What's the saying, "It takes a village to raise a child?" The equivalent saying here would be "It takes a SOS brigade to keep Haruhi's head on straight," or more aptly, "It takes one jealous Kyon to nearly end the whole world." Haruhi's one of those people if you give an inch, she'll take a mile. So it should be no surprise for any of the SOS-brigade members (or us, the viewers), if Haruhi takes her eccentricity and megalomaniacal behavior to the limits if no one bothers to stop her, much less empower her. I've noticed a lot of anger towards Haruhi on blog posts, on forums, but I think a lot of that anger's misplaced. I'm not going to deny that this episode featured Haruhi at her petulant worst, but it also featured Kyon and the SOS brigade (sans Koizumi who shines) at their worst as well… since E8 at least.
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