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Old 2009-08-09, 19:02   Link #842
Ithekro
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Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Republic of California
Age: 46
They did ask Yuki. Having her retell what they did and did not do during all these loops won't help them since she doesn't know what Haruhi wants. It just gives them a bigger headache than they already have.

As for being stupid. It would only be stupid if there was an actual threat to their lives. There isn't. Only Yuki remembers everything and she's "observing" as programmed. Everyone else is more or less just doing it for the first time again...aside from the moments things seem familiar. Itsuki is a Yes Man, If this is Haruhi's will then he's all for it. Of course he's not going to question Haruhi. Mikuru's a mess without orders from the future and would be unwilling to take an action for fear of changing the timeline. Only Kyon has any ability to effect the situation, and frankly, he's at a loss for what to do. They find out they are in a time loop about a week into the loop because of Mikuru's inability to contact the future. That means they have a week at best to come up with something. The problem is Haruhi has the week full of activities and the main thought is that they need to finish everything in order for Haruhi to be satified. By August 30th, they are worn out and likely mentally exhausted from all the stuff they did (the scene from the first episode of them all sleeping on the train would indicate this to be true). When Haruhi crosses off the last thing and is about to leave, Kyon guesses she's not satified (or else Yuki told them about this part, but that would be the last of her knowledge since she'd not have contact with anyone on the 31st), but doesn't know what to do. He could simply call out to her ask what else she wants. She'd say she's fine and leave...nothing accomplished. In fact Kyon might even think that would cause her to make the loop in the first place. Increasing her doubt that she finished everything, but not knowing what it is she was missing out on, and thus going back again to try to find what is missing.

For it is entirely possible that Haruhi doesn't know what she was missing, just that she felt like there was something left to do in the summer, but couldn't put her mind to it. Sort of like that feeling you get when you go someplace, do a lot of things, and at the end before you go home, you wonder if there was something more to do, even though you think you did everything. That feeling may be exactly what is causing Haruhi's loop. That Kyon finally came up with homework (the last thing anyone would think of really) as a solution is a 1 in a million answer it seems. That much was enough to keep her mind off of whatever it was that caused the loops...or it was exactly the homework that caused the loop in the first place...we don't know for sure.

As far as I can tell, none of the characters acted stupid or out of character within any of the single episodes.

Remember, to them it is as if each loop were the first loop...if Mikuru doesn't try to contact the future, they wouldn't know they are even in a time loop. Just that some things would seem familar. The only reason they know how many loops is because Yuki tell them so. Otherwise there is no reason to break the loop. No dire thing they must avoid. Just more summer activites with friends.
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