| The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya Part 5 | |
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| Japanese title | Suzumiya Haruhi no Yūutsu V (涼宮ハルヒの憂鬱V) |
| Season | 1 |
| Season One Broadcast No. |
13 |
| Season Two (Chronological) Broadcast No. |
05 |
| Air date | June 25, 2006 |
| Episode Guide | |
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| Previous (Season One) Live Alive |
Next (Season One) The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya Part 6 |
| Previous (Season Two) The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya Part 4 |
Next (Season Two) The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya Part 6 |
Key events
- Yuki makes a up a story that Ryoko transferred to Canada when she was actually deleted from the physical world.
- Haruhi and Kyon investigating Ryoko's disappearance.
- Itsuki brings Kyon into closed space and shows him his powers.
Summary
Kyon is dragged into helping Haruhi attempting to investigate what happened to Ryoko's strange disappearance without notice. After a fruitless search, Haruhi tells Kyon about her earlier years, and how she changed from an ordinary girl into her present state. Later that day, Itsuki tells Kyon about the theory of the anthropic principle correlating with Haruhi, and he believes that Kyon is the reason why Haruhi was able to wish of such extraterrestrial beings to exist. Itsuki brings Kyon into a sealed reality, where the latter watches the espers destroy a blue giant entity subconsciously created by Haruhi. When returning to his house, Kyon is told by Itsuki to look after Haruhi.
Characters
Trivia
- This episode was broadcast as episode 13 of Season 1, and episode 5 of Season 2.
- The taxi driver bears a striking resemblance to Arakawa, the butler in Remote Island Syndrome Parts 1 and 2.
- Mikuru is not credited in this episode.
- Paranormal phenomena observed: closed space, celestial, esp powers
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