Summary:

As the episode starts, Haruhi identifies our narrator as Kyon, which is about time since I’m tired of referring to him as the narrator. Haruhi tells Kyon that she wants to recruit a “mysterious transfer student” to the club. Her definition of a mysterious transfer student would be one who transfers to the school two months into the term. At the club room, Haruhi decides a computer for the room would be nice. So she heads over to the computer club, which is in the same hallway.

Haruhi barges into their club and demands a computer from them. The computer club president refuses, of course. Haruhi then places the president’s hand on Mikuru’s breast and takes a picture. Afterward, she kicks him on top of Mikuru and takes even more pictures. Haruhi tells him that she now has images of him sexually harassing Mikuru. The rest of the club members refute it claiming that they know what really happened. Haruhi fires back saying she’ll say that the whole club was planning on joining up with the president’s actions. If you know what I mean. The computer club president gives in to the extortion and Haruhi manages to take their newest model. Afterward, Haruhi even forces the club to set up the internet for her in the literature club room.

Haruhi then appoints Kyon as the person to set up a club website. While Kyon works on the website during lunch, Yuki who haven’t said anything yet gives Kyon a book and tells him to read it. Later in the day, in the club room, Haruhi comes in with a stack of flyers and tells the club that they will be distributing the flyers in bunny girl costumes. Haruhi puts on one and forces Mikuru to put on the other. Kyon runs out of the room as Haruhi is taking off Mikuru’s uniform. Afterward, Haruhi drags Mikuru outside as Kyon apologizes in his thoughts to Mikuru by not trying to help her get out of the situation. As they attract a large amount of attention out in the open, the faculty stops the two and Haruhi and Mikuru are back in the club room as Haruhi vents her frustrations.

The next day after the club meeting, Yuki asks Kyon if he’s read the book she gave him. Kyon says he hasn’t. Yuki tells him to read it as soon as he gets home. While Kyon flips through the pages, a bookmark falls out of the book. The bookmark had a note, written so neat that it looked typed, that read (translated) “7PM Waiting in the park in front of Kouyou Station”. Kyon runs out of the house and heads towards the location where Yuki is there, still wearing her school uniform. Yuki takes Kyon to her apartment and tells him that she and Haruhi are not ordinary people. She goes on to say she is an interface created by the Data Integration Thought Entity. Or in other words, an alien.

Review:

There were many small tidbits that I could not include in the summary so I’ll include them here in the review. In this episode, Mikuru refers to our narrator as Kyon. Kyon says to himself, “you’re calling me that too”. In technicality, Kyon is a nickname that his sister calls him. His real name is never revealed. The bookmark’s words are handwritten, but looks like print because Yuki is really a computer-like entity. As for the episode itself, most of it felt like any other normal episode with the main plot being the computer club fiasco. When Yuki reveals herself as an alien at the end of the episode, that took me completely by surprise. Before this point I thought I was just watching a comedy with regular people. All of a sudden, there is an alien involved and Haruhi suddenly becomes a mysterious abnormal being.

And if you thought this was a surprise to me, the next episode was even crazier. It left me confused, amused, and a little more wiser. In that order.