I'm coming out of lurking to ask a rather stupid question regarding one of the novels.
Spoiler for Volume 8, Chapter 1:
Namely, regarding the story Yuki wrote. I think Kyon is right that Mikuru is the ghost girl, and that Koizumi could be the man at the end, although I think that Kyon might also be that man. My big question is, what is the purpose of the recital and the coffin? What do they represent? Are they symbolic of the end of her duties and her deletion? I could really read into this and wonder if portraying Mikuru as an apparation has some sort of meaning as well. Anyway, to refresh the memory:
The man laughed in a low voice.
"The recital has not yet started."
The man did not move from above the coffin.
"There is time, still."
The recital.
I was remembering something. What was I going to present here? Quickly, now. But I could not remember.
"There is time."
The man said. He was smiling at me. The apparition of the white girl danced around happily.
"We will wait. Until you remember."
The girl said. I gazed at the black coffin.
There was only one thing; I remembered why I was here.
My place was within the coffin.
I had come from there, and I had come back here so I could return. But the man was sitting on the coffin. As long as he doesn't leave, I cannot go in.
However, there was nothing in me to present. I wasn't qualified to join the recital.
The man started singing in a low voice. Synchronizing with the white cloth's dance.
As long as he doesn't leave, I cannot go in.
Sorry for the question. I'm a bit new to the series (finished season 1 just before season 2 came out and have been plugging away at the novels recently), so if the answer lies somewhere in another novel or somthing like that, then please disregard this question. I appologize in advance if this isn't the appropriate place to ask this.