SOS Brigade Role
A cynical and level headed high school student, Kyon is often the sole voice of reason in the SOS Brigade (and, as he points out, its conscience). He often intervenes when Haruhi behaves too erratically, sometimes without the backing of any of the other brigade members. Much to his irritation, this responsibility seems to be his alone to bare since the other members tend passively follow Haruhi's schemes, for better or for worse. He also tends to be the one who bares the brunt of the brigade's efforts, paying for their meals during brigade outings and being saddled with the brigade's "grunt work", such as being the cameraman and editor for the SOS Brigade's movie for the school arts festival, and the creation and maintenance of the club's website. However; as the one responsible for inspiring Haruhi with the creation of the brigade, Kyon remains an important member on par with Haruhi herself, perhaps even more so than her in the long run.
Kyon is the only person who can stop (or even actively dissuade) Haruhi from acting out her more asinine plans or ideas. Haruhi herself makes a reference to this in "Someday in the Rain", implying that Kyon had been the sole obstacle that prevented her from dressing Mikuru up for a series of photos to be included in the bonus content of the DVD release of "The Adventures of Mikuru Asahina. He is also the one saddled with the responsibility of placating Haruhi whenever she's discontent or angry, and he plays sounding board for the rest of the brigade members who depend on him to aid in their monitoring of Haruhi, occasionally asking him for input regarding their activities. At times they defer to him rather than their brigade chief, especially when they are busy cleaning up the messes caused by Haruhi's subconscious. In fact; despite her being the leader and concerning her phenomenal powers, he is; in a sense, the most powerful member of the brigade (and possibly even in existence) given that he is the only being capable of consciously influencing Haruhi, ironic given that he is the only bonafide normal human in the Brigade. This is made evident when the Data Overmind considers erasing Yuki from existence as punishment for her altering the world during the events of The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya; to which Kyon blackmails the Entity, threatening to reveal himself to Haruhi as John Smith and convince her to alter reality to bring Yuki back (see below).
Despite his apparent discontent and his constant griping, Kyon loyally remains by Haruhi and the SOS Brigade, even though he is not required to do so. He consciously attributes this to the sense of responsibility he feels about having to keep the world as it is, as well as protecting Mikuru and Yuki from Haruhi's more brazen schemes. In the novels; however, it can be inferred that he has actually grown used to the SOS Brigade, and would miss it if it were gone, a scenario for which is presented in The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya.
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