[myopius]

Originally Posted by KaneDragon

Spoiler:

That makes a lot of sense, and it would be nice to have a slider at last to complete the collection... But on the other hand, it kind of breaks the "anti-SOS brigade" symmetry we've apparently got going on, with the Galactic Existence (or whatever), the Evil Time Travelers, and the Shadow Organization. But whatever.

Spoiler for Disappearance, Intrigues:

But if his time plane is consistent with the current one, so he's not a slider, he's really just a time-traveller. I'd say that Kyon qualifies as slider because he's experienced closed space, that virtual insect incident's world, Asakura's space, and the rewritten world of the Disappearance--locations with very different existences. But this guy, the Sneering Bastard, has only experienced the future he comes from and Kyon's present which is connected to his future.

Thanks so much to all for discussing this so I can enjoy reading and thinking about the novels even when there's nothing more to read until the next update. I may edit this post with more to say tomorrow actually--there's one or two passages I think are worthy of discussion, in relation to Kyonism or Kyon being the slider.

Edit: Found it. Elaborating on what someone mentioned earlier, this entire passage seems to hint at "Kyonism", and the last few words directly muse upon the idea:

Spoiler for Volume 7 (Intrigues) Chapter 7:

"Maybe the one with omnipotent powers isn't Suzumiya-san after all, but rather someone else?"

Koizumi's probably trying to add some sarcasm to his smile, yet all I saw was his usual grin,

"The eye of the storm is very calm, yet it is surrounded by calamity. Maybe there are some that decide to watch from the sidelines and see how all this unfolds. You sure have been kept busy as well, would a scriptwriter play such a tiring character himself?"

And I looked all over for the section relevant to sliders but I couldn't find it--in one of the volumes, Koizumi says he has trouble making friends with sliders, or something very close to that.