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Originally Posted by VentAileron

Question megax:

Spoiler for Question:

Haruhi created Yasumi to save Kyon and Yuki from their troubles. Do you also know what troubles? I mean, they weren't really in some obvious trouble in Intrigues.

Spoiler for response:

It's the troubles from the beta timeline. Haruhi creates Yasumi in the beta timeline, then Yasumi does something (I've not read what) to create the split timelines.

Originally Posted by RRW

Spoiler for q:

so basically alpha timeline is simply introduction of yasumi?
also does university mean haruhi and kyon are planning in same university?

Yes and Yes

Originally Posted by VentAileron

Spoiler for Reaction:

That makes it sound like as if there are too many characters for even two novels to support. I mean, Sasaki, Kyouko, Yuki & Co and Mikuru basically do nothing in both novels? That's kind of hard to believe, since this story arc seems to involve everyone.

Kyon's sister versus Yasumi; the battle of the adorable characters!

Spoiler for reply:

All universes have too many character to fully focus on each novel. How many times have we had a Koizumi-centric story?! The point of alpha is to show what would happen normally without the interference from the Sasaki faction (and to introduce Yasumi). It's not designed to mention those people, much less Kimidori or Asakura.

Keep in mind that these are incredibly brief summaries of the timelines. They don't go into details, so there's the possibility that more characters are mentioned, like Kyon's Sister.

So for non-spoiler fans (are there still some out there?), here's the layout of the two novels:
The Surprise of Haruhi Suzumiya (First Part):
Chapter 4: pg. 5-67
Chapter 5: pg. 68-188
Chapter 6: pg. 189-291

The Surprise of Haruhi Suzumiya (Final Part) (I've also used (Latter Part) to signal that it's not the last novel, but since that news has gotten out, I'm referring back to this):
Chapter 7: pg. 5-78
Chapter 8: pg. 79-135
Chapter 9: pg. 136-148
Final Chapter: pg. 149-221
Epilogue: pg. 222-276
Afterword: pg. 276-282