My theory about the rise of Sasaki
Posted: Wed Sep 12, 2007 9:25 am
Warning, spoilers and conspiracy theories to follow ...
It stems from my re-reading of the final chapter, during Kyon's dream. Despite everyone focusing on the subtle slider hints, I think that there is also a major revelation concealed here!
I'm posting the parts that I thought important:
Sasaki: "Reality is not constructed in the same manner as movies or dramas, novels or manga. That's a disappointment to you, isn't it? The protagonists in the entertainment world, one day, suddenly, will find themselves faced with an unrealistic phenomenon, sense trouble, and will find themselves placed in a situation which could hardly be called pleasant. In the majority of cases, those stories' protagonists will, using intellect, bravery, a hidden power, or through developing an unspecified talent, overturn their broken-down circumstances. However, those are stories which undoubtedly can only occur in the fictional world. And it's because they are fiction that they are consequently realized in the entertainment world. If we were to posit that a world like in movies, dramas, novels, and manga was made to be ubiquitously visible in everyday life, then those forms of entertainment would not longer be entertainment, they would be documentaries."
Either this is very strong self-referential humor, or I believe that this is Haruhi's vision, as Kyon hints clearly. He no longer believes in Santa Claus, but could it be because Sasaki wants to believe in aliens, time travelers, etc, so they came to pass. Couldn't Sasaki also be a product of that as well? What if Sasaki was the original Haruhi, positing her powers into existence?
Wait, hold on!—I'm getting there ...
Sasaki: "And moreover, Kyon. If you were to be thrown into a dimension in which the world of those unrealistic stories existed, the question of whether you would be able to act as conveniently as the protagonists who appear in fiction do can only be called exceedingly dubious. If you ask why they can so freely wield intellect, bravery, hidden power, and special abilities to topple adversity, that would be because it was written that way. So, where is the author of your story?"
I have a theory that Haruhi may have met Sasaki before, especially given her powerful reaction to her appearance and the odd behavior between them. There could, conceivably, be another explanation beyond mere jealousy. Read on ...
Sasaki: "I've never understood the reasoning behind making the question of whether one is attractive or unattractive an issue in this life. I think that I want to be rational and logical, no matter the time, place, or situation. In accepting reality as it is, emotional and sentimental thought processes can be nothing but obstructive noise. I can't think of emotion as anything other than a crude shelter which impedes human evolution's progress towards autonomy. Especially feelings of love, it's like a kind of mental illness!"
Where have we heard that before?
Sasaki: "A long time ago, there was a person who said so. It was a very thought provoking statement, so I still remember it. You probably want to say crazy things like, 'well if love didn't exist, marriage couldn't happen and kids couldn't be made!'"
My conspiracy theory ends here.
I just feel like the dream had too many small details that didn't cleanly match out, and they immediately jumped out at me upon reading again, especially with Sasaki's sudden appearance in this book as an analogue to Haruhi, with NO backstory or explanation. It's too pat as foreshadowing goes.
Thoughts? Opinions?
It stems from my re-reading of the final chapter, during Kyon's dream. Despite everyone focusing on the subtle slider hints, I think that there is also a major revelation concealed here!
I'm posting the parts that I thought important:
Sasaki: "Reality is not constructed in the same manner as movies or dramas, novels or manga. That's a disappointment to you, isn't it? The protagonists in the entertainment world, one day, suddenly, will find themselves faced with an unrealistic phenomenon, sense trouble, and will find themselves placed in a situation which could hardly be called pleasant. In the majority of cases, those stories' protagonists will, using intellect, bravery, a hidden power, or through developing an unspecified talent, overturn their broken-down circumstances. However, those are stories which undoubtedly can only occur in the fictional world. And it's because they are fiction that they are consequently realized in the entertainment world. If we were to posit that a world like in movies, dramas, novels, and manga was made to be ubiquitously visible in everyday life, then those forms of entertainment would not longer be entertainment, they would be documentaries."
Either this is very strong self-referential humor, or I believe that this is Haruhi's vision, as Kyon hints clearly. He no longer believes in Santa Claus, but could it be because Sasaki wants to believe in aliens, time travelers, etc, so they came to pass. Couldn't Sasaki also be a product of that as well? What if Sasaki was the original Haruhi, positing her powers into existence?
Wait, hold on!—I'm getting there ...
Sasaki: "And moreover, Kyon. If you were to be thrown into a dimension in which the world of those unrealistic stories existed, the question of whether you would be able to act as conveniently as the protagonists who appear in fiction do can only be called exceedingly dubious. If you ask why they can so freely wield intellect, bravery, hidden power, and special abilities to topple adversity, that would be because it was written that way. So, where is the author of your story?"
I have a theory that Haruhi may have met Sasaki before, especially given her powerful reaction to her appearance and the odd behavior between them. There could, conceivably, be another explanation beyond mere jealousy. Read on ...
Sasaki: "I've never understood the reasoning behind making the question of whether one is attractive or unattractive an issue in this life. I think that I want to be rational and logical, no matter the time, place, or situation. In accepting reality as it is, emotional and sentimental thought processes can be nothing but obstructive noise. I can't think of emotion as anything other than a crude shelter which impedes human evolution's progress towards autonomy. Especially feelings of love, it's like a kind of mental illness!"
Where have we heard that before?
Sasaki: "A long time ago, there was a person who said so. It was a very thought provoking statement, so I still remember it. You probably want to say crazy things like, 'well if love didn't exist, marriage couldn't happen and kids couldn't be made!'"
My conspiracy theory ends here.
I just feel like the dream had too many small details that didn't cleanly match out, and they immediately jumped out at me upon reading again, especially with Sasaki's sudden appearance in this book as an analogue to Haruhi, with NO backstory or explanation. It's too pat as foreshadowing goes.
Thoughts? Opinions?