you lout! Let a girl apologize when she feels she has to.
"Try not to space out in class," he told me in a superior tone of voice. Your nosebleed's stopped, I see. And you managed to get the egg out of your shirt. "You act even more stupid than usual when you're sleepy, it seems."
And off he went. So, it seems your feelings weren't hurt, you're still capable of spouting nonsense.


Three problems with this: One, I plan to have her lose the ponytail until the end of the volume. Two, that's the day she has to go meet Big Mitsuuru, and the day Haruki's going to drag her to Asakura's old apartment. (Nonetheless, I can still use it, with modifications.) Three, breaking her like that will change the entire rest of the series forever. As I have said, she's the sort of person who gets over things quickly, and it's not as though she was actually raped. YES, it was scary, yes, she thought she was going to be raped to death, but it didn't actually happen.



Feel free to argue with me, everybody!

[Red225]

Kyonko's not broken too much during the battle because it happens pretty damn fast. For one thing, during the actual horrible threats she's paralysed and isn't able to respond, and afterwards she's saved in a flashy technicolour datafight. Besides, it's not exactly as if she does anything useful in the fight, anyway.

As for Aebliss' 'post battle response', it looks quite good... the only problem is where to put it in the storyline... I think the best idea would be to replace the bit in Chapter 7 where Kyon's fantasizing about Mikuru's various costumes, which would probably be less of an issue to Haruki than Haruhi.


EDIT: As for Kyonko actually 'breaking' as such, she's resilient enough to be OK in the long run, but most likely would be shaken up for the next few days at least. It wouldn't need to have a lasting effect after that. After all, she does have Yuuki now promising to protect her :D


EDITAGAIN: What I mean by this is one freakout =/= total mental breakdown. She might be jittery for a bit, and have nasty flashbacks on seeing the body in Lone Island syndrome, but it's not as if she's going to whack Haruki in the face EVERY time afterwards.

[Kaisos Erranon]

Kyonko's not broken too much during the battle because it happens pretty damn fast. For one thing, during the actual horrible threats she's paralysed and isn't able to respond, and afterwards she's saved in a flashy technicolour datafight. Besides, it's not exactly as if she does anything useful in the fight, anyway.

As for Aebliss' 'post battle response', it looks quite good... the only problem is where to put it in the storyline... I think the best idea would be to replace the bit in Chapter 7 where Kyon's fantasizing about Mikuru's various costumes, which would probably be less of an issue to Haruki than Haruhi.

Actually, that's not a bad idea, though I was going to put parts of it in Chapter 6, most of it before the meeting with Big Mitsuuru and use the end of it to set up Haruki dragging Kyon-chan off to Asakura's apartment.

Also, I don't want her totally broken. It doesn't work for later volumes and the idea of her having some closure after seeing Asakura's empty apartment works well.


EDIT: As for Kyonko actually 'breaking' as such, she's resilient enough to be OK in the long run, but most likely would be shaken up for the next few days at least. It wouldn't need to have a lasting effect after that. After all, she does have Yuuki now promising to protect her :D

Yeah, exactly.

[Tamekichi]

Three, breaking her like that will change the entire rest of the series forever. As I have said, she's the sort of person who gets over things quickly, and it's not as though she was actually raped. YES, it was scary, yes, she thought she was going to be raped to death, but it didn't actually happen.

I agree with you that it would be okay for her to get over it quicker. If one were to think of the worst thing to happen to them physically, male of female, it would be to die. Kyon gets over almost being murdered sorta quickly. I don't know what woman would say she would rather be murdered than raped (not that they would be up for either) but it seems like since Kyonko is based off Kyon that she would get over it just as he got over his situation.

[Red225]

I agree with you that it would be okay for her to get over it quicker. If one were to think of the worst thing to happen to them physically, male of female, it would be to die. Kyon gets over almost being murdered sorta quickly. I don't know what woman would say she would rather be murdered than raped (not that they would be up for either) but it seems like since Kyonko is based off Kyon that she would get over it just as he got over his situation.

To an extent, yes. However, it's still more scary having someone bigger and obviously stronger than you threaten to rape you and murder you rather than a girl who's smaller than you threaten to murder you.

[otai]

While Kyonko may be alright in the long run, but if Kyonko (being a girl) is potrayed as more emotional than Kyon, the moment the danger passes (and adrenalin), and relief settles, tears are gonna fall and her face is in Yuuki's chest. But if she feels the same level of detachment as Kyon (after all, they just had proof of ET shoved into their faces) then the nearly casual conversation with Yuuki later makes sense.

It also begs the question, is Kyon narrating events as they happen, or is he looking back on events with a jaded eye? Does anyone believe, under the threat of death, he could have analyzed the situation as calmly as the novel describes?

[Kaisos Erranon]

While Kyonko may be alright in the long run, but if Kyonko (being a girl) is potrayed as more emotional than Kyon, the moment the danger passes (and adrenalin), and relief settles, tears are gonna fall and her face is in Yuuki's chest. But if she feels the same level of detachment as Kyon (after all, they just had proof of ET shoved into their faces) then the nearly casual conversation with Yuuki later makes sense.

Detachment, to me, pretty much defines how both Kyons react to pretty much everything in the early stories, which builds to somewhat of a head in Vol. 4.


It also begs the question, is Kyon narrating events as they happen, or is he looking back on events with a jaded eye? Does anyone believe, under the threat of death, he could have analyzed the situation as calmly as the novel describes?

I'm pretty sure he's looking back on events, given how he describes the Asakura fight.

[Discreet]

Ah jeez, Aebliss... That scenario goes against every fiber in my being and I want to edit the crap out of it until I've pretty much rewritten every word you have BUT the direction could work.

It might actually work better than the original Mitsuru and Kyonko flirting scenario. Although the original scenario DOES still work, any guy can get jealous of another guy getting to close to the girl he likes. BUT the scene where Mikuru and Kyon playfully struggle for the mouse doesn't make as much sense when it's Mitsuru and Kyonko. So personally, I'm torn.

Still, the implications of your scenario changes a few things.

If it IS Kyonko who creates the melancholic feeling of love lost rather than Mitsuru, rather than simply making everyone else disappear, Haruki might make Kyonko actually change her personality. If Haruki is hurt by what Kyonko has done and wants to change that he will subconsciously change Kyonko into one who would more easily accept his love rather than hit him with a lunchbox or whatever.

Now I'm sure some people are ready to throw the MST mantra at me, but if you take a moment and think about it logically, hopefully what I'm saying makes sense.

In the original series, Haruhi could blame Mikuru and everyone else for trying to take away Kyon or tempting him or whatever. The same can be done in the genderbent version and it would make perfect sense for Haruki to want to kick everyone else out of her world out of jealousy.

However in the Aebliss scenario, Haruki can't blame everyone else in the world, he can only blame Kyonko or himself. In THAT case then either Kyonko or Haruki would be changed in order to facilitate their love which will completely fuck up the ending.

I say all this, but I have nothing to finish it. I'm just gonna let my opinion hang and hope it gives some people another (unnecessarily analytical) perspective on this scenario.

[Kaisos Erranon]

Ah jeez, Aebliss... That scenario goes against every fiber in my being and I want to edit the crap out of it until I've pretty much rewritten every word you have BUT the direction could work.

It might actually work better than the original Mitsuru and Kyonko flirting scenario. Although the original scenario DOES still work, any guy can get jealous of another guy getting to close to the girl he likes. BUT the scene where Mikuru and Kyon playfully struggle for the mouse doesn't make as much sense when it's Mitsuru and Kyonko. So personally, I'm torn.

Still, the implications of your scenario changes a few things.

If it IS Kyonko who creates the melancholic feeling of love lost rather than Mitsuru, rather than simply making everyone else disappear, Haruki might make Kyonko actually change her personality. If Haruki is hurt by what Kyonko has done and wants to change that he will subconsciously change Kyonko into one who would more easily accept his love rather than hit him with a lunchbox or whatever.

Now I'm sure some people are ready to throw the MST mantra at me, but if you take a moment and think about it logically, hopefully what I'm saying makes sense.

In the original series, Haruhi could blame Mikuru and everyone else for trying to take away Kyon or tempting him or whatever. The same can be done in the genderbent version and it would make perfect sense for Haruki to want to kick everyone else out of her world out of jealousy.

However in the Aebliss scenario, Haruki can't blame everyone else in the world, he can only blame Kyonko or himself. In THAT case then either Kyonko or Haruki would be changed in order to facilitate their love which will completely fuck up the ending.

I say all this, but I have nothing to finish it. I'm just gonna let my opinion hang and hope it gives some people another (unnecessarily analytical) perspective on this scenario.

Which is why I plan to insert that in Chapter 6 rather than Chapter 7...

I have plans for the mouse scene too.

[Aebliss]

My intention was not to completely shatter the storyline that we are basing all of the work engendered by this thread on, I was just offering a suggestion of what might happen differently, given the reversed genders and some changes that have already been made. If parts of my idea are usable, I'm glad and shall look forward to the end result.

As for the -- admittedly very good! -- argument that my scenario would inspire Haruki to change either Kyonko's personality or his own, rather than make the world go away ... He could decide that Kyonko only hit him because she misread his intentions. Haruki is not the most logical of men at all times ... He could decide that he needs Kyonko to see the 'real him', so she'll see he's the one for her and she's the one for him, so all the distractions need to go away. Distractions being the rest of the world, which annoys him. Surely in a better world, Kyonko will see Haruki as the champion he wants to be.

I may be rambling a bit ... ^^; I leave it to Kaisos how much of my scenario he wants to use, of course.

[walviss]

I'm glad I don't seem to have made any major missteps. I'm gonna sorta back off on what I thought I originally might do to contribute here (i.e. posting stuff I tried to write myself). I checked today and I'm not actually sure where the translation I'm working from came from, but it's not BT's, so I don't want to post any of it without knowing where I got it. And I think I mostly wanted to give my input on the rape thing anyways. I still had some other ideas I'd like to throw out there, though.

I kind of like the idea of making Kyon identify Itsuko as a magical girl rather than an esper. It doesn't matter what she is, I guess, because I think canon Koizumi lets Kyon call him an esper just because it's the closest thing to what he does. And I'm not advocating changing her job in this version. But calling Itsuko a magical girl might not be that far off from what she does either (fighting big monsters with "magical" powers), and might be the first thing Kyon herself goes to when guessing what Itsuko is. I'm picturing white angel wings instead of turning into a red sphere, a bunch of flying girls holding hands and blasting blue giants with a beam of combined power, etc. Just something I found funny to think about.

Well, I personally prefer leaving out all references to rape but I admit it could provide some good story points. In any event, the way I was thinking about concluding things would be to have the fight end normally, with Kyon clutching at Nagato in relief, and really upset about the severity of his wounds despite Nagato's assurance that he is okay. Cue the entrance of Taniguchi, who sees this and comes to the wrong conclusions (you can even still have Kyon's hair ribbon having been cut during the fight, and maybe her clothes are torn from a well-intentioned but pointless attempt to bandage Nagato). She gives a scandalized gasp and snaps a bunch of quick photos with her camera, then runs off. I also had Kyon spraining her ankle during the fight and unable to chase her, which also features into some other stuff I was thinking about, but that part is not as important. However, this will feed into why Haruki wants to destroy the world later.

Make sure you read the previous Asakura note first. See, what I'm thinking is that instead of being mad about Kyon/Asahina, Haruki gets mad about Kyon/Nagato-kun. Maybe this screws things up later down the line, but frankly I focused on settting up plot points for _this_ novel only when thinking about how to do things. My idea is this: after Taniguchi runs off, Kyon fires off a quick text message promising pain if she sends those images out anywhere, with the assurance that she will explain later. The explanation is, Kyon and Nagato went to retrieve a book Nagato lent her, she tripped and sprained her ankle, and Nagato was helping her up. Taniguchi may not believe it but agrees not to gossip about what she saw to everyone. Kyon gets the camera photos, and later puts them in the hidden folder with her bunny girl photos and Mitsuuru -maid, because she wants to preserve her memories of Nagato, her protector.

Later, during the time when Kyon's checking the photos for Mitsuuru's mole, Haruki storms into the room. Panicked, she tries to navigate away so he doesn't see the bunny girl photos or anything else, and manages to accidentally navigate right to the Kyon/Nagato pictures _just_ as Haruki looks over her shoulder. Haruki blows. the eff. up. Screams about how he has the PERFECT idea for the next step of Asahina's manliness training (something he and Kyon were discussing earlier, rather than his next outfits): forcing down girls in empty classrooms! And Kyon can help him practice! Asahina is terrorized, Nagato is expressionless, Kyon is embarassed/infuriated, and Haruki is seething with jealousy and feeling betrayed, despite Kyon giving him the same very reasonable explanation she gave Taniguchi (even in the true version of events, the pictures are still completely innocent of course, because Kyon feels nothing more extreme than gratitude to Nagato).

For whatever reason Haruki vents all his frustration and rage on Kyon, not Nagato. He scornfully asks, full of venom, if "passive, glasses wearing guys" turn her on, which makes Kyon run out of the room in tears. In turn, that will lead later to Kyon telling Haruki in closed space that "strong, assertive guys" turn her on, and that "You're at your best when you're challenging the world to live up to your expecatations, not the other way around," before pulling him down by his tie and laying one on him.

I've got more, but that's it for now.

[Kaisos Erranon]

I'm glad I don't seem to have made any major missteps. I'm gonna sorta back off on what I thought I originally might do to contribute here (i.e. posting stuff I tried to write myself). I checked today and I'm not actually sure where the translation I'm working from came from, but it's not BT's, so I don't want to post any of it without knowing where I got it. And I think I mostly wanted to give my input on the rape thing anyways. I still had some other ideas I'd like to throw out there, though.

I kind of like the idea of making Kyon identify Itsuko as a magical girl rather than an esper. It doesn't matter what she is, I guess, because I think canon Koizumi lets Kyon call him an esper just because it's the closest thing to what he does. And I'm not advocating changing her job in this version. But calling Itsuko a magical girl might not be that far off from what she does either (fighting big monsters with "magical" powers), and might be the first thing Kyon herself goes to when guessing what Itsuko is. I'm picturing white angel wings instead of turning into a red sphere, a bunch of flying girls holding hands and blasting blue giants with a beam of combined power, etc. Just something I found funny to think about.

Well, I personally prefer leaving out all references to rape but I admit it could provide some good story points. In any event, the way I was thinking about concluding things would be to have the fight end normally, with Kyon clutching at Nagato in relief, and really upset about the severity of his wounds despite Nagato's assurance that he is okay. Cue the entrance of Taniguchi, who sees this and comes to the wrong conclusions (you can even still have Kyon's hair ribbon having been cut during the fight, and maybe her clothes are torn from a well-intentioned but pointless attempt to bandage Nagato). She gives a scandalized gasp and snaps a bunch of quick photos with her camera, then runs off. I also had Kyon spraining her ankle during the fight and unable to chase her, which also features into some other stuff I was thinking about, but that part is not as important. However, this will feed into why Haruki wants to destroy the world later.

Make sure you read the previous Asakura note first. See, what I'm thinking is that instead of being mad about Kyon/Asahina, Haruki gets mad about Kyon/Nagato-kun. Maybe this screws things up later down the line, but frankly I focused on settting up plot points for _this_ novel only when thinking about how to do things. My idea is this: after Taniguchi runs off, Kyon fires off a quick text message promising pain if she sends those images out anywhere, with the assurance that she will explain later. The explanation is, Kyon and Nagato went to retrieve a book Nagato lent her, she tripped and sprained her ankle, and Nagato was helping her up. Taniguchi may not believe it but agrees not to gossip about what she saw to everyone. Kyon gets the camera photos, and later puts them in the hidden folder with her bunny girl photos and Mitsuuru -maid, because she wants to preserve her memories of Nagato, her protector.

Later, during the time when Kyon's checking the photos for Mitsuuru's mole, Haruki storms into the room. Panicked, she tries to navigate away so he doesn't see the bunny girl photos or anything else, and manages to accidentally navigate right to the Kyon/Nagato pictures _just_ as Haruki looks over her shoulder. Haruki blows. the eff. up. Screams about how he has the PERFECT idea for the next step of Asahina's manliness training (something he and Kyon were discussing earlier, rather than his next outfits): forcing down girls in empty classrooms! And Kyon can help him practice! Asahina is terrorized, Nagato is expressionless, Kyon is embarassed/infuriated, and Haruki is seething with jealousy and feeling betrayed, despite Kyon giving him the same very reasonable explanation she gave Taniguchi (even in the true version of events, the pictures are still completely innocent of course, because Kyon feels nothing more extreme than gratitude to Nagato).

For whatever reason Haruki vents all his frustration and rage on Kyon, not Nagato. He scornfully asks, full of venom, if "passive, glasses wearing guys" turn her on, which makes Kyon run out of the room in tears. In turn, that will lead later to Kyon telling Haruki in closed space that "strong, assertive guys" turn her on, and that "You're at your best when you're challenging the world to live up to your expecatations, not the other way around," before pulling him down by his tie and laying one on him.

I've got more, but that's it for now.

Actually, the last two work, really, really, really well.

Although I don't think we should give Itsuko wings, or, indeed, call her a "magical girl" rather than "esper". I do agree with the suggestion that Kyon-chan should immediately think of that, but it's really hard to work it into the story now...


Actually, everyone, I have plans to switch the color of the espers and the giants... make the giants red and far more destructive, and be based around Haruki's anger rather than depression. The espers would thus be a calmer looking blue when in fireball mode, meaning that Koizumi would shoot blue fireballs at the cave cricket later on (and the soundworm, if we do the drama CD). Any complaints or other suggestions.

[Aebliss]

I'm glad I don't seem to have made any major missteps.

Hello, by the way. I forgot to say it earlier. Welcome to the discussion, even. ^^

I kind of like the idea of making Kyon identify Itsuko as a magical girl rather than an esper. It doesn't matter what she is, I guess, because I think canon Koizumi lets Kyon call him an esper just because it's the closest thing to what he does. And I'm not advocating changing her job in this version. But calling Itsuko a magical girl might not be that far off from what she does either (fighting big monsters with "magical" powers), and might be the first thing Kyon herself goes to when guessing what Itsuko is. I'm picturing white angel wings instead of turning into a red sphere, a bunch of flying girls holding hands and blasting blue giants with a beam of combined power, etc. Just something I found funny to think about.

Mwahaha, this made me laugh! ^^ Everything but the holding hands bit sounds fine to me. Just a group of magical girls flying around together would be hilarious, having them share powers could be and look a bit rougher than the rest of their 'performance' against the blue giants, giving a bit more realism to what they do for Kyon.

Well, I personally prefer leaving out all references to rape but I admit it could provide some good story points. In any event, the way I was thinking about concluding things would be to have the fight end normally, with Kyon clutching at Nagato in relief, and really upset about the severity of his wounds despite Nagato's assurance that he is okay. Cue the entrance of Taniguchi, who sees this and comes to the wrong conclusions (you can even still have Kyon's hair ribbon having been cut during the fight, and maybe her clothes are torn from a well-intentioned but pointless attempt to bandage Nagato). She gives a scandalized gasp and snaps a bunch of quick photos with her camera, then runs off. I also had Kyon spraining her ankle during the fight and unable to chase her, which also features into some other stuff I was thinking about, but that part is not as important. However, this will feed into why Haruki wants to destroy the world later.

Make sure you read the previous Asakura note first. See, what I'm thinking is that instead of being mad about Kyon/Asahina, Haruki gets mad about Kyon/Nagato-kun. Maybe this screws things up later down the line, but frankly I focused on settting up plot points for _this_ novel only when thinking about how to do things. My idea is this: after Taniguchi runs off, Kyon fires off a quick text message promising pain if she sends those images out anywhere, with the assurance that she will explain later. The explanation is, Kyon and Nagato went to retrieve a book Nagato lent her, she tripped and sprained her ankle, and Nagato was helping her up. Taniguchi may not believe it but agrees not to gossip about what she saw to everyone. Kyon gets the camera photos, and later puts them in the hidden folder with her bunny girl photos and Mitsuuru -maid, because she wants to preserve her memories of Nagato, her protector.

Later, during the time when Kyon's checking the photos for Mitsuuru's mole, Haruki storms into the room. Panicked, she tries to navigate away so he doesn't see the bunny girl photos or anything else, and manages to accidentally navigate right to the Kyon/Nagato pictures _just_ as Haruki looks over her shoulder. Haruki blows. the eff. up. Screams about how he has the PERFECT idea for the next step of Asahina's manliness training (something he and Kyon were discussing earlier, rather than his next outfits): forcing down girls in empty classrooms! And Kyon can help him practice! Asahina is terrorized, Nagato is expressionless, Kyon is embarassed/infuriated, and Haruki is seething with jealousy and feeling betrayed, despite Kyon giving him the same very reasonable explanation she gave Taniguchi (even in the true version of events, the pictures are still completely innocent of course, because Kyon feels nothing more extreme than gratitude to Nagato).

For whatever reason Haruki vents all his frustration and rage on Kyon, not Nagato. He scornfully asks, full of venom, if "passive, glasses wearing guys" turn her on, which makes Kyon run out of the room in tears. In turn, that will lead later to Kyon telling Haruki in closed space that "strong, assertive guys" turn her on, and that "You're at your best when you're challenging the world to live up to your expecatations, not the other way around," before pulling him down by his tie and laying one on him.

I've got more, but that's it for now.

I like it. I like it a lot. This could work very, very well.

[Roger Rambo]

I kind of like the idea of making Kyon identify Itsuko as a magical girl rather than an esper. It doesn't matter what she is, I guess, because I think canon Koizumi lets Kyon call him an esper just because it's the closest thing to what he does. And I'm not advocating changing her job in this version. But calling Itsuko a magical girl might not be that far off from what she does either (fighting big monsters with "magical" powers), and might be the first thing Kyon herself goes to when guessing what Itsuko is. I'm picturing white angel wings instead of turning into a red sphere, a bunch of flying girls holding hands and blasting blue giants with a beam of combined power, etc. Just something I found funny to think about.
One thing. It's never specifically stated that the rest of the Esper Squad are boys. I think I read something that implied they were a pretty diverse assortment of people.



Make sure you read the previous Asakura note first. See, what I'm thinking is that instead of being mad about Kyon/Asahina, Haruki gets mad about Kyon/Nagato-kun. Maybe this screws things up later down the line, but frankly I focused on settting up plot points for _this_ novel only when thinking about how to do things. My idea is this: after Taniguchi runs off, Kyon fires off a quick text message promising pain if she sends those images out anywhere, with the assurance that she will explain later. The explanation is, Kyon and Nagato went to retrieve a book Nagato lent her, she tripped and sprained her ankle, and Nagato was helping her up. Taniguchi may not believe it but agrees not to gossip about what she saw to everyone. Kyon gets the camera photos, and later puts them in the hidden folder with her bunny girl photos and Mitsuuru -maid, because she wants to preserve her memories of Nagato, her protector.

Later, during the time when Kyon's checking the photos for Mitsuuru's mole, Haruki storms into the room. Panicked, she tries to navigate away so he doesn't see the bunny girl photos or anything else, and manages to accidentally navigate right to the Kyon/Nagato pictures _just_ as Haruki looks over her shoulder. Haruki blows. the eff. up. Screams about how he has the PERFECT idea for the next step of Asahina's manliness training (something he and Kyon were discussing earlier, rather than his next outfits): forcing down girls in empty classrooms! And Kyon can help him practice! Asahina is terrorized, Nagato is expressionless, Kyon is embarassed/infuriated, and Haruki is seething with jealousy and feeling betrayed, despite Kyon giving him the same very reasonable explanation she gave Taniguchi (even in the true version of events, the pictures are still completely innocent of course, because Kyon feels nothing more extreme than gratitude to Nagato).

For whatever reason Haruki vents all his frustration and rage on Kyon, not Nagato. He scornfully asks, full of venom, if "passive, glasses wearing guys" turn her on, which makes Kyon run out of the room in tears. In turn, that will lead later to Kyon telling Haruki in closed space that "strong, assertive guys" turn her on, and that "You're at your best when you're challenging the world to live up to your expecatations, not the other way around," before pulling him down by his tie and laying one on him.

I've got more, but that's it for now.
Haruhi was never that confrontational with Kyon regarding his attention to the opposite sex. She seemed more of the type to just bottle it up. There is exactly one instance where she confronts Kyon directly regarding his misguided attentions (Yuki, The isolated Mansion). While she gets rather po'ed and jealous other times, she never confronts him directly on that issue. Haruki just doesn't seem the type that would really get angry at someone, and let true aggression out. And I doubt even Haruki would be a jackass enough not to feel bad enough afterwards that this becomes his primary depression.

Also. I think Kyonko's response is to emo. She doesn't seem emotionally invested enough with Haruki at this point to let something like that hurt her. If she was gonna go off the wall upset, it'd probably be something along the lines of snapping back how superior Yuki is to him.

I just feel that going into a situation this extreme might force us into a box, where realistically Haruki couldn't be convinced to preserve the old world no matter what Kyonko does.

[Red225]

I'm still a bit iffy on having Kyonko keep pics of either Asahina or Nagato - is that just me being gender-biased? Guys keeping pics of girls getting changed, sounds reasonable if slightly pervy, but girls keeping pics of guys getting changed and so on? Doesn't sound the same to me...

Aaaanyway, I like the YuukiXKyonko angle, especially in conjunction with the fanclub thing. Then again, I think that Discreet's overthinking things. In the original novels, most signs (mainly Itskui) point towards Haruhi's reimagining of the world simply because it's too boring, and not really that much else. Then again, we can always just try and cram everything in...

[Cat Megex]

I'm still a bit iffy on having Kyonko keep pics of either Asahina or Nagato - is that just me being gender-biased? Guys keeping pics of girls getting changed, sounds reasonable if slightly pervy, but girls keeping pics of guys getting changed and so on? Doesn't sound the same to me...

Ever heard of fangirls? XD


Anyway, it doesn't necessarily have to be pictures of Asahina getting changed, per se...it could simply be images of him in the different outfits, and to fit in the whole mole thing, have one of the outfits be shirtless or something (and I do believe that Chippendale outfits are generally shirtless, so that'd work for that).

[Kaisos Erranon]

One thing. It's never specifically stated that the rest of the Esper Squad are boys. I think I read something that implied they were a pretty diverse assortment of people.

There are only around 10 "true espers", two of which we actually know about: Koizumi and (presumably) Sonou Mori.

There are, however, a larger amount of "half-espers", people with similar powers, like Nakamura and Kyoko Tachibana, and a hell of a lot of ordinary humans working for The Organization.


I just feel that going into a situation this extreme might force us into a box, where realistically Haruki couldn't be convinced to preserve the old world no matter what Kyonko does.

I disagree. Also, Haruki, unlike Haruhi, is not a tsundere and thus is not going to bottle up his feelings like that.


Anyway, it doesn't necessarily have to be pictures of Asahina getting changed, per se...it could simply be images of him in the different outfits, and to fit in the whole mole thing, have one of the outfits be shirtless or something (and I do believe that Chippendale outfits are generally shirtless, so that'd work for that).

Haruki still had the blouse slightly unbuttoned, so Kyon-chan can see down the maid outfit and see the mole.

[Roger Rambo]

There are only around 10 "true espers", two of which we actually know about: Koizumi and (presumably) Sonou Mori.

Where exactly are we given an indication that Mori is one of the Espers?

And yes. The actual full Espers attached to Haruhi are very few in number.

I disagree. Also, Haruki, unlike Haruhi, is not a tsundere and thus is not going to bottle up his feelings like that.
I guess so. It just seems that this is describing Haruki as having a much larger mad on then Haruhi originally had.

[Kaisos Erranon]

Where exactly are we given an indication that Mori is one of the Espers?

Her behavior in Volume 7 contrasted with her behavior in Lone Island Syndrome, but also the fact that she is given a full name, like most of the characters with special powers. (The brothers are given full names to differentiate between them, while ordinary humans in the series are simply given surnames, titles, or nicknames.)

[Roger Rambo]

Her behavior in Volume 7 contrasted with her behavior in Lone Island Syndrome, but also the fact that she is given a full name, like most of the characters with special powers. (The brothers are given full names to differentiate between them, while ordinary humans in the series are simply given surnames, titles, or nicknames.)
I wasn't aware that basic acting ability was a trait of an Esper. She is gonna act differently when she's trying to appease a god like entity, and trying to intimidate her groups rivals.

And frankly, it doesn't make sense to have one of your Espers who should be kept on anti Avatar assigned as security. Itsuki has been detached to liaison with the SOS brigade because he's the weakest one of them, and they probably thought an Esper would be better able to convince Kyon of the situation.

Theres not allot of reason why you'd have someone as valuable as an Esper in charge of security. That's like assigning an Elite super sniper a job as quartermaster. Mori is probably is a person with... Talents the Organization finds useful.

I would seriously worry about Kyouko and sneering bastard if Kyon hadn't been with Mori when she caught them. As Kyouko said, she seems to be a very scary person.

[walviss]

Hello, by the way. I forgot to say it earlier. Welcome to the discussion, even. ^^

Thank you, and to anyone else who said welcome.

One thing. It's never specifically stated that the rest of the Esper Squad are boys. I think I read something that implied they were a pretty diverse assortment of people.

The translation I have, there's a point where Kyon says, "Self-proclaimed squad of esper boys". I don't know if that's accurate. And it's probably just Kyon extrapolating since Koizumi is the only one he knows. In any event, I'm just considering the "espers" themselves as magical girls. The 'Organization' as a whole (which I would call the Cabal if it was a magical organization, to maintain an ominous yet magical nature) would still be composed of a lot of diverse people, and would probably not look or act any different than the esper Organization. But yeah, even I'm not a huge booster for that particular concept, I see it as a cosmetic thing, and I just think it's funny.



Haruhi was never that confrontational with Kyon regarding his attention to the opposite sex.
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Also. I think Kyonko's response is to emo.
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I just feel that going into a situation this extreme might force us into a box, where realistically Haruki couldn't be convinced to preserve the old world no matter what Kyonko does.

I think Haruki and Haruhi are two completely different beasts, and that Haruki is aggressive enough to lash out like that when he's hurt. In the spirit of 'guts' he's going to take an enemy headon, and in that moment he sees Kyon as betraying him (even if he doesn't really understand why he feels that way) so he loses it.

I agree, Kyon's response might be too emo. But really, I see both Haruki and Kyon in this case as going on instinct. She's not so much reacting to Haruki saying those things, as much as she's reacting to the words themselves. I mean, reading between the lines, he's almost calling her a slut. I agree that she could show some more backbone, dress him down a little or something before storming out. But I really wasn't suggesting that she runs out just because Haruki said something bad about her. It's just because the accusation itself is hurtful, no matter who it comes from.

Whereas later that night (when the closed space incident happens) they have both calmed down a lot and are feeling a lot more rational about it. Haruki can ask "Was Nagato really just helping you up?" and Kyon says "Of course, you idiot," and that's that as far as they're both concerned. Haruki's goal, in my mind, is to challenge the world to stop supporting mediocrity, and if Kyon prefers an apparently passive guy like Nagato, that's a blow to him. When she tells him she does support him in being strong and assertive, it makes him believe the current world is worth preserving (if only so he can make everything metal...er, GAR).



I'm still a bit iffy on having Kyonko keep pics of either Asahina or Nagato - is that just me being gender-biased? Guys keeping pics of girls getting changed, sounds reasonable if slightly pervy, but girls keeping pics of guys getting changed and so on? Doesn't sound the same to me...

Well, from what I've read of this version, she keeps the Mitsuru pics just because he's cute, it's not a perv thing. I'm proposing she keeps the pics of Nagato and herself to remember the time Nagato saved her life, again not for a perv reason, it's sentimental.

[Roger Rambo]

I guess that makes sense.

[siber222000]

first time visiting this thread and OMG kyonko is SO cute o_O... who invented this? lol

[Kaisos Erranon]

The translation I have, there's a point where Kyon says, "Self-proclaimed squad of esper boys". I don't know if that's accurate.

The original is "shonen esper sentai", at least in the anime.

So yes, "squad of esper boys" is accurate.

(As an aside, "Shonen Esper Sentai" should be the name of a TV show.)



Well, from what I've read of this version, she keeps the Mitsuru pics just because he's cute, it's not a perv thing. I'm proposing she keeps the pics of Nagato and herself to remember the time Nagato saved her life, again not for a perv reason, it's sentimental.

Yes. Exactly.

I wasn't aware that basic acting ability was a trait of an Esper. She is gonna act differently when she's trying to appease a god like entity, and trying to intimidate her groups rivals.

And frankly, it doesn't make sense to have one of your Espers who should be kept on anti Avatar assigned as security. Itsuki has been detached to liaison with the SOS brigade because he's the weakest one of them, and they probably thought an Esper would be better able to convince Kyon of the situation.

Theres not allot of reason why you'd have someone as valuable as an Esper in charge of security. That's like assigning an Elite super sniper a job as quartermaster. Mori is probably is a person with... Talents the Organization finds useful.

I would seriously worry about Kyouko and sneering bastard if Kyon hadn't been with Mori when she caught them. As Kyouko said, she seems to be a very scary person.

It's more the naming convention the author tends to use, that convinces me, really.

But in any case a) Koizumi isn't the weakest esper, I'd assume they're all about the same level of power. He's just the lowest ranked, probably due to his age. b) Espers have no power outside closed space other than that empathic connection to Haruhi and c) closed space doesn't show up that often.

Mori being on security is probably her doing her other job besides killing giants, much like how Koizumi's other job is acting like a secretive, all-knowing (albiet awesome) prick.

first time visiting this thread and OMG kyonko is SO cute o_O... who invented this? lol

A couple of Japanese Haruhiists with free time and photoshop, I believe.

[Roger Rambo]

I'm still unconvinced.

a:Alight.
b:Correct. So why bother using them in any location besides closed space?
c:I got the impression it was fairly common during and before volume 1. Sometime before Kyon met Saski again, Itsuki described the amount of closed space as being very small. I'd think they'd want to keep the Espers on standby in case of an emergency.

Then theres the problem is that in the Organization, is that an Esper is classified as an irreplaceable specialist. They can't afford to lose any of them in case of a particularly large closed space. In order for a high quality secret service agent to perform properly, he/she must be willing to give no regard to their lives when trying to defend their VIP.

Given that there are thousands of people in the world who can suicidally protect people, and there are only 10 persons who can enter closed space to fight the Avatars, It seems pretty simple as to who you'd assign to the possibly suicidal duty.

It's like using a detachment of Archers who've trained their entire lives to shot with deadly accuracy, to guard an outpost with foliage so thick they can't use their arrows, when you had an entire company of Swordsmen on hand.

[Kaisos Erranon]

I'm still unconvinced.

a:Alight.
b:Correct. So why bother using them in any location besides closed space?
c:I got the impression it was fairly common during and before volume 1. Sometime before Kyon met Saski again, Itsuki described the amount of closed space as being very small. I'd think they'd want to keep the Espers on standby in case of an emergency.

Then theres the problem is that in the Organization, is that an Esper is classified as an irreplaceable specialist. They can't afford to lose any of them in case of a particularly large closed space. In order for a high quality secret service agent to perform properly, he/she must be willing to give no regard to their lives when trying to defend their VIP.

Given that there are thousands of people in the world who can suicidally protect people, and there are only 10 persons who can enter closed space to fight the Avatars, It seems pretty simple as to who you'd assign to the possibly suicidal duty.

Kyon suspects Mori is very high up in The Organization. Maybe she volunteered for it?

Bah, why are we arguing about this again? This is pointless.

If we go by the usual naming convention, Mori is at least special, which might make her a half-esper with different abilities than Koizumi.

In any case, I concede the argument.

[Roger Rambo]

Absolutely agree on Mori being special. I'd think she'd qualify even without any paranormal abilities.

Kinda like how Batman can walk around the Justice league.

[ClockWorkAngel]

We're getting off topic; let's try to get to the main point shall we?

We can conclude that there are espers with power; and they work for the organization, anything else doesn't need to be expanded until we need to right?

[Kaisos Erranon]

Absolutely agree on Mori being special. I'd think she'd qualify even without any paranormal abilities.

Kinda like how Batman can walk around the Justice league.

That applies to Kyon too. He hangs around with a bunch of people with stupendous powers and is yet more competent than all of them put together.

Holy shit, Kyon is Batman!

We're getting off topic; let's try to get to the main point shall we?

We can conclude that there are espers with power; and they work for the organization, anything else doesn't need to be expanded until we need to right?

Oh, stop being a wet blanket. Besides, it's slow here and at least we're talking about the Haruhi series and not about Power Rangers or something.

But yeah, we do need to stay on topic more.

[Cat Megex]

Oh, stop being a wet blanket. Besides, it's slow here and at least we're talking about the Haruhi series and not about Power Rangers or something.

...Hmmm...so, Haruki/Haruhi would be Red, but what colors would the others be?

XD

[ClockWorkAngel]

Blue Yuuki, Pink Mikuru, who knows :p.

Blargss, yes there's only 2 part left of the translation for me to do :/ But not much really...

[shaoron]

if Itsuko = Magic girl

then let's go change that introduction of Haruki :D

BTW... is she gonna do a starlight breaker?
maybe in the movie to defeat Yuuki :p

[Kang Seung Jae]

Also, I don't want her totally broken. It doesn't work for later volumes and the idea of her having some closure after seeing Asakura's empty apartment works well.

I was thinking short-term trauma.

[Discreet]

No trauma, no emo, no drama llama.

And uh, Kaisos if you're going to make Haruki angry instead of melancholic how is the Haruhi "origins" story going to go? Y'know the part where she does get all melancholic and talks about how disillusioned she had become with her life?

[Kang Seung Jae]

No trauma, no emo, no drama llama.

Perhaps.

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