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Originally Posted by robert851

Although Haruhi typically isn't a prude, I had the impression that it's different when Kyon is involved. I was expecting her to get jealous and go "I will not allow any perverse behavior from anyone in my brigade!" and proceed to confiscate the said porn magazine. *sigh* If only they weren't in the situation they were in, it could have lead to a pretty awkward(interesting) scenario..

I would think her reaction would be more of "How can you look at other women with desire when you won't do it for me?"--or at least that would be what she is feeling under the surface.

Originally Posted by Agasa

b) Are names generally read with the kun reading? I ask because of the riddle in Yasumi's name. I didn't know that.

Some names are read one way, some the other. It depends heavily on the history behind the name in question--proper names don't follow the same conventions as regular vocabulary (and in fact about 10% of the kanji in regular use are used ONLY in proper names).

Speaking of meaningful names, the "Asahi" in "Asahina" means "tomorrow" and "Mikuru" can be an alternate reading of the kanji for "mirai" meaning "future". It's very likely that Mikuru's name is an alias just like Fujiwara's.

c) What does Koizumi mean when he says Haruhi's powers are gradually weakening? I don't think he meant it at face value. Maybe, they're proportional to her emotional instability? That would be quite terrible, and sad, if you think of the implications. But alas, I'm just as good as Kyon when it comes to understanding what Koizumi says, so i ask you some insight.

I think that it's more a matter of Haruhi being less able to alter the world the more she becomes attached to the way that it is--in other words, her ability to change things depends on the strength of her desire to change things. In other words, she won't be subconsciously messing with things as much, but sudden severe angst (e.g. believing one of the SOS-dan to be in mortal peril) could unleash her full strength once again.

e) Why is Kyon's approval so important? Maybe it's not, and all the scenario was orchestrated by some mastermind (Mikuru (big)?), Fujiwara himself was used as a pawn? Was he important just because of the influence he has on Sasaki, maybe?

Kyon's consent is needed first and foremost because of the threat that he made at the end of "Disappearance"--namely, that if he perceives a grave enough threat, he will point Haruhi at the threat and goad her into using her power against it. In the face of this, Suou forcibly transferring Haruhi's power to someone else is like a mosquito drawing blood--extremely perilous if the host notices that she's being bitten. The Anti-SOS-dan need assurance that Kyon will not interfere in the midst of such an operation, or else it could blow up in their faces.