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The Character Discussion Thread of SOS団 Member: Kyon
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2009-08-26, 21:07
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Triple_R
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Location: Newfoundland, Canada
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I think one of the main points of Editor in Chief was to show how he hides information he finds embarrassing. In a fit of panic he eventually explains the relationship with the mysterious girl but only after dragging his feat for the entire chapter and even then, he doesn't divulge any of the details for how his friends reacted to the revelation.
My big question about Kyon is whether he's supposed to be (Towards the world that sees him, not us the reader) an awkward socially-unaware geek (He constantly references obscure stufff and he once told Haruhi that if he was rich he'd spend it on games and comics). In the first book for instance I had the impression that he was somewhat experienced with girls and aware that Haruhi's interested in him but later scenes leave that in doubt. That entire scene in book 9 where Kyon was recounting the meeting with Sasaki at the train station he genuinely didn't seem to understand what went wrong, nor why Haruhi would be angry.
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I think that (towards the world that sees him) Kyon comes off as a mildly eccentric loner. This image is softened somewhat by his very middle-of-the-road physical appearance, and a look that apparently many females find attractive. So, overall, he's "the quiet kid in school". Not an outright nerd, but not someone who people talk to a lot.
If not for Haruhi, there's a good chance that Kyon's only friends would be Taniguchi and Kunikida. This is precisely why he values the SOS Brigade so much, as much as he's loathe to admit it.
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