I know.
We were led...
...to the lawn behind Nagato's apartment building.
Oh...
They aren't afraid of people.
Black cat... Black cat...
Whatever.
We'll take this one.
She changed the setting again!
It isn't black,
but we'll just have to make do.
Okay, Yuki.
This is your partner.
Get along now!
The Melancholy of Suzumiya Haruhi
The Sigh of Suzumiya Haruhi V
We began filming again.
I don't think she really cared about the location anymore.
Yuki!
Attack Mikuru!
Take this.
And cut!
Nice!
We'll make it so the cat talks!
He's supposed to be a mage's familiar.
He can deliver a sarcastic insult or something.
Unbelievable!
Your name is Shamisen.
Come on, Shamisen!
Say something!
Like he's going to start talking.
Or actually, please don't start talking.
What, doesn't Shamisen mean...!?
Looking good.
Kyon!
You're responsible for taking care of that cat.
Take him home...
...and teach him a trick or two by tomorrow.
Like jumping through a ring of fire.
Okay!
That's all for today!
We'll finally be hitting the climax tomorrow!
The filming's going smoothly and everybody's in tip-top shape!
Make sure you all get plenty of rest for tomorrow!
Good work.
I'll treat you to a can of cat food later.
Or would you prefer dried sardines?
Either's fine with me.
Hey, now.
Was that Nagato just now?
I was asking the cat.
That was my supposition.
Ergo, my response.
Was I mistaken in some way?
This is a surprise.
A male, calico...
Uh, that's not the issue here.
I'm shocked...
A talking cat...
I cannot fathom why you people are so surprised.
Is this one of those cat-demon-type creatures?
Indeed, from your perspective, it may appear that I am emitting sounds which resemble human speech.
If that is the case,
how can you be sure that the sounds I emit are meant to express the meaning of the words you hear?
It's probably, you know,
because you're answering my questions.
Is it not possible that the sounds I am emitting simply conform by coincidence to the conditions of an answer to your question?
Wouldn't your reasoning...
...mean that fellow human beings could be talking without holding an actual conversation?
You are absolutely correct.
Two people could engage in actions that would make it appear as though...
...a conversation was occurring, and nobody would have any way of knowing whether or not...
...accurate communication occurred.
Since people may or may not say what they really mean in different situations.
You keep your mouth shut!
When you put it that way, it does make sense,
right?
Sorry,
but could you also keep your mouth shut?
The current situation doesn't look very encouraging.
We appear to have underestimated Suzumiya-san.
Um...
What do you mean?
I fear that the setting within Suzumiya-san's movie...
...is becoming the conventional reality of this world.
If she wishes to shoot a scene with a giant meteorite falling,
it might actually happen.
What do we do, then...?
We must guard against the infringement of fiction into reality.
At the moment,
she is unconsciously mixing reality and fiction.
She must really be on a roll.
Suzumiya-san's strange powers...
...are being actualized by using the production of this film as a filter.
To guard against that,
we must make Suzumiya-san understand that this is only fiction...
...and guide her in restoring this movie to a rational affair.
How are we supposed to justify a talking cat?
We won't be justifying anything.
That would merely lead to the construction of a world where cats talk.
That wouldn't be possible in our world.
What about you people?
Yes.
After all, we only exist because of Suzumiya-san.
The same can be said of that talking cat.
Can't we do anything about this?
If this were a fantasy world,
no explanation would be necessary.
However, once talking cats and Mikuru Beams...
...are shown to exist in real life,
our world will be altered.
From a world without supernatural phenomena,
to a world that includes supernatural phenomena.
So, what do we do?
We must devise a movie-like conclusion...
...that Suzumiya-san can accept.
Does such a thing exist?
It does.
A conclusion that can transform...
...every illogical occurrence into something ordinary...
...in a relatively simple manner.
Name it.
It was all a dream.
That wasn't intended as a joke.
You think Haruhi will accept that?
It may be difficult.
But in this situation,
the best solution would be to deem...
...that everything within the movie was...
...a dream, lie or mistake.
For you, maybe.
It might be better for me, too.
But what about Haruhi?
Stinky-free for a week!
Klean Kitty Litter
Easy to change!
Baron Cat
Stinky-free for a week!
Klean Kitty Litter
Easy to change!
Baron Cat
Stinky-free for a week!
Klean Kitty Litter
Easy to change!
Baron Cat
Stinky-free for a week!
Klean Kitty Litter
Easy to change!
Listen up.
Don't say a single word at home.
Behave like a cat.
I do not understand what that is supposed to mean,
but I shall do as you request.
Don't talk.
Always respond with "meow."
Meow.
Kitty, kitty, kitty!
Meow.
And an oopsie-daisy.
Well, I'll see you later, then.
Very well.
Only a few days remained before the cultural festival,
and the chaotic atmosphere at our school had been steadily growing...
...as though it were linked with Haruhi's fervour!
Make haste!
I must find the Crystal Crescent Orb of legend!
Yah!
Yah, yah!
As things stood,
a slider or two could join in without looking out of place.
Kyon-kun!
Mikuru has something to tell you!
Come on, Mikuru.
Give that to Kyon-kun.
This is, um...
A d-d-
Discount voucher!
Text: Yakisoba Café/The Acorn/Coupon
It's for our class's yakisoba café.
Thank you very much.
Please invite your friends to come along.
That's all!
See ya!
Kyon-kun...
What is it?
Um...
I realize this will sound like I'm badmouthing Koizumi-kun,
which isn't my intention, but...
I, well,
have a different idea about what's going on.
Basically, that is...
It would be...
...different from Koizumi-kun's interpretation...
You mean the stuff he says about Haruhi being God?
There's no doubt that Suzumiya-san has the ability to alter the present.
But I don't believe that she's changing the structure of this world.
The world was like this to begin with.
Well, well...
A view that totally rejects Koizumi's.
I believe that Nagato-san also has a different view.
Um...
It might be rude to say this, but...
...you really,
well,
shouldn't trust what Koizumi-kun says...
But I shouldn't say such a thing!
Um...
I'm sorry.
I'm bad at explaining,
and there are restrictions on what I can say...
Um...
But!
I understand.
How could Haruhi possibly be God, right?
I find your view a lot easier to understand than Koizumi's.
Thank you...
But I don't have any personal objections to Koizumi-kun.
Please understand that.
Literary Club
Asahina Mikuru's tenet is believed to be as follows:
Suzumiya Haruhi did not create this world.
The world always existed in its current form.
Supernatural entities such as espers,
temporal deviations and conceptual alien organisms...
...always existed.
Suzumiya Haruhi's role is to discover such entities without being aware of their identity,
and she has wielded that power for the past three years.
However, while she can detect abnormalities in this world,
she can never recognize them.
That is because elements exist to prevent such recognition.
That would be us.
So Asahina-san, for a reason different from Koizumi's,
would also be convinced by Haruhi finding strange phenomena?
Yes.
She has come to this space-time to protect the future space-time she belongs to.
I have a feeling she just said something really important in passing.
Koizumi Itsuki and Asahina Mikuru can never accept the opposite side's interpretation.
As far as they're concerned,
a divergent theory would shake the very foundations of their existence.
Wait!
Koizumi said that his ESP showed up three years ago.
There is no guarantee that Koizumi Itsuki is telling the truth.
No guarantee, indeed.
Koizumi's theory just happens to conveniently explain everything that has happened to me.
Who can say if he's right?
The same goes for Asahina-san's theory.
Who can guarantee that Asahina's version is correct?
What do you think?
Which one is correct?
What was that potential-for-auto-evolution thing you were talking about, anyway?
Any truth I may tell you will be unable to grant you solid proof.
Wh-Why not!?
There is no guarantee that I am telling the truth.
Not for you, at least.
I don't get it.
Most people wouldn't.
Koizumi and Nagato need to learn to make more sense.
I will not hand over the Orb!
Haruhi was the only one who believed that filming was going well,
as the expressions of gloom on the faces of Asahina-san, Koizumi and myself...
...gradually took over.
The next thing we knew,
the model guns were firing water bullets instead of BBs.
Asahina-san shot dangerous projectiles from her eyes...
...every time Haruhi brought out a different-colored contact,
which would lead to her being bitten by Nagato.
And the cherry blossoms that had blossomed...
...fell to the ground a few days later.
The white doves at the shrine turned into...
...passenger pigeons which were supposed to be long-extinct.
And the Earth's precision was apparently a little off.
Kyon-kun!
Your friend is here!
Hello.
Suzumiya-san has no interest in detailed background explanations or sub-plot.
I would presume that she hasn't given any thought to a resolution.
It's possible that the movie may end unfinished.
That would be troubling.
We have a problem with the world becoming fiction from a logical standpoint.
The truth is that...
...our Agency and Asahina-san's faction are not...
...the only ones with theories centered on Suzumiya-san.
There are many others.
I would love to give you a digest...
...of the disputes and bloody battles to the death going on under the surface.
Sign: DANGER/LOOK OUT FOR JUMPERS
Alliance and betrayal...
Sabotage and deceit...
Destruction and slaughter...
A battle royale where each group must fight with all their strength to survive.
Well, it has nothing to do with you.
Nor Suzumiya-san, for the matter.
I especially hope that Suzumiya-san never learns about it.
I do not wish to cause her grief.
By my standards,
Suzumiya-san has a lovable character.
Of course,
you do, as well.
Why are you telling me this?
Merely a slip of the tongue.
There is no reason.
Whatever the case,
it isn't amusing enough to discuss.
Yeah.
Definitely not amusing.
I might as well tell you something else that isn't amusing.
Have you ever considered why Asahina-san...
...would go along with us?
Her role is to entice you.
For you are the only person Suzumiya-san ever bothers to listen to.
Establishing a hold on you would be the optimal course of action.
That is why she plays the role of a helpless little girl, childish in appearance,
who has to suffer Suzumiya-san's unreasonable demands.
It's all for the sake of attracting your attention.
I'm sick of listening to your jokes.
Forgive me.
It would appear that I lack the ability to carry through a joke.
I was lying.
Did you really think I meant it?
I've been going through a great deal of pressure...
...between Suzumiya-san's movie and the class play.
If closed space were to appear,
I would probably collapse.
That is another reason why I came to request your aid.
Please stop the abnormal phenomena being caused by Suzumiya-san's movie.
I have to make Haruhi realize that...
...everything in her movie is made-up,
right?
There needs to be a clear understanding...
...before the filming is over, preferably.
We're counting on you.
What was that?
Did he come to shove the responsibility onto me?
But still...
I can't just ignore all of this.
What a pain.
A movie's a movie.
Reality is reality.
What would be the method to make her accept such an obvious thing?
Koizumi mentioned something about everything being a dream,
but isn't there something better?
The next day,
I made a suggestion to Haruhi.
After some wrangling,
she finally agreed to it.
Okay, then!
Good work!
We're done filming now!
Everybody worked hard!
We'll meet up in the clubroom first thing tomorrow morning to preview the movie!
Mikuru-chan!
It's too early to be crying.
Save those tears for when you're awarded a Palme d'Or or an Oscar!
We'll all celebrate together!
The final battle between Mikuru and Yuki...
...ended with the sudden awakening...
Very well!
...of some unknown power within Koizumi Itsuki and the usage...
...of that convenient power to send Yuki flying into the deep reaches of space.
That's it!?
So it's finally over, huh?
But now that we're finished, it feels like it was all over in an instant.
C'mon, Mikuru-chan!
This way!
Huh? Suzumiya-san?
Isn't this...
They say that time flies when you're having fun,
but I wonder who was having fun in this case.
Beats me.
Can I trust you to handle the rest?
I can't think about anything besides our class play at the moment,
since you aren't allowed to retake lines the way you can in a movie.
And there's one more thing.
An expression of gratitude.
From both my organization and myself.
Okay!
Real loudly, now!
We're aiming for a Hollywood blockbuster!
We'll take a Golden Bear and Golden Lion!
That's right!
Now!
Mikuru-chan, point to the future!
Good grief...
To be honest,
I didn't have the slightest pixel of an idea as to what kind of movie Haruhi was making to the very end.
And naturally,
there wasn't enough time left to add in visual effects,
and I didn't have the ability to begin with.
Haruhi was grumbling.
We can't display an unfinished work!
Do something about it!
The cultural festival is tomorrow.
I'm burned out!
Won't you finish in time if you pull an all-nighter?
Just stay overnight and finish the job.
I'll help.
Just make it go zap and stuff!
In hindsight,
Haruhi wasn't any help at all.
And I should mention that...
...I also fell asleep soon after.
Kyon!
C'mon.
Wake up, already!
Well?
How'd it go?
There hadn't been any point in staying overnight.
The movie remained unfinished.
Not too shabby.
A little lacking,
but you did a good job.
It wasn't me.
Somebody else did it.
Nagato.
Koizumi.
Asahina-san.
Someone who hasn't made an appearance yet.
Something like that.
Good morning.
How did it go?
Good morning...
Morning!
It's all done, of course!
A feature-length spectacle born from our blood, sweat and tears!
Really...
I'm glad to hear it.
Let's watch it together!
Viewing Room
Man, Mikuru-chan!
You were great!
You're sure to win over the hearts of the audience members!
Perfect, Mikuru-chan!
The cultural festival had begun,
and I no longer had anything to do.
The alterations to reality we had feared had been quelled.
I realized it when Shamisen stopped talking.
Speaking of which,
I haven't been able to find a program in the cultural festival...
...that would feature a group of people I'd seen walking around in bizarre outfits.
What was that about?
Sign: North High Festival
Screening
The movie concluded with a narration from Haruhi.
I convinced her that the director herself should deliver...
This story is a work of fiction.
...these closing words as a bit of an inside joke.
There is no relation to any real people, organizations, events or other names and phenomena.
They were the magic words that canceled everything that had occurred.
It's all made up.
If anything seems familiar, it's just a coincidence.
Oh, the commercials are an exception.
Here's a shout out to Ohmori Electronics and Yamatsuchi Model Shop!
Give them lots of business!
Say it again?
This story is a work of fiction.
There is no relation to any real people, organizations...
Hey, Kyon.
Why do I have to say this?
Kitaguchi Station Park
The sole worry of Haruhi, who looked like she didn't have a worry in the world,
could be summed up with the words, "The world was too normal."
So what would she consider "not normal"?
That would be the supernatural.
In other words,
"Why hasn't a single ghost shown up before me yet?"
...was the question constantly on her mind.
I have something important to tell you, so listen up.
What?
You wanted aliens, time travelers or people who could use ESP to exist, right?
Yeah.
What about it?
An alien, time traveler and an esper are actually closer than you might think.
Who might those be?
I'm guessing you don't mean Yuki, Mikuru-chan and Koizumi-kun.
That wouldn't be "closer than I might think" in the least bit.
Actually...
That's what I was about to say.
Are you stupid?
Like it would just happen to work out that way!
Well, under normal circumstances, yeah...
So?
Which one's which?
You'll love this.
Nagato Yuki is an alien.
From the over-something or other...
That's who sent her.
That's right!
She's a humanoid interface.
That's it.
And what about Mikuru-chan?
Asahina-san is quite simple to explain.
She's a time traveler.
She traveled through time from the future,
so she's a time traveler.
How many years into the future is she from?
I don't know that.
She wouldn't tell me.
I get it now.
You do?
Which means Koizumi-kun is an esper?
That's what you were about to say.
Yes!
That is in fact what I was about to say!
Don't mess with me!
Stupid girl.
Why does your common sense kick in at the wrong time?
If she had just believed me,
things would be a lot simpler now.
Thank you very much!
Of course,
I have no idea what would happen to the world...
...if Haruhi became aware of all these phenomena.
Good grief.