[quigonkenny]

Originally Posted by wtflux

from vol9

Spoiler:

yeah, kyon came to the conclusion that that their guesses were reasonable(based on how sasaki+kyon looked) after he finished telling koizumi his story(just various stuff about sasaki+cram school), he just says they misunderstood and there was no romantic intimacy =p yeah, it probably was more complicated than kyon realized at the time.

on another note, apparently kyon revealed his real name to sasaki--so at least we know he -does- have one(whether or not he actually does has always been a question in my mind =p). unless that's a fabricated memory :O

about the weirdness, the only thing i've seen mentioned so far(i'm zooming in on parts i find interesting and reading them, i've probably skipped a lot) is that she refers to herself in a boyish way. kyon says

"as she blended in very well with the other girls, i couldn't see her as anything other than a normal schoolgirl. the only exceptional things about her were the excellence of her social graces and the seeming shine of her pupils while she talked. Yep, aside from when she was talking to guys, she was the kind of plain middle school student you could find anywhere, now a high school student."

^there may be some translation errors there but i hope i got it mostly correct. anyways, obviously kyon didn't think she was that weird =p

EDIT: added a bit more to the translation

Spoiler for response to above vol 9 revelation:

Actually, Kyon's revealed his name to at least his entire class. If you remember, the first real scene of the first chapter of the first book begins with his (off-screen) introduction to the class (right before Haruhi's memorable introduction). In truth, his real name is only a mystery to the readers, as there's no reason to believe that anyone who knows him well doesn't know his real name (his teachers, Kunikida, and all the SOS-Dan members, certainly, although Haruhi may not remember it). They just don't use it.