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<koizumi> Isn't Suzumiya-san a fascinating individual? Some of my colleagues believe that she has the power to make herself reveal. That, perhaps if Suzumiya were a fictional character, she would consciously or unconsciously unbecome fictional. An interesting thought, is it not?

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<koizumi> That is to say… Suzumiya possesses of “god”-like attributes even in a world where, by conventional interpretation, she ought not to be divine, or is even considered to exist. So long as even the idea of Suzumiya Haruhi exists in the world, then Suzumiya-san will exist.‬

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‪<kyon> You mean that, even if Suzumiya Haruhi were to die tomorrow, we would not be rid of her? Even if Suzumiya Haruhi were to only be a character faintly remembered by me alone, she would somehow reappear in this world?‬
‪<koizumi> That is one interpretation, yes.‬
‪<kyon> -_-;;‬

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‪this first flight is to Warszawa! that's such a cool name! they should name more cities like that! there should be a Tokyoszawa in Japan and a Berlinszawa in Germany and a Stockholmszawa in Sweden! and an Atlantiszawa!‬

‪<kyon> Haruhi, that's not a real—‬

‪hmm? so what! ^^‬

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also, time flies when you have a keyboard on a plane! i think you should always bring a musical keyboard with you on a journey, no matter where you are going and no matter what means of transport! what if the song of the heavens came to you suddenly and you couldn't play it!!!

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<koizumi> “Is 「Suzumiya Haruhi」 an isekaijin”? This is a rather complicated matter. Obviously, you have seen for yourself her extraordinary abilities. She does not feel completely of this world. And yet…
<koizumi> Well, the problem with “is Suzumiya-san an isekaijin” is that her feeling out of place in this world is not in itself sufficient.
<kyon> Are you saying she must, in fact, belong in some other world, more precisely?
<koizumi> Yes. And that is the problem with Suzumiya-san. Is there any world in which she would not seem out-of-place to you?
<kyon> Well, of course the world from 「Suzumiya Haruhi no Yuutsu」. That's where she originated. The world of that story revolves around her. (As much as I wish it did not!)
<koizumi> I thought you might say that. But I think you are making a mistake. Why do you think that she originated from that work?
<kyon> Well, I… I was depicted in it. Before that work came about, nobody in this world had heard of “Suzumiya Haruhi”, or “Kyon”, or “Koizumi Itsuki”, or the “SOS Brigade”…
<koizumi> Such is the conventional wisdom. But suppose for a moment that this story had not had Suzumiya Haruhi in it. What if I told you that we originate in a slice-of-life manga about a literature club, a world without a Suzumiya Haruhi?
<kyon> Wait, are you serious?! That couldn't be! I already saw her disappear once, but that was a corruption caused by [redacted]! Suzumiya Haruhi belongs in this world! She may be a pain, but without her…
<koizumi> Rest assured that this was just a hypothetical example! ^^
<koizumi> But, well, maybe you should not rest so easy. The point is that this is unknowable.
<kyon> So what you're saying is, you don't know this is true, but you also don't know that it's not true? -_-;;
<koizumi> Correct. As far as we know, the nature of this world seems to be fundamentally distorted by the existence of the individual known as Suzumiya Haruhi. But to call it a “distortion” implies we think some fundamental “undistorted” version exists. However…
<kyon> …Suzumiya Haruhi can change history itself? I feel like you have told me this before. Many times. And only now do I begin to get it for myself.
<koizumi> Very good! In a world where Suzumiya Haruhi exists, it is not possible to know how this came to be the case. We cannot establish causality. We consider the world to be “warped” around her, but this is more like a fundamental property of existence.
<kyon> Well, can't Nagato see the other world lines? The space-time thought entity or whatever it's called…
<koizumi> Even the Data Integration Thought Entity is not safe from her influence.
<kyon> You're telling me that even Nagato doesn't know?
<koizumi> Yes. They can see the timelines, even the worlds, where Suzumiya Haruhi exists. However…
<kyon> …they do not know how the timelines relate to eachother.
<koizumi> Precisely. And from this follows that we do not know if Suzumiya Haruhi is an isekaijin.
<kyon> So, Suzumiya Haruhi is such a pain in the arse wherever she appears, that we do not even know where she came from?
<koizumi> That's certainly one way to put it! ^^
<koizumi> But we also could not know if she “came from” somewhere. Perhaps she did not, in fact, originate anywhere in particular?
<kyon> Wait, how is that possible?! I understand that you can't see the relationship between the timelines, but… surely, if you could…
<koizumi> Do you recall the earlier concept? If the idea of Suzumiya Haruhi exists in a world, perhaps Suzumiya Haruhi can force herself into being through some kind of transcendent unconscious will.
<kyon> Well, yes, you did say that… but, what, are you saying the idea of Suzumiya Haruhi did not originate somewhere?
<koizumi> Yes. More specifically, no idea has a specific origin! Every single concept in human history has been independently reinvented an uncountable number of times.
<kyon> But, surely, the name “Suzumiya Haruhi” is rather unusual? Can Suzumiya Haruhi really have been invented more than once?
<koizumi> Perhaps it is possible that the name existed independently of her, waiting for her appearance.
<kyon> Like the true name of God?!
<koizumi> Would that really be so surprising? ^^
<kyon> …
<kyon> I wish I knew whether to believe you. I don't want to.
<koizumi> Well, this is just one interpretation.
<kyon> I think I have a headache…
<koizumi> In any case, whatever the answer to this might be, we can't act on the outcome either way. Suzumiya-san cannot be permitted to know if she is an isekaijin.
<kyon> (Don't worry. If you told her, there's absolutely no way she'd believe you!)

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‪unfortunately, my luggage is not back! what a disgrace! can you really believe this!!! how could they do this to me, Suzumiya Haruh—<hikari> yeah so i've been through this before at the same airport, most likely i'll get it brought to my home in two days, glad i packed carefully‬

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