The Q & A of Haruhi Suzumiya

[Ichy]

Thanks a lot

[C.A.]

Originally Posted by Vexx

well.... cm:inches is 2.54:1 but your 3-size numbers seem a bit high as does your height for her. I haven't been able to find official measurements for any of the girls but Suzumiya comes just below Kyon's shoulder. If Kyon is typical height for japanese teen male, he's probably 5'8" if he's lucky (172cm). I' guess 5'-5'2" (about 157cm) for Suzumiya since she tops out at his shoulder.
3-size measurements are correspondingly smaller. Given what we've seen of her she seems fit but not overboard in size. Using my wife as a reference (she's japanese and 4'11") I'm going to guess 32-20-33 in (81-50-83 cm). Weight-wise I'm estimating 105lbs (47kg) mostly because of her muscle tone otherwise I'd knock off a couple of kilos.

Mikuru *looks* to be about 3cm shorter but an extra couple of centimeters in the hips and about 5-8cm extra in the boobage making her probably 152cm and 86-52-83. She'll have to watch herself when she gets older (though it looks like she's doing a fair job of doing that ).

Obviously these are guesses but based off of typical heights for japanese teens and using my real world examples as reference (wife, my son's teacher, my instructor, wife's relatives, friends).

They're all small and cute, aieee...

lol @ the last sentence

Hmmm your estimated height and weight for Haruhi seems quite accurate, but I think the weight is a little too much. When I was 16 I had atheletics club girls in my class, even those with 160+ height weigh lesser than 45kg lol. If Haruhi is between 157 - 160cm tall, she would be around 43kg. I'm using estimation from chinese girls here though.

EDIT: about Mikuru,

Kyon said in the novel that adult Mikuru has a figure thats super model class and her boobs have grown 1/3 larger compared to young Mikuru lol

[Vexx]

Hah... interesting jumble of description from Kyon (most "supermodels" look anorexic with inflata-boobs ... cept maybe Ms. Banks) yeah... my weight guess was a bit high mostly because I was assuming more muscle on Haruhi since she's so athletic. Chinese girls *tend* to run thinner .... my wife of japanese extraction weighs about 95lbs (including hair) or 43kg, 4'11" (149cm) ... I'll avoid explicit 3-size but she's got good proportions .... has a touch more waist and a bit less hip than the so-called standard proportions.
Her cousin is about an inch higher but has more hip.

.... oh its such a good thing I'm marginally anonymous here

[Kaioshin Sama]

Originally Posted by C.A.

lol @ the last sentence

Hmmm your estimated height and weight for Haruhi seems quite accurate, but I think the weight is a little too much. When I was 16 I had atheletics club girls in my class, even those with 160+ height weigh lesser than 45kg lol. If Haruhi is between 157 - 160cm tall, she would be around 43kg. I'm using estimation from chinese girls here though.

EDIT: about Mikuru,

Kyon said in the novel that adult Mikuru has a figure thats super model class and her boobs have grown 1/3 larger compared to young Mikuru lol

Pretty much all female anime characters are drawn to look perfect in almost every way, I mean really.

And to Ichy and everyone else for hopefully the last time Haruhi is NOT FREAKING GOD, hasn't been proven yet simple as that. She doesn't control everyones fate and she isn't an object of worship to anybody within the show. She just has special powers that give her control over the fabric of time (kind of) like a built in Lambda Driver. All the things she's done up until now have been cheap parlour tricks [spoilers] Even Volume 1 Chapter 7 was nothing special as nobody including herself, Itsuki, Yuki or Kyon knew what was happening for sure.[/spoilers] Wait for proof of what she is what I'm saying before jumping to conclusions. As interesting a talking point as it may be to some to say "Lol Haruhi is Teh God" It just has not been proven yet, based on what we know, why not start with the simplest explanation of Special Powers and than build on that as the evidence in the novels mounts. Has nobody here heard of Occam's Razor.

If you want to see real God-Mod screw Haruhi and go watch Ideon, the thing just bloody does what it wants half the time when the Ide Gauge tops out and unlike in Suzimya Haruhi No Yuutsu there's nobody there to pick up the pieces (and let me tell you there's usually nothing left to pick up unlike with Haruhi's little parlour tricks)

[Vexx]

She's not worshipped by anyone in the series (except maybe Itsuki's faction) though not all gods are worshipped (some are just feared).
She *may* control everyone's fate if she produces a data explosion large enough to remake the universe (which is what some of Itsuki's faction appear to believe - that the current form of the universe they see was created 3 years ago and there's no way to tell what was before). Mikuru's people explain their "time wall" as a massive time fracture... but effectively thats the same as an "old universe" "new universe" boundary line. Words in a sentence to describe a phenomenom none of them fully understand yet.

You're right to warn people that jumping to conclusions is erroneous but.... I think many of the posters here are still not on the same page as per what is being meant by "God" or "a god". I'm not sure i understand *your* definition of "God" as it pertains to this discussion. The label itself doesn't have a standard definition.

Occam's Razor is a useful tool... but it doesn't always lead to the right answer, just the simplest answer based on available evidence and therefore subject to revision.

[Vallen Chaos Valiant]

If you want to see real God-Mod screw Haruhi and go watch Ideon, the thing just bloody does what it wants half the time when the Ide Gauge tops out and unlike in Suzimya Haruhi No Yuutsu there's nobody there to pick up the pieces (and let me tell you there's usually nothing left to pick up unlike with Haruhi's little parlour tricks)

Any odd creature can destroy things. You don't need to be a deity to do that.

I find your outburst most worrying... Is there something troubling you? The whole "Haruhi isn't a god! She can't kill people as quickly as Ideon!!!" doesn't sound like a strong argument.

Have you seen Rahxephon? The main mecha in that universe can certainly kill a lot of people... But it could also rebuild what it destroys. Power is a lot more than turning things into destructive energy; it's also about turning energy into constructive things.

How about "Somedays Dreamers"? The magic in that world is well established. Mages can easily summon fireballs, levitate dozens of cars off the road at once with their mind, and twist buildings into pretel shapes. But they could not heal the sick or help the injured anymore than pain relief. It was easier to destroy than to create.

Haruhi can create. That's why Yuki's people, even though godlike as they already are, cares about her. Haruhi can create what has never existed, or even could not have existed.

[Kaioshin Sama]

Originally Posted by Vallen Chaos Valiant

Any odd creature can destroy things. You don't need to be a deity to do that.

I find your outburst most worrying... Is there something troubling you? The whole "Haruhi isn't a god! She can't kill people as quickly as Ideon!!!" doesn't sound like a strong argument.

Have you seen Rahxephon? The main mecha in that universe can certainly kill a lot of people... But it could also rebuild what it destroys. Power is a lot more than turning things into destructive energy; it's also about turning energy into constructive things.

How about "Somedays Dreamers"? The magic in that world is well established. Mages can easily summon fireballs, levitate dozens of cars off the road at once with their mind, and twist buildings into pretel shapes. But they could not heal the sick or help the injured anymore than pain relief. It was easier to destroy than to create.

Haruhi can create. That's why Yuki's people, even though godlike as they already are, cares about her. Haruhi can create what has never existed, or even could not have existed.

No that last part was to put things in perspective a bit and had absolutely no bearing on the rest of the argument that and I just happened to be watching Ideon at the time and was like "Yeah man that thing is awesome, Totally ." and as a temporary lapse of judgement added that to the paragraph for some reason. What I'm saying is the universe probably existed before Haruhi came into it at least according to Yuki and she hasn't always been there as an important force according to Yuki as well, so I mean her powers are god-like kind of even though she really doesn't do much with them since they are subconcious random and near useless. However, that doesn't make her without a doubt the God or Creator of this universe for sure. I'm waiting for more questions to be answered before I start saying she's God, the Devil, or anything else extreme. Does that make more sense.

Also I've been wanting to watch the rest of Rahxephon for a long time and think you bring up a good comparison there between Rahxephon's abilities and Haruhi. Also my definition of God is pretty much that whole "I Am The Alpha And The Omega The Beginning And The End" Line from the bible or basically the creator of the universe and the one who controls the destiny and the fate of the people. I'm pretty sure Haruhi had to have gotten her power from somewhere, but where and why, that is the question I so want answered. Was it granted to her as part of an experiment, was she lucky, mutant birth defect?

[Vallen Chaos Valiant]

I'm pretty sure Haruhi had to have gotten her power from somewhere, but where and why, that is the question I so want answered. Was it granted to her as part of an experiment, was she lucky, mutant birth defect?

Ah, but the assumption that her powers must have came from somewhere is a logical statement based on common observations. That doesn't mean the statement is true.

Why must her powers be gotten from somewhere? You can't use logic on something that you can't define. You don't know what her powers are, so you can't assume there was an origin at all, or that there was even a need for one.

And why does the creator, the Alpha and Omega, need to be born before the beginning of time? If a deity is beyond time and space, does it really matter "when" she/he was born? Does the concept even make any sense?

Space and time is under Haruhi's control; this means she isn't restricted by time. Thus, it's achievable for her to be "born" at any point in the time-line while still being the creator of everything before or after her re-birth as a deity. Nutty, huh?

[C.A.]

Originally Posted by Kaioshin_Sama

Pretty much all female anime characters are drawn to look perfect in almost every way, I mean really.

lol I'm the last person you should tell that to, because I fully understand that and I make sure every single girl I sketch has perfect figures. I 'specialise' in drawing girls lol, I rarely draw guys, Kyon and Itsuki are the 1st guys I've drawn in years.

Originally Posted by Kaioshin_Sama

And to Ichy and everyone else for hopefully the last time Haruhi is NOT FREAKING GOD, hasn't been proven yet simple as that. She doesn't control everyones fate and she isn't an object of worship to anybody within the show. She just has special powers that give her control over the fabric of time (kind of) like a built in Lambda Driver. All the things she's done up until now have been cheap parlour tricks [spoilers] Even Volume 1 Chapter 7 was nothing special as nobody including herself, Itsuki, Yuki or Kyon knew what was happening for sure.[/spoilers] Wait for proof of what she is what I'm saying before jumping to conclusions. As interesting a talking point as it may be to some to say "Lol Haruhi is Teh God" It just has not been proven yet, based on what we know, why not start with the simplest explanation of Special Powers and than build on that as the evidence in the novels mounts. Has nobody here heard of Occam's Razor.

If you want to see real God-Mod screw Haruhi and go watch Ideon, the thing just bloody does what it wants half the time when the Ide Gauge tops out and unlike in Suzimya Haruhi No Yuutsu there's nobody there to pick up the pieces (and let me tell you there's usually nothing left to pick up unlike with Haruhi's little parlour tricks)

There are many definitions of God, even in the mecha universe.

e.g. of a mecha god and goddess:

God of Destruction: Genesic Gaogaigar
Goddess of the Solar System: Buster Machine no.7

Their power doesn't even come close to Ideon but they're still gods.

[Kaioshin Sama]

Originally Posted by Vallen Chaos Valiant

Ah, but the assumption that her powers must have came from somewhere is a logical statement based on common observations. That doesn't mean the statement is true.

Why must her powers be gotten from somewhere? You can't use logic on something that you can't define. You don't know what her powers are, so you can't assume there was an origin at all, or that there was even a need for one.

And why does the creator, the Alpha and Omega, need to be born before the beginning of time? If a deity is beyond time and space, does it really matter "when" she/he was born? Does the concept even make any sense?

Space and time is under Haruhi's control; this means she isn't restricted by time. Thus, it's achievable for her to be "born" at any point in the time-line while still being the creator of everything before or after her re-birth as a deity. Nutty, huh?

I guess its possible, doesn't mean its for certain though.

[arias]

Actually, female anime characters would HARDLY look perfect in real life. They look gorgeous in 2D art, but I can't imagine how any female with eyes that occupy 1/3 of the face to look remotely attractive. I mean, large eyes are attractive in females, but those eyes are NOWHERE near the size of a typical anime character.

They are abstractions that don't quite translate well into our reality.

[Onizuka-GTO]

Originally Posted by arias

They are abstractions that don't quite translate well into our reality.

....and thank god for that! Otherwise all loli loving fans here would have to be hunted down and locked up.

[arias]

Originally Posted by Onizuka-GTO

....and thank god for that! Otherwise all loli loving fans here would have to be hunted down and locked up.

Oh, I certainly wouldn't want anything to happen to you.

[Noppapana]

well i got a question
are the members of SOS-dan (well except for Mikuru) teenagers of the age 16 ?
according to a scan of Newtype USA , they are
http://img136.imageshack.us/my.php?i...ansthem6xa.jpg

but i refuse to believe that they are all 16 ... soo are they ?

[C.A.]

Yes they are all 16, they are high school freshmen.

[Vallen Chaos Valiant]

Originally Posted by C.A.

Yes they are all 16, they are high school freshmen.

Well, technically Yuki is three years old. But yeah.

[Skane]

Mikuru may be about one year older than Kyon and Haruhi. It was stated in both the novel and the anime that she is a second-year student, and is thus Kyon's 'senpai'. However... since she is a time-traveller, this screws up everything. How old is she, really?

Yuki is three years old... and she has assimilated herself into Kyon's age group( first years).

Itsuki is... eh... a first year too, but I doubt it is his ACTUAL age, since he is working undercover for his agency. I suspect he is actually older.

[Lost]

How old is she, really?

As far as Kyon and Haruhi are concerned; yesh, she is their senior; or upperclassman I think Kyon or someone said. Time travel should not actually change your actual age - I think its like stepping out of one world into another; you retain everything about you. So you can say that 17(?) is her actual age. But if we are talking about her age as relative to a non-time traveller e.g. Kyon; it would be = 17 years - (amount of years she travelled back) (or plus if she's travelling forward) Is that correct?

About the age of the older, "mole-on-chest" Mikuru; my estimate would be 25 +/- years old. That would also be her actual age.

[Anh_Minh]

Or she could be a vat grown pod person (common in the future) that got out of the uterine replicator a mere few days before being sent to the past, thus making her about three years old. (And adding a disgusting twist to the lust surrounding her.)

Or maybe, thanks to future age retarding treatments, she's actually in her thirties or something. Who knows?

[Kinny Riddle]

If you want to really measure their age, then strictly speaking,

Spoiler for minor spoiler:

all the characters (and everyone else on Earth) are now over 594 years old, though their metabolism has been reset 15,498 times, which would explain why no one died. Of course, they aren't aware that they've live longer than they thought.

Except poor Yuki, who has to endure all this, and that probably contributes to an accumulation of junk data, which would have huge consequences later on.

Stay tuned for Volume 5 - Endless Eight if you want to find out what I mean.